Mumbai, 1 October 2024

 

Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology (BRIT), a unit of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), launched the first indigenously developed Industrial Radiography Device “ROTEX-I”, marking a key milestone in India's non-destructive testing (NDT) sector. 

The ROTEX-I is designed to carry 2.40 TBq (65 Ci) of Iridium-192 and expected to be used extensively by NDT industry. The Device finds its application in chemical industry, energy sector, defence, nuclear industry and aerospace industry etc.   The event, held at BRIT’s Navi Mumbai headquarters, was attended by Dr Ajit Kumar Mohanty, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and Secretary of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), along with the scientists from Department of Atomic Energy, prominent personalities from NDT industry and manufacturing sector.

AEC Chairman Dr Mohanty, in his address, congratulated BRIT team for the indigenous development of radiography device ROTEX-I. He emphasised the role of BRIT in designing the world class products for societal application. He went ahead by saying that in the non- power application, DAE has not only contributed to the healthcare and agricultural sector but also to the Industrial sectors as well. ROTEX-I is one such mile stone in this effort, he added. He said that the device which is developed by the Department is completely indigenous and an epitome of the Aatmanirbhar Bharat in true sense where our Research Reactor Dhruva  produced the necessary Radio Isotope: Iridium 192, the Indian industry has taken the lead role in manufacturing all the components. The product is expected to be available to the Indian Industry at almost half of the price of the imported device. 

Shri Pradip Mukherjee, Outstanding Scientist and Chief Executive of BRIT, said that ROTEX-I is an import substitute product which will help in boosting the 4 billion dollar economy of the Indian NDT Industry. The device is designed to offer a reliable, safer, and cost-effective alternative to imported radiography equipment, contributing to India’s self-reliance in the NDT industry. The development of the product has contributed Government’s mission towards Aatma Nirbhar Bharat. He praised the role the NDT industry for providing valuable feedback which helped BRIT to improvise the design to implement better features compare to the imported devices. 

Dr D.K. Sahoo, Deputy General Manager of BRIT while highlighting the challenges and breakthroughs during the development of ROTEX-I said that Tungsten heavy alloy was used as shielding material to make the device compact and light thereby reducing its weight by 27% from the existing cameras. The industry shown positive response for ROTEX-I and hoped that the product will boost their business and they will not have to depend on the imported devices anymore.

The first few ROTEX-I devices were presented to a few enterprises from India’s NDT industry by Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission. Shri Mukhar Sharma, Scientific Officer acknowledged the collaboration and support BRIT received from the MSME industries which has also played  a pivotal role in the developmental process.

 

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