Production facilities

Pipe Mill located in Slatina

1. HOT - ROLLING WORKSHOP No. 1 (ASSEL)

Contains the following main facilities:

  • Piercing mill– Stieffel type, made in Russia, with a capacity of 200.000 t/year.
  • Elongating rolling mills
    • TPA 200 ASSEL stand made in Russia, with a capacity of 120.000 t/year, is used for mechanical tubes and mother tubes for further cold-rolling.
    • Mannesmann AWW 550 ASSEL stand made in Germany, with a capacity of 80.000 t/year, is used for line pipes and tubes for boiler.
  • Straightening machines.
  • Cutting-off machines.
  • Beveling machine.
  • PM inspection.
  • Ultrasonic inspection equipment.
  • Pressure test machine.
  • Varnishing equipment.

2. HOT - ROLLING WORKSHOP No. 2 (CPE)

Contains the following main facilities:

  • Piercing mill – Diescher type SWW 780, made by Mannesmann, Germany, with a capacity of 200.000 t/year.
  • Elongating Bench roller – Made by Mannesmann, Germany, with a capacity of 150.000 t/year.
  • Hot reduction line No.1 – Contains a walking beams furnace for reheating and normalizing and a stretching-reducer with 28 rolling-mill stands, made by Kocks, with a capacity of 65.000 t/year.
  • Hot reduction line No.2 – Contains a walking beams furnace for reheating and normalizing and a stretching-reducer with 20 rolling-mill stands, made by Kocks, with a capacity of 85.000 t/year.
  • Reheating and normalizing furnace (CVP) – maximum furnace temperature 10000
  • Battery for finishing No. 1
  • Battery for finishing No. 2
  • Ultrasonic inspection equipment.
  • Eddy current inspection equipment.
  • Pressure test machine.
  • Varnishing equipment.

3. COLD - ROLLING & DRAWING WORKSHOP No. 3 (COLD)

Contains the following main facilities:

  • Cold rolling pilger mill HPT 250 – 10000 t/year capacity, is used for precision tubes with outer diameter between 90÷210 mm.
  • Cold rolling pilger mill LAPIR 50 – 5000 t/year capacity, is used for precision tubes with outer diameter between 20÷38 mm.
  • Cold rolling pilger mill LAPIR 75 – 6000 t/year capacity, is used for precision tubes with outer diameter between 20÷60 mm.
  • Cold rolling pilger mill SKW 75 – 7000 t/year capacity, is used for precision tubes with outer diameter between 20÷60 mm.
  • Cold drawing – bench – 15 t force.
  • Cold drawing – bench – 30 t force.
  • Cold drawing – bench – 45 t force.
  • Cold drawing – bench – 60 t force.
  • Cold drawing – bench – 150 t force.
  • Continuous furnace.
  • Straightening machines.
  • Cutting-off machines.
  • Ultrasonic inspection installation.
  • Beveling machine.
  • Oiling by soaking equipment.
  • External oiling machine.

4. AUTOMOTIVE & HYDRAULIC CYLINDERS WORKSHOP No. 5 (ACH)

Contains the following main facilities:

  • Skiving and Roller Burnishing machines – 25000 t/year capacity, is used for inside skiving and roller burnishing of precision tubes with outer diameter up to 420 mm, lengths up to 12 m.
  • Centerless OD grinding machine – 5800 t/year capacity, is used for OD grinding of tubes with outer diameter between 25÷160 mm.
  • Precision fix length cutting machine – 1500 t/year capacity, is used for precision fix length cutting of tubular products with outer diameter between 15÷76 mm.
  • Mechanical machining center.

5. HEAT TREATMENT PLANT WORKSHOP No. 6 (HTP)

  • Annual capacity: about 165.000 tons from which 90.000 tons of Premium Heat Treatments.
  • Austenitizing hardening furnace (HT) – maximum furnace temperature 10000
  • Tempering and normalizing furnace (LT) – maximum furnace temperature 10000
  • Quenching sprayer – for pipes with WT up to 20 mm.
  • Quenching tank – immersion type – for pipes with WT up to 60 mm.
  • Hot straightening machine – maximum linear straightening less than 0.8 mm/1 m and 1 mm/1 m (applies to 1.5 mm from both ends of pipe). Maximum linear straightening not more than 5 mm.
  • Water treatment plant
  • Cooling beds
  • Normalizing furnace with protective atmosphere (Nassheuer) – maximum furnace temperature 10000
  • Stress releving furnace (CTTI) – maximum furnace temperature 7000
  • Normalizing and anneling furnace (CTTF) – maximum furnace temperature 10000C

Steel Mill located in Resita

The main technical features:

  • Number of strands = 3
  • Yearly capacity = 450,000 t/year
  • Designation = steel for pipes and sections
  • Type of Construction = Molds and curved strands
  • Machine radius = 13 m – Ladle Capacity = 100 t
  • Dummy bar = chain type