Name: Workshop on Optical Mechanisms and Mechanisms Final Presentation Days 2018
Start: 2018-03-14T08:00:00+01:00
End: 2018-03-16T18:00:00+01:00
Location: ESA/ESTEC - Noordwijk, The Netherlands

Workshop on Optical Mechanisms and Mechanisms Final Presentation Days 2018

from Wednesday 14 March 2018 (08:00) to Friday 16 March 2018 (18:00)

Monday 12 March 2018
Tuesday 13 March 2018
Wednesday 14 March 2018
08:30 Opening - Paolo Zaltron (ESA)
Opening
- Paolo Zaltron (ESA)
08:30 - 08:45
Room: Newton
08:45 Requirements Flow-Down for High-Precision Optical Mechanisms - Lessons Learned and Future Challenges - Manolo Omiciuolo (OHB (D))
Requirements Flow-Down for High-Precision Optical Mechanisms - Lessons Learned and Future Challenges
- Manolo Omiciuolo (OHB (D))
08:45 - 09:10
Room: Newton
09:10 Large Angle Flexure Pivot Development for High Accuracy Positioning of Optical Payloads - Peter Spanoudakis (CSEM (CH))
Large Angle Flexure Pivot Development for High Accuracy Positioning of Optical Payloads
- Peter Spanoudakis (CSEM (CH))
09:10 - 09:35
Room: Newton
09:35 High Accuracy Flexure Guide Scan Mechanisms - Lionel Kiener (CSEM (CH))
High Accuracy Flexure Guide Scan Mechanisms
- Lionel Kiener (CSEM (CH))
09:35 - 10:00
Room: Newton
10:00 Disruptive Innovation in Flexible Pivots - Fabrice Rottmeier (Almatech (CH))
Disruptive Innovation in Flexible Pivots
- Fabrice Rottmeier (Almatech (CH))
10:00 - 10:25
Room: Newton
10:25 BREAK
BREAK
10:25 - 10:55
Room: Newton
10:55 General Process Flow from Instrument Optical Performance Requirements to Mechanisms Requirement - Ellart Meijer (ADS) Frederic Di Gesu (ADS)
General Process Flow from Instrument Optical Performance Requirements to Mechanisms Requirement
- Ellart Meijer (ADS)
- Frederic Di Gesu (ADS)
10:55 - 11:20
Room: Newton
11:20 Cleanliness and Contamination Aspects for Space Mechanisms - Riccardo Rampini (ESA)
Cleanliness and Contamination Aspects for Space Mechanisms
- Riccardo Rampini (ESA)
11:20 - 11:45
Room: Newton
11:45 Lessons Learnt on Technologies of High Precision Mechanisms - Christian Neugebauer (RUAG (AUT))
Lessons Learnt on Technologies of High Precision Mechanisms
- Christian Neugebauer (RUAG (AUT))
11:45 - 12:10
Room: Newton
12:10 Managing Manufacturing Tolerances and Environmental Loads in a Compact Filter Stack Assembly - Noémy Scheidegger (RUAG (CH))
Managing Manufacturing Tolerances and Environmental Loads in a Compact Filter Stack Assembly
- Noémy Scheidegger (RUAG (CH))
12:10 - 12:35
Room: Newton
12:35 Component Tests Results of the Superconducting Magnetic Suspension for the Focal Plane Array of the ESA ATHENA Mission Study - Ignacio Valiente (Magsoar (E))
Component Tests Results of the Superconducting Magnetic Suspension for the Focal Plane Array of the ESA ATHENA Mission Study
- Ignacio Valiente (Magsoar (E))
12:35 - 13:00
Room: Newton
13:00 LUNCH BREAK
LUNCH BREAK
13:00 - 14:00
14:00 Optical Mechanism Design Development and Verification Process - Eduardo Urgoiti (Sener (E))
Optical Mechanism Design Development and Verification Process
- Eduardo Urgoiti (Sener (E))
14:00 - 14:25
Room: Newton
14:25 Microvibrations and Impact on Optical Payloads - Guglielmo Aglietti (Surrey Space Center (UK))
Microvibrations and Impact on Optical Payloads
- Guglielmo Aglietti (Surrey Space Center (UK))
14:25 - 14:50
Room: Newton
14:50 Piezoelectric Actuators Technologies for Space Optical Mechanisms: Experience, Selection and New Developments (I) - Francois Barillot (Cedrat Technologies (F))
Piezoelectric Actuators Technologies for Space Optical Mechanisms: Experience, Selection and New Developments (I)
- Francois Barillot (Cedrat Technologies (F))
14:50 - 15:15
Room: Newton
15:15 Piezoelectric Actuators Technologies for Space Optical Mechanisms: Experience, Selection and New Developments (II) - Francois Barillot (Cedrat Technologies (F))
Piezoelectric Actuators Technologies for Space Optical Mechanisms: Experience, Selection and New Developments (II)
- Francois Barillot (Cedrat Technologies (F))
15:15 - 15:40
Room: Newton
15:40 BREAK
BREAK
15:40 - 16:10
Room: Newton
16:10 SSTL Imager Focus Mechanisms: Tradition versus Revolution - Marc Ferris (SSTL (UK))
SSTL Imager Focus Mechanisms: Tradition versus Revolution
- Marc Ferris (SSTL (UK))
16:10 - 16:35
Room: Newton
16:35 Development of the Autofocus System for Ramam Spectrometer Internal Optical Head Exomars 2020 - Gemma Rodriguez (Lidax (E))
Development of the Autofocus System for Ramam Spectrometer Internal Optical Head Exomars 2020
- Gemma Rodriguez (Lidax (E))
16:35 - 17:00
Room: Newton
17:00 An Active Mirror Tilt Mechanism for In Field Pointing in LISA - Gert Witvoet (TNO (NL))
An Active Mirror Tilt Mechanism for In Field Pointing in LISA
- Gert Witvoet (TNO (NL))
17:00 - 17:25
Room: Newton
17:25 Sentinel 4 Scanner and OGSE for Pointing Performance Verification - Matthias Bircher (RUAG (CH))
Sentinel 4 Scanner and OGSE for Pointing Performance Verification
- Matthias Bircher (RUAG (CH))
17:25 - 17:50
Room: Newton
17:50 Conclusion - Paolo Zaltron (ESA)
Conclusion
- Paolo Zaltron (ESA)
17:50 - 18:00
Room: Newton
18:00 End of Workshop
End of Workshop
18:00 - 18:00
Room: Newton
Thursday 15 March 2018
09:00 Introduction to Final Presentation Days - Lionel Gaillard (ESA)
Introduction to Final Presentation Days
- Lionel Gaillard (ESA)
09:00 - 09:10
Room: Newton
09:10 REACT - A Resettable Hold-Down and Release Mechanism Based on SMA Technology - Marcelo Collado (Arquimea (E))
REACT - A Resettable Hold-Down and Release Mechanism Based on SMA Technology
- Marcelo Collado (Arquimea (E))
09:10 - 09:35
Room: Newton
09:35 Development and Testing of a High-Temperature Shape Memory Actuator Using CN-250X for Hold Down and Release Mechanisms (HRM) - Damien Chassoulier (Thales Alenia Space (F))
Development and Testing of a High-Temperature Shape Memory Actuator Using CN-250X for Hold Down and Release Mechanisms (HRM)
- Damien Chassoulier (Thales Alenia Space (F))
09:35 - 10:00
Room: Newton
10:00 Motorised Umbilical Separation Device - Oliver Poyntz-Wright (ESR (UK))
Motorised Umbilical Separation Device
- Oliver Poyntz-Wright (ESR (UK))
10:00 - 10:25
Room: Newton
10:25 DC Motor Percussion for Lunar Exploration - Bartosz Kędziora (Astronika (PL))
DC Motor Percussion for Lunar Exploration
- Bartosz Kędziora (Astronika (PL))
10:25 - 10:50
Room: Newton
10:50 BREAK
BREAK
10:50 - 11:20
Room: Newton
11:20 Advanced Lubricants Based on Ionic Liquids – Bearing Testing - David Wickens (ESTL (UK))
Advanced Lubricants Based on Ionic Liquids – Bearing Testing
- David Wickens (ESTL (UK))
11:20 - 11:45
Room: Newton
11:45 Testing of Bonded MoS2 Lubricants in Preparation for the Refurbishment of ERA - Michael Buttery (ESTL (UK))
Testing of Bonded MoS2 Lubricants in Preparation for the Refurbishment of ERA
- Michael Buttery (ESTL (UK))
11:45 - 12:10
Room: Newton
12:10 Understanding Mechanisms of Fluid and Solid Lubrication – First Results From a New Generation Test Facility - Oliver Poyntz-Wright (ESTL (UK))
Understanding Mechanisms of Fluid and Solid Lubrication – First Results From a New Generation Test Facility
- Oliver Poyntz-Wright (ESTL (UK))
12:10 - 12:35
Room: Newton
12:35 Preliminary Lifetime Performance Evaluation for Solid, Fluid, and Hybrid Lubricated Gears - Achilleas Vortselas (ESTL (UK))
Preliminary Lifetime Performance Evaluation for Solid, Fluid, and Hybrid Lubricated Gears
- Achilleas Vortselas (ESTL (UK))
12:35 - 13:00
Room: Newton
13:00 LUNCH BREAK
LUNCH BREAK
13:00 - 14:00
Room: Newton
14:00 Impregnation and Evaporation – Considerations for Long Term Applications of Fluid Lubricants - Anthony Kent (ESTL (UK))
Impregnation and Evaporation – Considerations for Long Term Applications of Fluid Lubricants
- Anthony Kent (ESTL (UK))
14:00 - 14:25
Room: Newton
14:25 Investigations of Auto-Catalytic Degradation of PFPE Lubricants - Michael Buttery (ESTL (UK))
Investigations of Auto-Catalytic Degradation of PFPE Lubricants
- Michael Buttery (ESTL (UK))
14:25 - 14:50
Room: Newton
14:50 Ongoing and Future Tribology Activities in ESTL 2018 - Simon Lewis (ESTL (UK))
Ongoing and Future Tribology Activities in ESTL 2018
- Simon Lewis (ESTL (UK))
14:50 - 15:15
Room: Newton
15:15 BREAK
BREAK
15:15 - 15:45
Room: Newton
15:45 Lubrication Concepts for Gears at Low Temperatures - Andreas Merstallinger (AAC (AUT))
Lubrication Concepts for Gears at Low Temperatures
- Andreas Merstallinger (AAC (AUT))
15:45 - 16:10
Room: Newton
16:10 Torque Enhancement of Dry Lubricated Downsized Harmonic Drive Gears - Matthias Schulke (HDAG (D))
Torque Enhancement of Dry Lubricated Downsized Harmonic Drive Gears
- Matthias Schulke (HDAG (D))
16:10 - 16:35
Room: Newton
16:35 Rotary Actuator in Harsh Environment - Andrea Rusconi (Leonardo (IT))
Rotary Actuator in Harsh Environment
- Andrea Rusconi (Leonardo (IT))
16:35 - 17:00
Room: Newton
17:00 End of Day 1
End of Day 1
17:00 - 17:00
Room: Newton
Friday 16 March 2018
09:00 Sener DTA-100: the High Detent Rotary Actuator with Contactless Sensors - Ignacio Santos (Sener (E))
Sener DTA-100: the High Detent Rotary Actuator with Contactless Sensors
- Ignacio Santos (Sener (E))
09:00 - 09:25
Room: Newton
09:25 Development of a New Reaction Wheel Using Up-to-Date Technologies - Experimental Results - Mihaita Neacsu (ICPE (RO)) Silviu Matei (ICPE (RO))
Development of a New Reaction Wheel Using Up-to-Date Technologies - Experimental Results
- Mihaita Neacsu (ICPE (RO))
- Silviu Matei (ICPE (RO))
09:25 - 09:50
Room: Newton
09:50 State of the Art of ICPE Projects - Ioana Ionica (ICPE (RO))
State of the Art of ICPE Projects
- Ioana Ionica (ICPE (RO))
09:50 - 10:15
Room: Newton
10:15 Reaction Wheels Technology Consolidation - Rodrigo Ferreira (Bradford Engineering (NL))
Reaction Wheels Technology Consolidation
- Rodrigo Ferreira (Bradford Engineering (NL))
10:15 - 10:40
Room: Newton
10:40 BREAK
BREAK
10:40 - 11:10
Room: Newton
11:10 CFSM - Cryogenic Fast Steering Mirror - Francois Barillot (Cedrat Technologies (F))
CFSM - Cryogenic Fast Steering Mirror
- Francois Barillot (Cedrat Technologies (F))
11:10 - 11:35
Room: Newton
11:35 AMAR - Additive Manufacturing of a SlipRing Assembly Rotor - Lionel Kiener (CSEM (CH))
AMAR - Additive Manufacturing of a SlipRing Assembly Rotor
- Lionel Kiener (CSEM (CH))
11:35 - 12:00
Room: Newton
12:00 DCAP 11.3.0 Commercial Release: Improvements and Case Study - Valerio Rossi (ASTOS (D))
DCAP 11.3.0 Commercial Release: Improvements and Case Study
- Valerio Rossi (ASTOS (D))
12:00 - 12:25
Room: Newton
12:25 LauMBS: an Integrated Multibody Simulation Tool for Launchers' Industry - Valerio Rossi (ASTOS (D))
LauMBS: an Integrated Multibody Simulation Tool for Launchers' Industry
- Valerio Rossi (ASTOS (D))
12:25 - 12:50
Room: Newton
12:50 Conclusion of Final Presentation Days - Lionel Gaillard (ESA)
Conclusion of Final Presentation Days
- Lionel Gaillard (ESA)
12:50 - 13:00
Room: Newton
13:00 End of Day 2
End of Day 2
13:00 - 13:00
Room: Newton

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