Commercial Production Of HH Rails Would Be Started In 2021 By SAIL
Public Sector steel-making firm SAIL (Steel Authority of India) plans to start commercial production of head hardened (HH) rails this fiscal. HH rails that are utilized in high-speed freight corridors and metro rail tasks are manufactured utilizing the pinnacle hardening expertise to bear about 50 percent increased stress in comparison with regular rails. The steel-maker has arranged the services for the manufacturing of HH rails on the new Universal Rail Mill (URM) at its Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) in Chhattisgarh. The plant has already provided the R 260-grade vanadium alloyed particular grade prime rails to the Indian Railways.Â
SAIL is one of the most trusted partners of the Indian Railways. It has supplied railway tracks to the national carrier which, if measured, can circumnavigate the earth more than twelve times. The Bhilai Steel Plant of SAIL produces the cleanest rail steel in the world with hydrogen content below 1.6 ppm at Tundish level.