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ABB Canada, Space & Defense SystemsOverview of Activities & Interest in TMTToronto, Tuesday Sept 2nd 2015

General information for public release

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Who is ABB?

§ Global leader in energy and automation technology.

§ Formed in 1988 from the merger of Swedish ASEA(1883) and Swiss Brown Boveri (1891)

§ One of the world’s largest engineering companies.

§ $43 billion in revenue (2014)

§ $1.5 billion in R&D investment

§ 145 000 employees in about 100 countries

§ Core business sectors grouped into five divisions:Power Products, Power Systems, AutomationProducts, Process Automation and Robotics.

§ Head office : Zurich, Suisse

§ Publicly owned and traded on stock exchanges inStockholm, Switzerland and New York

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ABB in CanadaCoast to Coast

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Measurement & AnalyticsBusiness Unit(formerly Bomem)Automation Product division

Québec, QC

Michelet

§ $2.1 Billions revenue§ About 5000 employees in 45 locations§ Present in all 5 global divisions

From Bomem to ABB…

§ 1973 Bomem Inc. is founded by 2 young Canadian graduatesspecializing in high resolution IR spectrometers for research

§ 1980 Launch of first commercial spectrometer product.

§ 1987 Bomem goes public (right before market crash of 1987…)

§ 1990 Hartmann & Braun (Germany) acquires Bomem

§ 1996 Elsag Bailey (Italy-US) acquires Hartman & Braun

§ 1999 ABB acquires Elsag Bailey

§ 2000 ABB relocated downtown into larger facility (585 Boul. Charest)§ 2011 ABB Bomem Inc. fully merged into ABB Inc. (Canada)§ 2013 Bomem celebrates it 40th anniversary§ 2015 ABB moves back to industrial park into larger facility

(3400 Pierre Ardoin)

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Measurement & Analytics Business Unit

Process industry:Optical sensing solutionsfor industrial applications

Space & Defense Systems Industry:Custom optical sensing solutions for

research and harsh environment

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ABB’s center of excellence for optical sensor solution2 Main Focus

ABB capabilities in space optics

Polym FTS(Shuttle STS-34)

Delivery of key flight hardware (1988 –2015)


MOPITTCalibration

SourcesTESCalibrationSources

SCISATACE-FTS

SOFISINT-EM

CrISINT-FM1

GOSATINT-FM

CrISINT-FM2

MIPASOGSE-1

MIPASOGSE-2,AIRS OGSE

FGSOGSE-2

CrISOGSE-2

CrISOGSE-1

1990 1995 2000 2005 2010

CrISCalibrationSource FM1

GOSAT/Ibuki

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Recent Astronomy Related Programs

►Skip Space Missions examples,go to Remote Sensing Products


UVN Astronomical Imaging Spectrometers

§ One of the world’s most ambitious visible IFU to date:

§ 4 Million spectra per observation

§ CFHT seeing limited imaging (0.35” pixels)

§ 11 x 11 arc min FOV

§ High UV efficiency down to 350nm

§ Spectral resolution up to R = 10 000

§ Successfully commissioned at CFHT inAugust 2015.

§ Offered to community for 2016a Call

http://cfht.hawaii.edu/Instruments/Sitelle

SITELLE

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PCW: Polar Communications and Weather mission

§ Canada is considering to place a pair of satellites in highlyelliptical orbit, allowing continuous quasi-geostationaryobservations over the high latitudes (> 70º) of northernhemisphere, to provide communication services and tocollect weather imagery over the Artic regions

§ ABB, within the industrial team leaded by MDA, developeda concept for the meteorological multi-spectral imager

§ ABB awarded STDP for study of new generationoperational GEO imagers ($5.7 million contract)

§ 21 channel imager with spatial resolution from0.5 km to 2 km with 15 minutes refresh rate

§ Project Phase A completed in 2011§ Anticipated to begin operations in 2017

§ ABB also awarded Phase A study for PHEOS (Polar HighlyElliptical Orbit Science), a science payload instrument

Canadian Mission


JWST/FGS Optical Ground Support Equipment

§ Key elements of the Canadian contribution to the JamesWeb Space Telescope (JWST) for test and characteriza-tion of performance of the observatory guiding camera§ Canadian contribution to JWST > 150 M$

§ Simulates incoming light from the telescope with 25 starsprecisely positioned on the curved focal surface

§ OGSE operated at 30 K

§ Produced to flight standardfor cleanliness

§ Extended our knowledge ofthermal effect on alignmentstability

Fine Guidance Sensor & Tunable Filter Interferometer


ABB’sOGSE

FGS/TFI instrument before cryogenic testing


Instrument Responsability for Canadian UV Telescope

§ As part of the CASTOR study team, ABB was responsible forthe instrument sub-system design

§ Band/FOV separation approach (NUV, U, G filters)

§ Fine steering mirror

§ Optional grism-type mid-resolution spectroscopic mode.

§ Also studied was an alternate design for simultaneous FOVsampling in all three bands (favored by some research project)

CASTOR

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0.6'(21 cm)

1.1‘ - (37 cm)

Proposed Focal Plane Approach(9 x 5 4kx4k chip)

Fine Steering ReactionlessFlip Mirror/Grating


Metrology System for Astronomy X-Ray Mission

§ ABB provided CSA with a fully functionalbreadboard of the Astro-H Metrology Systemexceeding the performance requirements of 10um transverse displacement sensitivity at 12meter stand-off distance.

§ This prototype produced in less than 3 monthsand 5k$ material shows ABB strength to rapidprototyping of complex opto-mechanical systems.

ASTRO-H

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Space DesignDemo Prototype


TMT instrumentation

§ ABB is currently involved in two NFIRAOS subsystemdesigns, the off-axis parabolas (OAP) and the sensorcameras. (NSEN)

OAP and NSEN

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WFIRST

§ ABB led the study for a Canadian contributionto the WFIRST CGI instrument. Two industries,three universities and one national researchcenter were also involved to determine thehighest value contribution.

§ ABB contributed to the WIRST WFI study byproviding technical details on an Integral FieldUnit contribution.

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Specific Expertise

§ Wavelength range: 0.35 – 50 μm

§ Imagery: CCD, EMCCD, CMOS, MCT, InSb, bolometers

§ Spectroscopy: FTS, dispersive, LVF, multi-spectral, AOTFs

§ Metrology: nm-level kHz range real time position monitoring

§ Control Software and algorithms

§ Ground support test equipment

§ Design and FEM modeling

§ Vibration testing

§ Handling and shipping of largecritical heavy payloads

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Our People

§ One of the largest optical sensor orientedindustrial R&D group in Canada:

§ 100+ technician, engineers andscientists across 7 discipline groups

§ Distinct 12 people project managementgroup

§ Labor split:

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DirectorEngineering

MechanicGroup

(14)

ElectronicGroup

(14)

SoftwareGroup

(14)

Director ProjectManagement Office

Integration &Test Group

(18)

System &Optics Group

(29)

ProjectManagers

(8)

ProjectSupport Office

(4)

TechnologyMng Group

(6)

ApplicationGroup

(8)

(2015)

ABB capabilities in opticsFacilities and equipment


Infrastructures to build Space & Defense hardware§ Clean rooms (5) & laboratories ▪ ESD workbenches§ Environmental chamber ▪ Beryllium safe area§ Thermal vacuum chambers (4) ▪ 3D printer§ Vibration test setup§ Precision optical test equipment§ CMM (2, Cleanroom & lab)


Actively Supporting Research

§ Pr. Tom McElroy, York University: Industrial ResearchChair in Atmospheric Remote Sounding

§ ABB share: 75 k$ / yr – 5 year term, started 2011

§ Co-sponsored by CSA§ www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Chairholders-TitulairesDeChaire/Chairholder-

Titulaire_eng.asp?pid=790

§ Pr. Simon Thibault, Laval University: Industrial ResearchChair in Optical design

§ 20 k$/ yr – 5 year term, started 2008, renewed 2013§ http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Chairholders-TitulairesDeChaire/Chairholder-

Titulaire_eng.asp?pid=575

§ ABB also sporadically sponsor other chair for specificdevelopment projects (ex. diamond turning of slicer mirror, C.Boudoux, U.Montreal)

§ ABB also sponsored NSERC 2-year industrial grant for morethan 6 grad students working on projects of interest.

University chairs and student industrial grant

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http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Chairholders-TitulairesDeChaire/Chairholder-Titulaire_eng.asp?pid=790

http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Chairholders-TitulairesDeChaire/Chairholder-Titulaire_eng.asp?pid=575


Recommendations for Interaction with Industry

§ Cost evaluation:

§ Involve industry in budgetary evaluation as early aspossible through RFI type AO or other mechanism.

§ Labor rate evaluation in industry often differs from that ofacademia/institute due to larger accounting perimeter forfacility/equipment amortization.

§ Profit is often limited in large R&D government contract

§ Involve industry as early as possible to transfer knowledgeand refine cost evaluations

§ NFIRAOS process allows early industrial involvement in lowrisk contract (detailed design completion).

§ Selected approach might prevent true competition for mostexpensive work packages. Sponsoring competitive parallelearly low cost phase may help preserve competition formanufacturing phase.

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POLYM: POLYmer Morphology Experiment

§ In 1988, ABB-Bomem supplied to 3M the FTIR sub-systemfor the POLYM Space Shuttle instrument for the study ofpolymers under microgravity

§ The POLYM instrument consisted of a FTIR includingsource, detector and electronics, coupled to adedicated sampling system

§ ABB-Bomem developed the interferometer subsystembased on standard parts of an MB100 spectrometer

§ The instrument flew and operated successfully on boardSTS-34 Atlantis Space Shuttle launched on October 18,1989

1989, first instrument in space


Terra: MOPITT

§ MOPITT, Measurement of Pollution In The Troposphere, isan Canadian Space Agency (CSA) instrument flying onNASA’s EOS Terra spacecraft, measuring tropospheric COon a global scale

§ ABB-Bomem designed and built the in-flight calibrationsources for the MOPITT instrument

§ MOPITT was launched on December 18, 1999, and hasbeen operational ever since

§ ABB also developed the ground calibration source

On-board calibration system


Aura: TES

§ The Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) is a highresolution FTIR used to measure and profile many gasesimportant for tropospheric physics and chemistry§ On the Earth Observing System (EOS) Aura polar

orbiting platform launched on July 15, 2004§ ABB built the On-Board Calibration Subsystem (OBCS)

that allows the radiometric and spatial calibration of theTES instrument during flight§ The OBCS comprised a blackbody source providing a

known infrared signal for the radiometric calibration ofthe spectrometer, plus a spatial calibration sourceused for the monitoring of the relative positions of thefour TES focal planes, as well as a set of controlelectronics

On-board calibration system


SciSat-1: ACE-FTS

§ ABB was the prime contractor of ACE, the main instrument ofthe Canadian Space Agency’s satellite SciSat-1

§ ACE is a high spectral resolution FTIR (0.02 cm–1) operating insolar occultation providing high sensitivity and broad spectralcoverage with a measurement time of 2 s per spectrum

§ It measures concentration profiles of more than 40 gases inthe atmosphere, including Ozone and CFC’s§ Application: Ozone chemistry and Atmospheric Research

§ ACE/SciSat-1 was successfully launched on August 12, 2003and continues to deliver exceptional results

§ It’s performance still exceeds originalCSA requirements after more than4 times its original design lifetime

Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment


GOSAT: TANSO-FTS

§ TANSO-FTS is the main instrument of the GOSAT Satelliteused by JAXA to measure greenhouse gases (0.2 cm–1)§ In particular precise total column density of CO2 and

methane over defined regions of the globe

§ Prime contractor was NEC-Toshiba Space Systems

§ ABB designed and built the Michelson interferometer andits control electronics§ Design is based on ACE/SciSat-1 and SOFIS heritage

§ ABB delivered the flight model in 2007

§ GOSAT/IBUKI satellite successfully operating on-orbitsince launch on January 23, 2009

Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite


NPP/JPSS: CrIS

§ CrIS is an FTIR for weather forecasting from low earth orbit§ CrIS provides measurements of scene radiance to allow the

retrieval of temperature, pressure, and humidity distributions§ A key instrument of the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS, formerly

NPOESS), the next generation of US polar-orbiting weather satellites

§ ABB is responsible for the design and manufacturing of theMichelson interferometers, calibration sources and algorithms

§ 50 M$ revenues for ABB§ 60 persons at its peak§ Over 200 000 engineering hours§ Delivery of 2 operational-class flight models

§ FM-1 launched on-board NPP on October 20, 2011§ Very positive initial results

§ Delivery of FM-2 unit in spring 2012

Cross-track Infrared Sounder


ExoMars: MATMOS

§ ExoMars is a NASA-ESA joint program§ MATMOS, a trace gas FTS, is the primary scientific payload

on board the ExoMars orbiter§ ABB is JPL’s partner for MATMOS since 2002§ MATMOS relies heavily on heritage of the successful

ACE/SciSat-1 mission§ CSA provides important contributions to the mission:

§ Michelson interferometer,§ Front optics/Telescope§ Imagers§ System engineering

§ ABB was selected to build Canadian contributionsNASA had to withdraw unexpectedly in 2012 from the missionjust before the start of Phase B due to difficult cutback,which forced Canada to also resign from the project

Mars Atmospheric Trace Molecule OccultationSpectrometer


ABB Remote SensingReview of current hardware in space



ABB experience with airborne sensors

§ HIS, the High-resolution Interferometer Sounder instrument hasflown on a NASA ER-2 to demonstrate the possibility of replacingfilter radiometers for atmospheric temperature and humidity profiling

§ SARIS is an advanced signature measurement system to bedeployed on a F-15. Developed by ABB for the US Air Force, this IRimaging spectrometer is used to measure signature of targets

§ ARIES instrument is a fast scan interferometer mounted in aninstrumentation pod of a MRF-C for the UK Met. Office. The systemis used for remote sensing of the earth and the atmosphere

§ SAFEGUARD is an airborne system is used to detect chemicalagents from an aircraft. The US EPA flies this instrument as part ofthe ASPECT emergency surveillance program

§ NAST-I, the NPOESS Aircraft Sounding Testbed Interferometer wasdeveloped by ABB as part of a risk reduction effort for futureinstruments proposed to fly on the planned NPOESS satellites

§ CARVE EV-1 is an airborne nadir-viewing FTS spectrometer formeasuring surface parameters that control gas emissions and totalatmospheric columns of CO2, CH4, and CO (DHC-6 aircraft)

IR spectroradiometers for aerial remote sensing

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►Skip AirborneExamples, go toConclusion

AERI™ overviewAtmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer


§ AERI is an automated sounding spectroradiometer foratmospheric profiling in the planetary boundary layer(PBL) and lower tropospheric levels

§ This multi-functional instrument lends itself to numerousremote sensing applications:§ Weather forecasting§ Cloud and aerosol studies§ Trace gas total column determination

ozone, methane, CO, CO2, GHGs, etc.§ Air quality monitoring (pollution)§ IR Radiance modeling for radiative forcing§ Land and ocean surface characterization§ Validation of satellite sounders§ Climate change monitoring§ Airport monitoring

Astronomy Related Projects


►Skip Space Missions examples,go to Airborne Missions

NASA’s Earth Venture class missions

§ The NASA Earth Venture is a program within the Earth SystemScience Pathfinder Program (ESSP) consisting of a series ofnew science-driven, competitively selected, low cost missions

§ To better understand the current state of the Earth system and toenable continual improvement in the prediction of future changes

§ Series of frequent openly-competed solicitations, innovativeresearch and application missions that might address any areaof Earth science

§ ABB is teaming with different agencies and companies forpreparing EV-1, EV-2 and EV-I proposals

§ In 2011, ABB won EV-1 with JPL, and developed the remotesensing payload for project CARVE

§ The Carbon in Arctic Reservoirs Vulnerability Experiment is anairborne nadir-viewing FTS spectrometer for measuring surfaceparameters that control gas emissions and total atmosphericcolumns of CO2, CH4, and CO

ABB participation to proposals and payloads



First Significant Reach into Astronomy

n ABB teamed with HIA PI Simon Morris in1999 to propose an IFTS on NGST.

n Following good results CSA decided to funda risk mitigation prototype interferometer.

n The CND team then joined force with a USteam (PI James Graham) for a capabilitydemonstration on a ground telescope (VIS).

n Instrument was used on ~10 observing runson Lick 3 meter, APO 3.5 meter andPalomar 5 meter telescope and collectedmore than 60 hyperspectral cubes onastronomical targets (2000 – 2003)

JWST (formerly NGST) instrument study

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§ SpIOMM is an astronomical UV-VIS imaging spectrometerdesigned by ABB and Laval University for Mégantic1.6m.§ The instrument has been operating with success at

that observatory since 2005§ A sophisticated metrology system was developed to

precisely monitor the angle (sub arc-sec) and depthposition (sub-nm) of a target flat scanning & tip-tilt mirror.

§ The servo loop operates these measurement @ 8 kHz.§ This instrument is currently the largest Imaging FTS

in theworld with over 1.7 Million spectra per hypercube§ This project has given ABB engineers a good

understanding of astronomical telescope systems,operational constraints and requirements typical toastronomical instrumentation.

SpIOMM

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§ FOV: 1300×1340pixels§ IFOV: 2.7 µrad§ Spectral range:

350 – 950 nm§ Adjustable spectral

resolution reachinga value as fine as0.6 cm−1, equivalentto more than 28000spectral bands

SpIOMMSpectromètre Imageurde l’Observatoire duMont Megantic



§ The imaging or FOV coverage offered by SITELLE is unrivaled in astronomyas most hyperspectral imager are dispersive-based which limits their trueimaging pixels to a few thousands

§ One of the greatest challenge of SITELLE is its ability to obtain good fringecontrast (or modulation efficiency) down to 350 nm since the science caseaims at observing the O3 doublet at 372.7 nm in galaxies and nebulae

§ This sets very high WFE requirements for the interferometer optics whichwhen combined with the large throughput of the instrument and theoperating temperature range leads to significant engineering challenges

§ The instrument weight nearly 400 kg despite making large uses of Carbonfiber in its structure (tubes & interferometer housing). The interferometeroptics of diameter between 15 and 20 cm must maintain a peak to valleywavefront error of less than 25 nm (~5 nm RMS) across the ±10° operatingtemperature and all telescope pointing angles

§ The high photon collection capability requested by the science goals alsorequired the development of custom broad band UV-VIS anti-reflectioncoatings on all 23 surfaces encountered by the science light before reachingthe detector

SITELLE

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Advanced Engineering WorkSITELLE

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Structure

Input optics

Output optics

Camera (x2)


Thank you for your attention


ABB (Bomem): Roots to the Very Beginning of FTS…

A long standing vision from co-founder & current CTO Henry Buijs

§ 1962: Henry’s 1st contact with FTS at UofT as an undergradworking for young Prof. Herbert Gush who just had a grant fromUS Army to study ballistic missile post flight detectability.

§ Together they build an FTS to fly on a sub-orbital balloon in thesummer. This is the 2nd sub-orbital balloon flight in Canada!

§ Gush must to return to UofT for fall semester teaching. Buijsfinishes the experiment alone at DRDC Valcartier.

§ They later publish the first spectra of the night time airglowcomputed manually! (computer & FFT not invented yet)

Some perspective on how it all started for us

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Night Time Airglow Spectrum from balloon (Gush-Buijs , 1962)


ABB (Bomem): Roots to the Very Beginning of FTS…

§ 1964-1970: Henry completes Ph. D. at UBC with Gush building hisfirst very own FTS; 4 ports tilt-free novel design used until the 90’s.

§ 1970-1972: Dr. Buijs comes for a post-doc at U. Laval in aspectroscopy group working with DND Valcartier. There he meetsGary Vail young engineer with entrepreneur skills.

§ 1973: Together they start Bomem in Gary’s apartment doing FTS.

§ 1974: 1st contract from Environment Canada for a custom balloon-borne research instrument to study the atmosphere.

§ 1979: Bomem study the possibility for bidding on a large FTS to beinstalled on the world’s largest telescope; CFHT. Considering thecompetition from a French group they decide to pass…

Some perspective on how it all started for us

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1975: 1st dynamically alignedplane mirror interferometer Buijs Compensated Design

(1966)

1980: Bomem’s 1st Commercial Product

§ Spectrometer with unprecedented high spectralresolving power. (R = 8 000 000 @ 500 nm)

§ Hundreds sold, many of which still routinely used today.

Research oriented instrumentation

Scanning mirrortravel 2.5 m


ABB at a Glance

§ ABB is multinational corporationoperating mainly in the power andautomation technologies

§ One of the largest engineeringcompanies and amongst the largestconglomerates in the world.§ 145000 employees

in about 100 countries§ $43 billion in revenue (2014)

§ Formed in 1988 from merger ofSwiss and Swedish companies§ Predecessors founded in

1883 and 1891§ Publicly owned company (Swiss,

Stockholm & NYSE) with head officein Zürich, Switzerland

A global leader in power and automation technologies

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ABB offers a divisional structure and a range of products

ProcessAutomation

PowerSystems RoboticPower

ProductsAutomationProducts

Transformers, switchgear highand medium voltage circuit,breakers, automation relays

Substations, FACTS, HVDC,HVDC LightTD, power plantand automation networks

Low voltage products, drives,motors, power electronics andinstrumentation

Control systems and automationsolutions to specific applicationfor process industries

Robots, peripherals and modularsolutions for manufacturingindustry

n Market leader in key product areas.n Integrated solutions for network reliability, productivity and energy efficiency solutions.n Robust global value chain to serve established and emerging markets.n Extensive global network of third-party value-added partners.

§Revenus:

§ Employees:

§$10.7 Billions

§ 36 000

§$7.9 Billions

§ 20 000

§$9.4 Billions

§ 29 000

§$6.6 Billions

§ 31 000

§$8.2 Billions

§28 000


How ABB is organized

ABB’s portfolio covers:§ Electricals, automation,

controls, and instrumentationfor power generation andindustrial processes

§ Power transmission§ Distribution solutions§ Low-voltage products

Five global divisions

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ProcessAutomation

ABB Quebec fitsunder the ProcessAutomation branch

§ Motors and drives§ Intelligent building systems§ Robots and robot systems

(close to 200 000 installed)

§ Services to improvecustomers productivityand reliability

PowerProducts

$10.3 billion35 000

PowerSystems

$7.7 billion19 500

DiscreteAutomationand Motion

$8.4 billion27 500

Low VoltageProducts

$5.0 billion21 000

2011 revenues:Employees:

RemoteSensing

$8.4 billion28 500

© ABB 2013

Turn Key Chemical Detection Solution

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Semiconductorprocess

QA/QC

PharmaceuticalQA

Hydrocarbonprocess

Semiconductorbath monitoring

CrudeDistillation

Chemical detection solution

Atmosphericscience

Earthmonitoring

Remotesensing

Hyperspectralimaging


Providing End to End Solution

§ Most of ABB customers do not look at spectra…

§ ABB’s R&D team will developdedicated sampling approach tailoredto the customer’s production flow.

§ ABB’s application group ofspectroscopists and chemistsdevelops reliable detection algorithmsto quantify physical quantity ofinterest.

§ ABB’s software team develops easyto use software suite & interface tofacilitate user’s interaction with themachine and allow easy integration tocustomer’s existing control software.

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ABB Remote Sensing DepartmentVision: VIS-IR custom optical sensors


“Efficiently serve customers inremote sensing atmospheric,meteorological, research anddefense applications. Offerthe best solutions as a marketleader in terms of innovation,reliability and performance”.

§ ABB Qc Main Division:

1. Analytic (lab & process)

2. Remote Sensing

3. Metal

4. Service

ABB Remote Sensing

§ ABB is the largest Canadian company in space opticsfor atmospheric applications

§ ABB stands out through its ability to leverage spacetechnologies for the development and improvement ofproducts in industrial markets

§ Our commercial business as well as space contracts aremainly international (>70%)

§ Contract engineering accounts forabout 85% of revenues in remote sensing

Space business at a glance


15

85

Commercial Products (15%)

Contract Engineering (85%)

ABB Remote Sensing

CUSTOMERS:§ Space agencies§ Defense research laboratories§ Industries§ Academic research

MARKETS:§ Weather forecasting ▪ Defense and security§ Atmospheric science ▪ Space exploration§ Climatology ▪ Remote Gas detection§ Environmental monitoring ▪ Remote IR characterization§ Astronomy ▪ Research hyperspectral imaging

Customers and markets


ABB Remote Sensing

ABB’s team of 100 technician, engineers and scientists hasa vast expertise covering many fields and applications

Research & development work force


DirectorEngineering

MechanicGroup

(12)

ElectronicGroup

(12)

SoftwareGroup

(16)

DirectorProject Mng Office

Integration &Test Group

(8)

System &Optics Group

(20)

ProjectManager

(6)

ProjectEngineer

(8)

ProjectSupportOffice

(4)

TechnologyMng Group

(6)

ApplicationGroup

(8)

ABB Remote Sensing

§ Solutions for ground-based, airborne, and space borne opticalsensors§ FTIR modules / Spectrometers§ Spectral Imaging systems and hyperspectral imagers§ Metrology systems and Fine control mechanisms§ Front-end optics and telescopes§ Calibration targets and systems§ OGSE (Optical Ground Support Equipment)§ Algorithms and software for ground segment and simulation

§ Instrument modeling and performance assessment§ Level 0–1B processing

§ #1 global market leader in space borne FTS

Space business at a glance


ABB Remote Sensing

§ Worldwide recognized expertise§ ABB is the only company having flown four FTS in space

§ 3 interferometers are currently in orbit:(2003 – … ) SciSat-1: ACE-FTS(2009 – … ) GOSAT: TANSO-FTS(2011 – … ) Suomi NPP: CrIS-FTS (Polym FTS has flown on STS-34 in 1988)

Signature technology: FTS


ABB Remote Sensing

Products

(15%)

Products and engineering services

AERIMR SeriesCATSI Family Imaging MR

GOSAT: TANSO-FTS SciSat-1: ACESuomi NPP: CrIS SpIOMM IFU

Remote GasDetection

Remote IRCharacterization

HyperspectalImaging

Meteorology, ClimateAtmospheric

Environmentalmonitoring

Weatherforecasting

AtmosphericScience AstronomyCustom

Instruments+ Contract

Engineering

(85%)



ABB Newly Added Capabilities

§ Precise distance measurement: of interest for a varietyof space missions§ Long-baseline metrology for astronomy§ Precision formation flying§ Docking and rendezvous§ Debris capturing

§ ABB Analytical has ownership of three LIDAR products§ Industrial range finders & stock pile volume

measurement (achieving cm resolution)§ Current projects can also achieve nanometer distance

measurement accuracy§ Using specialized frequency comb lasers

(collaboration with Laval University and DRDC Valcartier)

Lidar technology

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ABB capabilities in space opticsFacilities and equipment


Infrastructures to build Space & Defense hardware§ Clean rooms (5) & laboratories ▪ ESD workbenches§ Environmental chamber ▪ Beryllium safe area§ Thermal vacuum chambers (3) ▪ 3D printer§ Vibration test setup§ Precision optical test equipment§ CMM (2, Cleanroom & lab)


ABB has a world-class calibration capability, being involvedon four Earth Observation Satellites (EOS) instruments.

OGSE for satellite calibration


ABB capabilities in space opticsSimulators and Ground Segment processing


§ ABB masters all aspects of physical modelization forsimulation as well as algorithms for front-end processingof spaceborne interferometer remote sensing data

§ Developed software for different space programs:§ Ground Segment MIPAS and MERIS (ESA)§ Spectroradiometer Performance Simulators§ Space Instrument System Simulators

MIPASEnd-to-End Simulator

HyperspectralInstrumentSimulator (HySIS)Simulates airborne &spaceborne dispersiveimaging pushbroomspectrometers andother types of spectralimagers


MICRO/NANO SATELLITES§ Planetary exploration missions – PIWI§ Fast payload development – MINT§ Constellation of satellites for global

coverage and short revisit time

SMALL SATELLITES§ Dedicated science missions with – SciSat-1: ACE-FTS

limited number of instruments

LARGE SATELLITES§ Multi-instrument operational missions – NPOESS/NPP: CrIS, IASI§ Geosynchronous sounders – HES, MTG§ Multi-instrument science missions – EnviSat: MIPAS, MERIS

– TES, MOPITT, GOSAT– AIRS, SOFIS, JWST

Atmospheric and environmental



ABB capabilities in space opticsMicrosatellite concept study

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§ A microsatellite concept has recently been studied forconstellation missions (enhanced global coverage) andplanetary exploration missions (rover based payload)§ A MINI-ACE payload case study based on the Miniature

Interferometer Platform (MINT) was funded by CSA§ Designed to be compatible with a low cost microsatellite

§ Quicksat bus used as baseline: 90 kg and 100 W spacecraftdesigned to orbit in a 650 km sunsynchronous dawn-duskorbit

§ The mission aims at global atmospheric trend monitoringrather than on pure scientific research

§ Same throughput but lower spectral resolution than ACE§ Strong increase in SNR as a result of spectral binning

(SNR > 5000)



§ The MINT interferometer platform is ideallysuited for micro & nanosatellites

§ A complete MINT based sounder payloadwas built and tested in various spaceconstraints environments (» TRL 4)

§ Launch vibration, survival and operationalthermal tests were successfully completed

§ Miniaturized interferometer control electronicsdeveloped (< 7 ´ 7 cm PCB area)

§ Very good SNR and spectro-radiometricstabilities obtained in a low cost missionpackage

§ MINT was also successfully tested inhyperspectral imaging configuration(256 ´ 256)

Micro/nanosatellite instrument payload demonstration

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MINT SPECS:

§ Based on theABB MB3000Series

§ Double-pivot, withmonolithic cubecorners

§ Permanentlyaligned; No DArequired

§ Does not requireactive or passivecaging for launchenvironment

MINT payload on shaker


The MINT OEM Commercial Module (2008)

§ The scanning mechanism with the BS measures 12 ´ 12 ´ 6 cm

§ IR calibration, metrology source and detection, as well as detectormodules could be folded on top to keep minimal base surface

Interferometer key characteristics

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IR Source (N/A)

Detector

Scanningactuator

Focusingparabola (N/A)

Metrologysource &detection

12 cm

12 cm

MINT SPECS:

§ Compact(» 12´12 cm)and light weight(< 900 g)

§ ±1 cm OPD§ 0.7 – 21 µm

spectral range§ Fiber linked 1550

nm laser diodemetrology

§ 25 mm beamdiameter (singleport), 45 mraddivergence

§ 30° incidenceangle on B/S


Polym FTS(Shuttle STS-34)

Delivery of key flight hardware (1988 –2012)


MOPITTCalibration

SourcesTESCalibrationSources

SCISATACE-FTS

SOFISINT-EM

CrISINT-FM1

GOSATINT-FM

CrISINT-FM2

MIPASOGSE-1

MIPASOGSE-2,AIRS OGSE

FGSOGSE-2

CrISOGSE-2

CrISOGSE-1

1990 1995 2000 2005 2010

CrISCalibrationSource FM1

ABB Remote Sensing

Space projects constitute an important part of ABB AnalyticalMeasurement business, and past achievements have beenparticularly successful

§ The ACE-FTS instrument, originally designed for a two-year lifetime, has been operating for ten years and stillcontinues to provide exceptional scientific data aboutthe Earth’s atmosphere

§ The CrIS interferometers, built by ABB under a 50 M$contract, are among the most sophisticated opticalsystems ever built for weather applications

§ In 2009, the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute(CASI) awarded the SCISAT-1 team with the Alouette Awardfor outstanding contribution to advancement in Canadianspace technology, applications, science, and engineering

Awards and success


ABB Remote Sensing

§ In June 2006, ABB has also been presented with a NPOESSOutstanding Supplier Award from Northrop Grumman Corp.,for exceptional NPOESS teamwork in the manufacture anddelivery of the CrIS interferometer

§ In May 2011, Dr. Henry L. Buijs, co-founder and CTO at ABB,was awarded the John Chapman Award from the CSA for hiscontributions to the Canadian space program§ Henry Buijs established FTS as a powerful technique and

a core Canadian expertise used for the monitoring of theatmosphere from space

§ He also contributed, in 1962, to the first balloon-bornemeasurement of night time atmospheric airglow. Fiftyyears later, CSA’s SCISAT-1 is making majorcontributions to the understanding of ozone chemistryusing the same measurement technique.

Awards and success


Our partners & customers

Over the years, ABB has established close relations with leadingaerospace companies, key universities, and research institutions:

In the space business


ABB Analytical Measurements (Quebec) TodayWorld leader in FT-IR solutions

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§ ABB Analytical Measurements designs, manufactures, andmarkets optical instruments and analytical solutions based onmolecular spectroscopy for industrial and remote sensingapplications

§ More than 8000 instruments installed worldwide§ A recognized leader in:

§ High quality analysis solutions for Industrial ProcessMonitoring and QA (Molecular spectroscopy)

§ Remote sensing instrumentation§ Measurement Products unit in ABB Process Automation division

§ Largest ABB R&D group for IR and optical instrumentation§ Over 200 employees

www.abb.com/analytical


(j.-f. lavigne – abb inc) pdf

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