Manufacturing
Manufacturing
Shardlow India Ltd.

Shardlow India was established in 1960 in collaboration with Ambrose Shardlow and association with GKN and the UEF Group from UK. Shardlow's business covers the manufacture of heavy forgings which are used in automobiles, tractors, diesel engines and locomotives. The company also specialises in machined forgings for crankshafts, precision connecting rods and also shafts for commercial vehicles and tractors.

Shardlow's manufacturing units, located in Chennai and Hosur, are fully equipped with forging and machining facilities to reach top class quality benchmarks. The facilities are truly state-of-the- art with a variety of forging presses, heat treatment facilities and electronically controlled machines.
20,000 Mkg Hammer
Manufacturing Facility
Forging Facilities – Precision Die Shop
  • Makhino Machining Centre
  • Single / Twin spindle Die sinking machines
  • EDM Spark Erosion
  • Counterblow hammers – 13000/16000/20000/32000 mkg
  • UPSETTERS – 200 mm
  • Forge Press 1800/2200 Tonnes
  • Individual Billet Heating Furnaces
  • Matching Trimming / Coining Presses
    • Heat Treatment Shop
  • Normalising
  • Polymer Quenching Facilities
  • Tempering
  • Isothermal Annealing
  • Induction hardening of fillet radii of crankshafts / axle shafts
  • PLC Controlled continuous heat treatment Plant.
    • Crankshaft Machining Division
  • Automatic Process Control Systems from turning to finish of crankshafts and forging
  • Control of dimensions through electronic digital instruments and gauging
  • Use of third party inspection agencies like Lloyds and SGS
    • Products
  • Specialized in Multi-Cylinder Crankshaft
  • Heavy forgings for automobiles, tractors, diesel engines and locomotives
  • Machined crankshafts, connecting rods & axle shafts
    • Process Control
  • Rigorous process and inspection control in forging
  • Control of dimensions through electronic digital instruments and gauging
  • Use of third party inspection agencies like Lloyds and SGS
    • Quality
  • ISO TS 16949 from BVQI
  • ISO 9001:2000
  • Plant certification by M/s. Lloyds Register for Marine applications