NLMK steel for the world’s heaviest-lift mine dump truck

NLMK steel for the world’s heaviest-lift mine dump truck

Dec 6, 2014  | Mechanical engineering 

NLMK steel for the world’s heaviest-lift mine dump truck
(Photo by: NLMK)

NLMK Group has begun delivering plates made from abrasion-resistant Quard 450 steel for the production of the world’s heaviest-lift dump truck - the BELAZ-75710.

The first BELAZ-75710 dump truck with a lifting capacity of 450 tonnes was commissioned in August 2014. The second machine is currently being assembled. NLMK steel is used to make the skip of this unique dump truck.

BELAZ has selected Quard 450 plates because they are characterized by exceptionally high resistance to wear and load impact, ensuring longer life time compared to alternatives. The use of Quard steel may result in a 40% reduction of the weight of the structural component while increasing its volume by 5%, reducing fuel consumption, and reducing production costs by 45%.

Quard plates are produced from slabs supplied by the Company’s Lipetsk production site, using a unique technique involving quenching and tempering at NLMK’s Belgian Clabecq plant.

Ilya Gushchin, NLMK Group Vice President for Sales, said:

“BELAZ is one the leading consumers of NLMK Quard plates in the CIS. Our participation in the creation of the world’s heaviest-lift dump truck is the result of our successful collaboration with the Belorussian company. We are currently in negotiations with a number of large Russian machine-building companies on the use of Quard and high-strength Quend plates in the production of technical equipment, in order to create the conditions for increased competitiveness of Russian machine-building.”

For over three years, NLMK Group has successfully sold abrasion-resistant Quard and high-strength Quend plates in Europe, North America, and the Far East, as well as in the CIS. Buyers of Quard and Quend plates include leading machine building companies.

NLMK Group is planning to expand its range of premium Quard and Quend steel products in 2015 by adding Quard 550, Quend 1100 and Quend 1300. NLMK Plans to increase the total production volume of abrasion-resistant Quard plates and high-strength Quend plates to 150,000 tonnes per year.

To provide clients from Russia and other CIS countries with a high level of service there is a special warehouse facility in the Moscow region focusing exclusively of selling Quard and Quend plates delivered to Russia from the Group’s Belgian companies.

Via NLMK
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