Amos is now working on the largest telescope in the world
Star observation and space simulation are but two Amos (Advanced Mechanical and Optical Systems) specializations.
Amos , located in the science park of Sart Tilman, has been chosen by European Southern Observatory (ESO) to study and develop its new telescope rotating dome whose function is to rectify the Earth rotation so that the telescope can be directed to the same point all year long. The Liege-based company is now working on the project's study, manufacturing is starting in October. The contract of an amount of $11 million will last from 1995 to 1999.
The VLT (Very Large Telescope) is now being built for the ESO in Chili. It will be a four unit telescope, each unit with a main mirror of 8 meters in diameter, which will make it the world's largest telescope in the year 2000, allowing the study of the most minute details in celestial objects.
Amos had already been chosen in 1985 by ESO to study and develop a seeing monitor for the site selection of the VLT and for the study of the telescope fork.
Euro-Diesel equipped the European Synchrotron
Radiation Facility with its advanced technology
Euro-Diesel produces hi-tech no break power systems. In 1993, the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (Grenoble-France) invited tenders for a contract whose technical requirements were particulary stringent. No Break Power won the contract over electrotechnic multinational giant companies. The No Break Power KS® started operating in Grenoble in May 1995, it automatically handles power failure without any interruption.
The success of Euro-Diesel is based on very advanced and original technology which brings it up to a high competition level on the international market. Applications are extended to : airports, hospitals (operating rooms) as well as industry and computer systems. You can find this at the Brussels-National Airport, in the Manchester police Departments, at Barclay's (England); or at Banca Cariplo de Milano (Italy).The reliability of the system has led NATO to adopt it as well.
CSL (Centre Spatial de Liege)
is again participating in a European program
April 5th, 1995 : a new testing facility was delivered by the Amos company to CSL, the space center of the University of Liege. It is one of the largest in Europe, (12 meters high and 4.5 meters in diameter). Its development was requested for testing telescope performances of the future XMM (X-ray Multiple Mirror) satellite of the European Space Agency (ESA). The XMM spacecraft will observe X-ray emissions from celestial sources; it is due to be launched by Ariane in 1999. Tests in Liege will start in October and will last nearly 2 and a half years.
CSL is, together with ESTEC (Noordwijk-Netherlands), IABG (Munich-Germany) and INTESPACE (Toulouse-France), one of four co-ordinated facilities of the European Space Agency. Its high qualifications in optoelectronics and in measurement of performances of optical instruments in space conditions has enabled it to be incorporated into NASA and ESA programs.
