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Defence sector holds immense potential

By Swati Deshpande,

Added 17 March 2017

Shujaul Rehman, CEO, Garware-Wall Ropes Ltd speaks to The Machinist about the company's foray into the defence segment.

Tell us about your manufacturing capabilities and capacities.
We have two manufacturing facilities located at Pune and Wai. Spread across 14 acres of land, Pune plant manufactures ropes, PPMF Yarns, Twines, SPM System, Geo Textiles and Metal Gabions. Wai plant is spread over 29 acres and manufactures all types of twines, nets and coated fabrics. The core philosophy for our manufacturing is operational excellence. We deploy various tools like Lean Sigma, JH, etc. to ensure that our customers get quality and reliable products every time.

The company has designed Flexible Helimat for the defence sector. Can you please tell us briefly about it?

This is an innovative product used to prevent the dust from entering the engine section of chopper when a chopper lands on an unprepared ground. This enhances the longevity of the engine while minimising any damages that may occur to the engine in the event of landing.

The company has developed Inflated Structures for Radars in conjunction with DRDO. Can you please tell us about the project and the product?

RADOME's are structural, weatherproof enclosures used to protect an antenna. The materials used in building a RADOME allow a relatively un-attenuated electromagnetic signal between the antenna inside the RADOME and outside equipment. RADOMEs are used to protect the surfaces of the antenna from the effects of environmental exposure. Initially, the RADOMEs used to be imported from other countries at a high cost. We had closely worked with ADRDE (DRDO) and developed RADOMES for the defence sector. Once the proof of concept is established and the same inducted in defence, this will result in huge savings for the defence sector.

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