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Government of India Ministry of Railways: TI/STR/010 (Revision 01)

The document outlines the technical requirements and facilities needed for approval to supply porcelain insulators to RDSO. It details requirements in areas such as [1] manufacturing facilities and space, [2] necessary machinery and equipment, [3] a drawing office, [4] maintenance facilities, [5] a chemical laboratory, [6] required testing equipment, and [7] quality control systems that must be in place. The vendor's facilities and capabilities are assessed against these criteria for approval to supply insulators according to RDSO's specifications.
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Government of India Ministry of Railways: TI/STR/010 (Revision 01)

The document outlines the technical requirements and facilities needed for approval to supply porcelain insulators to RDSO. It details requirements in areas such as [1] manufacturing facilities and space, [2] necessary machinery and equipment, [3] a drawing office, [4] maintenance facilities, [5] a chemical laboratory, [6] required testing equipment, and [7] quality control systems that must be in place. The vendor's facilities and capabilities are assessed against these criteria for approval to supply insulators according to RDSO's specifications.
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Effective from……….. STR No.TI/STR/010 (Rev.

01) Page 1 of 6

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

TI/STR/010
(Revision 01)

Schedule of Technical Requirements for Approval


of Vendors for Supply of Porcelain Insulators as
per RDSO’s Specification
No.TI/SPC/OHE/INS/0070 &
No.TI/SPC/OHE/POST/0100(01/2010) with
latest amendment.

ISSUED BY

RESEARCH DESIGNS & STANDARDS ORGANISATION,


TRACTION INSTALLATION DIRECTORATE,
MANAK NAGAR, LUCKNOW-226 011.

Contact Details of RDSO personnel:

 V.K.Upadhaya  Santosh Kumar


DTI/OHE-E DD/OHE-TI
Mob: 9794863306 Mob: 9794863136
Email:[email protected] Email:[email protected]
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1.0 SCOPE:
This Schedule of Technical Requirement (STR) is to assess the
manufacturing capability of the Vendor for new registration/approval of
Porcelain Insulators.
This STR shall be read in conjunction with RDSO’s Specification
No.TI/SPC/OHE/INS/0070 & No.TI/SPC/OHE/POST/0100(01/2010) with
latest amendment.
2.0 GENERAL INFRASTRUCTURE & MANUFACTURING
FACILITIES:

The manufacturer should have adequate covered accommodation for storing


raw material, items awaiting for inspection, finished items awaiting dispatch
and arranging inspection. Separate space should be available for storing,
inspection and issue of metal fittings. The manufacturer should have system
to ensure that the product conforms to relevant specifications as given under.

S.N. Product Specification


1. 25kV solid core RDSO's specification No.
porcelain insulators. TI/SPC/OHE/INS/0070 (with
latest amendment).
2. 66kV/110kV/132kV/ RDSO's specification No.
245kV solid TI/SPC/OHE/POST/0100(01/20
core post insulators 10) with latest amendment.
3. Pedestal post IS: 2544 - Latest
insulators
4. Hollow insulators IS: 5621-Latest
5. Disc insulators IS: 731 - Latest & 1EC: 575 &
797 - Latest
read with RDSO instructions

2.1 MACHINERY AND PLANT:


Following machinery and plant of suitable capacity should be essentially
available.
SN. Machinery and Plant
i Ball mills.
ii Blungers
iii Roto pumps for slip transfer
iv Electromagnetic filters/permanent magnet set.
v Slip filters.
vi Hydraulic piston pumps.
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vii Filter presses.


viii De-airing pug mills
ix Blank drying chamber
x Boring and turning lathes.
xi Batch dryers.
xii Dry finishing rolling machine wherever required.
xiii Dip glazing set up or spray glazing set up wherever required.
xiv Shuttle kilns.
xv Cutting & grinding machines.
xvi Chamfering machine.
xvii Cement mixing machine
xviii Cement injecting machine
xix Assembly jigs.
xx Curing chamber / tanks.
xxi Overhead cranes, forklifts, weighing machines etc.
xxii Vernier calipers, internal & external calipers, measuring instruments
and tools required for day to day work.

3.0 DRAWING OFFICE


The manufacturer should have a drawing office with basic facilities like
photo copy machine, stencils etc. Availability of AUTO CAD with printing
facility should be available with the manufacturer.

4.0 MAINTENANCE OF MACHINERY & PLANT.


The manufacturer should have a separate maintenance department with
adequate staff strength to maintain all the machines of the plant. Adequate
number of jigs and fixtures required in the manufacturing process and testing
should be available with the manufacturer.

5.0 CHEMICAL LABORATORY


The manufacturer should have adequately equipped chemical laboratory with
adequate staff for conducting various tests on Raw Materials, tests to be
conducted at various stages of manufacture and tests to be conducted on the
final product. The following basic testing instruments of adequate capacity
shall be available in chemical laboratory.

SN. Instrument
i Particle size analyser
ii MOR testing machine
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iii Viscometer
iv Drier, Air Oven and Muffle Furnace.
v Electronic type, physical and chemical balances.
vi pH meter.
vii Extrusion machine for test specimens.
viii Equipment / machines required to develop and test new body
Ix Glass equipment like burette, pippette, conical flask etc. for chemical
analysis.
x Sufficient stock of chemicals

6.0 TESTING FACILITIES


The following machines / equipment of adequate capacity shall be essentially
available:

SN. Machine/Equipment
i Porosity testing machine
ii Ultrasonic testing machine
iii Internal Pressure testing machine for hollow insulators.
iv High voltage transformer set up suitable for
a) Electrical routine test on hollow insulators.
b) Electrical routine test on disc insulators.
c) Puncture test on Type B insulators.

v High frequency transformer for routine testing of disc insulators.


vi Universal testing machine for Tensile, bending and torsion test:
a) Separate machines for tensile, bending and torsion may also be
provided.
b) Facility for electro-mechanical failing load test should be available in
case of disc insulators.

vii Temperature cycle test arrangement.


viii Thermal mechanical performance test arrangement.
ix Vernier calipers, internal and external calipers and various tools
required for day to day work.
x Hardness testing machine
xi Go & No-Go gauges for metal filling.
xii Various jigs for different types of insulators for mechanical load testing
(Tensile, bending & torsion).
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7.0 QUALITY CONTROL REQUIREMENTS

7.1 The firm should have acquired ISO-9001:2008 series certification for the
product for which an approval is sought and the product should be broadly
covered in the scope of the certification for manufacture and supply.

7.2 Quality manual of the firm for ISO- 9001:2008 should clearly indicate at any
stage the control over manufacturing and testing of the said product.

7.3 A system of easy traceability of the product from raw material stage to
finished product stage should be available.

7.4 The Quality Assurance Plan (QAP) of the product prepared as per ISO
9001:2008 guidelines should be available. The QAP should be duly approved
by RDSO.

7.5 At least a diploma holder shall be responsible for the internal tests conducted
on, the insulator shells and assembled insulators. In case of laboratory, at
least a graduate in Science / Geology / Ceramics shall be responsible for
conducting various tests starting from Raw Material.

7.6 A Quality Manual of the firm indicating the extent of control over production,
quality control and testing should be available.

7.7 A policy of disposal of rejected material and maintenance of record for


documentary evidence should be available.

7.8 A system of documentation in respect of rejection at customer end, transit


replacement, failure replacement and remedial measures taken should be
available.
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7.9 System should exist for documentation of the following:

7.9.1 Incoming Raw Material with Test Certificate (TC) reference of supplier as
well as internal test and audit checking from outside agency, if required.

7.9.2 Ensure that details regarding the test results of various stages in production
and routine testing are available.

7.9.3 Ensure that a system exists for calibration of testing & measuring equipment
and record is maintained.

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