OREANDA-NEWS. March 22, 2012. OMZ-Special Steels, part of OMZ Group, launcjed modernization of its ladle metallurgy and liwuid steel degassing facility UVRV-1, produced by swedish ASEA-SKF. The upgrade costs 314 million roubles.

The equipment, necessary for modernization, is delivered by STG Group Spa (Italy). The equipment, which weighs 100 tons, costs 4 million euros.

The UVRV-1 is designed for secondary refinery of liquid steel, which is made for decreasing contaminants and final alloyage.

Modernization will allow receiving higher quality steel (with a lower content of hydrogen and nitrogen), and significantly reduce time of steel processing, which will lead to increased productivity and reduced unit energy consumption.

The works on UVRV-1 modernization will be completed in March 2013.

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.