Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium research development and Design Centre, Nagpur
is a "Centre of Excellence" set up in 1989 and fully functional since
1996. the Centre was conceived as the major R&D support system for the
emerging modern Aluminium industry in India and is a US$ 10
million venture supported almost equally by Department of Mines,
Government of India and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
The Center is located in
in its own sprawling campus just outside the orange city of Nagpur. Sylvan
surroundings and a modern technical complex with state of art equipments
provide just the right atmosphere for the scientist and staff of the
Center to make creative contributions to the technological growth of the
Indian Aluminium Industry.
The Centre has well-established facilities
for the study of Bauxite, Alumina and Aluminium. Its principal
preoccupation is with all aspects of Bayer process of alumina manufacture,
electrolytic smelting of aluminum, downstream processing, product
development and recycling of aluminum. It also offers variety of
analytical and testing facilities to other non-ferrous industries, steel
industries and small scale industries, mainly in the areas of chemical and
mineralogical analysis, powder characterisation, thermal mapping,
microstructural studies, mechanical and non-destructive testing, and
technical information.
