Production of Heavy, Semi-Heavy Diesel Engine Parts Indigenized in Iran
“One of the main equipment of engine is a block which is four meters long. In fact, one of the most important tasks for engine overhaul is replacing the old block with a new one and we were able to master the standard overhauling methods,” said Mohammad Hossein Pirouzi, the managing director of Pouyesh Pajouhan San’at company.
“We also found out how to assess and fix the fault and put the standard methods of complete engine washing on the agenda. In fact, we designed a washing machine that helped the process of overhauling the engine. Then, we added a special highly accurate cutting machine to our collection and today we have mastered the supply of parts for a specific diesel engine,” he added.
“Actually, we will complete manufacturing of the diesel engine blocks by the end of this (Iranian) year (March 20),” Pirouzi said.
In a relevant development last year, a group of Iranian technologists from Sharif University of Technology succeeded in building a Traction Control Unit (TCU) tester used in the field of rail transportation which increases the reliability of locomotives' operation.
A group of technologists from Semitech company stationed at the Science and Technology Park of Sharif University of Technology developed the device for the first time in Iran and the world which significantly saves time and cost of the TCU test process, increases the accuracy and possibility for quick troubleshooting by using smart and automatic testing and monitoring equipment, and provides the results to the operator in a classified and complete manner.
“The TCU tester device tests Traction Control Unit performance in all cases and conditions through industrial communication protocols and relevant connectors, without the need to be placed in the locomotive or to move the locomotive, by smart simulation of the real conditions from the TCU's point of view,” said Sepehr Hashemian, the executive director of Semitech company.
He added that when the TCU is connected to the tester, it performs exactly the same function as if it were connected to a real and moving locomotive.
“Therefore, it is possible to carry out testing procedures inside the company or workshop without the need to start the locomotive and occupy the rail transportation capacity,” Hashemian said.
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