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The facility additionally permits 3D printing of aerospace and rocket parts as much as one metre in peak. By making it doable to supply elements that had been beforehand thought-about troublesome for additive manufacturing, Agnikul can now ship totally completed, flight-ready {hardware} inside a couple of days – considerably accelerating improvement timelines whereas increasing what might be achieved by way of 3D printing.
Complementing the printing capability is an indigenously designed & developed de-powdering machine, an necessary post-processing system that ensures flawless floor end and space-grade high quality on additively manufactured elements. Designed & developed in-house, the machine reduces exterior dependencies and ensures constant high quality.
“We determined to have our personal machines to realize management over the standard and processes. At the identical time, it offers us the liberty to not be depending on others,” Moin SPM, Co-founder & COO of Agnikul Cosmos advised The Hindu. “Earlier, we had been sourcing these machines from Germany and different international locations. Now, we’re focusing not simply on manufacturing but additionally on in-house design,” he added. “All that is being achieved on the facility in Taramani, which is unfold throughout 10,000 sq ft”, Mr. Moin stated.
“Agnikul was began with the aim of constructing house out there to everybody. One means to try this is construct functionality that permits us to advance rocket manufacturing with precision whereas additionally specializing in high quality,” stated Srinath Ravichandran, Co-founder & CEO of Agnikul Cosmos. “By creating not simply printing capability but additionally full scale machines in-house, we’re equipping ourselves to construct house transportation techniques sooner, bringing us one step nearer to taking Agnikul’s improvements & our prospects to house”.
Agnikul holds a US patent for single-piece 3D-printed rocket engines. This facility will enable the corporate to print engines measuring one metre and ship seven occasions the thrust of its earlier designs. With this facility now commissioned, the corporate can manufacture these engines in simply days, and that too inhouse – accelerating improvement cycles and enabling fast innovation at scale.
Last 12 months, this IIT Madras-incubated startup launched the world’s first rocket — Agnibaan Sub Orbital Technology Demonstrator (SOrTeD) — with a single piece 3D-printed engine from Sriharikota. Agnibaan SOrTeD is India’s first launch from a non-public launchpad, referred to as ‘Dhanush’, established by Agnikul. It can be India’s first semi-cryogenic engine-powered rocket launch and the world’s first single piece 3D-printed engine designed and constructed indigenously. To a question on the learnings from the launch, Mr. Moin stated, “Building a rocket is totally different, and launching a rocket is totally different. This time, we’re specializing in the bottom system as nicely, in order that we don’t encounter any points. We are being extra cautious this time.”
Agnikul is backed by main world and home traders, together with Celesta Capital, Rocketship.vc, Artha Venture Fund, Artha Select Fund, Mayfield India, Pi Ventures, and Speciale Invest, with a complete capital increase of $45 million so far.
Published – September 23, 2025 05:30 am IST
