India develops high-grade titanium technology: Dr VK Saraswat
15 Nov 2011
Hyderabad: India has joined a select group of nations which can develop high purity aeronautical grade titanium for space and defence applications. The technology has been developed by a DRDO laboratory.
According to Defence Research and Development Organisation chief and scientific advisor to the defence minister, Dr VK Saraswat, the technology was developed by the Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL) and transferred to Kerala Metals and Minerals Ltd (KMML), which is setting up a 500-tonne year capacity plant.
The product produced by KMML would, in turn, be converted into a finished product by government MIDHANI (Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd) for use in space and defence applications.
MIDHANI is a Government of India-owned enterprise.
Dr Saraswat was speaking after inaugurating the 65th annual technical meeting of the Indian Institute of Metals (IIM) at Shamirpet near here on Sunday.
DMRL director, G Malkondiah, said the technology was developed after a two-decade-long research.
