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 activities within the project. The cylinder was tested using a custom designed test fixture in NUI Galway’s heavy structures laboratory.