Additively Manufactured Vents for NASA's Orion Exploration Flight Test 1

Wednesday, May 13, 2015: 11:00 AM
Room 201A (Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center)
Mr. Andrew Clifton , Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, New Orleans, LA
Mr. Roger Taylor III , Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Kennedy Space Center, FL
Mr. Brian Tichenor , Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Solutions, Houston, TX
Mr. Alex Fima , RTI Directed Manufacturing, Austin, TX
Lockheed Martin and RTI Directed Manufacturing developed additively manufactured vents for NASA’s Orion Exploration Flight Test 1. The vents are used to connect unpressurized parts of the spacecraft to the external environment. They were made from laser powder bed fusion using RTI’s DirectAlloy Inconel 718 powder. The design replaced a welded assembly and included an integral mesh with 0.036 inch wide openings. This presentation describes the manufacturing process, inspections, witness tensile tests, and lessons learned.
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