TMK Steel Technologies, a company within the Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK), has manufactured a new type of equipment for metallurgical production: a non-self-propelled slag pot carrier with a support ring and a ladle-tilting mechanism, designed to transport molten slag using a locomotive.
The product adds to the company’s range of transport equipment, which already includes a steel ladle carrier and a mobile mixer for molten pig iron. The slag pot carrier weighs 52 tonnes, is 8.5 meters long and almost 4 meters high. Its ladle has a capacity of 16 cubic meters. Specialists from TMK Steel Technologies and the Engineering Center of the Chelyabinsk Pipe-Rolling Plant (ChTPZ, a TMK branch) took part in the project.
The slag pot carrier is built around a welded frame mounted on two-axle bogies that move the equipment along the plant’s internal railway tracks. Molten slag is discharged by an electric motor that rotates the support ring, to which the ladle is attached. Special clamps secure the carrier to the rails and prevent it from tipping over as the ladle tilts. The product is also equipped with a hand-operated parking brake, developed at the customer’s specific request.
“Expanding our heavy-engineering product range is one of TMK’s strategic priorities, as the company continues to develop its in-house capabilities. In manufacturing the non-self-propelled slag pot carrier, specialists from our Chelyabinsk facilities developed new technical solutions and adapted existing ones to meet the customer’s specific requirements. The combination of production capacity, equipment capabilities and our employees’ professional expertise enables us to deliver premium-quality products at a high rate of production,” said Evgeny Gubanov, managing director of TMK’s Mainline Engineering Division.
Earlier in 2026, TMK Steel Technologies manufactured a steel ladle carrier, a scrap separator and a drum for crushing slag waste. The company’s portfolio includes dozens of completed engineering projects for various industries. TMK expands its range of transport equipment for metallurgical production