August 30, 2008

Tenova to revamp melt shop at Mechel Izhstal plant

It is reported that Tenova has been awarded an order relevant to the revamping of the existing melt shop no 23 of Mechel’s Izhstal OAO plant located at Ishvesk in Russia. The new line will be able to achieve a production of 400.000 tonnes per year of low alloy carbon steel grades and alloyed steel grades and stainless steel.

The project consists in the supply of a new complete line of equipment including electric arc furnace, ladle furnace, vacuum degassing station, fume dedusting plant, water treatment plant and material handling plant.

The new EAF will combine high efficiency with low consumption and will be equipped with the last generation of Tenova technologies such us electrodes digital regulation system and KT injection system. The nominal EAF capacity will be 40 tonnes with an hourly production rate of 56 tonnes per hour.

Tenova, former Techint Technologies, designs and supplies advanced technologies, products and services for the metal and mining industries. It operates close to its customers through a network of 20 companies based in 14 different countries.