MBS Industrial Manufacturing
A complex for building refineries and large industrial plants: the first of its kind in Algeria.
In developmentIndustrial Complex & Large Metal Fabrication
Heavy manufacturing, engineered from the start.
The complex is planned in the wilaya of Aïn Témouchent, Algeria, for manufacturing refineries and large industrial plants. Its workshops, plans, logistics and manufacturing strategy are being engineered with USC Consulting Group (United States), including the training of Algerian engineers.
- Site area, wilaya of Aïn Témouchent
- 80ha
- Investment
- US$1bn
Two main sections
- 01Steel production
- 02Large industrial workshops
Section 1 · Steel
A 1.2 Mt electric arc furnace.
An electric arc furnace with 1.2 million tonnes of capacity will produce and form iron, steel and cast iron with the metallurgical properties required for industrial use.
- Electric arc furnace capacity
- 1.2Mt
Steel products
- Alloy steel
- Carbon steel
- Stainless steel
- Plates
- Slabs
Section 2 · Workshops
Large industrial workshops for spare parts and structures.
- 01Pattern-making and design engineering
- 02Metallurgy: alloying and powder compaction
- 03Steel casting
- 04Forging and forming
- 05Turning and machining
- 06Welding
- 07Sheet metal
- 08Process piping
Forging
Forgings from 1 to 205 tonnes per piece.
A wide range of large forgings for:
- Shipbuilding
- Railways
- Wind power
- Rolling mills
- Nuclear power
- Oil, gas and petrochemicals
Robotic welding
AI-assisted robotic welding.
AI robotic welding technology from Path Robotics (United States), for:
- Oil and gas, power generation, nuclear and aerospace
- Pipes and pressure vessels
- Onshore and offshore wind towers and monopiles
- Rail tank cars
- Defence, mining and the food industry
Casting
Die casting and powder metallurgy.
Steel and iron castings, ductile and grey, and moulds from 1.5 to 300 tonnes, delivered fully finished after milling and turning in-house.
Power generation
Components for steam, gas, wind and hydro turbines, including turbine casings, structural welds, inlets, blade carriers, valves, shafts, blades, crowns and bands.
General machinery
Any steel or iron casting from 1 to 180 tonnes, to any pattern, whatever its size, length or shape.
Pipe workshop
Seamless and welded pipe.
Pipe engineering and forming for petrochemical plants and refineries of all kinds, including metal refineries such as bauxite-to-alumina refineries.
Machining and fabrication
Designed capabilities
Planned specifications of the machining and fabrication workshops.
| Capability | Designed value |
|---|---|
| Thermostatic workshop | 5,000 m², fully enclosed, 22 °C ± 5 °C |
| Machining envelope | 7 m (H) × 8 m (W) × 50 m (L) |
| Gantry heavy machining centre | Yes |
| Production machining | 3-, 4- and 5-axis |
| Lifting capacity | Up to 450 t |
| Turning | Up to 20 m diameter (bearing 50 t) |
| Milling | Up to 22 m diameter (bearing 600 t) |
| Press brake | Up to 3,000 t |
| Pressing | Up to 5,000 t |
| Punching | Up to 1,100 mm depth |
| Plate bending rolls | 4 m width, 210 mm thickness (cold) |
| Welding processes | PAW, BESW, NGW, GMAW, TIG, SAW |
| Testing | CMM, NDT, laser tracker |
| Finishing | Heat treatment; sandblasting and painting |
Construction and industrial contracting
Building the plants it manufactures.
A construction and industrial contracting company, an affiliate of the industrial complex, will assemble and erect industrial plants.
- Assembly workshops
- All the construction machinery and cranes needed to build industrial plants
- The technical staff and engineers to deliver them
