Southern Railway

SIGNAL AND TELECOMM WORKSHOPS , PODANUR

(an ISO 9002 certified unit for manufacture and supply of Q-series relays)


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Workshop


The Signal and Telecommunication Workshop, Southern Railway, Podanur initially set up in 1958 for manufacture and overhauling of Mechanical & Electromechanical Signalling Equipments, has steadily progressed and today is a Pioneer Workshop manufacturing a wide range of sophisticated Electrical & Electronics Signalling equipments .


This Workshop
in its pursuit to quality and commitment, has been certified as an ISO – 9002 firm for manufacture and supply of ‘Q ‘ series Relays, through the certifying Agency M/S KPMG.
The ISO-9002 certification was issued on 21.9.98.


Rapid technological developments in the field of Railway Signalling and increased allotment of funds toward S&T Works and Safety Works have set the Workshop to gear itself and accept new projects and improve its commitment to quality . As a first step three more shop floors are planned to be covered under ISO Quality Systems.


The workshop with its skilled, trained and dedicated staff strength of 1100 Employees has produced S&T Equipments worth about 18 Crores during the financial year 1998-99.


This workshop manufactures and supplies safety signalling systems to the entire Indian Railways in addition to meeting the urgent demands of prestigious projects like Gauge conversion, Doubling, Electrification works on the Southern Railway.

 

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tokenless block instrument

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Our products 

S&T Workshop, Podanur is the sole manufacturer of Push Button Single-Line Tokenless Block Instrument in India. This Workshop also Manufactures sophisticated equipments like Universal Axle Counter, SGE Double Line Block Instruments, Point machines, Control panels, Coding Relays, Latch Relays, etc.,

All these cater to the regular requirements of various Railways for construction and maintenance purposes.

This Workshop also manufactures import substitute products like QB3 Relays which were earlier imported as CRR Relays from Japan at a Cost of Rs. 45,000/- The Foreign Exchange savings worth about Rs. 1.6 Cores is being realised annually only on this Account.

This Workshop also manufactures QBAT Relays which were earlier imported at a cost of Rs. 13,000/- per Relay. QBAT Relays increases the length of the Track circuit,thus reducing the line side Equipments, increasing the reliability. The Workshopsupplies this Relay at a Cost of Rs.3075/- thus making a saving Rs.1.2 Crores in foreign exchange every year.

This workshop also manufactures QBA1 Relays used in Daido Block instruments.

Apart from the above this workshop manufactures the following vital items
Special type Q series Relays ,
QL1 Relay ,
QBCA1 Relay ,
Electronic Timer ,
Battery Charger and Track Feed Rectifier ,
Polarised Relay 3 Position.

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Q-series relay

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Quality Policy

 S&T Workshop, Podanur is committed to provide consistent quality of Products and strive for continuous improvement through team work and thus satisfy customers’ needs.

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control panel

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Target 2000

Relays, Q Series                       20000 Nos.

Relays, Shelf Type                      1100 Nos.

High thrust Point Machine IRS type      800 Nos.

Block Instrument, Tokenless Type         360 Nos.

Signal - Aspects, CLS                   2000 Nos.

Axle Counter, universal Type             150 Nos.

Signal Machine                            48 Nos.

Block Instrument, SGE Double Line        200 Nos.

Relay Polarised 3 Position               600 Nos.

Panel for PI & RRI                        72 Nos.

Timer Electronic Fail-safe Type         2300 Nos.

Lifting Barrier, Electrical               48 Nos.

Apparatus Cases                          600 Nos.

Detectors, GRS Type                       80 Nos.

Filament Switching Unit                 5000 Nos.

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battery charger

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Whats' New

Our 44th railway week celebration was a grand success ,even news papers like 'The Hindu' commended our efforts . Around 237 employees were awarded during the railway week celebrations .

The best kept shop award went to Relay Shop.

Soon we will start putting our tender notices on this web page.

we will be putting our complete rate list on this page very soon.

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Contact Information

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Signal and Telecomm workshops ,podanur
Coimbatore , 641023
India



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Office phone     +91-422-873266
FAX number    +91-422-872036
Home phone     +91-422-872352


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concieved by,  V.G. Ramesh Kumar , chief workshop manager
designed and administered by ,  Akhilesh Kumar Yadav , works manager

Last revised: July 02, 1999.