
Lapho abantu abaningi bezwa 'ukwenziwa kwensimbi okuyinkimbinkimbi', bafanekisela ukuthululwa. Lowo mzuzu omangalisayo, oncibilikile. Kodwa lokho mhlawumbe kungu-5% wendaba yangempela. Ubunkimbinkimbi abukho kunsimbi ewuketshezi; kukuyo yonke into eyenzekayo ngaphambi nangemuva. Kukujiyomethri okwenza isikhunta sesihlabathi singenzeki, ingxubevange elwa nokuncipha ngaso sonke isikhathi, kanye nomshini wokubukisa oguqula ukubunjwa kwesihlabathi kube ingxenye esebenzayo. Uma ucabanga nje ukuncibilika nokuthela, usuvele ungemuva.
Uthola umdwebo, noma mhlawumbe imodeli ye-3D nje. Umbuzo wokuqala awukona yini ingxubevange? kodwa sikwenza kanjani isikhunta salokhu? Ingxenye enamashaneli angaphakathi ajulile, ama-undercuts, noma izindonga ezincane ezincikene nezingxenye ezinkulu—yilapho inkinga iqala khona. Ngokufaka isihlabathi, uvamise ukuphelelwa yinhlanhla. Udinga isikhunta esingathwebula leyo mininingwane, futhi yilapho izinqubo ezifana ukutshala imali ngena. Wakha isikhunta ngokuzungeze i-wax noma iphethini ephrintiwe ye-3D, bese uyincibilikisa. Ikunikeza inkululeko, kodwa umdanso ohamba kancane, ocophelelayo. Yonke i-engeli, konke okusalungiswa, yonke indawo engaba khona ukushisa kufanele kucatshangelwe kulesi sigaba. Kwenze kungalungile, futhi ingxubevange ehamba phambili emhlabeni ngeke ikusindise.
Ngikhumbula i-prototype ye-turbine blade esasebenza kuyo eminyakeni edlule. Umumo we-airfoil wawunikeziwe, amajika amahle. Kodwa iziteshi zokupholisa zangaphakathi? Zaklanywa unjiniyela oshisayo ohlakaniphile onokuhlangenwe nakho kwe-zero foundry. Ama-wax cores adingekayo ukuze akhe lawo mashaneli ayentekenteke kangangokuthi ayengawa ngaphansi kwengcindezi ye-ceramic slurry. Sichithe amaviki siya emuva naphambili, silungisa amadayamitha wesiteshi kanye ne-transition radii, hhayi ukusebenza kahle kwe-aerodynamic, kodwa ngenxa yokubumba. Leyo yingxoxo efihliwe ukukhishwa kwensimbi okuyinkimbinkimbi.
Yilapho okuhlangenwe nakho kwesitolo kubonisa khona. Inkampani efana I-Qingdao Qiangsenyuan Technology Co., Ltd. (QSY), namashumi eminyaka abo ukubunjwa kwegobolondo futhi ukutshala imali, uzibone ngokoqobo izinkulungwane zalawa majeometri. Bakha umuzwa walokho isikhunta esingakubekezelela. Akukhona nje ukulingisa isofthiwe; umuzwa wamathumbu wokuthi i-ceramic izogeleza kanjani nxazonke, noma ukuthi insimbi izosuka kanjani ngesikhathi sokuqina. Awukwazi ukukhohlisa lokho.
Kulungile, ngakho usiqhephukile isikhunta. Manje, yini oyithela kuyo? Insimbi engagqwali iyitemu elingasho lutho lapha. Ngabe sikhuluma 304 ngokugqwala? 316 zasolwandle? Noma ingabe sisendaweni engu-17-4 PH, edinga ukwelashwa okunembayo kokushisa ukuze ithole amandla ayo alinganiselwe? Inketho ibeka yonke into: izinga lokushisa elithelayo, izinga lokuqiniswa, uhlobo lokukhuphuka okudingayo ukuze ukondle ukuncipha.
Izilwane zangempela ziyi-alloys ekhethekile. Ama-superalloy asuselwa ku-nickel noma asekelwe ku-cobalt we-aerospace noma izinhlelo zokusebenza zokugqoka ezidlulele. Lezi azincibiliki nje; bahlanganisiwe. Bane-viscous, banomkhuba omubi wokwenza izigaba eziqinile, eziphukayo uma zipholile ngendlela engafanele, futhi bazodla ngokusebenzisa ulwelwesi olujwayelekile lwe-crucible. Ukukhipha lezi zinto kufana nokuhlinza isiguli sisasha. Imajini yephutha mancane. Ukukhuluma kwe-QSY ngokusebenza nalawa ma-alloys akhethekile akulona iphuzu lenhlamvu; kuyisitatimende sekhono. Kusho ukuthi batshale imali kubuchwepheshe besithando somlilo, izilawuli ze-metallurgical, nezinto ezibalulekile zokusingatha lolo hlobo lomsebenzi.
Lokhu ngikufunde kabuhlungu ngephampu yezindlu zesevisi ebolayo. Sibalule insimbi engagqwali eyi-duplex. Ephepheni, iphelele. Kodwa ukulawula kwethu ukuqinisa bekucishiwe—kancane nje. Umphumela waba isilinganiso sesigaba esingalingani ezigabeni ezibucayi, okwenza kube lula ukuqhekeka kokucindezeleka kwe-chloride. Ingxenye yayibukeka iphelele, iphumelele ukuhlolwa kwe-dimensional, kodwa ibuthakathaka ngokuyisisekelo. Ukwehluleka kwakusesakhiwo se-metallurgical, singabonakali ngeso. Lokho ungqimba lwesibili lobunkimbinkimbi.
Nansi umbono oyiphutha omkhulu: ukulingisa nokwenza imishini kuyimisebenzi ehlukene. Ezingxenyeni eziyinkimbinkimbi, ziyizenzo ezimbili zomdlalo ofanayo. Awukwazi ukuklama ukusakaza ngaphandle kokwazi kahle ukuthi kuzobanjwa kanjani kumshini we-5-eksisi. Lezo zimo ezinhle, ezingokwemvelo ngokuvamile azishiyi izindawo eziyisicaba ze-datum ukuze zibambelele kuzo. Ngakho-ke, kufanele udizayine futhi uphonse amalugi akhuphukayo omhlatshelo, abaphathi bokuqondanisa, noma izimbobo ze-datum ezizokwenziwa ngomshini esinyathelweni sokugcina.
Lokhu kuhlanganiswa kubalulekile. I-Foundry ephinde ibe nendlu CNC imishini, njenge-QSY, inenzuzo enkulu. Onjiniyela babo bokusakaza bakhuluma nabahleli bezinhlelo zabo zemishini nsuku zonke. Bayaqonda ukuthi ukunwebeka kancane kokuqina kodonga ohlangothini lokusakaza kungasho umehluko phakathi kokusetha kwe-eksisi engu-3 okulula kanye nephupho elibi lokulungiswa kwangokwezifiso kanye ne-contouring ye-axis engu-5. Baklama ukukhiqizwa kulo lonke uchungechunge lwezinqubo.
Sake saba nomzimba we-valve lapho ubuso bophawu olubucayi bungenakwenzeka umshini ngoba i-geometry yangaphakathi yokuphonsa idale ukudlidliza kwe-harmonic ngesikhathi sokugaya. Isixazululo kwakungelona ukulungisa imishini; ibiklama kabusha uhlaka lwangaphakathi lombambo wokulingisa ngokwalo ukuze lwengeze umswakama. I-Foundry engaba abalingisi kuphela ngabe isanda kuthumela ingxenye yokuphrinta engakwazi ukuqedwa. Isitolo esihlanganisiwe sixazulula inkinga yangempela.
Lona ubuciko bobumnyama bangempela. I-Gating—uhlelo lwamashaneli oluqondisa insimbi ekubunjweni—kanye nokudla—kusetshenziswa izikhuphukeli zensimbi encibilikisiwe ukunxephezela ukuncipha—yilapho ithiyori ihlangana khona neqiniso elingcolile. Ungakwazi ukukulingisa, kodwa ukulingisa kuhle kuphela okokufaka kwempahla yakho ebalulekile, futhi lokho kushintsha ngakho konke ukushisa okusha kwensimbi.
Umgomo uwukuqinisa okuqondisayo: ufuna ingxenye iqine ukusuka kude, amaphuzu amancane kakhulu emuva ngasesikhuphukeni, esihlala sincibilike isikhathi eside kakhulu. Uma iqina ngokungahleliwe, uthola i-shrinkage porosity. Izikhala zangaphakathi ezincane ezibulala ukuqina komfutho noma amandla okukhathala. Ngomumo oyinkimbinkimbi, ukuzuza lokhu kuqondiswa kuyindida. Kwesinye isikhathi udinga izikhuphukeli eziningi ezindaweni ezixakile. Kwesinye isikhathi usebenzisa imikhono evikelayo noma amaphedi e-exothermic kuzikhuphukeli ukuze uwagcine eshisa. Kuyikhithi yamathuluzi.
Ngike ngabona abalingisi abangenasici ngaphandle kodwa, lapho kukhishwa i-X-ray, kubukeka njengoshizi waseSwitzerland ngaphakathi ngoba ukuphakelwa kwakungalungile. Ingxenye iphumelele ukuhlolwa okubonakalayo kodwa ibingeke yehluleke ngendlela emangalisayo. Umsunguli onekhono uzoba nephrothokholi eqinile ye-NDT (Non-Destructive Testing) ngenxa yalesi sizathu ngqo. Akusona isengezo; kuyisinyathelo esiwumgogodla sanoma yisiphi ukukhishwa kwensimbi okuyinkimbinkimbi ezithi zinesakhiwo noma zinengcindezi.
Ekugcineni, ngemva kwayo yonke inkulumo yezobuchwepheshe, yehlela kubantu. Isofthiwe ayikwazi okwamanje ukuphendula ngokugcwele isikhunta esiswakeme kancane, inqwaba yengxubevange enezici zokulandelela ekugcineni kwe-spec, noma indlela igobolondo le-ceramic elingase liqhekeke ngayo ngesikhathi sokuthela ngokushesha. Yilapho iminyaka engu-30 yeqembu efana nezindaba ze-QSY. Ukuqashelwa kwephethini. Umakadebona we-opharetha wesithando somlilo okwazi ukuzwa ushintsho emsindweni we-ncibilika futhi alungise izinga lokushisa ngaphambi kokuthi i-thermocouple ikubhalise. Umphathi wekhwalithi owaziyo ukuthi kule ngxube ye-nickel ethile, udinga ukunweba isikhathi sokupholisa esibunjeni ngo-20% ngezinsuku zasehlobo ezinomswakama.
Lokhu okuhlangenwe nakho kuguqula isitolo sisuke ensizakalweni yokuthela insimbi sibe umhlinzeki wezixazululo. Bayeke ukuba ngabathatha ama-oda nje bese beqala ukuba ngama-consultants. Bazohlehlisa idizayini, baphakamise ushintsho olubalulekile olonga izindleko ngaphandle kokufaka engozini umsebenzi, noma bancome inqubo yokusakaza ehlukile ngokuphelele. Uma ubhekene nobunkimbinkimbi beqiniso, lokhu kubambisana kuwukuphela kwento eqinisekisa impumelelo. Awuthengi nje ukulingisa; uthenga leso sahlulelo esinqwabelene. Futhi kulo mkhakha, leso sahlulelo, esakhiwe phakathi namashumi eminyaka namathani angenakubalwa ensimbi, siyinto eyinkimbinkimbi kunazo zonke—futhi eyigugu—kukho konke.
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