TECHNOLOGY In-Vision was at the Texas Instrument stand as one of the DLP-chip user solution partners and presented industrial projection solutions. PHOTONIC SUCCESS STORIES “MADE IN AUSTRIA” Austria can look back on a huge number of various success stories in the photonics sector, ranging from small start-up companies to large projects. LASER IGNITION SYSTEM FOR EUROPEAN SPACE VEHICLES Following successful bench testing, the Austrian CTR Carinthian Tech Research is working on a laser ignition system to be used in space, based on their HiPoLas® laser system. Funded by the European Space Agency (ESA), the laser ignition system could be used in the Ariane 6 launch vehicle, which is currently being developed by the German-French company Airbus Safran Launchers. “For us, this is unique recognition of the research and development work we have been doing over the past few years. In close cooperation with our partners, we have adapted the HiPoLas® laser ignition system many times for various different 82 JUNE 2016 piston engines for cars, to power turbines in planes and most recently for engines in satellites and launchers. The system has also successfully undergone extensive testing. We now intend to integrate the ignition system in a combustion chamber for cryogenic fuels and adapt it to the extreme demands required for its subsequent use in space,” says CTR project manager Gerhard Kroupa.
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