Oscar Equipments Pvt Ltd, an ISO 9001: 2008 certified company, a proven name in precision built hydraulic cylinders, is the brainchild of Mr V P Jain to establish manufacturing facilities about 20 km away from the city of Calcutta. The company incorporates latest technological features that offer solutions for increasingly critical requirements based on customised and strategic applications of fluid power.

The key to Oscar capabilities is the ability to combine the state of-the-art features as per customers' specifications along with most effective solutions. This expertise is derived from more than four decades of experience available with the Oscar team in design and development of various hydraulic products and allied special type equipment for fluid power applications. Quality is the hallmark of OSCAR and Quality assurance is the top most priority. With the aid of modern equipments the company maintains rigid quality control system at every stage of production.

Oscar is equipped with complete manufacturing facilities including 'dust free' assembly shop apart from automatic honing machines, CNC turning centres, grinding machines, special type welding machines, high pressure and low pressure testing facilities along with complete engineering, research and development facilities and well experienced team for after-sales service.

R&D is always given overriding priority, a concept so strong that it led to executing several contracts for the Defence R&D Establishments.

R&D is always given overriding priority that led to executing a number of prestigious projects for strategic applications. A few examples include:

• Sarvatra Bridging System - Fabrication and supply of 3-stage pier leg assemblies including fabrication of base plate in RDE-40 aluminium alloy with synergy pulse MIG welding process for bridging system - Project Sarvatra
• Hydraulic System Bridge Layer Tank on T-72 Chassis.
• Manufacturing of Pilotless Target Aircraft (PTA) launcher including complete hydraulic system and controls - Project Lakshya
• Manufacturing of Jet Deflector Carrier Equipment and installation of the same on Tatra chassis along with 30 MT crane along with complete hydraulic system
• Pick & Place PLC Type Manipulator - for shell forging unit for ministry of defence unit
• Electro-Mechanical Actuators for Multi-Barrel Rocket Launcher - Project Pinaka/Aakash/Prahar
• Recoil Mechanism of ATAGS - 155mm x 52 calibre gun being developed by DRDO Unit.
• Critical Hydraulic Aggregates of Towed Gun System under trial.

Original equipment manufacturers and their customers are demanding more efficient, lighter, smaller, safer, and smarter systems across the entire product line. In the realm of automotive, agricultural, construction, and earth-moving equipment industries.

It is an ideal partner for catering to various requirements of hydraulic/pneumatic cylinders and hydraulic operated equipment for any application, any type and any standard. The product range includes: single stage/multi stage hydraulic cylinders, tie rod type standard/customised hydraulic cylinders, hydraulic rotary actuators, electro-mechanical actuators and hydraulic power packs.

The company also undertakes indigenisation of Imported customised special Cylinders and products for Steel Mill applications. A few examples:

• For steel plants and heavy industrial applications - automatic gauge control (AGC) hydraulic capsule cylinders capsule cylinders having bore dia 1016 mm (40 inches) for plate mill application
• Automatic gauge control (AGC) hydraulic capsule cylinders capsule cylinders having bore dia 700 mm (28 inches) for cold rolling mill application

• Ladle lifting and tilting hydraulic cylinder having bore dia 500 mm bore with ceramic coated plunger for continuous casting shop
• Ladle lifting and tilting hydraulic cylinder having bore dia 600 mm bore for continuous casting shop
• Hydraulic cylinders for ladle lifting stand for continuous casting shop having bore dia up to 450 mm
• Development of special cylinders and products for steel plants and heavy industrial applications
• Lift and turn hydraulic cylinders for continuous casting shops having roll force cylinders for screw down mechanism of cold rolling mill having bore dia up to 480 mm
• Roll force cylinder with transducer for rolling mill application

• Telescoping hoist hydraulic cylinder having bore dia 480/420/360 mm with total stroke length 8100 mm for steel melting shop application
• Work roll balancing cylinder (top and bottom) for hot strip mill application
• Development of special cylinders and products for steel plants and heavy industrial applications, and
• Mud gun hydraulic cylinders for blast furnace applications.

Oscar Equipments Pvt Ltd, West Bengal. Tel: 033-24531059/1938. Fax: 91-33-24978494. Email: marketing@oscarequipments.com