ta Pea
ei, tof
P.C. Gajbhiye Rail Nilayam
er aifhes oP Rravevrare
Chief Mechanical Engineer a Secunderabad
D.O No.M.237/WS/MtrlRejections-Vendor Performance/378 Dt. 20" April, 2011
My dear Amitabh,
Sub: Markings on constant contact PU side bearer pads.
Ref: Railway Board letter no. 2007/M (L)/466/5(402) dated
04.11.2010.
Railway Board advised vide reference above that feed back on
performance of RDSO controlled items is to be fed in RDSO web
Portal, for which details of manufacturers’ initials and date of
manufacture etc. are essentially required. During my inspection of
Rayanapadu Workshops recently, it was informed that details like
initials of manufacturer and date of manufacture are not available
for the subject item and in the absence of these details, it is not
possible to feed the information in web portal. Also, in absence of
these details, difficulties are experienced while raising warranty
claims.
It is brought out that as per the drawings AAL-021101-Alt-8 & AAL-
024104N Ait (approved by RDSO), initials of manufacturer and
date of manufacture are to be marked/printed on PU rings & spacer
plate, whereas these details are getting damaged during service
3. Hence, it is suggested to emboss the details of manufacturers’
initials and date of manufacture etc. on the material, so that these
details are not damaged iri service and the same could be fed in
the web portal as well as raise warranty claims if warranted
4. RDSO may please revise the approved drawing for constant
contact, PU side bearer pads and advise the manufacturers
“accordingly.
With best wishes
Yours Sincerely,
Shri, Amitabh Sinha
Executive Director t \
Wagon Directorate, age \
RDSO, Lucknow
/C/- EDME/FreightRly. Bd
Tele No's. 070 - 86749 (Rly): 040 - 2782 2582 Fax No: 040 - 2782 2272, email:eme @scr.aiinet.gouin