Mech – IIC: Industrial visit to “GWASF - Quality Casting Pvt Ltd, Baikampady”

The Industry and Innovation Cell of Mechanical Engineering had organized one day Industrial visit for all Second years on four different days to “ GWASF - Quality Casting, Baikampady ”. Total of 154 students along with staff took part in the visit.

The main objective of this visit is to

1. Give an overview of the Manufacturing Process particularly Metal Casting.
1. Patte Section.
2. Molding section.
3. Melting Section.
4. Fettling and cleaning.
5. Inspection.
2. Enhance their knowledge on Heat Treatment, Welding, machining & Nondestructive testing.

GWASF manufactures a range of castings in a large variety of alloys from a weight range of 10 kg to 450 kg. The castings are designed and manufactured to meet inteational safety standards such as the European PED for pressure vessel castings and Lloyds/DNV for marine applications. They manufacture a product like pumps casing and safety valves. GWASF has a large base on sub-contractors and in-house machining facilities. The company has high end machining capabilities to meet tight tolerance components. Components are surface finished, painted and pressure tested according to our customers’ requirements.

The visit has enhanced the students’ knowledge on Metal casting manufacturing process. Mr Rudolf  D’Souza, Mr Chiranth, Mr Sushanth, Mr Rolvin D’Silva, Mr Akshay, M Rahul, Ms Ramya, Mr Jinu, Mr Santhosh, Mr Nitheesh Faculty of Mechanical engineering coordinated the visit.