The US Army CECOM Center for Night Vision and Electro-Optics (C2NVEO) is responsible for developing cryogenic coolers for all infrared imaging systems for the Army. C2NVEO also maintains configuration management control of the forward-looking infrared (FLIR) Common Module coolers used in thermal imagers in fielded Army weapon systems such as: M60A3 and M1 Tanks, Bradley Fighting Vehicle (BFV) System, tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided (TOW) Missile System, and Army Attack Helicopters. Currently, there are over 30,000 coolers in fielded systems and several thousand more are added each year. C2NVEO conducts development programs and monitors contractor internal research and development efforts to improve cooler performance such as reliability, audio noise, power consumption, and output vibration. The HD-1045 1/4-Watt Split Stirling Cooler was originally designed and developed by the C2NVEO in the early 1970s as a replacement for the gas bottle/cryostat used on the Manportable Common Thermal Night Sights. To date, however, the HD-1045 cooler has been used in the field in the Integrated Sight Unit (ISU) of the BFV System and is currently being used in the Driver Thermal Viewer (DTV) full scale development program. This document describes and reports the results of reliability testing done on Hughes Temperature Controlled 1/4 Watt split Cycle Cryogenic Coolers (HD-1045 (V)/UA), referred to herein as the coolers. This testing was conducted by personnel of the Far Infrared Engineering (FIRE) Team during the period of June 1988 to March 1989. (KR)
Reliability Testing of the Hughes Temperature Controlled 1/4 Watt Split Cycle Cryogenic Cooler (HD-1045 (V)/UA)
1989
31 pages
Report
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English
Architectural Design & Environmental Engineering , Combat Vehicles , Fire Control & Bombing Systems , Aircraft , Attack helicopters , Tanks(Combat vehicles) , Optical tracking , Cooling and ventilating equipment , Cryogenic storage devices , Infrared images , Reliability , Army aircraft , Army equipment , Bottles , Configuration management , Contractors , Cryostats , Cycles , Energy consumption , Engineering , Far infrared radiation , Forward looking infrared systems , Gases , Guided missiles , Infrared equipment , Infrared image tubes , Integrated systems , Monitors , Night vision , Noise , Output , Sights , Sound , Splitting , Test and evaluation , Vibration , Weapon systems , FIRE(Far Infrared Engineering)
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