SAMARA, July 27 By the end of 2023, Korolev Samara University plans to open a robotic pilot production of cubesat nanosatellites in the interests of Roscosmos, the press service of the university reported.
The university reported that two cyber-physical and one digital factories will be created on campus for the development and production of products in the aviation, space and energy sectors.
«A cyber-physical robotic factory for the development and production of cubesat nanosatellites is being created in the interests of the Roscosmos state corporation. It is planned that the first pilot production will open in December this year, now special equipment is being purchased and prepared for it,» the press service of the director of the Advanced Aerospace Engineering School of Ivan Tkachenko.
According to him, the design of nanosatellites will be initially «sharpened» for automatic assembly by robots. In the future, it is planned to work out the technology for the automated production of nanosatellites «Aist-ST» with a dimension of 12U, intended for radar observation of the Earth's surface in the X-band.
The development of specific satellites is just one of the tasks facing the cyber-physical factory that is currently being created, and most importantly, this is the development of typical robot-assembled structures, as well as robotic assembly technologies, automated storage of components and materials, automated transportation of parts and product cases, control and testing of satellites.
«In the future, it is planned to open another cyber-physical factory on the territory of the university campus — for the development and production of small-sized gas turbine power plants. This pilot production is also being created as part of the concept of a digital plant and will work in the interests of UEC-Kuznetsov,» the statement says. message.
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It is clarified that in the concept the digital plant is presented as a cyber-physical system that combines information (digital) and physical (real) components. Their joint work will ensure the flexibility of production, cost reduction, acceleration and increase in the efficiency of all processes for the development and manufacture of small spacecraft, small-sized gas turbines and other aerospace equipment.
The university notes that the developers have identified three hierarchical levels in the structure of the digital factory: digital factory — smart factory — virtual factory.
«The key feature of our digital factory model is that at the input it includes suppliers of equipment, components and materials, and at the output — dealers and operators of manufactured products. This is a fundamentally important point for the aerospace industry, since the creation of aviation and rocket -space technology requires extensive cooperation between enterprises, and the developers and manufacturers of this technology accompany their products throughout the entire life cycle, ensure their completion and modernization, as well as the replacement of components and assemblies,» Tkachenko said.