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Gemeinsam mit einem Konsortium aus vier europäischen Unternehmen plant die European Space Agency (ESA) die Entwicklung einer Additive Layer Manufacturing (ALM) breadboard machine.
Active Space GmbH, Active Space SA, OHB Systems AG und BEEVERYCREATIVE werden gemeinsam unter dem Schirm des MELT Projekts eine Maschine entwickeln, die eine Steckplatine additive fertigen soll und das für den Betrieb auf der International Space Station (ISS).
Dazu soll die ALM Technologie als Basis dienen. MELT steht übrigens nicht für das englische Wort schmelzen, sondern für Manufacturing of Experimental Layer Technology, also das Herstellen von schichtbasierten experimentellen Technologien.
Das Team von BEEVERYCREATIVE ist für das Design der ALM Steckplatine und der Software dahinter verantwortlich. Im Mai 2017 soll die Entwicklung der Maschine abgeschlossen sein.
Hier die komplette Meldung von BEEVERYCREATIVE:
European Space Agency “MELT” Project
Consortium consisting of 4 European tech companies developing an ALM (Additive Layer Manufacturing) breadboard machine for ESA
The consortium, consisting of Active Space GmbH (Germany), Active Space SA (Portugal), OHB Systems AG (Germany) and BEEVERYCREATIVE (Portugal), won a public tender launched at the end of 2014 by the European Space Agency, and has been working on the MELT project since June last year.
MELT (Manufacturing of Experimental Layer Technology) project’s goal is to design, develop and test a fully functional ALM breadboard model, able to work under microgravity conditions of the ISS (International Space Station) and 3D print with engineering polymers with high end mechanical and thermal properties.
BEEVERYCREATIVE is bringing its expertise in 3D printing to the consortium, and is responsible for the design of the ALM breadboard model and its operating software.
The project will be delivered in May 2017, and has several phases scheduled: from studying the “state of the art” of current technologies, development of the actual hardware and software, to testing of the breadboard, followed by the evaluation of 3D printed components.
We are really excited to contribute to a new technological era, and together… make the future come true!
