Industrial Automation Magazine India

Schmersal India is working towards a goal to achieve Rs 250 cr domestic sales in the year 2024.

Schmersal India, as part of its celebration of ‘achieving milestones together’, inaugurated an in-house testing facility at its quality department. The company follows a stringent testing to all safety products; each switch undergoes a comprehensive evaluation. This rigorous approach guarantees adherence to quality standards.

Quality head Mr Bhushan Salunke along with his team developed an in-house testing facility to perform endurance and life cycle tests on existing as well as newly developed products and mechanical properties (tension, compression, etc.).

Below are the benefits of in-house testing facilities:

·For newly developed products, the life cycle or endurance test can be performed in-house.

·Faster and easy to validate the product life cycle or endurance test of an existing product if any raw material component changes.

·Cost and time saving: These tests are more time-consuming and costly with third-party testing labs.

·Perform mechanical testing (tensile, compression, etc.) on raw material in-house.

Below are the facilities which we are planning to add in future:

·Life cycle / Endurance testing unit for all type of limit/position switches

·Life cycle/ endurance testing unit for emergency push buttons

·Salts Spray testing facility

·Ingress Protection (IP Test) testing facility, and

·Lab accreditation by NABL or equivalent accreditation body (e.g., DakkS, etc).

“This is a testament to our commitment for making our safety products safer for man and machine. We are hopeful for the year 2024 we are looking to double our production by 2025 in India with 100 per cent localisation by 2026. We are also planning to start an electronic product assembly at our plant in India. We also aim for in-house accredited QC labs by 2026. We are working towards a goal to achieve Rs 250 cr domestic sales in the year 2024,” stated the company’s press release.