DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRESS MOULD DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE OF THE SEAL MODEL OF THE UNIVERSAL PREVENTOR

Abstract

During the development of various designs of products, it is sometimes difficult to conduct preliminary tests of their full-scale models. This is influenced by many factors, including the dimensions of the product, the cost of manufacturing, the complexity of developing specialized laboratory installations, etc. Therefore, product models are used for testing, which are several times smaller than the actual size. One of such products, which is rather difficult to produce in life size and to conduct its research, is the seal of the universal preventer (bag type preventor). However, a reduced model was created to study its characteristics. For this, a popular today's method of manufacturing products was used - 3D printing, with the help of which both the gasket inserts and the mold for its casting were made. Silicone SKR-788 is used as a material for pouring the sealant. In the following studies of the design of the seal of the bag type preventor, it is planned to carry out a series of simulations of the fragments of the seal with different geometric shapes and sizes of inserts in order to determine their optimal options. To confirm the obtained results of simulation modeling, laboratory tests will be conducted on the installation for researching the design of universal preventer seals.