Voronezh Mechanical Plant

Voronezh Mechanical Plant (Russian: Воронежский механический завод, ВМЗ) is a Russian engine and heavy machinery manufacturing plant. It is located in the city of Voronezh, in the Voronezh Oblast.

Voronezh Mechanical Plant
Native name
Воронежский механический завод
Voronezh Mechanical Plant
FormerlyДизельный завод
TypeUnitary enterprise
Industry
  • Liquid rocket engine manufacturing
  • Aircraft engine manufacturing
  • Train Diesel engines manufacturing
  • Oil and gas equipment manufacturing
  • Metallurgical production
FoundedVoronezh, Russia (October 1, 1928 (1928-10-01))
Headquartersул. Ворошилова, 22,
Voronezh
,
Russia
Key people
Sergey Viktorovich Kovalev
Products
ParentKhrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
WebsiteOfficial Website

History

Voronezh Mechanical Plant started as a diesel engine manufacturing plant, and has been the plant that serially manufactures the engines designed by Chemical Automatics Design Bureau (KBKhA). In later years, it has branched into producing oil and gas products like valves, manifolds and fittings.[1]

In January 2017, Roscosmos announced that firing tests revealed problems with the Voronezh-produced Proton rocket upper stage engines. According to the investigation, expensive alloys had been replaced by cheaper less heat-resistant alloys. Voronezh director-general Ivan Tikhonovich Koptev resigned.[2][3][4]

On November 1, 2019, enterprises ВМЗ and the Chemical Automatics Design Bureau were merged.[5][6]

Products

Current engines

Engines in production at the plant as of 2015:[7]

Former engines

Engines that are no longer produced at the plant.[7]

  • RD-0105 an RP-1/LOX upper stage engine that powered the Luna 8K72 Block-E and was the first engine to achieve escape velocity.[8]
  • RD-0107 - Upper stage engine of the Molniya.
  • RD-0108 - Upper stage engine of the Voskhod. Human rated version of the RD-0107.
  • RD-0109 - An RP-1/LOX upper stage engine that powered the Vostok-K Block-E that was used on launch of Vostok 1 to orbit making Yuri Gagarin the first human to go to outer space and the first to orbit the Earth.[8]
  • RD-0120 - An LH2/LOX sustainer engine that powered the Energia Core rocket engine. Roughly equivalent to the SSME.
  • RD-0203 - The second staged combustion rocket in the world, and the first hypergolic. Used in first stage of UR-200
  • RD-0204 - Slight variation of the RD-0204 with a heat exchanger. Also used in first stage of UR-200.
  • RD-0206 - Second stage version of the RD-0203. Used in second stage of UR-200.
  • RD-0207 - UR-200 second stage vernier engine.
  • RD-0208 - Improved RD-0203. Used on the UR-500 second stage.
  • RD-0209 - Improved RD-0204. Used on the UR-500 second stage.

See also

References
  1. "История" [History] (in Russian). Retrieved 2015-07-20.
  2. "Russia's Proton Rocket faces extended Grounding due to systemic Engine Problems – Spaceflight101". spaceflight101.com. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  3. "Proton grounded by failing quality control". www.russianspaceweb.com. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  4. "Roscosmos calls off all Proton-M rocket engines". PravdaReport. Archived from the original on 2018-01-13. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  5. "Воронежский мехзавод и КБХА завершили процесс объединения трудовых коллективов". abireg.ru. November 5, 2019. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  6. "В Воронеже завершилось объединение ВМЗ и КБХА". poligraf.media. 5 November 2019. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  7. "Liquid Rocket Engine". Voronezh Mechanical Plant. Archived from the original on 2015-07-09. Retrieved 2015-07-20.
  8. "KBKHA LIQUID ROCKET ENGINES, WHICH ENSURED THE SUCCESSFUL REALIZATION OF THE ADVANCED SPACE PROGRAMS (FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE WORLD)". KBKhA. Retrieved 2015-06-08.
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