Historical background BelTEN
The history of Closed Joint-Stock Company “BelTEN” began in February 1993, when our enterprise was registered to organize the production of tubular electric heaters (TENs).
In 1994, pilot-industrial production of TENs was fully transferred to the balance of ZAO “Adipol”, established jointly with the state farm “Zhdanovichsky Greenhouse Complex.” Between 1994 and 1997, ZAO “BelTEN” and ZAO “Adipol” built a tubular electric heater plant on the premises of the former cabbage storage facility; today this plant is one of the largest TEN manufacturers in the CIS. More than 1 million TENs of a very wide range are produced annually.
The starting point of the company’s development can be considered 1995, when ZAO “BelTEN” began implementing a project to create a pipe-welding production facility “from scratch.”
Two years later, equipment installation commenced at our own production site in the Kuncevschina settlement, Minsk district (now Briketa St. 17, Minsk).
The first batches of tubes with diameters of 16 mm and 12 mm, made of low-carbon and stainless steels, underwent comprehensive technological tests and were approved as suitable for TEN manufacture in the second half of 1998.
Each year we introduce 5–10 new pipe sizes. Our enterprise performs the full cycle of roll-tool production in-house: roll calibration calculation → issuance of working design documentation → CNC turning → heat treatment → internal and external cylindrical grinding and surface grinding → final profile grinding.
To date, serial production has been established for 68 sizes of welded steel tubes with wall thicknesses from 0.5 to 2.2 mm, including: 21 round-tube sizes with outside diameters from 8 to 51 mm, and 47 profile-tube sizes with outside dimensions from 15×10 to 60×20 mm.
The technological capabilities of our pipe-welding and support production allow us to manufacture additional product types and provide a wide range of services, namely:
- Steel strip cut from our material in widths from 7 to 1300 mm and thicknesses from 0.5 to 2.2 mm;
- Longitudinal slitting of metal strip in widths from 7 to 1300 mm and thicknesses from 0.2 to 4.0 mm using customer-supplied material (carbon steel, stainless steel, electrical steel; aluminum; copper; brass);
- Calculation and manufacture of roll tooling for cold rolling of closed and open profiles;
- Sharpening of slitting (disk) cutters up to 450 mm in diameter, with tooth counts from 130 to 220;
- Packaging locks for joining ends of steel strapping 25 and 30 mm wide, operable with manual and pneumatic tools.
Parallel to our core business — the production of small-diameter straight-seam electric-welded pipes — we also manufacture:
- Since 2000, high‑performance industrial electric space heaters (industrial electric warm-air heaters / fan heaters) of original design with capacities of 15 kW and 24 kW.
- Units for the preparation of cationic bitumen emulsions.
In 2003, ZAO BelTEN developed, manufactured and commissioned the first “Kation‑10” bitumen‑emulsion unit in St. Petersburg, with a production capacity of 10 tonnes of cationic bitumen emulsion per hour. By continuously improving the design and technological capabilities of the unit, we achieved a reliable and competitive product that is in demand among Belarusian and Russian road builders. Several units are produced each year, most of which are deployed in the Russian Federation. Currently, each unit is manufactured to the individual requirements and preferences of the customer. Prior to delivery, we provide training for the customer’s personnel on unit operation. We also offer prompt technical and process support for installed units during both warranty and post‑warranty periods.
In support of road‑building development, our company conducts joint research with the republic’s road institutes to improve existing materials for the construction and repair of highways. In the near future we plan to establish production of polymeric multi‑component additives for producing higher‑strength asphalt concretes — a timely initiative given ever‑increasing loads on road pavements.
A recent development in our activities is the manufacture of tubular frames and bent parts from pipes in any spatial configuration. This became possible after acquiring new, modern automatic tube‑bending equipment capable of mandrel bending pipes with diameters from 10 to 75 mm and lengths up to 6,000 mm. Production of a bent tubular part along XYZ axes in a single setup is possible by winding and/or pushing methods simultaneously. Thus, we are ready to supply the market with any tubular constructions (blanks, semi‑finished products) made from our own electric‑welded pipes tailored to the customer’s end product. We are confident that the surface quality of our pipes — ideal for powder coating — will be an indisputable
