Thiruvananthapuram  :

Kerala-based Welbound, a manufacturer of bookbinding machines, also played a role in the success of Mangalyaan mission.

Welbound had manufactured the PS4 fluid system components for the small motor aboard the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) spacecraft which helped in placing it in the orbit around the red planet. Welbound, in fact, is one of the many small and medium enterprises, which builds components for ISRO and its units.

After the mission, Welbound managing director K C Sanjeev received a letter from K Sivan, director, Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC), thanking the firm and adding that the fluid system components had performed as expected throughout the mission.

Welbound had supplied the fluid system components which went into the Liquid Apogee Motor (LAM) developed by the LPSC which raised the orbit of MOM around the earth, thrust it on its journey towars Mars and stopped it to be placed in the orbit around Mars.

“Welbound had also manufactured the components for the PSLV C-25 rocket which was used to launch MOM,” Sanjeev said.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Kerala / by Express News Service / November 04th, 2014