Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works has finished modernization of its turbo generator No. 5. The cost of investment project exceeded 1 billion rubles. The goal was to increase the share of the own electricity generation. The capacity of the generator has been increased by 20 MW, to 75 MW. This is the first of the…
Severstal has completed the large-scale modernization of the rotary kiln No. 2 in the metal treatment shop No. 1 of Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works. The total cost of the project amounted to 230 million rubles. The kiln modernization will considerably improve the heating quality of the high-strength grade steel after it is rolled at…
Trest Koksokhimmontazh has started laying the foundation for the second block of the coke-oven battery No. 11 at the Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works. The laying of the lower foundation plate has been carried out in 30 hours and used 3 thousand cubic meters of concrete. The coke-oven battery No. 11 will have two blocks…
Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works has completed a number of capital repairs of its blast furnaces Nos. 4 and 5. As the result of the repair, the operation life of the BF5, which produces 50% of the CherMK pig iron, will be extended till 2022. BF4 accounts for the second largest pig iron output at…
Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works is carrying out a program to replace cranes. Thus, a new Baltkran electric bridge crane No. 26 with the lifting capacity of 40 tons has been assembled in the metal treatment shop No. 2. Another 20-ton crane has been commissioned in the metal treatment shop No. 1. CherMK has also…
Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works has completed capital repairs of converter No. 3 in the converter steel shop. In 2018 the converter became the first at the works to be switched to the combined steel blowing. The converter was able to carry out 3200 steel blowings with the warranty index of 3000. The analysis of…
Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works has assembled and put into operation an APR-650 coil-rewinding machine with the capacity of 650 thousand tons per year. The machine is scheduled to reach its design capacity in Q3. Over 30 jobs have been created. In May employees were trained by LDM (Italy) specialists. (Ukrainian metal)
Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works has completed a number of capital repairs of machinery in the electric steel shops. In particular, a slab unit of the continuous casting machine No. 1 was repaired, ladle furnace No. 2 and steel degassing units. One of the most important repairs was carried out at the shaft furnace No.…