Bharat Forge

Casting Standards

Casting largely based on heat treatment methodologies generate huge energy waste and metallurgical waste; consequently falls into red category. Thanks to the latest clean, lean and green technologies, forging which…

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Bhart Forge Ltd, Pune: Increasing productivity with Cleaner Workshops

One of the oldest known metalwork manufacturing processes where metal is pressed, pounded or squeezed under great pressure and heated into high strength parts is forgings. The domestic automotive sector and outsourcing have been the key drivers of growth for the forging industry in India with consistent increase in production, capacity utilization and exports. With the booming auto component industry with forging exports projected to touch US$5 billion (which is about 15% of the auto component exports) by 2015, the demand for forgings is expected to be at least 16% per annum. The forging industry is largely growing around automotive industry which is mainly concentrated in West as well as South India. But how are forging manufacturers maintaining the production premises? What is the cleaning technology being adopted? What are their specific cleaning requirements? Mohana M finds out…

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