Union Minister of State for Defence Jitendra Singh has inaugurated Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd’s manned chamber welding (MCW) shop.
The Indian MCW system at HAL offers both robotic and human (manual) welding in argon atmosphere, while the Russian welding is carried out only manually.
In this robotic system, HAL does the welding of 17 major modules of Sukhoi engine. The welding is of high quality and free of defects.
The entire outer casing module of the engine is welded inside this chamber. Welder working inside has all life support and health monitoring features.
The facility is located at HAL’s Koraput (Sunabeda) unit in Odisha. The Indian equipment has been developed indigenously by HAL with the help of other vendors.
“India and Russia are the only two countries having this facility,” said R.K. Tyagi, Chairman, HAL.
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