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N AvtoKrAZ 3 t n e News News 4 t n o New KrAZ vehicles – for Polish c Exhibitions builders! 5

Production KrAZ vehicles model range of 2007 6-7

Markets In focus – Western Africa 8-9

Events Motor show “KrAZ-2007” 10

Sport “AvtoKrAZ” levels at “Dakar” 11

The first demonstration area for heavy trucks testing in . A photo-report from the Test-drive demonstration area 12 -15

History Pages KrAZ-255B: 40 years in service 16-17

FLN – the Iranian partner of HC AvtoKrAZ. Guarantee Partners of success! 18

Enterprises- members of Holding Company Uzhgorodskiy Turbogas Plant 19

Digest of “AvtoKrAZ” newspaper “AvtoKrAZ” newspaper is owned by “AvtoKrAZ” Holding Company. Copyright by press service of “AvtoKrAZ” HC and marketing department of JSC “FTF KrAZ”. Project director: Mrs. Natalia Orel ([email protected]) Designed and published by PrintLux (www.printlux.com.ua) The digest is published in English, Spanish and French. Total edition 2000 copies. Reference to the digest is obligatory at its material republish. FTF KrAZ’s objective is leadership in sales markets

automobile machinery based on KrAZ-6322 to the post-war Iraq. The military men of Yemen, Angola, and other countries have given preference to this truck. At one of the biggest defense exhibitions – “IDEX-2007” which took place in Abu Dhabi in February 2007, AvtoKrAZ together with his partner – the “Streit Armored Group” Company has presented a multi-purpose armored KrAZ-6322 platform truck “Raptor” that received favourable reviews of experts. High estimate of Ukrainian trucks resulted in signing of a few contracts for KrAZ trucks delivery to the countries of Africa and the Middle East. Sales growth was stimulated by a considerable extension of model range and profound vehicles modernization that JSC Foreign Trade Firm KrAZ, being an export subdivision of improved consumer qualities, as well as fundamental reor- Holding Company “AvtoKrAZ”, is a kind of “engine” of the ganization of work and concentration on the customer in company and defines development strategy of the enter- order to satisfy his needs at most that is to supply him with prise, produced vehicles design in conditions of rapidly spare parts and service package: warranty and after-sales changing global automobile market. service. Today sales efforts of Foreign Trade Firm KrAZ are directed Currently the company is working actively at developing of to 16 priority markets in the countries of the Middle East, KrAZ trucks with RH steering, enlarging the range of options Asia, Africa and Europe. Our goal is to obtain a total share offered to the customer. of 1% in the markets of these countries with 0.25% annual We have adapted the engines with the ecological standard growth and we are resolutely approaching it. Euro-3 manufactured by the Yaroslavl Motor Plant, Properly elaborated sales politics, carrying out of active pro- and Cummins for KrAZ vehicles sets and we offer such trucks motion and exhibition, extension of dealer network, as well to the customer. Recently we have considerably enlarged as company maintenance centers network provided FTF standard size range of tipping platforms offered the con- KrAZ with possibility to extend the geography of sales. In sumer due to completing trucks with 14-, 16-, 18- and 20- 2006 traditional markets were enlarged owing to , cube bodies. Liberia, UAE, Ghana, Saudi Arabia. In 2007 Poland, KrAZ vehicle served as a basis for new types of special equip- Macedonia, Afghanistan, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria and ment, namely, the KrAZ truck with multi-lift equipment, the other countries were newly “reopened”. truck for patching repair, the truck-mounted concrete pump, KrAZ vehicles sales growth in foreign markets is determined and special trucks for the Ministry of Emergency Situations by favourable terms of payment for foreign customers, such and shot lighters. For the first time during the “KrAZ” histo- as leasing, factoring, forfeiting etc. ry the production of the fire-fighting truck and the truck Among successful projects carried out by Foreign Trade Firm crane on two-axle chassis was mastered. The truck cabin KrAZ this year is the establishment of joint venture in Poland was considerably modernized: a new steering wheel was together with Polish company and signing the contract for applied, air suspension seat was equipped with safety delivery of 50 KrAZ vehicles by the end of the year. JV KrAZ belts, due to modern sound-insulating materials the level Motors Algeria found its further development in Algeria; of internal noise was greatly decreased, vibroloading at the signing the call-off contract for delivery of 100 KrAZ vehicles driver’s working place was reduced, the brake system was per year is confirmation of this development. We have con- modernized etc. cluded a contract for delivery of a large lot to Equatorial We offer the consumer KrAZ vehicles equipped with engines Guinea and successfully won a number of tenders for of such manufacturers as Cummins, Deutz, as well as of delivery of KrAZ vehicles to Egypt, Afghanistan, Angola and Eaton and Alisson gear boxes, fifth wheels of the “JOST” or other countries. “George Fisher” type, Micheline tyres etc. Our future trend is A short-term goal of FTF KrAZ is to launch assembling in Iran to work out KrAZ medium-duty trucks, to diversify special and India and open joint ventures in Ghana, Sudan, Yemen. equipment. Today among KrAZ vehicles the most merchantable in the The company is constantly engaged in information gathering foreign markets are fifth-wheel tractors (47% of the total about running performance of the supplied KrAZ trucks in delivery amount), dump trucks (25%) and chassis (26%). order to make engineering development. The most popular in the far-abroad markets are KrAZ-65055 Holding Company “AvtoKrAZ” and its export subdivision and KrAZ-65032 dump trucks, KrAZ-6443 fifth-wheel tractor. JSC FTF KrAZ offer cooperation! KrAZ-6322 military cross-country truck and its modifications is the leader of sales. High competitiveness of this model and the company itself was proved by successful fulfillment of the contract (the largest in the automobile plant’s history and the third-large in the history of a military-technical col- Prime Deputy laboration of Ukraine with foreign countries valued at more General Director than 110 USD mln.) for delivery of more than 2000 units of FTF KrAZ, JSC Yuriy Oblog 4 digest N3 2007 A v t o K r A Z

News

The Egyptian military A new design on KrAZ men have completed chassis – a truck-mounted their training in KrAZ concrete pump maintenance

Last year Holding Company “AvtoKrAZ” has concluded a contract for delivery of 29 trucks for the Ministry of Defence of the Egypt Arabian Republic (EAR). This cooperation was completed by the cus- tomer representatives’ training in operation, maintenance and operating repair of the KrAZ-6322 platform truck. The Egyptian mili- tary men have received theoretical knowl- edge which they have already applied in practice in the second half of their training. The training completed, the representatives of the Ministry of Defence of Egypt were awarded diplomas To satisfy numerous requests of construction organi- certifying the acquired qualification level. zations, Holding Company “AvtoKrAZ” has brought out to the market of building technology a truck-mounted KrAZ cross-country trucks concrete pump JXZ 37-4.16HP (“JUNJIN Heavy Indu- stry”, Korea) on KrAZ-65053 chassis with 6x4 wheel have made their way arrangement. towards A new design enables to discharge concrete mix to the height of 37 m with high accuracy, it saves time, pro- Italian company “Vehicle Engineering” has bought a vides conveniences and additional opportunities when lot of all-wheel drive KrAZ-632 chassis. The president operated on the construction site. The concrete pump of the company, Mr. Marco Tockachelly, has shown truck output is 20-158 cubic meter per hour. Concrete his willingness to accept the vehicles on the spot and intake capacity is 600 l. test them personally in off-roads conditions and in A powerful multi-stage rotary water pump has output the soft ground. capacity of 120 l/m and operating pressure of 20 bar. Having completed a test-drive Mr. Tockachelly admi- The pump is equipped with automatic control system red high cross-country ability of all-purpose vehicles, using radio remote control. their excellent dynamic behaviour and good maneu- verability and expressed his interest in developing cooperation. Field communication system – based on KrAZ-5233BE

“AvtoKrAZ” jointly with the “Telecard-Device” Com- pany (Odessa) created field communication system based on the two-axle all-wheel drive KrAZ-5233BE truck with 4x4 wheel arrangement. The truck is equipped with 330-h.p. engine Euro-2, 1350x550-533 tyres and provided with centralized tyre inflation system controlled directly from the cabin. Truck full mass with communication equipment room complex is 14.2 tons. Truck maximum speed is 80 km/h. Communication equipment complex (the so called shelter) is mounted on the shortened platform. This complex takes place of 7-8 earlier applied com- munication equipment rooms. It is noteworthy that similar products are produced only in 5 countries of the world. This complex has a great export potential since without it, it is impossible to control army in modern conditions. A v t o K r A Z 2007 digest N3 5

Exhibitions New KrAZ vehicles – for Polish builders!

Holding Company “AvtoKrAZ” jointly with the company I tested many trucks, but if I were to choose which AUTOKRAZ POLSKA – the exclusive representative truck I would prefer for work, I would answer without in the territory of Poland took part in the International hesitation: “Surely, KrAZ!” Once at the highway con- Exhibtion of Road Construction “Autostrada-Polska’ 2007” struction we had an accident. Primary work was car- that was held in the city of Kelts (Poland) in May. ried out by our domestically produced STAR vehicles. Annually the exhibition hosts on its area the leading A heavy rain started, it lasted rather long and was not European manufacturers of construction equipment, going to stop. Suddenly our vehicles started to sink trucks, trailers and parts. This year more than 600 in the mud. Then our chief decided to call for more companies from all over the world took part in it. powerful vehicles – KrAZ and TATRA from the other site. The work was continuing for some time. TATRA Holding Company “AvtoKrAZ” exposition was repre- vehicles did not sustain torrential rain and a heavy sented by: wind, and run down, whereas KrAZ continued to work I all-wheel drive dump trucks with 6x6 wheel arrange- confidently. A foul weather did not grow quiet contin- ment: KrAZ-65032-063 with load carrying capacity of uing to test the strength of people and equipment and 20 tons, equipped with a platform of 16 m3, and it won – KrAZ vehicles run down. Then our chief was KrAZ-65032-65 on wide-section tyres Micheline with at loss and pronounced the phrase that I remembered load carrying capacity of 18 tons, equipped with for all my life. He said: “If even KrAZ vehicle did not 12-cube platform. manage, nobody and nothing is able to work in such I four-axle KrAZ-7133C4 dump truck with 8x4 wheel conditions”. arrangement, load carrying capacity of 25 tons and 12-cube platform.

Ukrainian heavy trucks are widely known in Poland and enjoy the reputation of reliable and undemanding vehicles, therefore KrAZ exposition aroused a great Romeck Kirichin – interest among exhibition visitors. Polish KrAZ-driver The representatives of construction and mining com- with 20-years panies that had KrAZ vehicles in their truck fleet working experience bought at the times of the Soviet Union spoke respect- fully of their functional performance and stated they had not come across a more endurable truck. “A good During the exhibition Holding Company “AvtoKrAZ” truck” was the most frequent phrase pronounced by jointly with AUTOKRAZ POLSKA conducted negotia- the guests of “AvtoKrAZ” exposition. tions with management of mining and construction One of the guests, Romeck Kirichin – a driver with enterprises that resulted in concluding contracts for 20-years working experience of driving different types KrAZ vehicles delivery. It is scheduled to deliver to of KrAZ vehicles, said the following: Poland not less than 50 KrAZ vehicles by the end of the year. “The first time I drove KrAZ was in the army, that was Sales growth of KrAZ vehicles in the Polish market will KrAZ-260B fifth-wheel tractor that is used for fuel be stimulated by the established AUTOKRAZ LEASING tanks transportation. I had a very good impression Company (Gutta Bank financial division) that will carry about that truck. Having a 20-years driving experience out leasing sales of KrAZ vehicles. 6 digest N3 2007 A v t o K r A Z

Production KrAZ vehicles model

forward-control type cabin. Implementation of the project will enable to considerably broaden the product market. Today Holding Company “AvtoKrAZ” offers its con- sumers vehicles equipped with the engine with the ecological standard Euro 3 and 360-375 h.p. manufactured by JSC Avtodiesel (Yaroslavl, ), KAMAZ (Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan), Cummins (USA), Deutz (). Vehicles design provides for usage of power-plants that meet the Euro-3 requirements of several manu- facturers, hence the consumer can choose vehicle modification subject to availability of service centers network for power-plants maintenance in the country- importer of the purchased machinery. Among new developments of the year 2007 is the design of a new 25-tons KrAZ 7140C6 dump truck of 8x6 wheel arrangement with the engine YAMZ- 7511.10 of 400 h.p. and the dump platform of 18 m3. The current year witnessed the completion of testing and certification of the new KrAZ-7140H6 truck chassis (8x6) with 25.0 tons load carrying capacity and KrAZ-6140TE fifth-wheel tractor with 20 tons loading on fifth wheel and permissible full semitrailer KrAZ automobile machinery model range of the year mass of 70 tons. 2007 includes 28 basic models, 62 modifications A new design is KrAZ-65053 truck-mounted con- and about 300 sets of KrAZ vehicles among those crete pump with application of the Korean equipment are dump trucks, platform trucks and its chassis, of the model JXR-38-5.1 HP. fifth-wheel tractors, timber trucks and log trucks, This year a range of special equipment on two-axle motor-truck concrete mixers, military and civil vehi- chassis for crane mounting, fire-fighting and recovery cles of high cross-ability with single-type and double- vehicles equipment was designed. type wheels, arrangement of 4x2, 4x4, 6x4, 6x6, One of our priority areas is to create vehicles modifi- 8x4 and 8x6. cations with RH steering, thus, the plant will be able Today company experts focus on the issues concer- to offer vehicles in the new markets and present ning KrAZ vehicles modernization and extension of modernized vehicles in a new quality in the tradi- model range, execution of technical decisions aimed tional markets. at improving the level of quality and consumer cha- Owing to application of modern devices and parts, as racteristics of the produced vehicles. well as introduction of breakthrough technical deci- This year engineering team of the Kremenchug sions, KrAZ vehicles design has been considerably automobile plant will complete the development improved for the last year. The basic aspects of of working documentation for KrAZ vehicles family of design improvement are increase of driver’s safety, improvement of his work place ergonomics, and conformation to higher ecological requirements. On the consumer’s demand HC “AvtoKrAZ” started mounting of KrAZ vehicles with ABS of leading manufacturers WABCO, Knorr-Bremse, “Ekran” that enables to use more effectively braking force distri- bution on each wheel depending on road conditions, thus increasing vehicle active safety. In order to increase KrAZ vehicle operational figures and provide reliability of the brake system, it is suggested to use Knorr-Bremse air-preparation device. This device performs a gas-dynamic and absorptive purification of the compressed air after compressor. Air drying eliminates the possibility of A v t o K r A Z 2007 digest N3 7 range of 2007

valves freezing in brake system devices. Updated reducer differential suspension owing to introduction of additional pins has considerably improved its reliability. To provide KrAZ fifth-wheel tractors operation with dumping semi-trailers, it is offered to mount hyd- raulic system on KrAZ-6443 and KrAZ-64431 fifth-wheel tractors. In order to perform regulations of EEC, UN No 55 regarding the provision of operation with different trailers on KrAZ vehicles, where can be applied a towing gear of king pin-eye type. On the consumer’s demand KrAZ vehicles can be mounted with electrically heated rear-view and side- view mirrors that provide good visibility in winter time. The company has developed and produces currently bodies of various capacities (10.5; 12; 14; 16; 18 and 20) depending on types of transported goods. A steering wheel of the new design meets modern ergonomics requirements. A new seat design of the “Pilot” company with three-points safety belt fas- tening decreases vibroloading, makes the driver’s working place more comfortable and increases safety. Progressive suspension can be of two types – pneu- The company’s politics towards more complete matic and mechanical. satisfaction of consumers’ demands presup- In order to increase efficiency and safety of truck brake system, new air tubes with power batteries poses extension of model range and quantity are introduced in all KrAZ vehicles models. of options offered. 8 digest N3 2007 A v t o K r A Z Markets In focus –

Ghana: Holding Company “AvtoKrAZ” The Republic of Ghana is well-known for its consi- is confidently regaining its derable potential of logging and woodprocessing industry. Annually more than 1.6 mln. m3 of timber, presence in the market of such as wawa, mahogany and sapele etc. are expor- West African countries ted to various countries of the world. In order to satisfy Ghana logging complex needs, The history of KrAZ automobile machinery delivery to KrAZ-6433 fifth-wheel tractor set was designed at the Ghana goes back to the beginning of 1960. This coun- end of 2006, being equipped with 3.5 in. fifth-wheel try is a strategically promising and quickly developing manufactured by the George Fisher Company. Trucks market of heavy-duty trucks among African countries, possess higher towing and dynamic characteristics it annually increases the volumes of bauxite, man- in comparison with basic models equipped with two- ganese, gold and fine wood extraction. inch fifth wheel. The development of fifth-wheel tractors with 3.5 in. pin was determined by the need of logging enterpris- es in a vehicle that had more possibilities at payload and towing characteristics. Last year in August those who possessed such characteristics started conquering the impassable jungles of Ghana. Powerful KrAZ-6443 vehicles linked to two-axle pole-trailers of local manu- facturer were transporting logs of century-old fine wood through bushwhack. Loaded with gigantic logs of 1.5 m in diameter and total weight of about 50 t, KrAZ vehicles owing to all-wheel drive were easily moving across steeps, bumpy soil roads of Ghana equatorial forests. Ghana consumers also noted the ergonomics of the driver’s seat PILOT with air suspen- sion and three-point safety belts fastening that pro- vided more comfortable conditions for driver’s work. A huge advantage of HC “AvtoKrAZ” in its stra- tegy of gaining consumer preferences in the market of African countries is provision of tech- nical support and after-sales service of the supplied automobile machinery. Providing service support of KrAZ-6443 fifth-wheel tractors delivered to Ghana in last August, technicians of HC “AvtoKrAZ” were witnesses of the fact that owing to margin of safety implemented by the plant designers, the truck successfully sustains even intense overloads. The next lot of trucks is delivered to Ghana. A v t o K r A Z 2007 digest N3 9 Western Africa Liberia:

Once again KrAZ vehicles have proved that it is within their reach to move across sail roads eroded by tropical rains, when there is a heavy earth- mover or a grader on the three-axle semitrailer

Liberia is a country that possesses a considerable supply of natural resources (fine wood, diamonds, gold, ore fossils) but yet has much underdeveloped transport infrastructure disrupted by recent army conflicts. Lack of hard-surface roads, the need for a reliable and simple in maintenance truck, reasonable gear-box and 330-h.p. turbo-diesel “heart” of the price – all this resulted in choosing of the following Kremenchug resident – thanks to all this set of quali- KrAZ vehicles by the “TIG” company: KrAZ-6443 fifth- ties these KrAZ vehicles are the first movers on the wheel tractors (6x6) and KrAZ-65032-063 dump trucks roads and helpmates of geologists and builders. (6x6) with the body of 16 m3. Locals viewed KrAZ vehicles as something uncommon All-wheel drive, interwheel and interaxle lockable dif- – new trucks in the country could be counted on fin- ferentials, high and low gear of transfer case, 8-speed gers, the remaining 10-15 year old trucks were from Europe and America. Liberians speak enthusiasti- cally about KrAZ vehicles, since the trucks made a good showing when transporting crushed rock and soil for roads construction. Welcome to Liberia, KrAZ! 10 digest N3 2007 A v t o K r A Z

Events

Presenting the project of Holding Company “AvtoKrAZ” for participation in the rally “Dakar” Motor show “KrAZ-2007”

On the 28th of June, 2007 Holding Company “Avto- exhibition of historic and modern military equipment of KrAZ” conducted in Kremenchug the third Motor Morozov construction department, the 110-th Kharkov Show “KrAZ-2007” that have already become a tra- auto-repair plant and the Kremenchug garrison of ditional presentation of the modern plant production. the military unit A1546, as well as retro-vehicles, fire More than 30 KrAZ “giants” settled themselves on engineering, buses and motorcycles. the central square of Kremenchug. The Motor Show Many official guests attended the “KrAZ” festival. guests were able to observe KrAZ trucks of the 2007 Opening the motor show “KrAZ-2007”, General Director model range, as well as historic trucks. of HC “AvtoKrAZ” Sergey Sazonov congratulated all Among the new developments of automobile machi- the guests on the Day of Constitution and the tradi- nery presented by Holding Company “AvtoKrAZ” one tional Motor Show “KrAZ-2007” and mentioned, in par- could see a 25-tons KrAZ-7140C6 dump truck with 8x6 ticular, that “Holding Company “AvtoKrAZ” is one of wheel arrangement and platform of 18 m3, a truck for the most dynamic deve-loping companies in Ukraine. roads surface treatment consisting of the KrAZ-64431 At the present moment the Holding Company compris- fifth-wheel tractor and semitrailer with binding sub- es 12 enterprises and 19 thousand employees. Today stances distributor manufactured by Nikolaev plant we produce not only heavy-duty trucks, but also rail- “DorMash”, KrAZ-6140TE fifth-wheel tractor of 400 h.p. way cars, vessels and many other things essential with heavy-duty semitrailer, KrAZ-65053 with multilift both for national and many other system, KrAZ-5233H2 fire-fighting truck on two-axle countries of the world”. chassis and other vehicles. All day long Pobeda square had a feel of festive The collection of earlier reconstructed old-timers – the atmosphere: the performances of brass band and rally first produced vehicle of the Kremenchug automobile team “Avtoslalom”, biker and special forces shows, a plant, namely KrAZ-222 dump truck, as well as KrAZ-214 big concert starring the comic-troupe “Maski”, Tina platform military truck and KrAZ-255B cross-country Karol and Mika Newton, as well as Kremenchug truck – was enriched by a legendary experimental groups. That day all children received balloons and KrAZ-7E6316 truck “Sibir” (8x8) and KrAZ-260 with many people who took part in a free lottery left the howitzer “Hiacinth”. place with valuable presents from “AvtoKrAZ”. The KrAZ vehicles exposition was supplemented with the festival ended up with a huge firework. Sport

AvtoKrAZ levels at Dakar

In the framework of the Motor Show “KrAZ-2007” the engine and is located within the truck wheelbase. Holding Company “AvtoKrAZ” presented a project of The cabin is supplied with 3 anatomical seats HC “AvtoKrAZ” participation in the rally “Dakar”. for driver, navigator and mechanic and three The idea of creating a truck that is able to meet the panel boards with its own indicators for each of challenge of any weather, any climatic conditions cor- them. responds to the project name – “SIMOOM” that Moreover, the cabin has an inner roll bar for crew pro- comes from the Arabian name of a dry hot wind which tection in case of rolling over. is generated in the deserts of North Africa and the Ara- The fourth section of the truck is an aluminium wagon bian Peninsula and entails the strongest sand-storms. with inner roll bar and opening rear doors. The wagon Participation in the rally “Dakar” necessitated the elab- comprises a set of tools and spare parts, at least two oration of technical and engineering documentation spare wheels in the wheelholder, tanks for water and for the creation of a new type KrAZ vehicle of the 5th oil. generation – KrAZ 5173PE. This is all-wheel drive Taking into account the specific conditions of “Dakar”, sports truck (4x4) with independent suspension of all the truck is equipped with sports tyres of the wheels. KrAZ-5173PE was created specially for opera- “Michelin” Company (France) with 14.00R20 dimen- tion in all kinds of roads and areas in different climat- sion. Special forged wheels applied in sport trucks ic conditions at the temperature ranging from -450C KAMAZ-4911 EXTREME were designed for these to +550C. The truck is able to overcome grades rising tyres. There is a system compartment behind the up to 320 m and lowering up to 250 m. cabin, it has a powerful safety rail that functions as a Fuel distance in extreme traffic conditions is not less fixation base for both mufflers with two exhaust pipes, than 850 km at fuel margin in two fuel tanks their as well as for two air filters with vertical pipes of air full capacity being 900 l. KrAZ-5173PE can overcome intake through monocyclones. passes up to 5000 m above the sea level and the river The bolide chassis also has its design peculiarities. A fords up to 1.5 m in depth. mechanical 13-speed gear box manufactured by The truck has a full mass of 16 tons at load carrying “EATON” (England) is attached to the engine. capacity of 6 tons. The truck has a peculiar arrange- For torque distribution from the engine to two driv- ment. There are four superstructures on the truck ing axles the transfer case of the “ZF Steyer” frame that are not connected to each other, namely an Company (Austria) is installed. engine compartment, a cabin, a system compartment Due to the reduced high gear ratio – 0.89, the truck is and a wagon. able to make up to 165 km/h and when low gear In his front part the truck has the so called “bumper is switched (1.536) the truck is able to move across guard” for the protection from slight set-backs. difficult sections of the road. The engine has 2 cooling systems: a liquid cooler in front of the engine and two supercharging air coolers above the engine that are essential for engine normal operation in conditions of high temperature in the desert. The truck is equipped with 740 h.p., 4-stroke, 8-cylinder, V-shaped diesel engine manufac- tured by the DEUZ company (Germany). This is a highly accelerated sports variant of the stock engine that has been popular among the companies- partici- pants of the rally “Dakar” in the course of 5 years. The cabin of KrAZ-5173PE sports truck is an updated cabin of KrAZ production vehicles. It is mounted behind 12 digest N3 2007 A v t o K r A Z

Test-drive

The first demonstration area for heavy trucks testing in Ukraine

Holding Company “AvtoKrAZ” built The creation of a personal demonstration- on the automobile plant territory a testing area is the first step of HC “AvtoKrAZ” demonstration-testing area and on its way to the building of a modern certified there is nothing of the kind in Ukraine. test center. The “AvtoKrAZ” demonstration area embodied The first sequence of the demonstration area is put in all the obstacles elements of the world famous commission and at the present moment it is almost testing areas, such as FGUP NITSIAMT – Dmitrov ready for the performance of a full-scale testing. Design work was started at the beginning of 2006, the (Russia), in Bronnitsa and Nizhni Tagil, IDEX (UAE), construction of the demonstration area was launched SOFEX (Jordan). The demonstration area reconstructs by the automobile plant workers on the site of an old the relief of almost all the extreme roads and enables dilapidated wheel shop that had not been used for a to create maximal (in many cases extreme) load on all long time. the constituents of high cross-country ability vehicles. The primary designation of the demonstration area is The demonstration-testing area of HC “AvtoKrAZ” is 2 to serve for new equipment testing, to demonstrate located on the area of 10600 m and comprises a vehicles capacities for potential customers, as well as range of obstacles and special zones which enable to to conduct investigations when creating new vehicles conduct testing of cross-country ability, maneuverabil- models or modifications of the serial vehicles models ity, vehicles dynamic characteristics. The obstacles are and mounted on them units and components. Apart chosen in such a way, as to create marginal (in many from the above mentioned goals, a new demonstration cases extreme) load both on the vehicle as a whole area will enable to optimize the process of running-in and on its units and components: frame, suspension, new vehicles which roll off the assembly line. axles, steering etc. A v t o K r A Z 2007 digest N3 13

The scheme of the obstacles zone 1st sequence arrangement in the HC “AvtoKrAZ” demonstration area for heavy trucks testing

A photo-report from the demonstration area

On the “Vertical Wall” at the height of 0.6 m is KrAZ-65033 negotiates the obstacle “Rolling Hills” KrAZ-6322. This obstacle is designed for checking the (the length of the area is 28 m, the width is 3.6 m, the vehicle capacity to negotiate a big single obstacle. distance between hills tops is 6 m each). This obstacle At the international exhibition of military equipment is aimed at checking the vehicle cross-country ability “IDEX-2007 in the United Arab Emirates KrAZ-6322 in difficult road conditions – when a truck negotiates Raptor armoured truck made 5 t heavier was the only a chain of rolling hills. one among the exhibited three-axle vehicles which managed to negotiate this obstacle. 14 digest N3 2007 A v t o K r A Z

Test-drive

KrAZ-6322 on “Concrete Humps” – a chain of All-wheel drive KrAZ-65033 (6x6) dumper concrete blocks with 1.5x1.5 m dimension and negotiates the “Hill of Pipes”: 10 concrete pipes 2.2 m distance between blocks (the height of of 0.8 m in diameter make up the hill of 1 m in the first row of blocks is 0.2 m, the height of height. The section is intended for testing the the subsequent blocks is 0.4 m). This section is geometric cross-country ability of the truck, designed for testing the geometrical cross- checking of the frame, the suspension and the country ability of the truck, simultaneously the truck axles in the cyclic load conditions. frame, the suspension and the truck axles are exposed to heavy loading.

KrAZ-5133BE overcomes the obstacle “Railroad KrAZ-6322 is tested on the cross-country abili- Embankment” (the height from the embank- ty through the “Sandy Area” (the width of the ment foundation to the upper part of the rails is strip is 6 m, the length is 34 m, the depth of the 0,9 m). It is designed for testing the geometric sandy layer is 1 m). cross-country ability of the truck in difficult road conditions, as well as checking of the frame, the suspension and the truck axles.

KrAZ-65033 dumper for difficult operating con- ditions on the “Multi-step Ledge” – a stepped symmetrical concrete climb, where the 2 low steps are per 0.2 m high each and the upper step is 0.4 m. The total height of the obstacle is 0.8 m. Tested are the frame, the suspension and the truck axles. A v t o K r A Z 2007 digest N3 15

When KrAZ-6322 overcomes the section “Ob- KrAZ-6322 rushes out of the “Pool” intended struction from Beams Located Aslant”, tested for testing vehicles on fordability up to 1.75 m. is not only the truck geometric cross-country ability, but also the steering, the frame, the suspension and the truck axles in the conditions of heavy oscillatory loads. 8 concrete beams (0.4 m in height and 0.4 m in width) are lo- cated at an angle of 300 to each other.

KrAZ-6322 in flight from the “Spring-board” KrAZ-6322 on the “Hill of 10 m high”. Located of 0.5 m high”. Tested on the influence of on the hill slopes are sections with 60% ramp extremely heavy load are the frame, the sus- (or 310) – for vehicles gradeability testing; with pension and the truck axles. 20% ramp – for testing the parking brake system of single vehicles; with 12% ramp – for testing the parking brake system of the road-train trucks.

KrAZ-6333PE evacuator at the obstacle “Uphill Slope” with 200 cross slope (the uphill slope length is 15 m): tested on the resistance to side dumping. 16 digest N3 2007 A v t o K r A Z

History Pages KrAZ-255B

The history of KrAZ-255B truck creation is rather interesting. In 1961 the USSR State Committee on the defense equipment worked out and approved the tactical and technical requirements to the military truck. The design of this vehicle was charged over the Kremenchug automobile plant. The truck was completely new for the plant. It had an independent wheel suspension and was equipped with the new wide cross-section tyres of alternating pres- sure with 1300x530-533 dimension. Apart from this the truck had a centralized tyre inflation system which could be controlled on the run by the driver directly from the cabin. The unique tyre was created by three organizations: the scientific and research institute of the tyre indus- try of the USSR, the Voronezhskiy tyre plant and, of course, “KrAZ”. The tyre VI-3 designally permitted the operation with different pressure ranging from 3.5 atm. to 1.0 atm. that considerably increased the truck cross- country ability in off-roads conditions. When the truck moved across snow, sand and marsh- land, the tyre decompression up to 1.0 atm. increased What is KrAZ-255B? This is a brand of the its print and contact area by 50-60%. Both models of Kremenchug automobile plant, or rather an KrAZ-253 and KrAZ-255B trucks were tested on the state level together with the KrAZ-214B and Ural-375 automoblie brand of the Soviet Union. In serial vehicles from May 1964 to June 1965. the middle of 80-s of the previous century The testing results were the following: both new mo- 57 countries of the world were armed with dels of KrAZ vehicles surpassed by their characteristics KrAZ-255B. Can any other automobile the existing military trucks. At the beginning of 1967 KrAZ-255B was put on the plant or any other company in the world assembly line and the same year it was added to the be proud of such a fact? Soviet Army armoury. In 1967 KrAZ-255B obtained an “arms-companion” – KrAZ-255V fifth-wheel tractor. At maximum 8 tons load on the fifth wheel, the truck was able to tow semitrailers of the full mass up to 26 tons. The front driving axle of KrAZ-255B was absolutely new. The application of new tyres, load increase on In 1967 KrAZ-255B started its triumphal the axle required the alternation of the wheel center, movement across the world. In 1968 these the axle case cast beam, differential axles, as well as KrAZ vehicles were first supplied to the of all the parts of the equal rotational speed joint. The Warsaw Pact countries. The first country wheel center and differential axles were also changed on the middle and rear axles. Shaft support bearings abroad that received KrAZ-255B for its were forced in the transfer case. The cardan drive was army was the German Democratic new as well. Cardan shaft cross-pieces and yokes had Republic. an increased dimension-type. The truck steering sys- tem was new. Unlike other models that had an air booster, KrAZ-255B had a hydraulic booster arranged into one unit – a distributor and a main cylinder. A v t o K r A Z 2007 digest N3 17

40 years in service

Owing to the new steering system, designers managed to raise the maximum speed of KrAZ-214B from 55 km/h to 71 km/h. Modernized were other components of the three-axle truck as well, but it is noteworthy that KrAZ-255B truck at the 19675 kg full mass was able to transport up to 7.5 tons of cargo.

Being slightly modified, having received new tyres and centralized tyre inflation system, the truck, in military experts’ opinion, was equated with track-type machines by its cross-country ability.

Apart from electric two-tone sound signals, two-tone air signal C40B was installed on the cabin LH side plate of KrAZ-255B vehicle and was initiated by the driver in emergency pressing a separate button. In 1976 all the vehicles of the second KrAZ family, The complete family of KrAZ-255B was established in 1969 when in May came off the assembly line the first KrAZ-255L tim- ber truck – a civil variant of the military KrAZ-255B truck. All the three trucks from the three-axle all-wheel drive family trucks with high cross-country ability had one and the same chassis, they differed from each other only by superstructures: side plat- form, fifth wheel and special equipment in case of the timber truck. including KrAZ-255B, KrAZ-255V, KrAZ-255L were equipped with two-circuit braking system which enabled to increase the truck operating safety. A new pontoon-bridge park (PBP) was developed especially for KrAZ-255B truck and was estimated as the best in the world. A heavy mechanized bridge based on KrAZ-255B chassis enabled to build a tempo- rary bridge for wheelbase and track-type equipment (tanks) not only through water obstacles, but also through ravines. From 1979 to 1982 the Kremenchug automobile plant supplied annually about 4-5 thousand of military trucks. The highest level was reached in 1981, when the USSR Ministry of Defense and the All-Union Association “Avtoexport” “KrAZ” shipped 5591 units of KrAZ-255B1 trucks. Within this period the Kremenchug automobile plant produced 197155 units: KrAZ-255B/B1 platform KrAZ-255B/B1 vehicles manufacture was trucks and their chassis – 160732; KrAZ-255V/V1 intensified from year to year. Other machi- fifth-wheel tractors – 6957; KrAZ-255L/L1 timber ne – building plants of the Soviet Union trucks – 29466. developed and produced on the chassis Within 23 years the Kremenchug automobile plant has produced and supplied to the Soviet Army, the base more and more new products: various Warsaw Pact countries, as well as to the armies of engineering vehicles, cranes, excavators, other countries of the world nearly 82 thousand mili- airfield and fire trucks. tary KrAZ-255B/B1 trucks. If we take into account These were military trucks, but at the the fact that in January of 2006 the plant produced beginning of 70s of the previous century its 800-thousandth vehicle, nearly a quarter of the produced vehicles total quantity falls to the share of KrAZ-255B trucks chassis were launched the famous model. for supply to the national economy as well. 18 digest N3 2007 A v t o K r A Z

Partners

FLN – the Iranian partner of HC AvtoKrAZ. Guarantee of success!

Holding Company “AvtoKrAZ” was visited by the We have been working for 5 months under this director of the FLN company, the “AvtoKrAZ” contract. Namely KrAZ trucks were given preference representative in Iran, Mr. Hossein Yahyapour. to by the company owners, despite the fact that He shared his impressions about the current they represent BelAZ. situation in the truck market of Iran and told Moreover, our partner is a subsidiary company of about the partnership. Keyson – one of the biggest construction organizations “We began to cooperate with HC “AvtoKrAZ” 1.5 of Iran which implements global construction projects year ago. The manager of the commercial and all over the world. We are sure that KrAZ vehicles will give economic mission of Ukraine in Iran Mr. Alek- a good account of themselves followed by arranging sandr Ivanov introduced us to “AvtoKrAZ” and the after-sales service. There are prospects to increase Mr. Yuriy Oblog, and we started working. greatly the quantity of the company’s trucks supplied It was difficult to enter the Iranian market, as for different projects in the world, including Iran. the automobile engineering is very developed Old models of KrAZ vehicles are well-known in Iran. I in Iran. We have a lot of group companies that envisage good prospects for KrAZ vehicles (6x6) pro- specialize in heavy trucks manufacture: Iran motion to the market of Iran. At present, jointly with Khodro, SAIPA, Zamyad Company, Iveco, Renault and HC “AvtoKrAZ” we consider the project of establishing others. There are MAZ vehicles in Iran, although they the KrAZ vehicles assembly plant in Iran. Then we will lost the market because that did not manage to orga- manage to benefit from the customs-tariff, to reduce nize after-sales service and their assembling produces the cost by manufacture localization (to install Iranian currently a small quantity of trucks. tyres, engine, cooler on the truck etc.) Having conducted a serious work in Iran, with the help Today a few construction companies of Iran are inter- of the company General Director Mr. Sergey Sazonov, ested in KrAZ vehicles purchase. as well as of Mr. Igor Fomenko and Mr. Yuriy Oblog In the nearest future we are planning to open a show- we won the contract for 36 trucks with a big interna- room in Iran”. tional construction company of Iran – Keyson. About the partner: KrAZ dump trucks will be used in the construction of The FLN company has been working on the market of road to a reservoir in the GINA project led by this Iran since 1998. The company started its business company in the Equatorial Guinea. with metal-roll sales, then it started to represent Iran This is not a big contract for KrAZ, but on the other Khodro in Belarus. Today FLN is the official represen- hand, we gained it in a very complicated competition. tative of HC “AvtoKrAZ” in Iran. A v t o K r A Z 2007 digest N3 19

Enterprises-members of Holding Company Uzhgorodskiy Turbogas Plant

Michail Kachur with the effort of 1000 tons. General Director Highly accurate equipment fosters a successful quality Uzhgorodskiy Turbogaz, JSC politics and, thus, production of high-quality and com- petitive goods. A wide range of large-sized and metal-intensive equip- ment for gas industry is ensured by metallurgical, The Uzhgorodskiy Turbogaz welding, assembly and auxiliary departments of the Plant, JSC was founded nearly Uzhgorodskiy Turbogaz Plant. 100 years ago and today it is The plant production is used in gas-production, gas- the leading manufacturer of oil transport, oil-production and metallurgical enterprises and gas complex in Ukraine. of Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, The plant specializes in manu- Turkmenistan and other countries. facturing of power equipment Among the principal consumers of the Uzhgorodskiy for electric power stations run- Turbogaz Plant products in Ukraine are subdivisions ning on gas fuel, as well as of the Ukraninan national stock company “Neftegas” produces a wide range of equipment for oil and gas (“Cherkasstransgas”, “Lvivgasvidobuvannya”, “Poltava- extraction, transportation and storage: block turbine gasvidobuvannya”, “Ukrnafta”), in Russia – JSC “Gaz- expander aggregates, reducer pair couples, charger prom”, in Belarus – “Svyazprominvest”, “Rostech- rotors, block transportable power stations, gas-distrib- instrument”. uting stations and centers, subsurface borehole equip- The joint work with HC “AvtoKrAZ” extended export ment, regulated flow nipples, shutdown valves, quick- potential and efficiency of promoting the products detachable construction devices, insulating joints, ball of the Uzhgorodskiy Turbogaz Plant to the market cocks, as well as spare parts for maintenance and segments together with other products of Holding repair of gas transmission complexes equipment. plants. Also the plant has mastered the production of ski-lifts The Uzhgorodskiy Turbogaz Plant invites to coopera- and various goods of national consumption. tion on mutually beneficial terms. The Uzhgorodskiy Turbogaz is the unique enterprise, if one considers its productive capacity and equipment. It is furnished with large-sized cutting equipment which enables to process the parts of 6000 mm in diameter, 4000 mm in height and up to 100 tons in weight. The equipment stock comprises the unique SKD-63A boring-and-turning machine, manufactured in Czecho- slovakia. Only four such machines were produced and two of them are placed at “Turbogaz”. Furthermore, the plant operates more than 100 units of highly accu- rate and highly productive gear production machinery manufactured by the “Liebcher” Company (Germany). The mounting for parts nitriding in glow discharge manufactured by the “KLUNKER” Company enables to perform thermal treatment of the parts weighing up to 9 tons. The plant is equipped with the TSKV-1000 1 complex manufactured by “Skoda” (Czechia) and 1. Reducer- intended for production of forge works weighing up to multiplier 8 tons using the deformation method via water press 2. Chargers reducer pair couples 2

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