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CHEMICAL AND METALLURGICAL LABORATORY

(NABL ACCREDITED AS PER ISO/IEC: 17025-2017)
Carriage Repair Workshop, Lower Parel, Mumbai-400013
Phone: 022-676-40012/40576/40160, Email: cmslowerparel@gmail.com No.:
C&M/MI/Carriage/PL Date: 25.04.2023

Sr.CDO/ICD/IND

Sub: Metallurgical Investigation Report of failed springs (02 No’s)

Ref: SSE/DADN’s letter no. M 442/ADME/DADN/04/2023 dtd. 09.04.2023

METALLURGICAL INVESTIGATION REPORT

Train No./ PL No./ POH Location Hardness

Sr. Name of Stamping Date of
Coach No. & Lab No. Drg. No./ Spec Mfg. Station, (fitment/ (45-51 Cause of failure
No the item Particulars failure
Code No. Sch. & dt. breakage) RC)

The breakage of the top first coil of

201205 33500356/ CMSTL
Primary ICF Bottom primary outer spring with about 15%
1 LWLRRM/ FI-16-04-23 1277143 CMSTL 0522 F04 20/03/23
inner spring 11/02/2020 first coil fatigue may be attributed to hitting of
WR RDSO/2017/ N5
coils.
CG-01
The breakage of the top first coil of
33500356/
203055 CMSTL primary outer spring with about 25%
Primary FI-17-04-23 1277143 RCF Bottom
2 LWACCN/ CMSTL 0422 F04 23/01/23 fatigue may be attributed to hitting
inner spring RDSO/2017/ 01/09/2021 first coil
NCR N18 marks, paint peeled off due to hitting
CG-01
of coil with top flat portion.

Remark: Hardness of the springs is satisfactory. All of the above springs have broken due to mutual hitting.
Since spring material bears high notch sensitivity therefore presence of any kind of dent/hitting marks/corrosion pits will make the spring detrimental.

ACMT/PL
C/- Dy. CME(Chg)/CCG
C/- SSE/Ftg-II/PL