A Foundry Prepares to Plunge Into the Abyss
10/27/2017 - A Finnish steel foundry has been contracted to help build a submersible that will take Chinese researchers to the deepest point on Earth.
In a statement, Tevo Lokomo Ltd. said castings for the submersible will be made at its foundry in Tampere, Finland.
The foundry is working in conjunction with Rainbowfish Deepsea Equipment & Technology Co. Ltd. to build the manned submersible, which, in 2020, will carry researchers down nearly 7 miles into the Marianas Trench in the Pacific Ocean.
The submersible, which is being made from the foundry's Vaculok maraging steel, will have to withstand pressures a thousand times greater than those at sea level.
