Understanding Customers requirement and ensuring to supply as per these requirements is realized with the help of Quality Assurance and Quality Control group at Jindal Stainless Limited. Across the entire business chain of supplies, operations and marketing appropriate quality assurance systems are in place to ensure correctness at each step of the cycle. ISO-9001-2000 Certification of the Plant is a testimony to this. Alongside ISO14001 and OHSAS 18001 Systems certification of the plan assure concern and protection towards environment and for providing a safe working for the employees.

For ensuring the quality at every step well equipped Laboratories are in place with a battery of modern equipments such as X-Ray Analysers, Spectrometers, Leco Analysers, Metallurgical Microscopes, Image Analyser, Universal Testing Machines etc to name a few. Well-documented procedures ensure correctness in testing and certification of the products. The production process are constantly monitored and controlled to ensure the finished products as per customer's requirements.

TESTING EQUIPMENTS & FACILITIES IN QUALITY ASSURANCE LABORATORIES:

Number of QA Laboratories: 4;
Two Chemical Analysis Laboratories and 02 Metallurgical Testing Laboratories.

Chemical Analysis Laboratory No.1:

S.No.	Equipments	Details
1	Optical Emission Spectromètres	Model: Thermo ARL 4460, Switzerland Model: Spectro Lab M7 modified to M8, Germany
2	X-Ray Fluorescence Analyzer	Model 9800XP 226, ARL, Switzerland. Model X-met-880 Outokummpu Instrument. Finland
3	Carbon Sulphur analyzer	Model CS 400 LECO, USA
4	Hydrogen analyser,	Model RH 402, LECO, USA
5	Nitrogen & Oxygen Analyser	Model TC 436, A.R. LECO Analysis
6	Corrosion Testing Facilities	Equipped with all facilities for corrosion properties testing as per Intergranular Corrosion Test for Stainless Steels as per ASTM A 262

Chemical Analysis Laboratory No.2

S.No.	Equipments	Details
1	Optical Emission Spectrométrie	Model – Polyvac 2000, 27 Channels, Hilger Analytical Ltd., England
2	Carbon Sulphur Analyser	Model CS 244, LECO, USA
3	Nitrogen & Oxygen Analyser	Model TC 236, LECO, USA

Metallurgical Testing Laboratory (Hot Rolling Division)

S.No.	Equipments	Details
1	Universal Testing Machine	100 T, FIE make, Model – UTM
2	Stereo Microscope	CITOVAL 2, Germany
3	Metallurgical Microscope.	Neophot 21,ModelMHP–1004, Carl Zeiss Jena, with Clemex Image Analysis System
4	Ultrasonic Testing unit	Modsonic make, Model Galileo 100
		KrautKramer, USN 52 (Germany)
5	Impact Testing Machine	Model: IT 30, FIE
6	Brinnel cum Vickers Hardness Tester	Model: HMO 1177 Leipzig Alfred
7	Rockwell Hardness Tester	Model: RAS, FIE
8	Surface Roughness Tester	Model: SJ201P, Mitutoya, Japan

Metallurgical Testing Laboratory (Cold Rolling Division)

S.No.	Equipments	Details
1	Universal Testing Machine	10 T, Shimadzu make, model autograph 10 T FIE make, model – UTM
2	Metallurgical Microscope.	Model: Olympus GDR PNE3 with Clemex Image Analysis System
3	E-Cupping Testing Machine	Suitable for Cold Rolled Stainless Steel
4	Vickers Hardness Tester	Model: VM-50 FIE make
5	Surface Roughness Tester	Model: SJ201P, Mitutoya, Japan

Quality Certification :
Our hot rolling division and cold rolling division have the following quality certifications for operations.

Certificate	Type	Area	Certificate number	Certificate
ISO 9001:2000	QMS	Hot Rolling Division*	FM 53939	January 16,2004
ISO 14001:1996	EMS	Hot Rolling Division	EMS 53940	March 02,2000
OHSAS 18001:1999	OHSMS	Hot Rolling Division	OHS73386	February 28,2003
ISO 9001:2000	QMS	Cold Rolling Division	FM 82772	April 14,2004
ISO 14001:1996	EMS	Cold Rolling Division	EMS 76327	July 02,2003
OHSAS 18001:1999	OHSMS	Cold Rolling Division	OHS 73387	February 28,2003

* ISO 9002 from 1994 through March 7,2000
QMS = Quality Management System
EMS = Environmental Management System
OHSAS = Occupational Health and Safety Management System