The JSC Klimov (or Joint Stock Company Klimov) presently manufactures internationally certified gas turbine engines, main gearboxes and accessory drive gearboxes for transport aircraft. Originally established as ''Kirill Klimov Experimental Design Bureau'' in Saint-Petersburg under the direction of (Влади́мир Я́ковлевич Кли́мов) (1892–1962), Klimov designed engines for

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aircraft based on

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aircraft engine designs. It may have used the designation Aircraft Repair Factory (aviazavod, ARZ) 117 during the Soviet period.

History

The Klimov OKB was formed in the early 1930s to produce and improve upon the liquid-cooled

Hispano-Suiza 12Y The Hispano-Suiza 12Y was an aircraft engine produced by Hispano-Suiza for the French Air Force before the Second World War. The 12Y became the primary French 1,000 hp (750 kW) class engine and was used in a number of famous aircraft, i ...

V-12 piston engine for which the USSR had acquired a license. At that time Klimov also manufactured motorcycles. In 1946 the British government allowed Rolls-Royce to sell a number of Nene and Derwent V

turbojet The turbojet is an airbreathing jet engine which is typically used in aircraft. It consists of a gas turbine with a propelling nozzle. The gas turbine has an air inlet which includes inlet guide vanes, a compressor, a combustion chamber, a ...

engines to the Soviet Union. Klimov OKB was given the task of "metrifying" the British designs, without the knowledge or permission of the West, as the VK-1 and

RD-500 The Klimov RD-500 was an unlicensed Soviet copy of the Rolls-Royce Derwent V turbojet that was sold to the Soviet Union in 1947. The Klimov OKB adapted it for Soviet production methods and materials. Development Producing metric drawings and ana ...

. Klimov United Engine Company is now located in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. It used the nationalised buildings originally erected by 1914 in the city's present-day Vyborgsky District for the joint stock Russian

automotive works, adding new workshop and administrative premises on the land in Bolshoy Sampsoniyevskiy Prospect avenue near the present Kantemirovskaya Street. By 2020 the premises have been vacated for redevelopment for a housing project.

Piston engines

* M-100 – Hispano-Suiza 12Ydrs built under license * M-103 – improved M-100 * M-105 – improved M-103; later redesignated as VK-105 * M-110 * M-120 – prototype inline 18-cylinder with three M-103A blocks in an inverted Y configuration; cancelled due to engine malfunction : During World War II, designations were changed from M (motor) to VK (the lead designer's initials) * VK-106 – prototype developed from M-105 with improved performance at lower altitudes; cancelled due to cooling problems * VK-107 * VK-108 – prototype version of VK-107 with 1850 hp on takeoff; never entered production * VK-109 * VK-110 * VK-150

Gas turbine engines

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MAKS Airshow 2013 (Ramenskoye Airport, Russia) (524-41)

* RD-10 (along AI Ivchenko Progress (Motor Sich), KMPO & SNTK Kuznetsov (OAO Motorostroitel), elsewhere) * RD-33 and variants, derivatives: RD-5000B for UCAV UAV like MiG Skat * RD-93MA is a derivative of the RD-33 and is specifically designed for single engine light fighter jets. It uses the BARK-93MA automatic control system * Klimov VK-10M 22 to 24,200 lbf (97.87 - 107.647 kN) * RD-35 , agreement with Slovakian PSLM ZVL *

RD-45 The Klimov VK-1 was the first Soviet jet engine to see significant production. It was developed by and first produced by the GAZ 116 works. Derived from the Rolls-Royce Nene, the engine was also built under licence in China as the Wopen WP-5. ...

GTD-350 The Klimov GTD-350 (initially Isotov GTD-350) is a Soviet gas-turbine turboshaft engine intended for helicopter use. Designed in the early 1960s by the Isotov Design Bureau the engine was later produced by Klimov and PZL, production ending in t ...

, copy of the Rolls-Royce Derwent V * TV2-117 (built by Isotov from 1959–1964) *

TV3-117 The Klimov TV3-117 is a Russian gas turbine aero engine. It is used in most medium lift, utility, and attack helicopters designed by the Mil and Kamov design bureaus. The TV3-117 turboshaft engine was developed in 1974. Later the Klimov TV3-117 ...

variants : TV3-117VM VMA for Mil and Kamov helicopters : TV3-117VMA-SBM1

Turboprop A turboprop is a turbine engine that drives an aircraft propeller. A turboprop consists of an intake, reduction gearbox, compressor, combustor, turbine, and a propelling nozzle. Air enters the intake and is compressed by the compressor. ...

for the

An-140 The Antonov An-140 is a turboprop regional airliner, designed by the Ukrainian Antonov ASTC bureau as a successor to the Antonov An-24, with extended cargo capacity and the ability to use unprepared airstrips. Design and development First flo ...

, MiG-110 , Be-32K * ТV7-117 variants : TV7-117S Turboprop for Aircraft * Klimov TV and VK derived

and

Turbofan The turbofan or fanjet is a type of airbreathing jet engine that is widely used in aircraft engine, aircraft propulsion. The word "turbofan" is a portmanteau of "turbine" and "fan": the ''turbo'' portion refers to a gas turbine engine which ac ...

engines powerplants * Klimov TV17-117 new perspective engine, follow up of the TV family * VK-1 * VK-3 turbojet web.archive.org/web/20160304142121if_/http://www.missiles.ru/_foto/Klimov_muz/IMG_7412.jpg * VK- (and TV-) turbojets turbofan, gas turbines, turboprop turboshafts * VK-13 turbojet turbofan * TR3-117 turbojet for UAV Tu-143 * VK-800 , VK800V also at Motor Sich * VK-1500 variant or derivative of TV3-117 engine *

VK-2500 The Klimov VK-2500 is a Russian turboshaft aero engine, a high power derivative of the TV3-117VMA engine, also for hot and high. Design It differs from the older versions in having an extended overhaul period of the engine hot components, ext ...

enhancement of TV3-117 * VK-650V 400 5 - 750 hp turboshaft for Ka-226 . VK-1600V project for Ka-62 * PDV-4000 4 5000 hp (3 3.8 MW) turboshaft , turboprop * VK-3000 (VK300V also at OMKB OMO Baranov), VK3500 (TVa-3000) also at Motor Sich, VK-5000 and/or VK-6000 perspective * GTU-18P GTU-14F GTU-24R GTU-28N Gas Turbines ; MBT and vehicles, wagon locomotives GTs * GTD-1000T, GTD-1250 * GTD-1400, GTD-1500

Auxiliary power unit An auxiliary power unit (APU) is a device on a vehicle that provides energy for functions other than propulsion. They are commonly found on large aircraft and naval ships as well as some large land vehicles. Aircraft APUs generally produce 115& ...

* GTDE-117 * VK-100 * VK-150

References

External links

'Full cycle engine development' at UEC Klimov

Klimov Aircraft APU (Auxiliary power unit)- General Information (archived copy)
{{Klimov aeroengines Aircraft engine manufacturers of Russia Aircraft engine manufacturers of the Soviet Union United Engine Corporation Gas turbine manufacturers Manufacturing companies based in Saint Petersburg Russian brands Design bureaus