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10 May, 2016

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10 May, 2016

[vc_row][vc_column width='1/1'] As chip scale atomic clocks (CSAC) and magnetometers (CSAM) become more prevalent, Amuneal has been busy modeling and fabricating magnetic shields for industry and research. Smaller shields require strategically placing smaller openings in areas that will not adversely affect the physics package contained...

10 May, 2016

[vc_row][vc_column width='1/3'] [gallery link="file" fg_type="fotorama" fg_main_color="#eeeeee" fg_main_color_opacity="0.7" fg_autoplay="false" fg_transition="crossfade" fg_fit="contain" fg_arrow="false" fg_loop="false" ids="17047,17048,17049,17050"] [/vc_column] [vc_column width='2/3'] The Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) needed a calibration shield for a moving Hall Effect Probe as part of their Undulator Project with DESY — the German Synchrotron Facility. Typical Zero Gauss Chambers...

10 May, 2016

[vc_row][vc_column width='1/1'] It is no secret that weight is a factor in the design of any aerospace component. Recently we were faced with a challenge when scientists at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center asked us to assist in the design and fabrication of a lightweight magnetic...

10 May, 2016

[vc_row][vc_column width='1/3'] [gallery fg_type="fotorama" fg_main_color="#eeeeee" fg_main_color_opacity="0.7" fg_autoplay="false" fg_transition="crossfade" fg_arrow="false" fg_loop="false" fg_fit="contain" ids="17043,17042,17041"] [/vc_column] [vc_column width='2/3'] The Budker Group at the University of California Berkeley had developed a five-layer atomic magnetometer magnetic shield for room temperature magnetometry. However, when the shield’s original fabricator retired, they needed to find a new...

10 May, 2016

[vc_row][vc_column width='1/3'] [gallery fg_type="fotorama" fg_main_color="#eeeeee" fg_main_color_opacity="0.7" fg_autoplay="false" fg_transition="crossfade" fg_arrow="false" fg_loop="false" fg_fit="contain" fg_allowfullscreen="true" ids="17037,17038"] [/vc_column] [vc_column width='2/3'] Amuneal has extensive experience in the design, engineering and fabrication of SQUID test boxes and magnetically shielded enclosures for biomagnetism. Our unique designs have proved to be a cost effective enclosure for research...

10 May, 2016

[vc_row][vc_column width='1/3'] [gallery fg_type="fotorama" fg_main_color="#eeeeee" fg_main_color_opacity="0.7" fg_autoplay="false" fg_transition="crossfade" fg_arrow="false" fg_loop="false" fg_fit="contain" ids="17032,17033,17035,17034"] [/vc_column] [vc_column width='2/3'] We built the world’s largest known magnetic shield room using 850,000 pounds of high density concrete and 27,000 pounds of Amumetal. The Neutron Spin Echo Spectrometer Magnetic Shield measures 14' wide, 12' high, and...

10 May, 2016

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10 May, 2016

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10 May, 2016