The simplex stepper motors developed by SonaPace group of Sona College of Technology in Salem for Chandrayaan-3 moon mission. have been made by the SonaPace group in Salem in Tamil Nadu.
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As the world’s eyes have been glued to the launch of the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) indigenous spacecraft to the moon, Chandrayaan-3, on the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, researchers at Sona College of Technology, Salem, adopted the occasion with bated breath.
ISRO has picked up a stepper motor made by the college’s SonaPace group for use within the Launch Vehicle Mark-III (LVM 3) to launch Chandrayaan-3. For journey into house, the Chandrayaan-3 launch automobile, the LVM 3, was efficiently built-in with Chandrayaan-3 final week. The SonaPace’s simplex everlasting magnet stepper motor is used within the actuator meeting of the LVM 3 for controlling the rocket engine’s liquid gas and oxidizer combination ratio.
The Head of SonaPace, N. Kannan, mentioned “We are privileged to contribute to ISRO’s moon mission through research and development (R and D) work at the Sona College of Technology. The research team is committed to supporting ISRO’s future space missions too. SonaSpeed has been a reliable partner for developing indigenous technology products such as rocket motors for mission-critical applications at ISRO. The pioneering R&D efforts of researchers and faculty at SonaSpeed have led them to supply ISRO with special-purpose BLDC (brushless DC) motors for satellites and rockets, as well as lunar robots for previous space missions. Sona College of Technology students, along with students from five other colleges, launched a student PICO satellite from ISRO facilities in September 2017,” Mr. Kannan added.
Vice-Chairman of Sona Institutions and CEO of Vee Technologies, Chocko Valliappa, mentioned the profitable integration of SonaPace’s simplex stepper motor within the Chandrayaan-3 launch automobile is a tribute to the supremacy of India’s engineering expertise in indigenising ISRO’s pathbreaking missions. The SonaPace analysis group, which specialises in electrical machines, celebrates the twentieth anniversary of its founding this yr, Mr. Chocko added.
