1 | Name Of Cluster | Foundary cluster |
2 | Place | Sambhalka |
3 | District | Panipat |
4 | State | Haryana |
5 | No of firms (by type) | 30 |
6 | No. of workers | 2000 |
7 | Turnover(Rs in Million's) | 1650 million |
8 | Associations in cluster | Samalkha Industry association |
9 | Major products | Chaff cutters, Cane crushers, valves and Low end automotive parts such as motor casings, submersible pumps |
10 | Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) |
NA |
11 | Major markets | Domestic market Goraya, Batala and Ahmadabad Maharastra, Gujrat, Chhattisgarh and southern India |
12 | Major problems/prospects | Lake of exposure Lake of knowledge on metallurgy and technical skills. No quality check on inputs, in-process and output. Use of old obsolete and traditional technology. Lack of technology service providers with in the cluster. Lake of soft knowledge providers in the cluster. Over dependence on the charge hands due to the lack of technical knowledge of the owners. No systems for production planning and product mix. Technical Problems Change in the design of the cupola to increase the melting ratio from 1:5 to 1:10. Introduction of mechanization where ever possible. Such as sand mixtures, introduction of molding press machines, Installation of trolley systems measurement techniques and testing instruments. The workshops for manufacturing of chef cutters and cane crushers are very old and technologically obsolete At the shop floor level change in the molding practices, pouring practices and cupola operations is required. Use of match plates for cheff cutting machines |
13 | Data source and updated on | NA |