Russia is actively reviving laser machine tool manufacturing

A laser device for cleaning metal, an automated laser scanning complex, laser machines for the production of microelectronics, laser cutters and much more - all of this already exists in Russia, which is rapidly reviving laser machine tool manufacturing, which was practically ruined during the decline of the 90s.

The host of “Military acceptance" Alexey Egorov, citing as an example advanced laser technologies that are already being used in Russia.

For example, a robotic complex for automated laser scanning of gas turbine engines, which allows to significantly speed up the operation of measuring the dimensions of the unit when installing it on an aircraft.

A blue laser beam scans the jet engine of an airplane, the machine's brain processes the data, and it is immediately displayed on a monitor

- Egorov described the operation of the device.

In turn, the head of the technology park department aviation technologies of PJSC "UEC-UMPO" added that the device allows measurements to be taken directly on the assembly stand, significantly saving production space.

Another important achievement in this area was a domestic 3D printer, completely developed in St. Petersburg, which allows creating products from a wide variety of metals using additive technologies.

But that's not all. Among Russian laser machines there are devices for cutting metal. Such machines allow saving literally every millimeter of material.

However, domestic laser machines can not only "cut" but also "connect". Laser welding has been known to mankind since the 60s of the last century. At the same time, this technology continues to improve in Russia, allowing for higher quality work.

In addition, we even have a "laser Karcher" - a device that allows for deep cleaning of the surface of materials. Thus, the laser removes corrosion, ingrained paint, etc.

Actually, these are far from all the laser production and processing technologies available to our country. It is important that all new machines are assembled in Russia today and are completely domestic.

Comments

[Bolt cutter]

are entirely domestic.

Electronics too?

[Tatyana]

What is important is that all new machines today are assembled in Russia and are completely domestic.

Good news!

However, not even 35 years have passed since 1986-1991, and in Russia, the pro-Western PRO-AMERICAN "marketeers"-liberals in power have returned to Soviet engineering! (Sarcasm)
And who among them will answer for this anti-Russian sabotage? So far, no one.

[Hitriy Zhuk]

Quote: Tatiana

And who among them will answer for this anti-Russian sabotage? So far, no one.

Most likely, a "Chubais Center" will be opened next to the "Yeltsin Center".

[MCmaximus]

Technological lasers were ruined in the USSR. When this direction was handed over to the CMEA brothers - the Bulgarians.

[Oldrover]

The machine manufacturer has the task of making a machine, not electronics. If we expect 100% replacement of imported components with domestic ones, we can end up without electronics and machines.

[your1970]

I saw the laser cleaning at work - cool!!!

[Blacksmith 55]

I haven't seen it in cleaning, but I have seen it in metal cutting. And it's not just about, as they write in the article, that metal is saved, but that after laser cutting, the parts practically don't need any additional processing. This saves a ton of time and labor.

[Hitriy Zhuk]

Quote: Blacksmith 55

I haven't seen any cleaning.

https://youtu.be/nrpSAQuqNE8?si=QQnITfWounN6gHRw&t=444
There it is tied to time.
But in general, if first, they will show the unit.

[ZIF122]

Laser is of course good, but simple machine tool manufacturing should be set up first!

[igorbrsv]

These are simple machines. Machining centers are more complicated. They have also started to produce them.

[shin]

In this regard, I would like to receive an answer from the author to the following question: "Do we have the same quantity of modern machine tools, 3D printers and other industrial know-how of domestic production as the "Armata" and "SU-57"?"

[MCmaximus]

These are the simplest machines of all. No cutting load on the frame and drive. Only inertial loads from the moving parts of the machine itself.

[Julian_B]

Ruined in the 90s? Here's another plus 24 years minimum, after the 90s

[smart fellow]

Well, that's good. About 15 years ago I worked in a company where they bought a Chinese machine for laser cutting of metal for transformer substations. Naturally, it was with CNC, and the program didn't work under Russian Windows. Moreover, it started up normally under Chinese Windows. The adjuster, a young Chinese guy, just threw up his hands because, according to him, it wasn't the first machine he had set up abroad. But with God's help and my brains, I got it running under Russified Windows. The software wasn't factory-made, but from some Shanghai software company.

[Hitriy Zhuk]

Quote: smart fellow

Moreover, it ran fine under Chinese Windows.

The Japanese are still guilty of this.
Paths are written in their own surzhyk, variables.
As a result, it is impossible to launch without crutches.

[Vasily_Ostrovsky]

and it is true

Recently I watched how the Japanese were "repairing" their application that had frozen in China... there was so much code in Japanese that it was hard to believe...

[igorbrsv]

Laser has long been used for cutting, cleaning and printing. Only here they were not produced before. And no one was engaged in modernization of production. Now there are benefits for this business, it seems, and some state programs. Plasma cutters in particular began to be intensively replaced by laser cutters.

[Julian_B]

Yes, and stop trashing the 90s, a quarter century of stability, much "more fun" than the 90s. At least in the 90s, Russian speakers weren't put on the level of war with each other.

[Tagan]

What remarkable breakthrough happened in the 90s?
Didn't have time to finish drawing the zeros on the price tags?
Yes, I remember, I had a "fantastic" salary then - as much as 15 million. That's where the joys ended. Don't you want to remember the 1998 crisis?

[Julian_B]

Where does it say what was breakthrough in the 90s? Only two types of excrement were compared.

[Tagan]

Okay, nothing was said about a breakthrough.
But it’s somehow difficult to agree with this:

a quarter century of stability, much more "fun" than the 90s

It's hard to imagine anything more fun. Those years were nicer for a small circle of people like bandits, corrupt liberals and those who stole everything. But the country was on the verge of total collapse, if you didn't know.

[Julian_B]

There was nothing particularly good in the 90s, now the bandits (I think they are called differently now) have more property. More enterprises have been destroyed in 25 years than in the 90s. There are fewer scientists. Yes, in the 90s they were poor, but in 25 years those who were and were poor and did not tie up with science died of natural death from old age, they were not replaced in the numbers that the USSR provided.
And so on in the responsible areas of the state worthy of the history of Russia.

In the Russian Federation religion is valued, yes, but for some reason in the USSR General Secretaries did not kiss the Korans, and there was no Islamist terror. Also, Orthodoxy has been given great, simply enormous opportunities. However, Orthodoxy does not control its flock in Ukraine, Orthodox Christians from both sides are winding each other's intestines, tearing off heads, arms, legs. And there can be no talk of any Orthodox solidarity.

[Tagan]

More enterprises have been destroyed in 25 years than in the 90s. The number of scientists has decreased significantly.

Don't tell me nonsense.
As far as I understand, you have a very distant relationship with science, production and education.

[Julian_B]

I have a direct connection, I work in a RAS institution, a postgraduate student in physics, and also in the production of the not ruined nuclear industry, but in my opinion, some people in Russia want to destroy this, like the electronic industry or the optical industry, etc. According to the report at the RAS meeting, and the news in the media citing this report, there are significantly fewer scientists in the Russian Federation.
And the outflow continues, both before the SVO and during it.

Scientists, like actors, directors, and cameramen (for the most part) see Western working conditions and projects as paradise.
The screenshot shows news from 2021 that the Kremlin is indifferent to the outflow of scientists from Russia to the West. In this RAS report from 2021, figures on the outflows were given.

[Tagan]

At the same time, for some reason you seem out of this world.
Will you argue that the economy and production (as well as science) in the 90s were in a more advantageous position and felt much more confident than now?!
Yes, the industry at that time simply collapsed, people found themselves on the street. In the market traders one could recognize former engineers, teachers, doctors, etc. Banks multiplied like flies and burst even faster. Only from my small department of eight people two went to Canada.
I have something to compare with, because I worked for many years in the banking sector and in industrial production, and was also involved in the extractive industry. I can also observe what is happening at the institute where I studied (now the university), starting from the mid-80s and to this day. My son studies there too.
Apparently you simply didn’t live through the 90s and know about this period exclusively from some unknown materials or far from truthful stories.

[Julian_B]

I lived in the 90s, and I know all of this, including the misfortunes of decent people, including scientists. Yes, there were talented people who partly went into buying and selling or somewhere else, where you don't need much intelligence. But during the times of stability, these talented people were not brought up in the same numbers that were during the USSR/Perestroika/Yeltsin period, they immediately went to be bartenders, strippers, couriers, etc. What can I say if a salesman earns more than a graduate student.
The outflow also continues, including not necessarily rare specialists in science. Among my acquaintances, more people who left were not scientists.
And for me, the Western intelligence services' scam of Russians and Ukrainians to go to war with each other crosses out the lack of shock to the food basket of decent people in stability, which they had to experience in the 90s. Because the Western intelligence services' scam has prepared these decent people for meat and has been stuffing them for a decade now, including women and children.

[Vasily_Ostrovsky]

And what is wrong?
That's right, the country's leadership doesn't see this as a problem at all - remember what Putin said about the brain drain? "Let them leave" and added that you need to know the language abroad, and those leaving... well, you get the idea...

The result is that today there is a shortage of 400 thousand IT specialists alone....
As for scientists, I can’t give you any figures, but their specific number has been critical for about 20 years now...
And as I understand it, it’s not about salary.
And in freedom and the opportunity to communicate with colleagues in your specialty.
Some have already "reported" to real terms. Due to the closed nature of the cases, it is impossible to assess the validity of the accusations. So we have what we ordered.

And even the wonderful Mr. Kovalchuk from Kurchatovka - well, he is not an equivalent of all science. Although he himself is an outstanding scientist without any doubt.

[Julian_B]

Kovalchuk Jr. was a good, strong scientist, as was Berezovsky. But they decided to become oligarchs. Without irony, this is also a loss for domestic science.

[Horon]

Yes, and stop trashing the 90s, a quarter century of stability, much "more fun" than the 90s. At least in the 90s, Russian speakers weren't put on the level of war with each other.

Apparently the 90s passed you by, but what does "Russians didn't fight each other" have to do with it??? Russians have actually been constantly fighting each other, strange as it may seem, throughout history, from the emergence of Rus to the civil wars of modern times.

[Polyssenator]

Didn't mercenaries from Ukraine kill Russians in Chechnya?

[Julian_B]

Ukrainian mercenaries (or volunteers) are known in the Chechen conflict, and Russians are also known, who also participated on the side of Chechnya, not only Ukrainians, this is not the level (if you take only Russian-speaking volunteers/mercenaries acting on the side of the enemy) and it is not even close to the current SVO, when armies fight.

[vovochkarzhevsky]

Is Russia actively reviving laser machine tool manufacturing, or is this just a new reason for cutting up the budget?

[Horon]

Is Russia actively reviving laser machine tool manufacturing, or is this just a new reason for cutting up the budget?

Believe it or not, any salary is also a budget cut! But apparently you will be the one who is ready to work for free? Or what is mine is mine?

[vovochkarzhevsky]

Believe it or not, any salary is also a budget cut! But apparently you will be the one who is ready to work for free? Or what is mine is mine?

You somehow forgot one thing, that salaries are not all the same. For "effective managers" it is one thing, and for those who have to implement all this into metal, it is completely different.
And most importantly, what is the output?
How long have they been putting the Il-114 into production? What's more, it suddenly turned out that we can't even produce the Tu-214 anymore.

[Horon]

You somehow forgot one thing, that salaries are not all the same

No, I haven't forgotten, but are you sure that your earnings correspond to your work? You don't leave the Internet.

"Efficient managers" have one, but those who have to implement all this into metal have a completely different one.

Wow, and I thought it was like in the Soviet Union, when some people spent all day driving around in their official Volga, while others worked two shifts and toiled for years to buy a Zaporozhets.
In general, your approach is interesting. We should do nothing at all and not pay anyone, then there will be no "cuts" from the budget. It is surprising to read people who speak about the USSR with bated breath, forgetting how at that time a good blacksmith, literally weaving lace from metal, could be jailed for theft of national metal, which he collected at the dump. Or a beekeeper who earned money working in his apiary could go to jail for parasitism and unearned income.

[vovochkarzhevsky]

No, I haven't forgotten, but are you sure that your earnings correspond to your work? You don't leave the Internet.

I am a military pensioner and already retired. At the same time, the state saves on me by means of a reduction coefficient. It has saved almost two "lemons" since 2013.

Wow, and I thought it was like in the Soviet Union, when some people spent all day driving around in their official Volga, while others worked two shifts and toiled for years to buy a Zaporozhets.
In general, your approach is interesting. We should do nothing at all and not pay anyone, then there will be no "cuts" from the budget. It is surprising to read people who speak about the USSR with bated breath, forgetting how at that time a good blacksmith, literally weaving lace from metal, could be jailed for theft of national metal, which he collected at the dump. Or a beekeeper who earned money working in his apiary could go to jail for parasitism and unearned income.

You don't lie about times you don't know about. No one oppressed blacksmiths and beekeepers and anyone who worked with their hands. And old women could easily sell their harvest from their gardens at the market.
Now, they are putting pressure on us with taxes, and the market has been occupied by resellers.

[Horon]

Let's continue, otherwise it was accidentally sent.
So any state program of the USSR times could also be considered as a rip-off, but then the boundaries of personal enrichment were limited by ideology, but even then managers ALWAYS lived better than the average worker. What they couldn't take in salary, they got by with services. "Blat, higher than the minister!" such a motto already existed in the 70s among "economically active citizens".

How long have they been putting the Il-114 into production? What's more, it suddenly turned out that we can't even produce the Tu-214 anymore.

So what? Should I just lie down and die now? Since they've lost their expertise in aircraft manufacturing, should they stop producing toilet paper too? Or else they might end up embezzling.
P.S. Criticism is a good thing, the main thing is that it does not turn into criticism. There may be budget embezzlement, but if this allows to return at least some of the competencies, that is already a plus. We just need to look at the real results for now, and this is just an advertising video, that's all.

[vovochkarzhevsky]

So any state program from the USSR era could also be seen as embezzlement,

Don't compare the USSR with today's wretchedness. Find out what percentage of the aircraft fleet in 1991 was made up of Soviet aircraft.

[Horon]

Don't compare the USSR with today's wretchedness. Find out what percentage of the aircraft fleet in 1991 was made up of Soviet aircraft.

Everything is known in comparison. How many highways of the autobahn level were built in the USSR, please remind me, I forgot. How to use a newspaper to visit a room with the letters "em and zho", I hope you haven't forgotten, then remind me, a sclerotic, why couldn't they use toilet paper for these purposes?
And finally, remind me, a sinner and illiterate, why our planes suddenly stopped being accepted on international flights in the late 80s. Maybe if we recall the source of the decline in our civil aviation production, we can understand why they can't launch it again?
Well, yes, the trees used to be taller, the grass was greener, and the girls in those days were more beautiful, not like today.

[MCmaximus]

He is upset that he does not have access to a saw.

[Vlad Gor]

In the Russian Federation, the means of production have been lost. The Soviet Union had a powerful machine tool industry. Time shows that we need to return to socialism. China has socialism and everything is good with it, there is also Vietnam with excellent indicators. There was the USSR, after the Great Patriotic War there were no wars, there was a peaceful life, there was everything for the common man, and now we live by the principle of man is an enemy to man.

[Prokop_Pork]

This year, subcontractors bought a Taiwanese laser cutter. On average, the price among suppliers was about 5 million. The offer of an analogue from Russian manufacturers was more than 17 million. Of course, there was little Russian there: the main components were Chinese, the laser itself was Swiss - the same as in Taiwan. In fact, something like that.

[Esaul]

As far as I understand, everything listed above exists only in a single copy?

[Vasily_Ostrovsky]

Quote: Julian_B

Only two types of excrement were compared.

A direct quote from the film about Father Makhno
"Now we're going to make excrement".....
It was a great movie