MS-21 and Tu-214 aircraft in Russia will be assembled many times faster - a unique machine has been created

The Rostec State Corporation is in a hurry to share good news for all Russians who are interested in the development of civil aviation. The Stankotech enterprise developed and built the first cold stamping press for fuselage parts.


The giant machine is designed to work with aluminum alloys. Let us remember that they are used to make fuselages for airliners. First of all, a unique press will be needed to speed up the production of MS-21 and Tu-214 passenger aircraft.

In the context of economic sanctions, domestic airlines are experiencing problems with updating their transport fleets. Previously, they purchased foreign-made aircraft, but now they have difficulties with this.


The companies are ready to enter into contracts for the supply of Russian MS-21 and Tu-214 airliners. But they didn’t need them before, so production has to be revived. Companies are unable to cope with the influx of suddenly appearing customers.

The new press is impressive in size. Its height is 4,7 meters and its weight is 650 tons. The equipment is capable of creating a pressure of 40 megapascals, so that all large-sized parts for fuselages can be immediately put into production.

The machine received the index P5220. It was created by order from the United Aircraft Company (UAC). They need to increase production volumes of domestic MS-21 and Tu-214 airliners as quickly as possible.

And now they have this opportunity. The press has already been tested - it is capable of stamping a wide range of long fuselage parts and not only them. If necessary, P5220 can be used for the manufacture, for example, of fuel tanks and various aircraft panels.

The press is a 100% Russian development. This means that it was possible to produce it without the use of foreign components. In the future, this will help organize the production of similar equipment, adapted not only for parts of the MS-21 and Tu-214 fuselages, but also for other models. For example, in the small aviation class.


The main advantage of the P5220 machine is the speed of production of elements. One part takes a maximum of 2 minutes.

The unique Russian press is fully automated. This is a modern machine with software.

The equipment guarantees precision in the manufacture of parts. The engineers, when creating the P5220, were aware that the machine was intended for aviation, and there the slightest miscalculation could lead to disaster.