Evraz launched an investment project aimed at increasing the production capacity by 78 thousand of railway wheels per year at its wheel shop at the Nizhniy Tagil Steel Plant. The project implies the optimization of the forging, the inspection and the machining lines. Evraz has invested USD 60 million for this project, with a ramp-up scheduled for 2021.
“In recent years, we have seen a steady growth of the demand for railway wheels in Russia. Our focal point is to increase the company’s share in this segment and meet the growing needs of customers, so we decided to increase the production. On top of the current project, we are also considering the construction of a second wheel shop with a capacity of 200 thousand of wheels per year,” Ilya Shirokobrod, EVRAZ Vice-President, Sales and Logistics said.
Under the project, Evraz launched two automatic full section wheel machining lines and the construction of the third inspection line which is to include a wheel geometry laser measurement plant, nondestructive testing stations for surface and internal defects, a shot peening plant, a cold marking (embossing) station.
The area will be also equipped with a wheel painting equipment which can make solvent-based, two-pack and other sophisticated varnish and paint coatings.
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