Germany-based plantmaker SMS Group has announced that it will supply a new heat treatment line for tubes for TMK Artrom, Romanian subsidiary of Russian pipe producer TMK, for its plant in Slatina, Romania. The plant produces seamless tubes, oil country tubular goods (OCTG) as well as high-strength tubes for mechanical applications. The annual output capacity is 160,000 mt. With the installation of this plant, TMK Artrom plans to strengthen its presence in the market with tubes for mechanical applications and for oil and gas exploration. The plant is scheduled to commence operation in the second quarter of 2017.
The new heat treatment line will be able to treat tubes up to a wall thickness of 60 millimeters. Thanks to high product flexibility, the plant is also suitable for the cost-effective processing of small batch sizes and different product groups. Eco-friendly recuperative burners with very low nitrogen oxide emissions in the furnaces allow fuel savings of up to five percent compared with conventional burners.