One tonne lift in the silo of the Coal Handling Plant of Coke Oven was inaugurated by Executive Director (Works) Birendra Kumar Tiwari. Chief General Manager (Mechanical Maintenance) Vipin Kumar Singh, CGM (Coke Oven) Rakesh Kumar, Chief General Manager (Civil Engineering) Shaligram Singh, GM (Central Technical Services) Mahesh Kumar Lal, GM (Capital Repair) at the inauguration ceremony Prakash Kumar, GM (Maintenance) Ranjan Kumar Behera, GM (Coke Oven) RN Biswas, DGM (CTS) Sameer Swaroop Garg and other officers, employees and contract workers were present.
This lift located in the coke oven silo was renovated by Aarohi Elevator Limited under the supervision of Abhishek Singh. This lift of one ton capacity has been used for the transportation of personnel, equipment, instruments and other goods. After using it for a long time, the technology of this lift had become outdated and old. To make the lift system safe and smooth, it was renovated and fitted with modern technology and equipment like V3F drive, microprocessor based control system. This lift will be very useful in the production of coke oven. The Executive Director discussed the importance of efficient use of elevators in continuous production in Coke Ovens and Coal Handling Plants and also congratulated all the members of Central Technical Services - Mechanical Technical Bureau (CTS-MTB) and Coke Ovens for the successful renovation of elevators.
Also new BEML BE-1000 Excavator, BSL No. HS-20 has been successfully commissioned at SMS-2 Open Pit under OG & CBRS Department of Bokaro Steel Plant. The excavator is of 100 tonne operating weight which will be used for cleaning the open pit of SMS-2 section to ensure uninterrupted production.