IM Gears will soon have an in-house Heat Treatment Furnace (Sealed Quench type). It will also have Cold Forging Plant for backward integeration and a Powder Metal Plant for the manufacture of Sintered Gears are also on the anvil.
Team / Manpower
AT IMG HR is given the utmost importance. We are firm believers in 'Best Practices' in HR, and follow: TPM, Lean concept, Single piece flow, JIT and Kanban.
One essential highlight of our commitment to teamwork is the fact that everyone is equally important in the team. The IM Gears team is comprised of a dynamic, motivated group of people who receive constant exposure, training and incentive.
Distinguished visiting faculty from leading institutions are brought over on a continuing basis to ensure education and skill upgradation. As individuals and as a team, the people at IM Gears continue to evolve, so that stagnation never enters the picture and performance keeps outstripping itself.
Quality Policy / Processes
IM Gears define quality not only as conforming to the requirements of our customers but exceeding them. Several state-of-the-art measurement and calibration facilities are available on site for this purpose. There is a complete Metallurgical lab with Spectrum analyzer, Image analyzer, Ultra Sonic testers, Eddy liners and Magnaflux equipment for comprehensive raw material testing and analysis. IM Gears has a full fledged metrology lab to calibrate all the gauges and fixtures. IM Gears also ensures that all quality systems are in place as per the requirements of TS 16949. Various techniques like SPC, APQP and FMEA are used to ensure quality.
IM Gears has a dedicated team for Total Plant Maintenance (TPM) practices and continuous improvement. The team is also a part of the ACMA Center for Technology (ACT) cluster for quality.
IM Gears was one of the first SMEs in India to be certified for standards ISO/TS 16949 by Underwriter Laboratories Inc, USA.
Facilities
IM Gears is equipped with its 2 Plants (Plant-1 & Export Plant) at Vengaivasal near the metropolitan area of Chennai, in Tamil Nadu, South India.
The list of machine tools includes single and multi-spindle CNC lathes, CNC machining centers, CNC gear hobbers, CNC cylindrical grinders and CNC induction heat treat equipment. The machines are dedicated to specific customers and laid out in bays, often using the "cell" concept, to maximise productivity.
IM Gears also has a fully equipped, state-of-the-art metrology laboratory and metallurgy laboratory employing advanced testing and measurement equipment.
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