TMK Steel Technologies has produced a massive frame for the press shears at the Seversky Pipe Plant for the first time. The base, 6.5 meters long, more than 3 meters wide and weighing 45 tons, is designed for cutting metal billets. The Tube Metallurgical Company’s press service announced the inter-plant cooperation project.
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The frame supports the equipment and absorbs impact loads. Cutting accuracy depends on its rigidity. The Seversky Pipe Plant is a TMK branch.
To manufacture the frame from rolled plate 80 to 120 millimeters thick, TMK Steel Technologies specialists developed their own technology and assembly tooling. Every component underwent machining, and the welds were heat-treated in the plant’s furnaces. The lower part of the frame—the chute—was additionally reinforced.
Design documentation was prepared by the Engineering Center of the Chelyabinsk Pipe-Rolling Plant, which is also part of TMK. TMK Steel Technologies specialists carried out the complete manufacturing cycle.
“Expanding production to include new types of metallurgical equipment enables TMK to make more efficient use of the production capacity and engineering expertise of its plants. Manufacturing a frame for press shears is a unique undertaking for the company. TMK Steel Technologies specialists developed a technology for machining and assembling individual components using the plant’s existing facilities, eliminating the need for conventional machining of the fully assembled frame. Projects like this create additional opportunities to develop the company’s mainline engineering division and strengthen TMK’s competitiveness,” said Evgeny Gubanov, managing director of TMK’s mainline engineering division.