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NKMZ specialists from metallurgical and sinking-tunneling equipment production division continue cooperation with Ukrainian manufacturers.

Thus, in December 2021, contracts were signed with PrJSC Ukrgrafit (Zaporozhye) for the supply of the main technological equipment for the newly built graphitization shop No. 4. Such equipment includes carbon blank column compression equipment and pneumatic installation equipment.

And if the designing and manufacturing of compression columns equipment for NKMZ is not the first experience – earlier, in 2017, NKMZ manufactured and put into operation a similar complex, which is now successfully operating and received favorable reviews, the pneumatic installation equipment is a new product item for the company.

The equipment of the pneumatic installation is included in the complex of the main technological equipment and is designed to service the graphitization furnaces of electrode blanks, allowing this process to be carried out efficiently and maximally quickly.

The total weight of the supplied equipment is about 600 tons.

Dear Sirs,

2021 was a very difficult year for us, as well as for all Ukrainian product manufacturers.

The rise in prices for metals, scrap metal, purchased components, and especially for energy resources, in particular, for gas, the price of which for industrial enterprises increased 6 (six) times over the four months of last year, made its own adjustments.

And, nevertheless, despite the challenges of the real life, we are honest and responsible to our partners; we have always fulfilled and keep fulfilling obligations assumed by us!

Let me assure you that at present the company is operating as usual, continuing to manufacture and to supply products, performing works in a timely manner within the framework of concluded contracts and faces the future with confidence!

Kind regards,
Igor PROTYNYAK
General Director NKMZ PJSC

You can find more online about our production processes in the workshops of the company at the following link: http://nkmz.com/en/nkmz-online-en/

At the end of 2021, a new tract of the in-pit crushing and conveying technology complex (CPT) was put into operation in the open pit of the Ingulets Iron Ore dressing Works (Metinvest). The complex is designed for coarse crushing and transportation of ore from a depth of minus 300 m to the ore processing plants of the enterprise. As part of this complex, “NKMZ” PJSC has designed, manufactured and delivered the ККД -1500/180 crusher and other equipment.

To improve the safety of work on crushing oversized pieces of rock and increase the productivity of the entire technological chain, the customer decided to equip the new in-pit crushing and conveying complex with a stationary rock breaker.

The rock breaker is executed as manipulator rotating on a turntable, at the free end of which a hydraulic hammer is fixed. Due to a sufficient number of degrees of freedom of the manipulator, the hydraulic hammer splits the oversized rock mass to acceptable dimensions directly in the crusher’s receiving hopper.

In order to reduce the time of commissioning works, the equipment was delivered in a state of increased assembly readiness.

Acceptance tests of the modernized modern mine winder ShPM 2Ts-6×2.4 TD, designed and manufactured by “NKMZ” specialists for JSC TNC “Kazchrome” (Republic of Kazakhstan), took place at the “Novokramatorsky Mashinostroitelny Zavod”. Together with “NKMZ” specialists, representatives of the customer took part in them – the Chief Mechanic of JSC TNC “Kazchrome”, Mr. B.T. Jamanov and Power Engineering Manager, Mr. K.S. Shudabaev.

They highly appreciated the results of the controlled assembly of this machine, its operation at idle, as well as the operation of the release device, and concluded that the product complies with the technical documentation and is allowed for shipment to the customer.

The main design feature of ShPM 2Ts-6×2.4 TD is a disc brake system based on modern electromagnetic sensors. This machine will be installed instead of the outdated mine winder MPB 6.3×2.8×2.8 currently operated at JSC TNC “Kazchrome” with internal shoe brakes.

The use of the upgraded ShPM 2Ts-6×2.4 TD will allow further operation of the mine winding system and ore mining 365 days a year around-the-clock, without reducing productivity, while increasing the accuracy of positioning vessels in the shaft and operational characteristics due to greater visualization and control over the operating parameters of the mine winder.

In the near future, “NKMZ” specialists will start manufacturing another ShPM 2Ts-5×2.4 winding machine with a gearbox and hoisting pulleys for Vostoktsvetmet LLP (Republic of Kazakhstan).

Press-relations service of “NKMZ”

Novokramatorsky Mashinostroitelny Zavod continues to get into the coke equipment market as a machine manufacturer. At the end of November, at the Avdiivka Coke Plant, a modern door-extracting machine designed and manufactured by NKMZ was put into operation. The customer is completely pleased with its work. This is the second door-extracting machine produced by NKMZ for Ukrainian metallurgists. The first one has been successfully operated at Yuzhkoks PJSC (Kamenskoye) for almost a year now.

Among the advantages of the new machine, operating personnel noted software control with application of frequency regulation, availability of four surveillance cameras that provide visualization of the operation of its mechanisms. The machine operators paid attention to the comfort of the operator’s compartment: a smoke from the coke oven battery does not come into it, it has excellent sound insulation, air conditioning and a very comfortable ergonomic operator’s seat. The operator’s compartment is equipped with three-layer heat-resistant protective glass that can withstand temperatures of about 280 ° C. Thanks to the joysticks, the machine is simple and easy to operate. The machine is also equipped with a door man platform to control its movement along the battery.

This is the first door-extracting machine supplied by NKMZ to the customer on a turnkey basis. Installation and commissioning works were carried out under the supervision of NKMZ supervising engineers.

Mr. Andrey Tsarev, chief design engineer of metallurgical and sinking-and-tunneling equipment production division at NKMZ, said that the successful installation and commissioning of a new door-extracting machine once again confirmed that our company can design and manufacture equipment of any complexity and for any tasks, fulfilling all the wishes of the customer. For the first time, the NKMZ designers introduced their know-how technology in this machine, namely – a mechanism for cleaning the door frames of a coke oven battery, for which a patent will be issued.

Mr. Andrey Milov, Engineering Director of Avdiivka Coke Plant noted the high level of the machine and the efficient work of NKMZ specialists during the process of commissioning as to fulfilling all extra wishes (regarding minor design changes) expressed by the coke chemists in addition to basic requirements specification.

Today Avdiyivka Coke Plant is considering NKMZ as a potential manufacturer of other coke battery machines.

Press relations service of NKMZ

Novokramatorsky mashinostroitelny zavod keeps investing in preparation of manpower by means of various support to vocational technical schools of the city.

According to Mr. Sergey Udodenko, the deputy technical director for construction works of NKMZ, the enterprise accommodated the requests of the heads of Kramatorsk vocational technical education center) (former vocational technical school No. 47) and Kramatorsk higher vocational technical school No. 14 (KHVTS No. 14) as for assistance in the repair of workshops and classrooms. Specialists of the construction works department developed design estimates, held tenders, and involved contractors into work. NKMZ allocated 2.8 million UAH to finance the repair works.

In KHVTS No 14, three classrooms were repaired, including installation of metal-plastic doors, complete replacement of the electrical wiring and heating systems, installation of new floor covering and suspended ceilings, plastering and painting of the walls. Similar work was done in a workshop with area of 25 m2. The workshop and classrooms have now nice and up-to-date look, , and, no doubt, it has become more pleasant to study in them. This year NKMZ also helped the school to purchase furniture (desks, chairs, wardrobes) for three classrooms of the second building.

Director of KHVTS No 14 Mr. Mikhail Kuprikov expressed his sincere gratitude to the President of NKMZ PJSC Mr. Georgy Skudar, General Director Mr. Igor Protynyak, Chairman of the Supervisory Board Mr. Maxim Turkov and the entire staff of the enterprise for the attention they constantly pay to this educational institution. On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the school, Mr. Georgy Skudar personally donated a computer class. Last year the company handed over computers and interactive whiteboards and carried out external repairs of the school complex.

In another educational institution of Kramatorsk, namely Vocational Technical Education Center, repair works are carried out today in a turning workshop with a total area of 365 m2. Here, the dismantling of the old ones and the installation of new door and window metal-plastic blocks, the plastering of the walls have already been completed. The works as for concrete floors restoration, plastering, walls painting, repair a foreman’s room, repair of floor slabs and roofs, as well as electrical installation works are currently in progress.

Over 2019-2020, NKMZ spent 7.4 million UAH for repairs of premises and workshops in KHVTS No. 14 and Vocational Technical Education Center and for their equipping with office equipment and furniture.

Press relations service of NKMZ

On December 2, within the framework of a visit to Ukraine, the Novokramatorsky Mashinostroitelny Zavod (NKMZ) was visited by a government delegation from the Arab Republic of Egypt to discuss the possibility of cooperation in a project to create mining and metallurgical technologies in Egypt.

The visit took place by order of the First Vice-Prime Minister-Minister of Economy of Ukraine, Mrs. Yulia Sviridenko, on the eve of the eighth joint meeting of the Ukrainian-Egyptian Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation in Cairo, which she heads.

During the excursion, the guests were introduced to the modern equipment and technological capabilities of the enterprise.

For the representatives of the delegation, a meeting was organized with the management and specialists of the enterprise, at which the president of NKMZ PJSC, Mr. Georgy Skudar spoke about the capacities and range of products for the mining and metallurgical complex. He emphasized that the machines manufactured at NKMZ feature reliability and durability.

NKMZ specialists provided the Egyptian guests with all the necessary information on issues of interest and highlighted in detail the directions of future cooperation. Representatives of the government delegation of Egypt, in turn, expressed confidence that it would be mutually beneficial for both Ukraine and Egypt.

Press-relations service of NKMZ

For more than a month, a new modern spreader OГС-4000/125, designed and manufactured by Novokramatorsky Mashinostroitelny Zavod (NKMZ) has been successfully operating in the Muruntau open pit mine of the Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combine (Republic of Uzbekistan). The maintenance service specialists have no complaints about its work.

It is a part of the rock conveying complex, which was also started up in October. This is the first of two spreaders supplied by NKMZ to Navoi MMC last year. Erection of the second one is nearing completion. Its startup is planned for the 10-th of December. The work was carried out under the guidance of Novokramatorsk supervising engineers.

Uzbek miners preferred NKMZ spreaders to machines of world leaders because of their production, which have more than 100 units of these products in their reference lists. They ordered two spreaders at the one time, because these machines are not representatives of the production series, but were designed and manufactured according to the individual technical assignment, taking into account all the features of mining operations at the Muruntau open pit mine. The miners of Navoi MMC completely trust in the Novokramatorsk brand, because the steeply inclined conveyor that has been in operation at this open pit mine since 2011 for the first time at NKMZ has earned their best reviews. The other Novokramatorsk mining equipment, which they are also satisfied with, is in operation at the combine.

The new spreader has the original design and corresponds to modern world analogues. The spreaders were the largest of the machines shipped in 2020 by the division of ore-and-mining and press-forging equipment of NKMZ: weight of one – 1130 tons, length – 140.8 m, height – 42 m, width – 14 m, production capacity – 4000 m3/hour.

In two complexes of cyclical-and-continuous flow technology, in which these spreaders are installed, two-by-two crushing and reloading devices are in operation. Each of them includes crushers also manufactured at NKMZ.

Cooperation between NKMZ and Navoi MMC continues. This year, the Novokramatorsk workers have already sent to Uzbekistan skip and cage-type winders ШПМ МПМН-3,15х4, five mills МШЦ 5500х7500, the mill ММС 90х30. There are prospects for the next year as well.

Press-service of NKMZ

In November, NKMZ finished the contract for the supply of complete rotor shafts for the Garret oil field project of General Electric. NKMZ specialists have manufactured and supplied three rotors weighing 15 tons each.

NKMZ started working with GE Oil&Gas division of General Electric in 2013. Then the Ukrainian company was certified as a supplier of parts with a full cycle of finishing machining for GE Oil&Gas – a global manufacturer of generators and electric motors for pumping gas and oil. During the period of cooperation, NKMZ has manufactured more than 3 thousand tons of parts for GE Oil&Gas.

Rotor shaft is a crucial part, to which very high requirements are imposed on the accuracy of machining – the total mechanical run-out, reflecting all the geometry errors, should not exceed 9 microns. Manufacture of these products feature a special technique for monitoring the run-out and geometry errors of the bearing journals of the shaft by several sensors and in different planes, which had not been used until that time when testing similar parts. To carry out this type of monitoring, NKMZ purchased sensors, equipment and software from the world’s leading manufacturers – TESA (Switzerland) and Bently Nevada (USA). NKMZ specialists have also developed and manufactured the corresponding equipment.

In addition, before launching rotor shafts into production, NKMZ specialists developed an individual plan of the production process, which was considered and approved by representatives of General Electric. Manufacturing monitoring and final acceptance of these products have been carried out by inspectors from GE Power Conversion and Bureau Veritas.

Continuing further cooperation with General Electric, Novokramatorsky Mashinostroitelny Zavod is currently manufacturing shafts weighing from 7 to 47 tons for this company. Their shipment to the customer is expected in December 2021.

Press-relations service of NKMZ

Novokramatorsky mashinostroitelny zavod launched production of ЭР1500 – 9,5/0,5 bucket wheel excavator for Sokolovsko-Sarbaiskoe gorno-obogatitelnoe proizvodstvennoe obedinenie JSC (SSGP) (Republic of Kazakhstan), that was designed by mining and press-forging equipment production division of the company.

This is the third bucket wheel excavator of this model manufactured by NKMZ for this Kazakh company. Two previous ones, supplied by the NKMZ in 2012, are being successfully operated. The miners are completely satisfied with the performance of these excavators and therefore placed their order at NKMZ for the production of the third machine. Taking into account customer’s wishes, the NKMZ team made minor modifications in the design of this machine in order to increase its maintainability and ease of use.

NKMZ is widely known as the creator of reliable and high-quality large bucket wheel complexes weighing up to 6000 tons, manufactured during the Soviet period for work in open pit mines. Some of them are still operated, far beyond the guaranteed service life. For example, a large bucket wheel complex has been operating at the Volnogorsk GMK since 1979. But such complexes have not been purchased by the mining enterprises of the post-Soviet space for several decades.

The bucket wheel excavator for Sokolovsko-Sarbaiskoe gorno-obogatitelnoe proizvodstvennoe obedinenie JSC (SSGP) is a small machine (weight: over 188 tons, length: 35 m, width: 7.5 m, height: 8 m), which is used in closed warehouses for material handling. Its productivity makes 1500 t / h, the height of the material intake is 9.5 m, the depth of the material intake is 0.5 m from the zero mark. Its main advantages when performing these works are mobility and productivity.

Press relation service of NKMZ PJSC