Real photographs and footage from our plant. Fire, steel and the people who work them.
A white-hot billet on the anvil, held by the manipulatorTapping from above: molten metal fills the ladleFinished rolls with violet ends: SGI acicularRough turning on a heavy roll latheHot work on the melt shop floorAnnealing furnace on the crane above the next chargeRow upon row of lathes under the craneReading the melt: spectrometer analysisThe forge bay: hammer, manipulator and a billet at working heatA full ladle seen from aboveRough-machined rolls with wobbler drive endsHandheld alloy analyser verifying the gradeTeeming from the ladle under the EOT craneCasting pit from aboveFinish turning a roll to sizeUltrasonic flaw detectorReheating furnace bringing billets up to forging temperatureMelt crew at the chargeAs-cast rolls stacked and waiting for the furnaceMachine shop hall under the EOT craneHardness readings along the barrelThe plant on Amloh Road, Mandi GobindgarhForged blanks, marked for full traceabilityCharging the furnaceThe annealing and heat treatment divisionFinal check before dispatchVertical lathe for large diameter workIn-process inspection at the machineThe administration blockIngots soaking inside the reheating furnaceMolten metal at the ladle lipHeat-treated rolls, each one numberedHeavy roll, turned to a bright finishRolls and shafts in many sizesUltrasonic testing of a finished rollOur works from aboveIngots with heat numbers, staged for forgingRoll moulds prepared on the casting floorAnnealing furnace set down over a chargeNumbered lathes, each a roll in progressForged shafts and rolls in the shopExperience on every checkManagement at workOpen-die forging under the hammerMoulders ramming a mould boxHorizontal boring machine at workLarge machined ring, measured across its faceDimensions verified by caliperProduction planning meetingPouring a roll: molten iron enters the mouldThe roll and steel casting divisionLathe no. 23 at workHollow forged block with hardness test spotsThe Spectro Lab, right on the shop floorPower control roomRaw material bay inside the melt shopBand saw station, sizing heavy stockYellow coding marks SGI rollsChecking neck sizes against the drawingThe gate on Amloh RoadColour-coded rolls in the finished goods yardLadle on the hook, moving to the pitRoll between centres in the machine shopMachined steel ringGrade check on a finished rollThe commercial and planning officePolished rolls with stepped necksDecades of experience at the latheSign-off at the machineFurnace transformerOn-site first aid room