The Korea General Machinery Trading Corporation () is a
North Korean machine company. It is headquartered in the
Tongdaewon District near the capital,
Pyongyang
Pyongyang (, , ) is the capital and largest city of North Korea, where it is known as the "Capital of the Revolution". Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River about upstream from its mouth on the Yellow Sea. According to the 2008 populat ...
.
The company imports
steel,
chemical raw stock, and
machine tools. It produces machine tools, metal parts,
gears
A gear is a rotating circular machine part having cut teeth or, in the case of a cogwheel or gearwheel, inserted teeth (called ''cogs''), which mesh with another (compatible) toothed part to transmit (convert) torque and speed. The basic p ...
,
electric motors
An electric motor is an electrical machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy. Most electric motors operate through the interaction between the motor's magnetic field and electric current in a wire winding to generate forc ...
,
generators,
hydroelectric generators,
pumps
A pump is a device that moves fluids (liquids or gases), or sometimes slurries, by mechanical action, typically converted from electrical energy into hydraulic energy. Pumps can be classified into three major groups according to the method they ...
,
valves
A valve is a device or natural object that regulates, directs or controls the flow of a fluid (gases, liquids, fluidized solids, or slurries) by opening, closing, or partially obstructing various passageways. Valves are technically fitting ...
,
mining equipment
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,
rolling stock
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and other machinery.
Taean Heavy Machine Complex
The
Taean Heavy Machine Complex in Tongdaewon produces hydroelectric generators and other thermal power generating equipment, including
turbines
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, motors,
transformer
A transformer is a passive component that transfers electrical energy from one electrical circuit to another circuit, or multiple circuits. A varying current in any coil of the transformer produces a varying magnetic flux in the transformer' ...
s, etc. Taean manufactures different sizes classes of hydroelectric equipment in its Tongsuse Class, including a 50,000 kVA generator.
Huichon Machine Tool Factory
Huichon Machine Tool Factory in
Huichon is North Korea's leading manufacturer of heavy-duty machine tools for domestic use and for export. The 50-year-old factory group is involved in machine tool production processes including steel-making,
casting
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,
processing
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,
assembly
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Organisations and meetings
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, painting and packing. Product is produced on
serial basis and
small lot basis.
Its output of precision machine tools includes an assortment of
spline-grinding machines and industrial
lathes
A lathe () is a machine tool that rotates a workpiece about an axis of rotation to perform various operations such as cutting, sanding, knurling, drilling, deformation, facing, and turning, with tools that are applied to the workpiece to cr ...
.
See also
*
Economy of North Korea
The economy of North Korea is a centrally planned economy, following '' Juche'', where the role of market allocation schemes is limited, although increasing. , North Korea continues its basic adherence to a centralized command economy. With a ...
* {{portal-inline, North Korea
References
External links
Naenara, North Korea's Web Portal
Engineering companies of North Korea