Through multiple Small Business Innovation and Research (SBIR) contracts, Tacmed Thermal™ has developed extensive expertise in a number of thermal management areas, including Evaporative Spray Cooling (ESC), Thermal Energy Storage (TES), and Miniature Refrigeration Systems (MRS). Building on the company’s R&D and thermal management roots, Tacmed's™ capabilities include product and market research, engineering and system design, analytics, rapid prototyping, design for manufacturing, product development, and commercialization. Tacmed Thermal™ has the facilities, equipment, and pexperienced staff required to fulfill exacting customer requirements and needs.

Intellectual Property: Tacmed Thermal™ believes that the cornerstone of any technology company is a strong intellectual property portfolio. The company has secured key US patents in each area of core expertise described above, has several patents in process, and numerous invention disclosures. Tacmed Thermal™ will continue our strong history of innovation and intellectual property development to ensure long-term stability and revenue sources.

Patented Technology for License:  1) Thermal Energy Storage (US patent #7,316,262) … 2) Evaporative Spray Cooling (US patent #8,100,169  8,104,533  7,921,664  7,654,100  6,571,569  6,993,926) … 3) Mini Refrigeration (US patent #8,024,942  7,942,642  7,318,325  7,010,936)

Facilities and Equipment: RINI’s office and research laboratory is in Oviedo, Florida, approximately one mile from the University of Central Florida. The 12,000 square foot facility provides flexible space for the administration, engineering, research and development, integration, and rapid prototyping; with 6,000 square feet of laboratory space with a fully equipped machine shop.

Tacmed Thermal™ laboratory is equipped with several fully automated data acquisition systems, computers, high voltage power supplies, chillers, thermal test chambers, life and reliability test stations for systems and components, and other equipment needed to conduct research and development in thermal management fields.

RINI’s on-site machine shop facility houses several CNC milling machines, lathes, grinders, and manual equipment; enabling precision machining capabilities. This fully capable on-site facility allows for rapid fabrication of custom prototype parts and the flexibility to make rapid design changes facilitating parametric design tests to be conducted.

Facilitated through the CFTI program, Tacmed Thermal™ collaborates with UCF partners within the Colleges of Engineering, the School of Optics, and the Office of Research. Through this collaboration, Tacmed Thermal™ has access to laboratory and research facilities which include a clean room, a scanning electron microscope, and an array of fully equipped labs that include fiber optics, laser plasma, spectroscopy, and many other resources.