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Mudra Dies & Patterns Pvt. Ltd is unique in the sense that it is among the select few that can provide end to end state-of-the-art technology solutions in the design and manufacturing of dies, patterns and molds for a range of materials from metals to HPDC and plastics.
The company came about in the year 2009 with a single machine in a small plant measuring 2500 sq ft. Today they have grown to ten times that size and have their own plant in Chakan with one of the best tool-room facilities in the industry. It was the creation of a handful of Mechanical Engineers who came together to form an organization to provide the best to the industry. Their mission quite rightly was (and remains!) to design & develop products of the finest quality at reasonable prices in the shortest time with zero defects. This they have been achieving by means of adopting new Technologies and Innovation, continuous improvement of existing methods, involving internal customers in development processes, practicing transparent and professional business practices, and nurturing and enhancing the talent of every member of their team to the fullest.
While intending to be recognized globally for precise tooling solutions for the casting and manufacturing industry, they are known for their prowess at designing and manufacturing casting dies (GDC, LPDC & HPDC), assembly dies and shell core boxes of the highest quality. To obviate the chance of things going wrong, they use high-quality materials from the likes of Orvar, Dievar, Doosan and Bohler while following standard cycle of roughing , drill & tapping, vacuum hardening, finishing, EDM, wire cutting, , die spotting, polishing , dismantling, stress relieving final assembly to mention a few.
Their creations including sand patterns and cold box core boxes find use in foundry lines of organizations like Arpa, Disa, Disa match, Tokyo, Sinto, Hansburg etc besides core shooter manufacturers like M/s SPAN, COMPAX, Galaxy and Lampe. In shell molding they have the distinction of having developed shouted mould cylinder block, center housing, turbine housing, manifolds, all critical automobile items.
Coming to plastics moulds, the company has the distinction of having manufactured customized ones with capacities of up to 2500 MITs for HPDC and Plastic moulds. Besides, they are also into job-working of machine cores and cavities with cooling work.
Compound degree slider operations and compound degree angular machining on their HMC machines have gone to the range of within 20 microns. That aside, they also do job-work like machining of casting and of casting fitted with hardened pieces profile.
Mr. Jitendra Ingale, Director Mudra Dies and Pattern pvt ltd. was interviewed by Machine Makers. He was very proud of the fact that all their products are made and designed in India, a true “Make in India” initiative. Among their metal casting, aluminum pressure die casting is one of great repute that finds application across companies including TVSM, Bajaj, Rockman to name some.
They produce C-45 to 200mm thickness and haven’t produced S grades. “Without hot die steel, we are not able to manufacture in India”, says Mr. Jitendra regarding the imports which are needed for its manufacture. India, he says, is dependent upon global companies for these components. “And this is the biggest problem we are facing and customers expect us to reduce the prices” comments Mr. Jitendra regarding the problems faced by Indian manufacturers. There is a lot of price difference between components that are imported, this results in overall less profits of manufacturers.
“It has boosted our morals,” said Mr. Jitendra, talking about how the ‘Made in India’ campaign has affected manufacturers positively. This campaign, he says, supports Indian manufacturers to improve their technology that can go to reduce the production costs.
Mr. Jitendra’s Mudra Dies & Patterns has just started exporting but due to the competition finds it difficult to create cost-efficient products. Indian manufacturers need to produce the raw material which will encourage higher production at lesser cost. “Except for the raw material, India has the technology for component production”. India thought late and rather slowly is getting recognition in the global market with lots of requests coming their way.