
Asinqamule umsindo. Lapho abantu abaningi bezwa 'ukwenziwa kwemishini yezolimo,' babona ngeso lengqondo ingxenye yensimbi elula, enkulu. Iphutha lokuqala lelo. Iqiniso ngumdlalo wezinga eliphezulu wesayensi yezinto ezibonakalayo, ukunemba, nezimo zensimu ezinonya ezisindile. Kulapho iphutha elincane endlini ka-gearbox noma ithiphu yegeja lingavala isivuno. Ngibone amadizayini amaningi kakhulu ehluleka ngoba onjiniyela baphathe ukusakaza njengempahla, hhayi njengezinto ezinjiniyela. Umehluko uyikho konke.
Wonke umuntu ucacisa amandla aqinile. Yinombolo elula ukuyicela. Kodwa emishinini ye-ag, lokho cishe okwesibili. Okubulala ingxenye impilo yokukhathala. Cabanga ngokuxhunywa kukagandaganda noma insimbi yokuvuna i-chopper blade. Akuwona umthwalo owodwa omkhulu; izigidi eziyishumi ukushaqeka okuncane, ukundindizela, kanye nomthelela phezu kwenhlabathi enamatshe. Insimbi eqinile eqinile isengaqhekeka ngaphambi kwesikhathi uma i-microstructure yayo ingalungile ngenxa yokukhathala.
Sifunde lokhu kabuhlungu eminyakeni edlule ngesibonelo seklayenti sehabhu elithwala idiski elisindayo. Ukusakaza kokuqala ngensimbi evamile ye-ductile kuphumelele zonke izivivinyo zomthwalo omile. Isiphetho esihle, ubukhulu buphelele. Ezinyangeni eziyisithupha singene ezivivinyweni zasenkambu eMidwest, sathola ucingo: ukuphuka okuyinhlekelele endaweni ekhuphukayo. Ukuhlaziywa kokwehluleka kubonise imvelaphi yokukhathala yakudala. Inkinga yayingewona amandla; kwakuyisimo se-nodule ye-graphite nokusabalalisa ku-matrix yensimbi. Kwadingeka sishintshele ku-ayina ye-ferritic ductile ephathwe ngokukhethekile enezilawuli eziqinile zenqubo yokujova. Lowo mklamo wehabhu usasebenza nanamuhla.
Yilapho okuhlangenwe nakho kwe-Foundry kubonisa khona. Isitolo esifana I-Qingdao Qiangsenyuan Technology (QSY) uyayithola. Ngeminyaka yabo engu-30, babone lokhu kwehluleka. Abavele bathelele eshidini elithile; babuza mayelana nesicelo, imijikelezo yomthwalo, amaphuzu okunamathiselwe. Leyo ngxoxo ibaluleke kakhulu kunanoma yisiphi isitifiketi.
Ukwakhiwa kwesikhunta seShell kuqhathaniswa nokutshala imali kuqhathaniswa ne-greensand—akuwona imenyu ebizayo. Kuyisinqumo esisebenzayo. Ezingxenyeni eziyinkimbinkimbi, ezinodonga oluncane njengemizimba ye-hydraulic valve noma amakesi okudlulisela ayinkimbinkimbi, ukubunjwa kwegobolondo imvamisa iqhawe elingaqanjwanga. Ikunikeza ukuqedwa okungcono okungaphezulu nokunemba kobukhulu kunokusakazwa kwesihlabathi okuvamile, okusho ukuthi isikhathi esincane sokwenza imishini ku-CNC kamuva. Lokho kusindisa imali, kodwa okubaluleke nakakhulu, kugcina ubuqotho besikhumba sokukhipha, okuvame ukuba yingxenye enzima kakhulu.
Ngikhumbula umsebenzi womshini wokugawula umoba. Ingxenye yayinemigudu yangaphakathi futhi yayidinga ukukhanya kodwa iqine. IGreensand yayinzima kakhulu, futhi ukutshalwa kwezimali okuphelele kwakubiza kakhulu umthamo. Inqubo yokubumba igobolondo evela ku-QSY yayiyindawo ephakathi nendawo. Ama-engeli asalungiswa abawatusile avumela umdwebo ohlanzekile, futhi indawo esakazwayo yayiyinhle kangangokuba singakwazi ukunciphisa isibonelelo somshini, songa izinto eziningi kanye nesikhathi sokujikeleza emibhedeni yabo ye-CNC.
Kodwa awukwazi ukugomela. Ezingxenyeni ezincane, eziyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu njengamathiphu omlomo wezifutho noma amagiya amancane agugile, ukutshala imali ukuphela kwendlela yokuhamba. Ukunemba akunakuqhathaniswa. Ukuhwebelana yizindleko kanye nomkhawulo wosayizi. Kufanele wazi ukuthi uzolisebenzisa nini ithuluzi.
I-cast iron iyigama elingenamsebenzi lapha. Ingabe sikhuluma nge-iron empunga (elungele ukudambisa ukudlidliza, ukungezwani okubi)? I-Ductile iron (iqinile, kodwa bukela ukuzwela kwesigaba)? Noma mhlawumbe insimbi ehlanganisiwe ye-graphite yaleyo ndawo emnandi phakathi kokukhathala okushisayo kanye nokusebenza kanzima? Ezingxenyeni ezigugile njengamaphoyinti okulima, sivame ukuthuthela kuma-alloys akhethekile. Kulapho kukhulunywa khona i-QSY nge-cobalt noma ama-alloys asekelwe ku-nickel.
Sibe nenkinga ye-fan yesisakazeli sikamanyolo ehlala iguga emphethweni ophambili wokugqwala okubi. I-martensitic stainless evamile ayizange inqamule. Senze i-prototype nge-alloy esekelwe ku-nickel enokuqukethwe okuphezulu kwe-chromium carbide. Ukulingisa kwakunzima kakhulu—izinga lokushisa elithe xaxa, ingozi eyengeziwe yokudabuka. I-Foundry kwakudingeka ilungise uhlelo lokungena futhi isebenzise imikhono ekhethekile ye-exothermic. Ingxenye ibize ngokuphindwe kathathu, kodwa impilo yayo yesevisi inyuke ngenani eliyisishiyagalombili. Ekhasimendeni, izindleko eziphelele zobunikazi zehla. Lolo uhlobo lwenani lobungcweti bokusakaza kwangempela obuvumelayo.
Ukulingisa okuphelele kungonakaliswa ku-op yokuqala yomshini. Ubudlelwano phakathi kwe-Foundry nesitolo semishini bubalulekile. Ngokufanelekile, zingaphansi kophahla olulodwa. Ukucindezeleka kwangaphakathi okuvela ekupholiseni, izindawo eziqinile, ukuhluka okuncane kokuqina—uma umakhi wemishini engazi ukuthi akhona, angabhidliza ithuluzi noma enze imifantu.
Lena inzuzo enkulu yomhlinzeki ohlanganisiwe oqondile. Lapho inkampani efanayo ethululela ukusakaza, njenge-QSY, iphinde isebenze CNC imishini izikhungo, banolwazi lwenqubo olubhakwa kulo. Bayazi ukuthi iqoqo elithile lengxube yensimbi liziphatha kanjani ngaphansi komsiki. Bangakwazi ukulungisa okuphakelayo nesivinini kusukela kokuhlangenwe nakho, hhayi nje kumanuwali. Baphinde baklame ukusakaza becabanga ngomshini: ukwengeza izici ze-datum, ukuqinisekisa ukushuba okungaguquki kodonga ukuze kuncishiswe ukudlidliza ngesikhathi sokugaya.
Ngike ngaba ezitshalweni lapho ukulingisa kanye nokwenza imishini kuhlukene. Umdlalo wokusola uqala ngesikhathi lapho i-drill bit break. Izinto zakho azihambisani. Indawo yakho ayilungile. Uma ihlanganiswa, inkinga imane nje ixazululwe. Bazobuyela emalogini athululayo, bahlole idatha yezinga lokupholisa, futhi balungise inqubo ukuze baqalise okulandelayo. Lokho kuqhubeka kuyigolide.
Ufunda okuningi eqoqweni elahliwe kunezingxenye eziphelele eziyinkulungwane. Ekuqaleni kwesikhathi sami ngibhekene nokulingisa ama-ag, saba ne-oda lamakhulu amaningana amabakaki aphikisayo ogandaganda. Ingxenye elula, noma sacabanga kanjalo. Babegqekeza isitoreji, ngaphambi kokuba baboshwe ngamabhawudi. Amahloni futhi ayabiza.
Imbangela? I-Stress corrosion cracking. Abakaki babegcinwe endaweni yokugcina impahla enomswakama. Izingcindezi ezisele ezivela enqubweni yokuphonsa, kuhlanganiswe nekhemikhali ethile ensimbi (into encane kakhulu, ngikhohlwa isici esiqondile manje), kwakha isiphepho esiphelele. Isixazululo kwakungelona nje ukushintsha kwamakhemikhali; ibisebenzisa inqubo yokuqeda ingcindezi ngemuva nje kokunyakaza. Umjikelezo we-ovini olula, onezinga lokushisa eliphansi. Manje sekuyinqubo evamile yaleyo ngxenye yomndeni. Leso sifundo sokwelashwa okushisayo kwangemva kokuphonswa asizange singishiye. Iwuhlobo lolwazi oluyimfihlo umsunguli osenesikhathi eside aluqongelela emathanjeni ayo.
Ikusasa alimayelana nengxubevange entsha enomlingo. Imayelana nokubikezela nokuhlanganiswa. Isofthiwe yokulingisa yokugcwalisa isikhunta nokuqinisa iba ngcono, kodwa isadinga ukuqinisekiswa kwamashumi eminyaka edatha esebenzayo—uhlobo lwe-QSY enalo. Inhloso ingu-zero prototyping, lapho ukukhishwa kokuqala kwesikhunta sokukhiqiza kulungele isevisi.
Omunye umkhuba ukulandeleka. Ngamapulazi amakhulu kanye nokusetshenziswa kwezinto eziqinile, ukwehluleka kudinga ukulandelelwa emuva ekuncibilikeni, ekushiseni, ngisho nasekushintsheni. Izikhungo eziningi zisebenzisa amasistimu alokhu. Yengeza izindleko, kodwa ngomugqa obalulekile wokushayela noma ukusakaza okuhlobene nokuphepha emishinini yezolimo, sekuyinto engaxoxiswana nayo. Ukulingisa akuyona nje ingxenye; iphoyinti ledatha kumjikelezo wempilo womshini.
Ngakho, uma ucabanga ukuphonsa imishini yezolimo, ungacabangi ngesigaxa sensimbi. Cabanga ngento ekwazi ukumelana nokukhathala, elungiselelwe ukusebenza kahle, ekwazi ukusebenza kahle ezalwa ngengxube ye-metallurgy, i-physics, nolwazi oluzuzwe kanzima. Kungumehluko phakathi kwengxenye esindayo enkathini ethile naleyo esinda esizukulwaneni. Yilabo abalingisi bangempela.
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