
Asinqamule umsindo. Uma abantu abaningi bezwa 'i-aero metals investment casting', bafanekisela ama-turbine blades angenasici ephuma ebhukwana elicwebezelayo. Iqiniso liyi-messier, linama-nuanced kakhudlwana, futhi lijabulisa kakhulu. Akukhona nje ukuzuza amajiyometri ayinkimbinkimbi; kuwukuxoxisana okuqhubekayo phakathi kwesayensi yezinto ezibonakalayo, ukulawulwa kwezinqubo, kanye nezomnotho ezinonya zokubekezelelwa kwe-aerospace. Abaningi bayengwa ingxenye 'yokutshalwa kwezimali', becabanga ukuthi konke kumayelana nokunemba, futhi bakushaya indiva ingxenye 'yensimbi' yempi—yilapho amaphrojekthi ehlala khona noma efa khona.
Kaningi, kugxilwa nge-laser-ihlome ngenqubo yegobolondo le-ceramic. Impela, igobolondo eliphelele alinakuxoxisana. Kodwa ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwami, i-prelude-ukuhlanganiswa kwephethini ye-wax kanye ne-gating design-yilapho kunqunywa khona u-70% wobuqotho bokuphonsa. Ngike ngabona izitolo zithela izinsiza ezimangalisayo ekwenziweni kodaka lwegobolondo kuphela ukuze kuliwe nezinkinga ze-porosity ezivela kumaqoqo e-wax angenawo umoya kahle. Isango alisona nje isiteshi sensimbi; ngumphathi oshisayo kanye nesicupho se-slag. Ukuthola lokho okulungile kwendwangu yomoya enodonga oluncane oluncane, isibonelo, kudinga umuzwa cishe onembile wokuthi ingxubevange ethile izogeleza futhi iqine, into ongayitholi kusofthiwe yodwa.
Lokhu kuholela ensimbi ngokwayo. I-Aerospace ayiyona into eyodwa. Ugxumela usuka ku-17-4PH ngokungenasici kubakaki besakhiwo uye ku-Inconel 718 ngezigaba ezishisayo, futhi mhlawumbe nama-alloys asekelwe ku-cobalt ezingxenyeni ezigugile kakhulu. Ngamunye uziphatha njengesilwane esihlukile ngesikhathi sokuthela. Ukutshala imali ye-nickel-based superalloy ayiyona nje inguqulo eshisa kakhulu yensimbi yokuphonsa. Ukuthambekela kokuhlukaniswa, impendulo yokwelashwa kokushisa ngemva kokusakaza—kuyisiyalo esizinikele. Isitolo esithi sikwenza konke ngokulinganayo? ngingaba nokungabaza.
Ngikhumbula iphrojekthi eminyakeni edlule yezindlu zezinzwa. Ukuphrinta kubize i-316 engenasici, ebesiyenze izikhathi eziyinkulungwane. Kodwa ingxenye yayinodonga oluncane oluphambanayo olungavamile. Sayiqhuba ngokwejwayelekile, futhi yadlula i-QA. Yehlulekile ekuhloleni inkambu ngenxa yokukhathala okubangwa ukudlidliza kuleyo nhlangano. Siyini isifundo? I izinsimbi ze-aero ukuqokwa kusho ukuthi umjikelezo wemisebenzi wengxenye ubeka inqubo, hhayi nje into eseshidini lokucacisa. Kwadingeka sibuyele emuva, silungise isakhiwo sokusanhlamvu ngokushintsha izinga lokushisa lokuthulula kanye nokushisa kwangaphambili kwesikhunta, ngokuyisisekelo sihlanganisa ukuqina kwemithwalo eguquguqukayo, hhayi nje amandla amile.
Lokhu ukuhlolwa kwe-litmus kwangempela. Ungakwazi ukukhiqiza ukusakaza okuhle, okunembe kakhulu, kodwa uma kucekela phansi izigayo ezintathu ze-carbide ngesikhathi somshini wokuqala we-op, wehlulekile. Ukungaguquguquki kokuqina kobuso, ukungabikho kokushwabana komhlaba ongaphansi noma ukufakwa—yilokho okuhlukanisa isitolo se-prototype kusukela kozakwethu bokukhiqiza. Inqubo yokulingisa kufanele yakhelwe kucatshangwa ngomshini. Ingabe ushiya isitokwe esengeziwe ezindaweni ezivame ukuhlanekezelwa? Isango lokungena liwuthinta kanjani umumo wokusanhlamvu ku-flange ezobholwa kamuva bese ithintwa?
Lokhu kuhlanganiswa yilapho izinkampani ezinekhono eliqondile eliqondile zigqama khona. Thatha okuqinile I-Qingdao Qiangsenyuan Technology Co., Ltd. (QSY). Imodeli yabo, ethathe iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amathathu, ixhuma ngokusobala ukubunjwa kwegobolondo futhi ukutshala imali nasendlini CNC imishini. Kuyinto enengqondo, cishe edingekayo, ukuziphendukela kwemvelo. Uma inkampane efanayo ilawula lonke uhambo ukusuka ku-wax ukuya engxenyeni ewumshini oqediwe, iluphu yempendulo iba ngokushesha. Ochwepheshe bemishini bangatshela abafana be-Foundry, Leli qoqo lisebenza kanzima ephaketheni, futhi ukuthela okulandelayo kungalungiswa. Iqeda umdlalo wakudala wokusola phakathi komhlinzeki wokusakaza kanye nesitolo somshini.
Uma ubheka ububanzi bazo—kusuka kunsimbi ewukhonkolo kuye kuma-alloys akhethekile afana ne-cobalt ne-nickel-based—kubonisa ukuqonda kwe-spectrum egcwele. Kuyinto eyodwa ukuphonsa ingxenye yethusi yokuhlobisa; kungenye ukuletha ukusakaza kwe-Inconel okusebenzisekayo okuzogunyazwa ukuthi indiza. Lesi sakamuva sifuna ukuthi kucutshungulwe i-symbiosis. Ukuhlala kwabo isikhathi eside, okuphawulwe yiminyaka engama-30+, kuphakamisa ukuthi kungenzeka bazulazule le mijikelezo ephindaphindayo phakathi kokulingisa nokwenza imishini izikhathi ezingaphezu kwesisodwa, kulapho kuhlala khona ulwazi lwangempela, oluzuzwe kanzima.
Ama-alloys akhethekile igama elijikijelwa ngokukhululekile. Empeleni, kusho ukungena endaweni enezinto ezibizayo, imingcele engathetheleli, kanye namajika okufunda. Ama-alloys asuselwa ku-cobalt, ngokwesibonelo, ahle kakhulu ekungagugini kodwa angaduma kabi uma izinga lokupholisa lingalawulwa ngokucophelela. Awugcini nje ngokuthela insimbi; uphethe idrama eshisayo kusukela ngesikhathi ishiya i-ladle.
Ngikhumbula ukwehluleka kwengxenye yevalvu yeyunithi yamandla asizayo. Sasebenzisa ingxubevange ye-cobalt yobunikazi. Ikhemistri yayiphelele, igobolondo lalizwakala, kodwa sabona ukuqhekeka okuncane endaweni yoguquko ewugqinsi ukuya-ozacile. Inkinga? Besingaphatha ukushisa kwangaphambili kwesikhunta ngendlela ebesingenza ngayo ngengxenye yesisindo esifanayo. I-alloy's conductivity ye-thermal kanye nezici zokushwabana bezihlukile. Kwadingeka ukuthi sakhe iphrothokholi yokupholisa efakwe kusiteji, cishe njengokwelashwa kokushisa kwangemva kokushisela kodwa okwenzeka ngaphakathi kwesigubhu sokupholisa. Kwakuyisifundo esibizayo, esithinta isimiso. Manje, uma ngibona uhlu lwempahla yesitolo luhlanganisa lawa ma-alloys, angiboni nje amandla; Ngibona umlando oshiwo wokuxazulula lezo zinkinga ezithile, ezicashile.
Yilapho i- ukutshala imali inqubo ye izinsimbi ze-aero ihlukana nephakethe. Iba yithuluzi le-metallurgical, hhayi nje ithuluzi lokubumba. Ikhono lokuqinisa ingxenye ngendlela eqonde ngqo, noma ukulawula ukwakheka okusanhlamvu ngedizayini yesisindo esishisayo sesikhunta, liphendulela inqubo ibe isithuthukisi sokusebenza kwengxubevange. Iphuzu elicashile kodwa elibucayi. Awenzi nje isimo; wenza ubunjiniyela besakhiwo esincane umzila wokuqamba noma womshini ongase ungawufinyeleli ngokonga.
Wonke umuntu ufuna ukubekezelelwa kwe-aerospace. Kodwa lokho kusho ukuthini phansi? Kubakaki abajwayelekile besakhiwo, kungase kube +/- 0.005 ezindaweni ezibucayi zokukhwelana. Iyafezeka? Yebo, ngethuluzi eliklanywe kahle kanye nokulawulwa kwenqubo. Kodwa ijika lezindleko liyakhula. Ikhono langempela lisekuqondiseni unjiniyela wokuklama. Ingabe lokho kubekezelela kungaxegiselwa ku-+/- 0.015 uma sisusa indawo yesango futhi siqinisekisa indawo efanayo efanayo yomshini? Imvamisa, impendulo ingu-yebo, futhi ugcina u-20% engxenyeni yezindleko ngaphandle kokuyekethisa umsebenzi.
Lolu wuhlangothi olusebenzayo, olungathandeki lwe i-aero metals investment casting. Kuyinto consultancy. Ibheka umdwebo nokwazi ukuthi yiziphi izimpi okufanele zilwe. Ngike ngabheka izibuyekezo zedizayini ezikhomba ukuthi umumo wemvelo omuhle, owonga isisindo uzodinga ama-ceramic cores angenakwenzeka futhi uphakamise ukwenziwa lula okuncane okuwenza akwazi ukukhahlela futhi asebenziseke ngaphandle kokulimaza ukusebenza. Lokho kwengezwe akuveli kubhukwana lamandla ayisisekelo.
Kusho nokuphatha okulindelekile. I-surface finish as-cast ayilokothi iqede ngomshini. Kuzoba nokuthungwa kwekhasi lewolintshi elikhanyayo. Inselele ukulenza lingaguquguquki futhi libikezelwe ukuze izindlela zamathuluzi ohlelo lwe-CNC zikwazi ukuziphendulela. Isitolo esifana ne-QSY, esihlanganisiwe CNC imishini, uzokuqonda ngokwemvelo lokhu. Inqubo yabo yokukhipha kungenzeka ishuniwe ukuze ingalethi nje ubukhulu, kodwa isimo esiphathekayo, esilethwa nge-oda eliphezulu.
Enkathini egcwele ukukhiqiza okungeziwe, kungani le nqubo yendabuko iphikelela? Ngenxa yokuthi ukukhiqizwa kwevolumu ephakathi kuya kwephezulu yamandla aphezulu, izingxenye zensimbi ezithembeke kakhulu, ngokuvamile akuhlulwa ngenani lengxenye ngayinye, isisekelo sokusebenza. I-AM inendawo yayo yokwenza i-prototyping nobunkimbinkimbi obuhlanyayo, kodwa ngezinkulungwane zabakaki, izindlu, nama-blade endizeni, ukutshala imali iyihhashi lomsebenzi.
Unqenqema lwangempela lomphakeli manje akukhona nje ekubeni nezinto zokusebenza. Kusolwazini lwezizwe. Umenzi wephethini umakadebona owaziyo ukuthi i-engeli ethile esalungiswa idala ingcindezi yegobolondo phakathi nokukhipha i-waxing. Ngu-opharetha wesithando somlilo okwazi ukuzwa umehluko emsindweni wokuncibilika futhi azi ukuthi ukuqeda umoya akuphelele. Lolu lwazi olungasho lutho, olwakhiwe emashumini eminyaka amaningi, luyilokho okwenziwa umsebenzi weminyaka engama-30 njengalokhu okukhulunywe ngakho. Awukwazi ukukuthenga noma ukufaka ikhodi emshinini omusha.
Ngakho, lapho kuhlolwa i-aero metals investment casting, ungabheki nje iziko lokungeniswa kwevacuum noma imishini ye-CMM. Buza mayelana nocezu lwabo lwamathuluzi oludala olusakhiqizwa. Buza ukuthi bayixazulula kanjani inkinga yokuncipha ephindaphindayo kungxubevange ethile eminyakeni emihlanu edlule. Izimpendulo zaleyo mibuzo zizokutshela okuningi kakhulu mayelana nekhono labo kunanoma yisiphi isimangalo sokumaketha esiphucuziwe esake sakwenza. Kulezo zifundo eziqoqiwe, ngezinye izikhathi ezibuhlungu, lapho ubungcweti bangempela bokuguqula insimbi ibe izingxenye ezifanele ukundiza kwakhiwa khona.
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