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The EDAC® QUANTIFIER (Emboli Detection and Classification) blood circuit monitor uses advanced ultrasound technology to non-invasively count and classify gaseous emboli in the extracorporeal bypass circuit.

Luna's Healthcare Products:

• Emboli Detection And Classification (EDAC®)
• Emergency Noninvasive Tissue And Compartment Testing (EN-TACT®)
• TRIMETASPHERE® Carbon Nanomaterials

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Engineering Services at Luna Innovations

Luna Innovations offers a range of engineering services from consulting on solutions for difficult test and measurement problems to "turnkey" system solutions for specific applications. Luna Innovations is a small business and is on the GSA schedule 871 for professional engineering.

Nondestructive Evaluation Services at Luna

Nondestructive evaluation (NDE) or nondestructive testing (NDT) is a quality assurance management tool for detecting and evaluating flaws without disruption or impairment of serviceability. Materials, products and equipment that fail to achieve their design requirements or projected life due to undetected defects may require expensive repair or early replacement. The flaws can lead to loss of strength or breakdown in service, which can lead to unsafe conditions or total failure. Aircraft, automobiles, pipelines, bridges, power stations and more are all inspected using non-destructive technologies. NDT and NDE are important technologies in guaranteeing safety, reliability and quality control.

Specializing in ultrasonic techniques, Luna Innovations' Hampton office (Luna Hampton) develops advanced diagnostic measurement and methods that enable the performance of difficult structural evaluations. Ultrasonic testing (UT) is a form of NDT that can measure physical properties quickly and reliably, finding hidden internal flaws without cutting or sectioning a part. UT uses sound waves having frequencies above the upper limit of the normal range of human hearing, which is about 20 kilohertz.

Ultrasonic immersion C-scan is ultrasonic imaging through water. Luna’s tank handles parts as large as 5’x6’ and 2000 pounds. Resolution up to parts per million is achievable. Luna Hampton also has extensive, in-house design and fabrication capabilities to meet unique inspection requirements.

Ultrasonic assessments have diverse applications, such as detecting hidden corrosion damage in lightweight aircraft structures, finding fatigue cracks in railroad rail, mapping damage inside artillery barrels, or locating faulty adhesive bonds inside solid rocket motors.

Corrosion & Materials Characterization Services at Luna

Luna Innovations offers testing, consulting and research and development in the areas of corrosion, corrosion prevention and the development of environmentally acceptable protection technologies, as well as materials characterization. Luna Charlottesville’s experts in materials science and engineering support government, industry, and internal customers in materials characterization in the following areas:

• Corrosion including:
• industry standard corrosion and electrochemical methods
• test method development
• statistical analysis

• Coating characterization including:
• industry standard tests (military specification(MIL-SPEC), American Standard of Testing Materials (ASTM, etc.)
• impact testing
• electrical property evaluation

• Environmental testing including:
• accelerated corrosion
• thermal
• humidity
• ultra violet (UV) exposure testing

• Mechanical testing including:
• determination of mechanical properties (e.g. modulus, strength, etc.)

• Metallurgy and surface science including:
• profilometry
• surface chemistry (Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR), Raman, Auger)
• light microscopy
• quantitative image analysis

For more information on Luna’s Corrosion & Materials Characterization Services contact our Charlottesville office at 1.434.972.9950, or send an e-mail to solutions@lunainnovations.com.

Test & Measurement Services at Luna

Luna Innovations stands out among its peers in the fiber optic sensing community by offering the flexibility of a custom solution, specifically tailored to the desired measurement application. Luna can assist with all aspects of a customer's measurement needs, from identifying application requirements to providing on-site support.

Luna’s entry into the fiber optic sensing market began in 1990 with the invention of an embedded optical strain gage developed for the U.S. government to make measurements inside advanced ceramic composite materials. Today, Luna can design 'turnkey' solutions for your specific measurement application, develop the interface required to integrate fiber optic sensing instrumentation with your existing measurement/control equipment, or develop a fiber optic sensor-based value-added component for an existing product.

To find out more about Luna's engineering services contact us, or call 1.540.552.5128.