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Additive manufacturing of metallic glass from powder in space

npj Microgravity, 2023
Additive manufacturing of metals – and in particular building with laser-based powder bed fusion – is highly flexible and allows high-resolution features and feedstock savings. Meanwhile, though space stations in low Earth orbit are established, a set of
Christian Neumann, Johannes Thore, Mélanie Clozel, Jens Günster, Janka Wilbig, Andreas Meyer   +5 more
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In-Space Manufacturing: Technologies, Challenges, and Future Horizons

Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing
In-space manufacturing represents a transformative frontier in space exploration and industrial production, offering the potential to revolutionize how goods are produced and resources are utilized beyond Earth.
Subin Antony Jose, Jordan Jackson, Jayden Foster, Terrence Silva, Ethan Markham, Pradeep L. Menezes   +5 more
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Manufacturing in Space: An Operations Management Nightmare

Journal of Aerospace Technology and Management
Operations management (OM) involves the activities related to producing goods by transforming input into output. Operations managers typically organize the design of goods and manage the processes to ensure a quality product.
Robert Oliver Walton
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Space Products and Space-Made Products – Different Views on Space Manufacturing in Space and Patent Law [PDF]

Advanced Space Law, 2023
In-Space Manufacturing (ISM) is a form of space activity that assumes the possibility of manufacturing, processing, and assembling products that use one or both of the following key elements: a) extraterrestrial raw materials as the basis for their ...
Kamil Muzyka
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Towards Lunar In-Situ Resource Utilization Based Subtractive Manufacturing

Applied Sciences, 2023
In recent years, space agencies, such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and European Space Agency (ESA), have expanded their research activities in the field of manufacturing in space.
André Seidel, Uwe Teicher, Steffen Ihlenfeldt, Konstantin Sauer, Florian Morczinek, Martin Dix, Rick Niebergall, Bernhard Durschang, Stefan Linke   +8 more
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Reuse of Technical Manufacturing Processes in the Space Area [PDF]

Journal of Aerospace Technology and Management, 2020
The article explores the reuse of technical processes in the manufacturing of space systems, from the perspective of establishing a database of technical manufacturing processes for use by space organizations.
Amauri Silva Costa, Leonel Fernando Perondi, José Eduardo May   +2 more
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Editorial: Robotic in-space servicing, assembly and manufacturing

Frontiers in Robotics and AI
David Barnhart, Rudranarayan Mukherjee, Mini Chakravarthini Rai, Nicholas D'Amore, Carl Glen Henshaw   +4 more
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A Quality Assessment Network for Failure Detection in 3D Printing for Future Space-Based Manufacturing

Sensors, 2023
The application of space manufacturing technology holds tremendous potential for the advancement of space exploration. With significant investment from respected research institutions such as NASA, ESA, and CAST, along with private companies such as Made
Jianning Tang, Xiaofeng Wu
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Glass Shell Manufacturing in Space [PDF]

MRS Proceedings, 1981
ABSTRACTHighly-uniform, hollow glass spheres, which are used for inertial-confinement fusion targets, are formed from metalorganic gel powder feedstock in a drop-tower furnace. The modelling of this gel-to-sphere transformation has consisted of three phases: gel thermochemistry, furnace-to-gel heat transfer, and gravity-driven degradation of the ...
Robert L. Nolen, Raymond L. Downs, Matthias A. Ebner   +2 more
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Digital Smart Manufacturing Context Urban Street Space Design Landscape Elements Retrofit Analysis

EAI Endorsed Transactions on Energy Web, 2023
INTRODUCTION: With the growth of the economic level, China's urban residents' urban living standards are also increasingly high, which has produced the story of an urban street space design to improve the requirements.
Lei Song
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