In January, Senior Additive Manufacturing (AM) Engineer Maxi Strixner welcomed TCT to The Exploration Company’s new Munich site, demonstrating the progress made on the assembly of its Nyx cargo space capsule, its test facilities and, interestingly, a lack of 3D printers.
A month later, AM Lead Jacob Rindler called up TCT to add colour and insight around the company’s application of AM, business case considerations, and R&D activity.
In the Integration Hall, it’s about as quiet as it’s ever likely to be. The Exploration Company (TEC) has the keys to its new Munich home, but has not yet fully settled in. Though the office space upstairs is bustling, there’s barely anyone down here. Equipment still needs to be unpacked, obsolete assets from the previous occupants removed, and several work areas set up.
Taking in the facility counterclockwise, there will be an engine control test bench, a sea of ESD flooring around it, a dedicated clean room for fluidic propulsion testing, a vast assembly area, an air lock space for deliveries, and a Structural Test Model (STM) of the flagship Nyx Earth cargo capsule. All by the time you are reading this.
