MOSCOW - OMZ OJSC (Uralmash-Izhora Group) announced that OMZ <link _top>Foundry Production, a part of OMZ Group, is producing a unique <link _top>steel casting for Power Machines OJSC. The 45.5 tons of high quality semi-finished steel 15Kh1M1FL casting is designed for a medium-pressure outer cylinder for a steam turbine at the Jyvaskyla Thermal Power Plant, Finland.
The complexity of the production process arises from stringent quality requirements of the metal. After mechanical processing the quality is to be tested with <link _top>magnetic-particle and <link _top>ultrasound flaw detection.
OMZ <link _top>Foundry Production uses the latest technologies to ensure the highest quality of its <link _top>casting products. A self-hardening mixture is prepared in a new mixer supplied by FTL, UK, and the mixture is made from South African <link _top>chromite sand. Preparation for the manufacturing process includes computer modeling using MagmaSoft software. Power Machines OJSC and Energico Oy, Finland, the ordering customers, specifically referred to the high quality of the metal in their product acceptance documentation.
Currently OMZ <link _top>Foundry Production is completing production of the upper half of the <link _top>casting. The RUR17.5 million contract is to be completed in December 2008.
