iPROS Manufacturing
  • Search for products by classification category

    • Electronic Components and Modules
      Electronic Components and Modules
      55891items
    • Machinery Parts
      Machinery Parts
      70738items
    • Manufacturing and processing machinery
      Manufacturing and processing machinery
      95516items
    • Scientific and Physics Equipment
      Scientific and Physics Equipment
      33014items
    • Materials
      Materials
      34847items
    • Measurement and Analysis
      Measurement and Analysis
      52707items
    • Image Processing
      Image Processing
      14549items
    • Control and Electrical Equipment
      Control and Electrical Equipment
      50370items
    • Tools, consumables, and supplies
      Tools, consumables, and supplies
      62939items
    • Design and production support
      Design and production support
      11701items
    • IT/Network
      IT/Network
      40940items
    • Office
      Office
      13068items
    • Business support services
      Business support services
      39937items
    • Seminars and Skill Development
      Seminars and Skill Development
      5815items
    • Pharmaceutical and food related
      Pharmaceutical and food related
      23072items
    • others
      59298items
  • Search for companies by industry

    • Manufacturing and processing contract
      7356
    • others
      5052
    • Industrial Machinery
      4435
    • Machine elements and parts
      3289
    • Other manufacturing
      2871
    • IT/Telecommunications
      2516
    • Trading company/Wholesale
      2454
    • Industrial Electrical Equipment
      2318
    • Building materials, supplies and fixtures
      1822
    • software
      1652
    • Electronic Components and Semiconductors
      1574
    • Resin/Plastic
      1494
    • Service Industry
      1401
    • Testing, Analysis and Measurement
      1132
    • Ferrous/Non-ferrous metals
      980
    • environment
      702
    • Chemical
      631
    • Automobiles and Transportation Equipment
      560
    • Printing Industry
      506
    • Information and Communications
      431
    • Consumer Electronics
      422
    • Energy
      321
    • Rubber products
      311
    • Food Machinery
      305
    • Optical Instruments
      284
    • robot
      269
    • fiber
      250
    • Paper and pulp
      232
    • Electricity, Gas and Water Industry
      173
    • Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
      165
    • Warehousing and transport related industries
      145
    • Glass and clay products
      142
    • Food and Beverage
      134
    • CAD/CAM
      121
    • Educational and Research Institutions
      108
    • retail
      106
    • Medical Devices
      99
    • Ceramics
      95
    • wood
      87
    • Transportation
      83
    • Medical and Welfare
      61
    • Petroleum and coal products
      60
    • Shipbuilding and heavy machinery
      53
    • Aviation & Aerospace
      47
    • Fisheries, Agriculture and Forestry
      39
    • self-employed
      23
    • Public interest/special/independent administrative agency
      19
    • equipment
      19
    • Mining
      17
    • Materials
      15
    • Research and development equipment and devices
      14
    • Finance, securities and insurance
      13
    • Government
      13
    • Individual
      10
    • Restaurants and accommodations
      8
    • Police, Fire Department, Self-Defense Forces
      7
    • cosmetics
      7
    • Laboratory Equipment and Consumables
      3
    • Contracted research
      3
    • Raw materials for reagents and chemicals
      2
  • Special Features
  • Ranking

    • Overall Products Ranking
    • Overall Company Ranking
Search for Products
  • Search for products by classification category

  • Electronic Components and Modules
  • Machinery Parts
  • Manufacturing and processing machinery
  • Scientific and Physics Equipment
  • Materials
  • Measurement and Analysis
  • Image Processing
  • Control and Electrical Equipment
  • Tools, consumables, and supplies
  • Design and production support
  • IT/Network
  • Office
  • Business support services
  • Seminars and Skill Development
  • Pharmaceutical and food related
  • others
Search for Companies
  • Search for companies by industry

  • Manufacturing and processing contract
  • others
  • Industrial Machinery
  • Machine elements and parts
  • Other manufacturing
  • IT/Telecommunications
  • Trading company/Wholesale
  • Industrial Electrical Equipment
  • Building materials, supplies and fixtures
  • software
  • Electronic Components and Semiconductors
  • Resin/Plastic
  • Service Industry
  • Testing, Analysis and Measurement
  • Ferrous/Non-ferrous metals
  • environment
  • Chemical
  • Automobiles and Transportation Equipment
  • Printing Industry
  • Information and Communications
  • Consumer Electronics
  • Energy
  • Rubber products
  • Food Machinery
  • Optical Instruments
  • robot
  • fiber
  • Paper and pulp
  • Electricity, Gas and Water Industry
  • Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • Warehousing and transport related industries
  • Glass and clay products
  • Food and Beverage
  • CAD/CAM
  • Educational and Research Institutions
  • retail
  • Medical Devices
  • Ceramics
  • wood
  • Transportation
  • Medical and Welfare
  • Petroleum and coal products
  • Shipbuilding and heavy machinery
  • Aviation & Aerospace
  • Fisheries, Agriculture and Forestry
  • self-employed
  • Public interest/special/independent administrative agency
  • equipment
  • Mining
  • Materials
  • Research and development equipment and devices
  • Finance, securities and insurance
  • Government
  • Individual
  • Restaurants and accommodations
  • Police, Fire Department, Self-Defense Forces
  • cosmetics
  • Laboratory Equipment and Consumables
  • Contracted research
  • Raw materials for reagents and chemicals
Special Features
Ranking
  • Overall Products Ranking
  • Overall Company Ranking
  • privacy policy
  • terms of service
  • About Us
  • Careers
  • Advertising
  1. Home
  2. ProductSearch
  3. Machinery Parts
  4. Piping parts
  5. valve
  6. Challenging fermentation experiments in zero gravity! Space beer brewing device [patent pending]

Challenging fermentation experiments in zero gravity! Space beer brewing device [patent pending]

  • Added to bookmarks

    Bookmarks list

    Bookmark has been removed

    Bookmarks list

    You can't add any more bookmarks

    By registering as a member, you can increase the number of bookmarks you can save and organize them with labels.

    Free membership registration

last updated:Jul 19, 2024

高砂電気工業
高砂電気工業
  • Official site

Can delicious beer be brewed in space? It is a scientific inquiry that piques intellectual curiosity and a challenge to bring smiles to people's faces.

It is said that in the near future, humanity will live in outer space. For long-term living, technologies that efficiently produce food and beverages with limited resources, as well as a delicious diet that allows for a fulfilling life even in a closed environment, will be key. How will the fermentation process change in the vastly different environment of space? What fermentation conditions will be optimal? This time, we have designed a device to conduct such experiments. It can be equipped with sensors to monitor alcohol concentration and beer flavor components, allowing for the evaluation of brewing quality during unmanned experiments on satellites. Additionally, it has a compact structure suitable for use on the space station. Takasago Electric Industry provided parts and technical advice for the construction of a lunar beer brewing device by American students in 2017. While there is gravity on the moon, brewing beer in the weightlessness of outer space requires a completely closed system, necessitating more advanced technology for gas management and internal agitation. We have addressed such challenges and have also filed for a patent. Cheers with beer brewed in space while looking at Earth! Isn't that exciting? This is a project filled with dreams and hopes, looking towards the future of humanity heading into space!

    valve
beer-brewing-device.jpg

Challenging fermentation experiments in zero gravity! Space beer brewing device [patent pending]

beer-brewing-device.jpg
beer-brewing-device.jpg
  • Related Link - https://takasago-elec.co.jp/news/2020/04/7492/

Inquire About This Product

  • Contact Us Online
  • Download catalog

basic information

■ Features of the Device - Joint development with ALE Co., Ltd., which is engaged in the artificial meteor business. - A satellite-type beer brewing device that can automatically brew beer in outer space (under microgravity conditions). - Adapted for a CubeSat-sized ultra-small satellite. The main body can be stored in a 1U space. - Equipped with a degasser to release carbon dioxide generated during fermentation, enabling beer brewing in a closed system. - Employs a system to forcibly stir the wort, even in microgravity where thermal convection does not occur. - Utilizes a hop column to achieve an automatic hopping process, allowing for the bitterness and aroma of hops. - Can also be applied to fermentation processes for wine and other products. Takasago Electric Industry is a specialized manufacturer of fluid control devices, such as valves and pumps. Through participation in the SPACE FOODSPHERE program, we aim to explore various applications of fluid control technology in areas such as plant factories, artificial cultured meat, beer brewing, water treatment, and water quality analysis.

Price information

Undecided

Delivery Time

Please contact us for details

※Please feel free to contact us.

Applications/Examples of results

We aim to conduct demonstration experiments in orbit with artificial satellites.

catalog(1)

Download All Catalogs
Space Beer Brewing Device

Space Beer Brewing Device

TECHNICAL
  • E-book viewing
  • Catalog download

Contact this catalog

News about this product(2)

Interview scene

Featured in "Nikkei Business."

  • Company news

In the March 15 issue of the magazine version and the March 15 digital edition of the renowned economic magazine "Nikkei Business," our company's efforts in the space business were featured in the special section "The Big Bang of the Space Economy Has Finally Arrived." We believe that by combining our fluid control technology, developed through water treatment, cell culture, various analyses, and fuel cells on the ground, with the space-related knowledge we have accumulated through thrusters and space experimental equipment, we can contribute broadly to industries such as "space living equipment" and "space habitation equipment" as listed below: - Water recycling systems, resource circulation systems - Oxygen and hydrogen generation systems through water electrolysis - Fuel cells, power generation systems - Closed-type plant factories - Land-based aquaculture - Cultivation equipment for cell-cultured meat and microalgae - 3D food printers, seasoning printers The space beer brewing device mentioned in this article is also a pioneering experiment to see how yeast behaves differently in microgravity compared to on Earth, and we believe it can contribute to other fermented foods and beverages such as bread, seasonings, and wine. We are looking forward to broad support from those who can agree with us in terms of technology and funding as we work towards the completion and launch of the device.

Added to bookmarks

Bookmarks list

Bookmark has been removed

Bookmarks list

You can't add any more bookmarks

By registering as a member, you can increase the number of bookmarks you can save and organize them with labels.

Free membership registration

I will be speaking at the S-NET seminar on examples of space business.

  • Company news

On February 10th (Wednesday), our representative will take the stage at the S-NET Seminar 2021 in Aichi to discuss our company's background and our entry into the space business. This event will feature a keynote speech by President Inagawa of Interstellar Technologies, a company advancing the development of private small rockets, along with pitches from nine other companies introducing various opportunities in the space business across different fields. The event will be held online and viewing is free. We encourage everyone interested in space to tune in. For event details and to register for online viewing, please visit the website below. [Event Details] Title: S-NET Seminar 2021 in Aichi – The Cutting Edge of the Expanding Space Business Industry http://uchuriyo.space/snet/aichi2021/ Organizer: Cabinet Office Space Development Strategy Promotion Office, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Co-organizer: Aichi Prefecture Cooperation: Science Create Inc. Our Presentation Title: "Not Just 'Shitamachi Rocket' – Opportunities for Entering the Space Business Even in Beer Brewing"

Added to bookmarks

Bookmarks list

Bookmark has been removed

Bookmarks list

You can't add any more bookmarks

By registering as a member, you can increase the number of bookmarks you can save and organize them with labels.

Free membership registration

Companynews list (15)

Company information

高砂電気工業

高砂電気工業

Industrial Machinery

Added to bookmarks

Bookmarks list

Bookmark has been removed

Bookmarks list

You can't add any more bookmarks

By registering as a member, you can increase the number of bookmarks you can save and organize them with labels.

Free membership registration
  • Official site
Phone number/address

Our company has been a specialized manufacturer of over 10,000 types of solenoid valves, small pumps, and other fluid control devices for more than 60 years, providing technology related to automatic and precise control of liquids and gases. We excel in custom design tailored to the individual needs of our customers and are expanding globally. 【Customization】 As a specialist in fluid control, we flexibly respond to all product design requirements from our customers. Based on our extensive experience and fresh ideas, we actively propose various product customizations according to individual requests. We also accommodate small-scale prototypes, so please feel free to reach out. 【Miniaturization】 We are developing small and micro fluid control products, including the world's smallest class of small valves, the FV and FLV series. 【Integration】 If you provide us with your desired specifications and an overall flow diagram, we will consider the optimal selection and arrangement of components and propose integration products. <<Others>> - Established a seismic isolation factory compliant with BCP - Opened a branch in the United States in October 2012 as part of our global expansion.

Product/Service List (152)

The related categories of valve

  • Machinery Parts
  • Piping parts
  • valve
          

Inquire About This Product

  • Contact Us Online
  • Download catalog

Products

  • Search for Products

Company

  • Search for Companies

Special Features

  • Special Features

Ranking

  • Overall Products Ranking
  • Overall Company Ranking

support

  • site map
IPROS
  • privacy policy Regarding external transmission of information
  • terms of service
  • About Us
  • Careers
  • Advertising
COPYRIGHT © 2001-2025 IPROS CORPORATION ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Please note that the English text on this page is automatically translated and may contain inaccuracies.