German plantmaker SMS Meer has announced that it has received an order from EVRAZ North America for the supply of a heat treatment system for the steelmaker's tubular products plant in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
The new heat treatment system will be designed for the heat treatment of up to 30 mt of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) per hour. It will be capable of heat-treating of more than 200,000 mt per year of pipes. With this unit, EVRAZ will increase its capacity for heat-treated pipes by over 150 percent and expand its product portfolio to meet growing needs for premium OCTG products
The new heat treatment system is scheduled to go into operation in the fourth quarter of 2014.