OREANDA-NEWS. January 25, 2012. OMZ-Spesial Steels, part of OMZ Group, has completed construction of the new heat-treatment furnace.

The new shaft electric furnace of the vertical type is used for heating by normalizing, hardening and drawing of workpieces of turbo-generator rotors of steam turbines, propeller shafts and high-chromium long-grade workpieces. Volume of investment in the project constitutes 106 million roubles.

The furnace will produce heat-treated products with a diameter of up to 3.5 meters and a length of 12 meters. It meets all modern standards and requirements relating to new generation vertical thermal furnaces. The accuracy of temperature control is ± 5°C, heating rate is up to 80°C/hour. Cooling rate is up to 80°C/hour. The new furnace will perform thermal treatment of blanks from now cultivated and promising new high-chromium steels. Quenching temperature can reach 1150?C. Currently, none of the existing manufacturing facilities at Izhorskiy Industrial Complex  have a vertical furnace, which produces thermal operations at this temperature. In addition, the launch of the new vertical furnace will provide a 10% reduction in power consumption for conducting heat treatment.

The company started commissioning works that being carried out by specialists of the company - original equipment manufacturer, Bosio (Slovenia). The furnace is planned to be put in operation in the first quarter of this year.

OMZ Group is one of the leading heavy industry companies specializing in engineering, production, sales and service support of equipment for nuclear, oil and gas, mining industries, as well as special steel production and industrial services. OMZ Group’s facilities are located in Russia and Czech Republic. The Group is controlled by Gazprombank.