The company's designers have created a unique anti-icing system that allows Orion unmanned aerial vehicles to be used in difficult weather conditions
MOSCOW, December 20. /tass/. The Kronstadt Company was awarded the "Aircraft Manufacturer of the Year" award for the creation of an anti-icing system for Orion unmanned aerial vehicles. This was reported on Monday in the company's press service.
"In the nomination "For success in creating systems and assemblies for the aircraft industry", the work of a team of developers on the topic "Electric pulse system for removing ice formations from the skin of aircraft units made of composite materials" was presented," the message says.
The company explained that the designers of the Kronstadt company have created a unique anti-icing system that allows Orion unmanned aerial vehicles to be used in difficult weather conditions.
"In the Russian aviation industry, an electric pulse anti-icing system in a carbon fiber construction was used for the first time," the report noted.
Kronstadt JSC explained that the system destroys ice that forms on the leading edges of the wing and tail of the aircraft, creating pulsed mechanical deformations in the skin of the protected unit. "Elastic deformation is produced by a force pulse lasting from 250 to 500 microseconds, which occurs between the changing magnetic fields of the inductors," the company said.
The press service stressed that experimental studies confirmed the simulation results and proved that the operation of the electric pulse system does not adversely affect the structural strength of the airframe made of composite materials during the entire service life of the drone. "A patent has been obtained for a method of implementing actuators that increases the efficiency of an electric pulse system," the report says.
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Earlier, the company's CEO Sergey Bogatikov said in an interview with TASS that the newest Orion unmanned aerial vehicle created by Kronstadt JSC will be able to conduct reconnaissance of the ice situation in the Arctic and Antarctic.
