Technological tests of a multi-seat device for vibro-shock processing of long parts of complex shape

The article deals with the issues related to the possibility of ensuring the indicators of quality of long complex-shaped parts by using vibration-impact processing in the technological process of their manufacturing using a special multi-seat device. The analysis of the design of representatives of long parts and the requirements for the quality of their surface layer, as well as the operational properties, made it possible to formulate the basic requirements for the design of multi-seat tools and develop a prototype for technological tests. The device allows processing two fragments of long parts and was used to establish the possibility of processing full-sized products and to establish optimal processing modes. Elements of the helicopter spars, which have the most complex design in the class of the considered parts, were used as fragments. Particular attention is paid to the processing of the inner surface of a complex shape and variable cross-section. The test results showed the possibility of using a multi-seat device for vibration-impact hardening treatment, which ensures the achievement of the specified parameters of the surface layer: surface roughness and microhardness with high process productivity.