Azovstal Iron & Steel Works (Metinvest Group) purchased modern Excavator R974 Litronic produced by German company Liebherr to increase efficiency of loading and processing the BOF slag. Investments amounted nearly EUR 1 million.
New excavator was manufactured by special order of AZOVSTAL it has high efficiency intense wear-resistance, reduced work-cycle time and uprated specification. This, in its turn, leads to efficiency improvement of the operating process by 20% minimum. Despite the relatively high cost of the excavator it will earn its keep very quickly as the commissioning of the new equipment minimize production expenses and make it possible for AZOVSTAL to reduce product costs.
Along with its technical advantages, the equipment can be characterized by comfortable operating conditions. Operator's cabin is well isolated from outdoor environment, equipped with double heat-resisting windows, powerful air conditioning and modern control panel.
Mr Enver Tskitishvili DG of PJSC Azovstal Iron & Steel Works said that "We pay great attention to modernization of the enterprise motor vehicle fleet. The use of modern outsized equipment will enable our enterprise to withdraw from keeping the fleet of low effective, outmoded vehicles, in order to increase production efficiency and competitiveness of our products, that is especially important under conditions of complex situation in metallurgy."