Inkampani yokusungula izinto ezintsha kwezimboni i-Aurora Labs ifinyelele ingqophamlando ekuthuthukisweni kobuchwepheshe bayo bokuphrinta bensimbi obuyi-3D, ngokuhlolwa okuzimele okuqinisekisa ukusebenza kwayo nokumemezela umkhiqizo “njengowokuhweba.” I-Aurora iqede ngempumelelo ukuphrinta kwezingxenye zensimbi engagqwali kumakhasimende kufaka phakathi i-BAE Systems Maritime Australia yohlelo lwe-Navy's Hunter-class frigate.
Yakha ubuchwepheshe bokuphrinta bensimbi be-3D, yabonisa ukusebenza kwayo ekuhlolweni okuzimele, futhi yamemezela ukuthi umkhiqizo ulungele ukuthengiswa.
Lesi sinyathelo siqedela lokho i-Aurora ekubiza ngokuthi “i-Milestone 4” ekuthuthukisweni kobuchwepheshe bayo bokuphrinta be-3D obunamandla amakhulu, obusebenzisa i-laser eminingi, bokukhiqiza izingxenye zensimbi engagqwali zezimboni zezimayini kanye ne-oyili negesi.
Ukuphrinta kwe-3D kuhilela ukudala izinto ezigcotshwe kahle ngempuphu yensimbi encibilikisiwe. Kunamandla okuphazamisa imboni yendabuko yokuhlinzeka ngobuningi njengoba kunikeza abasebenzisi bokugcina ikhono "lokuphrinta" ngempumelelo izingxenye zabo ezisele esikhundleni sokuzi-oda kubaphakeli abakude.
Izinyathelo zakamuva zifaka phakathi ukunyathelisa izingxenye zokuhlola ze-BAE Systems Maritime Australia zohlelo lwe-frigate lwe-Hunter lwe-Australian Navy kanye nokunyathelisa uchungechunge lwezingxenye ezaziwa ngokuthi “izimbobo zikawoyela” kumakhasimende e-Aurora AdditiveNow joint venture.
Le nkampani esePerth ithe ukuphrinta kokuhlola kuyivumele ukuthi isebenzisane namakhasimende ukuhlola imingcele yokuklama nokwenza ngcono ukusebenza. Le nqubo ivumele ithimba lobuchwepheshe ukuthi liqonde ukusebenza kwephrinta yesibonelo kanye nokuthuthukiswa okwengeziwe kokuklama okungenzeka.
UPeter Snowsill, i-CEO ye-Aurora Labs, uthe: “Nge-Milestone 4, sibonise ukusebenza kahle kobuchwepheshe bethu kanye nokuphrinta kwethu. Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi ubuchwepheshe bethu bugcwalisa igebe emakethe yemishini ephezulu ephakathi nendawo.” Lena ingxenye yemakethe enethuba elikhulu lokukhula njengoba ukusetshenziswa kokukhiqiza okungeziwe kukhula. Manje njengoba sinemibono yochwepheshe kanye nokuqinisekiswa okuvela kubantu besithathu abadumile, sekuyisikhathi sokuqhubekela esinyathelweni esilandelayo futhi sithengise ubuchwepheshe be-A3D.” silungisa imibono yethu ngesu lethu lokuthengisa kanye namamodeli okubambisana afanele ukuletha ubuchwepheshe bethu emakethe ngendlela ephumelela kakhulu.”
Ukubuyekezwa okuzimele kwanikezwa yinkampani yokweluleka ngokukhiqiza eyengeziwe i-Barnes Global Advisors, noma i-“TBGA”, eqashwe yi-Aurora ukuze inikeze ukubuyekezwa okuphelele kwesudi yobuchwepheshe esathuthukiswayo.
“I-Aurora Labs ibonise ama-optics asezingeni eliphezulu aqhuba ama-laser amane angu-1500W ukuze anyatheliswe kahle,” kuphetha i-TBGA. Iphinde ithi ubuchwepheshe buzosiza “ukuhlinzeka ngezixazululo ezisebenzayo nezingabizi kakhulu emakethe yezinhlelo ze-laser eziningi.”
UGrant Mooney, uSihlalo we-Aurora, uthe: “Ukuvunyelwa kukaBarnes kuyitshe lempumelelo ye-Milestone 4. Siyaqonda ngokucacile ukuthi inqubo yokubuyekezwa ezimele neyeqembu lesithathu kumele isetshenziswe emibonweni yethimba ukuze siqiniseke ukuthi siyafeza imigomo yethu. Siqinisekile. Siyajabula ukuthola imvume yezixazululo zasendaweni zezimboni ezinkulu zesifunda… Umsebenzi owenziwe yi-TBGA uqinisekisa indawo ye-Aurora ekukhiqizweni okungeziwe futhi usilungiselela isinyathelo esilandelayo ochungechungeni lwezinyathelo ezisheshayo.”
Ngaphansi kweMilestone 4, i-Aurora ifuna ukuvikelwa kwempahla yobuhlakani "yemindeni eyisikhombisa enelungelo lobunikazi", okuhlanganisa ubuchwepheshe bezinqubo zokuphrinta obuhlinzeka ngezithuthukisi zesikhathi esizayo kubuchwepheshe obukhona. Le nkampani iphinde ihlole ukubambisana kanye nokusebenzisana ocwaningweni nasekuthuthukisweni, kanye nokuthola amalayisense okukhiqiza nokusabalalisa. Ithi izingxoxo ziyaqhubeka nezinhlangano ezahlukahlukene mayelana namathuba okubambisana nabakhiqizi bephrinta ye-inkjet kanye nama-OEM afuna ukungena kule makethe.
I-Aurora yaqala ukuthuthukiswa kobuchwepheshe ngoJulayi 2020 ngemuva kokuhlelwa kabusha kwangaphakathi kanye nokuguquka kusuka kumodeli yokukhiqiza nokusabalalisa yangaphambilini kuya ekuthuthukisweni kobuchwepheshe bokunyathelisa insimbi yezentengiselwano ukuze kutholakale amalayisense kanye nokubambisana.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Mashi-03-2023
