Different types of machining facilities have been established in NPL’s Central workshop to extend support to laboratory R&D needs and to undertake external contract jobs. In addition to normal milling, lathe and welding machines etc. for normal fabrication jobs, work-shop is also under-taking a wide varieties of jobs of die making, sheet metals, plating and polishing and high quality carpentry works etc. The NPL workshop also has CNC milling facilities backed up by a CAD / CAM facility comprising a high precision German ‘DECKEL FP4A’ universal milling machine, with CNC rotary table and a GLIDEMESTER CT-200 CNC lathe machine capable of producing turned components. The workshop is also having a Auto CAD based drawing and tracing facilities. During the year the central workshop has completed more than 1095 jobs of in- house machining and fulfilled most of the requirements of high precision jobs of various Divisions / Sections. Total cost of work done during the year at Workshop was approx. Rupees. One crore thirty eight lacs thirty six thousand two hundred eighty eight only).

In addition to design, development and fabrication jobs, work-shop also undertakes a large number of maintenance jobs comprising different precision machines, pumps, compressors, gear boxes, machines of the Glass Technology Unit etc.