TY - GEN
T1 - 3D printed parts for cubesats; experiences from KySat-2 and printsat using Windform XT 2.0
AU - Clements, Twyman
AU - Moore, Gil
AU - Clements, Alex
AU - Davis, Stewart
AU - White, Jim
AU - Wilt, David
AU - Holemans, Walter
AU - Rexroat, Jason
AU - Fite, Nathan
AU - Klumpar, Dave
AU - Malphrus, Benjamin
AU - Lumpp, James
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - The recent predominance of consumer level 3D printers has brought much attention towards the additive manufacturing process. On November 19th 2013 29 small satellites were launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility including KySat-2, a 1U CubeSat. KySat-2 was built with 10 additively manufactured, also called 3D printed, parts made from Windform XT 2.0, a material whose previous uses were mainly for automotive racing. Another 1U CubeSat, PrintSat, will be launched in 2014 and whose entire structure is built from the same material. This paper will discuss how each satellite used 3D printing, an overview of Windform XT 2.0, pros, cons and design considerations of 3D printing, and its future potential uses in the design and construction of spacecraft.
AB - The recent predominance of consumer level 3D printers has brought much attention towards the additive manufacturing process. On November 19th 2013 29 small satellites were launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility including KySat-2, a 1U CubeSat. KySat-2 was built with 10 additively manufactured, also called 3D printed, parts made from Windform XT 2.0, a material whose previous uses were mainly for automotive racing. Another 1U CubeSat, PrintSat, will be launched in 2014 and whose entire structure is built from the same material. This paper will discuss how each satellite used 3D printing, an overview of Windform XT 2.0, pros, cons and design considerations of 3D printing, and its future potential uses in the design and construction of spacecraft.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84968764402
SN - 9780877036173
T3 - Advances in the Astronautical Sciences
SP - 977
EP - 987
BT - 2nd IAA Conference on Dynamics and Control of Space Systems, 2014
A2 - Graziani, Filippo
A2 - Guerman, Anna D.
A2 - Contant, Jean-Michel
T2 - 2nd International Academy of Astronautics Conference on Dynamics and Control of Space Systems, DyCoSS 2014
Y2 - 24 March 2014 through 26 March 2014
ER -