Digital System Cuts Quality-Control Time Sixfold at Russian Engine Plant
A new hardware and software complex monitors the temperature of gas-turbine engine components during inspection.
At the UDK-Saturn plant, part of Obedinennaya dvigatelestroitel’naya korporatsiya (United Engine Corporation), engineers have introduced a new digital hardware-and-software complex. The system has reduced the time required to transfer gas-turbine engine components for inspection measurements by more than six times while lowering production losses, the Rostekh State Corporation press service told IT Russia.
Thermal imaging cameras have been integrated into the temperature-control system. They help monitor the temperature of components, which directly affects geometric parameters and ensures reliable measurement results.
The device aimed at the inspection area displays a real-time color temperature map on the monitor, combined with an image of the component. Specialists can immediately see the thermal parameters. The method also preserves a digital record of the entire measurement process.
Minutes Instead of Days
The project was implemented by specialists from the chief metrologist’s service and the digital transformation directorate, with participation from young engineers at the digital technologies laboratory. UDK-Saturn has also introduced several digital tools to optimize the inspection of technological tooling, accounting systems and the distribution and delivery of measurement instruments.
Earlier, Russian scientists developed software that improves the accuracy of soil temperature and moisture calculations used in climate models.
