Explosive forming set-up
Equipment
Seen in the image are components manufactured using the ‘explosive forming’ technique by the Department of Metallurgy at IIT Madras. Explosive forming is a technique used to form a metal plate using high shock pressure from an explosion. It is an ideal technique to use for producing large sized dome shaped components such as a boiler covers, rotor hubs, and dish ends etc. This method of production is economic as the volume of production is low. Welding of dissimilar metals, welding of heat exchange tubes with the end plates can also be done economically using this method.
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Central Photographic Section Collection
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001/0040/IMG_1226_1
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Date:
January 1976
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