Browsing by Author "Saudan, Hervé"

6 design principles for SLM-based compliant mechanisms

Kruis, Johan; Cosandier, Florent; Perruchoud, Gérald; Kiener, Lionel; Saudan, Hervé (2019-09-17)

This work discusses 6 design principles useful to optimise compliant mechanisms for Additive Manufacturing (AM) and more specifically Selective Laser Melting (SLM). The design principles are: 1) lattice flexures, 2) ...

Additive Manufactured Metallic Flexible Structures, a Focus on Manufacturing Strategies, Material Analysis and Fatigue Verification

Saudan, Hervé; Vaideeswaran, Kaushik; Kiener, Lionel; Mehdi, Dadras Mohammad (2016-09-27)

The use of Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes for space applications is a constantly growing topic of interest from the main actors in the space industry. While most of the research & development work performed presently ...

Additive Manufacturing: from elementary flexible structures to compliant mechanisms

Kiener, Lionel; Saudan, Hervé; Perruchoud, Gérald; Dadras, Mohammad Mehdi; Vaideeswaran, Kaushik (2017-10-25)

The use of Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes for cutting-edge applications is a constantly growing topic of interest from the main actors of the space and aerospace industries. While the largest part of the research ...

Additive manufacturing: innovative concepts of compliant mechanisms

Kiener, Lionel; Saudan, Hervé; Cosandier, Florent; Perruchoud, Gérald; Pejchal, Vaclav; Lani, Sébastien; Rouvinet, Julien (2020-12-13)

Based on a new concept to build flexible structures by metallic 3D printing that has been developed at CSEM, several compliant mechanisms have been redesigned for Additive Manufacturing (AM). In addition to the new geometric ...

Additively Manufactured and Topologically Optimized Compliant Mechanisms: Technological Assessment Approach, Latest Achievements and Current Work in Progress

Saudan, Hervé; Kiener, Lionel; Perruchoud, Gérald; Vaideeswaran, Kaushik; Dadras, Mohammad Mehdi (2017-10-15)

The use of Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes for space applications is a constantly growing topic of interest from the main actors in the space industry. In the specific field of spacecraft structures, an increasing ...

Additively manufactured metallic compliant structures, a focus on manufacturing strategy and material performances verification

Saudan, Hervé; Kiener, Lionel; Vaideeswaran, Kaushik; Dadras, Mohammad Mehdi (2017-05-29)

Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes is a constantly growing topic of interest in sectors such as space, astrophysics, medical and watch making industries. While the largest part of the R&D work presently reported is ...

Additively Manufactured Metallic Flexible Structures

Saudan, Hervé (2016-10-30)

Compliant mechanism based on additive manufacturing

Kiener, Lionel; Saudan, Hervé; Cosandier, Florent; Perruchoud, Gérald; Ummel, Antoine; Pejchal, Vaclav; Zaltron, Paolo; Puyol, Yoël; Lichtenberger, Marc (2021-10-18)

Compliant Mechanisms made by Additive manufacturing

Kiener, Lionel; Saudan, Hervé; Cosandier, Florent; Perruchoud, Gérald; Pejchal, Vaclav; Lani, Sébastien; Verhaeghe, Antoine (2020-01-14)

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 ...

Corner Cube Mechanism (CCM) For MTG IRS: Qualification and Acceptance Test Campaign Results and Lessons Learned

Spanoudakis, Peter; Schwab, Philippe; Kiener, Lionel; Perruchoud, Gérald; Saudan, Hervé; Gumy, Mathias; Regamey, Yves-Julien (2019-09-19)

The Corner Cube Mechanism (CCM) of the Infra-Red Sounder (IRS) for the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) satellites completed an extensive qualification test campaign demonstrating the high-precision mechanism met stringent ...

Design & additive manufacturing of systems involving directly printed electrical wires and sensors

Saudan, Hervé; Kiener, Lionel; Novo, David; Cosandier, Florent; Perruchoud, Gérald; Lani, Sébastien; Hendricks, Nicholas; Boudoire, Florent; Schaffter, Virginien; Manoli, Chrysoula; Noël, Jérôme; Petagna, Paolo; Miler, Mickaël; Bilbeau, Damien; Henry, Mélanie (2022-07-18)

Development Challenges of Utilizing a Corner Cube Mechanism Design With Successful IASI Flight Heritage for the Infrared Sounder (IRS) on MTG; Recurrent Mechanical Design not Correlated to Recurrent Development

Spanoudakis, Peter; Schwab, Philippe; Kiener, Lionel; Saudan, Hervé; Perruchoud, Gérald (2015-09-24)

The Corner Cube Mechanism (CCM) design for the Infra-Red Sounder (IRS) on MTG is based on the successful mechanism currently in orbit on the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometers (IASI) on the Metop satellites. The ...