Since its inception the laboratory has developed and established a number of frontline technologies in the area of metallurgy and material science.  These are categorised as follows:

• Armour & Ammunition
• Aerospace
• Naval Applications
• Other Functional Applications

The major achievements in each of these categories are given below

Armour & Ammunition

• Steel and Tungsten heavy alloy FSAPDS (leading to establishment of  HAPP at Tiruchirapally)
• Jackal steel armour for armoured vehicles and personnel protection
• Kanchan armour for MBT
• Light weight armour for airborne vehicles

Aerospace

• Brake pads for Aircrafts
• Nickel based superalloys for aeroengine applications
• Super plastically formed air bottles for aerospace applications
• High stiffness light weight Aluminium-Lithium alloys and high strength aluminium alloys
• Thermal barrier coatings
• Investment casting technology for modern turbojet aerofoil castings
• Investment cast components for jet fuel starter (JFS) of LCA “Tejas”
• P/M (HIP stainless steel integral turbine rotor
• Ultra high strength low alloy steel DMR 1700 for  aerospace applications
• Near alpha titanium alloy for aerospace applications
• Titanium aluminides for aerospace application

• Titanium sponge extraction from indigenous Titanium Tetra-chloride and electrolysis of Magnesium from Magnesium Chloride

Naval Applications

• HSLA steels for naval structural applications
• Suspension band assembly for torpedo application
• Light weight aluminium alloy castings for torpedo applications