September 1, 2014 a chief of the Department of technical development of JSC «Kazan Engine Production Enterprise» (KEPE) Artyom Sergeevich Barskyi and a chief metallurgist of the enterprise Renat Radisovich Khammatov visited «All-Russian scientific-research institute of aviation materials» (VIAM).
In the course of the visit the guests familiarized themselves with research-experimental and manufacturing base of VIAM.
VIAM specialists demonstrated to KEPE specialists a work of unique equipment, told about the newest developments of the institute.
In the frames of the visit a meeting took place, where the sides considered the items of delivery by the institute of cast bar billets and disc forgings from superalloys for KEPE articles. The guests expressed their interest in purchasing of the developed at VIAM up-to-date ion-plasma equipment of MAP-series and automatic UVNK, UVNS-series units for casting of blades with directional and single-crystal structures.
Besides, VIAM and KEPE representatives marked a necessity to carry out joint works in the field of additive technologies and prepared proposals for cooperation in this field.
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Joint stock company «Kazan Engine Production Enterprise» was founded in 1931 and is one of the largest machine building enterprises of Russia. At present the general direction of KEPE activity is a batch production of gas turbine engines and equipment on their base for pumping and distribution of natural gas.