Novocherkassk Electrode Works, a part of EPM, has finished constructing a RiedHammer circular furnace in the pelletizing shop. The construction began last autumn. At present the furnace is being dried. The process will last till early November. Over 150 people were engaged in the construction. 400 trucks with materials (refractory bricks, as well as cement…
EPM-Novocherkassk Electrode Works has started implementing an investment project to construct a Riedhammer primary roasting ring kiln. The kiln will be constructed in the roasting shop to replace the decommissioned machinery. The delivery of the new machinery is scheduled for H1 2019. The commissioning is scheduled for Q4 2019. Investments in the project total 1.5…
Novocherkassk Electrode Works has commissioned a new pitch impregnation line. According to the company managing director Yevgeniy Churikov, this will allow decreasing the capacity of grafitized electrode manufacture 2-fold. The modern autoclaves’ pressure on pitch is 40% higher than in the existing machinery, which makes the structure of the electrodes more solid. The cost of…
Novocherkassk Electrode Works (NEZ) has put into operation a new line of pitch impregnation. The line will increase the output of electrodes with the diameter of 250 mm to 710 mm 2-fold, from 1500 tons to 3 thousand tons. The cost of the project is 172 million rubles. Until 2020 Energoprom will invest 2.6 billion…
Novocherkassk Electrode Works has loaded the first batch of graphitized electrodes into a new roasting furnace. The machine can produce electrodes with the diameter of 610, 650 and 710 mm. The capacity of the furnace is over 1 thousand tons of electrodes per month. The company is carrying out a modernization program, reconstructing all of…
Energoprom and Riedhammer (Germany) have signed an engineering agreement resulting in the start of the construction of a new kiln at the Novocherkassk Electrode Works. The new furnace will improve the quality of premium graphitized electrodes of UHP 610 mm grade, as well as provide for the stability of the manufacturing process. This is a…