GalKat
World-Class Quality
The company has implemented a quality management system complying with ISO 9001:2015. The quality control department, technical control department and certified central in-house laboratory ensure product quality monitoring at all stages of production.
300 Experienced Employees
Each employee of the company is a high-level specialist in their sphere, therefore Gal-Kat's management pays great attention to the development of social programmes. The company's staff feels stability and confidence, despite the crises surrounding us.18 years of market history
Having started its activity in 2005, Gal-Kat has developed into a complete production cycle company. Monitoring of every stage of the production process guarantees manufacturing of the highest quality products.
Modern Equipment
Gal-Kat products are manufactured using modern European equipment made by such companies as Continuus-Properzi S.p.A., Rautomead (Scotland), NIEHOFF (Germany), SKET (Germany), SAMP (Italy), MAG (Austria).
PRODUCTION BY GAL-KAT ADDITIONAL LIABILITY COMPANY
Production is the foundation of our existence. The history of the company's production activities began in 2007 with the commissioning of a workshop where cable and wire billets were made. The workshop produces copper electrotechnical wire, copper and aluminium conductive cores, overhead lines for electric transport. In 2010, the company commissioned CONTINUUS-PROPEZI equipment to produce copper wire rod. In order to expand the product range, in 2014 the equipment supplied by Scottish company RAUTOMEAD for the production of oxygen-free copper wire rod was installed and put into operation. Based on recommendations given by OUTOTEC, the leader in the manufacturing of copper electrolysis equipment, a copper electrolysis workshop was launched at the enterprise. In 2019, the Company entered a new stage of its development and started manufacturing cable and wire products, the range of which currently totals over 800 varieties. All products are made in compliance with the standards of Ukraine and the European Union.
ANODE PRODUCTION WORKSHOP
The most essential property of copper for contemporary industries is its high electrical and thermal conductivity. Considering this, almost all impurities are unacceptable for copper. Therefore, the main task consists in cleaning copper scrap from impurities and providing it with a "second life". The purification process starts with scrap metallurgical processing at the anode station. Here copper scrap with a 96–97% copper content is delivered. By applying the pyro-refining technique, which is based on the "semi-preciousness" nature of copper, the scrap is purified with 2–3% of impurities being removed from it and converted into slag, which is then sold to specialised companies. The final product received at the anode station is 350kg copper plates, the so-called "anodes" containing about 99% copper. There is still 1 % of impurities. To remove these, an electrolysis cycle is used.
COPPER ELECTROLYSIS WORKSHOP
Copper anodes are delivered to the electrolysis workshop. They are immersed in special polymer concrete baths filled with electrolyte (sulphuric acid solution heated to running temperature). Together with copper plates, stainless steel plates are immersed, which act as so-called "cathodes". A constant voltage is applied to both plates, thus creating a galvanic pair. The electrolysis process begins. As the result of this process, copper atoms move from the "anode" to the "cathode", forming a layer of pure copper on the stainless steel plate surface, while impurities partly settle to the bottom as sludge and partly dissolve in the electrolyte. In a few days, 60–80kg of 99.99% pure copper deposits on a stainless steel plate, allowing full utilisation of the conductivity potential of this material in a variety of conductor products.
COPPER METALLURGICAL PROCESSING WORKSHOP
In June 2010, the facility commissioned CONTINUUS-PROPEZI equipment to produce copper wire rod. Equipment ensures the production of 8 and 13.8 mm dia copper wire rod. The production capacity is 25,000 tonnes of rod per year. In order to expand the product range, in 2014 the equipment supplied by Scottish company RAUTOMEAD for the production of oxygen-free copper wire rod was installed and put into operation. Equipment ensures the production of 8, 12.5, 14, 16 and 20 mm dia copper wire rod. Production line is designed to make alloyed copper wire rod. The production line capacity is 5,000 tonnes of rod per year. All products are made in compliance with the standards of Ukraine and the European Union.
CABLE AND WIRE BILLETS WORKSHOP
The workshop produces copper electrotechnical wire ranging from 6.0 mm to 0.07 mm in diameter, copper and aluminium conductive cores ranging from 0.3 mm2 to 300 mm2 in cross section, and overhead wire for electric transport. The workshop is fitted with modern equipment from leading European companies such as NIEHOFF (Germany), SAMP SISTEMI (Italy), SKET (Germany). The workshop capacity is more than 12,000 tonnes per year.
ENAMELLED WIRES AND BUSBAR WORKSHOP
The workshop produces copper and aluminium enamelled wires or busbars, manufactured using high quality equipment made by Austrian company MAG. They are intended for manufacturing of electrotechnical and radiotechnical products, windings for electrical machinery, instruments and devices, as well as items running with refrigerant fluids mixed with refrigeration oils. The enamelled wires and busbar workshop capacity is more than 2,000 tonnes per year.
CABLE AND WIRE PRODUCTS WORKSHOP
In 2019, the equipment for cable and wire products manufacturing was commissioned. We produce such cable types as: installation cords, lines and cords for connecting household equipment, power cables, flexible power cables, power fire-resistant halogen-free cables, control cables, cords for water-submersible electric motors etc. All products manufactured by the enterprise are certified. The workshop capacity is 6,000 tonnes per year of processed copper billets converted into cable and wire products.
CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS
All products are made in compliance with the standards of Ukraine and the European Union. Product quality is controlled at every production stage. Gal-Kat ALC Quality Department incorporates central in-house laboratory, testing laboratory for enamelled wires and busbars, technical control department at the cable and wire products workshop. Laboratories are equipped with modern European equipment, which allows controlling of all technical requirements set forth in the normative documentation for products manufactured by Gal-Kat ALC, namely:
- optical emission spectrometer ARL 4460 (Switzerland) allows controlling 20 chemical elements in copper wire rod;
- universal testing machines TEST 112.2 kN, TEST 112.50 kN, TEST 112.100 kN, (Germany) are used for checking of mechanical parameters; – ELTRA ON-900 oxygen analyser (Germany) is used to control the mass fraction of oxygen;
- RESISTOMAT 2304 milliohmmeter (Germany) is used for control the electric conductivity.
The laboratory of chemical analysis allows monitoring parameters of electrolysis and technological liquids consumed in production processes at Gal-Kat ALC. All Quality Department employees received higher education. The enterprise maintains ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System certified by TUV NORD Institute.
ENVIRONMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Caring for the environment is all about ensuring compliance with our ethical principles. We focus on energy saving, optimising the use of required materials and transport operations, minimising waste generated in production processes i.e. we are constantly striving to reduce our impact on the climate. Through new approaches to reducing emissions, increasing recycling levels we create products that work towards protecting natural resources and utilising clean, renewable energy sources.