Reminder of Stave250 Tooling Design (Tim)
Stave Assembly Tool Update Development of 2nd generation Stavelet assembly tool CF / Nomex sandwich construction Brass inserts for dowels & threaded holes Steel plates for magnetic chuck Vacuum channel formed in FR4 Ground CF top plate
C-channel Jig 2 C-channels loaded into Jig Jig located on assembly tool using locator blocks Holes match !!!
Trial Assembly Studies Stave Components Facesheets K13D2U/RS3 panels 1.3m x 0.31m (0/90/0) Cut out on pattern cutter Honeycomb Nomex grade N636 (Korex replacement) http://www.compositematerialsltd.com/pdfs/nomex_honeycomb/cormaster_n636.pdf 4.8mm cell / 28kg.m-3 (1.75 lbs/cuft) Laser cut (1st go as a trial) ‘C’-channels Original manufacturing tool – slight lip on open edges (need to re-make tool to improve) End Close-outs Peek (from QMUL)