Hinges Micro: Microsat sized hinges for reliable deploy operations

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Overview

The Micro Hinges are mechanically simple, minimalistic and very solid, CNC machined, sturdy and thick with very few failure points. They are mechanically actuated by loaded torsion springs calibrated to each individual array, attached with screws to the panel, lubricated with solid (powdered) graphene and coated in corona dope for any non-conductive surface.

The mechanical movement range is also hard-in-design specific to the particular hinge by stops incorporated into the geometry of the assembly. Each individual hinge can also, optionally, be configured as conductive to carry current from panel to panel.

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Overview

Name: Hinges Micro: Microsat sized hinges for reliable deploy operations
Vendor: Ecuadorian Space Agency
Subsystem: Mechanical Subsystem
Component Type: Mechanism
Form Factor: SmallSat
Heritage: Yes
Average Cost: $300 USD
Average Lead Time: 1 to 2 months

Vendor Details

Name: Ecuadorian Space Agency
Website: http://exa.ec/index-en.html
Founded: 2007
Summary: EXA is an aerospace research and development institution that, among other things, designs and builds extreme hardware for CubeSats, with more than 7 years of record-setting flight heritage in extreme conditions. EXA’s technology is singular, original, simple, solid and dependable and allows CubeSat developers to use COTS components in order to break the limitations of budget and power typical of the cubesat form factor, the deployable hardware is based over EXA’s unique Active Artificial Muscle technology for a dependable, proven and anti-whiplash deploy of challenging mechanical elements. Flight heritage from 10+ missions backs their technology which is currently in use in European, Asian and Latina merican spacecrafts, and in the challenging U.S. market.