Agni Missile got 106 tonnes of special steel from SAIL

Rourkela.August 30 ,2016The Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has supplied 106 tonnes of a  special kind of steel for use in the Agni missile.
 
This special typle of steel, called “15CDV6 grade plates” steel was made at SAIL’s Rourkela plant, and will be used for outer motor casing of the missile. These plates were rolled and annealed at the special plate plant (SPP) at Rourkela.
 
The SPP of Rourkela is also supplying DMR 249A steel for India’s first indigenously built submarine hunting ship, “INS Kamorta”. This is a super-sophisticatedfrontline warship built for the Indian Navy. The DMR 249A steel is a low carbonalloyed steel in which the specified hydrogen content is very less. The Rourkela SPP, said the official, is a regular supplier of steel for the atomic research projects as well and it has also provided steel plates with high resistance to granular and stress corrosion for the Kalpakkam plant.

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