International Space Station
Refrigerator Freezer Rack (QM)
Prime Contractor EADS Space Transportation - Germany
For the RFR facility DTM was responsible for the design, calculation, manufacturing and integration of the whole structure (CVE - cold volume enclosure) that will have to be accomodated into the rack. The structure is made mainly in glass fibre composite material and partly in aluminium. The CVE is a monolithique 1500 x 950 x 900 mm structure weighing only 150 Kg which has to carry a total mass of about 480 Kg (drawers, cargo, accessories, electronic…) and withstand the huge launch and landing accelerations (equivalent to a force of roughly 1 ton).
 RFR at EADS premises during
acceptance tests (integrated into Boeing rack) |
 3D CAD drawing of CVE (using SolidEdge v15) |
EMCS Experiment containers
Prime contractor EADS Space Transportation - Germany
DTM was responsible on behalf of EADS ST for manufacturing, testing and qualification of the mechanical parts of EMCS Experiment Containers flight models including the transparent covers. The EC design is shown in the figure below and is composed mainly by the base-plate and by the transparent cover which allows illumination and observation.
 EMCS Experiment Container 3D view |
 Experiment container mounted on support for test |
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