Imisebenzi emibini nje yeendawo ezintsonkothileyo ze-aerospace

Inkampani ekhethekileyo ekuveliseni amacandelo e-aerospace enzima yanceda ukuphuhlisa intsapho ye-45 ephezulu-spec-spec hook ye-helicopter ye-helikopta yempahla kwiinyanga nje ezintlanu, isebenzisa i-Alphacam CAD / CAM software.

I-Hawk 8000 Cargo Hook iye yakhethwa kwisizukulwana esilandelayo i-helicopter ye-Bell 525 Relentless, ephuhliswayo ngoku.

I-Drallim Aerospace yanikwa ikhontrakthi yokuyila ihuka eyayifuna ukukwazi ukuphatha umthwalo oyi-8,000lb.Inkampani yayisele isebenze neLeemark Engineering kwinani leemveliso, kwaye yasondela kwifemu ukuba yenze iicasings, i-solenoid covers, i-heavy-duty linkages, iileva kunye nezikhonkwane zendibano.

ULeemark uqhutywa ngabazalwana abathathu, uMark, uKevin noNeil Stockwell.Yasekwa ngutata wabo kwiminyaka engama-50 eyadlulayo, kwaye bagcina isimilo sosapho somgangatho kunye nenkonzo yabathengi.

Inika ubukhulu becala amacandelo achanekileyo kwiinkampani ze-aerospace zeSigaba soku-1, iinxalenye zayo zinokufunyanwa kwinqwelo-moya efana ne-Lockheed Martin F-35 inqwelo-moya efihlakeleyo, ijethi yokulwa ye-Saab Gripen E kunye neenqwelo-moya ezahlukeneyo zomkhosi, zamapolisa nezabantu basekuhlaleni, kunye nezihlalo ezikhuphayo kunye neesathelayithi.

Uninzi lwamacandelo anzima kakhulu, enziwe kwi-12 yezixhobo zomatshini we-CNC kumzi-mveliso wawo eMiddlesex.Umlawuli we-Leemark kunye nomphathi wemveliso uNeil Stockwell uchaza ukuba i-11 yaloo matshini icwangciswe nge-Alphacam.

UNeil uthe: “Iqhuba onke amaZiko ethu eMatsuura Machining 3- kunye 5-axis, CMZ Y-axis kunye ne2-axis Lathes kunye neAgie Wire Eroder.Ekuphela kwayo engayiqhubiyo yiSpark Eroder, enesoftware yokuncokola.”

Uthi isoftware yayiyinxalenye ebalulekileyo ye-equation xa kufikwa ekuveliseni i-Hawk 8000 Cargo Hook components, ikakhulu kwi-aerospace ye-aluminium kunye neebhilidi ze-AMS 5643 ze-American specs stainless steels, kunye nexabiso elincinci leplastiki.

UNeil wongeze wathi: “Sasinikwe umsebenzi wokungazenzi kwasekuqaleni, kodwa sizivelise ngokungathi sizenza zibe yimiqulu emikhulu, ngoko ke sifuna amaxesha anzima.Ekubeni i-aerospace, bekukho iingxelo ze-AS9102 kunye necandelo ngalinye, kwaye oko kwakuthetha ukuba iinkqubo ziye zatywinwa, ukuze xa zingena kwimveliso epheleleyo kungabikho mathuba okufaneleka okudlula.

"Sikufezekise konke oko kwisithuba seenyanga ezintlanu, ngenxa yezicwangciso ze-Alphacam ezakhelwe ngaphakathi eziye zasinceda ukuba siphucule oomatshini bethu abakumgangatho ophezulu kunye nezixhobo zokusika."

I-Leemark yenza yonke indawo enokusetyenzwa yehuku yempahla;eyona nto inzima kakhulu, ngokwemigaqo ye-5-axis machining, ibe yikhava kunye ne-solenoid case.Kodwa eyona ichanekileyo yintsimbi yentsimbi eyenza izenzo ezininzi ngaphakathi komzimba wehuku.

"Ipesenti ephezulu yamacandelo agayiweyo ane-bore kubo nge-18 micron ukunyamezela," kusho uNeil Stockwell."Uninzi lwamacandelo atshintshileyo anokunyamezelana ngakumbi."

Umlawuli wezobuNjineli uKevin Stockwell uthi ixesha lokucwangcisa liyahluka ukusuka malunga nesiqingatha seyure kwiindawo ezilula, ukuya phakathi kwe-15 kunye ne-20 yeeyure kwezona zinto zinzima kakhulu, kunye namaxesha omjikelo womatshini athatha ukuya kwiiyure ezimbini.Uthe: "Sisebenzisa i-waveform kunye ne-trochoidal milling amacebo asinika ukonga kakhulu kumaxesha omjikelezo kunye nokwandisa ubomi besixhobo."

Inkqubo yakhe yokucwangcisa iqala ngokungenisa iimodeli ze-STEP, ukusebenza ngeyona ndlela ilungileyo yokwenza inxalenye, kunye nokuba zininzi kangakanani izinto ezifunekayo ukuze ziyibambe ngexesha lokusika.Oku kubalulekile kwifilosofi yabo yokugcina i-5-axis machining ilinganiselwe kwimisebenzi emibini apho kunokwenzeka.

UKevin wongeze wathi: “Sibambe indima ebusweni obunye ukusebenza kubo bonke abanye.Emva koko oomatshini bokusebenza besibini benza ubuso bokugqibela.Sinqanda iindawo ezininzi kangangoko sinakho ukuseta nje kabini.Amacandelo aya esiba nzima ngakumbi kule mihla njengoko abayili bezama ukunciphisa ubunzima bayo yonke into ehamba kwinqwelomoya.Kodwa amandla e-Alphacam Advanced Mill's 5-axis kuthetha ukuba asikwazi nje ukuzivelisa, kodwa sinokugcina amaxesha omjikelo kunye neendleko ziphantsi.

Usebenza kwifayile ye-STEP engeniswe ngaphandle ngaphandle kokudala enye imodeli ngaphakathi kwe-Alphacam, ngokucwangcisa ngokulula iiplani zayo zokusebenza, ukukhetha ubuso kunye nenqwelomoya, kwaye emva koko umatshini kuyo.

Bakwabandakanyeka kakhulu kwishishini lesihlalo se-ejector, besanda kusebenza kwiprojekthi yexesha elifutshane kunye nenani lezinto ezintsha, eziyinkimbinkimbi.

Kwaye i-softare ye-CAD/CAM isandula ukubonisa elinye icala lokuguquguquka kwayo ukuvelisa ulandelelwano oluphinda-phindwayo lwamalungu ejethi yokulwa ye-Saab Gripen, i-10 leminyaka elishumi.

UKevin uthe: “Ezi zacwangciswa kwasekuqaleni kuguqulelo lwangaphambili lweAlphacam kwaye zisebenza ngeeprosesa zeposi esingasazisebenzisi.Kodwa ngokuphinda sizenze iinjineli kunye nokuzicwangcisa ngokutsha ngoguqulelo lwethu lwangoku lweAlphacam siye sanciphisa amaxesha omjikelo ngokusebenza okumbalwa, sigcina amaxabiso ephantsi ngokuhambelana nale nto yayiyiyo kwiminyaka elishumi eyadlulayo.

Uthi iinxalenye zesathelayithi zintsonkothile ngakumbi, ezinye zazo zithatha malunga neeyure ezingama-20 ukwenza inkqubo, kodwa uKevin uqikelela ukuba kuya kuthatha iiyure ezingama-50 ngaphandle kweAlphacam.

Oomatshini benkampani ngoku baqhuba iiyure ezili-18 ngosuku, kodwa inxalenye yesicwangciso sabo esiqhubekayo sokuphucula siquka ukwandisa umzi-mveliso wabo oyi-5,500ft2 nge-2,000ft2 eyongezelelekileyo yokufaka izixhobo zoomatshini ezongezelelweyo.Kwaye abo matshini batsha banokubandakanya inkqubo yepallet enikwa amandla yiAlphacam, ukuze baqhubele phambili ekukhanyiseni ukuvelisa.

U-Neil Stockwell uthi emva kokuba esebenzise isoftware iminyaka emininzi, le nkampani yazibuza ukuba ingaba iyazihoya na ngayo, kwaye yajonga ezinye iipakethe kwimarike.“Kodwa sibonile ukuba iAlphacam iseyeyona ilungele iLeemark,” uqukumbele watsho.