OREANDA-NEWS. Two new up-to-date units were put into operation at IZ-KARTEX n.a. P.G. Korobkov Ltd. Company, part of OMZ Group: ZP30 profile grinder produced by Niles (Germany) and AC28 turning-and-boring lathe produced by Pietro Carnaghi (Italy).

ZP30 profile grinder by Niles is designed for filing gear wheels with up to 3 m in diameter and with module up to 30. AC23 lathe by Pietro Carnaghi will machine parts with up to 2.5 m in diameter. The unit has additional drilling, milling and threading functions.

The equipment was purchased and installed within the framework of the revamping program for IZ-KARTEX n.a. P.G. Korobkov Ltd. Company, implemented with the support of the main shareholder - Gazprombank.

In the last few years a number of up-to-date machining centers have been put into operation by IZ-KARTEX n.a. P.G. Korobkov Ltd. Company within the framework of this program, produced by leading world manufacturers: Mori Seiki, HYUNDAI, Liebherr and others. In the near future several more units will be launched, including LC2000 vertical gear-milling machine (module 30) by Liebherr for toothing parts up to 2 m and up to 5 m long; and 2400/2800 vertical gear-milling machine by Gleason-Pfauter for toothing wheel type parts up to 2.5 m in diameter and module 20.

IZ-KARTEX named after P.G. Korobkov was established on the basis of Izhorskiye Zavody draglines production in 2004. At present the enterprise is the largest manufacturer and supplier of the mining electric excavators.

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).