Roll out 130 metre long rail tracks begin at Bhilai Steel Plant

Bhilai: Public sector Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) has begun the hot trials of its new Universal Rail Mill (URM). The Reheating Furnace of the URM was lit up on March 25, and following this, hot blooms were rolled from the Mills Rolling Stand No.1 on Thursday.

This modern 1.2 MTPA (million tonne per annum) URM will roll out 130 metre long rail track as a single piece which will be the world's longest rail. Both the lighting up of reheating furnace and hot trials of URM are important milestones towards commissioning of the URM as also is the plant's 7 Million Tonne (MT) Model Programme.

The whole project has been put on fast track under the guidance of CEO S Chandrasekaran and senior officers and the project's organization team of BSP. The reheating furnace with 230 tonne/hour capacity is the first walking beam type furnace of BSP, and it will cater to the requirement of hot blooms for URM to roll out 130 meter long rails as a single piece.

Bhilai Steel Plant is the sole supplier of world-class rails to Indian Railways. SAIL-Bhilai has equipped itself to meet futuristic and advanced requirements of Indian Railways.