The I.I. Afrikantov Experimental Design Bureau for Mechanical Engineering (OKBM Afrikantov, part of Rosatom's mechanical engineering division) has for the first time received permission to manufacture parts for the RITM-200 ship reactor plant using additive technologies.
The first product manufactured using a Russian 3D printer was an element of pumping equipment as part of a nuclear power plant - a terminal box.
The prototypes have already passed a full range of studies and confirmed the possibility of using the 3D printing method in the manufacture of elements of a ship reactor plant.
Obtaining documentation for a product manufactured using additive technologies for the RITM-200 reactor plant will allow us to replicate 3D printing technology in the future to create various equipment for ship nuclear power plants.
Rosatom added that the transition to 3D printing will help to approach the creation of equipment in a new way. The technology allows the production of complex shaped parts, increasing their strength and reducing weight. As a result, the cost of finished assemblies is reduced, and reliability is increased.
RITM-200 reactors have already been installed on the Arktika, Sibir and Ural icebreakers, which confirms their high efficiency and reliability.
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