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Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) has begun to develop a robotic cast part manufacturing station for the Progress Arsenyev Aviation Company. The project is being implemented under the grant as per the Russian Federation Government Decree No. 218, which provides for the use of HEI capacity for upgrading domestic enterprises. FEFU scientists plan to develop and implement the high-tech station on the aircraft factory by the end of 2018.

According to Konstantin Zmeu, Project Manager, Head of the Department of Industrial Production Technologies, FEFU School of Engineering, magnesium and other light alloys are increasingly used in aviation nowadays, and the Progress Aviation Company is one of the national leaders in this area. When manufacturing cast parts for helicopters, the employees have to carry out very time-consuming processing and to remove large amounts of excess material up to 70% of the total weight of the workpiece.

"This is a very difficult task, and it could be solved by modernizing the production facility. We shall develop and implement the automated line for the production of parts from magnesium and aluminum alloys at the Progress Aircraft Factory. It will consist of multiple robots, interconnected by a common transport system, which will be able to remove everything unnecessary from parts," explained Konstantin Zmeu. "Our technology can be applied not only at the Arsenyev Aircraft Factory, but at other enterprises of the Russian Helicopters holding company, as well as in other industries, where cast parts are widely used: military, space, automotive, and instrument-making.

At the beginning of 2016 the developed in FEFU robotized station for polymer composite material processing was launched at the Progress Aviation Factory. The delivered to the enterprise station is used for the production of the new Ka-62 multipurpose helicopter.