OREANDA-NEWS. December 20, 2011. By the results of the annual contest "100 best goods of Russia" drill pipes with internal anti-corrosive coating used in oil refineries and manufactured by the Bugulma Mechanical Plant of TATNEFT (BMZ) were included in the list of the laureates and diploma holders of the republican and federal contest stages in the nomination "Industrial and Technical Products", reported the press-centre of TATNEFT.

The uniqueness of this product lies in the fact that no internal anti-corrosive coating was applied on drill pipes in Russia earlier and all customers used to purchase the products of this kind from abroad.

All the stages of the manufacturing process from incoming inspection of the pipe received, furnace degreasing, the inner surface shot blasting, primer application, drying, powder application on the heated pipe, coating polymerization to the visual and measuring continuity control have been mastered to a definite automatic performance.

The mentioned drill pipes are capable of withstanding severe hydraulic loads, high downhole temperature impact and intensive wear.

As of today, the production line in pipes anti-corrosive protection application shop No. 2 provides coating application not only on the drill pipes, but on the other types of pipes as well.