CAN-ENG Furnaces International Limited has received an order for Russian Railcar Builder Tikhvin Chem Mash for the supply of Two (2) Car Bottom Furnaces used in the stress relieving of Tanks and Heads for the production of railway tank cars.

The facility will be located in the Tikhvin Industrial Complex, Tikhvin Russia, approximately 230 km east of Russia’s northern city of St. Petersburg. The tanks and heads to be heat treated are a maximum 3600 mm in diameter and the length of the furnaces are approximately 25000 mm. With a load rating of the equipment at 40 tons, a door on car design and a unique spring loaded door seal; the furnaces can be installed within the purchasers 7200 mm under hook overhead crane workshop.

CAN-ENG has previously supplied the Tikhvin Railcar Building Plant (TVSZ) a fully automated robotically loaded 73,000 ton/year railway casting Normalize and Quench and Temper facility for undercarriage components, mainly side frames, bolsters, yokes and couplers. A fall 2014 start-up is planned.
For additional information, please contact Michael K. Klauck, P.Eng., President, CAN-ENG FURNACES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED at mklauck@can-eng.com.