Ukraine's largest vertically-integrated steelmaking company Metinvest has announced that its subsidiary Ilyich Iron & Steel Works of Mariupol is launching the production of boron-added 30MnB5 steel plates for quenching and tempering, which increases the service life of components in agricultural machinery. This is the first time this kind of plate will be manufactured in Ukraine. Domestic machine-building companies previously imported this type of product from Turkey and Europe.
30MnB5 hot rolled plate according to EN 10083-3 is widely used in the agriculture machinery sector to manufacture wear-resistant pads, caterpillar tracks, lining and screen plates, grinding equipment, blades, hand-held tools, ploughs, disc harrows, sowing machines, and more.
A trial lot of 6 mm 30MnB5 steel plate will be used to make agricultural machinery components (disc harrows). In addition to domestic sales, these plates will be shipped to customers in eastern and western Europe.