The Ukrainian pipe and railway wheel producer Interpipe Corporation (Interpipe) has announced that its subsidiary Interpipe NTRP has developed and handed over 955 mm railway wheel manufacturing technology to India-based Durgapur Steel Plant.
"Interpipe experts developed and handed over to the customer complete technology rights from deformation tools to technical documentation for manufacturing of 955 mm for local EMU trains. These wheels will be manufactured in India for the first time," reads Interpipe's statement.
The whole project was carried out under the supervision of the Research Designs & Standards Organization of Indian State Railways.
In June this year, technologists and engineers of Interpipe NTRP in collaboration with experts of Durgapur Steel Plant produced the first production batch of 500 pieces of 955 mm monobloc railway wheels, producing a maximum supply of correct wheels for final inspection.