Robot-printer for creating elements of technological equipment for the production of components of biofuel compositions

This study is devoted to the search for new scientific and technical solutions in the field of renewable energy sources, in particular biofuels. Biomass is the main fuel for green energy, accounting for two thirds of the energy produced from renewable sources. The further development of the industry depends on the improvement of the equipment and technologies used in it. On the example of a cleaning apparatus, a new technology for prototyping its parts using a robotic module is shown and tested. The use of plastics as parts of technological equipment is a modern trend and may be due to the low adhesion strength of various substances to the surface of these parts due to poor wettability and low values of the surface energy of these materials compared to metals.

Choice of technology and evaluation of the production capabilities of a 3d printer robot for creating elements of experimental equipment for the production of biofuel components

Elements of experimental equipment for the production of biofuel components must meet high reliability and safety requirements. At the same time, in the course of research on the subject of creating equipment for the production of biofuels, a variable range of equipment is regularly proposed and should be checked. The manufacture of elements of such equipment by traditional methods is expensive and inefficient, time-consuming, which negatively affects the speed of scientific research. To this end, it is proposed to develop a robotic 3D printing complex that provides maximum flexibility in creating mock-ups and test samples of equipment for the production of biofuel components. The article discusses the experience of successfully creating equipment elements for the production of fuels using 3d printing. Next, the choice of a robotization scheme for a 3D printing installation is described and the choice of printing technology is substantiated. The article also presents the results of calculating the parameters of the 3v-printer robot and the results of calculating the similarity parameters for the implementation and evaluation of control algorithms. The results of a numerical experiment for calculating the strength characteristics of equipment elements manufactured using the selected 3d printing technology are presented.