October 14, 2008

VTZ starts making pipes with inner smooth wall

It is reported that Volzhsk Pipe Plant started trial operation of novel equipment on application of smooth covering on the inner walls of large size pipes.

The application unit is intended for large-size pipes of the diameter from 530 mm to 1,420 mm and the wall thickness up to 42 mm. The equipment supplied by Bauhuis has the maximum capacity of 600 thousand tons of pipes per annum