"Has the fully automatic laying machine been installed?" Zhong Bing asked the staff.
"It's been installed." said the staff from Hongxin Group. They started ordering a mechanical device called a carbon fiber composite automatic laying machine a week ago, which is a key equipment specially used for the synthesis of large-area carbon fiber composite materials.
"Fully automatic laying machine! I've wanted to see it for a long time!" Gao Wei said in surprise, "It's really shameful that we have been using manual and semi-machine laying methods. As a result, carbon fiber composite materials cannot be synthesized on a large scale. It can be used in small areas such as beams and wings.”
Lu Zixin and others also arrived, and a group of people went to the machine room, preparing to visit Hongxin Group's new carbon fiber composite material synthesis technology and fully automatic fiber laying machine.
When they arrived at the machine room, they saw an assembly line-style production equipment installed here. The "filament" generation, laying, construction, etc. from the new carbon fiber composite material are all completely machine-operated.
Anderson was shocked when he saw this machine. Several aspects of this machine were similar to their company's core technology machines. This meant that Hong Xinfang might have really mastered this technology!
"Mr. Anderson, what do you think of it?" Lu Zixin asked with a smile.
"It looks great, but I want to know how it works?" Anderson said. "Laying a large volume of carbon fiber composite materials is far from simple as imagined."
"Yes, so we also put in a lot of effort to build it." Lu Zixin said.
"Has the Hongxin Group been studying this material for a long time?" Anderson secretly wondered.
"Can we start?" Peng Zhengge was even more looking forward to this. He hoped to see a surprise.
The robot Zhang Ming nodded and said: "The raw materials are all fine, but we need the detailed data of your aircraft's carbon fiber composite material layup, and input it into the fully automatic fiber laying machine before we can proceed to the next step."
"I'll arrange this!" Gao Wei started working and asked people to call in the data and input it into the machine.
"Mr. Zhang, I'm curious, how large a volume of carbon fiber composite material can this machine produce at one time?" Anderson took the opportunity to inquire about the other party's information.
Zhang Ming said: "As long as there are enough raw materials, it can be as big or small as you want!"
"This is impossible!" Anderson shook his head repeatedly and said, "Don't be kidding, Mr. Zhang, I am also very familiar with this aspect. As far as I know, China Commercial Aircraft Company's current manual and semi-mechanical carbon fiber composite lamination technology is only It can complete the lamination of small volumes such as aircraft beams and wings.”
"If it's the wings and the fuselage's carbon fiber composite lamination, we still need Honeywell International to provide it. Even we don't dare to say that the volume is unlimited."
"There cannot be any flaws in the manufacturing process of high-performance, complex-curved carbon fiber composite materials. An aircraft is a strict whole. From materials to systems, as long as there is a problem in one aspect, it will affect the overall performance."
Zhang Ming said with a calm expression: "Of course I know that any change in the shape or weight of any tiny component will affect the moment balance and multiple parameters of the entire aircraft. All counterweights may need to be overturned and restarted!"
"The most important thing about using carbon fiber composite materials is to make the aircraft lighter, which is where it is superior to titanium alloy in some parts."
"So in addition to designing carbon fiber composite materials with better performance, we also use the most advanced intelligent algorithms in the setting of the laying machine. Every curved surface and every small detail is perfect. In addition, we The precision machine technology is sufficient to complete the lamination of large-volume carbon fiber composite materials.”
“We can start directly manufacturing the composite layup for the wing today!”
"Start the wing directly!" Not to mention Anderson, even the researchers at the Aeronautical Materials Research Institute were shocked.
In order to make the large-volume lamination of carbon fiber composite materials for the wing, they have to carry out multiple tasks over and over again, at least a few months. If there are problems with the materials or manufacturing defects, it will take several more months!
The Hongxin Group’s team and equipment have been here for less than 24 hours, and they are about to start manufacturing the composite material layup for the wing. This is too exaggerated! If their production and manufacturing efficiency were the same, wouldn't it be possible to produce aircraft on factory assembly lines
This is not a small private plane, but a large commercial plane! Technical difficulty and work complexity are not the same concept at all!
"If you can directly manufacture the composite laminates for the wings today, Mr. Peng, you can permanently remove the item of carbon fiber composites from our company's material purchase order!" Anderson felt that the other party was too arrogant!
During the negotiation and presentation process, there was constant pressure on him. He also had to show the confidence and strength of Honeywell International as an international aerospace materials giant technology company!
"Then let's wait and see!" Zhang Ming finished speaking and started working.
No matter how good the machine or technology is, strict debugging and calculation arrangements must be made.
Peng Zhengge, Gao Wei and others are waiting. If they can take this step, it will be of great significance to them. Now Huaxia Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing Company plans to increase the proportion of domestic materials and parts in their large commercial aircraft to 50%. The proportion of carbon fiber composite materials in new large aircraft is as high as 20%!
This will be an important step for them to get rid of their dependence on other countries’ aviation technology companies!
Anderson Fogus was also waiting. After more than an hour, Hongxin's team adjusted the machine and data and prepared to start production.
In the production workshop, a group of technicians were watching.
"Start!" Zhang Ming gave the order and the machine started. On the display of the machine, a three-dimensional projection is projected, which simulates the appearance of the finished product. This part of the carbon fiber composite material layer will perfectly cover the wing, replacing titanium alloy and aluminum alloy, with stronger performance and reducing the weight of the aircraft.
Through projection, they can clearly see the manufacturing process of each part and make corrections to errors in time.
Everyone waited with bated breath, watching every step of the machine. The first is the synthesis of a new type of carbon fiber composite material. The carbon fiber material is machine-made into filaments, and then spread into a thin layer like woven cloth!
This is completely different from the simple process of making clothes. This silk is all nano-scale. Ten layers of carbon fiber composite materials may not add up to a cicada wing as thick as a nanometer!
And all they have to do is lay hundreds of layers over and over again! Moreover, the curved surface and weight ratio of the wing must also be taken into consideration, and any errors beyond the error range are not allowed, otherwise all previous efforts will be wasted!