Indigenous Military-Grade Steel Developed For Indian SSBN's & SSN's - Navy, DRDO, SAIL in tie-up for producing steel for submarines
The Indian Navy’s Directorate of Naval Design, in collaboration with Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), has developed a special grade of steel for indigenously designed nuclear-powered stealth submarines.
INS Arihant SSBN heading out for Sea Trails
The Indian Navy’s Directorate of Naval Design, in collaboration with Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), has developed a special grade of steel for indigenously designed nuclear-powered stealth submarines.
The joint initiative of DRDO and SAIL for local production of the new grade of steel would allow the country to progress on indigenous development of nuclear-powered submarines. It would also help the country to save precious foreign exchange.
The special steel has been tested for use by nuclear powered submarines at SAIL’s Rourkela plant. Codenamed DMR292A, the special steel is exclusively for “underwater projects”. “This a big achievement for the country as other exporting nations that produce the special steel were either unwilling or unable to continue selling it to India. In the absence of the domestic R&D initiative, India’s indigenous submarine development programme would have moved back by several years,” senior officers from DRDO told FE on conditions of anonymity.
The new special steel is military-grade, which means it is far more sturdier than ordinary trpe and is capable of being used in temperatures as low as minus (-) 40°C. Above all, iot has power to absorb ballistic impact. These special features make the steel almost unbreakable, but it could be bent to suit tailor-made requirements of the armed forces.
State-owned SAIL is already actively participating in projects of the Indian Navy.
It is supplying steel for country’s single largest military platform — a 42,000-tonne Indigenous Aircraft Carrier. SAIL has so far delivered about 28,000 tonnes of the warship-grade steel for the Indigenous Aircraft Carrier-1, called Project 71 (P-71).
The PSU has set up exclusive facilities at a Special Plates Plant in Rourkela to meet the requirements of the aircraft carrier.
A team of scientists of the Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory worked with technologists to develop and set up a production line of the steel, called DMR249A at the Bhilai plant over the last seven years.
Another variant of the steel, called DMR249B, was made at the Alloy Steel Plant in Durgapur. It is used in the repair of the Indian Navy’s Russian-origin Kilo-class submarines and to build anti-submarine warfare corvette, the INS Kamorta.
“The special steel has twice the price of other grades of industrial-purpose metal but comes at almost half the cost of the imported variety. This would help in saving foreign exchange,” said a SAIL executive not wanting to be named.
SAIL is also producing armoured plates for Russian-origin T-72 and T-90 tanks, the indigenous Main Battle Tank ‘Arjun’ and for mine-protected vehicles.
Source:-
Navy, DRDO, SAIL in tie-up for producing steel for submarines | The Financial Express
Earlier SAIL developed both Warship Grade & Aerospace Grade Steel for use in Indian Warships and Satellite Launch Vehicles -
Warship-grade steel, made by SAIL
SAIL SSP develops aerospace grade stainless steel for ISRO
Indigenous Military-Grade Steel Developed For Indian SSBN's & SSN's - Navy, DRDO, SAIL in tie-up for producing steel for submarines
The Indian Navy’s Directorate of Naval Design, in collaboration with Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), has developed a special grade of steel for indigenously designed nuclear-powered stealth submarines.
INS Arihant SSBN heading out for Sea Trails
The Indian Navy’s Directorate of Naval Design, in collaboration with Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), has developed a special grade of steel for indigenously designed nuclear-powered stealth submarines.
The joint initiative of DRDO and SAIL for local production of the new grade of steel would allow the country to progress on indigenous development of nuclear-powered submarines. It would also help the country to save precious foreign exchange.
The special steel has been tested for use by nuclear powered submarines at SAIL’s Rourkela plant. Codenamed DMR292A, the special steel is exclusively for “underwater projects”. “This a big achievement for the country as other exporting nations that produce the special steel were either unwilling or unable to continue selling it to India. In the absence of the domestic R&D initiative, India’s indigenous submarine development programme would have moved back by several years,” senior officers from DRDO told FE on conditions of anonymity.
The new special steel is military-grade, which means it is far more sturdier than ordinary trpe and is capable of being used in temperatures as low as minus (-) 40°C. Above all, iot has power to absorb ballistic impact. These special features make the steel almost unbreakable, but it could be bent to suit tailor-made requirements of the armed forces.
State-owned SAIL is already actively participating in projects of the Indian Navy.
It is supplying steel for country’s single largest military platform — a 42,000-tonne Indigenous Aircraft Carrier. SAIL has so far delivered about 28,000 tonnes of the warship-grade steel for the Indigenous Aircraft Carrier-1, called Project 71 (P-71).
The PSU has set up exclusive facilities at a Special Plates Plant in Rourkela to meet the requirements of the aircraft carrier.
A team of scientists of the Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory worked with technologists to develop and set up a production line of the steel, called DMR249A at the Bhilai plant over the last seven years.
Another variant of the steel, called DMR249B, was made at the Alloy Steel Plant in Durgapur. It is used in the repair of the Indian Navy’s Russian-origin Kilo-class submarines and to build anti-submarine warfare corvette, the INS Kamorta.
“The special steel has twice the price of other grades of industrial-purpose metal but comes at almost half the cost of the imported variety. This would help in saving foreign exchange,” said a SAIL executive not wanting to be named.
SAIL is also producing armoured plates for Russian-origin T-72 and T-90 tanks, the indigenous Main Battle Tank ‘Arjun’ and for mine-protected vehicles.
Source:-
Navy, DRDO, SAIL in tie-up for producing steel for submarines | The Financial Express
Earlier SAIL developed both Warship Grade & Aerospace Grade Steel for use in Indian Warships and Satellite Launch Vehicles -
Warship-grade steel, made by SAIL
SAIL SSP develops aerospace grade stainless steel for ISRO
