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BHEL to raise Boiler production capacity
New Delhi, January 30, 2008
Aimed at equipping itself to meet the country's ambitious
power generating capacity addition target in the 11th and 12th
Five Year Plans, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has
adopted a multi-pronged capacity and capability building
strategy. In addition to holistic modernization of facilities,
the company is augmenting its manufacturing capacity to 15,000
MW per annum by 2009. As part of this, BHEL is upgrading its
Boiler manufacturing facility at its Trichy plant.
The company has already invested Rs.190 Crore on the Boiler
Shops and is now investing another Rs.736 Crore to upgrade the
production capacity of Boilers. With the completion of this
capacity augmentation programme by 2009, BHEL’s production
capacity for manufacturing Thermal / Nuclear Boilers will go
up to 4,81,000 MT from a capacity of 1,08,000 MT, prior to
commencement of the expansion programme.
The scheme envisages installation of the state-of-the-art
manufacturing facilities including machinery required for
manufacturing supercritical boilers and addition of shop floor
area, material handling, storage and shipping facilities. The
new scheme will help the company to enhance its capability to
build higher rating Boilers and Once-through Super Critical (OTSC)
Technology of 800 MW and 1,000 MW; improve its presence in
overseas markets; enhance Quality Process Modernisation and
Productivity, besides reduction in Cycle Time, Rejection and
Rework rate.
In addition, existing facilities for manufacture of Steam
Generators for 700 MWe Nuclear Power Stations and special
facilities for manufacturing unique equipment for BARC and
Defence, will also be modernised at an investment of Rs.52
Crore. Besides, an Advanced Centre for Manufacturing
Excellence will be set up at BHEL’s Welding Research
Institute, Trichy at an investment of around Rs.19 Crore.
The company is also upgrading the Ultra-modern Blade Shop set
up at its Haridwar plant in 2003. Advanced design blades are
used in thermal sets for better efficiency and lower heat rate
and were being imported prior to the setting up of this Blade
Shop. The company has already invested Rs.180 Crore on the
Blade Shop and is now investing another Rs.220 Crore to
upgrade the production capacity of advanced design blades to
2.25 lakh blades for 15,000 MW sets per annum by 2009. With
this, BHEL will become fully capable of manufacturing advanced
design blades for thermal sets up to 1,000 MW capacity.
In addition, BHEL is setting up a new Fabrication Plant and a
Central Stamping Unit at Jagdishpur in Uttar Pradesh. The new
centralised facilities are being set up by BHEL at a
cumulative initial investment of Rs.306 Crore aimed at meeting
vital aspects of power plant equipment manufacture and will
help in speedy execution of power projects.
The Fabrication Plant is being set up to meet the burgeoning
requirement of fabricated components and assemblies required
by BHEL’s major units. The plant will produce around 25,000 MT
per annum including about 16,000 MT of structures for Boilers
for direct dispatch to power plant sites in the eastern and
northern regions. The Central Stamping Unit is being set up to
meet the increased requirement of stampings, a critical part
of electrical machines, due to the growth in business and
market demand for Generators and Electrical Motors.
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