Browsing by Author "Kiener, Lionel"
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Innovative Concept for Additive Manufacturing of Compliant Mechanisms
Kiener, Lionel; Saudan, Hervé; Cosandier, Florent; Kruis, Johan; Perruchoud, Gérald; Pejchal, Vaclav; Spanoudakis, Peter; Rouvinet, Julien (2019-09-19)The new geometric possibilities offered by Additive Manufacturing (AM) combined with a complete redesign of compliant mechanisms have allowed CSEM to develop innovative concepts (patent pending) to drastically reduce the ... -
Innovative Concept for Additive Manufacturing of Compliant Mechanisms
Kiener, Lionel; Saudan, Hervé; Cosandier, Florent; Perruchoud, Gérald; Spanoudakis, Peter; Rouvinet, Julien (2020-02-26)Several compliant mechanisms have been completely redesigned for Additive Manufacturing (AM) and have allowed CSEM to develop an innovative concept. In addition to the new geometric possibilities offered by AM, the need ... -
Innovative Concept of Compliant Mechanisms
Kiener, Lionel; Saudan, Hervé; Cosandier, Florent; Perruchoud, Gérald; Spanoudakis, Peter; Rouvinet, Julien (2020-06-09) -
Large Angle Flexure Pivot Development and Test Campaign Results
Spanoudakis, Peter; Kiener, Lionel; Cosandier, Florent; Schwab, Philippe; Grivon, Daniel; Psoni, Georgia; Rellakis, Dimitrios; Bencheikh, Nabil (2021-09-20)An innovative design of a Large Angle Flexure Pivot (LAFP) has been developed and has completed a thorough test campaign in the configuration of an Engineering Model. The intended application of the LAFP is to angularly ... -
Large angle flexure pivot development for future science payloads
Spanoudakis, Peter; Kiener, Lionel; Cosandier, Florent; Schwab, Philippe; Giriens, Laurent; Kruis, Johan; Grivon, Daniel; Psoni, Georgia; Vrettos, Christos; Bencheikh, Nabil (2019-09)An innovative design of a Large Angle Flexure Pivot (LAFP) is described. It combines the advantages of flexure mechanisms while surpassing one of their few flaws, small displacement strokes. The LAFP design exceeds these ... -
Large angle flexure pivot development for future science payloads for space applications
Spanoudakis, Peter; Kiener, Lionel; Cosandier, Florent; Schwab, Philippe; Giriens, Laurent; Kruis, Johan; Grivon, Daniel; Psoni, Georgia; Vrettos, Christos; Bencheikh, Nabil (2019)An innovative design of a Large Angle Flexure Pivot (LAFP) is described. It combines the advantages of flexure mechanisms while surpassing one of their few flaws, small displacement strokes. The LAFP design exceeds these ... -
Large angle flexure pivot development for high accuracy positioning of optical payloads
Cosandier, Florent; Schwab, Philippe; Kiener, Lionel; Kruis, Johan; Giriens, Laurent; Spanoudakis, Peter; Vrettos, Christos; Psoni, Georgia (2019-06-06)In this study, an innovative design of a Large Angle Flexure Pivot (LAFP) is proposed. It combines the advantages of flexure mechanisms – no friction, no backlash, no need for lubricant, no wear – while surpassing one of ... -
Redesign, manufacturing and validation testing of a space-compatible slipring rotor based on additive manufacturing
Saudan, Hervé; Kiener, Lionel; Liberatoscioli, Sandro; Cochet, Frédéric; Henry, Mélanie (2019-09-19)A novel design concept has been developed based on an Additive Manufacturing (AM) process, enabling the redesign of the rotor of a cylindrical Slipring Assembly (SRA) intended for space applications. The implementation of ... -
Slipring rotor made by Additive Manufacturing: redesign, manufacturing and validation testing for space applications
Kiener, Lionel; Saudan, Hervé; Novo, David; Lani, Sebastien; Bernard, Gaëtan; Miler, Mickaël; Bilbeau, Damien (2021)Today, Additive Manufacturing (AM) is widely recognized as a key enabling technology for various industrial sectors such as automotive, machine-tool but also the space industry. Metallic AM opens promising perspectives for ... -
Tendances générales et exemples d’applications récentes en fabrication additive métallique
Kiener, Lionel (2018-03-23) -
Toward Compliant and Structural Optimization Of a Compliant Rotational Reducer Mechanism
Komini, Ludian; Kruis, Johan; Perruchoud, Gérald; Cosandier, Florent; Kiener, Lionel; Saudan, Hervé (2019-08-10) -
Validation of compliant mechanisms made by metallic Additive Manufacturing
Kiener, Lionel; Saudan, Hervé; Cosandier, Florent; Perruchoud, Gérald; Pejchal, Vaclav; Rouvinet, Julien; Boudoire, Florent; Kalentics, Nikola (2022-08-29)Recent developments of compliant mechanisms built by additive manufacturing confirm their potential for highprecision applications in harsh environments. Several projects are presented, from simple flexure pivots to complex ...