- Since the middle of 1960s – institute has been involved in studying the problems of explosion utilization for welding and related technologies.
- 1963 – institute carried out investigations on welding in space
- 1965 – processes of alternating current plasma arc welding and pulsed microplasma welding were developed. These processes were used for welding of aluminum cases.
- 1966 – in-tube machine for automatic resistance butt welding of big-diameter pipes was developed.
- 1967 – alternating current plasma-arc welding was used for welding of external aluminum tanks of the space rockets.
- 1969 – developed method of “wet” mechanized underwater welding was applied in welding of a high-pressure pipeline at a depth of 10 m (bottom of the Dnieper river, Dnipropetrovsk city)
- In 1970- 1990 – this technology was developed and used for a repair of hulls of the ships afloat, construction of the sea piers, port buildings and offshore drilling platforms. Welding of stainless steel and titanium alloys using “VULKAN” device, assembled on board of the “Souz-6” spaceship, was carried out under the conditions of space vacuum and zero gravity.
- 1979 – special device “ISPARITEL” was tested on board of the “Salut-6” orbital station for the purpose of investigation of thermal evaporation and condensation of materials in space. The concept of depositing of thin-film coatings under the conditions of orbital flight was verified.
- 1984 – welding, cutting and depositing in the open space with the help of versatile electron-beam tool.
- In 1980-1990 – welded transformable structures, deployable in the open space was developed.
1960-1990
