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Investigating Mass Reduction Capabilities of Additive Manufacturing through the Re-Design of a Space-Based Mirror
Rhys Tuck, Younes Chahid, Greg Lister +8
Additive manufacture (AM) involves creating a part layer by layer and is a rapidly evolving manufacturing process. It has multiple strengths that apply to space-based optics, such…
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Additive manufacturing applications in astronomy: a review
Younes Chahid, Carolyn Atkins, Greg Lister +9
Despite the established role of additive manufacturing (AM) in aerospace and medical fields, its adoption in astronomy remains low. Encouraging AM integration in a risk-averse comm…
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Design, manufacture and metrology of additively manufactured, metal and ceramic lightweight circular mirror prototypes
Greg Lister, Rhys Tuck, Younes Chahid +9
Spaced-based mirrors are a developing use-case for Additive Manufacturing (AM), the process that builds a part layer-by-layer. The increased geometric freedom results in novel and…