Facing the manufacturing challenge for modern x-ray missions

Jonathan W. Arenberg

doi:10.1117/12.2677645

5 October 2023 Facing the manufacturing challenge for modern x-ray missions

Jonathan W. Arenberg

Proceedings Volume 12679, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy XI; 1267907 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2677645
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2023, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Many modern x-ray missions call for the manufacture of a large quantity of optics. This large manufacturing problem typically requires the establishment of a manufacturing process, we can call a factory. Depending on the initial capability of this factory, it will take time to reach full manufacturing rate. This submaximal rate in turn impacts the total time to manufacture the needed amount of hardware. This paper presents a method to determine the time to complete the manufacturing process, including factory build up. We will show that initial production rate is a highly influential variable in time to complete the manufacturing task and the process to calculate this time is well behaved. This allows future mission planner to make high fidelity schedule estimates of these large manufacturing tasks, which is the challenge facing modern x-ray missions.

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Jonathan W. Arenberg "Facing the manufacturing challenge for modern x-ray missions", Proc. SPIE 12679, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy XI, 1267907 (5 October 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2677645

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