Specialists from the South Russian State Polytechnic University (NPI) named after M.I. Platov in Novocherkassk are developing robotic systems for the production of a composite wing for the MC-21 aircraft.
The university has begun cooperation with PJSC "Yakovlev", concluding a contract for over 1.8 billion rubles for the development and supply of an automatic dry carbon tape laying system.
The technology is used to create preforms for the skin of the MC-21 aircraft wing panels, which are made of polymer composite materials. The main element of the development is an automatic laying head for laying dry carbon tape and its interlayer bonding using laser welding.
Joint work between SRSPU (NPI) and JSC "AeroComposit" on the creation of robotic systems started in 2020. The first prototype of the laying head is undergoing pilot industrial operation in the "AeroComposit" laboratory in Moscow, and the second is at the enterprise in Ulyanovsk.
The composite fiber laying robot developed by the university's engineers is capable of replacing imported equipment. It will provide automatic laying of dry carbon tape at different angles, which is necessary to achieve high strength of the final product.
MC-21 is a domestic project of a short- to medium-range passenger aircraft, which should replace the Tu-154 and the Tu-204 family on the Russian market. It can also be an alternative to foreign-made aircraft.
Earlier www1.ru reported that the Nizhny Novgorod plant began producing cast parts for MC-21 and Tu-214 aircraft.
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