Capturing Plate Surface Treatment for On-Orbit Adhesive Bonding
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing adhesive-based capturing techniques for on-orbit devices face challenges in achieving 100% successful capture due to non-flat surfaces or thermal control films on target satellites, leading to unreliable bonding.
Innovation Solution
A capturing plate with a surface-treated layer is attached to the on-orbit device, enhancing adhesiveness and providing features like rotational speed detection, thermal control, and sunlight reflection for improved capture accuracy, regardless of the device's structure or material.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If adhesive-based capturing is used on target satellites, then the capturing mechanism becomes simpler, but the bonding reliability deteriorates due to non-flat surfaces or thermal control films
Solution Approach 1:
The capturing plate is pre-installed on the target satellite before the adhesive-based capturing device attempts to bond. This preliminary placement provides a guaranteed bonding surface that the adhesive can reliably attach to, eliminating the uncertainty of bonding directly to the satellite's complex surface structures.
Solution Approach 2:
The capturing plate serves as an intermediary component between the adhesive-based capturing device and the target satellite. It mediates the bonding process by providing a standardized interface that both the adhesive and the satellite can reliably interact with, regardless of the satellite's original surface conditions.
2Device complexity
If adhesive-based capturing is used, then the capturing device structure becomes simpler, but the adaptability to different surface structures and materials deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The capturing plate is designed as a universal interface that can be installed on various types of satellites regardless of their surface structures or materials. Once the plate is installed, the same adhesive-based capturing device can reliably bond to it, making the system universally adaptable across different satellite types without requiring device modification.
Solution Approach 2:
By pre-installing the capturing plate on the target satellite, the system adapts to different satellite surfaces through a standardized preparation step rather than requiring the capturing device itself to adapt to each surface type, simplifying the device while maintaining universal compatibility.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The capturing plate enables reliable bonding with a capturing device containing adhesive, facilitating easier and more accurate capture of on-orbit devices, even with complex surfaces, and supports various operations like disposal and orbit correction.
Implementation Method 1
the bonding component including adhesive
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AI summary
Provided are a means and a method capable of improving the performance of capturing of an on-orbit device 2 in space by a capturing device 100 including a bonding component 110 made up of adhesive. In one aspect of the present invention, a capturing plate 1 is attached to an on-orbit device, and the capturing plate is attached to a part of the on-orbit device where a capturing device bonds to the on-orbit device in space with an bonding component, including adhesive, of the capturing device.