BHEL
HPVP factory at Visakhapatnam has a
shop floor area of over 56000 sq.mt. with capacity to handle unit loads up to 241 mt.
An array of machinery is at
work on the shop floor providing
facilities for material preparation, heat treatment,
machining and welding comparable to world
standards. BHEL HPVP with it's vast manufacturing capabilities, can
manufacture process equipment of almost any
size. In addition , it
has the requisite handling facilities. Bigger
equipments handled at shops is 220 MT and the shop can handle equipment upto 60 mtrs long height crane
under hook is 18 mtrs.
Transport Port : Being located at Visakhapatnam, has excellent port facilities for transporting large size vessels. BHEL HPVP undertakes site fabrication and erection in case of extra large equipments which cannot be transported. Rail : BHEL HPVP is located by the side of the main railway track ( i.e. Howrah to Chennai) and can transport heavy equipments. Transported upto 241 mt. equipments by 16 axle special wagons. Road : BHEL HPVP, situated adjacent to national highway No:5, transported equipments weighing upto 150 mt. by road. |
MANUFACTURING
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Edge
Preparation : Welding
edge preparation up to 18,000 mm long
X 4,000 mm wide upto
50 mm; thick plasma cutting machines
for cutting stainless steel plates upto 80 mm thickness. Press Shop : Hydraulic presses upto a maximum capacity of 1600 t used for pressing of dished ends, petals of storage spheres and various other parts. |
Maximum diameter : 5000 mm. Heat Treatment : An Annealing furnace of size 5030 mm and 36580 mm internal length is available which can attain temp. of 1100 o C. bogie capacity of 120 mt. There is another large size Heat Treatment Furnace of size 7400 mm X 7250 mm cross section and 17000 mm internal length is available. The maximum capacity of change is 200 Tons. The furnace can attain a maximum temperature of 8000C. the fuel used is LPG / HSD.
Wrapping machine : |
The shell ring is
supported on a shaft. This
machine is capable of making
shell sections of : |
Panel
Processing Machine : Employed for manufacture of fusion
welded water wall panels required for coal
- fired boilers. A three
headed machine capable of welding
three joints at a time. Panels
upto 1625 mm width
and 24000 mm length can be manufactured. |
Swaging Machine : Employed to reduce
the diameters of tubes.
Reduction ranges from O. D.
761. mm maximum to O. D. 44.5
mm minimum. Swaging of the tube
ends facilitates drilling of smaller size
holes in drums with resultant
increased ligament efficiency. |
Squeezing
Machine : 180
degree bends with very close radii
can be manufactured. Tube sizes
from O.D. 38.1 mm to O.D.
76.2 mm can be handled. Useful in
manufacture of economizer and superheater
coil bends where both sides touch each other. |
CNC Lathe : Takes up intricate
machining operations. Direct Reading Vacuum Emission Spectrometer : With print out facility for chemical analysis. |