Ivchenko Progress

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Ivchenko-Progress ( Russian Запорожское машиностроительное конструкторское бюро "Прогресс" имени академика А. Г. Ивченко , transcription : Saporoschskoje maschinostroitelnoje konstruktorskoje bjuro "Progress" imeni akademika A.G. Ivchenko) is a former state-owned enterprise of the USSR based in Zaporozhye , Ukraine . The aim of the company and former development office is the design and manufacture of aircraft engines , large drives, gas turbines and other internal combustion engines. Today the company belongs to the Ukrainian arms company Ukroboronprom .

history

The company was founded in 1930. Initially, it was part of the state aircraft engine development office No. 29 in Zaporozhye. Initially, from 1930 to 1937, Arkady Nazarov headed the office. From 1938 to 1940, Sergei Tumanski was in charge of design, but he soon had his own design office. Until the evacuation to Omsk in 1941, Yevgeny Urmin was the chief designer.

After the Second World War , the development office was initially part of the 478th aircraft engine plant and was re-established at the end of the year. From 1946 onwards, Alexander Ivchenko headed the office until his death in 1968. At first, however, the development office was simply called Progress ( Прогресс ; German progress ). At first, the focus was almost exclusively on the development of piston aircraft engines . These were produced in large series, especially for Yakovlev planes. Various types of engines have also been specially developed and manufactured for use in helicopters. 1953 began with the development of a turboprop engine , the well-known Ivchenko AI-20 with an output of initially 4000 HP, which was used in a large number of military and civil aircraft. There are a large number of variants of this type in order to take into account the various objectives. There was also a smaller variant, the AI-24 with around 2400 hp.

In the mid-1960s, the development of turbofan engines began . In 1967, the development of the AI-25 dual-circuit engine was completed, which from 1973 was installed in the Jakowlew Jak-40 and the Aero L-39, among others .

During this period, the development and manufacture of some small gas turbines such as the AI-8 or AI-9 , which are primarily used as auxiliary engines, also took place.

In 1968, Vladimir Lotaryov took control of the new developments.

In the 1970s, the development of turbofan engines was high bypass ratio promoted. From 1977 this led to series production of the D-36 , a three-shaft engine that was used in the Jakowlew Jak-42 and the Antonow An-74 . A helicopter engine that developed 11,400 hp was derived from this engine especially for the Mil Mi-26 helicopter.

In the first half of the 1980s, a very large turbofan engine, the D-18T , was tackled to provide high-performance engines for the new wide-body aircraft such as the Antonov An-124 or An-225 . This engine delivers a thrust of around 230 kN.

Finally, in 1988, the new general director Fyodor Muravchenko , who is now acting, took the reins of the company in hand.

Like the western manufacturers, the focus was on the production of economical and competitive new turbines. This resulted in the small turbofan engine DW-2 , which was used for the Aero L-59 . The D-27 was a novelty , an engine with two integrated counter - rotating eight-blade propellers and around 10,100 kW of power. In English this construction is called Unducted Fan and there have been comparable developments from General Electric . The engine was intended for the Antonov An-70 .

There are other projects for the civil and military sectors, for both helicopters and airplanes. However, industrially usable gas turbines also came to the fore, which are used for the decentralized provision of high power, something as a power unit, but also for compressor drives and the like.

Engines

The following engines can also be found in the literature with the manufacturer name Progress :

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