Conception of CAE system support for protective coating deposition process design in agroindustrial complex

Abstract

Currently in agricultural complex there exists a significant requirement in life time improving of the different processing equipment. One of the most promising and advanced ways to improve the resource of technological equipment is the protective and functional coatings thermal spray deposition for reconditioning and hardening of the core parts and movable operating elements, such as: parts of mixers of variable constructions and purposes, blades and scrapers of different machines, calenders, sliding bearing and mechanical seal parts, tank equipment and heat exchanger work surfaces, high speed centrifugal separator and decanter parts, conveyors and draw plates. Using of the proposed intelligent automated design system (CAE-system) enables considerably decrease costs and time for development of effective resource-saving technological processes of manufacturing coated equipment parts, improve quality and increase designers and technologist labour productivity. The software package being implemented at the same time allows to effectively carry out computational experiments for a comprehensive study and prediction of the resulting coatings of various functional purposes with enhanced physical, mechanical and operational properties. The paper presents the concept, architecture, principles of design and approach to development of the proposed CAE-system and highlights the potential for its further implementation in the practice of processing industries repair facilities and specialized service centres of the agroindustrial complex.