Facilities
Heavy Industries Taxila comprises various defence factories and facilities:
- Heavy Rebuild Factory T-Series
To rebuild and modernize tanks/armoured recovery vehicles of Chinese and Eastern European origin.
- Heavy Rebuild Factory M-Series
Heavy Rebuild Factory (M-Series) carryies out rebuild of tracked vehicles of US origin. The factory specializes in M113 Series vehicles.
- APC Factory
The M113 Family of vehicles are manufactured in this factory using CNC machines CAD/CAM system and manufacturing technology on MIG and TIG aluminum welding, radiographic inspection, chemical cleaning, coating and painting according to military specifications.
- Gun Factory
The Gun factory has the capability of machining barrels ranging from 105 mm to 203 mm caliber. It manufactures 105mm gun barrels for upgraded T-59 & T-69 tanks. Each barrel is auto-frettaged and subjected to high precision work on state of the art machines.
- Tank Factory
Tank Factory is equipped with modern manufacturing facilities, including 7-axis CNC machines, for flexible heavy-duty machining operations and a complete infrastructure for hull and turret manufacture.
- Development, Engineering Support And Components Manufacture (DESCOM)
This production facility has been established to provide engineering support to all the factories of HIT. Equipped with CNC machines, it undertakes manufacture of components, assemblies, tools, dies, gauges and arranges development of spare parts through the vendor industry. It also provides repair and maintenance support to machinery and equipment installed in HIT.
- Evaluation, Training And Research Organization (ETRO)
This is a supporting organization which undertakes Quality Assurance of finished products with quality assurance laboratories which test physical and chemical properties of production materials, calibration facilities are available to ensure accuracy of tools and gauges used in rebuild and manufacturing processes.
- Mechanical Complex
This complex manufactures sugar plants, cement plants, boilers, cranes, road construction machinery, brick-making machinery and other equipment to cater for the needs of Pakistan Railways and other civilian organisations.
- Research And Development (R&D)
HIT has undertaken R&D projects on required basis wherein it has carried out successful R&D in the following areas:
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- Tank design
- Tank modernization
- Infantry fighting vehicles
- Tank fire-control systems
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