The enterprise has been engaged in the development and manufacture of the unique polymer composite material structures (PCM) for aviation, space, radio engineering and other industries for more than 30 years. A new generation of structures is being developed and produced on the production facilities of the enterprise.
Nowadays more than 12 tonnes of CFRP (carbon fiber- reinforced plastic) structures are mass- produced by the enterprise annually.
RESEARCH FIELDS:
Advanced design and technological approaches for aerospace equipment
Dimensionally stable precision structures for space and ground applications
Special-purpose nonmetallic molding tooling
Advanced methods of manufacturing polymer composite material (PCM) structures by autoclave vacuum molding, compaction, winding,
pultrusion and resin transfer molding
Low-energy methods of molding.
The specialists highly skilled in the development and production of PCM structures are carrying out a profound research and applying advanced technologies using the materials, designing, production and technical, laboratory and test facilities of the enterprise. The obtained results of integrated R&D work ensure the implementation of work within some attractive international and Russian projects and programs, in particular:
Scientific fundamentals, production and certification methods of the whole class of complex-shaped, highly loaded, supported CFRP structures of integrated type have been developed. The structures and technologies have been introduced into the pilot production. The precision dimensionally stable CFRP structures for the TRT detector of LHC accelerator have been produced within the framework of the ATLAS International Project. The research work was highly appreciated by CERN specialists (Switzerland).
New highly effecient methods of manufacturing CFRP elements of torsion-box wing prototype for the MS-21 trunk airliner and the components for the advanced air complex of the fifth-generation front-line aviation (PAK FA) which decrease the composite structure production cost and the expenses on the aviation equipment operation are being developed.
The production of nose cone shells and bays for the PROTON-M heavy launchers and ROKOT light launchers has been mastered. Work is proceeding on the redesigning of structures to improve mass-energy characteristics of the launchers. Compared to metal analogues, PCM structures provide mass decrease, structure stiffening, improvement of acoustic characteristics.
Precision dimensionally stable structures with the use of high modulus carbon fiber-reinforced plastics for the frameworks of the space vehicles (SV) SPECTR-R, SPECTR-UF, RAMOS, CONDOR, thermal panels of the temperature-control systems with the thermooptical coating for the new generation Russian and foreign SV CONDOR, CANOPUS, YAMAL, BAUMANETS, BELKA, ELECTRO-L have been developed and manufactured.
Work is in progress on the PCM application in primary structures of the advanced aircraft: the Tu-204/214, IL-76MF, IL-96-300, SSJ-100. Sandwich honeycomb sound-absorbing structures for the gas-turbine engines D-30KP-3 "Burlak" and SaM-146 have been developed as well.
Large-sized thick panels for a sweptforward wing of the Su-47
Berkut aircraft have been produced and supplied to the customer
Integrated components of the fuselage, wing, tail, floor and interior panels for the IL-114, Tu-204, Tu-334, Su-29, Su-31 and other airplanes are being produced.
The processes for the production of radomes and other radiotechnical components from polymer composite materials for different purpose antenna systems including mobile ground-based (GAMMA-S1) and sea-based (FURKE) radar stations, PANTSYR-S1 air defense missile/gun system have been developed.
