Uzmetkombinat modernizes its capacities
18/12/2013 14:54
Uzmetkombinat modernizes its capacities
18/12/2013 14:54
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Uzbek Metallurgy Combine (Uzmetkombinat) open joint stock company pays great attention to technical re-equipping its production capacities and introducing new technologies to increase the volume of production at decreasing prime cost and improve quality of the products.
In particular, Uzmetkombinat implements the project “Reconstruction of continuous casting machine with the transition casting section 200x200 mm with the introduction of energy saving technologies”.
The project will improve quality of steel due to introductionof modern system of automated management of technological process. The energy saving technologies will be installed at all wires of radial parts of the machine.
The project cost is US$9.48 million. Local and foreign equipment, delivered from Agbor Engineering LTD (Great Britain), are used at project implementation, Pravda Vostoka newspaper reported.
After completion of the project, the casting machine will increase its production capacity from 370,000 to 850,000 tonnes of steel. At the same time, the consumption of natural gas will decrease by 5 million cubic meters and the enterprise will save US$210,000.
The plant will also decrease electricity consumption by 10.5 million KWH a year or save US$460,000. Introduction of modern systems on modernization of technological process, the quality of the products will increase.
Replacement of the old equipment will increase production capacities at rolling plant by 60,000 tonnes of ready goods a year. The project will repay itself within 3-4 years.
The combine removed old equipment and received new equipment, which are assembled now. The company will launch equipment soon. The project will help to decrease expenses of the combine and launch production of new types of goods.
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