The most powerful excavator in Russia launched by IZ-KARTEKS

Krasnobrodskiy coal strip mine successfully launched operations on its new EKG-32R excavator, produced by IZ-Karteks, which enters OMZ Group.

EKG-32R has bucket capacity of 32 cubic meters and weighs 950 tonnes and is the most powerful “face power shovel”-type in the history of Russia. It is produced in the framework of excavator family renewal on the basis of complex modernization of IZ-Karteks production facilities, financed by Gazprom, which is the company’s strategic partner.

During the pilot production period, which lasted 6 months, the company tested the excavator’s functionality. As a result, in all parameters, the excavator meets the requirements of the requirements specifications. Excavator showed high reliability and handled 3.4 million cubic meters of mine rocks, providing high availability ratio of 0.9 points. In January 2012 the equipment showed the highest daily output of 29,400 cubic meters of mine rocks.

Successful production of the new equipment allows IZ-KARTEKS strengthening leading positions on the market of mining equipment production and enter the top-three largest manufacturers of electric shovels.

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.