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Swiss students have reached record heights for the ARIS Piccard project in Portugal using the 3D printing technology of Sintratec located in the canton of Aargau. The winning rocket used Sintratecs selective laser sintering.The Swiss student project ARIS Piccard has reached a height of over six kilometers with its hybrid rocket at a competition in Portugal thereby setting a new world record. According to a press release from Sintratec which is based in the canton of Aargau the team used various 3D printing techniques such as selective laser sintering to build the winning rocket. An example of this is the hatch over the fuel filling system. Sintratecs laser sintering was used to create a smooth surface which was essential for the record flight. According to the press release Sintratec manufactured and sponsored the required PA12 nylon components. The students built a six-meter-long rocket weighing 100 kilograms a filling station and a ground control station.Every year the Academic Space Initiative Switzerland ARIS launches innovative aerospace projects for students at Swiss universities. The 2021 project named after the physicist Auguste Piccard not only included the task of building ARISs first hybrid rocket within less than a year but also winning an international rocket competition with it. This target was met the Sintratec press release states that no hybrid rocket in this category developed and constructed by students has ever flown so high.
