Thermally powered device flips magnetometer between one of two positions located 180 deg apart and permits instrument calibration. Pair of heat-extensible springs selectively rotate shaft from one position to other when electric heaters bonded to them are energized.
Cyclical biodirectional rotary actuator
NASA Tech Briefs ; 1 , 1
1976-03-01
Miscellaneous
No indication
English
NTIS | 1971
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