Services

  • - Principal Tool: Simion 2020

    - Static:

    - Lens Systems

    - Reflectron (Electrostatic Mirror)

    - Single stage

    - Two stage

    - Gridless

    - Dynamic:

    - Ion Gates

    - orthogonal pusher

    - Funnel

    - Ion Traps:

    - RF Ion Trap

    - Electrostatic Trap

    - Air Vacuum Interfaces

    - Development of custom Simion Lua User programs

    - Able to incorporate into model

    - Space charge effects

    - Dielectric Effects

    - Surface effects

    - CFD, DSMC(Direct Simulation Monte Carlo), PIC

    - Gas flow dynamics

    - Cold and Hot Plasmas

    - Complete Systems:

    - TOF

    - Ion Trap (3D, Linear)

    - Ion Mobility

  • Ashwood Labs has extensive experience in the physical implementation and mechanical design of Ion optics Systems

    Material selection and mounting system design

    HV tracking and clearance considerations

    HV vacuum feedthrough selection

    Resistive glass

    High Temperature + High Voltage

    In Vacuum and Atmospheric ion optics

    All Mechanical design executed in Solidworks

  • Design-Build-Test-Iterate -> Validate

    We can execute within our core team a complete proof of concept development cycle. Our capacity to execute all simulation, design, build and test phases internally allows for rapid iteration the shortest overall timelines.

  • Ashwood Labs has extensive expertise in the design and implementation of instrument control and power systems

    Distributed embedded control system

    - RTOS

    - Extensive FreeRTOS expertise on

    - Arm Cortex, PIC32

    - Protocol

    - TCP/IP

    - UDP

    - Modbus (TCP/IP, RTU)

    - Custom

    - Interfaces

    - Analog/Digital/I2C/SPI/UART/Ethernet

    - CE compliant power system Design

  • Ashwood Labs has extensive expertise in performing mechanical design within the constraints and requirements of analytical systems:

    - Ultra High Vacuum

    - Chemically Inert, non-contaminating

    - High temperature

    - At High Voltage

    - We are familiar with many manufacturing techniques and when to apply them

    - Machining

    - Forming, Stamping, punching

    - Etching

    - laser and waterjet cutting

    - welding

    - Additional Mechanical Design Proficiencies

    - GD&T and Tolerancing Analysis

    - Simulation: Finite Element Analysis

    - Fixture Design

  • We have passion for advanced manufacturing methods and their application in the analytical product space. We make it our business to keep abreast of this rapidly developing space so we can provide insight and guidance to our clients.

    - In our lab we have a use FFF (fused filament fabrication) printing and we have extensive experience with and designing for services providing:

    - quick turn CNC machining

    - quick turn sheet metal fabrication

  • Ashwood Labs Has Extensive experience in low current, High voltage system design typical in Analytical Instrumentation

    - Power Supply selection and specification

    - Vacuum feedthrough selection

    - Cable Selection

    - Connector Selection

    - Pulsed and DC

    - In Atmosphere and vacuum

    - PCB layout considerations

    - Potting

    - Surface tracking considerations

  • - Leading Brain storming sessions

    - Risk Analysis

  • Ashwood Labs can provide guidance for best practices to be implemented when scaling:

    - BOM management

    - Product Life Cycle Management

    - Revision control

    - Serialization

    - Assembly Instructions

    - Assembly Validation and Test

  • Supervised and unsupervised learning

    Reinforcement learning

    Deep learning

    Ensemble and boosted traditional learning techniques

  • Technical, Research and Decision making software system design and development

    - C++, C, Python, Matlab, and Java

  • - Python, Stata, R

  • -Electro-Optic Packaging

    -Flight ready design requirements