As a radio engineer, it was very interesting for me to see how the production βkitchenβ of a company that creates very specific, if not unique, equipment is arranged. If you are also interested, then you are welcome under the cut, where there are a lot of amusing pictures ...
βThe Radioline company designs, develops and manufactures automated systems for testing repeaters, transceiver modules, components and antennas. Also, the company is engaged in the production of robotic positioning devices for use in the study of the characteristics of various antennas β- these are all common words taken from the companyβs website. But the most interesting lies in the equipment that the company develops, including How she develops it and, most importantly, in those peoplewho design and manufacture this equipment.
To learn about all this and tell you, dear habravchane, the seminar "EMS / Antennas: Modern testing methods and measuring instruments" held on October 2, 2019, in which Radioline, Keysight Technologies and Frankonia EMC Test-Systems took part.
An interesting thing began even before the start of the seminar - Radioline employees began to install an antenna positioner and connect measuring equipment to it
By the way, the man in the REPLAY sweatshirt is Aleksey Krivov, the General Director of Radioline.
This is what the assembled stand looked like, along with the test antenna and positioner
Measuring instruments were left behind the scenes.
But the most interesting thing began when a crowd of engineers, burning with curiosity, broke into the production area ...
and somehow everyone immediately dispersed, tk. the room is just incredible.
Somewhere in the corner of the workshop, a huge metalworking machine was lost, hardworkingly making something interesting.
Coming closer, I could see the future collimator (for what it is needed, it is briefly written here ).
And next to it lies a blank for the future collimator - a huge aluminum bar
On the side of the machine, an impressive amount of aluminum shavings
And this is what an almost finished collimator looks like
and side view
The scale of the design elements of antenna positioners is simply amazing
In this photo, in the foreground are sliders - guides along which the antenna positioner moves. The mass of the antenna can be several hundred kilograms or even several tons (but this is not the limit). Therefore, the dimensions of positioning systems are so impressive.
This is how part of the positioner already installed on the rails looks like
Also in the photo you can see the RPM () and a waveguide probe.
What frequency range do you think this probe is designed for? Write your options in the comments.
And here are the parts that are just waiting for assembly
On the desktop nearby is a blank for the probe (or test antenna)
Here's a little closer:
We could not understand what it will be in the future. If you have any suggestions, please share in the comments.
It can be seen that there are also other rooms, in one of which something ... interesting is being assembled:
but we were not invited there.
And in the end - a video of the portal scanner (its photo is at the very beginning of the article):
Dear habravchane, thank you for your attention! Glad if it was interesting.
As always, I look forward to your feedback and comments.
PS My colleague Alexander is smiling at you from all the photos.
1. The collimator method for measuring antenna parameters consists in measuring the characteristics of an antenna located in a field similar in structure to the field of a plane wave and created by an auxiliary antenna - a collimator located in close proximity to the antenna under test, in fact, in the near zone.
Source: habr.com