Armed forces anti-mine protected vehicles with special SAIL-Rourkela grade plates

A division of the government-owned Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) dispatched the first 4mm Jackal Plates shipment with special treatment to Vehicle Factory Jabalpur.

The shipment was flagged off from SAIL's Special Plate Plant (SPP) at the Rourkela Steel Plant by Kartikeya Behera, CGM (SPP & NPM). At the event were Dr. Prasanta Kumar Padhi, GM In-charge (SPP), Prabir Kumar Behera, GM (SPP), and additional Senior Officers from the SPP, PPC, and Marketing departments of RSP.

The plate will be employed in the production of anti-mine vehicles. 34.648 tonnes of special grade plates, comprising spade materials and high strength 4mm Jackal Plates, were dispatched.

Notably, the plates underwent heat treatment at the RSP Special Plate Plant after being rolled at the Salem Steel Plant and processed through the heat-producing process at the Durgapur Steel Plant.

It is important to note that the Special Plate Plant (SPP), which was put into service in 1969, has a long history of producing rolling plates for the Indian Navy and Defence Department. Special Plate Plant has successfully created Naval Grade Plates, including DMR-249A, DMR-249B, and DMR 301 grade plates, which suit the strict standards of defence applications, under the direction of the Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL), Hyderabad.

As part of the "Make in India" initiative, SPP is also working hard to develop more import-substitute plates. Building domestic defence applications is essential to ensuring India's safety and security and will make the nation self-sufficient.