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Novosibirsk plant adds vision-guided lathe for 2ES6 repairs
The Novosibirsk Electric Locomotive Repair Plant has launched a machine with computer vision for 2ES6 traction motor parts, aiming to speed repairs.
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The Novosibirsk Electric Locomotive Repair Plant has put a new machine into service for repairing commutators on traction motor armatures used in 2ES6 Sinara electric locomotives. The key change is consolidation: the full processing cycle now runs on a single machine, replacing a workflow that previously moved the part between multiple machines and still required some manual operations.
According to Sinara Transport Machines, the equipment can handle turning, grooving, grinding, and polishing. The company specifically highlights the machine vision system, which has accuracy of up to 0.001 mm, can distinguish copper from micanite, and helps keep the part geometry within tolerance.
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The plant, also referred to as NERZ, has also adapted the machine to process 4PNZh200 motor armatures used in EP2K electric locomotives. That work was previously done by hand. The expectation is that cutting out extra steps will speed up repairs.
The 2ES6 Sinara has been produced at Ural Locomotives since 2006, with more than 1,500 units built so far. For a fleet of that size, building out dedicated repair capability is a straightforward move, especially when it reduces the need to move components between different sites.
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via ITzine
