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Ural Stal Orders Vacuum Degassing Plant from Siemens VAI
Aug. 16, 2010 Siemens VAI Metals Technologies has received an order from the Russian Metalloinvest Holding to supply a new vacuum degassing plant to the JSC Ural Stal Works. The new plant is due to go into operation at the end of 2011.
The vacuum degassing plant for the Ural-Stal Works in Novotroitsk is designed as a twin station with a capacity of 120 tonnes. Siemens VAI is responsible for the configuration and supply of all the main plant components, including a water-cooled, copper-plated ladle inner roof. This enables the distance between the melt and the edge of the vessel to be reduced to about 500 mm.
The order also includes an adaptation of the alloying station and the construction of the steel supporting structures for the degassing plant and vacuum pump. This project is being realized in cooperation with OOO Siemens Russia, which will be in charge of handling all the steelwork and performing installation services for the electrical and automation equipment.
Ural Stal is a niche supplier of special steel products, such as steel strip, tube billets, bridge and engineering steels. The company belongs to the Metalloinvest Group, which is Russia’s leading holding in the fields of mining and steel. It is active along the entire length of the process chain, from ore extraction to the manufacture of a wide range of end products.
The Siemens Industry Sector (Erlangen, Germany) is a leading international supplier of environmentally friendly production, transportation, building and lighting technologies. The Sector comprises six divisions: Building Technologies, Drive Technologies, Industry Automation, Industry Solutions, Mobility und Osram. With around 207,000 employees worldwide (September 30), Siemens Industry achieved in fiscal year 2009 total sales of approximately €35 billion.
The Siemens Industry Solutions Division (Erlangen, Germany) is one of the world's leading solution and service providers for industrial and infrastructure facilities comprising the business activities of Siemens VAI Metals Technologies, Water Technologies and Industrial Technologies. With around 31,000 employees worldwide (September 30), Siemens Industry Solutions posted sales of €6.8 billion in fiscal year 2009.