Modernised HFIW Mill commissioned at
Tubes Division |
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| Mr Muthuraman is shown the new facility
by Mr Manzer Hussain EIC, Tubes |
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| The inauguration ceremony in progress |
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| A traditional welcome for Mr Muthuraman |
In exactly 124 months, the HFIW Mill at Tata Steel’s
Tubes Division was modernised, 78 days ahead of the schedule date and within the
stipulated budget. The now virtually new mill was inaugurated by the Managing Director, Mr
B Muthuraman on August 11, 2004.
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| State of the art facilities at Tubes |
A battery of world class suppliers were engaged by the
Division to replace, upgrade and add to its facilities, As a result of the modernisation
the throughput at the Division has increased from 80,000 tonnes to 110,000 tonnes, there
has been a reduction in the manufacturing cycle time, increase in manpower productivity as
well as improvement in data integrity on production, transfer and stoppage.
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Modernisation
• Replacement of Single Mandrel Uncoiler by a Double
Mandrel Uncoiler
• Replacement of the maintenance intensive coil accumulator by a disc type
accumulator
• Upgradation of the forming and sizing mill motor drives
• Replacement of the valve type welder by a solid state welder
• Replacement of obsolete PLCs
• Replacement of friction saw cut-off by a double cold saw
• Installation of additional on line NDT to replace hydraulic testing
• Installation of on line oiling unit
• Installation of semi automatic tube bundling and packaging machine |
Improvement
• Faster feeding of coil to the mill
• Increase storage capacity of strip
• Increased speed of machine
• Better weld, lower power consumption
• State of the art
• Burr free, sound free cutting at high speed
• Manpower productivity, accurate testing
• Eliminate batch varnishing
• Automated counting, weighing, packing and identification |
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Dr T Mukherjee
takes charge of
IISI Technology Committee
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| Mr T Mukerjee |
Deputy Managing Director, Steel, Dr T Mukherjee, became
the first Indian to be accorded the honour of chairing the Committee on Technology of the
Brussels-based International Iron and Steel Institute (IISI). Dr Mukherjee’s
appointment comes at a time when the importance of India and the Indian steel industry is
being recognised globally.
A Ph D from University of Sheffield, Dr Mukherjee, who
took over from Dr Norman Lockington of Dofasco, Canada is expected to bring his vast
experience to bear on IISI’s current key business areas, including the short-term and
medium-term forecast for the steel business; benchmarking all areas of the business;
market development by undertaking common projects to develop new applications; and
sustainability by addressing environmental and sustainability issues.
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