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TRUMPF and The Exploration Company Cooperate with 3D Printing for Space Travel

News Press Release By AM Chronicle EditorFebruary 1, 20244 Mins Read
3D printing for space travel
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The German technology company TRUMPF and the European space-travel start-up The Exploration
Company are cooperating on the construction of core components for spacecraft
for missions in the earth’s orbit and to the moon. As early as spring 2024, the
Exploration Company will use 3D printers from the laser specialist to print core
components of the Huracán and Mistral engines for the Nyx Earth and Nyx Moon
spacecraft in Planegg near Munich. The aim is to make the Huracán engine
reusable and refuelable in orbit with bio-methane and oxygen. “Our aim is to offer
space missions more cost-effectively than was previously possible. Our
spacecraft can benefit from TRUMPF’s manufacturing and application expertise.
TRUMPF has decades of experience in the production of high-precision components,” says Hélène Huby, CEO of The Exploration Company. The start-up plans to send a space capsule to orbit the earth for several months in an initial mission in 2026. Starting in 2028, further missions are planned to go to the moon.
The spacecraft will initially carry freight, but in the long term, people will also fly on board.

The start-up has so far raised 65 million euros from private and public investors.
The European company employs a total of around 120 people at its sites in
Planegg near Munich and Bordeaux. Commercial space travel is considered a
growth industry. Experts predicted that the global market for the production of
aircraft and spacecraft would grow to 740 billion euros in 2023.

Aerospace companies rely on 3D printing

“With our 3D printing technology, we are driving the commercialization of the
space-travel industry. If you want to be successful in the space-travel industry
today, you have to use additive manufacturing,” says Tobias Brune, who is
responsible for the additive manufacturing business at TRUMPF. Designers use
additive manufacturing to combine entire assemblies into a single component.
This saves weight and reduces complexity. Every gram saved reduces fuel costs.
What’s more, the less complex components reduce the cost of safety tests before
the rocket launch and increase the probability of a successful mission in space.

With the help of 3D printers, The Exploration Company saves valuable raw
materials. The systems only use the material that will ultimately fly into space. In
the past, aerospace companies produced components using conventional
manufacturing methods such as stamping, forging and casting. Much of the
material ended up as waste.

Additive manufacturing enables rapid prototype development, which normally
takes a lot of time in the aerospace industry. With the design software, users can
make improvements to the prototype at the click of a mouse. The 3D printer can
then produce the new prototype within a few hours. With conventional
manufacturing methods, the production of some of these complex geometries
would not be possible or it would take up to several weeks or months.

3D printing for space travel

TRUMPF is a high-tech company offering manufacturing solutions in the fields of machine
tools and laser technology. The Company drives digital connectivity in the field of
manufacturing by means of consulting, platform products and software. TRUMPF is one
of the technology and market leaders in highly versatile machine tools for sheet metal
processing and in the field of industrial lasers.

In 2022/23, the company employed some 18,400 people and generated sales of about
5.4 billion euros. With over 80 companies, the TRUMPF Group is represented in nearly
every European country as well as in North America, South America and Asia. The
company has production facilities in Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Austria,
Switzerland, Poland, the Czech Republic, the United States, Mexico and China.

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