Raychem RPG has begun commercial production at its high-capacity transformer plant at Chakan near Pune, Maharashtra. The new plant has a production capacity to produce transformers up to 25 MVA.
The facility has equipment with technical support from Hedrich and Demag (both from Germany) and UK-based Militorv and capability to manufacture oil immersed transformers up to 25MVA, 132 KV. The plant can also make specialty transformers for drives and furnaces, apart from isolation, hermetically-sealed and auto transformers.
Raychem RPG set up its facility with an investment of Rs.13 crore. The company already has a facility at Chakan, near Pune catering to transmission & distribution and hydrocarbon business sectors. The plant can manufactures a range of transformers covering 100 to 5,000KVA dry type (vacuum impregnated & cast resin 33KV class); oil-immersed up to 5000KVA, 33kV class. It has already developed and manufactured series of Scot-T transformers for world’s largest inter-country pipeline and the first booster transformer in India for L&T, a statement by Raychem RPG said.