OREANDA-NEWS. April 20, 2010. OMZ Foundry, a part of OMZ Group, has completed shipping of the castings for the rebuilding of the hydrogenerator at Sayano-Shushenskaya hydro power plant.

Within the framework of the contract, OMZ had shipped three sets of billets for rotor hubs and thrust collars. The castings weigh 52.7 tons and 31 tons each, respectively. Overall weight of the shipment exceeds 250 tons.

Technical preparations for the large castings for Sayano-Shushenskaya hydro power plant involve computer modeling with MagmaSoft software package.

Before shipping the castings were processed at Izhorskiye Zavody, also a part of OMZ Group.

OMZ Group is one of the leading heavy industry companies specializing in engineering, production, sales and service support of equipment for nuclear, oil and gas, mining industries, as well as special steel production and industrial services. OMZ Group’s facilities are located in Russia and Czech Republic. The Group is controlled by Gazprombank.