ʻElua wale nō hana no nā ʻāpana aerospace paʻakikī

ʻO kahi hui kūikawā i ka hana ʻana i nā ʻāpana aerospace paʻakikī i kōkua i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi ʻohana o 45 mau ʻāpana kikoʻī kiʻekiʻe no kahi makau ukana helicopter i loko o ʻelima mahina wale nō, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka polokalamu Alphacam CAD/CAM.

Ua koho ʻia ka Hawk 8000 Cargo Hook no ka hanauna hou aku ʻo Bell 525 Relentless helicopter, ke kūkulu ʻia nei i kēia manawa.

Ua ʻaelike ʻia ʻo Drallim Aerospace e hoʻolālā i ka makau e pono ai ke lawelawe i kahi uku 8,000lb.Ua hana mua ka hui me Leemark Engineering ma nā huahana he nui, a ua hoʻokokoke i ka paʻa e hana i nā pahu, nā uhi solenoid, nā loulou kaumaha, nā levers a me nā pine no ka hui.

Hoʻokele ʻia ʻo Leemark e ʻekolu mau kaikunāne, ʻo Mark, Kevin a me Neil Stockwell.Ua hoʻokumu ʻia e ko lākou makuakāne ma mua o 50 mau makahiki i hala, a mālama lākou i ka ʻohana ethos o ka maikaʻi a me ka lawelawe mea kūʻai aku.

ʻO ka hāʻawi nui ʻana i nā ʻāpana kikoʻī i nā ʻoihana aerospace Tier 1, hiki ke loaʻa kāna mau ʻāpana ma nā mokulele e like me ka Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth plane, ka Saab Gripen E fighter jet a me nā ʻano helikopa pūʻali koa, nā mākaʻi a me nā kīwila, me nā noho ejector a me nā satelite.

ʻO ka hapa nui o nā ʻāpana he paʻakikī loa, i hana ʻia ma 12 mau mīkini mīkini CNC ma kāna hale hana ma Middlesex.Ua wehewehe ʻo Leemark ka luna a me ka luna hana ʻo Neil Stockwell he 11 o ia mau mīkini i hoʻolālā ʻia me Alphacam.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Neil: "Ke hoʻokele nei i kā mākou 3- a me 5-axis Matsuura Machining Centers, CMZ Y-axis a me 2-axis Lathes a me Agie Wire Eroder.ʻO ka mea wale nō ʻaʻole ia e hoʻokele ʻo ia ʻo Spark Eroder, nona nā polokalamu kamaʻilio.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he ʻāpana koʻikoʻi ka lako polokalamu i ka hana ʻana i nā ʻāpana Hawk 8000 Cargo Hook, ʻoi aku ka nui mai ka alumini aerospace a me nā bilets o AMS 5643 American spec stainless steels, me kahi mea liʻiliʻi o ka plastic.

Ua hoʻohui ʻo Neil: "Ua hana ʻia mākou ʻaʻole wale i ka hana ʻana iā lākou mai ka wā ʻōpala, akā e hana ana iā lākou me he mea lā mākou e hana nei iā lākou i nā puke nui, no laila pono mākou i nā manawa pōkole.Ma ke ʻano he aerospace, aia nā hōʻike AS9102 me kēlā me kēia ʻāpana, a ʻo ia ka mea i hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā kaʻina hana, a i ka wā i hele ai lākou i ka hana piha, ʻaʻohe manawa kūpono e hele ai.

"Ua hoʻokō mākou i nā mea āpau i loko o ʻelima mau mahina, mahalo i nā hoʻolālā mīkini i kūkulu ʻia e Alphacam i kōkua iā mākou e hoʻomaikaʻi i kā mākou mīkini kiʻekiʻe a me nā mea hana ʻoki."

Hana ʻo Leemark i kēlā me kēia ʻāpana machinable no ka makau ukana;ʻO ka mea paʻakikī loa, e pili ana i ka mīkini 5-axis, ʻo ia ka uhi a me ka hihia solenoid.Akā ʻo ka mea pololei loa ʻo ia ka lever kila e hana ana i nā hana he nui i loko o ke kino o ka makau.

"He pākēneka kiʻekiʻe o nā ʻāpana wili i loaʻa iā lākou me ka 18 micron tolerance," wahi a Neil Stockwell."ʻO ka hapa nui o nā mea i hoʻohuli ʻia he ʻoi aku ka paʻa."

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Luna Hoʻokele ʻenekinia ʻo Kevin Stockwell, ʻokoʻa ka manawa hoʻolālā mai ka hapalua hola no nā ʻāpana maʻalahi, ma waena o 15 a 20 mau hola no nā mea paʻakikī loa, me nā manawa pōʻaiapili machining a hiki i ʻelua hola.Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "Hoʻohana mākou i nā hoʻolālā nalu a me nā trochoidal milling hoʻolālā e hāʻawi iā mākou i ka mālama nui ʻana i nā manawa pōkole a hoʻonui i ke ola mea hana."

Hoʻomaka kāna kaʻina papahana me ka lawe ʻana mai i nā hiʻohiʻona STEP, e hana ana i ke ala maikaʻi loa o ka mīkini ʻana i ka ʻāpana, a me ka nui o nā mea e pono ai lākou e paʻa i ka wā e ʻoki ai.He mea koʻikoʻi kēia i kā lākou manaʻo no ka mālama ʻana i ka machining 5-axis i kaupalena ʻia i ʻelua hana inā hiki.

Ua hoʻohui ʻo Kevin: "Hoʻopaʻa mākou i ka ʻāpana ma kahi maka e hana i nā mea ʻē aʻe.A laila hoʻomaka ka mīkini hana lua i ka maka hope.Hoʻopaʻa mākou i nā ʻāpana he nui i hiki iā mākou i nā hoʻonohonoho ʻelua wale nō.Ke piʻi nei ka paʻakikī o nā ʻāpana i kēia mau lā i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana o nā mea hoʻolālā e kaupalena i ke kaumaha o nā mea a pau e holo ana ma ka mokulele.Akā ʻo kā Alphacam Advanced Mill's 5-axis hiki iā mākou ke hana wale iā lākou, akā hiki iā mākou ke mālama i nā manawa pōkole a me nā kumukūʻai.

Hana ʻo ia mai ka faile STEP i lawe ʻia mai me ka ʻole e hana i kekahi kumu hoʻohālike ʻē aʻe i loko o Alphacam, ma ka hoʻolālā wale ʻana i kāna mau papa hana, ke koho ʻana i kahi alo a me ka mokulele, a laila e hana ʻia mai ia mea.

Hoʻokomo nui lākou i ka ʻoihana noho ejector, i kēia manawa i hana ai i kahi papahana alakaʻi pōkole me nā mea hou a paʻakikī.

A ʻo ka CAD/CAM softare i hōʻike i kekahi ʻaoʻao o kona versatility e hana i kahi kauoha hou o nā ʻāpana no ka jet fighter Saab Gripen, 10 mau makahiki.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kevin: "Ua hoʻonohonoho mua ʻia kēia mau mea ma kahi ʻano mua o Alphacam a holo ma o nā kaʻina hana post ʻaʻole mākou e hoʻohana hou.Akā ma ka hana hou ʻana iā lākou a me ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana iā lākou me kā mākou Alphacam i kēia manawa ua hōʻemi mākou i nā manawa pōkole ma o nā hana liʻiliʻi, e mālama ana i ke kumukūʻai e like me nā makahiki he ʻumi i hala.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he paʻakikī loa nā ʻāpana satellite, ʻo kekahi o lākou e lawe ana ma kahi o 20 mau hola i ka papahana, akā manaʻo ʻo Kevin he 50 mau hola me ka ʻole o Alphacam.

Ke holo nei nā mīkini o ka hui i 18 mau hola i ka lā, akā ʻo kahi hapa o kā lākou hoʻolālā hoʻomaikaʻi hoʻomau e pili ana i ka hoʻonui ʻana i kā lākou hale hana 5,500ft2 e kahi 2,000ft2 hou aʻe e hoʻopaʻa i nā mea mīkini hou.A hiki i kēlā mau mīkini hou ke hoʻokomo i kahi ʻōnaehana pallet i hoʻohana ʻia e Alphacam, no laila hiki iā lākou ke holomua i nā kukui i waho o ka hana.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Neil Stockwell, no ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka polokalamu no nā makahiki he nui, ua noʻonoʻo ka paʻa inā ua ʻoluʻolu ʻo ia e pili ana iā ia, a nānā ʻo ia i nā pūʻolo ʻē aʻe ma ka mākeke."Akā ua ʻike mākou ʻo Alphacam ka mea kūpono loa no Leemark," i hoʻopau ai ʻo ia.