Novel active driven drop tower facility for microgravity experiments investigating production technologies on the example of substrate-free additive manufacturing

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Autoren

  • Christoph Lotz
  • Yvonne Wessarges
  • Jörg Hermsdorf
  • Wolfgang Ertmer
  • Ludger Overmeyer

Externe Organisationen

  • Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH)
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)1967-1974
Seitenumfang8
FachzeitschriftAdvances in space research
Jahrgang61
Ausgabenummer8
Frühes Online-Datum31 Jan. 2018
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 15 Apr. 2018

Abstract

Through the striving of humanity into space, new production processes and technologies for the use under microgravity will be essential in the future. Production of objects in space demands for new processes, like additive manufacturing. This paper presents the concept and the realization for a new machine to investigate microgravity production processes on earth. The machine is based on linear long stator drives and a vacuum chamber carrying up to 1000 kg. For the first time high repetition rate and associated low experimental costs can provide basic research. The paper also introduces the substrate-free additive manufacturing as a future research topic and one of our primary application.

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Novel active driven drop tower facility for microgravity experiments investigating production technologies on the example of substrate-free additive manufacturing. / Lotz, Christoph; Wessarges, Yvonne; Hermsdorf, Jörg et al.
in: Advances in space research, Jahrgang 61, Nr. 8, 15.04.2018, S. 1967-1974.

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Lotz C, Wessarges Y, Hermsdorf J, Ertmer W, Overmeyer L. Novel active driven drop tower facility for microgravity experiments investigating production technologies on the example of substrate-free additive manufacturing. Advances in space research. 2018 Apr 15;61(8):1967-1974. Epub 2018 Jan 31. doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2018.01.010, 10.15488/4638
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