Ore bucket unloader (OBU) made by NKMZ for Zaporizhstal

A new ore bucket unloader (OBU) manufactured by Novokramatorsky Mashinostroitelny Zavod PJSC, as part of the modernization program for production facilities, was commissioned at Zaporizhstal PJSC.

According to the press service of Zaporizhstal PJSC: “The new crane equipment has replaced the outdated analogue at the site of the ore storage yard of the blast furnace workshop, where the machine is involved in blending stack for agglomeration and blast-furnace process. The capacity of the unloader is 700 tons per hour at a lifting speed of more than 90 meters per minute. The average daily capacity of the crane is 8800 tons”