KBL’s Dedicated Manufacturing Division at Kirloskarvadi Factory for Nuclear Applications  

Mumbai, India – Kirloskar Brothers Ltd (KBL), India’s leading pump manufacturer, has set up the ‘Advanced Technology Product Division (ATPD)’ at the company’s mother plant in Kirloskarvadi. The ATPD, as the name implies, was created primarily as a dedicated manufacturing division for high-end technology products, particularly those used in nuclear applications. It is a state-of-the-art facility that spans 6000 sq mt and is fully equipped with modern machines and testing facilities, including special measuring instruments. It is a one-stop-shop facility for machining, quality control checks, assembly, and testing under high pressure and high temperature. 

The company is a global leader in pumping solutions for a wide range of critical applications in the nuclear industry. In India, it was the first and leading manufacturer of primary and secondary sodium pumps for Fast Breeder Reactors (FBR). It is also one of the few suppliers of primary heat transfer pumps to the nuclear sector. Furthermore, the company’s Concrete Volute Pumps (CVP) are used in a variety of nuclear and thermal power plants throughout India. As a result, the establishment of the ATPD division is primarily intended to further consolidate the company’s capabilities as a full-fledged dedicated provider of some of the most advanced fluid management technologies and solutions for a wide range of applications in the nuclear industry.

KBL’s continued commitment to the Government of India’s Make in India and Atmanirbhar Bharat initiatives is exemplified by the ATPD division. It is the most recent addition to the company’s mother plant in Kirloskarvadi’s array of cutting-edge technological capabilities and facilities. The Kirloskarvadi plant, one of India’s first industrial townships, has a comprehensive production capacity for a wide range of centrifugal pumps of various types and sizes, backed by in-house design capabilities, removing the need to rely on other countries. It houses Asia’s only 3-D printing machine for pump modeling, as well as the region’s largest state-of-the-art hydraulic testing facility for centrifugal pumps.

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