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Embonini yomkhiqizi we-trailer eBolton, eLancashire, eNgilandi, i-Indespension, umkhiqizo wokusika insimbi eshidi uphindwe kabili kulandela ukushintshwa komshini osebenza nge-laser ye-CO2 ngoDisemba 2016 ngesikhungo sokuhlola i-laser ye-fiber laser ye-Bystronic ByStar Fiber 6520 okwabiza cishe ama-£800,000 (cishe amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-1.3; UMFANEKISO 1). I-laser ye-fiber engu-4kW inombhede womthamo ongu-6.5 × 2m, okwenza kube umshini we-fiber omkhulu kunayo yonke othunyelwe emakethe yase-UK kuze kube manje.
Umqondisi wokuthenga we-Indepension uSteve Sadler uphawule wathi, "Sisika kakhulu insimbi encane engu-43A kanye ne-pre-galv, kanye ne-aluminium ethile, kusukela ku-1mm kuya ku-12mm ubukhulu. Kufika ku-3mm, i-fiber laser isika ngokushesha okuphindwe kathathu kune-CO2. Indiza ngensimbi engu-1mm, ikhiqiza izimbobo eziyi-10/s. Inzuzo iyaphela njengoba ubukhulu bukhula, kodwa jikelele i-ByStar ishesha ngokuphindwe kabili kuzo zonke izikali esizicubungulayo. Ngesikhathi esisodwa, isuse isithiyo efektri yethu esasibangelwa umshini we-CO2 ongakwazi ukuhambisana nomsebenzi wethu wokusika i-laser okhula njalo."
I-fiber laser yathengwa ngokwengxenye ukuze kushintshwe imodeli ye-Bystronic CO2 enamandla alinganayo ne-Indespension eyanikezwa ngo-2009. USadler waqinisekisa ukuthi intengo enhle yatholakala ngomshini omdala, naphezu kokuthi usebenze amahora afinyelela kwangu-20 ngosuku, egcizelela ukugcinwa kwenani njengenzuzo yokuthenga imishini kulo mkhiqizi.
Ekuqaleni, isizathu esiyinhloko sokutshala imali ekusikeni nge-laser kwakuwukufinyelela izinga elikhulu lokulawula ukukhiqizwa kwama-trailer ngaphakathi endlini nokusindisa izindleko zokubeka umsebenzi kubakhi bensimbi abangaphansi kweshidi. Okunye okubalulekile okwakucatshangelwa kwakuwukwenza kube lula inqubo yokwenza ama-prototyping nokuklama nokuletha imikhiqizo emisha emakethe ngokushesha.
"Ngaphambi kuka-2009, ngesikhathi sokuthuthukiswa komkhiqizo kwakudingeka sithenge ngesethi eyodwa, ezimbili, noma ezintathu zezingxenye zensimbi yesampula," kuqhubeka uSadler. "Abakhiqizi abangaphansi babengenaso isifiso sokukhiqiza inani elincane kangaka, ngakho intengo yayivame ukuba phezulu futhi kwabathatha amasonto amane kuya kwayisithupha ukuletha ama-prototype. Uma sidinga ukwenza ushintsho lomklamo bese sibuyela kukhiqizi ongaphansi ukuze sithole amanye ama-prototype - kungaba yinto elula njengesethi entsha yama-mudguard - engangeza enye inyanga noma ngaphezulu. Manje, singakhiqiza izingxenye ngaphakathi endlini ngezinsuku ezimbalwa, sinciphise isikhathi sokuhola se-trailer entsha kusukela ezinyangeni eziyisithupha noma eziyisikhombisa kuya ngaphansi kwezinhlanu, noma nge-trailer eguquliwe kusukela ezinyangeni ezintathu noma ezine kuya ngaphansi kwezimbili."
USadler waveza ukuthi eminyakeni eyishumi edlule, ama-trailer ambalwa ayenezici zokusika nge-laser, kanti namuhla asetshenziswa kakhulu. Ngempela, imikhiqizo yakhelwe ngamakhono amakhulu emishini yesimanje yokusika nge-laser. Enye inzuzo ukuthi imishini inembe kakhulu kangangokuthi izingxenye zihlangana kahle futhi ngokushesha ngesikhathi sokuhlanganiswa, ngaphandle kwesidingo sokufakwa isikhathi eside.
Enye inzuzo ukuthi imishini ishesha kakhulu, ikakhulukazi nge-fiber laser, kangangokuthi iyindlela engabizi kakhulu yokususa isisindo ezingxenyeni ngokufaka izimbobo eziningi kanye nezikhala. Kungaba umsebenzi omningi kakhulu ngakho-ke akubizi kakhulu ukukwenza ngesandla.
Iseli lokusika nge-laser lisebenza amahora okusebenza emini nasebusuku kanye nokucima izibani phakathi nezinyanga zasehlobo, lisebenza amahora angu-18 kuya kwangu-20 ngosuku, izinsuku ezinhlanu ngesonto. Kuwo wonke unyaka, lisebenza amahora okusebenza emini kanye nokucima izibani amahora ayi-10 kuya kwangu-12 ngosuku.
I-Indespension inqume ukungafaki imishini yokwenza izinto ngokuzenzakalela ngoba icubungula izinhlobo eziningi zosayizi bamashidi, okwenza ukulayisha okuzenzakalelayo kube yinkinga. Ububanzi bosayizi bezingxenye nabo bukhulu, kusukela ngaphezu kwamamitha angu-5.8 phansi. Ngakho-ke ukuba khona kwabasebenzi kuyadingeka ukuze kulawulwe ukuhlukahluka, ngakho-ke uhlelo lokuphakamisa ngesandla, olusebenzisa iphedi lokufutha lusetshenziswa ekuphatheni amashidi (UMFANEKISO 2).
UMFANELO 2. Ukuphathwa kweshidi ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwetafula le-shuttle le-ByStar Fiber 6520 kwenziwa ngesandla e-Indespension kusetshenziswa idivayisi yokuphakamisa i-suction-pad.
Lokhu kuletha inkinga enkampanini, nokho, uma ukwenziwa komkhiqizo kuhilela isidleke sezingxenye ezimbalwa ezilula futhi zisikwa eshidini elincane. Umjikelezo wokusika ushesha kakhulu emshinini we-fiber laser kangangokuthi umqhubi akanaso isikhathi sokuqeda ukunyakazisa izingxenye ezivela kuhlaka lwangaphambilini ngaphambi kokuba ishidi elilandelayo elicutshunguliwe lilungele, noma ukulayisha i-blank elandelayo etafuleni le-shuttle.
Ngakho-ke, inkampani icabanga ngokufaka ama-micro-tag kwezinye izinhlelo zokusika insimbi ukuze izingxenye ezifakwe iphrofayili zihlale zinamathele emathangeni, okuvumela lonke ishidi elicutshunguliwe ukuthi lidluliselwe esiteshini esingaxhunyiwe ku-inthanethi, lapho elinye ilungu labasebenzi lingasiza khona ukususa izingxenye.
Ezingxenyeni zensimbi ezisikiwe nge-laser ezifakwa kuma-trailer e-Indespension, ama-80% adinga ukugoqwa. Ngakho-ke, lapho kufakwa umshini wokuqala we-laser, kwalethwa nebhuleki lokucindezela le-tandem elivela kumhlinzeki ofanayo (UMFANEKISO 3).
Kunezinzuzo zokukhiqiza ngokuthola umshini wokusika i-laser kanye namabhuleki okucindezela kumhlinzeki ofanayo ngoba wonke asebenzisa isofthiwe efanayo ye-BySoft 7. Uma ingxenye entsha iklanywe ohlelweni lwe-SolidWorks CAD lwe-Indespension futhi ithunyelwa kusofthiwe yokulawula ye-Bystronic, equkethe ukusebenza okunamandla kwe-3D CAD/CAM, imodeli ikhiqiza uhlelo lokusika i-laser kanye nochungechunge lokugoba ingxenye, kufaka phakathi isikhundla se-backgauge kanye nohlelo lwamathuluzi, ngaleyo ndlela kuncishiswe ukubambezeleka kanye nesikhathi sokungasebenzi.
Isofthiwe efanayo, enamakhono okulingisa aphelele, inesibopho sokufaka inani eliphezulu lezingxenye ephepheni, ukudala amapulani okusika nokunikeza umbono jikelele wenqubo yokukhiqiza, okuhlanganisa ukufinyelela ngokushesha kudatha yokukhiqiza kanye neyomshini.
"Sizibophezele ekuholeni imakethe maqondana nokusungula izinto ezintsha, ikhwalithi, kanye neziqinisekiso zemvelo," kuphetha uSadler. "Ukuthengwa kwe-Bystronic fiber laser kusisiza ukufeza lezi zinhloso, kanye nokunikeza ukwanda okudingekayo kwamandla okukhiqiza. Kuphawula nokuzibophezela kwethu ekukhiqizeni e-UK, okuyingxenye ebalulekile yezimiso zethu zenkampani."
