BEML, the PSU firm well-known for manufacturing
coaches for the Delhi, Bangalore and Jaipur metros has approached
IIT-Kharagpur for help, the only IIT with a railway research centre.
With Narendra
Modi's Make in India initiative underway, the move will further
boost up the process of indigenization and will also ease dependence
on imported parts.
BEML has
approached the...
Centre with issues that involve both high speed trains
and metro trains.
IIT-Kharagpur has
also developed latest coaches for both categories of trains, which
will now be modified according to BEML specifications.
The wing has been
set up by the Indian Railways to help develop R&D for next
generation passenger and freight trains.
BEML also
manufactures high-speed trains and control systems.
The centre is a
conglomeration of eight departments of the institute with at least
100 faculty members working together to provide solutions to problems
faced by the Indian Railways.
The centre has
already made a technology to improve the speed of trains from the
existing maximum of 130 kmph to 200 kmph.
Thus far, coaches had to be imported from Korea and China for both high speed and metro
trains.
"It is not
bogeys alone, in case of metro trains, which run at 80kmph, we are
looking at a series of changes like lighter material to build new age
train cars, better seating, reduced jerking and, most importantly,
advanced train control systems. Since IIT-Kgp has already made
quantifiable progress in this direction, we wanted to collaborate
with it. Many changes are in the offing following international
standards that we aspire to follow," Times of India quoted Amit
Banerjee, the chief of R&D at BEML in Bangalore as saying.
The IIT-Kharagpur
team for this project has been led by Suvranshu Roy, a senior faculty
member.
"Our research
has already led us to over 200kmph and we are aiming for 250kmph
next. The research collaboration with BEML is two-pronged. While we
have progressed on high speed bogeys and systems, we are also trying
to give up the stainless steel body of the Metro cars and develop a
much lighter aluminium alloy," Roy added.
BEML, a
Miniratna-Category-1 PSU was established in May 1964 as a PSU for
manufacture of rail coaches & spare parts and mining equipment at
its Bangalore Complex. BEML plays a pivotal role and serves India’s
core sectors like defence, rail, power, mining and infrastructure.
The PSU operates under three major business verticals namely mining &
construction, defence and rail & metro. The PSU has nine
manufacturing units spread over country. 
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