A new oxygen facility with a cryogenic air-separation unit (ASU #3) has entered the pilot production phase at Metalloinvest company, OEMK.
Metalloinvest and Germanyâs Linde Engineering Dresden signed a contract in 2012 to construct the facility. The Companyâs total investment in the project amounts to approx. EUR 52M. The new facility has a capacity of up to 20,000Am3/h of oxygen, 20,000m3/h of nitrogen and 1,000kg/h or argon. The commissioning of the new unit is expected to enable increased gas output at the plant: 75% more oxygen, 24% more nitrogen and the beginning of on-site argon production. This will meet OEMKâs current and future air-separation product needs for its products.
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Andrey Varichev, CEO of Management Company Metalloinvest, commented: âUpgraded equipment and additional capacity allows the company to successfully develop its high-quality steel production, ensuring efficiency and safety. The plant needs the new facility to breathe, in a literal and figurative sense.â?
LLC Urban Institute of Metallurgical Plant Design was engaged for the implementation of the project â the company is part of Metalloinvest and based in Moscow. The majority of the construction work was completed by Rudstroy, a Metalloinvest subsidiary from Gubkin, and LLC Oskolmetallurgspetzmontazh from Stary Oskol. The installation of the technical equipment was carried out by CJSC NPP Krioservis from Moscow.
