Space tech startup Agnikul Cosmos establishes its first factory for 3D-printed rocket engines
- ByStartupStory | July 14, 2022
Agnikul, a space tech start-up located in Chennai, officially opened Rocket Factory 1, which it claims is India’s first factory for mass production of 3D-printed rocket engines. The IIT Madras Research Park’s Rocket Factory No. 1 was officially opened by N. Chandrasekaran, Chairman of TATA Sons, and S. Somanath, Chairman of ISRO and Secretary of the Department of Space.
Srinath said, “this will truly assist us to shift from R&D to production since we are now looking at creating items in higher quantities. The 3D printer at the new facility can create a whole rocket engine from scratch. We want to produce at least two rocket engines every week using the machine, and we have plans to increase that number to four. In essence, raw materials are brought in, and a finished rocket engine system is produced at this factory.”
The 3D printer is manufactured by a business called EOS in Germany. The facility also features additional tools needed to create, put together, and connect the rocket engine, in addition to this printer. Agnikul will produce semi-cryogenic rocket engines at its Rocket Factory – 1, which means they burn liquid oxygen and kerosene that is in a cryogenic condition.
These engines are really 3D manufactured entirely in a single step. On this one, we have also applied for a patent, and the complete rocket engine consists of no assembly components. The engine is being designed to the point where it resembles a single component.
About Agnikul:
Agnikul Cosmos, which was established in 2017 by Srinath Ravichandran, Moin SPM, and Prof. SR Chakravarthy, is housed at IIT Madras. It is developing the Agnibaan rocket, India’s first privately owned small satellite vehicle, which will be able to send up to 100 kg of payload into low Earth orbits of up to 700 kilometres.
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