The Diesel Loco Shed (DLS) of East Coast Railway at Visakhapatnam has awarded with the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) accreditation with the standard ISO/IEC 17025:2017 in the field of Testing.
The scope of NABL testing to get the prestigious ISO/IEC 17025:2017 certification is (a) Chemical discipline (Metal & Alloy testing and wear metal analysis in lubricating oils by spectroscopic methode), (b) Mechanical discipline (Hardness test) and (c) NDT discipline (DPT & UST of axles).
Laboratory of Diesel Loco Shed of East Coast Railway at Visakhapatnam is the first laboratory among all Diesel Sheds in Indian Railways to achieve this feat. Perhaps this is also the first Railway Laboratory in India to achieve testing accreditation in the field of wear Metal Analysis for nine elements in serviceable/used lubricating oils.
Shri Chaitanya Kumar Srivastava, Divisional Railway Manager, Waltair has received the certificate on behalf of Diesel Loco Shed, Visakhapatnam in presence of Shri Santosh Kumar Patro, Sr.Divisional Mechanical Engineer/Diesel/Visakhapatnam on 2nd November, 2020.
Earlier, Visakhapatnam Diesel Loco Shed has received IMS Certification for Integrated Management System in January, 2018, i.e. ISO 9001:2015 for Quality Management System, ISO 14001:2015 for Environmental Management System and OHSAS 18001:2007 for Occupational Health and Safety Management System; ISO 50001:2011 for Energy Management System in March, 2018; 5S certification on WorkPlace Management System in May, 2018 and Green Co Certification in November, 2018 for Energy Efficiency, Water Conservation, Renewable Energy, GHG Emission Reduction, Water Management, Materials Conservation & Green Supply Chain.
Receiving the Prestigious Certification with NABL accreditation, the status of Visakhapatnam Diesel Loco Shed has further improved to the new height in Indian Railways. The loco shed has a total holding of 327 locos including 20 electric locos.