In the vicinity of Transformer Manufacturing Division of BHEl, Bhopal, a cold storage facility of international standard has been developed for storing temperature sensitive material which is used in the manufacturing of large size transformer. R410, an energy efficient refrigerant is being used in the 28 tonne cold storage facility.
The storage will be used to store insulated material, resins, varnish, glass tapes, special paints and insulated copper which are used in manufacturing of transformer and are crucial to maintain the quality of the electrical performance of the transformer.
The cold storage located near the New Transformer Block is spread over an area of 600 Sq. meters (25 M x 24 M) inside the storage block which is built on an area of 1800 Sq. meter (75M x 24M). The cold storage equipped with 02 Nos. condensing along with 02 Nos. evaporating units is capable of maintaining 5°C cooling continuously within the facility. The facility is constructed using special PUF unit.
The facility was recently inaugurated by BP Rao, Chairman and Managing Director, BHEl in present of Shashi Ranjan Prasad, Executive Director, BHEl, Bhopal and RK Tiwari, General Manager, Transformer Division along with TG Chauragade, General Manager, Modernisation.
Meanwhile, the Foundry Division has for the first time developed in BHEl, Bhopal the heavy casting of stator frame of critical design of H Compact Motor for IMM Division.
In presence of Shashi Ranjan Prasad, Executive Director, BHEl, Bhopal, Dheeman Sen, General Manager, (Feeders) and MK Halder, General Manager (Feeders) the stator frame was handed over to S Balakrishnan, General Manager (EM). On this occasion Abhijit Sinha, AGM, Foundry, Vinay Nigam (AGM-IMM). Sanjeev Gupta, General Manager (P&D) and Raimon Minj, General Manager (WEX) were also present on this occasion.
The motors are to be supplied of 6-6 numbers for which Foundry Division is ready for delivering quality casting.