Launch of the first stage of the project for organizing the production of steel lining

In February 2023, the first stage of the project for the production of steel linings for a plant in the Chelyabinsk region, specializing in the production of lining castings for mining equipment, was launched.

The planned design capacity of the entire project is 35,000 tons of castings per year, of which the first stage is up to 15,000 tons of castings per year.

The first stage included the launch of a molding section consisting of:

1. Area of a semi-automatic molding line for flask moulds with a maximum mould size of 3,000×5,000 mm, alphaset process.

The area includes:

• a double-arm mixer 60/10 t/h (60 t/h for silica sand, 10 t/h for chromite);
• mould hardening stations;
• a manipulator for stripping and painting of moulds;
• a painting station.

2. Automatic moulding line for flask and flaskless moulds with a maximum mould size of 2,000×3,600 mm, alphaset process.

The line consists of:

• 60/10 t/h double-arm mixer (60 t/h for silica sand, 10 t/h for chromite);
• Fast Loop line;
• rollover;
• gas tunnel for drying half moulds;
• mould painting station;
• core setting line;
• mould closing manipulator;
• mould pouring line.

Until now, the customer has been purchasing these castings from abroad; the launch of its own production allowed the customer to globally reduce operating costs for the maintenance of mining equipment, create jobs, and also take part in the import substitution program.