Key aikin aiki
A lokacin da aka kaddamar da kayan aiki zuwa sararin samaniya, an kashe sama da dala 30,000 a kowace kilo, kuma kusan babu damar gyara matsalar bayan kayan aikin ya bar duniya. Don cimma ka'idodin aiki, masana kimiyya da injiniyoyi a Cibiyar Nazarin Sararin samaniya ta Jami'ar Leicester (wanda aka fi sani da "Cibiyar Nazarin Sararin samaniya" ko kawai "Cibiyar") sun dogara da NX. ™ Software da kuma Teamcenter ® The software don tsarawa, kwaikwayo da kuma manufacture bisa ga daidai ka'idoji.

Cibiyar ta yi bincike a sararin samaniya na shekaru 50 kuma ta yi aiki tare da abokan hulɗa kamar NASA da Hukumar Sararin samaniya ta Turai. Cibiyar haɓaka firikwensin, telescopes, spectrometers da sauran kimiyya kayan aiki, da kuma m inji tsari, lantarki kayan aiki da kuma samar da wutar lantarki tsarin. Kayan aikinsa sun haɗa da ayyukan nazarin duniya da sauran taurari a ciki da waje da tsarin rana, da kuma ayyukan nazarin sauran taurari da taurari a sararin samaniya. Cibiyar tana da kayan aiki masu yawa, gami da dakunan gwaje-gwaje da masana'antu na nan take, kuma tana gudanar da bincike na fannoni da suka shafi kimiyyar rayuwa, fasahar kwaikwayo, tarihin fasaha, da magani. Ma'aikata da dalibai suna amfani da NX da Teamcenter daga Siemens PLM Software don tallafawa rayuwar ayyukan, kamar aikin Mars Rover na farko na Turai da aka shirya a 2018.

"Aiki da kayan aiki zuwa sararin samaniya ya ƙunshi manyan shirye-shiryen ci gaba", in ji Dokta John Pye, wanda ke gudanar da Cibiyar Nazarin Sararin samaniya. "Kayan aiki ba kawai yana buƙatar aikin da za a iya gwada ba, amma dole ne ya kasance tare da tsananin trackability da ingancin sarrafawa. Duk wannan yana buƙatar aiwatarwa a cikin tsananin ƙuntatawa na farashi da jadawalin lokaci. "

Shekaru 15 da suka wuce, ƙungiyoyin ƙirar inji da bincike sun fara amfani da NX I-deas, farkon sigar NX ta yanzu. A cewar Piyal Samara-Ratna, mai kula da zane mai taimakon kwamfuta (CAD) da injiniyan injiniya a Cibiyar Nazarin Sararin Sama, ƙungiyar ta yi amfani da kayan aikin samfurin 3D don haɓaka daidaituwa masu sauƙi, sannan ta yi amfani da waɗannan daidaituwa don gwajin thermodynamics da tsari. "Yawancin cikakkun zane-zane an yi su a cikin yanayin biyu-girma kuma an yi su ta amfani da software na ɓangare na uku ko kayan aikin hannu", in ji shi. "Wannan hanyar ta haifar da maimaita sarrafa wannan bayanin, wanda ke ƙara haɗarin kuskure da rashin aiki."

Canja tsari daga zane zuwa samarwa
Bayan kammala sauyawa daga I-deas zuwa NX da gabatar da Teamcenter, cibiyar ta canza aikinsa nan da nan. "Kayan aikin samfurin NX ba mu da buƙatar mai da hankali kan zane-zane masu rikitarwa na biyu. Muna amfani da fasahohin samfurin sigogi da haɗin WAVE don ƙirƙirar lissafi. Lokacin da muka canza girman, dukan taron zai amsa, wanda ke ba mu damar daidaitawa da sauri da bukatun da ke ci gaba. ”

Cibiyar tana gudanar da na'urorin milling uku na 4 axis da kuma injin CNC mai amfani da NX CAM. Wadannan na'urorin suna karɓar samfuran da aka sarrafa kai tsaye daga injiniyoyi ta hanyar Teamcenter. Akwai kuma wani 3D firinta don samfurin da kuma demo dalilai. "Mun fara amfani da kayan aikin prototype a matsayin samfurin tunani, amma yanzu muna amfani da shi mafi yawa don ayyukan zane, musamman a cikin ayyukan haɗin kai waɗanda muke buƙatar fahimtar samun damar kayan aiki da kuma kallon allon da ba su da kyau. "

Gudanar da dukan zane zuwa samar da sake zagayowar ta hanyar Teamcenter, wanda ake amfani da shi don tattara bayanai kamar hanyar kayan aiki da aka samar ta hanyar tsarin masana'antu. Ma'aikatan za su iya ƙayyade kwanan wata da adadin buƙatun. Ƙungiyar ƙera ƙarin bayanai, gami da bayanan trackability. Sa hannu tawagar ƙara bayan masana'antu gwaji rahoto don bayanin cikakken bayani tabbatarwa tsari. Ana amfani da aikin "Status" don kare bayanai da taƙaitaccen tsari da aka yi amfani da shi, misali, yin aiki a cikin gida ko outsourcing. Za a iya duba dukan aikin aiki kamar yadda ake buƙata.

Daga ra'ayi zuwa filin kaddamarwa
"NX yana da ƙarfi sosai", in ji Ivor McDonnell, injiniyan injiniya mai inganci a Cibiyar Nazarin Sararin Sama ta Mercury Imaging X-ray Telescope (MIXS). An shirya kaddamar da MIXS a shekarar 2015 a cikin aikin binciken Mercury Bepi Colombo na Hukumar Sararin Sama ta Turai. McDonnell ya ce, "NX yana ba mu kayan aiki don motsawa ba tare da sauƙi ba tsakanin matakai daban-daban na ƙirar da ƙirar da haɗa dukan zagaye. Mun shiga cikin dukkan bangarorin aikin MIXS kuma muna amfani da NX da NX Nastran. ® Bayar da tallafi ga duk manyan ayyukan gwaji, gami da gwajin rawar jiki don kwaikwayon kaya na fitarwa. Mun gano cewa kayan aikin NX suna da inganci musamman don samar da kyakkyawan dacewa ga yanayin zane na gaske. "

Wani aikin da ya amfana daga amfani da NX da Teamcenter shine James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), wanda aka shirya ya maye gurbin Hubble a cikin 2018. Babban ruwan tabarau a kan na'urar daukar hoto ta sararin samaniya ya fi na'urar daukar hoto ta Hubble sau shida kuma yana sanye da sunscreen daidai da girman filin wasan tennis,
Ana amfani da shi don kare ruwan tabarau. A cikin wannan babban aikin, Jami'ar Leicester ta jagoranci ƙungiyar injiniya ta injiniya ta duniya, wanda ya haɓaka ɗaya daga cikin kayan aikin kimiyya huɗu da ke bayan ruwan tabarau - Mid Infrared Instrument (MIRI). "Mun gano NX yana da amfani sosai wajen duba duk bangarorin inji na kayan aiki da kuma rufin da aka sanya, gami da samun damar kayan aiki, kuma yana da amfani wajen tsara kayan aikin tallafi na ƙasa don jigilar da kayan aiki zuwa NASA", in ji Jon Sykes, Babban Injiniyan Injiniya na MIRI a Cibiyar Binciken Sararin Sama. "Wannan sabon mafita ne da ke da ƙananan farashi fiye da tsarin yau da kullun, kuma mun gwada shi da nasara ta hanyar jigilar samfurin samfurin zuwa NASA."

Inganta synergy rage zagaye
"Amfani da NX da Teamcenter yana ba mu damar samun ƙarin nasarori", in ji Samara-Ratna. "Tare suna gina yanayin haɗin kai wanda ke ba da damar ƙwararrun fannoni daban-daban su yi aiki tare, hulɗa da tattauna batutuwan ƙirar. Teamcenter shine tushen bayanai guda ɗaya da tushen sarrafawa. Misali, sarrafa kayan aikin da muka tsara don masu binciken Mars a cikin Teamcenter. Muna samun sassauci da kariya. Kuskuren ba ya yaduwa a cikin tsarin, saboda haka, babu haɗarin canje-canje da wani ya yi zai yi mummunan tasiri. Injiniyoyinmu na lantarki sun sami damar shigo da cikakken allon kewayawa na 3D zuwa samfurinmu, yayin da haɗin zane na lantarki da na inji ya haɓaka ingancinmu da rage lokacin sake tsarawa. Saboda haka, lokaci daga ra'ayi zuwa samfurin ƙarshe ya rage sosai.

Samara-Ratna ya ci gaba da gabatar da fa'idodin haɗin gwiwa: "Muna aiki tare da cibiyoyi da yawa masu girma, duk suna amfani da software na su. NX yana iya sarrafa nau'ikan bayanai daban-daban, yayin da fasahar samfurin daidaitawa ke ba mu damar gudanar da samfurinmu kusan kamar yadda yake aiki da zane na mu. ”

Daga R & D zuwa aiwatarwa
Samara-Ratna yana da farin ciki ya amince da gudummawar mai samar da cibiyar TEAM Engineering. "Kwararrun TEAM Engineering ba kawai suna ba da horo da software ba, amma a matsayinmu na abokin hulɗarmu, suna taimaka mana mu yi amfani da kayan aiki sosai, musamman a cikin koyar da fasaha.
Saboda haka, mun yi aiki tare da Hukumar Kula da Tarihin Burtaniya don bincika abubuwan tarihi a cikin kabarin karni na 14. Hakanan muna aiki tare da masana'antu don taimakawa amfani da ƙarin masana'antu a cikin aikace-aikacen injiniya masu inganci. ”

Samara-Ratna ta kammala cewa: "Maganin ci gaban samfurin NX yana da mahimmanci ga aikin da muke yi kuma yanzu yana da mahimmanci a cikin ayyukanmu. Muna samar da kayan aikin NX ga ƙarin ɗalibai don faɗaɗa amfanin daga yanayin injiniya zuwa gudanar da aikin. "