Chelyabinsk Electrometallurgical Combine will modernize 4 melting furnaces by the end of 2025
We are talking about the furnaces of the ferroalloy smelting and processing site of shop No. 7.
Illustrative photo: newspaper "CHEMK" "Electrosplav".
The work started in July 2025. Furnaces No. 24 and No. 23 were the first to be upgraded. Since September 1, furnace No. 21 has been stopped for repairs, and in October it is planned to upgrade the last one, No. 22.
A key improvement is the installation of special "umbrellas" above the working openings of the furnaces, which completely trap gases and dust, directing them into the gas purification system. This technology has already been successfully applied at other sites of the plant.
The ongoing repairs make it possible not only to increase the reliability of the equipment, but also to make the working conditions of the smelters more comfortable and safer, said Anatoly Brovko, CEO of CHEMK.
"It becomes easier to breathe in the workshop, dustiness decreases. All this directly affects people's well-being and the quality of their work."All work is carried out by CHEMK's own specialists without the involvement of contractors. At the same time, work is underway to modernize equipment in other departments: furnace No. 44 is currently being repaired in Workshop No. 7, and furnace No. 51 is being repaired in workshop No. 8.
Chelyabinsk Electrometallurgical Combine announces itself as Russia's largest producer and supplier of ferroalloys. Over its 95-year history, the plant has mastered more than 200 brands of ferroalloys, modifiers and ligatures. Today, CHEMK supplies ferrosilicon manganese to domestic enterprises in the metallurgical and machine-building industries, and the products of workshops and waste processing sites of the main production are widely used in the paint and rubber industry, in road, industrial and housing construction, and in agriculture.