BHEL Tiruchy bags honours for safety and innovation

The Energy Systems Group Complex (ESG) has been adjudged winner for the longest accident-free period and lowest average frequency rate in the ‘0.1 to 0.25 million man-hours’ category, while the Welding Research Institute (WRI) has been adjudged runner-up for the longest accident-free period in the same category. Seamless Steel Tube Plant (SSTP) has won the award for the lowest average frequency rate in the ‘over one million man-hours’ category.

Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar Class A award was given to Magu Manchala Yaragorla (Artisan III), T Vijayakumar (Artisan III), E Vinoth Kumar E (Artisan II) and T Guna Sekaran (Artisan II) of Unit II of High Pressure Boiler Plant. They as a team developed an advanced argon purging set up for high chrome high alloy steel SA 335 P-91 pipe butt joint root welding. Class A awards consists of a cash prize of Rs 75,000 and a certificate. 

While M Balamurugan (Artisan II), B Akbar Ali (Artisan II), M Eswaran (Artisan II) and A Gangeswaran (Artisan II) of Valves Production have jointly won a Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar Class B award for developing a process to eliminate backseat leak in forged high pressure valves. Class B awards consists of a cash prize of Rs 50,000 and a certificate. 

Similarly, V Narayananasari, General Technician, L Siva (Artisan II), S Kannan (Artisan II) and E Ramachandran (Artisan III) of Welding Research Institute have jointly won a Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar Class C award for indigenously developing and fabricating of fixture for repair welding of IP rotor shaft. Class C awards consists of a cash prize of Rs 25,000 and a certificate. 

Atul Sobti, Chairman and Managing Director, BHEL, Subrata Biswas, Director, Engineering, Research and Development, BHEL and R Rajamanohar, General Manager-in-Charge and Head, BHEL Tiruchirappalli Complex, received the Safety Awards on behalf of BHEL Tiruchirappalli.