Posted on 29 Jan 2013
OMZ-Spesial Steels, part of OMZ Group, has completed construction of the new heat-treatment furnace.
The new shaft electric furnace of the vertical type is used for heating
by normalizing, hardening and drawing of workpieces of turbo-generator
rotors of steam turbines, propeller shafts and high-chromium long-grade
workpieces. Volume of investment in the project constitutes 106 million
roubles.
The furnace will produce heat-treated products with a
diameter of up to 3.5 meters and a length of 12 meters. It meets all
modern standards and requirements relating to new generation vertical
thermal furnaces. The accuracy of temperature control is ± 5°C, heating
rate is up to 80°C/hour. Cooling rate is up to 80°C/hour. The new
furnace will perform thermal treatment of blanks from now cultivated and
promising new high-chromium steels. Quenching temperature can reach
1150?C. Currently, none of the existing manufacturing facilities at
Izhorskiy Industrial Complex have a vertical furnace, which produces
thermal operations at this temperature. In addition, the launch of the
new vertical furnace will provide a 10% reduction in power consumption
for conducting heat treatment.
The company started
commissioning works that being carried out by specialists of the company
- original equipment manufacturer, Bosio (Slovenia). The furnace is
planned to be put in operation in the first quarter of this year.
OMZ Group is one of the leading heavy industry companies specializing
in engineering, production, sales and service support of equipment for
nuclear, oil and gas, mining industries, as well as special steel
production and industrial services. OMZ Group’s facilities are located
in Russia and Czech Republic. The Group is controlled by Gazprombank.
