One of the largest Russian pipe producers, Chelyabinsk Tube Rolling Plant (ChTPZ), a part of ChTPZ group, is continuing the construction of its new pipe electric-welding workshop for the production of large diameter single-weld pipes.
On September 10, ChTPZ received the first bulk-size item of equipment, totaling 190 mt in weight, for its new 18-meter press line. The delivery of all the equipment for the line is to be completed by the end of September. ChTPZ has already received more than 90 percent of the workshop's equipment, manufactured by the German plantmaker SMS Meer.
As SteelOrbis previously reported, the new pipe electric-welding workshop, with an annual capacity of 600,000 mt, will produce large diameter longitudinal single-weld pipes of 508 to 1,420 mm in diameter with multi-layer double-side polymer coating, with wall thicknesses of up to 48 mm, and of 18 m in length, for trunk oil and gas pipelines. The total investments in the workshop construction project amount to €500 million.
The commissioning of ChTPZ's new pipe electric-welding workshop is scheduled for 2010.