The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) said it will
set up a facility in Bengaluru to manufacture cryogenic engines for ISRO’s
heavy light rockets.
ISRO will provide Rs 139 crore for setting up the
facility and it will be built at the HAL campus in Bengaluru with HAL’s
personnel manning it once it’s ready. Meanwhile, ISRO will provide Rs 139 crore
for the facility.
A cryogenic rocket engine is a rocket engine that
uses a cryogenic fuel or oxidizer (or both) liquefied and stored at very low
temperatures.These engines were one of the main factors of Nasa’s success in
reaching the moon by the Saturn V rocket.
India has been working for many years on developing
a cryogenic engine.
The major facilities planned at this upcoming ICEM
unit include rotary vacuum brazing facility, machinery for sheet metal forming,
CNC machines (mainly five axis) for complex geometry machining, tungsten inert
gas/metal inert gas welding, the heat treatment facilities for special
materials and testing facilities. The facility is expected to have a turnover
nearly Rs 9 crore per annum.
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