Components Group

Timeline of Achievements

From 50 plus years of growth, achievement and insight, to the products of tomorrow...

1951 Electro-Tec opens facility in Blacksburg, Virginia,
to manufacture miniature slip ring assemblies.
It is the first manufacturing plant in Blacksburg
and is owned by George and James Pandapas.
It is a division of the Electro-Tec Corporation
located in New Jersey.
 
1953 Poly-Scientific founded in Blacksburg, Virginia,
by Mr. James Pandapas.
 
1955 First Poly-Scientific slip ring products are
introduced to the military / aerospace market.
 
1962 Poly-Scientific and Clifton Precision are
purchased by Litton Industries.
 
1965 Slip rings are supplied for space exploration.
 
1967 Motor manufacturing plant in Murphy,
North Carolina opened.
 
1969 Man's first moon landing with vehicle utilizing
Poly-Scientific slip rings, synchros and
resolvers.
 
1975 World's largest slip ring, weighing 8.5 tons
and 11 feet tall, was designed and built by
Poly-Scientific.
 
1977 Poly-Scientific issued first of 28 patents,
including fiber brush contact technology.
 
1977 First Trident IMU shipped and first high voltage
CAT scan slip ring shipped.
 
1978 First fiber optic rotary joint (FORJ) designed
and developed.
 
1983 Electronic facility opened in Blacksburg Virginia to manufacture commercial slip rings and security products.
 
1985 High volume manufacturing of brushless
motors for computer disk drives.
 
1986 Slip rings for commercial CCTV applications
with 360 degree rotation introduced.
 
1988 Hybrid fiber optic transceiver produced for
Eurofigher program.
 
1989 1,000,000th computer disk drive motor
shipped to IBM Corporation.
 
1989 TQM program and Quality Education System
launched.
 
1991 Products served in Desert Storm operations
aboard the Patriot missile.
 
1992 Consolidation of Clifton Precision and Special
Devices into the Litton Poly-Scientific Division.
Added brush and brushless motors, resolvers,
actuators and avionic instruments.
 
1994 Poly-Scientific implemented silicon micro
machining (MEMS) facility and introduced
militarized fiber optic switch.
 
1995 Slip rings passed the 13 year life test mark for
NASA.
 
1997 Poly-Scientific finalized division-wide upgrade
to state-of-the-art Enterprise Information
System (EIS).
 
1998 Built first IMT space solar array drive.
 
1999 First CAT Scan slip ring/FORJ shipped.
 
2000 Introduced fiber optic switch to commercial markets.
 
2000 Introduced controllers for brushless DC motor
product line.
 
2000 Poly-Scientific introduced multi-channel on-axis
FORJ.
 
2000 Addition of Fiber Optic Modem (FOM) product
line.
 
2001 Poly-Scientific acquired by Northrop Grumman.
 
2002 Introduced motors with integral drives.
 
2003 Poly-Scientific celebrated 50th anniversary.
 
2003 Poly-Scientific is saddened by the loss of its
founder. Mr. James Pandapas, 1915 - 2003
 
2003 Northrop Grumman's Poly-Scientific Division is
acquired by Moog, and becomes Moog
Components Group.
 
2004 Silencer Series BN line expanded with high
speed versions
 
2004 Moog Components Group introduces Digital Drives.
 
2004 Expanded international customer support in
South America, Australia, China, Hong Kong,
India, Korea, Russia, Singapore, South
America.
 
2004 Implemented Six Sigma, a process improvement system.
 
2005 Moog acquires Electro-Tec, Focal Technologies
and IDM Electronics expanding the product
offering. New technologies added:
   • FRU (Fluid Rotary Union)
   • Improved slip ring bandwidth capability
   • Alternate slip ring manufacturing process
      using electro-deposited rings
 
2007 Moog acquires TCP (Thermal Control Products
Inc.), specializing in the design, prototype and
manufacture of electronic cooling and air
moving systems.
 
2007 Moog acquires Techtron Corporation, a Florida
based company that designs and manufactures
slip rings for a variety of commercial applications.
 
2007 Moog acquires PRIZM Advanced Communications Electronics, Inc. PRIZM specializes in the design and manufacture of fiber optic and wireless video and data multiplexers used in commercial and military subsea markets.
 
2008 Moog acquires California Linear Devices. CLD specializes in high performance linear servomotors for a wide range of motion control applications.
 
2008 Moog Components Group adds Gigabit Ethernet Capability to line of Media Converters and  Multiplexers.
 
2009 Moog Components Group introduces new slip ring designs for wind turbine blade pitch control.
 
2009 Moog launches new corporate website. For the first time, all Moog business units are featured at
www.moog.com
 
2009 Moog Components Group partners with Samplify Systems, Inc. to bring innovative signal compression technology to the Computed Tomography (CT) market
 
2010 Moog Components Group introduces alternators for small wind turbine manufacturers, allowing for customization with minimal impact to the base design.
 
2010 Moog Components Group offers over two times the torque capability of a standard BN23 brushless motor with new high performance unique stator motors.
 
2010 Moog Components Group adds singlemode High Definition (HD) Video Multiplexer with on-board serial data and (optional) USB channels to its product line.
 
2010 Moog Components Group, Reading, UK Operations was awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2010.  The Company designs and manufactures special electro-mechanical products including slip rings, motion control components and integrated systems for a wide variety of industries ranging from industrial machinery to aerospace and defense.
 
2010 Moog Components Group offers new slip ring models including a high circuit density compact  slip ring capsule that combines two previous models and through-bore slip rings designed for error-free data communication transmission that are wired for Ethernet channels.
 
2011 Moog acquires Animatics. Animatics is a leading supplier of SmartMotor™ servomotors and linear actuators used in industrial applications.
 
2011 Introduction of a navigation and control system for underwater vehicles including Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs). The MUSICIANS™ system provides an innovative and unmatched solution for vehicle operators.
 
2011 Development of the DBH-0472  ½” diameter, high performance, brushless DC motors that offer the greatest torque density available in a miniaturized package.
 
2011 Tactical Connector Fiber Optic Modem. Moog provides a family of best-in-class interconnect and optical / media conversion products integrated into a connector-based solution for the military ground communications market.
 
2012 Moog acquires Protokraft, a design and manufacturing company that provides electronic and electro-optic components and subsystems for use in harsh environmental networking equipment applications.
 
2012 Moog Components Group launches its new Focal™ fiber optic multiplexer product family and catalog.

 

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