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Central Hydraulics

B.P.YADAV,

SR.MANAGER

During 4 MT expansion of BSP, new Units and Equipments like Continuous Casting

Machines, Lift & Turn Mechanisms of CCS, Plate Mill Equipments, Bell Less Top Systems

of the premiere Blast Furnace 7, Blast Furnace 4, 5 & 6 and Lime Kilns of RMP II came into

existence. All these equipments were powered by the state of the art hydraulics technology.

At that time, necessity was felt to develop a Central Expert Group in the field of Industrial

Hydraulics to cope with the advancements in the technology and the Central Hydraulics

Section was formed in 1986 under GM (M & U).

MAJOR ACTIVITIES

The Central Hydraulic Section carries out the following major activities:

A) HOSE ASSEMBLY SHOP : The section runs a Hose Assembly making Unit to cater

to the needs of the Plant for hydraulics, lubrication and other critical applications.

The hose assemblies are made with quality materials and strict quality norms are

maintained during assembling and testing. It is ensured that the hose assemblies

supplied to the consumers are 100 % reliable. The timely availability of the hose

assemblies, reduces the breakdown time of the equipment and increases theequipment availability. Since the hose assemblies are supplied centrally, the inventory

cost is also low.

B) FAULT DIAGNOSIS &TROUBLE - SHOOTING : During modernization of the Plant, the

new equipments have come with latest technologies involving

hydraulics.Understanding the operation and developing the skills to maintain these

equipments are very important.

The Central Hydraulics team assists in diagnosis of fault and trouble-shooting of

problems in hydraulic systems installed all over the Plant. Routine maintenance in the

hydraulic systems is done by the concerned shop hydraulic maintenance crew and if a

problem of complex nature arises in the hydraulic system, the Central Hydraulics team

helps in trouble shooting and liquidating the problem.

C) CENTRALIZED PLANNING, PROCUREMENT AND CONSUMPTION CONTROL : Theplanning, procurement and consumption control of hydraulic spares are done centrally by

this section. The high standards of quality for spares is kept to ensure 100% reliability of theequipment. The inventory cost of spares is also maintained low.

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D) STANDARDIZATION AND VARIETY REDUCTION : Continuous efforts are put tostandardize the hydraulic components and reduce their varieties.

E) TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO THE CUSTOMERS : Technical support and guidance isprovided to various Units in the matters of Industrial Hydraulics.

F) MONITORING : Capital Repair of various Units of the Plant are carried out every year.

During these capital repairs a lot of jobs are done on hydraulic systems.

The capital repair jobs done on hydraulic systems are monitored by Central Hydraulics

for quality of work.

G) MODIFICATION OF THE EXISTING HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS : To improve the

performance and reliability of the equipment, modification in hydraulic circuit is done in

association with the concerned shop for improving the system.

H) INSTALLATION, COMMISSIONING AND TESTING OF NEW HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS :The Section involves in TS preparation, Technical Scrutiny of tenders, installation,

commissioning, trial and testing of new hydraulic systems of the Plant.

I) HRD ACTIVITIES: As the training and development of its personnel is one of the

important activity for any organization, the Central Hydraulic Section has also taken up

the responsibility of imparting training to the Plant People in the field of Industrial

Hydraulics. An exhaustive training schedule has been made , covering bot Executives

and Non-executives working in the related areas of the Plant.

The state of the art computer animation technique with projector and hydraulic traininglab are used by the expert faculty to impart quality training to the participants to make

them understand better.

Leading Hydraulic System and Component Manufacturers are invited for interaction on latest

practices and developments in this field. This helpes in better understanding of our

requirements and abridging gap between customers and manufacturers.

Apart from above, continuous interactions are held with the internal customers and necessary

technical support is provided by the Section.

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