A leading Romanian pipe manufacturer recently commissioned a new Heat Treatment Complex for processing of seamless pipes to be used in mechanical applications and exploration of oil and gas fields.
TMK-ARTROM, located in southern Romania, in the town of Slatina, announced that this commissioning completes the second phase of the company’s investment program, which launched with production of new premium pipes for hydraulic and telescopic cylinders from new type steel and alloys with higher added value.
The new heat treatment line housed in the Heat Treatment Complex has an annual capacity of over 165 thousand tons of pipes which undergo heat treatments of quenching and tempering, annealing, normalization, etc., for seamless steel pipes with outside diameter between 60 and 254 mm and wall thickness between 5 and 60 mm. The new system has a hot straightening machine integrated into the technological flow that solves the problem of permanent tension that occurs when pipes are cold straightening and also requiring an additional treatment for eliminating stress relieving. By using high-tech equipment within the new line, high-quality heat treatment, good uniformity, and high martensite transformation are achieved and improved mechanical characteristics.
The design and supply of the equipment was carried out by SMS Group, one of the global leaders in manufacturing equipment for metallurgical industry.
