CTEC ACTUATORS FOR THE EXTREMELY LARGE TELESCOPE (ELT) – ESO

CTEC is pleased to announce the successful tests of the second qualification model of Tip Tilt Actuators (TTA). This APA500XXL actuator will be used in the stabilization units for the M5 mirror of Extremely Large Telescope (ELT). It displays 680µm of stroke and a stiffness of 70N/µm. The encapsulation of the piezo material has been successfully … Read more

P-FSM150S: A NEW PIEZOELECTRIC FAST STEERING MIRROR

The P-FSM150S is a new Piezoelectric Fast Steering Mirror which has been developed for Space Optical Communication, and which has been especially designed for very large scale constellations. The P-FSM150S was developed during ARTES project with CNES funding, in order to meet both ECSS space grade flight & low cost requirements for recurring production batch … Read more

NEWSLETTER June 2021

We are pleased to share with you our last Newsletter! As a specialist of Compact, Dynamic and Precise solutions for demanding applications CTEC keeps on spreading its expertise and know-how all over the world through: New products release (CMAu10, DTT60SM-SG) An increasingly number of new R&D projects, A significant growth in staff and manufacturing facilities, … Read our … Read more

ReMAP reveils 1st open acces Structural Health Monitoring database

We are pleased to inform you that the ReMAP consortium has just released its 1st open-access intelligent knowledge databank to predict the future state of composite aircraft structures. This knowledge bank provides the aviation industry and research communities data to not only diagnose the current state of the structure real-time, but to additionally predict the future state … Read more

OUR NEW CMAµ10 A LINEAR POWER AMPLIFIER FOR MAGNETIC ACTUATORS

The new CMAµ10 drive electronic has been specifically developed for the driving of small size linear magnetic actuators, such as MICA20CS, as well as small size magnetic Fast Steering Mirrors such as M-FSM62. It is a low power drive electronic, based on low noise linear power amplifier, providing current and voltage up to 1A and … Read more