Antenna deployment mechanism printed

By on February 25, 2015 in Progress update, Project
Assembled antenna deployment mechanism showing the 3D printed part in white

Assembled antenna deployment mechanism showing the 3D printed part in white

As part of our objective to test fly 3D printed components on the UoS3 CubeSat the mechanism to deploy the antennas from their stored (launch) to operational position has been printed.

Rather than using the common, fused deposition modelling technique, the part was printed using the selective laser sintering method by 3T RPD.

The part will now undergo integration with the antenna and deployment circuitry to allow testing of the antenna deployment mechanism as a complete unit.

About Mark Coulter

Mark is a fourth year Aeronautics and Astronautics undergraduate at the University of Southampton specialising in Spacecraft Engineering. He is involved in the FEE (Engineering) GDP and heads up the publicity side of the UoS3 project.
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