Rail Wheel Factory, Bangalore
Rail Wheel Factory, Bangalore is a prestigious manufacturing unit of Indian Railways producing Cast Steel Rail Road Wheels, perfectly assembled wheel sets and precision Forged Axles. Rail Wheel Factory, Bangalore was commissioned in the year 1984 to produce wheels as well as axles for the Indian Railways. This production unit has more than 2000 of employees and the annual turnover of this unit is about 82 Crores.
It expands over a land area of 117.77 hectares. Till early decade of 1980s, the Rail Wheel Factory, Bangalore has played a vital role to fulfill the requirement of wheels and axles in India.
Products manufactured by Rail Wheel Factory, Bangalore:
- Perfectly assembled wheel sets
- Precision Forged Axles
- Cast Steel Rail Road Wheels
Being an ISO 9001: 2000 and ISO 14001 certified railway products manufacturing unit, the Rail Wheel Factory, Bangalore has achieved great popularity in the nation. Recently it has a planned to produce total 70,000 wheels of different shapes as well as sizes, and total 23,000 axles including around 23,000 wheel sets.
The energy required for manufacturing wheels and other related products is supplied by the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Ltd. To manufacture best quality of wheels and axles, Rail Wheel Factory, Bangalore uses some important types of Energy that include-
- High speed diesel to generate heat in furnaces
- Electricity
- LPG for heating of ceramic tubes and cooking at canteen
- DA Gas for cutting wheels
- Liquid oxygen for lancing of metal and cutting of scrap
Performance Review
The production performance of Rail Wheel Factory, in terms of value and quantity are mentioned below-
| Year |
Wheels (Actual)
(Rs. In Crores) |
Axles (Actual)
(Rs. In Crores) |
Wheel Sets (Actual)
(Rs. In Crores) |
Production Value
(Rs. In Crores) |
| 2002-03 |
1,01,554 |
43,322 |
27,984 |
301.76 |
| 2003-04 |
1,10,407 |
50,513 |
32,200 |
318.80 |
| 2004-05 |
95,125 |
49,502 |
32,732 |
346.65 |
The plant of Rail Wheel Factory, Bangalore has several unique and contemporary features including the development in the field of technology and designs. As an example one can see, the civil engineering structures of RWF that are planned with all the advanced architectural ideas.
Not only that, the plant also utilizes railway scrap as raw material that helps to reduce production costs. This railway scrap is liquified in three Electric Arc furnaces.
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