Chassis Node Components
- Additive Companion
- Space
- 2023
- United States
Summary
Nodes interfacing carbon composite tubes to form the Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) chassis of NASA’s ‘Psyche’ spacecraft, which is travelling to the asteroid of the same name.
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Technology Details
- EBM
- Powder Bed Fusion
- Titanium Ti-6Al-4V
- Titanium
- Powder
- Milled
Process Steps
Printer category: Powder Bed Fusion
- 1
Application Profile
€€€€€
€500 plus
Indicative single unit production cost at time of manufacture.
Highly Complex
Demands advanced, expert-level skill and deep technical expertise.
Prototypes / Samples / One-Offs
Component
Commercial
★★☆
Can depend on fossil fuels and high energy use, but allows unconsumed material to be directly reused for printing without reprocessing, significantly reducing manufacturing waste. This rating relates to the technology type only. The design, purpose and longevity of the entire object can offset any of the technology type's negative sustainability credentials.
Professional
Lightweighting
Recognition
Providers Involved
- Colibrium AdditiveHardware Manufacturer
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