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HERO GROUP World wide known today was started in year 1944 business by MUNJAL BROTHERS in 1 Amritsar city of Punjab. Through the last 70 years the company has grown in leaps and bounds and established itself as a major source bicycles in India as well as in world. HERO group is today spread over area of 3,50,000 sq.mts. Employing a total man power of about 3000 personnel with a annually turn over of RS 10000 crore of Hero cycles Ltd Hero group ranks amongst the top ten Indian Business Houses comprising 18 companies with an estimated turnover of US$1.8 billion during the fiscal year 2003-2004.Some of the companies are - HERO CYCLES LTD. HERO HONDA MOTORS LTD. HERO COLD ROLLING DIVISION HERO MOTORS LTD. ROCKMAN CYCLE INDUSTRIES MAJESTIC AUTO LTD. HIGHWAY CYCLE INDUSTRIES MUNJAL AUTO INDS. LTD. MUNJAL CASTINGS
Rim is an important part of bicycle which is used in holding spokes mounted on hub , different types of methods are used in manufacturing rim. Number of machines are used in it’s manufacturing . There are many other machines are used in rim plant. These machines play important role in a rim plant. Following are the machines –
Mill machine Butt welding Cutting press Re-rolling machine Punching machine. Polishing machine In spoke nipple section nipples of spoke are produced which are used in holding the spoke in the rim. The material which is used in this section is composite of mild steel , which is commonly known as free cutting steel. Free cutting steel is composite form of different type of materials and consists of high sulphur content than carbon steel