The Department of Mechanical Engineering arranged an industrial visit of undergraduate students of the third semester to the Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT) on November 10, 2023.

Mr. Gulfaraz, Protocol Officer formally welcomed the students and briefed them about the history and different phases of HIT, different types of products, production units, their production capacity, research, development, support facilities, and the aspects of commercialization along with some of the future endeavors.

Students visited the showcase area of the Advanced Research, Development & Information Center (ARDIC). Mr. Adnan briefed the students regarding different products along with their specifications. These products include different Bullet Proof Vehicles, Al-Khalid 1, Al-Khalid, Al-Zarrar, Armor Personnel Carrier (APC) Talha, Command Vehicle (SAKB), Armored Recovery Vehicle (ARV) Al-Hadeed, Aahan Post Guard (APG), Different types of Bulletproof Vest and 125mm Smooth Bore Tank Gun.

Students were guided to tanks to rebuild assembly line units at which students had the opportunity to see real-time part assembly and quality control checking of tank parts.

During the visit, students had a very fruitful interactive question-answer session with experts of Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT) in which they discussed multiple potential final-year projects. Students acknowledged the emergence of multidisciplinary streams and the importance of Automation and Electromechanical systems in the field of Mechanical Engineering.

On behalf of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lecturer, Arsalan Hussain thanked the Management of Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT), especially Principal Margalla Training Institute, Technical Directorate personnel, MD ARDIC for their cooperation during the visit.