RUAG Space is a leading independent supplier of products for the space industry in Europe, with a portfolio consisting of launcher structures and separation systems, satellite structures and instruments, digital electronics, and communication equipment. Lightweighting is one of the company’s main targets.
Ulrich Krähenbühl, Manager for Materials & Processes at RUAG Space, explains how it has implemented the GRANTA MI system and created a single, reliable source for all its materials data, capturing inspection data on the performance of materials from the production phase, along with proprietary data and external reference data, resulting in time savings and company-wide consistency.