1488 The benefits of one-piece molding are many
Obviously someone wants to ask Xiao Feng how he can guarantee that such pipes can be produced.
Because once this shackle is lifted, such pipes can be put online in large quantities and are produced and used in large quantities.
In the past, people have tried other methods to produce such pipes, such as the lost wax casting method, but it is difficult to control the thickness of the poured pipes.
So in the end, this method was abandoned and the traditional physical processing method was used.
But this requires a very high level of processing tools, and this is the main reason that bothers the military.
We don't have that many machine tools...
This has led to the slowdown in the production of our Aerospace Engine.
Now Xiao Feng said that he can produce it, and almost everyone here has seen some videos of his machine tool.
If we can really ensure that the machine tool can drill out the iron pipe at will, then we can do whatever we want in the future, which will cause everyone's headaches.
As much as you want, you can get?
If that is true, it will not only solve the problem of Air Force Aviation Engine.
The problems faced by many equipment of the Navy and the Army will also be solved.
For example, hydraulic pipes produced using this technology can be used on hydraulic equipment.
The Army and the Navy are also major users of hydraulic equipment.
Especially now, there are a large number of equipment for the army's self-propelled artillery, tanks, etc., and hydraulic equipment is used extensively in these weapons and equipment.
Not to mention the Navy, so many warships and ships use more hydraulic equipment.
There is also this kind of integrated pipe, which is the most lacking for the Navy.
If you don’t believe it, go to the warship and look at the cable tube inside the warship.
Many pipes are welded or riveted together with rivets.
These pipelines may not have any problems at ordinary times, but once they encounter high sea conditions or maritime combat, it may affect the survival of warships.
Due to high sea conditions and naval battles, warships are inevitably hit and deformed.
At this time, if some internal pipes break, it will definitely affect the performance of the warship.
For example, we can often see in war movies shot by Americans, after warships were hit by enemy shells.
It is not scary to have big holes on the warship. What is scary is that the pipes in the cabins under the deck will be broken if they break.
A break in the steam pipeline will lead to insufficient pressure of the gas turbine, resulting in insufficient power output, seriously affecting the performance of the warship and greatly reducing the survival chance of the warship.
Also, if the lubricant pipeline breaks, it will be even worse, which may directly lead to the engine shutdown.
There are also submarines, when attacked, various internal pipelines are very prone to bursting.
The bursting of these pipelines is almost always at the welding or riveting links.
And the more links there are, the higher the chance of bursting.
And if these pipes are all formed in one piece, it is easy to avoid these problems.
Because there is no doubt that the sturdiness of integrated pipes is definitely much stronger than these welded and riveted pipes, or even more than twice as strong as these.
So naturally, it may be able to withstand greater pressure, and can withstand greater deformation.
The most important thing is maintenance, which is easier.
And if this integrated pipe is used extensively on warships, there is another benefit.
That is, it can greatly reduce the weight of warships.
In the past, when the steel shell warship was born, a large number of rivets were used on the warships, splicing large pieces of steel plates together to form a complete warship.
This kind of warship weighs thousands of tons and tens of thousands of tons, but in fact it cannot hold too many soldiers and shells, nor too much coal.
Because he has too much self-esteem, if he installs too many soldiers, he needs to install more daily necessities, which means he has to consume more fuel.
Such a ship becomes a short-legged ship and cannot run too far.
Because he couldn't go very far, he needed to replenish coal.
And those rivets account for a large part of the warship's self-weight.
A warship of more than 10,000 tons, at least 3,000 tons is the weight of rivets. This linkage not only occupies a large amount of space on the warship, but also occupies a large amount of self-weight, and also increases fuel consumption.
It was not until before World War II that the technology of producing warships in countries around the world improved one step further.
Welding technology began to be used in large quantities, and rivets began to be gradually eliminated from the stage.
However, even though welding technology is more advanced than rivets, rivets cannot be completely eliminated from the stage of history.
Because when it comes to strength, rivets are still irreplaceable in many key parts on the warship.
Because the components connected by rivets are stronger than welding.
Even now, there are still many key parts on warships from countries around the world, which are still riveted.
For example, many of the various pipes inside the cabin are riveted.
These rivets used for riveting also account for a large part of the ship's own weight.
Now if such integrated pipelines are used extensively on warships, many rivets on warships can be eliminated.
Not only can it liberate a large part of its self-weight, it can also greatly improve fuel economy and range.
Moreover, this body forming technology can not only be used on pipes.
Many special-shaped components on the warship can also be tried to use this new machine tool for integrated processing.
In this way, it is of great benefit to the weight of warships.
Because the weight reduced can be completely transformed into combat power, which means that warships can be equipped with more fuel, have a longer range, and can also carry more missiles, weapons and ammunition...
Anyway, no matter how you look at it, the integrated molding technology brought by this machine tool is very beneficial!
It's no wonder that there are so many people who can't wait to ask out loud at this time
But it was soon stopped by the general who took the lead...
Then he asked someone to take out a few other workpieces and put them in front of Xiao Feng.
"What about these? Can you produce these?"
When Xiao Feng saw the workpieces in front of him, he immediately understood them.
These are the turbofan blades on the rotor inside the aircraft engine.
The shapes of these blades are very beautiful, different from the ordinary turbine blades we have seen.
The shape of these blades is very special. It can be said to be S-shaped blades with very complex curves. It can be said to be the most difficult product to process among all workpieces.
Moreover, this kind of blade is not the ordinary thin iron sheet.
Instead, there are blades with cavity inside and small holes on many cross-sections.
Just looking at the shape, you already know that it is very difficult to process. When looking at the small holes, you know that this thing is even more difficult to process.
"I don't care about it. This is the turbofan blades on Aviation and Aviation. It is very difficult to process such blades."
"Now we mainly use the lost wax casting method. Because there is no single crystal growth technology like the Americans, we can only use the old routine."
"It is to use special porcelain clay molds first, and then fire them into ceramics, and then wrap beeswax on the outside, so as to ensure that there is a cavity on the poured leaves."
"The prepared pottery must be placed in the clay liquid and rotated to sizing, and then put it in the bellows to spray clay for shape."
“It can be air-dried before precision casting can be carried out…”
"After the pouring is completed, we will also take X-rays of each turbofan blade to see if there is trachoma or if there is any hidden wounds..."
"Anyway, the entire production process is very cumbersome, with many processes, and the progress is very slow."
"The most important thing is the yield rate and yield rate, which we cannot guarantee at the moment."
"Sometimes, a small mistake often makes the whole furnace of products scrapped."
"Sometimes, I don't even know why, the whole furnace of products is also scrapped."
"This has caused our turbofan blade production speed to never rise, and the cost and cost are always high."
"You just said that your robot is particularly good at integrated molding in machining."
"In this case, I want to ask you if such blades can be formed and processed in one piece."
The old general was obviously from the technical field, so he explained to Xiao Feng in detail when he was producing the turbofan blade.
Xiao Feng is not an industrial novices. After all, he has been dealing with experts from the Spark Factory for a while.
Therefore, he also has a deep understanding of this machining technology.
At this time, the old general's question was very professional, and he dared not draw conclusions easily.
So he turned around and started discussing with several experts who came from behind him.
Among these experts, there are two cloning experts. It can be said that the industrial robot of Spark Technology was built under their guidance.
So they are obviously more professional about the capabilities of that robot and various industrialization issues.
The two of them just heard the general say that the key to producing such blades.
"In fact, it is mainly difficult, it is difficult to produce molds before pouring!"
"The accuracy requirements for this type of mold are very high, and considering the problem of thermal expansion and contraction when pouring metal liquids, the requirements for errors are very strict."
“Many key steps of the mold need to be made by hand.”
"This is the key to not being able to improve production efficiency, but for our machine tools, these are not problems."
"We can use machine tools to process molds that meet their accuracy requirements, and because even molds, there is no need to worry about any mistakes."
"Even if some molds have errors, you can pick out all the defective products before the last process."
Chapter completed!