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Economy and Production TECHNICAL UPGRADES 20 Overhead Travelling Crane Commissioned at VIZ-Stal A new overhead travelling crane has been commissioned at the Cold Rolling Shop at VIZ-Stal. It has a lifting capacity of 22 tonnes, two tonnes greater than its predecessor. The new crane replaced the shop’s most often used lifting and transportation vehicle, which has run out its useful life. According to maintenance engineer Mr. Roman Moskvitin, who provided training for the crane operators, the new crane relies on several technical innovations not present in similar lifting equipment used in the Cold Rolling Shop. Among other things, the design of the crane incorporates state-of-the-art frequency converters manufactured by Siemens, which will allow for further upgrading of the crane without installing additional equipment. The crane was designed in compliance with industrial safety requirements, and has joysticks, instead of controllers used in the older cranes. The business spent more than RUR23 million (~USD0.8 million; ~EUR0.6 million) to replace the crane. NLMK Launches NEW BOF NLMK’s new 300 tonne BOF was put into operation at the Company’s main production site in Lipetsk. The new facility is equipped with an efficient secondary emissions collection and cleaning system. Investments into the project have totaled about RUR14.8 billion (~USD510 million; ~EUR362 million). Alongside other Technical Upgrade activities, the launch of the new BOF will allow for a 36% increase in steelmaking capacity at the Lipetsk site, up to 12.4 mtpy. Looking for Quality The High-Voltage Testing Group of the Electrical Networks, Substations and Automation Operations Shop’s Central Laboratory at Stoilensky introduced instrumentation for determining the quality of transformer oil and other liquid insulators. “The new device relies on modern methods, which allow for more informative representation of the testing process for liquid insulators,” explains Mr. Ruslan Dyatlov, Head of the High-Voltage Testing Group. Pre-commissioning work and proof running for the new device was completed with success.
21 Economy and Production TECHNICAL UPGRADES Currently the shop is upgrading continuous slab casting machine No. 3. Once modernized it will have the capacity to produce up to 1 million tonnes of slabs per year. It is expected that part of the slabs produced by CSCM-3 will be shipped to Clabecq and DanSteel. capable of producing thickness of up to 355 millimeters. This allows for the production of thick plate, which is used in machine-building and power engineering. The modernization, which relied on innovative technology, was worth RUR4.7 billion (~USD161 million; ~EUR115 million). Novolipetsk Completes Upgrade Continuous Slab Casting Machine The modernization of the unique continuous slab casting machine (CSCM-8) targeted improvements in productivity. Now the machine is capable of producing up to 2.5 million tonnes of slabs per year. In addition, its product mix capabilities were also enhanced, as well as the quality of slabs that it produces for further rerolling into sheet. Control and monitoring systems are now fully automated, which significantly simplifies the job of casting personnel. Today Russia produces slabs with a maximum thickness of 300 millimeters. The upgraded CSCM-8 is 23 instead of 30 NLMK signed a contract with the German LOI Thermopress GmbH to supply 23 bell furnaces worth EUR10.4 million. The new bell furnaces will have the capacity to provide annealing for up to 480,000 tonnes of coiled low-carbon steel per annum. They will replace thirty outdated and low productivity legacy bell furnaces. With increased rates of heating and hydrogen cooling both the quality of annealing operations and productivity will also increase. The equipment is due for delivery in 2012. Shop Equipment Upgraded Modern equipment has been procured for the Mining Equipment Repair Shop (MERS) at Stoilensky, including a NB-450 bandsaw machine, a MG-2000 magnetic claw, and a hydraulic extractor. According to MERS Operations Preparation Section Supervisor Mr. Boris Ryzhenkov, the new devices will improve production practices, the quality of components produced, and industrial safety.
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