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Made In Space’s Archinaut aims for off-world additive manufacturing of satellites

加利福尼亚的微实力工程公司(MIS)(MIS)揭示了进一步的空间添加剂制造项目Archinaut的细节。雷电竞充值

在太空中制造的领导该计划,该计划由NASA签约,并由海底工程和科技公司Oceaneering和Northrop Grumman加入。于2015年宣布,,,,the project’s main aim is to provide an innovative means of creating large-scale structures in space.根据关于太空中型平台制造的博客文章,,,,

它是第一个专门设计用于在空间中创建大型结构的平台。

Archinaut的插图扩展了卫星上的建筑。图像通过太空制造。
Archinaut的插图扩展了卫星上的建筑。图像通过太空制造。

Building the next space station

最近在太空中与Axiom Space合作,以支持“世界上第一个私人商业空间站。”但是,正如MIS指出的那样,建立国际空间站(ISS)的继任者可能需要另一种制造方法。3D印刷行业举行了在太空的贾斯汀·库格勒(Justin Kugler)中采访了解有关公司未来制造计划的更多信息。

The ISS is largest man-made structure to reach space so far. But according to MIS the construction approach, that took more than 10 years to complete and billions of dollars, will not scale for future demand.

MIS设想了未来的超越地球建筑。包括住宅,工业设施和运输站” but to reach these goals we require“platforms that allow us to manufacture and assemble large space systems in space.”Made in Space’s answer to this problem, is the Archinaut system.

How Archinaut works

The Archinaut’s basic configuration is “asystem integrated into a satellite and includes a space-capable manufacturing unit, assembly robotics, feedstock, and some prefabricated components.”在TechCrunch发布的概念视频中,,,,the Archinaut is shown feeding metal construction poles out of the center of its body using robotic arms that is also uses to assemble into an interconnected scaffold.

One of the main attractions of the Archinaut system is that it enables structures to be built that are much larger than itself. This is crucial to in-space manufacturing since large production systems cannot feasibly be launched from earth. Such optimized systems“包括反射器,天线,桁架,繁荣,散热器。”

Infographic explains the Archinaut manufacturing process. Image via Project Archinaut.
Infographic explains the Archinaut manufacturing process. Image via Project Archinaut.

The goal for 2017 through 2018 is to prove Archinaut’s additive manufacturing capabilities in micro-gravtiy and off-world conditions. In 2019 and beyond Made in Space hope to be able to provide an on-orbit demo of the system, and sell it for commercial use.

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Featured image shows the three stages of Archinaut assembling a satellite platform. Image via Made In Space.