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Tests of ceramic armor for Chelyabinsk plant OMK supplied

armored vehicles will be unique products for a gas pipeline on

completed in 2021 Sakhalin

The Trubodetal plant (Trubodetal JSC,
Chelyabinsk, part of the United Metallurgical
Company, OMK JSC, Moscow) has supplied
Tanks and armored personnel carriers of about 80 tons of pipe fittings for the onshore
the Russian army can be armed with ceramic section of the Sakhalin-3 gas pipeline in four
armor. In terms of protective properties, Recall that corundum ceramics armor months of this year (Kirinskoye gas condensate
armor plates made of synthetic corundum plates were demonstrated at the international
ceramics will surpass their counterparts forum "Army-2020". The products are based field, gas condensate field).

All products are designed for operation
made of metal, and weigh much less. on aluminum oxide and are only a part of at pressures up to 24 MPa (about 237
Igor Nasenkov, General Director of the a rather complex composite armor, where atmospheres). To withstand such high loads,
Tekhnodinamika Holding, said that samples ceramics acts as a crushing layer and more the pipe fittings have wall thicknesses of up to
of ceramic armor are being factory tested. effectively protects against armor-piercing
Testing is planned to be completed within 3 - bullets and shells. Since the strength of such 81 mm. At the same time, high requirements
were imposed on the accuracy of the geometry
4 months. ceramics is higher than the strength of steel, of the inner diameter for each product. This
"Our development has such advantages when a bullet hits the ceramic armor, the became one of the key requirements of the
as lightness and greater resistance to various core is deformed on the surface of the plate customer, Gazprom PJSC, and is due to the
artillery and tank weapons," the head of the and is easily retained by the second layer of
holding quotes TASS. protection, which can be steel or polymer. special design solutions of the Kirinskoye gas
condensate field.
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A cluster of hi-tech industry A vacuum dust extraction system will
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hasappeared in the

Leningrad region A cluster of the chemical industry has be introduced in the copper-smelting

been created in the Leningrad region, it
includes five regional enterprises in the production of chemicals and products, rubber and shop of SUMZ
plastic products, a representative of the press service of the regional administration told RIA Next year, the smelting department of the copper-smelting workshop is planning to introduce
Novosti. a vacuum dust extraction system. The installation will allow returning to the production of dust
According to him, the cluster was created on the initiative of enterprises and with the and spillage of charge material and will greatly facilitate the physical labor of the employees of
support of the regional Center for Industrial Development. “In the near future, a development the unit. For these purposes SUMZ plans to allocate more than 40 million rubles.
program for the newly formed cluster will be developed. Its main goal is to increase the Through the technological chain of conveyors, feeders and bunkers, the components of
competitiveness of industry enterprises through the development of cooperation, expanding the charge for the production of blister copper go from the department of preparation of raw
sales markets, modernizing capacities, reducing costs and attracting investments,” the agency's materials and charge to the smelting department. When materials are poured, active dust is
source said. released and dust containing useful components (copper concentrates and fluxes) settles in the

working area on the service areas and building structures.
It explained that enterprises will be able to more effectively The vacuum dust extraction system is a complex of units
interact with educational institutions and research centers in for creating a vacuum, pipelines distributed along all marks of
terms of implementing joint projects, training personnel, the melting section, with special sockets for connecting hoses,
and gaining access to new technologies. as well as filters for collecting collected dust. For cleaning,
“The chemical industry is already making a significant the employee must connect the hose and, like a conventional
contribution to the economy of the Leningrad Region. vacuum cleaner with various cleaning accessories, clean the
The created cluster will give it a new impetus for equipment, platforms and structures. All dust collected in
development. The enterprises participating in the the filter is immediately discharged directly into the oven.
cluster will be able to find new partners and participate This automatically eliminates the loss of useful components,
in joint investment projects, in industry exhibitions, greatly facilitates the work of factory workers and reduces the
forums, and topical cluster projects,” Olga Volkova, dustiness of workplaces.
Director General of the Center for Industry Development
of the Leningrad Region, commented on the event.

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