Technological processes and material science. Рубрика в журнале - Siberian Aerospace Journal
The method of the automation of the plasmotron movement by six-axis robotic manipulator
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The article presents a method for automating the creation of trajectories of the plasmotron movement by a six-axis robotic manipulator. The automation system was created on the basis of an industrial robot from KUKA. The automation of the creation of trajectories of the plasmatron over the surface of the part is implemented as follows: the trajectory of the plasmatron is created in a graphic editor in the .dwg format. The created file is loaded into the CAM program for CNC machines. A CAM program converts a vector or an area specified by vectors into a control command in g-code format, which is then converted to KRL by a program written in the Python programming language. The development of the program consisted of two stages: the creation of rectilinear movements and the creation of curvilinear movements. The result of the method is presented.
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The process of nanomodifying cast aluminum alloy ingots for components of aerospace vehicles
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Currently, increasing attention has been paid to such a class of materials as nanopowders (NP) of chemical compounds, which are ultra-thin formations of not more than 100 nm in size. Such attitude to these materials is explained by the fact that they have unique physical, chemical and mechanical properties significantly different from the properties of materials of the same chemical composition in a massive state, and these properties can be transferred to some extent from them or with their participation to the products. The existing methods of introducing NP into metal melts could not be used due to their special properties in comparison with coarse powders, and therefore a new method of their introduction into the melt was developed, excluding direct contact of NP particles with oxygen and unhindered penetration of particles into the melt through the oxide layer. The essence of the method was as follows. In the aluminum container filled up with aluminum particles or deformable aluminum alloys D1 or D16 and various NP (nitrides, carbides, oxides, etc.), and this composition was pressed into the rod, with its help NP was introduced into the melt during casting of aluminum ingots and deformable aluminum alloys. The results of the study showed that this excludes the appearance of cracks in the ingots, as well as improves their technological and mechanical properties.
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Today, protective coatings are applied to almost all parts and components of engineering products in order to ensure high performance properties of machines, with the lowest economic cost. The method of plasma spraying allows to apply heat-resistant coatings on a different kind of basis, in addition to a wide variety of materials. Therefore, rocket and space engineering is primarily interested in the method. In modern conditions of high rate of mechanical engineering development engineers must develop and put into operation products within the shortest possible period of time. As a rule, engineers select the modes of plasma spraying using the method of selecting the empirical relationship between the properties of the coatings and the values of the specified parameters of plasma spraying, which suggests conducting a huge number of experiments. That is why we see the need to find new methods for selecting the plasma spraying parameters, which are based on mathematical and analytical apparatus. We set the task to study and show the applicability and prospects of the proposed method. In the work we carried out the operations of spraying nichrome coating, at different values of the arc current. We studied the adhesive strength of the coatings obtained and their microstructure. We showed the relationship between the arc current and the adhesion of the coatings using their microstructure. These studies have made it possible to exclude a large number of experiments, which usually establish an empirical relationship between the values of the input parameters of the deposition process and the values of the characteristics of the coatings obtained. In the future, we assume that the database of such relationships will make it possible to fully use this method in engineering industries.
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The most important resource for improving the performance of parts is the reduction of the surface roughness. One of the promising ways to reduce the surface roughness is the abrasive extrusion processing. When developing the AEP technology, it is necessary to know the flow rate (pressure) of the WE, which depends on the viscosity of the latter. In turn, the viscosity of the WE is determined by its temperature. The temperature of the working environment at AEP can be calculated if the coefficients of thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity of the WE are known. The working environment for AEP consists of two components, therefore, the coefficient of thermal conductivity can be calculated by known formulas. However, the calculation error is significant, therefore, the experimental determination of the abovementioned coefficients is required. The installations for the coefficients research have been presented, the methods of conducting experiments have been developed. After mathematical processing of the experiments results by means of the AdvanceGrapher v. 2.11, the dependences of the thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity on the abrasive concentration have been obtained. The studies of the thermophysical properties of the working environment have shown that the values of thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity of the WE are mainly determined by the concentration of abrasive grains in the working environment. The direct dependence of these coefficients on the degree of filling the working environment with abrasive grains has been established.
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Electrical discharge machining and electrochemical machining of metals are used in the production of parts for aircraft and rocket technology, especially electrical discharge machining. A type of electrical discharge machining, electrical contact machining, is used in metallurgy. The paper investigates a combined method of metal machining, including electrical contact and electrochemical methods using vibration of the electrode tool. This method is used for copying and piercing operations in the manufacture of parts from metals that are difficult to machine mechanically. The peculiarity of the above-mentioned method of electrical machining is the formation of surface roughness of the metal being machined due to anodic dissolution and the electrical discharge machining process. The side surface of the workpiece is formed due to electrochemical processes. The end surface is formed due to electrical contact machining. Based on literature data for pulsed electrochemical machining and experiments, expressions for calculating the roughness parameter of the side surface are obtained. The formula takes into account the time of anodic dissolution for one period of oscillation of the cathode tool, the voltage on the electrodes and the concentration of the electrolyte. The calculation of the roughness parameter of the end surface is carried out similarly to the expression for electrical discharge machining, but instead of the duration of the electric pulse, the duration of contact of the electrodes is used. The experiments carried out confirmed the correctness of the expressions used and made it possible to obtain the dependence of the coefficient on the vibration frequency of the cathode-tool.
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Thermal emission and pyroelectric current in manganese chalcogenides
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Manganese chalcogenides, which are promising for the manufacture of thermoelements, are being studied. The current is measured in the temperature range of 80–500 K, in the absence of external voltage, which can be caused by a temperature gradient (thermopower), a change in electrical polarization (pyroelectric current), piezoelectric current (when the sample is deformed, a potential difference arises) or thermionic emission (thermal emission current) . Temperatures of current anomalies and their relationship with thermionic current and polarization current are found. A change in electrical polarization with temperature will cause a pyroelectric current. Compensation for excess electrical charge will result in local electrical polarization. Partial decompensation will cause the formation of an electric field in the sample. The critical temperatures for the disappearance of electric polarization were determined for different concentrations. In the region of concentration of thulium ions flowing through the lattice, the activation nature of the thermionic current was established and the activation energy was found. The pyroelectric current has a smaller value compared to the thermionic current. The current mechanism is determined by the emission of electrons from deep traps and the temperatures of the maximum thermionic current correlate with the temperatures at which IR absorption disappears. The electric current density and its value depend on the type of substituted rare earth element are calculated.
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In the production of space rocket technology, electrochemical processes are used, as a result there is pollution of sewage by metal ions. The strict requirements of environmental authorities do not allow sewage, containing metal ions with concentration exceeding the maximum permissible values, to be discharged directly into reservoir or sewers. The greatest difficulties are caused by the purification of water from hexavalent chromium. The proposed methods for purifying from hexavalent chromium, electrocoagulation method, galvanocoagulation method, sorption methods, combined methods, have some disadvantages, such as: significant energy consumption, significant consumption of soluble metal anodes, passivation of the anodes, need for large excesses of reagent (iron salts), large amounts of precipitate and the complexity of its dehydration, high cost and scarcity of sorbents, high consumption of reagents for the regeneration of sorbents, and others. This work shows equipment for experiments, including a diaphragm electrolyzer with a coaxial arrangement of electrodes. Formulas for calculating the chromium ions flux due to migration and diffusion are presented. The difference between the calculated amperage from the practical one is 25 %, and the theoretical degree of purification from the real one is 4 %, which confirms the effectiveness of the proposed cleaning method. The concentration of chromium anions was determined by atomic absorption spectroscopy. The degree of purification of water from chromium ranged from 84 to 96 %. The highest degree of purification (96 %) was obtained with an electrolysis duration of 29 minutes.
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