Team News Riveting
Raipur, February 2
The Plant Garage team of Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP), an arm of state-run Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), has recently revamped CAT Loader 710 and Dump post dozers used in plant’s Steel Melting Shop-2.
The revamped dozers were inaugurated by Anjani Kumar, ED (Works) on February 1, 2022 at MERS, Plant Garage in the presence of Asit Saha, CGM I/c (M and U), S K Gajbhiye, CGM (Mech.) Sushil Kumar, CGM (SP 2), Sudhir Kumar, GM (Operation- CCS).
Praising the efforts of the Plant Garage collective, Anjani Kumar, ED (Works) stated that such in-house jobs help in cost-saving measures. Senior officers and members of Plant Garage collective were present on the occasion. The noteworthy work of Plant Garage was carried out under the supervision of R V Gaharwar, HoD, Plant Garage with the team of Emmanual Roy, DGM, and Lalit Yadav, Manager.
SMS 2’s CAT Loader is a useful instrument for loading of spillage, Slag, Scrap. Since it is a chain-mounted CAT loader, the equipment works where surfaces are hot as well. Of late, the CAT loader was not functioning properly due to faults in its engine and other parts.
Since it a special kind of equipment with imported spares, it was difficult to get its spare parts. Exchanging the faulty engine with a new one was an expensive and time-taking alternative. The Plant Garage team took stock of the situation and used their technical acumen, experience and internal resources to complete the revamping task successfully at minimal cost, resulting in significant savings for the Plant.
The innovative job has been possible due to the efforts of the Plant Garage team. Sudhir Gupta, G N Raju, Ashok Rai, Ajay Singh Dhruve, Deepak Pandit, Bireshwar Mandal, Lokeshwar and others contributed towards carrying out this task successfully.
Engine transmission of Dump Post’s Dozer N-129-A and revamping of Track converter was done which also led to huge savings. R V N Mohan, Yogendra Kumar Meshram, Omlal Nayak, Tata Rao, Vimal, ShriGyan Singh, Anand Kumar Thakur, Painter Suresh Kumar Yadav and their associates successfully completed the revamping processes.
