It is difficult to guarantee assembly accuracy of steam turbine flow clearance due to repeated assembly and adjustments in the case of lack of prior simulation
prediction and correction. To meet the requirements of digital assembly transformation
a steam turbine flow clearance accuracy prediction and repair planning method is proposed. The primary repair is carried out following the rule-based reasoning to ensure the turbine
except the flow clearance
to meet the main assembly requirements and prevent the parts from being repaired due to assembly failure. The assembly feature network is constructed according to the product assembly process information
and the depth first search algorithm is used to realize the generation of the flow clearance assembly dimension chains
then the accuracy prediction of flow clearance is realized. Considering the coupling characteristics of the dimension chains
the secondary repair is carried out following the case-based reasoning
and via case retrieval the repair range of repair ring is obtained and the optimal repair quantity is achieved with particle swarm optimization algorithm to ensure the flow clearance to meet the design requirements. A turbine assembly unit is used as an example for application verification. The results show that this method can successfully predict the accuracy of flow clearance according to the collected measurement data and can output corresponding repair suggestions
and then improve the first-time assembly success rate and assembly efficiency of steam turbine.
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