In February 2017, ARMATURY Group finished the production of special valves for the Russian Severstal Metallurgical Combine. The order includes 12 different valves with flow up to 1400 mm.
One of the biggest valves was the SNORT throttling valve weighing 8 tons. Basically it is a set, which is composed of a throttling valve with diameter of 1400 mm and an exhaust device called Silencer. The total height of the device reaches over 6 meters. SNORT will be assembled in the inlet pipe of cold air to the air heater. Silencer should be in a vertical position above the body of the throttling valve. Due to the size and weight of the entire device assembly in the metallurgical operation is not possible without a crane.
Severstal is one of Russia’s largest steel producers and ARMATURY Group is counted among his stable and proven suppliers for many years. The project covers reconstruction of wind heaters no. 3 on blast furnace no.1 in Čerepovec.