"Is the fully automatic wire laying machine ready?" Zhong Bing asked the staff.
"It's ready," the staff from Hongxin said. They started to order a mechanical device called the carbon fiber composite automatic wire laying machine a week ago. It was a key equipment used to synthesize large areas of carbon fiber composite materials.
"Fully automatic wire laying machine! I've been wanting to see it for a long time! " Gao Wei said in surprise, "It's really embarrassing. We've been using manual and semi-machine laying methods. That's why we can't synthesize large areas of carbon fiber composite materials. We can only use it on small areas like the beam wings. "
Lu Zixin and the others also arrived. A group of people went to the machine room to see Hongxin's new carbon fiber composite synthesis technology and fully automatic wire laying machine.
When they arrived at the machine room, they saw that there was an assembly line of production equipment here. From the production of the new carbon fiber composite materials, wire laying, structure and so on, it was all done by machine.
When Anderson saw the machine, he was shocked. The parts of the machine were similar to their company's core technology machine. This meant that Hongxin might have really mastered this technology!
"Mr. Anderson, what do you think of it?" Lu Zixin asked with a smile.
"It looks good. I want to know how it works." Anderson said, "Large volumes of carbon fiber composite materials are not as simple as you think."
"Yes, that's why we put in a lot of effort to create it," Lu Zixin said.
"Could it be that Hongxin has been researching this material for a long time?" Anderson was puzzled.
"Can we start?" Peng Zhengge was looking forward to it. He wanted to see a surprise.
Robot Zhang Ming nodded and said, "The raw materials are not a problem. But we need the detailed data of your aircraft's carbon fiber composite materials. We need to input it into the fully automatic wire laying machine before we can proceed to the next step."
"I'll arrange this!" Gao Wei started to work. He asked someone to input the data into the machine.
"Mr. Zhang, I'm very curious. How large a volume of carbon fiber composite materials can this machine make at one time?" Anderson took the opportunity to ask for information.
Zhang Ming said, "As long as the raw materials are enough, it can be as large as you want!"
"That's impossible!" Anderson shook his head repeatedly and said, "Please don't joke with me, Mr. Zhang. I'm also very familiar with this aspect. As far as I know, Huaxia Commercial Aircraft Company's current manual and semi-mechanical carbon fiber composite layup technology can only complete a layer as small as the plane's beam. "
"If it's the wings, the carbon fiber composite layer for the fuselage still needs to be provided by Honeywell International. Even we don't dare to say that it's unlimited. "
"Carbon fiber composite materials with high performance and complex curved surfaces cannot have any flaws during the manufacturing process. The aircraft is a strict whole. From the material to the system, as long as there is a problem in one aspect, it will affect the performance of the whole. "
Zhang Ming's expression was calm as he said, "Of course I know. Any change in the shape or weight of a small part will affect the moment balance and many parameters of the entire aircraft. All the weights may need to be overturned!"
"Using carbon fiber composite materials, the most important thing is to make the aircraft lighter. This is also where it is better than titanium alloy in some parts."
"Therefore, in addition to designing a carbon fiber composite material with better performance, we also used the most advanced intelligent algorithm in the setting of the wire spreading machine. Every curved surface and every small detail was perfect. In addition to our precision machine technology, it is enough to complete a large amount of carbon fiber composite layup. "
"Today, we can start manufacturing the composite layup of the wings directly!"
"Start manufacturing the wings directly!" Don't mention Anderson, even the researchers at the Aviation Materials Research Institute were shocked.
If they wanted to manufacture the large amount of carbon fiber composite layup of the wings, they would need to do many things over and over again. It would take at least a few months. If there was a problem with the material or if there was a flaw in the manufacturing process, then they would need to spend a few more months!
But Hongxin's team and equipment had only been here for less than 24 hours, and they were going to start manufacturing the composite layup of the wings. This was too ridiculous! With their manufacturing efficiency, wouldn't they be able to produce aircraft in a factory assembly line?
This was not a small private aircraft, but a commercial aircraft! The technical difficulty and the work complexity were two completely different concepts!
"If you can manufacture the composite layup of the wings today, CEO Peng, you can permanently remove the carbon fiber composite material from our company's material purchase list!" Anderson felt that the other party was too arrogant!
During the negotiation and presentation process, they had been pressuring him. He also had to show the confidence and strength of Honeywell International as an international aviation material technology giant!
"Then let's wait and see!" Zhang Ming said and started to work.
No matter how good the machines and technologies were, they still need to do strict adjustments and calculations.
Peng Zhengge, Gao Wei, and the rest were waiting. If they could take this step, it would mean a lot to them. Now, China's Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing Company was planning to increase the proportion of domestic materials and components to 50% of their commercial aircraft. The proportion of carbon fiber composite materials in the new commercial aircraft was as high as 20%!
This was an important step for them to get rid of their dependence on other countries' aviation technology companies!
Anderson Fergus was also waiting. After more than 1 hour, Hongxin's team had finished adjusting the machines and data, and they were ready to start the production.
In the production workshop, a group of technicians were watching.
"Start!" Zhang Ming ordered, and the machines were started. A 3D projection was projected on the machine, and it was the simulation of the finished product. This part of the carbon fiber composite layup would cover the wings perfectly, replacing the titanium and aluminum alloys. The performance would be better, and the weight of the aircraft would be reduced.
Through the projection, the technicians could see every part of the manufacturing process clearly, and they could correct any mistakes in time.
Everyone held their breaths and stared at every step of the machine. First, it was the synthesis of the new carbon fiber composite material. The carbon fiber material was made into filaments by the machine, and then it was like weaving cloth, and it was spread into a thin layer!
This was different from the simple process of making clothes. The filaments were at the nano level, and 10 layers of carbon fiber composite layup might not even be as thick as a cicada's wing!
What they had to do was to repeat the layup of hundreds of layers! Also, they had to consider the wing's curved surface and weight ratio. They could not allow any mistakes that exceed the margin of error, or else all their efforts would be wasted!
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