{"id":463,"date":"2015-06-18T17:52:36","date_gmt":"2015-06-18T17:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uos3\/?p=463"},"modified":"2015-06-18T17:52:36","modified_gmt":"2015-06-18T17:52:36","slug":"first-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uos3\/2015\/06\/18\/first-cut\/","title":{"rendered":"First cut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We spent months designing the structure for our CubeSat. This process involved primarily trying to fit all the components inside a very small volume while respecting all the requirements imposed by the CubeSat standard. This was not a trivial task, but it has finally been completed. We produced manufacturing drawings from our 3D computer aided design (CAD) models and discussed how they could be made with the machinists here at our University.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uos3\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/35\/2015\/06\/IMG_6710.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-451 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uos3\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/35\/2015\/06\/IMG_6710-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6710\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uos3\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/35\/2015\/06\/IMG_6710-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uos3\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/35\/2015\/06\/IMG_6710-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uos3\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/35\/2015\/06\/IMG_6710-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uos3\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/35\/2015\/06\/IMG_6710.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_450\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uos3\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/35\/2015\/06\/IMG_6708.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-450\" class=\"wp-image-450 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uos3\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/35\/2015\/06\/IMG_6708-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6708\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uos3\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/35\/2015\/06\/IMG_6708-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uos3\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/35\/2015\/06\/IMG_6708-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uos3\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/35\/2015\/06\/IMG_6708-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uos3\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/35\/2015\/06\/IMG_6708.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-450\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Discussing the manufacture of one of the parts with one of our machinists, Andrea.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When this process was finished we began cutting the aluminium with one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Milling_%28machining%29\">CNC machines<\/a> that the Faculty of Engineering and the Environment at the University owns.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UoS\u00b3 - First cut\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nQ6ifnmBt3k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nSeeing the machine make first cuts in the plate of aluminium was a truly amazing experience; that was the time when months of planning and designing have come together. One of the most rewarding feelings there are.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_492\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uos3\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/35\/2015\/06\/TopPanel-MachinedAndCAD7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-492\" class=\"wp-image-492 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uos3\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/35\/2015\/06\/TopPanel-MachinedAndCAD7-1024x725.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uos3\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/35\/2015\/06\/TopPanel-MachinedAndCAD7-1024x725.png 1024w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uos3\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/35\/2015\/06\/TopPanel-MachinedAndCAD7-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uos3\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/35\/2015\/06\/TopPanel-MachinedAndCAD7-900x638.png 900w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uos3\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/sites\/35\/2015\/06\/TopPanel-MachinedAndCAD7.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-492\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Half-way machined piece of UoS3 together with its CAD model.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We spent months designing the structure for our CubeSat. 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