Space-DRUMS™-A Dynamically Controlled Multi-Beam Acoustic Levitator-Positioner

Abstract

Space-DRUMS™ is a new approach for positioning, manipulating and shaping samples in both gravity and microgravity environments. It relies on the direct acoustic radiation force from many equivalently- positioned ultrasonic beams under dynamic feedback control to levitate or position large samples1•2l . The technology was conceived and developed for the Canadian Space Agency by Guigne International Limited.