RWF MILESTONES                             1 Budget Speech - Wheel and Axle Plant Proposed with capacity to produce 20,000   wheelsets and 25,000 loose wheels. 1972-73 2 First Project study report of WAP was submitted by Railway Board 1973 3 Project Sanctioned in supplementary budget 1973-74 4  Agreement signed between Government of  India and Amsted Industries, USA, regarding collaboration for the manufacturing of Griffin Wheels in India   April/1974   5 Wheel And Axle Plant Project sanctioned by the Government of India. Jun/1978 6 Dedication of the Plant(WAP) to the Nation by Hon. President of India,Sri. Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy. Jun/1978 7 Foundation Stone laid by Sri Kamalpathi Tripathi, former Hon’ble Minister for Railways Jan/1980 8 First EQS heat tapped. Oct/1980 9 First trial wheel cast (BOXN) Oct/1983 10 First trial Axle forged Dec/1983 11 Inauguration of the Wheel and Axle Plant by late Hon. Prime Minister Smt. Indira Gandhi. Sep/1984 12 First wheelset assembled (BOXN) Oct/1984 13 Implementation of Incentive Scheme Jan/1990 14 First 915 mm dia coaching wheel produced May/1993 15 First 915 mm dia Coaching wheelset produced Aug/1993   Introduction of LAN based Management Information System   June 1993  16 Accreditation of ISO-9002 certification by M/s.BVQI. (First Railway Unit to obtain ISO-9001) Nov/1994 17 First 840 mm dia Flat Container Wagon wheel produced Jan/1995 18 First 840 mm dia wheelset produced Mar/1995 19 First 915 mm dia Wagon wheel produced Oct/1995 20 Executed first Non-Railway Order of value Rs.6 Lakhs to M/s.Kirloskar Sep/1995 21 Accreditation of AAR certification as a manufacturer of Wheel, Axles for supply to US Railroads.   AAR M-1003 certification as a manufacturer of Wheels, Axles for supply to US Railroads Nov5  /1995 22 First 915 mm dia wagon wheelset produced Dec/1995 23 First consignment of wheels and axles exported to USA (CH-36 wheels and F-Class Axles) Dec/1995 24 First 1097 mm dia loco Wheel produced Dec/1997 25 Highest production of Axles in a year (52,249 Nos.) Feb/1997 26 5,00,000th Axle produced May/1998 27 Augmentation Phase-I completed Jul/1998 28 Highest production of wheels for a particular month (10,031 wheels) Dec/1998 29 Lowest rejection percentage of wheels in a particular month (4.95%) Dec/1998 30 March 1999 First WDM2 Loco No.16464 fitted with MoV Cast steel wheel on trials Mar/1999 31 Accreditation of ISO-14001 by M/s .BVQI. (First Railway Unit to obtain ISO-14001) Jun/1999 32 First MG coaching wheel produced. Sep/1999   10,00,000th Wheel produced- May 2000   33 Accreditation of ISO: 9001-2000 (First Railway Unit to obtain ISO:9001-2000) Mar/2001 34 First MG Loco wheel cast with MoV material composition. Nov/2001 35 Largest single order from Non Railway Customer worth Rs.30 crores for supply of 5280 CONCOR Flatcontainer wagon wheelsets to M/s. HEIL/Kolkata Mar/2002 36 Design Validation of BG Loco wheels at M/s. Transportation Technology Centre, USA Apr/2002 37 BG (1092 mm dia) Loco wheel clearance given by RDSO to run for Passenger locomotives Apr/2002 38 BG (1092 mm dia) Loco wheel clearance given by Railway Board to MOV cast wheel for regular application Apr/2002 39 Silver Jubilee of WAP Project Sep/2002 40 First MG-DEMU wheel cast Jan/2003 41 WAP renamed as ‘RAIL WHEEL FACTORY’ Feb/ 2003 42 ISO-14001:1996 certification for RWF colony & hospital Mar/ 2003 43 Despatch of first batch of traction motor armature shafts to Rly. Workshops Sep/2003 44 50,000th Heat Tapped Mar/2004 45 Certificate for OHSAS-18001 for RWF was received. RWF becomes the first Indian Railway Unit to receive Patent for its micro alloyed cast steel wheel - June 2006 Feb/ 2005 46 Lowest rejection percentage of wheels in a particular month (3.36%) and Operation of all three furnaces Feb/2007 47 10,00,000th Axle forged  20,00,000th Wheel produced Mar/2008 48 75,000th Heat Tapped May/009 49 54 nos. Cast EMU Wheelsets have been manufactured and dispatched to Southern Railway, Avadi, for trial monitoring. Jun/2009 50 24 Nos. of LHB Wheels were cast for the first time on trial basis with micro alloyed chemical composition. Jun/2009 51 In house oxygen plant under boot system commissioned. This is the first of its kind in Indian Railways. Feb/2010 52 25T Axle load wheels cleared by TTCI for design validation. These wheels have been dispatched to Rayanapadu, SC Rly. For trials. Jun/2010 53 24 No. of LHB wheels for high speed fiat bogie manufactured. These wheels are under field trials in Shalimar Express at Northern Railway. Sep/2010 54 RWF achieved the best – ever landmark on 30.03.2012 March 2012 Good Wheels - 2,00,000,Machined Axles - 1,00,000 Wheel Sets - 70,000 Forged Axles - 75,250 50 1,00,000th Heat tapped Apr/2013 55 100% E-auction of Scrap is introduced Jun/2013 56 Usage of Rail Scrap as alternate primary scrap. Rail Scrap consumption per heat increased to 8 MT against 0.8 MT in past Mar/2012 57 Shutdown period reduced from 21 days to 14 days resulting in increase in number of working days to 6 for all years to come Feb/2012 58 Retrieved of the buried ferrous scrap accumulated over a period of time. Feb/2012 59 Heat No.1 Lakh tapped  & 30,00,000th Wheel produced Apr/2013 60 15,00,000th Axle forged Dec/2014 61 RWF Re-received the RAJIV GANDHI NATIONAL QUALITY AWARD (Awarded in the Year-2012) Oct/2015 62 RWF received GOLDEN PEACOCK NATIONAL QUALITY AWARD for Quality Management Apr/2015 63 16 No of 25 Tone Axle Load Prototype Wagons Suitable for K Class CTRB Were Processed in 40 days Jun/2015 64 The Wheel for Milk Tank Wagon & Wheel Set for Kolkata Metro Manufactured at RWF. As a part of Make in  India  Shri. Rajen Gohain, Hon’ble Minister of State for Railways Inaugurated the Wheel Set.  Sep/2016 65 RWF was re-certified for Integrated Management System encompassing ISO-9001,ISO-140001 & OSHAS-180001 May/2016 66 RWF was certified with AAR-QA 5000 Jun/2017 67 RWF has been recommended for certification of ISO-50001-2011 for Energy Management System (EnMS) July/2017 68 RWF has been awarded "Excellent Energy Efficient Unit" by CII Sep/2017 69 RWF is certified with Five "S" Workplace Management System  Nov/2017 70 RWF acquired patent for "Improvised Pouring System"  Mar/2018 71 RWF re-certified for AAR-QA 5000 Apr/2018 72 RWF awarded with "GreenCo Certificate" during the GreenCo Summit. Jun/2018 73 RWF Admn Building awarded Platinum Rating Green Building byIGBC Nov/2018 74 RWF the best performing production unit of environment management 2018-19 75 RWF Certified with IRIS and AAR QA - 5000 2018-19 72 RWF has achieved daily out turn of 402 Wheelsets assembly June-2019 76 RWF Wheels introduced in Kolkata Metro Service April-2019 77 RWF re-certified for Integrated Management System encompassing ISO-9001-2015, ISO-140001-2015 & OSHAS-180001-2007. 21 May-2019 78 RWF has been certified with International Railway Industry Standards(IRIS)in accordance with ISO (International Standards Organisation)/TS 22163:2017; for Design, Development and Manufacturing of cast wheels, forged axles and assembled wheelsets 3rd June-2019 79 RWF was awarded as best performing Production Unit of Indian Railways on Environment Management for the year 2018-19. 6th June-2019 80 Metallurgical lab of RWF, has been accredited with ISO/IEC 17025:2017 for its laboratory management system in the disciplines of chemical & mechanical testing. 21 st Nov- 2019 81 RWF designed and manufactured 90 Wheels & 45 axles for Diesel locomotive of Mozambique Railways and dispatched to DLW for further assembly and manufacture of locomotives to export to Mozambique Railway. 20th Oct- 2020 82 4 millionth wheel manufactured 21st Oct- 2020 83 For the First Time Four types of Wheels ie., Mozambique coaching, EMU, BMRCL prototype and BG coaching were cast on a single day. 21st Nov- 2020 84 RWF was awarded 'Jalarushi Puraskar 2020' instituted by Bangalore Water Supply & Sewage board for taking concrete steps to conserve water by implementing rain water harvesting, proper use of water and reuse of treated water and save water  July-2021 85 RWF has been awarded with GreenCo Gold rating instituted by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). 26 Nov- 2021 86 RWF won the Golden Peacock Eco-Innovation Award - 2021. 8 th Dec- 2021 87 RWF was re-certified with AAR QA 5000-507 6 th May- 2022 88 RWF was re-certified with ISO 9001:2015 for Quality Management System,  ISO 14001:2015 for Environment Management System and ISO 45001:2018 for OHSMS 21 May- 2022 89 RWF has been re- certified with IRIS ie.,  ISO/TS 22163:2017 8 th Aug- 2022 90 RWF has been recognised as ‘Factory of the future 2022’ by Economic Times Edge & The Machinist for creating manufacturing excellence  23 Aug- 2022