OREANDA-NEWS. New vertical machining center VPTM280/320C-RT produced by SIRMU has been put into operation at IZ-KARTEX named after P.G. Korobkov, part of OMZ Group.

New machining center was commissioned in line with the project "Compact production". It is equipped with a double column, moving crosspiece and rotary table of 3,200 mm diameter, movable along the Y-axis in the range of ± 2,000 mm. In addition to the complex turning, machine is able to perform milling, drilling, tapping, boring holes in parts of diameter of 3,500 mm and height of 2,800 mm, with maximum weight of 40 tons.

The machine is equipped with a modern bar with CNC Siemens 840D Sl, shop with automatic tool changing device for tool monitoring and control device for harvesting by omnidirectional probe "Renishaw".

High precision machine would eliminate the process of assembly operations and the subsequent joint processing of multiple parts, which requires alignment of precision holes. Introduction of new equipment allows to improve the quality of the IZ-KARTEX products, reduce the processing time of a large number of parts and execute multiple operations on the same machine.

Technical re-equipment of production at IZ-KARTEX is conducted under the modernization program of production facilities carried out with the financial support of the major shareholder - Gazprombank.

Open Joint-Stock Company United Heavy Machinery Plants (Uralmash-Izhora Group) is one of the top companies in the heavy machine-building industry specializing in engineering, manufacturing, sales and servicing of equipment for nuclear energy sector, petrochemical and oil & gas industries, mining and in special steel making and the provision of industrial services. OMZ manufacturing facilities are located in Russia and the Czech Republic. The group is controlled by Gasprombank (Open Jont-Stock Company).