Ivan Bukharov, chief engineer of the Ural Engineering Center, became the winner of the All-Russian competition "Inventor of the Year". The prize was awarded for a development related to the technology of producing aircraft skin parts.
Together with colleagues from the Samara Aviation University, Bukharov and his team created an automated process for controlling stretching presses.
The developed software has already been implemented at the Kazan Aviation Plant (part of PJSC "Tupolev", Rostec State Corporation) on three presses modernized by Cheltec.
Bukharov explained that the idea is to create a sequential algorithm for stretching sheet blanks to obtain streamlined aircraft skins - fuselage and wing.
Our software allows you to simulate and optimize the entire process before physical stretching. We see in advance where the sheet will become thinner, where there may be problems with geometry. This saves time, money and allows you to immediately say whether this technology is possible for a specific part.
A 1:10 scale model of the press was created in the Chelyabinsk center for testing and verifying algorithms. This model is used as a test bench. The Ural Engineering Center is part of the Cheltec group. The production company creates complex technological complexes on a turnkey basis.
As a reminder, the Kazan Aviation Plant is a manufacturer of Tu-160M bombers and Tu-214 aircraft.
