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Infrastructure

Further to the manufacturing facilities in Bangalore Complex, a new manufacturing unit has been established at Palakkad, Kerala as an extension to Bangalore Complex and commenced operations in May-2010.

The unit currently has a capacity to manufacture 300 Rail Coaches annually and will be ramped upto 600 Coaches per year. The unit has been accredited ISO 9001:2008. The unit is well established with facilities required for the manufacture of Bogies & other Components for rail Coaches. Presently the semi finished coaches are being manufactured and then transported to Bangalore complex/ Rail coach unit II, KGF for further processing and roll out.

Infrastructural Facilities

• Industrial Hangars- of size 157 m X 80 m – 2 Nos
• 20 T EOT Cranes- 4 Nos per Hangar
• Rail Tracks (Broad Gauge & Standard Gauge)- 6 Lines in each Hangar
• Sheet metal Shop- 80 m X 60 m with 10 T EOT Crane- 2 Nos
• Shearing Machines- 13 mm thickness- 4 m Bed- 1 No
• Shearing Machines- 5 mm thickness- 4 m Bed- 1 No
• CNC Plasma Cutting machine- 40 mm thickness- 1 No
• CNC Flame Cutting Machine- 16 mm thickness- 1 No
• CNC Press Brake- 400 T – 4 m Bed- 1 No
• Radial Drilling machine- 1 No
• Nibbling Machine- 1 No
• Plate Straightening Machine- 1 No
• Edge Beveling Machine- 1 No
• Jigs & Fixtures for Assembly of AC EMU & Main Line Coaches
• Jigs & Fixtures for Under frame, Sidewalls, End walls and Roof for conventional Coaches
• Raw Material Stores- 30 m X 50 m (15 m High)
• Traverser – 2 Nos ( 1- Manual & 1- Powered)
• Shot blasting Shed
• Paint Shop
• Rail Connectivity to Main Line under Establishment through RITES
• Technically trained experienced welders and nondestructive testing operators

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