• Walchandnagar Industries Limited

Alarm Time Pieces

Tiwac is a Division of Walchandnagar Industries Limited having its manufacturing facility at Dharwad, Karnataka. This was set up in 1962-63 to manufacture mechanical alarm time pieces in technical collaboration with Louis Schwab of Switzerland. Most of the machinery is imported from Germany, Switzerland and England and very much suitable for manufacturing precision components. One-day alarm timepieces were the main product and were manufactured in large quantity (until 1996). Tiwac has the distinction of introducing Centre Second Models in India for the first time. During last 25 years Tiwac Division has successfully developed many products which are precision in nature, viz., synchronous multiflex timer used in sugar factories (an import substitution), sector mechanism for dash board instruments and industrial pressure gauges, precision components for electrical meters, timers, electronic gadgets, automobiles, etc. Currently main products are pressure gauges, temperature gauges and sector mechanism. The manpower consists of some of the best brains from the precision industries perfectly suited for the production of these products. At present pressure gauges in the size 40 mm (1.5") to 250 mm(10") having pressure range 0 to 700 kg/cm? (10000 PSI) and vacuum are manufactured. The various types of gauges manufactured are liquid filled, diaphragm seal, low pressure diaphragm, all SS gauges, electrical contact gauges, master gauges, etc.