{"title":"Overview of Additive Manufacturing and Quality Assurance of Powders for Space Propulsive Components","authors":"Davide Zuin, Simone La Luna, Filippo Maggi","doi":"10.1615/intjenergeticmaterialschemprop.2023048100","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Additive manufacturing techniques are modifying the space propulsion manufacturing panorama. These technologies, which are already implemented in manufacturing of aerospace components, are still to be further analysed and a complete quality assurance program to be defined. In this paper, a state of the art analysis of quality assurance for space propulsive applications is performed. In particular, the focus is centred on material challenges associated to space propulsion: the research is oriented towards powders and samples implemented in selective laser melting technologies. In particular, a qualification process of the supply chain related to powders in space propulsion is reported. Furthermore, the application of this process to a case study material is detailed, and preliminary result data are considered. Finally, a review of the qualification process is performed and suggestions for future work on this topic are presented.","PeriodicalId":44417,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Energetic Materials and Chemical Propulsion","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5000,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Energetic Materials and Chemical Propulsion","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1615/intjenergeticmaterialschemprop.2023048100","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, AEROSPACE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Additive manufacturing techniques are modifying the space propulsion manufacturing panorama. These technologies, which are already implemented in manufacturing of aerospace components, are still to be further analysed and a complete quality assurance program to be defined. In this paper, a state of the art analysis of quality assurance for space propulsive applications is performed. In particular, the focus is centred on material challenges associated to space propulsion: the research is oriented towards powders and samples implemented in selective laser melting technologies. In particular, a qualification process of the supply chain related to powders in space propulsion is reported. Furthermore, the application of this process to a case study material is detailed, and preliminary result data are considered. Finally, a review of the qualification process is performed and suggestions for future work on this topic are presented.