AIRCRAFT ENGINE PLANT NO. 45 IN MOSCOW

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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: May 23, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION Gikiel7tC,T:t01, UrgiieeiNtLY
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
ONF RIVIATO9N REPORT ? CD NO.
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COUNTRY USSR (:oscow Oblast)
DATE DISTR. ?23 May 1950
SUBJECT
Aircraft Engine Plant Ho. 45 in n:iscow
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Of ITS COUTCLI73 ID DDT LIAILIESU TO DO OCLACTITIO=ED PEWEE IC PM
UIVTED ILY LAD. REPRODECTIOD OP TRIO FOAM ED PLIOH112171111.
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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Location:
Some kilometers east of the Kremlin- in YOscow, In Lie vicinivj
of the :ant was a road leadinE. to tne I2mai1ovo airfield. t sa.-1 sta.
tien wAs to t::e west.
2. flaA area:
A,GDO x 1,200 meters
I:ork force;
iive to si;',*thQustnd acvletc2, includink U ereent women. iv,o suift.e
1..ero worked.
4. r'roducti,,n:
The productio.1 of jet encines 14.-as start in Lc.6. ;+notner type of JeL enLine
has been in producti.:n since 194E.
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STATE
Sec ..-ketch 1.
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(1) 7-2.,e, steel sheets tto ?vi. thick were cut in pieces 15 x 38 an. ay .cans
of a .acolne :hese pieces were folded in sucn 4 wfak t.iat t.,o 15 19 et -
htr.Oes wrre produccu. At tne bend a 20-7o incision wrs : ace from. etc:. side.
The prepared shc-ts were 2ut into k die ;cid bent So t-at ;d1 ova sp:,ce rmidLec
in the ;diddle. Into this sip:ice, whose 1.,,rest. dift::.eter about Zi.; .n.t, an
iron wedge was inserted; the outw,,ro edi,e of Lac .19-c. side or the si.eets r;,s
then worked witn a wooden or bn' so taat a sharp edEed it. Wi5
formed. The 'twoends of tdo 15 iDENT , touched each other
were then welded together. Two holes wore bored wit a 6c tube in each side
wall of the ellipsdidal
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body. The dis;,rince of tnese holes fm; the outer euLe was hot prescribed
to the in. nive:es rare inserted into these holes. The:. were to stiffen
the outer wali. The outer rivets heads were carefuliy cleaned and around
with emery. The parts oroduced by the P;, s were checked by a 'soviet v,ornan
in charge of accepnce tests amp were then taken to a special 3iacazine.
from where they were picked up by a cart and taken to flant i?o
(2) Output: In 1946, a tuo-man team produced five blades per day. A
detail of two P.c nd six .'oviets was assigned to this wort.. In 1547 tae
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won: cuotl. WAS doubled r.nd in 1948 h two-man te:ch had to produce 3j to 40
units per shift.
on the averady 30 blades were tJullafactured every
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b. See sketch 2.
(I) Production of rinjs for the turbine blaues described in p:,ra a.
Two sizes of Fir:Ls 19 al: wide were ...;de to V-.L-a steel sneets abJut lc; cb.
thick. The .aaller rinL? forminc ter:is inner turbine wheel, nad a diaaeter of
about 60 po 70 e;.; ti.e outer rin, was about 90 to le10 ca, in diameter. The
ellipsoidal blades were fitted betteen the two rinLs an.A eiectricaliy welded
(see s'ezetch 2). The dIstance betv,cen Lte two biadec was esti.?ated at bbout
20 et.
I2) ine output of tnese rites was presu-ably
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bodies since the assembly section continuai 1,,
production nuota for the turbine blades.
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&creator than tuat of the ellipsoidal
pressed for an increase of the
c. The productioa of these turbine wheels was stopped in oeptembef i94C. 50X1-HUM
. Soviets said that .n new type turbine engine was to be )roduced. . Machinery
which was no longer Lu.. 1:' serviceable was re ;laced. iar,e new puncti,..nL hschines
arrive:, in mrkshop Pia 13 The 1: assisted in 'instal-
linp: these machines. . The prepar:ttory work Was c,apseted in LL. workshops in 50X1-HUM
.Dece.:ber 194E rtnd the production of a net series, A new type of turbine endne,
vas to beLin. At this Li_e tn,.1 torksnops were declared off limits to all }Ws.
Ooment:
a. The body repre:ented in sketch I probably is ;tuide blade for the com-
pressor inlet c2 axil-flow jet, engine. 4);:ete1m 2 shows a mistaken
arrangement of the blades must be tiltee by 900. site correct for... of
the arm:gement is s-etn in the.loer secti_n of the slietch.
b. iLlince_the production of turbine enEines in Li.t% :Jed just started in
the f%11 of 1946 tne outr..ut for-tnis'period w;:s orobabiy correctly staeed:
Ph/A 5:- U0 S.10.4.; t?ie marNeu iscrease or in LI:e felioln, 'o-is.
1 Annex: blueprint
Comment: Work Force reported to be 3,000 to 4,000
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Turbine Blades
Annex
Sbatch I
Rings for Turbine Blades
arrangement of blades as
erroneously stated O'ar
electrically
welded
measurements in mm
Sketch II
Schi dt 6 o 14 tin 10
correct arrangement of blades
electrically
welded
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