Manufacturing of a 1.5m diameter lattice cylinder which represents a full-scale satellite central tube structure.

The goal of the project was to increase the technology readiness level from 3 to 5 by designing, developing, manufacturing and testing a lattice central cylinder. 

The design and analysis as well as the manufacturing concept was provided by ATG innovation Ltd Éirecomposites and CTL carried out all the manufacturing and test related activates within the project. The cylinder was tested using a custom designed test fixture in NUI Galway’s heavy structures laboratory.