AERIS
$500,000.00Price
AERIS — Autonomous Extrusion & Recycling Integration System
AERIS is a closed-loop manufacturing system: it doesn't just build, it recycles, re-processes, and rebuilds. Feed it waste material, and it returns usable parts. Feed it raw feedstock, and it produces precision components from polymers, metals, ceramics, and ISRU-derived composites. In space, where every kilogram of material is mission-critical, AERIS turns scrap into supply with full autonomy and an easy-to-use interface.
AERIS is compatible with most major polymer, metallic, and ceramic-based composites.
System
- Process: FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling)
- Build volume: 1,000 × 1,000 × 1,000 mm
- Build plate: 1,050 mm Keenovo heated metal plate
- Chamber: Double-wall, aerogel insulation, 50–60 mm walls
- Extruder: 280 mm tall, tungsten carbide nozzle
- MBU: 112 kg capacity — hopper, shredder, mixer, auger
- Post-processing: 4–5 DOF robotic arm, magnetic tool changer; end effectors: small gripper, large gripper, saw, scraper
- Footprint: ~2,700 mm wide; platform 1,420 × 1,420 mm, 220 kg
Materials
- Polymers
- Metallics
- Ceramics
- ISRU-derived composites
Sensors
- High-speed cameras (×3): Upper chamber corners + co-moving carriage; tracks nozzle tip and deposition in real time
- HD cameras (×3): Front viewport, rear chamber wall, robotic arm base
- Temperature sensors (×8): Nozzle/melt zone (multi-point), extruder heater block, build plate grid (×4), chamber air (top + mid), MBU output
- Pressure sensors (×3): Extruder feed line (pre-nozzle), auger output, chamber internal
- Spectral camera (×1): Top-down over MBU hopper; material classification prior to shredder intake
Software / Autonomy
- Autonomous fault detection and recovery
- IPC/HMI supervisory control architecture
- Embedded software with reliability requirements
