ESTL Document database – ESTL provide a fully searchable database of technical reports they have produced over a 40+ year period of R&D support to ESA through the Tribology Applications Programme (TAPS) – TAPS are focused R&D projects, around 8-10 per year, that ESTL undertakes to generate essential tribological data for the European Space community. Typically, they involve developing, evaluating and validating tribology advancements and mechanism design data. They are fully funded by ESA. All TAP reports can be accessed from our Website Members area and when presented, at ESA Final Presentation Days, ESMATS, etc. Users need to register to be able to access the database – ESTL Document database
Monthly Archives: September 2019
ECSS-E-ST-33-01C
The latest edition of the Mechanisms ECSS – ECSS-E-ST-33-01C – can be downloaded from this website (everyspec.com)
Next Final Presentation Day and Mechanisms Workshop (February 2020)
ESA’s next (24th) Mechanisms Final Presentation Days and the 13th Mechanisms Workshop will take place at ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands on 12th, 13th, and 14th of February 2020. Details will appear on the ESA website in due course. The workshop will cover Space Ball Bearings sizing and Pyrotechnics.
Past Papers
Copies of ESMATS past papers (1999 to present) can be searched and downloaded from ESMATS past papers
Copies of AMS past papers (2004 to present) can be searched and downloaded from AMS past papers
Database has now been updated to include papers from 2020 (03-Jan-2020).