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Article: India: Bhilai steel plant rolls special steels for space vehicles.
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- TendersInfo
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- November 4, 2009
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Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) has for the first time rolled high strength special steels used in construction of space vehicles. While the steel slabs were developed by Mishra Dhatu Nigam (Midhani), a defence ministry arm, these plates of 9.5 mm thickness were rolled for the first time at BSP's Plate Mill recently. The rolled plates are used for manufacturing the main body of India s indigenous space vehicles.
"These plates find application across the aerospace sector but its commercial use is largely restricted to critical areas of strategic significance," a top source told ET.
These plates are much stronger than mild steel sheets ...