We manufacture for mining, oil and gas and construction industries
URALBURMASH (UBM) is
- a long-established pioneer of bit production in Russia;
- 90 years involvement in the industry;
- over 16.5 million bits in sizes 3” to 20’’ manufactured.
As experts, we are trusted by our customers.
We engineer quality, cost-effective products and provide industry leading reliability of supply.
UBM History
- 1743 – the foundation of the ironworks. The plant had a metallurgical profile for two centuries, it produced pig iron, strip and tire iron, forged nails. In addition, the plant produced wire and wire products, made stone crushers and road-trailed rollers.
- 1931 – the first domestic drill bit was manufactured, designed according to proven specifications; first 807 bits were produced.
- 1941 – the press-forging shop was put into operation, and the first drill head was produced.
- 1956 – the first millionth drill bit was manufactured.
- 1957 – the in-house heat treatment plant was inaugurated.
- 1960 – start of production of geological exploration bits.
- 1970 – new block of main production bays was put into operation.
- 1979 – the largest number of bits per year was produced – 500,000 items, and such production volumes in a year have never been achieved by any other bit plant in the world at the time.
- 1981 – a drill head 2V-K212/6-TKZ was used when drilling the super-deep Kola well at a depth of 12 km.
- 1987 – Verkhneserginsky bit plant was renamed as Ural Drilling Machine Building Plant.
- 1990 – the Uralburmash OJSC trademark was registered in the State Register of Trademarks of the USSR.
- 1993 – the state enterprise Ural Drilling Engineering Plant was transformed into Uralburmash joint-stock company of the open type.
- 1996 – Uralburmash joint-stock company of the open type was renamed into Uralburmash OJSC.
- 2007 – Uralburmash OJSC becomes part of VBM-group. Implementation of the technical re-equipment plan.
- 2008 – Uralburmash switches to a new system for marking bits and adopts dark cherry company livery.
- 2007-2020 – continuous updating of manufacturing equipment.
- 2012 – launch of a new in-house heat treatment plant.
- 2014 – modernization of press-forging production.
- 2017-2022 – production of pneumatic DTH bits was introduced.
- 2019 – introduction of a new technology for the production of bits using state of the art equipment.
- 2019-2022 - production of chisels with a diameter of 349.2-490 mm has been mastered.
- 2019-2022 - production of chisels with a sealed support has been mastered.
During years of operation, the Uralburmash plant has manufactured more than 16.5 million roller cone bits and now it is a modern and dynamically developing specialized high-tech enterprise with a complete production cycle of drilling tools, complete production infrastructure and employing highly qualified personnel.
