Portable On Board Printer 3D
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made by Capgemini Engineering Italy
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12
months development project
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Successful Experimentation at the International Space Station
The background
The Portable On Board Printer 3D goal is the transfer Additive Manufacturing Technology to 3D-print in µ Gravity context for spacecrafts applications.Objective of the investigation was to prove FDM viability for making plastic objects onboard the International Space Station.
Our solution
E2E Design & Development from concept to product facing challenging product requirements implementation (µ Gravity, safety, usability & human machine interface) and involving different engineering disciplines:
– Electrical/Electronic components Engineering & Design
– Mechanical Product Design
– Addictive Manufacturing & 3D Printing process know how
– Product qualification for space station application
– Prototyping and manufacturing
What we deliver
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Stand - alone Payload
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Open-source HW
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COTS subsystem
