Release Actuators
Safely secure and release delicate space hardware on orbit. DCUBED’s high-performance release actuators make different types of experiments feasible, accelerating space exploration.
Our actuator product lines
SmartPack Release Nut
Our SmartPack product line includes ultra-flat, shape-memory release actuators designed primarily for axial pre-load applications where thickness is limited.
Release Nuts
Our Release Nut product line includes compact, shape-memory release actuators designed primarily for axial pre-load applications.
Pin Pullers
Our Pin Puller product line offers easy-to-use and highly-resettable release actuators that are perfect for shear-load applications.
Product advantages
- Cut weight by 34% and size by 44%
- Reset for testing up to hundreds of cycles, in seconds
- Lower AIT cost and time by 23%
- Decrease shock by 97% making our products suitable for any application
- Provide 100% actuation redundancy enabling mission-critical applications
- Reduce costs by 31% compared to competitor products
- Proven in space products (TRL9)
- Lower procurement process time by 90% with COTS
- Solidify supply chain with 100% export control-free products
Product specifications
| Nano SmartPack Release Nut (nD3SP) | Micro Release Nut (uD3RN) | Nano Release Nut (nD3RN) | Micro Pin Puller (nD3PP) | Nano Pin Puller (nD3PP) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Size | 74x35x4mm | 25x25x25mm | 17x17x17mm | 25x25x25mm | 17x17x17mm |
| Mass | 27grams | 40grams | 12-25grams | 40grams | 12-25grams |
| Load | Axial Load: >200N |
Axial Load: >2.5kN (up to 4.5kN in 2024) | Axial Load: >250-380N | Shear Load: >250N | Shear Load: >50N |
| TRL | 8 (9 in 2024) | 8 (9 in 2024) | 9 | 8 (9 in 2024) | 9 |