The Kametstal plant of the Metinvest mining and metallurgical group, created at the facilities of the Dneprovsky Iron and Steel Works (Kamenskoye, Dnepropetrovsk region), carried out a major overhaul of the ladle furnace installation (UPK) No. 1 in the converter shop. and temperature before casting on a continuous casting machine (MBLZ). The central task of the repair was the replacement of the water-cooled roof of the installation - a critical component that protects the metal from secondary oxidation during heating and purging with inert gas. The reliability of this element has a direct impact on the quality indicators of steel. In addition, the roof performs a protective function, preventing emissions of slag and melt from the ladle during processing.
TsRMU specialists also replaced 960 filter elements of the gas cleaning tract and carried out partial repairs of metal structures. The overhaul program also covered those critical components, the maintenance of which is possible only under the condition of a complete shutdown of the UPC-1. created on the basis of PJSC "Dneprovsky Coke and Chemical Plant" (GKKhZ) and PJSC "Dneprovsky Metallurgical Plant" (GTK). The plant is part of the &qu groupot;Metinvest."
"Metinvest" is a vertically integrated group of mining and metallurgical enterprises. Its enterprises are located in Ukraine - in the Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporozhye and Dnepropetrovsk regions, as well as in European countries. The main shareholders of the holding are the SCM group (71.24%) and Smart Holding (23.76%). Metinvest Holding LLC - management company of the Metinvest group.
