Welcome to Kelachandra

"Established in 1912 as "K.Thomas & Sons (P) Ltd", "Kelachandra Machines" equip the rubber processing industry in India and abroad with a wide range of production machines and engineering services for the manufacture of Automobile Tyres and Tubes, Tread Rubber, Rubber Footwear, Moulded goods, Mats & Mattings, Rubber belting, Rubber tiles and rubber backing of coir mats, Rubber profiles, Reclaim and recycled rubber, Old tyre recycling, Crumb Rubber etc,... as well as Laboratory machines for Research & Development centres and technical educational institutions.

Armed with precision heavy duty german machine tools, "Kelachandra" extends its services for fabrication & machining of large components, heavy duty industrial gear wheels, Spare parts, Repairs and rebuilding, Modernising etc,... not only for the rubber industry but also for Ship building, Cement plants, Sugar processing, Power plant engineering - Wind Energy, Hydro-electric projects, Process industry, Space, Aeronautics, Defense and Navy.

Our manufacturing facilities are located in Chingavanam, near Kottayam - the Rubber Capital of India. Sea and airports of Cochin are approximately 90 km by road."

News & Updates

"Kelachandra Machines" offer following modernisation programmes to customers using old conventional rubber mixing mills.

- conversion of alloy bronze / sleeve bearing bushes to more efficient anti-friction double row spherical roller bearings for considerable power savings. Existing bearing housings and rolls will be retained and modified as far as possible.

- conversion of existing cored rolls to peripherically drilled type for better temperature control at roll surface (this is presently under development stage)

- conversion of old bull gear driven mills to either semi-unidrive or independent drive configurations

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