Industrial visit at Sledgehammer Oil Tools Pvt. Ltd.

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Technology organized a one day industrial visit for third year students at Sledgehammer Oil Tools Pvt. Ltd, Faridabad.
Sledgehammer Oil Tools is a 19 years old company having presence throughout the globe and is one of the few API10D, 5CT, APIQ1, ISO 9000:2008, 14001(EMS) manufacturer of cementing products. The company has a customer focused and product focused view point and holds a very good position in the market. The main products of the Sledgehammer are different types of centralizers, cementing basket, cementing plugs, stop collars and float valves etc.
Students were provided basic information of industrial safety and later on provided the complete presentation of the company by Director Operations, Mr. Ankur Kaushik. Students during the visit came to know about the different products being used in cementing processes and the technology behind them. They were also briefed about the latest machinery used in the company like Plastic injection molding, Robotic welding S.P.M hardening furnace etc. There were also hands-on session training for the students on various testing machines like U.T.M, Hardness testing machines, surface roughness testing machines etc.
Students also learnt the various operations and productivity improvement techniques like 5S, Kaizen, Six sigma etc. Faculty member Mr. Neeraj Lamba during the visit also briefed the students about quality improvement and skill development techniques used in the company.