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1-2017

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

SCHEDULE OF TECHNICAL REQUIREMENT (STR)

FOR MANUFACTURE & SUPPLY OF PASSENGER ELEVATORS

STR No. RDSO/2017/ EM/STR/0001 (Rev ‘0’) amdt.1-2017

ISSUED BY:
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT DIRECTORATE
RESEARCH DESIGNS AND STANDARDS ORGANISATION

MANAK NAGAR, LUCKNOW – 226011

Amendment/ Revision history

SN Amendment Revision Reason

Number Date Number Date
1 1.0 12.12.17 Vigilance Directorate note
no. Comp/ 1.55.07.01 dated
04.06.17 and M/s LT
Elevator’s letter no.
RDSO/Lift/44/2016-17
dated 10.07.17.

Approved By

Executive Director/EEM
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SCHEDULE OF TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS (STR) FOR

MANUFACTURE & SUPPLY OF PASSENGER ELEVATORS

1.0 General:
1.1 Railway Board vide its letter no. 2015/Elect (G)/150/2 dated 07.04.2015
have directed RDSO to develop sources for passenger elevator customized to
Indian Railways application. In this regard RDSO has finalized technical
specification no. RDSO/2013/EM/SPEC/0016 (Rev ‘0’) Amdt.1 and STR
described in this document will set essential infrastructure required for
manufacturing of passenger elevator as per RDSO specification.
The vendors willing to get enlisted as RDSO approved vendor should satisfy
themselves about having complied with the technical requirement of
specification & other infrastructure.
The firm should have currently valid ISO-9001:2015 certification for his
works address, covering the items for which he seeks registration with
RDSO. It shall be ensured that the certifying body which issues the ISO:
9001 certificate is accredited by an accreditation body that is a part of the
International Accreditation Forum (IAF) under the Multilateral Recognition
Arrangement (MLA). The list of all such accreditation bodies is available at
the IAF website at: http://www.iaf.nu.
1.2 All the machines and measuring instrument/gauges should be calibrated.
The latest calibration certificate may be required to be shown during
validation of the firm.
1.3 Firm should have technically qualified personnel in the field of design,
manufacturing & testing of passenger elevator.
1.4 The testing and measuring equipment shall be duly calibrated by approved
lab*** (see note at the end of the document) or their approved agency and
the validity of calibration should be current and verified by physically
checking the calibration certificate issued by the calibration agency from
whom it was calibrated. The detailing of the Test Laboratory is required to be
furnished.
1.5 Firm should have a system for easy traceability of the product from
manufacturing stage to finished product stage.
1.6 Firm should have an in-house facility to train installation and
maintenance technicians so as to provide efficient and reliable
services.
2.0 Quality Assurance Plan:
The firm shall prepare a Quality Assurance Plan (QAP) for all items for which
approval is sought and submit the same as apart of compliance of this STR.
The QAP shall be a comprehensive document in prescribed format of QAP as
described in RDSO Document No: QM-RF-7.1-3. Document No: QM-RF-
7.1-3 may be downloaded from RDSO website
www.rdso.indianrailways.gov.in. The QAP shall be approved by RDSO.
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2.1 The firm should have a well defined process evolution / Selection of its sub
vendors/ suppliers as a part of their quality management system which shall
be well documented and include:
· Name of the item for which sub-vendor is approved by the primary
vendor.
· Submission of the quality manual by Sub-vendor to the primary
vendor.
· Availability of requisite infrastructure of manufacturing and testing
facilities with Sub-vendor preferably under one roof. The primary
vendor approves QAP of the sub vendor.
· Adherence of periodical inspection schedule for sub-vendor by the
primary vendor.
3.0 Bill of material:
3.1 A complete item wise ‘Bill of Material’ shall be submitted and no change in
‘Bill of Material’ should be made without approval of RDSO. All materials/
items required for manufacturing of the product, governing specification and
their sources of supplies shall be part of the bill of material.
3.2 Test result of incoming raw materials as desired by RDSO with reference to
test certificates issued by the suppliers and the results of internal tests
carried out by the firm/ approved lab*** (see note at the end of the
document) for verification may be submitted as a part of QAP.
3.3 Firm should have separate demarcated space for storing incoming and
outgoing materials based on the manufacturing capacity of the plant.
4.0 Digital Signature:
4.1 It is mandatory for all the vendors to obtain digital signature certificate and
get registered with IREPS at www.ireps.gov.in.

4.2 The vendor should possess valid digital signature and submit the following
details:-
· Name of the Certifying Authority.
· ID of the holder of Digital Certificate.
· Date of issue of Digital Certificate.
· Validity of Digital Certificate.
5.0 Credential:
a) The Firm should have an experience of Design, Manufacture, Supply,
Installation and Commissioning of minimum 50 nos. of passenger
elevator to government agencies/PSUs including Indian Railway.
b) The firm should have service centers with qualified technical engineers
in at-least 20 cities in India. The firm should have maintained at least
50 nos. of elevator-years under annual maintenance contract with
different government agencies/PSUs including Indian Railway in last
three and current financial years.
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6.0 Minimum Facilities:

The information shall be furnished as per details required in the following
Annexures:
6.1 M & P required shall be as per Annexure-I. It however does not specify the
capacity and quantity of various items of equipment/components/ M&P
which may vary according to the manufacturing capacity of the individual
firm. The firm should also have the facility for storing the raw materials and
finished product.
6.2 Measuring/Checking Instruments/Gauges:
List of facilities for measurement and gauges required in firm’s premises
shall be as per Annexure-II. The accuracy and capacity of the measuring
equipment shall be adequate to meet the requirements. Records of
calibration of all measuring instruments shall be maintained and made
available, on demand.
6.3 Laboratory Test House: The manufacturer shall have a well equipped
Laboratory/Test House to carry out various tests on the raw material, stage
inspection and inspection of the finished product. The basic test machines
such as Brinell Hardness test Machine, Rockwell hardness test Machine,
Universal test Machine and Spring test machine etc. should be available.
6.4 Meticulous record of repair done during warranty investigation to trace out
causes of failure should be maintained batch wise.
6.5 Exclusive R&D facility, apart from normal manufacturing set-up shall be
available. The firm shall indicate the organizational structure of their R&D
wing along with qualification of the personnel. Firm should have following
engineering manpower :
Mechanical discipline:- at-least one Engineering Graduate (Mechanical
related) Design Engineer with experience of more than 5 years in the field of
elevator, and at least three or more Diploma Engineers with experience of
more than 5 years in the field of elevators.
Electrical and Electronics Discipline:- At least one Engineering Graduate
(Electrical /Electronic related) Design Engineer with an experience of more
than 5 years in the field of elevator and at least three or more Diploma
engineers with an experience of more than 5 years in the field of elevators.
6.6 Necessary design and simulation software for electrical and mechanical
design.
6.7 Firm should also have trained welders with minimum qualification of ITI in
welding.
6.8 Handling /Storage/Delivery: The manufacturer shall have proper facilities
for handling and storage of raw material and finished product. Firm should
have controlled environment storage area for storing various adhesive,
Paints and insulating materials. The supplier shall control packing
presentation and marking process so as to ensure conformity to the Railway
requirement.
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ANNEXURE –I
Manufacturing Facilities:

A. The following minimum Machinery and Plants to be available at the Firm’s

own manufacturing premises. These machines and plants may be available
in the departments/shops mentioned below or elsewhere within the firm’s
own manufacturing premises.

Sl. No. Department Machine

1. CNC i CNC Milling M/c
ii CNC Lathe M/c
iii CNC Cutting M/c
2. i Turret Punch Press M/c
ii Bending M/c
SHEET METAL SHOP iii Grooving M/c
iv Drilling M/c
v Shearing M/c
vi Power Press
3. i Lathe M/c
MACHINE SHOP ii Radial Drill M/c
iii Grinding M/c
iv Milling M/c
v Slotting M/c
vi Power Hacksaw M/c
vii Boring M/c
4. i Drill M/c
FABRICATION SHOP ii Mig welding M/c
iii Welding M/c
iv Grinding M/c
v Cutting M/c
5. i Pedestal Drilling M/c
ASSEMBLY SHOP ii Pedestal Grinding M/c
iii Power press
iv Rivetting M/c
v Compressor M/c
vi Disc fitter M/c
6. Materials Handling and movement
MISCELLENEOUS M/c systems

B. The following Machinery and Plants are considered essential for

manufacturing unit and could be made available at either firm’s own
Premises or firm’s approved sub-vendor’s premises.

S. No Department Machine
1. MACHINE SHOP Nil
2. FABRICATION SHOP Nil
3. i) Cranes
GUIDE ii) Band saw
iii) Hydraulic Press
iv) Power Press
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v) Planing M/c
vi) Facing M/c
vii) Straightening M/c
viii) Shearing M/c
ix) Polishing M/c
x) Compressor
xi) Induction Furnace
xii) Sand blasting M/c
4. i) Engraving M/c
MISCELLANEOUS M/c ii) Hot Dip Galvanizing Plant
iii) Powder Coating M/c
iv) Oven
5. Manufacturing and Testing of i) Dust free environment for the
PCB assembly of PCBs.
ii) Automatic/light beam guided
component insertion machine
for PCBs.
iii) Temperature controlled wave-
soldering machine with auto-
fluxing facilities
iv) *Dry heat and Damp heat test
chamber for PCB
v) Full Convection Reflow M/C
vi) Automatic Coating M/C
vii) Ultrasonic PCB cleaning M/C
viii) Bending and Cutting M/C
ix) ESD protection in line with IS:
10087-1981
x) **Winding Machine
xi) Ferruling Machine

Note:* If firm or firm’s approved sub-vendors do not have facility of Dry heat and
Damp heat test chamber, they should get type testing of PCB in accordance with
relevant IEC for dry heat and damp heat test from labs***.

** If transformer used in control panel is procured from outside market then this
machine is not required.
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Annexure-II

Inspection and measurement equipment:

A. The following minimum Inspection and measurement equipments to be

available at the Firm’s own manufacturing Premise:
(a) Elevator testing tower of sufficient height suitable to carry out all the
tests on assembled elevator as per EN-81/ RDSO specification no.
RDSO/2013/EM/SPEC/0016 (Rev ’0’) Amdt.1.
(b) Motor insulation testing facility
(c) Full load test facility of motors
(d) Full function Controller test panel
(e) Other measuring instruments like as Tacho Meter, Power analyzer,
PCB coating thickness gauge, Elevator Vibration Analyzer and other
measuring instruments for physical verification of various parameters.

B. The following Inspection and measurement equipments are considered

essential for manufacturing unit and could be made available either at firm’s
own premises or firm’s approved sub-vendor’s premises.

• Functional testing of PCBs preferably with computer.

Note – All the measuring instruments shall confirm to relevant IS/IEC standards
with up to date calibration.

*** Lab should be:

I. full member and signatory to Mutual Recognition Agreement of ILAC &
APLAC,
II. Should have established accreditation system in Accordance with ISO IEC
170 11:2004 or latest version as applicable,
III. Carry out assessment and accreditation of LABS in accordance with ISO
/IEC17025.
IV. Should be government controlled.

**End of Document**