Abstract
In 1982, the Soviet Union Academy of Sciences enquired whether a Finnish company Rauma-Repola would be interested in manufacturing two research vehicles capable of diving to a depth of 6 kilometres. The contract was signed on May 1985 and the vehicles signed off into service in December 1987. The most critical challenge was to determine how the personnel's spheres could be formed as they were required to protect personnel from pressures reaching 600 bar. Maraging steel was finally selected as the material for their construction. Large parts had never before been poured in this material. The foundry developed ultra-high strength MVD steel for the manned sphere. This material contained low level of impurities and underwent a specific heat treatment to attain the required properties: Yield strength Re 1650 N/mm2, Tensile strength Rm 1730 N/mm2, Elongation A5 6 %. The chemical analysis was C < 0.02 %, Ni 17-19 %, Mo 4-6 %, Co 10-13 %, Ti < 0.35 %. Those values can only be reached using vacuum technology.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 72nd World Foundry Congress, WFC 2016 |
Publisher | World Foundry Organization |
Pages | 22-23 |
Number of pages | 2 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781510833128 |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |
MoE publication type | A4 Conference publication |
Event | World Foundry Congress - Nagoya, Japan Duration: 21 May 2016 → 25 May 2016 Conference number: 72 |
Conference
Conference | World Foundry Congress |
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Abbreviated title | WFC |
Country/Territory | Japan |
City | Nagoya |
Period | 21/05/2016 → 25/05/2016 |
Keywords
- Centerline shrinkage
- Steel foundry
- Tevo Lokomo Ltd.
- Ultra-high strength maraging steel
- Vacuum technology