TPT November 2009

T ube M ills and R oll F orming L ines

Vladimir Putin visits Russian iron and steel works after €400m steel mill is commissioned

IN THE presence of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin a heavyplate mill made by SMS Siemag was recently put into operation at the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) in Russia at a cost of €400m. Within 32 months of the contract being signed, more than 100 SMS Siemag staff,

headed by Wolfram Schael, helped set up the most advanced mill of this type in the Urals. The core elements are the mill housings, which weigh more than 500 tons and make the roll stand with a rolling force of 120MN one of the world’s most powerful heavy- plate mills. Heinrich Weiss, chair-

Designed for an annual capacity of some 1.5 million tons, the new heavyplate mill will produce plates up to 4,800mm wide. Production will focus on pipe grades (up to X120) as starting material for large diameter pipes for use in the gas and oil sector. Other areas of application are, for example, bridge construction and ship- building as well as heavy mechanical engineering. The order covered the complete process line for plate production with two walking beam furnaces, the mill stand, plate cooling system, hot leveller, cooling and inspection bed, shear line, finishing area with cold leveller and heat treatment facilities. The package also included the complete electrical equipment, drive systems and all automation systems. SMS Siemag – Germany Fax: +49 211 8817 74127 Email: thomas.isajiw@sms-group.com Website: www.sms-siemag.com

man and CEO of SMS group, who is also the chairman of the board of the Russian-German chamber of commerce, said he was pleased that the project, one of the largest of recent years, could be successfully completed in such a short amount of time, especially as, when Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works was founded in 1932, Siemag already supplied several rolling mills.

 Vladmir Putin (second from left) visits the factory

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