Tec-Masters, Inc.

Tec-Masters, Inc. (TMI) has 20 years’ experience designing, developing, prototyping, assembling, integrating and operating flight hardware for NASA. TMI has developed and supported scientific investigations, high temperature materials processing, and control avionics payloads flown aboard the Shuttle and the International Space Station (ISS). TMI also supports ongoing flight operations of the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) facility aboard the ISS including systems engineering, payload integration/verification, thermal and structural analyses. TMI’s engineering services include:

Engineering Design & Development:

• Hardware and Software Requirements Definition
• Software Development for Payload Control and Ground Support Equipment
• Experimental Sample Materials Containment Systems Development
• CAD Drawings Generation
• Light Machining Support
• Optical Inspections
• Data Acquisition Systems Development
• Video and Optical Systems Development
• Rapid Prototypes Development
• Certified Flight Hardware Development

Payload Integration:

• Requirements Compliance Verification
• Testing and Analysis
• Integration Documentation
• Safety Verification and Certification

Payload Operations:

• Operations Concept Development
• Crew Procedures
• Crew Training
• Real Time Console Operations

Post Flight Operations:

• Data Analysis
• Ground Sample Processing
• Lessons Learned

Facilities:

TMI has developed a general purpose Research and Development (R&D) Lab to support experimentation, prototype development, assembly and evaluation, light machining and fabrication of components, assemblies and complete systems in support of flight and ground hardware/software development, and verification testing. TMI’s R&D Lab is equipped with:

• A machine shop for light machining and small parts fabrication
• Work areas with ESD protection for electronic design, fabrication, test, calibration, and verification activities
• Stereo and metallurgical microscopes, both equipped with digital photo capability for inspection activities
• Chemistry capabilities to support special cleaning of experiment/test parts and flight test ampoule preparation
• CAD capabilities to support drawings as well as stress and thermal analyses
• LabVIEW data acquisition system