Services
Light Product Development offers consultancy in (opto-)thermo-mechanical design,analysis,manufacturing and testing for space- or precision-instruments, based on over 25 years of experience in this field.
Specialist in thermal engineering (thermal network model analysis) of optical instruments and radiative/conductive/convective cooling systems in vacuum or ambient pressure environment, as well as thermal qualification testing in these environments
Furthermore specialisation in mechanical engineering (design, analysis and test) of space or precision instruments, especially in combination with thermal issues. Thermo-mechanical (FEM) analysis is one of the many tools to investigate the possible deformation issue to reach a strong, stiff and thermally stable design.
Design
Consultancy in thermo-mechanical (or a-thermal) design for earth-observation, space exploration or precision instruments (software: CAD (Autocad / Solid Works / NX / freeCad / SpaceClaim / Design Modeller)
Thermal
Thermal design/analysis of space- or precision instruments
Thermal analysis by analytical relations, lumped network analysis (Software: Excel, Matlab, Esatan, Thermica, Systema) or thermal FEM analysis (Nastran/Marc/Ansys)
Mechanical
Mechanical design/analysis of space- or precision instruments
Mechanical analysis by analytical / empirical relations and FEM analysis for strength / stiffness / modal / thermal-deformation analysis (Software: (Nastran / Marc / Ansys / Mecway)
Testing
Thermal and mechanical testing of space- or precision instruments
Vacuum (TBTV) testing or mechanical compressive/tensile testing. Definition of Ground Support Equipment (GSE) for representative test enviroment