Problems Faced: 

Train bogies needed to be corrosion & weather resistant

Solutions Offered: 

Berger is the first to introduce Fluoropolymer coatings on its FIAT Bogie as per JIS Japanese technology with the approval of RDSO (Research Designs & Standards Organisation).

An important landmark achievement is design and installation of acid resistant coatings as required by RDSO for the Vande Bharath Bogie painted as per JIS specification. These bogies are subjected to high acidic content caused by microbial attack which erupts from the effluents splashed from the toilet of coaches. The frame structure has to be protected and the coating system comprising of an epoxy primer as per RDSO PCN 123 followed by fluoro polymer finish as per JIS 5359 has passed critical tests in concentrated solutions of sulphuric acids as well for abrasion and weathering.