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The project was launched in 2013 with the support of the "Development Bank of Kazakhstan" JSC (a subsidiary of "Baiterek" holding), which financed the project under the State program for accelerated industrial and innovative development of the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2010-2014. Sberbank of Russia was also involved as a co-financing Bank.

The main products and "business card" of the plant are long rails of DT350 category. This type of rail is particularly effective on high-speed highways and on lines with high load capacity. Due to the increased length of the rails, the number of joints is decreased, meaning reduced financial costs while laying the railway track and increased wear resistance of rails and trains. For passenger trains, this is also noticeable for improving the movement smoothness.

In autumn 2019, the factory successfully passed the certification procedure for the production of railway rails 60E1 of the European standard, receiving a certificate according to the standard EN 13674-1: 2017. This type of rail is used in the European Union, the Middle East, and North Africa. they differ from the R65 rails used in Kazakhstan in most technical parameters – rail height, neck height and thickness, rail head width, and rail foot blade height.

Therefore, from 2020 it is planned to supply rails in the European Union, mainly in Eastern Europe and the Baltic States.

2. Blanks for production

3. With the help of cranes, the blanks are transported to the rolling line

4. Factory products are manufactured on a rolling mill Siemens-VAI (Primetals Technologies Italy S. r.l.). Control over the rental technology is carried out with the participation of specialists of the Italian company.

First, the blanks are sent to the furnace.

5. When heated, the metal becomes elastic and easy to process.

6. The first operator's room.

7. Metal is compressed between the rolls in order to stretch it to the desired length

8. Through the different stages of the rolling mill, the metal is given the necessary shape and characteristics.

9. Among the ARBF "know-how" there is the technology of quenching metal with an air mixture in the stream, which gives the product increased wear resistance.

10. In addition to rails, the company can produce different types of medium shaped rolled products-channel, equal-length corner and I-beam.

13. The main consumer of ARBF products in Kazakhstan is "Kazakhstan Temir Zholy". Rails produced here were used, for example, in the construction of the Almaty-Shu railway, Kuryk sea port, and the new Nurly Zhol railway station.

Since 2016, more than 400 thousand tons of rail products (about 3 thousand km) produced in Aktobe have been used in Kazakhstan.

14. The share of exports is currently 18% of the total sales. Kazakhstan rails are already used in Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Georgia, Belarus, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, etc.

15. The line has an integrated management system to monitor the quality of products. In addition, there is a Central Factory Laboratory (CFL), where all tests are carried out to check the strength, hardness, viscosity and length.

16. CFL

17. In 2015, the plant launched its own gas-piston power plant with a capacity of 38.9 MW in order to fully meet the plant's electricity needs.

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19. In the power plant operator's room

20. Another interesting part of the technology is the technology of waste-free industrial production. The water used in production is further purified and returned to production again.

21. Due to this technology, firstly, the pollution of the environment by industrial effluents is reduced, and secondly, water consumption is reduced to 70% - about 300 thousand cubic meters of water per year.