Facilities  Sand Plant  Sand Plant is fully mechanised with magnetic Separator, lump breaker, Intensive sand mixer, In-line areator and sand storage bins for new sand, and return sand.  Sand Control Constant monitoring of the system sand used in moulding is done by regular check on the sand for moisture, green compression strength, permeability and compactability, etc. in the laboratory attached to the sand plant.  Moulding Machine Moulding Consists of three pairs of ARPA 300 moulding machines to accommodate a box size of 520 x 400 x 120/150 mm and 560 x 510 x 200 mm. Two WBQ-5 moulding machines for box size of    850 x 650 x 150/300 mm and 1210 x 750 x 200/300 mm.  Mould Closing Unit Pneumatically operated mould closing units are provided to avoid manual closing Mould Conveying Each pair of moulding machines is equipped with two mould lines and one return line. Moulds are conveyed by individual mould cars on rails.  Shell Moulding Automatic shell moulding and shell core shooter machines are also in use.  Pouring Line Mono-rails are provided to pour metal. Each mono-rail can accommodate two ladle handlers (rack and pinion type) to handle 200 kg, capacity ladle.  Mould Shakeout Automatic punch-out machine punches-out the sand and castings from the mould boxes. The sand is returned through underground conveyor belts and discharged into storage bins for re-use. Heavy Castings Castings weighing upto one ton per piece are undertaken in this section.  Core Shop The complete requirement of cores for moulding is made with oil sand, Carbon dioxide-silicate process, cold box and shell process. For mass production of small cores, core shootors are available. The core baking facility consists of electrically heated core oven and an oil-fired oven.  Melting Consists of 2 Nos. of 3.5 tons and one No, 1.5 ton induction furnaces. EOT cranes of 5,3 and 2 tons are used for material handling.  Fettling & finishing Two shot blasting machines are in use. Snagging grinders and pneumatic grinders are available for grinding and deburring operations.  Pattern Shop For manufacturing patterns &core boxes, a well-equipped pattern shop is provided. Pattern shop forms the nucleus of the foundry. Pattern shop consists of a set of wood working machines, Lathe, Milling Machine, drilling machines and power hacksaw. The pattern shop is also equipped with a complete range of precision measuring instruments along with surface tables.  Quality Control To check the quality of the castings, cent percent of the castings are inspected for foundry defects. To keep a constant check on the dimensional accuracy, periodically samples are drawn from production for inspection. For monitoring the various processes in production line, process control system is being adopted.  Laboratory  Chemical Laboratory Chemical lab is equipped for melt and incoming raw material control. Vaccum Emission Spectrometer is provided to analyses 15 elements, from every melt, metal is cleared for casting only after the chemical analysis.  Physical and Metallurgical Laboratory Lab is equipped with a 40 tons UTM (with BHN attachment) Rockwell hardness tester, Metallurgical Microscope of * 1100 x magnification and twin disc polishing machine. Sample castings drawn at random are checked for hardness from every heat. Ultrasonic and magnetic particle testing are also conducted wherever necessary. Heat Treatment An Electric Heat Treatment Furnace of 300 x 300 x 450 mm with a capacity of 100 KW& 15 KW for trial heat treatments are in use.  ISO Certification The Company has an ISO 9002 Certification from TUV, Germany. It has also received the Best Foundry Award from The Institute of Indian Foundary Men as early as 1991.