The annual production capacity is 30 000 railcar sets. The total investments exceeded RUB 1 billion.
UWC has become the first company to launch a large-scale production of ADI in Russia. The production capacity is enough to meet the needs of the Tikhvin railcar building facilities for the key wear resistant elements of a freight car bogie, used to ensure that its run life is no less than 1 million km.
The project has been implemented using the best global manufacturing practices and equipment successfully proven in the US and Europe. The highly robotised state-of-the-art production plant in Tikhvin has mastered and uses the following three processes: the production of bainitic ductile iron by austempering, precision machining of parts made of extra hard materials, and high induction hardening and quenching.
