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Information technology at the Pipe

Metallurgical Company (TMK)

The Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK) received about half a billion rubles of additional
profit from the implementation of digital twins of rolling mills at the Volzhsky (VTZ) and Seversky
(STZ) pipe plants. The economic effect was achieved by improving the quality of pipe products,
producing pipes from new steel grades and reducing costs.
A methodology for faster and more accurate tuning of the pipe rolling unit based on non-
contact 3D measuring systems was introduced, which made it possible to achieve stable results
in the production of high-precision pipes and obtain an economic effect of more than 120 million
rubles. Also, with the help of digital twins, the company mastered the production of pipes from
new steel grades and received more than 240 million rubles of additional profit.
"The introduction of digital technologies is one
of the key areas of TMK’s transformation, designed
to create a new production culture in the company.
IT solutions are implemented in all areas of business
- from administrative tasks and interaction with
customers to production planning and product quality
control. We are consistently increasing investments in
this area and are already getting impressive results.
Thus, the economic effect from the introduction of
digital twins has already significantly exceeded the
investment in their development. At the moment, we
are replicating this solution to other enterprises of
the company - Taganrog Metallurgical and Sinarsky
Pipe Plants," said Vyacheslav Popkov, First Deputy
General Director - Chief Engineer of TMK.
The digital twin of the rolling mill created by TMK specialists has no analogues in the
world. In 2020, the company’s team - employees of the Russian Scientific Research Institute
of the Pipe Industry (RusNITI) in Chelyabinsk, the Scientific and Technical Center (STC) of
TMK in the Skolkovo innovation center, as well as VTZ and STZ - was awarded the Russian
Government Prize in the field of science and technology for young scientists for the development
and implementation of this technology.

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