Company description
VÍTKOVICE is the metallurgical company in which the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy's first tube ever was manufactured in 1883. Welded at first, the specialised tube production was inspired by rocketing demand generated by the fast spreading use of steam boilers, by the construction of water supplies and gas supplies, by the developing oil exploitation, as well as by the potential of a modern steel making company.
Seamless tubes were introduced in 1896 and the Stiefel technology started under personal supervision of the inventor himself in 1908. VÍTKOVICE thus became Europe's first manufacturer using the then state-of-the-art technology.
In the period between 1918 and 1925 two Mannesmann rolling mills were commenced. In 1999 the tube mill became a joint-stock company with self legal subjectivity and it belongs now to the group of companies TRINECKE ZELEZARNY / MORAVIA STEEL.
Two Mannesmann rolling mills work today to put out seamless tubes in diameters ranging from 60.3 mm to 406,4 mm and wall thickness starting at 6.3 mm using alloy or carbon steel for raw materials. Today's rolling mill production uses sophisticated technology to manufacture a wide selection of tubes in terms of size and steel grade used, that conform with the Czech CSN standards or with other, like DIN, ASTM, GOST, NFA, API, etc.
Most typically, our product find application in the following areas:
- oil, gas or other product pipelines
- power generating installations
- chemicals
- automotive industry
- engineering, building
- dominating our production program are 9 5/8" - 13 3/8" Casing and 6 5/8"/14" Line Pipe applicable in oil and gas exploitation and in geological prospecting.
Mechanical properties, chemical composition and metallographic structure of material used are tested to meet specific customer requirements.
Non-destructive testing is conducted using techniques like flux leakage, ultrasonic, magnetic particle or wetting fluorescent.