OREANDA-NEWS. On December the 4th the new joint production between Siberian Coal Energy Company and Becker Mining (Germany) was started. The companies will produce explosion-proof high-voltage switchgear. New equipment will be assembled on the premises of Energoupravlenie "SUEK-Khakassia" with the assistance of "Chernogorsk machinery and repair plant". For these purposes the company acquired special machinery, and the employees passed training at the German company. "This production is highly valuable for SUEK and Russia as it provides for increased safety of our company and miners. Safety is one the SUEK and its investors' priorities", - said Elena Bondarenko, Director on Production Operation of OJSC "SUEK" during the presentation. - "This project is also very important to us as it brings the staff to a new professional level, it is also a technological breakthrough in the history of SUEK and in Russian history".

"Last decade shows that service enterprises can not only be the strongest part of the production line, but can also become fully operational businesses", - noted Andrei Kilin, executive director of "SUEK-Khakassia". - "Today "Chernogorsk machinery and repair plant" and Energoupravlenie "SUEK-Khakassia" thanks to this joint business plan have started new production - explosion-proof high-voltage switchgear. Presentation of the explosion-proof high-voltage switchgear is one of many ways to show capabilities of Energoupravlenie "SUEK-Khakassia" and "Chernogorsk machinery and repair plant".

High voltage units PHD are intended for switching hree-phase voltages of 6 kV or 10 kV. First of all they will be used in coalmines, particularly in those with dangerous levels of methane and coal dust. The new switchgear design allows minimization of the possibility of gas and fine substance explosions. The modular system of the product also makes it easy to repair and replace equipment units.