Date:16/11/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/11/16/stories/2008111659430200.htm

Tamil Nadu - Tiruchi

Major achievement by BHEL in Tiruchi

Staff Reporter

22 metre-long spiral finned tubes manufactured and despatched

Milestone: The 22 metre-long spiral finned tubes, loaded in a trailer, ready for despatch at the BHEL.

TIRUCHI: The Seamless Steel Tube Plant (SSTP), Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), Tiruchi, achieved a milestone on Friday by despatching 22 metre-long spiral finned tubes, the longest tubes manufactured for the first time.

V. Sundar, Director of Boilers, flagged off the first consignment, containing 4140 metric tonnes of carbon steel SFW tubes and 1930 metric tonnes of alloy steel spiral finned tubes, to High Pressure Boiler Plant (HPBP).

These 22 metre-long spiral finned tubes will be used for manufacturing modules for Fluidised Bed Combustion (FBC) and Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG) for the Nagothane, Pipavav and Pragati projects.

For the production of this new variant of the product, SSTP had installed a state-of-the-art solid-state welder in place of vacuum tube oscillator, a PLC and developed in-house the lengthening of the bed along with necessary accessories.

T.S.G. Narayanan, Deputy Director of Boilers, BHEL circle handed over the test certificate to N. Krishnamurthy, General Manager, SSTP. S.R. Mani, General Manager Operations, Boiler Plant, received the despatch documents from Mr. Krishnamurthy. V Ananthakrishnan, Executive Director, BHEL presided over the function. General managers T. Jambunathan, S. Karunakaran, S. Gopinath, M. Karunakara Reddy, N. Jagadeesan, senior officials and union representatives were present on the occasion.