Kuznetsov

This article deals with the airline company Kuznetsov, for the surname Kuznetsov see Kuznetsov (surname) . See also Kuznetsov Nunatakker .

Kuznetsov
legal form	Publichnoye Akzionernoye Obschtschestvo (PAO)
founding	1946
Seat	Samara
management	Yevgeny Alexandrovich Gritsenko
Website	www.kuznetsov-motors.ru

Kuznetsov , English ND Kuznetsov Scientific and Technical Complex of Samara JSC or Kuznetsov SNTK Samara , is a Russian company that deals with the development, manufacture and sale of equipment parts, especially gas turbines and gearboxes. The focus is on the aerospace industry. The company headquarters is in Samara . The current managing director is Yevgeny Alexandrovich Grizenko. At present, the focus is on the development and manufacture of gas turbines for industrial use, for example for use as compressors for natural gas production. A capacity of up to 25 MW will be installed.

The company, founded in 1946 as the Experimental Design Office (OKB) 276 for the exploitation of German technology, was headed from 1949 by Nikolai Dmitrievich Kuznetsov . Based on the Junkers Jumo 004C , Jumo 012 and Jumo 022 engines, as well as the BMW 003 and BMW 018 engines from the end of the Second World War , the team from Dessau under Ferdinand Brandner dealt with their further development, from which the up to 11,000 kW output Kuznetsov NK-12 (MW) propeller turbine emerged .

In 1954, Kuznetsov began work on the NK-6, the first twin-flow jet engine with an afterburner of Soviet design.

From 1959 one was involved in the development of engines for the planned Soviet launch vehicle N1 . The NK-15 and NK-15V engines (later expanded to NK-33 and NK-43) were developed, were still immature at the first two starts and thus contributed to the failure of the project.

In the 1960s, the NK-22 was specially developed for the Tupolev Tu-144 to be operational.

In the late 1980s started the development of the ultra-economic Propfantriebwerks NK-93 , which is a by-pass ratio of nearly 17: 1, and thus is unique in the world. However, propfan technology is no longer being promoted worldwide.

After ND Kuznetsov's death, the Russian government founded the Dvigateli NK Financial and Industrial Corporation or Dwigateli NK (English NK Engines ) as the parent holding company in Samara in 1996 , to which Kuznetsov was affiliated.

Aircraft engines

• current
  • Kuznetsov NK-8 turbojet , for Ilyushin Il-62 and Tupolev Tu-154
  • Kuznetsov NK-12 turboprop , for Tupolev Tu-95 , Tu-114 and Antonov An-22
  • Kuznetsov NK-144 turbofan with afterburner , for the Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic aircraft
  • Kuznetsov NK-32 turbofan, for Tupolev Tu-160
  • Kuznetsov NK-86 turbofan, for Ilyushin Il-86

• planned
  • Kuznetsov NK-44 turbofan, for Tupolev Tu-304
  • Kuznetsov NK-93 Propfan , for Ilyushin Il-96 , Tupolev Tu-204

• former
  • Kuznetsov NK-4 turbojet, production version of the Jumo 022, for Antonov An-8 , Antonow An-10 , Ilyushin Il-18

Rocket engines

• Kuznetsov NK-9
• Kuznetsov NK-15
• Kuznetsov NK-19
• Kuznetsov NK-33
• Kuznetsov NK-39

Web links

• Kuznetsov website (Russian / English)
• Thrust from the past - US rockets are soon to be used for the International Space Station using old engines from Russia. Behind the triumph lies the tragic rivalry between two Soviet designers. Spiegel Online , 2010

Individual evidence

1. ^ Klaus-Hermann Mewes: Pirna 014 . Aero engines of the GDR. 1st edition. AVIATIC Verlag, Oberhaching 1997, ISBN 3-925505-39-3 (159 pages).
2. ^ The Historical Chronicles of Kuznetsov (JSC). In: kuznetsov-motors.ru. Archived from the original on September 16, 2017 ; accessed on March 4, 2018 (English, story of the Russian engine manufacturer Kuznetsov). 
3. ↑ Holger Lorenz: The turbine aircraft Dresden-153A from 1959 . Erzdruck GmbH, Marienberg 2015, ISBN 978-3-9816919-6-2 .