Tata Steel, established in 1907, is one of the few truly integrated steel plants in the world. New Materials Business is the youngest and fastest growing divisions of Tata Steel offering world class innovative solutions in Composites and Graphene.
The Composites Business Division is operating in a range of product segments providing end to end solution for design freedom, convenience, ease of installation and longer life. NMB is broadly present in 3 market segments:
- Railway Interiors.
- Infrastructure.
- Industrial applications.
The Indian railways is one of the most important segments and composite materials play a major role in improving the efficiency of the railway transport system. The factors that make composites as an attractive materials system for railways are:
- High strength to weight ratio and high stiffness to weight ratio (makes coaches lighter, less fuel consumption).
- Excellent corrosion resistance (low maintenance and improved service life, low life cycle cost).
- Reduced vibration and noise level (increased passenger comfort).
- Low thermal conductivity (air conditioned coaches will have low energy consumption).
- Part consolidation (reduced number of parts).
- Ease of fabrication of aerodynamic structures etc. Lighter coaches will make faster pick up (easy acceleration).
“The rapidly growing global rail industry needs trains that can travel faster and carry more passengers and freight. This has led to rapid rise in demand of alternate materials that perform better and are much lighter than traditional ones, while ensuring passenger safety and comfort. The application of Fibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP) materials for coach interiors is a result of this journey that is gaining popularity with time.”
To address the growing demand of composites in Railway sector, as well as to join hands in the nation’s progress, TSL NMB has started manufacturing FRP coach components and is now executing complete furnishing activities of LHB coaches. TSL NMB is one of the suppliers to Indian Railways for FRP components with anti-graffiti surface finish that displays its endeavor for excellence.
TSL NMB offerings to Railways include – Rail Panel, Rail Window, Modular Toilets, AC Trough, Rail furnishing etc.
Building on the initial success, TSL NMB has recently handed over the very first railway coach (First AC) completely furnished on a turnkey basis to Modern Coach Factory, Rae Bareli. This is a significant step forward for TSL NMB to partner Indian Railways for launching tomorrow’s coaches today.
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