Proton-PM

Native name	Протон-ПМ
Romanized name	Proton-PM
Formerly	I.V. Stalin Plant No. 19
Company type	Open joint-stock company
Industry	Liquid rocket engine manufacturing Aircraft engine manufacturing Turbopumps manufacturing Gas turbine power station production Metallurgical production
Founded	Perm, Russia (March 12, 1958 (1958-03-12))
Headquarters	93, avenue Komsomolsky, Perm, 614990, Perm , Russia
Key people	Igor Arbuzov[1]
Products	RD-214 RD-253 RD-275 RD-276 RD-191
Parent	Roscosmos[2]
Website	Official Website

OJSC Proton-PM (Russian: АО «Протон-ПМ») is a Russian engine and heavy machinery manufacturing plant. It is located in the city of Perm, in the Perm Krai, on the bank of the Kama River.^[3] It started in 1958 as the specialized branch of Plant No. 19 named after I. V. Stalin for the manufacturing of the RD-214 rocket engine. In 1964 it was given made a separate entity then known as Second Production. In the later years, it has branched intro producing gas turbine power plants.^[4][5][6]

Products

Current engines

Engines in current production at the plant:

• RD-276 the latest version of the RD-275.^[7]
• RD-191 a liquid rocket engine, burning kerosene and LOX that powers the Angara (rocket) family of launch vehicles.^[7]

Former engines

Engines that are no longer produced at the plant.

• RD-214 a liquid rocket engine, burning AK-27I (a mixture of 73% Nitric acid + 27% N₂O₄ + iodine passivant and TM-185 (a kerosene and gasoline mix), that powered the R-12 and Kosmos-2.^[5]
• RD-253 a liquid rocket engine, burning UDMH/N₂O₄ that powers the Proton first stage.^[5]
• RD-275 an improved RD-253.^[5]

Gas Turbines

• Ural-2500 gas-turbine power station (2.55 MW/ 5.82 Gcal per hour),
• Ural-4000 gas-turbine power station (4.13 MW/ 8.3 Gcal per hour),
• Ural-6000 gas-turbine power station (6.14 MW/ 11.44 Gcal per hour),
• GTES-16PA gas-turbine power station (16.3 MW/ 19.48 Gcal per hour),
• GTES-25P gas-turbine power station (23.0 MW/ 26.1 Gcal per hour).
• GTU-32P (up to 34 40 MW)

See also

• NPO Energomash — The rocket engine designer that delegates some serial production to this plant.
• Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center — The Proton-M and Angara (rocket) manufacturer that delegate engine production to this plant.
• Aviadvigatel — The corporate parent.

References

External links

• Proton-PM website