EVRAZ Nizhniy Tagil Metallurgical Works (Nizhniy Tagil, Russia):

V. V. Sviridenko, Chief specialist of roll pass design, Rolling administration, e-mail: Valery.Sviridenko@evraz.com
V. V. Borodin, Head of rolling administration, e-mail: Vyacheslav.Borodin@evraz.com
D. E. Kavun, Head of wide flange beam shop, e-mail: Dmitry.Kavun@evraz.com

Abstract: The main aspects in designing, construction and putting into operation of the wide flange beam shop are observed. The scope of shop equipment is presented and its main technical parameters and innovative technical solutions used during designing and construction of the shop are analyzed. The technology of H-beams production is described, including its initial content, variations during the shop operation and current state. Dimension and grade ranges of manufactured products in their dynamics since putting into practice till present time are displayed; the features of production of several steel shapes are mentioned; they have been mastered at the wide flange beam mill though initially the were not intended for such rolling technology. Mastering of Larsen piling bar production has been examined separately as the unique technological achievement in Russia. The most problematic issues concerning the technology and equipment are explained and the main development directions for the nearest prospect are formulated.

1. Kirichkov A. A., Drozdetskaya K. S., Bykov V. A. Universal beam mill. Stal. 1983. No. 2. pp. 45–47.
2. Beam-rolling mill «Nucor-Yamato». Novosti chernoy metallurgii za rubezhom. 1997. No. 3. pp. 103–106.
3. Belorusov S. N., Grishkov A. I., Nikitina L. A. Mastering of mill for wideflange beams rolling at Nizhniy Tagil metallurgical combine and continuous medium-section mill 450 at west-Siberian metallurgical combine. Chernaya metallurgiya. 1979. No. 9. pp. 3–7.
4. Vasyutinskiy V. F. Keepers of the «Stary Sobol». Sverdlovsk : Sredne-Uralskoe knizhnoe izdatelstvo, 1990. 416 p.
5. Parshin V. A., Skryabin N. P., Kapustin A. I., Baranov V. M., Gubert V. S. New complex for broad-flange beams production. Stal. 1980. No. 11. pp. 981–984.
6. The 50^th anniversary of Nizhnyy Tagil metallurgical kombine : review information. Moscow : Chermetinformatsiya, 1990. 133 p.
7. Gritsuk N. F., Antonov S. P. Broad-flange beam production. Moscow, 1973. 304 p.
8. Zhadan V. T., Feygin G. D., German I. M. Flanged beam production. Sc. ed.: P. I. Polukhin. Moscow, 1972. 192 p.
9. Kushnarev A. V. The 75-th anniversary of Nizhniy Tagil metallurgical combine. Stal. 2015. No. 5. pp. 12–15.
10. Casting of beam blanks, whose shape is close to the produced wide flange beams. Novosti chernoy metallurgii za rubezhom. 1995. No. 3. pp. 82–83.
11. Nizhniy Tagil metallurgical combine. 1940–2000. On the way to the XXI century. Nizhniy Tagil : Informa tsionno-izdatelskaya gruppa UISO OAO «NTMK». 2000. 110 p.
12. Flexible technology of rolling of flanged beams in universal mills. Novosti chernoy metallurgii za rubezhom. 2014. No. 2. pp. 61–64.
13. Nepryakhin S. O., Shilov V. A., Shvarts D. L. Investigation on the process of rolling of I-sections in standard gauge by using variation principle of full power minimum. Stal. 2014. No. 6. pp. 54–58.
14. Smirnov L. A., Fomichev M. S., Belenkiy B. Z., Shvedov K. N. Manufacture of rolled products with improved mechanical properties. Expanding of grade and dimension range for vanadium-containing steels. Chernye Metally. 2015. No. 5. pp. 28–31.
15. Gromov V. E., Kosinov D. A., Ivanov Yu. F., Belov E. G., Konovalov S. V. Structure-phase states, mechanical and tribological properties of thermomechanically strengthened beam. Izvestiya vuzov. Chernaya metallurgiya. 2017. No. 6. pp. 457–462.
16. High-strength steel development at JSPL. Steel Times International. 2016. No. 4. pp. 21–25.
17. Odesskiy P. D., Konin D. V., Konina S. M., Shvedov K. N., Sokolov K. E. High-strength hot rolling of I section with parallel shelf sides for alluse engineering structures. Stal. 2017. No. 6. pp. 56–63.
18. Borodin V. V., Kavun D. E., Shvedov K. N., Sokolov K. E. New assortment — new achievements. EVRAZ NTMK beams used at construction of sport facilities. Stal. 2015. No. 5. pp. 32–33.