TUBE NEWS TN April 2018 | Page 4

EJP: Two new drawing lines for MMK-Metiz Driven cold rolling stand improves flexibility and quality EJP has received an order from Russian OJSC MMK-METIZ for the supply of two drawing lines to be installed at the Magnitogorsk works. One is a combined drawing line for bright steel with diameters between 8 and 30 mm. It will be the world’s first 30-ton drawing line equipped with a driven cold rolling stand in order to be able to produce square bright steel sections from round input stock. The second line is a chain draw bench line for the production of bars with diameters of up to 68 mm. 4 TUBE NEWS April 2018 With the new lines, which will come with a number of innovative features, MMK-METIZ is going to expand its product range, among others, towards larger diameters. The excellent product quality – e.g. straightness tolerance of 0.1 mm/m and diameter tolerances of h8 and h9 – will provide MMK-Metiz a leading position in the Russian bright steel. The new lines will boost the works’ output by approx. 15 tons per hour of bright steel products.