| 1960
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The young firm moves
to new facilities in the Warwick Industrial Park. The new
quarters provide larger offices, as well as factory space and
storage areas.
The new facility also allows the
company to provide a new prototyping service, making parts such
as the periscope frame, shown here.
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| 1961
|
IMTCO delivers its
first systems test table, a two-axis optical tilting rotary
table for Polaris. This developmental test station is delivered
to MIT’s IL lab, today, known as Draper Laboratory. |
| 1962
|
The first
Apollo developmental test station is delivered to MIT.
In October, Cyclotronics Corporation of
America is formed.
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| 1963
|
The company purchases
additional space, a 9,000 square foot building, off Jefferson
Boulevard, also in Warwick. |
| 1966
|
The first of
over thirty POLARIS/POSEIDON test table systems is delivered to
the General Electric Company's Ordnance Systems Division. Some
stations are used later for the TRIDENT system.
Ground is broken for a second building at
the Jefferson Boulevard location. This 3,000 square foot
structure is built on the East side of Albany Road.
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| 1967
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The Gonio-Optron is
introduced. These tables boast a position resolution of ¼ arc
second. They would become the epitome of optical positioning
devices.
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| 1968
|
Together with
Foster-Miller, the Company builds the first of several,
continuous rotary molding machines for producing Velcro®.
IMT introduces the Cyclo-Optron
(shown), rotary table, with double coincident optics.
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| 1969
|
IMT delivers
its first rate table system (shown) to MIT’s IL lab.
Eventually this table would be the forerunner of many new
products. These new systems incorporate a variety of new
technologies, including: direct drive torque motors; hydrostatic
bearings; and fabricated structural members.
In August, the Company receives special
achievement commendations from both MIT and NASA for the
successful design and manufacture of the Apollo test stations.
The first of IMT’s gimbaled systems is
built. These new devices are the company’s first application
of INDUCTOSYN® scales for position feedback.
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