MID SEM.

INDUSTRIAL TRAINING REPORT

INTERNATIONAL CARS & TRACTORS LIMITED

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Submitted to – Submitted by-

Er.Harkirat Singh Rishab Jain
B.Tech
M.E, 8th Sem
1632456
CT INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
PUNJAB
INTRODUCTION-
International tractors limited is also known as SONALIKA INTERNATIONAL. Sonalika group is

an Indian Multinational Company headquartered in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India and is active

mainly in the automobile sector. The Sonalika Group is headed by Lakshman Das Mittal.

Sonalika Agro Industries was established in 1969 to support Indian farmers. Sonalika Group is

the major company , involved manufacturing and exporting tractors, farm equipements and

accessories.

Sonalika International is a agricultural equipment, tractor, combine harvester and engine

manufacturer based in New Delhi, India. Sonalika has manufactured and sold its products

under the Sonalika, Sonalika International, Solis, Ceres and Renault Sonalika International.

History

Sonalika was founded in 1995 as International Tractors Limited, and is the flagship

company of the Sonalika Group. They began manufacturing tractors designed by Central

Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI). Renault bought a 20% interest in the

company in 2000and began producing licensed Renault tractors under the Renault Sonalika

International in a new joint venture. In Renault Sonalika International, Renault owned 60%,

and Sonalika the remaining 40%. Renault was purchased by Claas in 2003, and sold 20% of its

stake in Sonalika in 2005. Yanmar purchased 12% of the company that same year.[2][3]

According to the Sonalika website, they are manufacturing Claas tractors in the 70-90 hp

range.

Ceres and Solis tractors were built based on Renault Ceres tractors, and exported to places like

Europe and Australia.

Sonalika has exported tractors throughout the world, including to Algeria, Australia,

Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, Dubai, Ecuador, Ethiopia, France, Ghana, Kuwait, Libya,

Madagascar, Malaysia, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia,

Slovenia, South Africa, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Turkey, USA, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and

other countries.]

In 2007, Sonalika announced interest in two smaller European tractor companies, looking to

buy a majority interest, one being UTB Universal of Romania, and the other Forma, also of

Romania

In 2009, co-branded Landini Solis tractors were launched in South Africa. In addition, an

assembly plant was set up in Nigeria as a joint venture and the tractors marketed as TAK, and

an agreement was signed for an assembly plant in Egypt.

In 2010, Sonalika set up assembly line in Cameroon, which hastily assembled 750 tractors.

With governmental problems, these tractors were abandoned as of 2011, and lay in various

states of assembly and disrepair. Sonalika also started marketing a tractor built by VST Tillers

in 2010.

In 2011, Sonalika began a joint venture with Apache of Argentina to produce tractors there

under the Apache Solis brand. The early ones will only be assembled, but the goal is to have

60% domestic parts. Plans were also announced to set up assembly plants in Algeria and South

Africa. Also in 2011, AHS Karinca began selling Sonalikas in Turkey, with plans to open a

plant in Turkey to assemble tractors.

In 2012, an agreement was made with Montana Agriculture of Brazil to market Solis tractors

under the Montana Solis brand. In addition, in 2012 the Blackstone Group purchased 12.5% of

Sonalika, and assembly plants were opened in Brazil and Germany.

In 2014, the assembly plant in Turkey opened. The next year, 2015, an agreement to relaunch

Belarus tractors in India was signed. They are to be manufactured in India by Sonalika, and

Belarus (MTZ) will distribute Sonalika tractors through their dealer network outside of India.

The same year, Sonalika tractors began to be assembled by Maxxibrasil Import and Export

Ltda in Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil, as Solis Brasil. In December 2015, Sonalika announced

plans to introduce their tractors to the USA under the WorldTrac brand.

TRACTOR ASSEMBLY-

 Gear Box Sub Assembly

 M.T.H & Gear Box Assembly
 Mechanical Break Assemby
 Gear Shifting Assembly
 Portal/ Direct Axle Assembly
 Lift Mounting
 Engine Mounting
 Steering Assembly
 Hydraulic Brake & Floor Assembly

ASSEMBLY SHOP-

ASSEMBLY:
The process of joining various constituents to form a final product.
Assembly of the tractor in to two sections:

 Before paint assembly shop

 After paint assembly shop

Before paint assembly shop:

This shop is divided into 5 loops.

 Differential loop
 Engine loop
 Hydraulic rear cover loop
 Gearbox loop
 Engine coupling loop

PISTON PRE ASSEMBLY-

ENGINE ASSEMBLY-

 Crankshaft Pre Assembly

 Piston Pre Assembly
 Crankshaft Assembly
 Lubrication Pump & Punching
 Gear Fitting
 Piston Mounting
 Lubrication Pump Assembly
 Fly Wheel Assembly
 Cylinder Head Mounting
 Wear Assembly & Filter Assembly
 Injection Pump Assembly