Aerospace · Orbis Space Systems
Flight brackets for a small satellite bus
212 titanium and aluminium brackets, each shaved of 41 percent of its mass without losing stiffness.
- CNC machining
- Assembly
41%
Mass removed
±0.01
mm on bores
18
Days to first flight lot
01 · The challenge
Orbis needed topology-optimised brackets in 7075-T651 and Ti-6Al-4V with wall sections down to 0.8 mm, and the first flight unit was six weeks from integration.
02 · What we did
We machined all 212 parts on two five-axis cells with in-process probing, adding a low-stress rough-finish sequence to control distortion. Every part shipped with an AS9102 first-article report and material certificates.
03 · The result
The full lot passed incoming inspection with zero non-conformances. Orbis now releases new bracket designs to us straight from their optimiser and expects parts inside three weeks.
“Their FAI package was more complete than the ones we write ourselves.”
