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HELLA India embarks on electronics localisation strategy ���������������� 08 Red Lion’s CrimsonR: now support for over 300 protocols. �������������� 08 B&R to come up with two new innovations at SPS IPC Drives ��������� 10 Avlock International South Africa establishes JV in India ����������������� 10

Expert Column Factors driving the emergence of digital manufacturing �������������������� 12

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Material Handling Konecranes aiming to reduce downtime and raise efficiency ����������� 14 ElectroMech cranes lower total cost of ownership ���������������������������� 16 Maini assuring quality through its economical products �������������������� 18 MHE sector foresees brighter prospects ������������������������������������������� 20

Instrumentation and control Instrumentation and control: leveraging efficiency ���������������������������� 24

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OMRON: driven by innovation, focusing on market growth �������������� 26 Autosys providing suitable turnkey execution solutions �������������������� 30

Hand and power tools Hand and power tools: use safe, be safe ����������������������������������������� 32

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Welding Ador Welding towards a smart step for future ���������������������������������� 37

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Brand Report Green Eclipse Technologies conducts seminar in Goa. ������������������� 36 BKT: one-stop-shop for OTR solutions ��������������������������������������������� 40 Environ aerators for efficient aeration and operational flexibility ������ 42 Rockwell presents CIP Motion to benefit industrial automation �������� 43

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“GST must to boost manufacturing” Implementation of the national Goods and Services Tax (GST) is the most critical reform needed for Indian manufacturing, the World Bank has said weeks after Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited global firms to ‘Make in India’ to spur manufacturing growth in the country.

GST, accompanied by a dismantling of inter-state check posts, can be transformational and significantly improve the domestic and international competitiveness of Indian manufacturing firms, said the latest India Development Update of the World Bank.

World Bank expects that implementation of the GST will transform India into a common market, eliminate inefficient tax cascading, and go a long way in boosting the manufacturing sector. It observed that the transformational impact of reform, particularly if enhanced by a systematic dismantling of inter-state check posts, can dramatically boost competitiveness and help offset both domestic and external risks to the outlook.

Citing its estimates, World Bank says simply halving the delays due to road blocks, tolls and other stoppages could cut freight times by some 20-30 per cent and logistics costs by an even higher 30-40 per cent. This alone can go a long way in boosting the competitiveness of India’s key manufacturing sectors by 3 to 4 per cent of net sales, thereby helping India return to a high growth path and enabling large scale job creation.

Recently, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised the country’s growth forecast to 5.6 per cent for 2014 from its earlier estimate of 5.4 per cent on the back of effective policies and a renewal of confidence following the installation of Narendra Modi-led NDA government.

According to the World Bank report, India’s economic growth is expected to rise to 5.6 per cent in FY15, followed by further acceleration to 6.4 per cent and 7.0 per cent in FY 2016 and FY 2017.

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Quick Update

HELLA India embarks on electronics localisation strategy based on business contracts we have won with some of the key Indian OEMs,” says Dr Naveen Gautam, Managing Director, Hella India Automotive Pvt. Ltd.

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ella India Automotive Pvt. Ltd. (HIA), the wholly owned Indian subsidiary of German automotive parts supplier HELLA, has announced the expansion of its production facility in Dhankot with the start of production of its Body Control Module (BCM) and Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) systems for the Indian market.

Global automotive parts supplier, HELLA, has expanded its Dhankot facility in Haryana for its growing Electronics business division.

As part of its aggressive growth strategy, with plans to harness its global technologies and customise them for OEMs in India, HIA has introduced state-of-the-art SMT lines for its key focus products- BCM and RKE for Indian customers.

“This expansion aims at fulfilling the increasing need of our local customers

The new BCM/RKE SMT lines include state-of-the-art electro static discharge (ESD) – Barrier Electronics. The facility at Dhankot occupies 900 sq.m of dust and environmentally controlled area supported by 250 KVA UPS and complete traceability system for the entire process and equipment.

The new facility houses some of the exclusive imported machines equipped with latest technologies, some of which include laser marking machine, paste printing machine, solder paste inspection machine, pick place machine, reflow oven, auto optical inspection machine and PCB handling machine. This line is almost fully automated with limited human intervention.

“As market prepares itself for more complex products and customer demands in local market increase, HIA is committed to bring in innovative products and futuristic technology to further localise the product portfolio,” adds Mr Gautam.

BCM integrates many solutions to control major loads in the vehicle to optimise energy consumption and downsizing. As per OEM strategy and country specific regulations, it

gradually shuts down non-critical loads based on safety and comfort requirements and bring these back based on availability of the charge.

Whereas RKE systems for the remote control of central locking systems and passive entry/go systems allow leaving the vehicle key untouched for the operation of car access and engine start/stop functions, thus increasing the comfort and safety factor.

HELLA India’s Dhankot plant has a floor area of about 46,600 sq.m and houses over 800 employees. Apart from these new BCM/RKE production lines, Dhankot plant manufactures accelerator pedal sensors, horns, head light levelling sensors, body actuators, central locking actuators, linear actuators, climate sensors, switches and ECUs for local and export businesses. The manufacturing facility also undertakes testing, analysis, validation as well as development of most of the above mentioned products to ensure meeting customer expectations. n Contact: Dr Markus Richter Hella KGaA Hueck & Co. Rixbecker Strasse 75, D-59552 Lippstadt, Phone: +49 (0)2941 38-7545 Email: Markus.Richter@hella.com Web: www.hella.com

Red Lion’s CrimsonR: now support for over 300 protocols R

ed Lion’s CrimsonR Software has reached milestone with support for over 300 protocols. The company is set to demonstrate the role of protocol conversion in the connected factory live at PACK EXPO 2014

Red Lion Controls, one of the global experts in communication, monitoring and control for industrial automation and networking, has recently announced that the company’s flagship CrimsonR 3.0 software now offers communication support for more than 300 industrial protocols.

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Protocol conversion is a key element needed to make the concept of the connected factory a reality, empowering plant managers to adapt existing equipment including drives, PLCs and HMIs to drive efficiency while reducing total cost of ownership in industrial environments.

“One of the many challenges faced by end users, OEMs and system integrators is to find software tools that enable communications between hundreds of disparate devices and protocols in both a cost-effective and timeeffective manner,” said Craig Resnick, Vice President, ARC Advisory Group.

The software tools must be intuitive enough to enable disparate device and protocol communications via simple configuration programmes that do not require programming or training. Red Lion’s Crimson 3.0 software appears to fulfill these market requirements that in turn provides the business benefits of quicker project deployment, better asset utilisation and a greater number of devices actively communicating, all of which result in increased productivity and profitability for manufacturers and integrators alike. n

Quick Update

B&R to come up with two new innovations at SPS IPC Drives B&R will be presenting two groundbreaking innovations at this year’s SPS IPC Drives trade fair (Hall 7 / Booth 206)

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&R will be presenting mapp technology – a step ahead in the development of automation software. Also it will introduce the new ACOPOS P3 – the fastest servo drive with integrated safety functions on the market, as claimed by company.

average of 67 per cent, mapp technology also results in savings for service and maintenance.

High performance with a compact design

Develop software 67% faster with mapp mapp technology simplifies the development of new programmes through the use of modular software blocks, freeing developers from having to programme basic functions so they can instead concentrate on their main task: implementing the machine or system process itself in application software. In addition to reducing the development time for new machines and systems by an

The ACOPOS P3 represents a similarly impressive progression in automation technology. This three-axis servo drive allows space savings of up to 69 per cent in the control cabinet. In spite of its compact design, however, it also features a sampling time of 50 µs for the entire controller cascade, making it the fastest servo drive with safety functions on the market, assures the company.

Other trade fair highlights will include the Automation PC 2100 – a fully equipped industrial PC with an ultracompact form factor – and a business intelligence solution for B&R’s APROL process control system. n

Avlock International South Africa establishes JV in India Hydraloc Pin & Collar

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building and construction and electronics industries in India.

vlock International Pty. Ltd., South Africa and the promoters of Avdel India Pvt. Ltd. have announced a joint venture to manufacture fasteners and fastener installation equipment in India.

The joint venture combines the global resources and expertise of Avlock International and The Bulchandani Group.

The JV will operate under the name of Avlock International India Pvt. Ltd. and will be based in Mumbai.

Both groups combine their strengths to provide total fastening systems solutions to the Indian rail, automotive, power generation, mining, sugar, white goods,

“This agreement represents each organisation’s strong commitment to provide customers with a single source for their complete fastening needs,” commented

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“While Avlock has already been supplying products in India for over ten years through various distributors, this JV expands the Avlock brand directly into India and gives the customer direct access to our products and services,” stated William Wooldridge, CEO, Avlock International Pty. Ltd. in South Africa.

The product lines for the JV will include special lockbolts and power rigs which are used widely in Indian rail, power generation, solar, sugar and mining industry. It will also cover all types of special fasteners for various applications in the automotive, electronics, white goods, building and construction and switch gear industries. The product line will carry the various Avlock brands, including Hydrafast, Hydraloc and Hydrapac. The JV will sell all Avlock products exclusively to Indian customers. n

Expert Column

Factors driving the emergence of digital manufacturing Harsh Marwah, Country Manager, Verizon Enterprise Solutions, India discusses four reasons how digital manufacturing will take off in the coming years

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he powerhouse combination of mobility, cloud computing, security and predictive analytics is becoming the ‘holy grail’ across the manufacturing industry. With an empowered consumer base now dictating supply and demand, accelerated time to market pressures, intense global competition and the continual rise of the internet and mobile economies, manufacturers need to be able to make production decisions on the spot by leveraging the latest supply chain information at their fingertips.

First mover advantage in today’s climate is going to be for the manufacturers whose ecosystems are set up so that a plant manager in Shanghai can halt an assembly line mid-cycle. It is based on intelligence from a colleague in Europe who, through data analysis, has determined that current inventories will exceed customer demand.

Similarly, the manufacturers’ pricing division can simultaneously adjust pricing based on daily performance and trends from retail stores that carry its products.

All of this business intelligence is being viewed on a virtual dashboard that is available to all of these decision-makers via a business app which is accessible across their mobile devices.

Therefore digital manufacturing will take off in the coming years. And how this is going to happen? Main four reasons are as described below: • The rise of the demand-driven supply chain where consumers are in control: Long gone are the days when an auto manufacturer could set annual production schedules by model and colour and then lower prices at year’s end to sell off remaining inventory. In today’s climate, fierce price wars, a soft global economy and a crowded marketplace have made the consumer king. Manufacturers must continually monitor consumer buying trends and adjust R&D and production cycles accordingly • Mobility is becoming a necessary November 2014 n OEM Update n 12

management tool for competing with today’s Internet and mobile marketplaces: Efficient management of inventories, production schedules, supply chain operations, distribution channels and customer engagement is critical to survive and thrive. Leveraging the Internet of Things (IoT) for smarter automation and mobilising operations will increase agility for manufacturers • The future workforce will be made up of Millennials that have grown up in a mobile and digital era: Raised in a social, immediate and collaborative environment, coordinating schedules and convening a meeting in a single physical location to discuss production cycles, logistics and business needs will be an antiquated concept.

Millennials will continue to leverage mobility in all areas of their lives and the workplace will be no exception • Adoption of advanced technologies

will be ‘do or die’ to remain competitive: The rise of secure clouds for storing data, ‘smart machines’ for accelerating automation, predictive analytics for staying in front of consumer trends and cyber security initiatives for safeguarding critical business intelligence and customer data will determine who wins the manufacturing race. As legacy systems age out, manufacturers will increasingly embrace today’s advanced technologies to create and maintain a competitive edge in the marketplace. n

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Harsh Marwah, Country Manager, Verizon Enterprise Solutions

Material Handling

Konecranes aiming to reduce downtime and raise efficiency

“We focus on providing complete crane maintenance service and to help customers reduce the downtime and improve the efficiency of operations,” says Saeesh Nevrekar, Country Manager, WMI Konecranes India Ltd.

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onecranes is serving a broad range of customers including manufacturing and process industries, shipyards, ports and terminals. Regardless of lifting needs, Konecranes is committed to providing with lifting equipment and services that increase the value and effectiveness of business.

Saeesh Nevrekar finds the current market much demanding and explains Konecrane’s way to meet the ever-growing needs in the field.

Demanding market Indian market is developing at a rapid speed and is now more demanding than ever.

Today, customers have become very keen on the delivery time of equipment to avoid the cost of delay in projects. Fuel efficiency is also one of the important factors and many a times it plays a crucial role in decision making process. After sales service and availability of spare parts are also of great concern to customers.

Nowadays the trend in the material handling industry is to build material handling equipment (MHE) that is smaller in size and smarter in operation. On the other way, there is also a great demand for equipment with advanced automation solution, different remote controlling and monitoring facilities to operate the equipment with least human involvement and to get the information, reports on the actual usage and condition of the equipment to prevent the sudden breakdowns and production losses.

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Konecranes’s share The industrial cranes segment is about 500M EUR as per market study done by the company in 2012. In 2013 Konecranes net sales was EUR 2,100 million globally; and our compound annual growth rate has during the past ten years been 12 per cent.

“We focus on providing complete crane maintenance service and to help customers reduce the downtime and improve the efficiency of operations,” says Mr Nevrekar.

Konecranes focuses on to provide the features which not only make the crane

operation fast but even safer, thus increasing the productivity of the customer’s business.

Its advanced service offerings help customers keep the cranes running always and prevent sudden breakdowns which results in heavy production losses. The company’s strategy is to be one stop solution for the lifting requirement and to work as a partner with our customers.

Special features offered Konecranes has a long history of innovations which enables us to provide many advance features which ensures the overall safety of a crane and helps in increasing the productivity,

Material Handling like the ‘sway control’ feature which helps to reduce accidents by preventing load sway and keeps the load steady even if an inexperienced operator is handling the crane.

The ‘adjustable working limit’ feature defines the area in which crane is allowed to move, so the operation of crane can be restricted to a particular area of plant.

Advanced remote monitoring service can measure and record the data of crane usage and it can be sent to centralised technical service team. By recording this data one can check how the crane is being operated, the maintenance can be planned well and the overall operation of the crane can be monitored. Remote monitoring service provides many benefits to customers, it unlock the power of information to customers and allows one to see the concrete facts about the crane operation and usage. It also helps to improve safe crane operation, supports usage-driven maintenance and hence saves on annual maintenance cost.

Business module Konecranes business is arranged into two divisions – Equipment and Service. Business Area Equipment offers electric chain hoist, profile track cranes, standard EOT cranes,

process cranes, container handling cranes to shipyard cranes and forklift and reach stackers.

Business Area Service offers service and maintenance solutions for all industrial crane brands, like annual maintenance contacts, on call repair, crane rail inspection, rope inspection, crane modernisation services to crane reliability survey.

CXT UNO In September, the company launched a new product, CXT UNO for emerging markets in Pune. The CXT UNO combines a strong range of features based on a simpler set of components and technical solutions compared to existing CXT products. This simpler design, together with easy access to spare parts, means that the CXT UNO will be easy to maintain. CXT UNO is designed to meet basic lifting needs at a competitive price.

It is a robust and compact crane for everyday lifting. Some unique features are 2-speed lifting as wall travelling movements, a light structure tagline power supply for hoists, a simple and lean bridge panel mounted directly on the end carriage, and in-house welded profile girders.

Manufacturing potential Konecranes Plants at Jejuri, Pune are stateof-the-art manufacturing facilities, which can manufacture more than 1,000 cranes.

Spread across huge area of 1.85 acres which has 2 manufacturing facilities, administrative building, stores, advanced simulation training centre.

Factory is having advanced and automated equipment which do work with precision and limits chances of human error. In terms of production, quality and performance norms have become the single stringent parameter that determines efficiency and durability.

“Keeping quality in our mind we have a dedicated facility for manufacturing components. Quality is maintained with stringent quality tests done at each and every step of production,” assures Mr Nevrekar.

One of the unique things carried out in this facility is, FAT- Factory Acceptance Testing, in which cranes are tested before they are dispatched to customers. India, being geographically well placed, gives it a lot of opportunity to utilise this facility, believes the company. n

Material Handling

ElectroMech cranes lower total cost of ownership “ElectroMech cranes have proven themselves to be reliable work horses in plants and construction sites,” says Tushar Mehendale, Managing Director, ElectroMech Material Handling Systems (I) Pvt. Ltd.

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stablished in 1979, ElectroMech is one of the largest EOT cranes manufacturers in India. It offers solutions for various applications in manufacturing plants and infrastructure projects through its range of hoists and cranes. Tushar Mehendale analyses the current status of MHE industry in India and also believes in potential of private sector.

Private sector being vibrant

Brief overview

“The private sector is considered to be the most vibrant part of the Indian economy, growing at a sustained high pace and is willing to adopt newer technologies, thus creating scope for innovation in the crane industry,” says Mr Mehendale.

The material handling equipment industry has been on a continuous growth at varying pace over the years. This can be attributed to the huge amount of investments made by public as well as private enterprises in the construction, manufacturing and allied industries, thus giving a direct push towards creating a huge demand for the crane industry. Material handling forms a vital part of any manufacturing process or construction project and is certain to witness steady growth over the next 5 – 7 years.

The industrial cranes market in India is highly fragmented which could be in the region of ` 2,200 – ` 2,500 crores per annum. Approximately 30 per cent of the demand comes from the government sector and PSUs while the remaining 70 per cent comes from the private sector. Over 40 per cent of the total market is dominated by a handful of reputed names in the organised sector. The rest of the market is shared by more than 250 small crane companies.

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The market size has contracted slightly in the past couple of years due to the slowdown in the Indian economy. However, with the new governments’ emphasis on the revival of manufacturing and allied industries, the company is anticipating that the industry to rebounded to around ` 2,000 crore – ` 2,200 crore range in next few years.

On dividing the sector region-wise in terms of quantities of the total requirement, it shows Western India contributes around 50-55 per cent, Southern India contributes around 20-25 per cent, Northern India 1520 per cent, and Eastern India around 5-10 per cent. The total volume for industrial cranes is estimated to be approximately 10,000 cranes per year. ElectroMech’s share of the organised industrial cranes market is approximately 20 per cent.

Excelling ElectroMech ElectroMech has been in the business of building cranes since 1979. Over 35 years in the industry, it has always focused on for quality, on-time delivery and prompt service. These attributes are propagated throughout the market, more through

word-of-mouth, giving the company a lot of referential as well as repeat business, believes the company.

ElectroMech positions itself as a solutions provider and not just a supplier of cranes.

The company sales engineers spend time with customers to understand their handling requirements, appreciate their plant layouts, understand their constraints, provide information on wheel loads and crane geometry, suggest alternatives to their structural consultant and provide every sort of assistance that is required before proposing a product. In short, the company ensures selection of the most optimum equipment that will satisfy customers’ needs. It believes that a service approach to selling is more important.

“ElectroMech cranes have proven themselves to be reliable work horses in plants and construction sites and are hence a preferred choice for companies looking for a lower total cost of ownership and reliable equipment,” adds Mr Mehendale.

Its products are designed to suit customers’ applications, working environment and usage cycles. Every crane undergoes design validation to make sure the right motors, gearboxes and electrical components for the application are selected. To improve the energy efficiency of the entire transmission system in its cranes and make the overall product more energy efficient, the

Material Handling company uses geared motors for most of its cranes instead of the traditional motor, gearbox and coupling combinations. VFD drives installed in its cranes ensure smooth operations as well as an added feature of micro speeds wherever required.

ElectroMech’s offerings Core manufacturing companies have the maximum demand for cranes due to the nature of their work. Automobile and auto ancillaries, power, infrastructure construction, shipyards, capital goods manufacturers, general engineering and fabrication industries in particular have a large demand for ElectroMech’s products.

Automotive manufacturers and their allied suppliers require light-duty crane systems ranging from a few hundred KGs for assembly lines to around 50 MT and more cranes for stamping operations.

ElectroMech also offers material handling solutions for various applications in manufacturing plants. The company’s product portfolio includes electric wire rope hoists, single girder and double girder EOT cranes, Jib cranes, wall travelling cranes, goliath cranes, under slung cranes,

as well as special purpose cranes such as stacker cranes, single failure proof cranes and tunnel mucking systems.

Company commitments ElectroMech firmly believes in offering cutting-edge products and services to its clients. Its associations with renowned companies allow the company to explore advanced technology solutions from world leaders. These solutions together with ElectroMech’s domain knowledge, understanding of the local market and infrastructure help its customers to get quality products from ElectroMech.

The company has enjoyed the distinction of being one of the largest industrial cranes manufacturers in the Indian market and will continue to maintain this position in the future as well.

Manufacturing potential ElectroMech’s plant at Pirangut, near Pune, is spread over 20 acres of land and has a manufacturing area of 23,000 sq. mtr. The company has implemented a piece flow process within its plant that enables it to

have a capacity to manufacture more than 1,500 cranes a year.

Its semi-automated stacker crane system in the stores enables it to store all components in a systematic, palletised manner and enables quick retrieval. The plant is equipped with the state-of-theart CNC plasma cutting machines with an innovative vertical plate storage system that enables fast and precise cutting of steel used in fabrication of the cranes. It has semi-automated welding systems that ensure a consistent and quality welding.

The company also boasts of one of the largest paint booth in the industry - 50m long and 8m wide. This is a down-draft type paint booth that allows the company to paint multiple crane components simultaneously. Its dispatch area is also unique and is serviced by a giant 42m span single girder gantry crane with a SWL of 20T that speeds up the dispatch process.

The company’s plant is one of the largest crane manufacturing facilities in the country and is equipped to handle the expected rise in the demand from the industry in the near future. n

Material Handling

Maini assuring quality through its economical products

“We need to ensure that we continue to offer solutions that are superior in quality, competitive in price while having lowest possible environmental footprint,” says S A Mohan, CEO, Maini Materials Movement Pvt. Ltd.

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aini Materials Movement (MMM) was incorporated in 1984. It offers a comprehensive range of material handling equipment for floor transportation, loading, unloading, stacking, towing and hauling. The range consists of pallet trucks, platform trucks, dock-levelers, lift tables, scissor lifts, stackers, fork-lifts, tow trucks and industrial tuggers. S A Mohan shares his views about current status of industry and also explains what Maini has to offer to meet the everchanging needs of market.

Current scenario in India The Indian warehousing and material handling sector is one of the most promising sectors of India’s new economy. Though nascent and not as technologically advanced as its western counterparts, the sector is creating a huge buzz globally by virtue of its sheer potential for growth. The cascading effect of current economic scenario on warehousing and material handling equipment (MHE) industry is promising.

Cost competitiveness, increasing demand, easy financing schemes, new product offerings, infrastructure development, ‘Make in India’ programme that will enable a regulatory environment are the key growth factors for the Indian warehousing and MHE industry.

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making stronger alliances with western counterparts to offer the best products to the market.

competitive in price while having lowest possible environmental footprint,” says Mr Mohan.

Maini journey

The market size for in-plant MHE in India is around ` 1,500 crore at present which is quite small in comparison to the size of India’s economy. However, market size is expected to grow over the next few years with strong GDP growth for India. The boost would be driven by more automation and mechanisation in material handling across industries.

Maini has completed over 30 years in its journey of design, manufacture and marketing of MHE and electric buggies.

The company believes it has designed and manufactured of several equipment much ahead of its time and seeded the industry with mechanised products which improved productivity and efficiency of user industry segment.

Why Maini?

Currently Maini is one of the leaders in the market and is adding many new products to its offerings. Its strategic alliance with NACCO Material Handling Group, USA to manufacture Yale-Maini co-branded forklifts and reach trucks in India is a significant step forward. Armes Maini, its JV with Armes Spa, Italy is one of the leading manufacturers of industrial racks and a one stop solution for a large spectrum of storage needs. It has also offered several customised storage solutions across multiple industries. This has been another enabler to build large format modern warehouses in today’s times where real estate is becoming scarce and expensive.

Embassy Maini, a JV with Embassy Group is a thoughtful step to establish logistics parks and build ready-to-use warehouses.

“We need to ensure that we continue to offer solutions that are superior in quality,

“We hold a leadership position in the InPlant Material Handling Equipment market.

We are one of the few companies in India who design and develop our technology and testing systems,” informs Mr Mohan.

“Our in-plant MHE for stacking, floor transportation, towing and hauling come with AC drive technology and hence offer superior performance, effortless operations with thoughtful features.”

Its forklift range comes with next generation technology from Yale, making them ergonomically advanced and productive truck range in the market, today. The manufacture of Yale products in India is benefitting our customers significantly, as European designed products are available at competitive price points. With the introduction of Yale-Maini co-branded 3-wheel forklift truck and Yale-Maini reach

Material Handling trucks, the markets started experiencing new technologies which provide reliability, safety and significantly enhanced efficiencies.

Maini’s racking and shelving solutions offer a basket of technologically advanced features.

“With these set of advantages that we offer to the customers, we are one of the most preferred brands and therefore a strong choice for warehousing and material handling solutions,” assures Mr Mohan and describes the company’s achievements in the field till date as follows: • Introduced the concept of ‘total solutions’ • Introduced a complete range of MHE in India. Prior to that, there were only the hand pallets and the fork trucks as primary MHE • Pioneered the design and manufacture of dock levellers, battery operated MHE, buggies/ battery operated vehicles in India for people transportation in gated campuses • Maini Group is one of the first companies to introduce electric vehicles worldwide, and continues to excel in the electric cars segment. Incidentally Reva is still considered to be the world’s lowest priced electric car.

Key offerings

Manufacturing capabilities

Maini has its range of material handling and storage solutions for manufacturing sector which comprises of: • In-Plant MHE comprising of electric, semi-electric and manual variants of stackers and pallet trucks, electric tow trucks, dock levellers and lift tables and a basket of customised solutions • Advanced MHE comprising of electric and diesel variants of forklifts and electric reach trucks, order pickers and flame proof equipment • Buggies/ battery operated vehicles for people and utility movement • Storage solutions comprising of pallet racking, multi-purpose shelving, decking solutions, vertical storage and retrieval systems, automated storage and retrieval systems, etc.

Maini has its manufacturing technology deployment in a 45, 000 Sq. Ft. of builtup area, with a potential to build another 70, 000 Sq. Ft. Its manufacturing system is flexible, as majority of its solutions being are customised. The company focuses on manufacturing customised products of quality standards at relatively short lead time. Further, its R&D facility has several pro-engineer stations (3D) including facilities for design, static and dynamic analysis and prototyping.

In addition, Maini CCC (complete customer care) is a one-of-a-kind program in India. A team of well trained employees supervised by a chief coordinator are assigned to the customers’ premises during the contract period. The on-site team ensures that preventive maintenance activities are carried out as per agreed schedule.

“We are committed to a policy of total quality in all aspects of our operations,” says Mr Mohan. “We manufacture our products to deliver performance excellence through defect prevention and continuous improvement programmes to meet and exceed customer requirements.”

The company is accredited with ISO 90012008 by TUV Nord for its integrated quality management system. The company believes that achievement of an international quality standard is not a single event but an on-going commitment, which remains a continual obligation. n

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MHE sector foresees brighter prospects

“It’s just matter of time and threshold of business opportunities will be opened up for Indian bulk MHE sector,” believes Y Srinivas Reddy, Managing Director, Bevcon Wayors Pvt. Ltd.

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evcon Wayors offers bulk material handling and processing solutions. It has over two decades of material handling and processing experience. Y Srinivas Reddy analyses the current market conditions and expects to change the same in positive manner.

Turbulent times Business of Indian bulk material handling for past two years is really riding very bumpy road filled with pot holes called dynamic fluid situations, uncertainty, ambiguous, complex all through the journey. To sustain, one needs to have adaptability to handle the crisis and accept fact that this turbulence is going to stay for a while and strategise plans for long-term results.

During these turbulent times Bevcon took the opportunity and strategised various growth oriented measures to gear up to meet the future business challenges, mentioned few are: • Putting up a new manufacturing plant in strategically located Raipur • Implementation of blue print to manufacture totally automated idler and pulley manufacturing plant • Up gradation of process technology across organisation and high investments in people developments aspects.

“It’s just matter of time and threshold of business opportunities will be opened up for Indian bulk MHE sector,” believes Mr Reddy.

overcome, power sector is likely to grow rapidly to fill present demand-supply gap and so the roads and ports sectors.”

Bevcon is a profit making debt free company from the inception and last year its sales turnover was ` 200 crores.

Mr Reddy adds, “MH sector is back bone for infrastructure growth. In current FY we expect major business opportunities going to emerge in this segment which will last at least for next 3-4 years minimum but we are realistic in our optimism and expected to do good business and achieve at least 300 crores turn over by focusing more on medium range material handling projects.”

Bevcon being solution oriented Mr Reddy expressed that the government has to take some initiatives like: • Accountability at decision making level of bureaucracy • Investment friendly transparent industrial promotion policies • Eradication of red tapism and creation of single window clearance process • Empowerment of financial institutions to promote and fund projects • Time bound irreversible economic plan to be implemented.

Bevcon strongly believes three crucial growth drivers for organisation development they are: innovative technologies, financial discipline and people management November 2014 n OEM Update n 20

Market situation Current MHE market in India is unpredictable, ambiguous, uncertain and not able to define clear strategies to meet challenges. Current economic situation has big impact on bulk MHE sector whose growth depends on infrastructure development which is really in shambles.

“Due to current turbulent economic times rather projecting the size, projecting opportunities make sense,” says Mr Reddy.

“As per recent media confirmation there are about 10-12 lakh crores worth of projects are awaiting clearances at various stages and most of these are infrastructure development projects like cement, steel, power, ports etc. Once current hurdles are

Bevcon Wayors provides concept to commissioning solutions and execute turnkey projects for all bulk MH applications.

Also, its emphasis on R&D, foreign collaborations and in-house manufacturing facilities helps it offer quality products. All processes at the company are SAP enabled.

“What sets us apart from our competitors is that we don’t sell products; we sell solutions to complex bulk MH needs and establish ourselves as a premium brand in bulk material handling industry in medium enterprise segment,” assures Mr Reddy.

The company ensures following aspects: • Equipment are reliable and efficient in operation

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• Manufactured under in house ISO certified manufacturing units • Cost-effective solutions • Low maintenance/low down time • Low wear costs and lowest product life cycle cost • Technology transfer from collaborations • Customised product development to meet the client’s needs.

“Bevcon Wayors strongly believes that innovation is most crucial in three areas i.e. People - Processes – Products,” says Mr Reddy. “We continuously strive for innovation all these three domains for every project we do, source of innovation is the challenges of the project.”

Bevcon’s specially formed in-house R&D group called TDG develops average 10-12 new equipment per year for the various material handling needs. The core focus of the department is development of new products, validation of products and costeffective solutions to customer critical applications. The group consist subject matter specialists from various domains work collectively to get the ultimate results.

Some of the innovations from Bevcon side are: • Use of side-wall steep angle conveyors for one of the critical application of material conveying • Using of steep angle conveyor for November 2014 n OEM Update n 22

wagon unloading application • Introduction of sandwich conveyors for open pit mine • High efficient flip-flow screens for screening of very high moisture materials.

mill, roll crusher, pulverisor, jaw crusher, ring granulator), feeders and other conventional conveyors (bucker elevator, screw conveyor, drag chain conveyor, roller conveyor, ash conditioner etc.)

• Pneumatic conveying and bag filters

Bevcon offerings

Manufacturing capacity

Bevcon Wayors has major market share in turnkey execution of MH applications such as raw material handling systems for steel plants, cement plants, fuel (coal/ coke/lignite) handling systems for coal and biomass based power plants, in-plant MH systems, ferro alloy plants, sugar, fertiliser, agri, lime coke handling systems etc.

Bevcon’s turnkey solutions include custom design, manufacturing, installation and servicing of bulk MHE. A majority of these equipment are manufactured at Bevcon’s facilities itself which provide customers flexibility for custom designs suitable as per their requirements. The company has the state-of-the-art manufacturing set-up in Hyderabad with latest technology where in raw material to finished product takes place in one roof supported by latest added plasma cutting machine which are ISO certified and streamlined back end process through SAP integration.

It has three clear business verticals – projects, products and air pollution control equipment as: • Material handling projects for the core sector of power, steel, cement, sugar and mining. It has new generation/ innovative conveying systems like steep angle cleared belt conveyor, high angle sandwich belt conveyors, high efficient sugar graders, air supported belt conveyor, overland/ cross country/ long distance troughed and pipe conveyor, skid mounted coal handling plants.

• Material handling equipment like screens (flip flow, circular motion, linear motion, banana, de-stoner, dewatering), crushers (impactor, hammer

As part of its future business strategy, it has clearly adopted concept of backward integration by way of setting up third unit for state-of-the-art idler and pulley manufacturing plant this FY. Also, recently it has started fourth full-fledged manufacturing plant at strategically located in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. Current FY it has expansion plans to expand its manufacturing base by putting up fifth manufacturing unit in Hyderabad. n

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Instrumentation and control: leveraging efficiency Instruments play a vital role in all processes in industry. The field of instrumentation and control is experiencing some of the exciting innovations nowadays

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nstrumentation is usually known as the art and science of measurement and control of process variables within a production or manufacturing area. The process variables used in industries are level, pressure, temperature, humidity, flow, ph, force, speed etc.

When it comes to control operation, the practice uses sensors to measure the output performance of the device being controlled and those measurements can be used to give feedback to the input actuators that can make corrections toward desired performance. When a device is designed to perform without the need of human inputs for correction it is called automatic control (such as cruise control for regulating a car’s speed).

Instrumentation and its importance Over the period, it is observed that instruments actually play a vital role in all processes in industry. In almost all applications, their importance is already November 2014 n OEM Update n 24

established. By controlling right from the specifications of the raw materials to the process parameters, a low cost low rejection – prone product may be easily produced.

“For cost-effective way of using process control and instrumentation, certain basic facts should be understood and then the refinement in the process technique may be applied,” says Vishwas Kale, Managing Director, Vijayesh Instruments Pvt. Ltd. “Saving energy is important for environment as well as for cost control. To manage saving of energy, we should have answers for this. What is to be measured, controlled and recorded/ logged? And also ‘why’ for every item.”

Instruments also help in monitoring the process accurately and safely. Now the process can be monitored effectively from single location (control room) by using proper sensors and instruments.

Sanjay Belhe, Director – Marketing, Protocontrol Instruments (I) Pvt. Ltd. says,

“In any automated process, sensors play role of eyes and ears while instruments play role of brain. No process can be automated without use of sensors and instruments.”

Vishwas Kale, Managing Director, Vijayesh Instruments Pvt. Ltd.

To manage saving of energy, we should have answers for this. What is to be measured, controlled and recorded/ logged? And also ‘why’ for every item.

Cover Story Major aspects In measurement industry, one cannot control what cannot be measured. Sensors are the foundation of feedback control. Sensors measure the process variable and transmit a signal that represents the measurement to the controller. The quality of performance of the system is directly related to the performance of the sensor.

The process variables which are being measured are mostly temperature, pressure, level, flow and mass. No sensor measures a process variable directly. Each sensor measures the effect of the process variable by physical position, force, voltage or some other more easily measured property.

Instrumentation is the basic process control in the industry. In industrial control number of variables like temperature, flow, level, pressure, and distance can be sensed simultaneously. All of these can be interdependent variables in a single processing require a complex microprocessor system for total control. Due to more advancement in technology and the efficient measurement techniques instruments that we are using today may be obsolete in future. Hence choosing appropriate instrumentation technique becomes obviously essential.

During specifying the instrumentation, the main objectives of the designer should be: • Safe plant operation • High production rate • Low production cost • To maintain the product composition within the specified quality limits.

Sanjay Belhe, Director Marketing, Protocontrol Instruments (I) Pvt. Ltd.

In any automated process, sensors play role of eyes and ears while instruments play role of brain. No process can be automated without use of sensors and instruments.

Key functional areas Instrumentation and control finds its applications in variety of areas. Some of the main functional areas include process automation, conveyor protection, and level management.

In practice, instruments have a wide area of functions. A simple Instrument such as programmable logic controller (PLC) has tremendous capabilities. This small gadget includes many features, which may otherwise require several individual units to achieve. This will mean lower installation wiring and commissioning costs as well as simpler operator interface. Such features include: any calibration is possible on shop floor (e.g. temperature, pressure, flue gas etc.) accurate programmer control, advanced self tuning strategies, real time clock, timer, totalises, programmable logic and mathematics functions and flexible integration. Thus a PLC may be used at any place in the plant by just readjusting its user friendly features.

Latest innovations As they say – change is the only constant thing, every segment inthe industry keeps changing itself with the help of everup grading technology and wonderful advancements. Technology in turn gives rise to new innovations to take place and of course, to benefit the end users. Let us find out what are the latest innovations are happening in the field of industrial instrumentation and process control.

memory are put with the load and they monitor and record the controlled temperature and humidity conditions in the travelling vehicle. Portable spectrometers, non-contact infra red thermometers, which can be carried on the shop floor for on the spot analysis, are now commonly used.

Current offerings It is now interesting to see what are the solutions current industry players have to offer in market to meet the ever-changing needs for various applications. Today companies have specific key offerings in industrial instrumentation and process control. Let us explore the same.

Protocontrol is today one of the leading suppliers of sensors and control instruments for temperature, level, pressure and speed monitoring. Its safety switches play major role for protection of conveyor belts used in power plants, steel plants and cement plants.

Its Trip Indicator comes in two different models as: Trip Indicator (TRA) and Trip Indicator (TRS).

In fact, there is wide need for calibration of almost all parameters measuring sensors and instruments. For this, calibrators, testing units with valid certifications are now being made. Testing units for automobiles, such as testing of flammability, distortion, cable harness, fuel tanks etc. are also now being made.

“We introduced an innovative product Trip Indicator after extensive research of 8 years,” informs Mr Belhe. “This product has changed the scenario of conveyor protection in CHP (Coal Handling Plant) and RMHS (Raw Material Handling Systems) areas.”

“We continuously monitor the needs and offer options. Some of the instruments which are not made in India are substituted with equivalent units by indigenous technology.

Rare gas purifiers, process thermocouples with SAT facility, furnace mapping units are some examples,” says Mr Kale.

“The techniques of instrumentation are getting updated continuously,” says Mr Kale. “Laser operated sensors to align production materials, gas sensors to detect even low concentrations, moisture sensors for agriculture use etc. to name a just few.”

Protocontrol has its other major offerings as follows: • Safety switches • Control instruments • Accessories • Pullcord trip indication system • Level sensing products • Junction boxes • Push button stations

The metal industry uses automation in aluminium die casting, steel making and remote radio control in heat treatment.

Food and pharmacy industry have specific compatible and very critical meeting controllers, suitable to work in those environments. For transporting medicines, perishable items etc., data loggers with

The days ahead will require many innovations in instrumentation and the current picture is looking quite promising as the manufactures are very much confident to meet the increasing market needs. n 25 n OEM Update n November 2014

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OMRON: driven by innovation, focusing on market growth

“For us, the expansion will be in terms of market as we are focusing on market growth. We have experienced a continuous growth over past few years and expect the trend to continue in future as well,” says Sameer Gandhi, Managing Director, OMRON Automation Pvt. Ltd., India

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MRON Automation has been working continuously to bring the latest thinking in machine automation technology, enabling its customers to operate more quickly, effectively and smartly. Recently the company had participated in Automation 2014 – an exhibition held in Mumbai. In an interaction with OEM Update, Sameer Gandhi discussed about Omron’s journey, its solutions and other factors driving the automation industry.

How has your experience been being a participant at Automation 2014 and what are your expectations from this event?

This is our second appearance in this exhibition after 2012 and I must say that the response has been very positive. We have seen lot of interest from our customers’ side to know more about today’s automation solutions, especially for our vision and safety solution.

Good and focused exhibitions like Automation are expected to present us with ample opportunities to get acquainted with the right kind of OEMs, end users, system integrators and engineering distributors and I am happy to say that we have been able to achieve this to a large extent at this exhibition.

The show is also helping us a lot in portraying our strengths as complete automation solution provider especially in the field of PLC, Vision and Safety which are the key areas for driving the organisation’s growth in India this financial year.

The major focus of your display here is on vision and safety solutions. Please elaborate more on the same.

The term ‘vision’ is related to primary quality inspection thus playing a key role in helping to improve quality. Earlier, the level of acceptance for automation for such kind of solutions was comparatively lower in the market. However, today the consumer is being bombarded with lots of options to choose from and is much more discerning in terms of quality of the product being offered. This is compelling the manufacturers to look for better quality inspection and better automation solutions.

Talking about safety, it is of utmost importance while operating different machines and also to achieve reliable results. Increasing machine speeds are necessitating adoption of better safety standards to ensure operator safety as well as higher machine productivity.

Keeping the same in mind, OMRON offers wide range of effective solutions in this regard.

Brief us about the key features of your solutions.

OMRON Automation in India caters to several industrial applications encompassing wide requirements of packaging, automotive, material handling, food and beverages, textile and panel handling applications.

Our vision is to “bring innovation to manufacturing by automation to enrich lives of people around the world”. As an ‘automation partner’, one of our fortes is ‘sensing & control’ technology providing solutions for almost all kinds of challenges faced at the operational and conceptual levels in the manufacturing sector. To elaborate it further, I would like to share that OMRON is one of the few unique players in the industry having vision sensing and automation technology together in its portfolio.

Our automation platform is basically Sysmac platform which is

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Speak Out a unique solution as it integrates logic, motion and vision together on one platform which enables customers to achieve higher machine speeds, greater accuracy, better quality and enhanced safety. It is ‘one controller one network one software’. Also, this controller can directly communicate with SQL databases thus having the possibility of transferring large amounts of data for assisting in continuous process improvement.

According to you, what are the growth drivers and challenges for automation industry in India?

For the automation sector, growth is likely to come from sectors like automotive, FMCG, pharma, etc. The business will be mainly generated from respective packaging OEMs and also from manufacturing plants.

These sectors are expected to drive the growth forward. Apart from these, there are sectors like infrastructure, panel building and small projects in the list.

For example, in case customer wants to track vision data pertaining to quality (printing, labelling on package etc.) or quantity (medicines, fluid level etc.), together with the machine parameters, it is seamlessly possible with Omron solution to do so because we use only one controller.

Talking about the challenges, tough competition has always been there. It is a part of game and will continue to be.

The main concern is acceptability for the automation solutions which is not up to the desired level as compared to the European market. The picture is changing slowly but steadily though.

How do you see your company establishing in Indian market?

OMRON Automation has been serving Indian market since 1993. Over the years, we have seen a lot of acceptability for our products from Indian customers. We have always been focusing on providing superior quality products and high value added solutions at reasonable prices.

So are you implementing any specific strategy to capture Indian market on large scale?

For us, India is an extremely important market and hence is a part of our ‘Asia Hotspot’ strategy. It is a big and open market and all global competition is present here. However we have been sustaining our position in the industry.

Now we are aiming to grow and want to expand our footprint. We look at addressing more customers and at the same time we are aware that we need to penetrate more into the existing customer base. One of the ways to do this is to provide customer specific or customised automation solutions which will meet their needs.

We do understand customer requirements and their business. We don’t want to just sell products, but want to understand the real challenges the customers are facing and then try to address those challenges.

Sometimes it is not possible to present a solution without actually doing some practical work, so OMRON is focusing on

doing the practical part to offer precise solutions.

As already mentioned, OMRON is amongst very few players in the industry having vision sensing, robotics, safety and automation technology together in its portfolio. Our presence is widely spread with 5 established offices, 2 repair centres, 3 training centres and approx.150 service and application engineers across India which is our advantage over competitors.

Our Automation Centre (ATC) is also a distinction. It has been bringing value to the customers by giving them a state-of-the-art facility to experiment and experience their applications assisted by a team of dedicated experts.

Would you like to share Omron’s roadmap for future expansion plans?

For us, the expansion will be in terms of market as we are focusing on market growth. We have experienced a continuous growth over past few years and expect the trend to continue in future as well.

Also, we will continue to improve our visibility and participate in such exhibitions and other campaigns also by conducting customer specific seminars etc. We are looking forward to invest in these plans.

In addition, we will invest in application resources as well so that solutions offered by us would be innovative, customised and really optimised from customers’ point of view. That will also help us leverage our global spread. n

igus introduces e-cord micro to protect smallest hoses M

oving small scale capillary tubes reliably and safely often poses major problems for design engineers, especially in the medical industry. igus has now developed the e-cord micro system to address the same.

The modular system of straight, curved and mounting parts means that even the smallest tubes can be fitted into moving equipment with confidence.

Medical machines often contain dosing and pipetting functions which require the constant movement of capillary tubes, which are only a millimetre or so in diameter. In these applications the fragile capillary tubes are often squeezed into a small bend radius November 2014 n OEM Update n 28

which can cause damage to the tubes or blockages in the flow through them. igus has designed the e-cord micro to help in these cases. The system ensures the hoses do not fall within a pre-defined minimum bend radius of 45mm, and are also given some physical protection. The modular nature of the system and the elasticity of the material allow machine designers lots of flexibility when designing moving capillary tubes into the smallest of spaces.

Modular Design igus assembles the e-cord micro to order, ensuring a perfect match to the required

motion and space of the machine. In this way, different movement directions and travel path lengths can be implemented easily and flexibly. The concept for the e-cord micro, like many other igus products, was driven by customer requirements for a novel solution to their specific challenges.

By producing a flexible solution, many other applications in different industries can be realised too. n

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The team at Autosys has been working together for over 20 years, and has a cumulative experience of over 100 years in industrial process control and automation. The team has executed over 400 projects for industry leaders and global MNCs, exceeding customer expectations every time, on performance, reliability and quality.

Control and instrumentation The C&I business is an independent SBU within Autosys, focusing on projects that have a significant amount of instrumentation and remote monitoring. The team has extensive experience in Infrastructure, Water and Waste water projects.

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Autosys has partnership and / or long standing vendor relationships with many wellknown brands such as Rockwell Automation (AB), Endress+Hauser, Emerson, Krohne-Marshall, Siemens, Kirloskar, IVC, Danfoss, VAAS, Hughes/Tata etc.

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Hand and power tools: use safe, be safe This article talks about current status of hand and power tools industry and also gives some precaution tips for safety

Hand and power tool hazards are addressed in specific standards for the general industry, shipyard employment, marine terminals, long shoring, and the construction industry.

“End-user training and awareness on tool safety is certainly need of the hour,” believes Mr Chowdhry. “Groz is a pioneering this effort by organising free service camps in industries as well as automotive workshop clusters throughout the country.”

In the process of removing or avoiding the hazards, workers must learn to recognise the hazards associated with the different types of tools and the safety precautions necessary to prevent those hazards. It is clear that safety measures must be taken while using hand and power tools.

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and and power tools are a common part of our everyday lives and are present in nearly every industry. These tools help us to easily perform tasks that otherwise would be difficult or impossible.

However, using these tools properly with given instructions and precautions is very important in order to avoid some hazards or accidents.

Current Indian market It is observed that today’s Indian tools market is highly fragmented and largely unorganised. It thrives on supply chain inefficiencies and lacks customer service.

In fact, OES (Original Equipment Suppliers) caters to less than 5 per cent of after-market through dealers; rest of the customers are serviced through small distributors and others. Customer dissatisfaction is largely felt in quality, technology, reliability in service life and tools safety.

“Organised workshop segment is a major user of tools and is expected to grow significantly due to entry of new players in commercial vehicles and passenger vehicle segments as well as existing OEMs adding new segments,” says Rajesh Chowdhry, GM Sales-India, Groz Engineering Tools (P) Ltd. November 2014 n OEM Update n 32

He further adds, “Besides, infrastructure gaps in B and C Class cities would continue to drive construction activity. Ever growing middle class and aspirations are expected to drive vehicle sales in most of the segments.”

The recent changes in fuel prices decontrol would further fuel the vehicles sales and all of the factors would contribute to double digit growth of the tools market in India. There are also trends like stricter environmental laws on affluent / waste oil treatment and recycling. This is driving modernisation of workshops and need for quicker vehicle service, ultimately leading to demand for quality tools.

Safety first Hand and power tools are such a common part of our lives that it is difficult to remember that they may pose hazards. All tools are manufactured with safety in mind but, tragically, a serious accident often occurs before steps are taken to search out and avoid or eliminate tool-related hazards.

These simple tools can be hazardous and have the potential for causing severe injuries when used or maintained improperly. Special attention toward hand and power tool safety is necessary in order to reduce or eliminate these hazards.

General safety precautions Employees who use hand and power tools and who are exposed to the hazards of falling, flying, abrasive and splashing objects, or exposed to harmful dusts, fumes, mists, vapours, or gases must be provided with the particular personal equipment necessary to protect them from the hazard.

All hazards involved in the use of power tools can be prevented by following five basic safety rules: • Keep all tools in good condition with regular maintenance.

• Use the right tool for the job.

• Examine each tool for damage before use.

• Operate according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

• Provide and use the proper protective equipment.

Employees and employers have a responsibility to work together to establish safe working procedures. If a hazardous situation is encountered, it should be brought to the attention of the proper individual immediately.

Hand tools safety Hand tools are non-powered. They include anything from axes to wrenches. The greatest hazards posed by hand tools result from misuse and improper maintenance.

Workers should be cautioned that saw blades, knives, or other tools have to be

Industry Analysis directed away from aisle areas and other workers working in close proximity. Knives and scissors must be sharp. Dull tools can be more hazardous than sharp ones.

Appropriate personal protective equipment, e.g., safety goggles, gloves, etc., should be worn due to hazards that may be encountered while using portable power tools and hand tools. Safety requires that floors be kept as clean and dry as possible to prevent accidental slips with or around dangerous hand tools.

Around flammable substances, sparks produced by iron and steel hand tools can be a dangerous ignition source. Where this hazard exists, spark-resistant tools made from brass, plastic, aluminium, or wood will provide for safety.

Power tool precautions Power tools can be hazardous when improperly used. There are several types of power tools, based on the power source they use: electric, pneumatic, liquid fuel, hydraulic, and powder-actuated.

Employees should be trained in the use of all tools - not just power tools. They

should understand the potential hazards as well as the safety precautions to prevent those hazards from occurring. Power tool users should avoid accidental starting. The worker should not hold a finger on the switch button while carrying a plugged-in tool. The proper apparel should be worn.

Loose clothing, ties, or jewellery can be caught in moving parts.

Also tools should be maintained with care.

They should be kept sharp and clean for the best performance. Instructions in the user’s manual must be followed for lubricating and changing accessories. All portable electric tools that are damaged shall be removed from use and tagged ‘Do Not Use’.

Some more precautions to be observed by power tool users are: • Never carry a tool by the cord or hose • Never yank the cord or the hose to disconnect it from the receptacle • Keep cords and hoses away from heat, oil, and sharp edges • Disconnect tools when not in use, before servicing, and when changing accessories such as blades, bits and cutters • All observers should be kept at a safe distance away from the work area

• Secure work with clamps or a vise, freeing both hands to operate the tool • Be sure to keep good footing and maintain good balance.

Mr Chowdhry further helps to understand why these are safety hammers as he informs about their following features: • Head never gets dislodged from the handle. Providing protection to the worker using the hammer as also to the co-worker working along side • Vibration free (shock absorbent handle) • Electrical shock resistance • Indestructible handle technology • Slip resistant These hammers have several applications in many industries like construction, rail, road, tyre, ship building and welding etc.

In addition, they find their applications in following sectors as well: • Open cast as well as underground mining • Heavy metal work industry • Agriculture co-operatives • Automotive fleet maintenance companies (heavy automotives) • Tiling or brick layer industry • Demolition • On-shore and off-shore drilling n

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Pollution Control

Techflow offers effective solutions for dust control and air pollution Dust collectors- Cartridge filters

Techflow is a TUV Nord Cert certified ISO 9001: 2008 company, having a state-of-theart machinery and workshop facility sprawled over 3.5 acres, for manufacturing different types of air pollution control equipment, accessories and turn-key systems.

The company also provides various solutions for industrial air handling, air pollution control, ventilation, dust control, pneumatic conveying, material handling and processing. It aims for maintaining efficient environment and also works towards protecting environment and creating efficient production processes.

Following are the Techflow product/ system lines offered to industries:

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n the entire cosmos, only Earth has been gifted natural resources such as air, water and soil. These resources have always been essential for development and sustenance of living organisms and life on this planet.

However, when these resources in their pure form are contaminated with other elements mixed in it; these become unsuitable for further usage. Processes like dirt washing, mixing of solubles, flushing of solids, combustion of fuels, dumping of solid wastes etc. contaminate natural purity of natural resources available.

• • handling, loading/unloading, cutting, blasting, polishing, welding, pulverising, grinding and similar other processes.

Techflow is in the design and manufacturing of air pollution control equipment and systems since 1979. The sheer dynamism of the company’s strategic vision and mission ensures cost-effective value-added solutions for its customers. The competitive edge gets exhibited through constant technology upgradation, innovative product designing with engineering skills and proven quality products as a result.

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Air pollution control systems Dust collection systems (Pulse Jet, motorised shaker, reverse air) Centrifugal blowers Pneumatic conveying systems Fume extraction systems Wet scrubbers Bin aeration systems Rotary airlock valves Flux feeding, heating and recovery systems Down draft work tables with dust collector Components for pneumatic conveying systems and dust collection systems. n

The process of this contamination of natural resources is known as pollution.

Air pollution, water pollution, soil pollution and noise pollution are the major types of environmental pollutions. However, now there is a term formed – industrial pollution.

Industrial pollution is a pollution which takes place due to industrial processes including air pollution or water pollution. Government of India monitors these pollution through Central Pollution Control Board and State Level Pollution Control Boards.

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Pneumatic conveying system

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Fibrotechniks provides pollution control solutions F

ibrotechniks has been in the industry as designer and manufacturer of air pollution control equipment and fume extraction systems to suit customers’ requirements. Its services include designing, fabricating, installing various types of scrubber, blowers, tanks ducting in industrial plastics like: • FRP (Isopathalic), FRB (Bispheonal), FRVE (Vinaylester) • Lining on polypropylene/PVDF/PVC with FRP (Isopathalic), FRB (Bispheonal) FRVE (Vinaylester) • Lining on MS with FRP (Isopathalic), FRB (Bispheonal), FRVE (Vinaylester).

The company is backed-up with a competent professional team covering design, planning and skilled workforce to undertake all kinds of turnkey projects in the following areas.

• Blowers (centrifugal blowers, tube axial, exhaust) • Scrubbers (packed bed type, wet type, venturi type, cyclone type) • Chemical storage tanks and vessels (cylindrical vertical, cylindrical horizontal, rectangular/square) • Chimneys and ducting • Fumes chambers /laboratory cupboards

• Fabrication and installation of pipelines for acid and chemicals.

Fibrotechniks is engaged in handling entire project related to air pollution control equipment or chemical process plant and equipment. It designs, manufactures, supplies, erects and commissions the entire project. It has supplied its products to various sectors of industries: • Steel industries • Bulk drugs industry • Chemical and pharmaceutical industry • Petrochemical industry • Jewellery units • R&D centres • Laboratory units • Plating plants • Manufacturing and testing facility.

The company has full fledge facilities available at its factory for fabrication and testing of tanks, blowers , scrubbers etc. It has total area of 6,500 sq. ft. available for manufacturing facilities.

Various tests like annomometer testing for CFM, pressure (water gauge) testing, vibration testing, noise level testing, motor

Scrubbing system

current testing are conducted at its unit for blowers. n Contact Fibrotechniks Factory: F – 4 / 5 MIDC Kupwad Behind Midc old petrol pump, Sangli 416 436, Maharashtra Office: 19, Hariyali Industrial Estate, Behind Shivkrupa Industrial Estate, LBS Marg, Vikhroli(W), Mumbai- 400 083 Tel.: +91 22 2579 4642 Mob: 9819811100 Email: marketing@fibrotechniks.com www.fibrotechniks.com

Green Eclipse Technologies conducts seminar in Goa R

ecently Europa Filter’s Goa Branch conducted a technical seminar in the IMEI House, Goa. Hakan Reuterwall, Director, RKD Group Ltd. spoke on ‘Europa filter: a simple solution for an invisible problem’. He advised that if oil can be kept 100 per cent clean then in theory it should never degrade or require changing. Machine parts could be used infinitely and the risk of breakdown and production stops could be drastically reduced. Europa filter can be used for offline cleaning and has been used effectively by the industry up to 0.1 micron as per the Statoil report. Europa filter removes water, retains additives, can collect up to 3kg of contaminants. He stressed that it was important to change the filter and not the oil.

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• Reduced consumption of spare parts and full flow filters • Green footprint for your company • Less maintenance breaks planned and un- planned • Avoid expensive production cost • Clean oil washes the system and doubles its life span • 90 days money back guarantee if customer is not satisfied.

filters protect the machine components from large particles, but do not clean the oil system of water and small particles that damage the machine in the long-term.

Tests show that the majority of all machine breakdowns in oil systems are due to contamination of the oil. The Europa filter cleans the oil and then the clean oil in turn cleans lines, components and the tank.

Oxidation happens down to a minimum. It absorbs water and particles from the oil.

At the same time the machine is cleaned as the clean oil carries away the deposits from the system interior – while the machine is still operating.

Mr Reuterwall was assisted by Sukumar Nambiar, Managing Director, Green Eclipse Technologies India Pvt. Ltd., and Head of Europa Filter India.

The several benefits of using Europa filter can be listed as follows: • No need to renew the oil thus increasing savings

The seminar was attended by surveyors, master mariners, marine engineers and students of the Graduate batch of the Institute of Maritime Studies. n

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Ador Welding towards a smart step for future

“We are manufacturers, we don’t trade. So we don’t import, label and sell. We have the capability of manufacturing,” says Satish Bhat, Managing Director, Ador Welding Ltd.

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dor Welding is continuously putting up more efforts towards success in welding industry for the world to grow more smartly.

Recently the company had participated in ‘India Essen Welding & Cutting 2014’ – an exhibition held in Mumbai at Bombay Exhibition Centre. In an interaction with OEM Update, Mr Bhat shared about the performance of Ador Welding and major challenges being faced by manufacturers in India etc.

How did Ador Welding perform over the past two years?

If we analyse the welding industry for last two financial years i.e. 2012-2013, 2013-2014,during 2012-2013 there was a degrowth of 11 per cent over 2011-12 and over that there was a degrowth of 17 per cent in the last financial year i.e.2013-14.

However, Ador Welding grew by 4 and 2 per cent respectively in these two years in spite of having degrowth of such a high magnitude in the industry.

Brief us on the new range of products recently introduced by Ador.

We are into total welding solution providing space. It means that we have ability to design a process, ability to manufacture the consumables, equipment for the same process, automation and skill development for it. However, in the last couple of months we have introduced few consumables which are basically used for higher performance requirement which are used into super critical and critical boilers. These will be used for nuclear energy application.

We have also introduced CNC cutting machines in basically big, small and customised machine. We have even launched inverter based SAW process machine. We have ability to manufacture 1,200 Amp SAW machines in the country. And most importantly we are manufacturers, we don’t trade. So we don’t import, label and sell. We have the capability of manufacturing and we manufacture.

What is your opinion on the penetration of highend welding technology in the Indian market?

For the last couple of years there was no capital investment because there was no business.

However, because of the ‘Make in India’ motto launched by PM Narendra Modi, there will be lots of thrust for manufacturing in India. Indian manufacturing companies will have to adopt or invent new technologies. In the next couple of years, there will be scope for new technologies for better productivity or automation for similar kind of metals or dissimilar metal joining.

It will lead to higher expenditure on R&D. We will also see tie-ups by the manufactures for new technology.

What are the major challenges being faced by the local manufacturers in India?

Challenges right now are on the raw material side. India is not able to manufacture pure raw material. Welding is a very technical subject.

If there are impurities in the base raw metal, the desired results are not obtained. So if good quality of weld is required, we need to have fewer impurities in the welding products.

This is not controlled by the welding product manufacturer but the raw material suppliers.

Especially when it comes to steel rods, we

are not able to manufacture higher, purer grade of steel. Hence we need to import the steel. It makes domestic manufacturer noncompetitive against MNC in terms of cost and delivery.

Other issue is taxation structure. However, GST looks promising for one tax structure.

The most important and critical issue is availability of skilled manpower. Skills are required for manufacturing of welding products and also for their use and thus there is a huge demand – supply gap.

In such a scenario what are some of the initiatives taken by Ador to remain competitive?

For the past one year or so we have started reaching out the steel manufacturers and started working together to produce pure grade of steel, thus we expect such material to be available in the market. That is our main initiative. We have Ador welding academy dealing with the skill development. We have tied up with IITS, engineering colleges.

Through this we have started training the people to make them available for the welding market.

Aren’t you trying to improve your service portfolio?

For us service is the main focus. Welding machines segment is our one of the main business to increase upkeep time of our machines. We train customers’ employees so that small service issues are done by them and the major service issues are referred to us. n 37 n OEM Update n November 2014

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Shell Lubricants strengthening its market position

“Our position in the industry has been growing every year and becoming stronger. Going forward, the company expects to see much greater availability of Shell Lubricants and faster growth in the market,” says Akhil Jha, Vice President Technical, Lubricants, Shell India Markets Pvt Ltd.

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aking one step further to provide value to its customers, Shell Lubricants has started Technical Webinar series. In an interaction with OEM Update, Mr Jha describes the ongoing industry trends and Shell’s recent initiatives.

How do you look at the current trends in Indian lubricants market?

Indian lubricants industry is one of the fastest growing lubricant industries in the world.

The key growth trends shaping the lubricant industry in India are: • Oil marketing companies are shifting focus to the untapped rural market Hence most of the lubricant companies will continue to focus strongly in rural markets. As there is a strong push in farm mechanisation and evolving sophistication of customers in new Agri equipment, increasing performance required from lubricant/ increase attention to lubrication is considered as critical factor for effective equipment management. Shell Lubricants will continue to focus in Agri markets by working closely with OEMs in enhancing operational efficiency by meeting challenges of higher ODI, better fuel economy etc.

• Growing opportunities for synthetic lubricants Indian lubricant market is the fifth largest in the world in terms of consumption after the US, China, Russia and Germany.

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entry of multinational car manufacturers, the Indian lubricant industry is poised to grow in the coming years. Also there is a gradual shift towards high quality lubricants with longer drain intervals.

Rapid industrialisation and challenge for reduced emission norms also lead to emergence in opportunities for synthetic lubricants • Changes in engine technology (reduced emissions) Stronger emission norms and demand for fuel efficiency are driving OEMs to keep developing new engine technology at a faster pace. One of the external causes for technological changes and new emerging technology coming in is emission norms.

As emission norms are becoming tighter and India catches up with global emission norms in line with Euro norms, there is a need to make a lubricant which is able to cope with stringent emission norms • OEMs introducing own brands Most of the equipment manufacturers and OEMs aspire to service their customers directly. It has now become an acceptable trend that OEMs have their own branded lubricants offering to their end customers as a part of the warranty programme • Focus on energy efficiency Energy efficiency is often linked to higher productivity, lower costs, and continuous operation and thereby contributing to lower TCO. Focusing on energy efficiency and total cost of ownership leading to adoption of more leading edge products and solutions is a key trend today.

Efficiency improvements will vary based on operating conditions and application.

How do you see your position today?

Shell Lubricants is excelling global lubricants market. We have 10 to 15 per cent market share in what we call an accessible market in India. Globally, we are the largest with about 12 to 13 per cent market share and in India too we plan to continue growing at double digit rate over the next three to five years.

Also we have plans to increase and intensify the adoption of leading edge energy and total cost of ownership efficient technology.

Our position in the industry has been growing every year and becoming stronger. Going forward, the company expects to see much greater availability of Shell Lubricants and faster growth in the market as it wins new customers. We believe in delivering best quality to our customers for which we carry intensive research for designing our products in our R&D centre based in Bangalore. A number of capabilities which we are now bringing to the marketplace have been developed in the past seven years and are well received by our customers.

What are Shell’s initiatives collaboration with OEMs?

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Shell Lubricants engages with the customers at the initial stage itself and work together towards co-engineering the best lubricant and services suiting their requirements so that optimal performance can be obtained. When a new equipment is launched either due to

or environmental norms or technological changes it enforces the equipment requirements to change and Shell Lubricants works with OEMs to develop lubricants to address these.

Could you mention some of your successful collaborative approaches for the OEMs in India?

Few of our key Auto OEM partnerships in India are Tata Motors, Volvo-Eicher, Daimler Passenger Car: Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, Ford, General Motors etc.

To quote an example around achieving more efficiency for our OEM partner, we developed a lubricant technology for a Daimler truck, which set a Guinness Book of world record for drainage interval.

In such case, we take the entire driveline and chassis into our lab and based on many samples and measurements we design the oil specifically for the engine.

In India, we have done a co-engineering project with Tata Motors on next generation platform particularly on fuel economy, which is launched in India Market as Rimula T5 10W-30 with benefits on fuel economy. We have also developed a synthetic technology for our partner Daimler India. We helped them to break the records of fuel economy trucks using our technology. In addition, we have technical collaboration with TAFE where our focus is in extending oil drain interval for the engine oil to achieve reduction in total cost of ownership.

What are the major difficulties you face dealing with Indian OEMs? Some are technical, some are cultural. India is moving extremely quickly in terms of adopting new technologies into the market. The rate of change witnessed in Europe and USA over the 40 years; India is going through the same phase in much smaller period. But still there is a natural perception to be on a way some technical advantage whether appropriate for the market.

Some OEMs and customers still perceive that thicker lubricants are better as they have grown with this old perception. So, there have been big cultural challenges. We can have some very big discussion with engineers, very much rationalised and scientific approach. OEMs can be very large, complex organisation with thousands of people working. However much we do, we only deal with the small number.

So, influencing a very large organisation is a challenge.

Shell has recently organised a Webinar. What is the purpose of such events and how is it going to help the OEMs? At Shell Lubricants, our OEM partnerships are one of the most important pillars. We collaborate with leading companies and manufacturers that have some of the most exciting technology challenges, gaining expertise in lubricant technology and then applying it in a way that benefits customers. Taking one step further to provide value to our customers, we are the first company in India to start Technical Webinar series.

The purpose of these webinars is to educate customers including OEMs, distributors and partners on specific applications via technical experts who can share sector specific experiences and what Shell can offer to overcome their challenges. It also provides customers, a platform to gain knowledge of the latest trends in the industry with relevant references. The USP of the webinar format is Conversing with various customers at multiple locations in a click. The response from the OEMs who attended the webinars was positive. n

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BKT’s Bhiwadi plant

BKT: onestop-shop for OTR solutions Balkrishna Industries (BKT), being a trendsetter with its state-of-the-art facilities and excelling in variety of fields, has today established itself strongly on global platform

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very company tries to identify an existing trend (socio-economic and market) and sell accordingly, but very few can break through the obvious and dare to go beyond, creating not just success but also an unprecedented niche for themselves. With more than 25 years of global presence in the off-highway tyres segment, Balkrishna Industries (BKT) has established itself as one such company.

Journey so far BKT’s products, owing to their state-ofthe-art make and performance, have found great recognition in world. Today BKT enjoys principal presence in five continents around the world with over 130 countries. It is the supplier to International OEM’s in industrial, construction and agricultural tyre segments, and has grown since its inception in 1988 into a diversified industrial conglomerate exporting its expansive range of ‘off-highway solutions’ to the world.

of BKT products. This is achieved by using quality raw materials that are processed through the advanced technology. With four state-of-the-art manufacturing plants spread across India, currently, BKT provides over 2,300 different SKUs (stock keeping units) for various kinds of applications.

“Our each product passes over 450 stages of tests. The result of this rigorous practice being that BKT products are known for their reliability and have the lowest claim ratio in the industry,” informs Rajiv Poddar, Joint Managing Director, BKT. The company has products from 5” rim diameter to 54” rim diameter for vehicles ranging from trailers, forklifts, etc. to technologically advanced machines like high horsepower tractors, combines, harvesters, GPS controlled vehicles, articulated dump trucks, high-speed cranes, sophisticated port vehicles and container handlers etc.

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Port tyres

Today BKT is being preferred as supplier in countries like Europe and America, thus highlighting the quality and performance

After establishing itself as a one-stop shop for OTR solutions — be it for mining or industrial applications, BKT has now also

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initiated production of port tyres. There is a gamut of tyres available in this line, ranging from port reach stacker sizes to RTG sizes. BKT has been selling tyres to major companies like Kalmar Sweden, which is one of the world’s leading reach stacker machine manufacturers.

Arvind Poddar, Chairman and Managing Director, BKT

Our competition is with global tyre giants, so we always have to have an edge over technology if we have to compete with them.

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BKT’s Chopanki plant

BKT has also recently launched an ultra advanced range of tyres especially for high speed cranes. The tyre 445/95R/25 enables heavy high speed cranes to journey at an unprecedented speed of 80 km/hr.

its own mould plant which enables them to have the fastest turnaround time i.e. from a new concept to product availability in the market.

Fulfilling mining and industry needs Agricultural tyres The company also offers a range of solutions for agricultural activities. BKT’s range of tractor tyres is specially designed to carry higher loads on and off roads with minimal soil compaction in field. Their superior make ensures great road ability, traction and durability making them a fitting choice for today’s high horse power tractors and trailer applications.

“We invest heavily every year into R&D, to upgrade our plant facilities and develop new products,” informs Arvind Poddar, Chairman and Managing Director, BKT. “Our competition is with global tyre giants, so we always have to have an edge over technology if we have to compete with them.”

BKT has ventured into the production of all steel radials since 2008. Its steel radial plant at Chopanki, Rajasthan is now functioning to produce quality radial tyres for OTR vehicles ranging from rigid dump trucks to snow manoeuvring vehicles. The tyres under this segment range from a 20” diameter tipper truck size to a giant 51” rigid dump truck size, in both radial and bias make, thus covering your every requirement in regards to industrial use and mining.

Identifying the opportunities in mining, BKT has also ventured into full fledged production of mining and industrial solutions providing a range of tyre variants for various applications.

Future outlook BKT has always focused to be proactive and in sync with ever-changing market needs. To respond the same, it develops about 150160 new SKU’s every year. The company has

Rajiv Poddar, Joint Managing Director, BKT

Our each product passes over 450 stages of tests. The result of this rigorous practice being that BKT products are known for their reliability and have the lowest claim ratio in the industry.

The tyre markets in Asia have witnessed a strong surge in recent years, with India and China leading in growth and development.

Indian tyre companies are no longer just manufacturing tyres for commercial vehicles but the market has expanded encapsulating high-end consumers with heavy OE needs for industrial, construction and mining purposes.

Along with business interests, there has also been a strong escalation in application requirement demands by its consumers.

Today BKT is manufacturing tyres for OEM’s all over the world, offering solutions for heavy agro, industrial and mining solutions.

BKT is a vendor and collaborator with companies like Coal India Ltd. which is among the world’s largest OTR customer.

BKT is working intensively to be at tandem with the emerging needs of its OEM clients and doing well while keeping the costs low and efficiency high.

Being social There is a deep rooted sense of responsibility and affection for the world and environment

from BKT side which then transcends encapsulating the company’s fundamentals and functioning.

The company is involved in various social causes starting from ensuring safe health to its workers and their loved ones by opening a fully fledged hospital near their Aurangabad plant, to building a modern school in Rajasthan for underprivileged girls. Also there is its initiative towards the environment, which BKT is so passionate about that it has included the model of environmental friendly business as a core element of the company.

BKT’s Bhuj plant: A green field project The manufacturing plant at Bhuj, Gujarat is the 4th manufacturing unit set up by BKT in India. The project complex comprises of about 300 acres of land in the Gujarat region, just a few kilometres away from the Mundra port offering logistical advantages in transport of raw materials. The site foresees a large warehouse and a specific area of about 15 acres dedicated exclusively to R&D. The testing facility at the plant is equipped with indoor and outdoor testing areas and there is a special testing track constructed to provide for test runs and on field tests for the tyres.

Introducing the plant Rajiv Poddar says, “We have invested over $ 375 million in this plant.

This is a huge plant spread across 300 acres and with the most modern machinery ever used in production in India. The plant will enhance our total capacity by 75 per cent.”

The real winning point being the social relevance of the plant! BKT has established a self sustaining village around the 300 acres of plant site, where its employees and their families are living with all facilities and requirements of modern living like schools, hospitals, fire brigade stations, hotels and guest houses.

For BKT, the Bhuj plant means a tremendous 75 per cent increase in production which will add about 120,000 tonnes per year in addition to its 180,000 tonnes obtained from the other three plants. n 41 n OEM Update n November 2014

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Environ aerators for efficient aeration and operational flexibility

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hen evaluating aeration system, a total performance and cost of operation analysis are critical. The components of this analysis should include an evaluation of the initial capital cost of system installation, all operating and energy costs, and projected maintenance costs. Also included should be an analysis of how well the systems perform the four basic functions required of all aerators: • Provide sufficient oxygen transfer to promote biological treatment • Provide sufficient mixing to ensure homogeneity of mixed liquor suspended solids and to prevent solids settling • Respond to varying process conditions to maximise energy efficiency • Provide reliable service, without costly maintenance and downtime, and without reduction in oxygen transfer capability.

A detailed evaluation will quickly reveal that diffused aeration systems in India are able to perform only one basic function reasonably well. On the other hand, the new generation of Environ energy efficient aerators accomplishes all four goals –, excellent mixing, operational flexibility and a life expectancy of 12 - 15 years with minimal maintenance.

Diffused aeration system has gained popularity based on only one aspect of their performance: they provide high oxygen

transfer efficiencies in clean water. However, the waste water is not clean. A fine bubble diffused system which performs efficiently in clean water instantly becomes less efficient in waste water. Secondly, mixing efficiency is missing in diffused aeration system.

Over a few months or so, the degrading of oxygen transfer efficiency becomes more pronounced until, eventually, the diffusers porous membranes will need to be cleaned manually. This is an undesirable and time consuming maintenance operation.

Many industries like ETP, municipal corporation, STP, CETP and plant operators, environmental engineers, and turnkey executors have faced such issues.

Surface aerators, unlike diffusers, never foul, and will provide the same high oxygen transfer rate along with efficient mixing with minimum and economical running and also saving in energy over the life of the equipment.

Secondly, in diffused aeration system, as the blower blows hot air, the temperature of the effluent rises by 5 C to 8 C due to which the oxygen transfer efficiency reduces. While in Environ aerators, due to efficient mixing the temperature of the effluent reduces by 10 C to 20 C (depending on ambient temperature) and hence oxygen transfer efficiency increases.

The distribution of air is also not equal in diffused aeration system. While, the air is equally distributed in all the 4 corners of the aeration tank without settlement of sludge by environ energy efficient aerators.

Spares, like diffusers, maintenance of blowers is costly and time consuming and specialised mechanic is required. In Environ aerators the additional features are provided, due to which maintenance is very low and less time consuming. Only gearbox is to be maintained which can be maintained by maintenance department. Noise level is also low in Environ aerators.

If the diffusers are placed at a short distance (220 mm) as placed in foreign countries, the power required will be more than 3 – 3.5 times than the power required in mechanical aeration system. Secondly, if the system is installed as per the recommendation of the manufacturers of foreign countries then the installation, operational and maintenance cost will also increase. n Contact: J C Thakore, Environ Engineering Company, Vadodara - 390 010 Tel: + 91 (0265) 2643870 Mob: +91 9825008442, +91 9879788102, + 91 9898548201 Email: environ@environengg.com Web: www.environengg.com

Gear up for 3rd India Composites Show in Mumbai

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hird edition of India Composites Show (ICS), India’s exhibition for composites and advanced materials, is going to take place from 10th to 12th December at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon (E), Mumbai.

After organising 2 successful editions in New Delhi, this year the exhibition will be taking place in Mumbai for the very first time to capture the promising market of western India.

Composites industry professionals, moulders and end-users representing a variety of sectors would gather for networking, learning and business opportunities. ICS 2014 is colocated with India Composites Conference, November 2014 n OEM Update n 42

a two day program focusing on the trends, challenges and opportunities faced by the industry. Technical textile and adhesives and sealants zones are also special features of the event.

At ICS 2014 more than 175 raw materials, equipment, machineries and solutions will be displayed representing solutions such as raw materials, fabricators, composite products, process machinery, technical textile, Intermediate products, equipment. Exhibitors from India and other nations including China, Taiwan, Italy, Japan, Korea, France, Germany and USA are participating. ICS also features ‘Composites Europe’ exhibition pavilion.

The India Composites Conference taking place on December 10-11 will be featuring topics such as aerospace composite materials, current and future trends of carbon fibre in India, renewable value: remarkable success in the recycling of composites, epoxy and polyurethane systems solutions for filament winding composites, light-weighting and cost reduction in automotive, electrical and electronics.

ICS is organised by Reed Manch Exhibitions, India and would be featuring international participants including companies from annual exhibition - Composites Europe. n

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Rockwell presents CIP Motion to benefit industrial automation

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IP Motion has punched a hole in an urban myth of industrial automation.

The myth: Standard Ethernet cannot be used for motion control and so something needs to be developed that is based on Ethernet; adding time slice algorithms to the firmware or hardware of devices, or simply building a proprietary network with CAT5 cables and a gateway to standard Ethernet.

This is important because even today users are starting to run up against limitations in their current implementations. They want co-ordinated motion control with more than 32 axes on a single network. They want to synchronise axes connected to different controllers.

Also the users want a common programming and configuration environment for variable frequency and servo drives. They want discrete inputs and outputs integrated with rotary machines. Further, they wish to have video cameras mounted inside the machine. There are a number of semi-proprietary technologies that address each of these issues but EtherNet/ IP with CIP Motion is the first to address them all using entirely standard Ethernet with IP. In order to deliver these user benefits, ODVA has and continues to enhance the CIP (Common Industrial Protocol) and EtherNet/IP specifications to address these critical motion control requirements: • Controller to drive interfaces

• Precision time synchronisation between devices (or CIP Sync) • Distributed registration across the entire machine • Distributed programmable limit switch and camming functionality placed anywhere in the process and driven by any axis in the system • Motion control accomplished through multiple drive types suitable for the application, including servo drives, voltz/ hertz drives, and vector drives • Master encoder reference information placed directly on the Ethernet network for coordination of multiple axes from any given, existing axis.

In order to deliver the benefits of Ethernet and IP, there are also demands from outside of the ‘motion centric’ world: • Standard infrastructure components must be usable • Layers 1 and 2 of the Ethernet implementation of the ISO-OSI 7 layer model may not be changed • Layers 3 and 4 of ISO/OSI 7 layer model must be utilised for all communications using IETF specified TCP/IP technology • Existing standards should be used, not act as a basis for further development • The solution must be applicable on standard off-the shelf chips.

There are also requirements from the application developer community:

• The network must be able to support 100 axes with a 1ms update rate • Position loops must be closable at a time base of less than 125 uS • Any axis can be either a variable frequency or servo drive with full networked configuration • It must be possible to synchronise discrete signals with a motion axis • I/O, video and voice traffic must be carried on the same Ethernet as motion traffic.

The unique capability of EtherNet/IP to meet all of these requirements in a standard, open, and seamless manner does not eliminate motion control as a unique discipline in industrial automation. Instead, it sets free engineers to develop more innovative and highly integrated solutions, increasing the level of user benefits delivered by control systems and machines. The network becomes simply a part of the solution, not a part of the problem. n Authored by-

Paul Brooks Business Development Manager, Rockwell Automation

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New Projects

Engineering

Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Company Name: Aqua Biotech Care is planning a bulk drugs manufacturing project in Project Details: Puducherry.

The project is in conceptual stage.

Cost: Location: Puducherry, India.

ProjectAnnouncement/Conceptual Location: Status: Stage.

Type: Contact: Director Cum CEO. Contact Person: Office: qua Biotech Care Private Limited, Registered Office: No.2, Bharathiyar Nagar, Periyakalapet, Puducherry- 605014, Puducherry, India.

Tel: 91-413-2223225.

Email: info@aquabiotechcare.in/abcprivatelimited5@gmail.com

Ital Plastic Name: Compounds, belonging to the Poly Hose Group, is planning an Company expansion of its abrasive grinding wheel manufacturing project at SIPCOT Project Details: Industrial Park, dist. Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu.

Cost: Location: Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu.

Project Location: Status: Type: Planning Stage Contact: Maintenance Engineer Contact Person: Office: Ital Plastic Compounds Private Limited, Plant Add: S. F. No. 260 (Part), 261 (Part), 262 (Part), D16, SIPCOT Industrial Park, Irungattukottai, Pennalur Post, Sriperumbadur Taluk, Thandalam, Kanchipuram - 602105, Tamil Nadu, India Tel: 91-44-26401869/ 27156667/ 27156669/ 42857841.

Fax: 91-44-27156668.

Email: info@exitflexabrasives.com, Website: www.exitflexabrasives.com

Non conventional energy

TEXTILES

Shri Gurudatt Sugars is planning an expansion of its bagasse-based co-gen Company Name: power at Village Takaliwadi, dist. Kolhapur, Maharashtra from 15 Projectproject Details: MW Cost:to 18 MW. The project is waiting for environmental clearance.

Location: Takaliwadi, Kolhapur Project Location: Status: Type: Planning Stage Contact: CEO. Contact Person: Office: Shri Gurudatt Sugars Limited, Plant Add: Gat No.61, Akiwat-Takaliwadi Road, Taluka Shirol, Takaliwadi, Kolhapur - 416108, Maharashtra, India Tel: 91-231-2686086.

Fax: 91-231-2686000.

Email: gslsugars@gmail.com, Website: www.sgsl.co.in

Company Name: Arham Non Woven, a group company of Jill Mill Non Woven, is Project Details: implementing an expansion of its non-woven fabrics manufacturing project Cost: at Kosamba, dist. Surat, Gujarat in the existing plant premises.

Project Location: Location: Surat, Gujarat.

Type: Under Implementation.

Status: Contact Contact: Person: Dept: Marketing Office: Arham Non Woven Private Limited, Plant Add: Mahuvej Plot, Block No.542/1, Mahuvej Chokdi, Taluka - Mangrol, Kosamba, Surat - 394120, Gujarat, India.

Email: info@jillmill.in Website: www.jillmill.in

Metallurgical Industries

Automotive components

Gujarat Foils is planning an aluminum foils manufacturing project in Company Name: dist. Nagpur, Maharashtra.

Project Details: Location: Nagpur.

Cost: Status: Announcement/Conceptual Stage Project Location: Contat: Deputy General Manager, Dept: Project Type: Office: Gujarat Foils Limited, Corporate office : Indiabulls Finance Centre, Contact Person: Tower 3, 16th Floor, Senapati Bapat Marg, Elphinstone Road, Mumbai, Mumbai City - 400013, Maharashtra, India.

Tel: 91-22-24812000/ 71500500.

Fax: 91-22-24812122/ 71500520.

Email: info@gujaratfoils.com Website: www.gujaratfoils.com

Faurecia Automotive Seating India is implementing a car seat Company Name: manufacturing project at Sanand, dist. Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Civil work is Project Details: in progress and the project is scheduled for completion in November 2014.

Cost: Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

Project Location: Status: Under Implementation.

Type: Contact: Department HR Contact Person: Office: Faurecia Automotive Seating India Private Limited, Administrative Office : Plot No. 407, Sector 8, IMT Manesar, Gurgaon, Gurgaon - 122505, Haryana, India Tel: 91-124-4744200.

Website: www.faurecia.com

Oil & gas exploration & extraction

Oil & gas pipelines

Oil& Natural Gas Corporation is planning 5 wellhead platforms in Company Name: Maharashtra. L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering has secured an offshore Project Details: contract valued Rs. 13,400 million.

Cost: Location: Indira Chowk, New Delhi Project Location: Status: Planning Stage Type: Contact: L & T Hydrocarbon Engineering Limited, Contractor, Registered Contact Person: Office Office: L & T House, Ballard Estate - 278, Mumbai City - 400001, Maharashtra, India.

Tel: 91-22-67525656/ 67525840.

Fax: 91-22-67525858/ 67525893.

Email: infodesk@larsentoubro.com Website: www.larsentoubro.com

IL (India) is planning the 2,500 Kms Jagdishpur-Phulpur-Haldia pipeline Company Name: project in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. The pipeline will benefit Project Details: in the 4 states and lead to setting up of City Gas Networks in 17 major Cost: cities of the region.

Project Location: Location: Puram, Delhi Type: Status: Planning Stage Contact Person: Office: G A I L ( India ) Limited, Registered Office: GAIL Bhawan, 16 Bhikaiji Cama Place, R. K. Puram, Delhi, South West Delhi - 110066, Delhi, India.

Tel: 91-11-26172580.

Fax: 91-11-26185941.

Website: www.gail.nic.in

Chemicals Gulbrandsen Chemicals is implementing a 200 TPA polyethylene monoalcohol manufacturing project at Village Mujpur, dist. Vadodara, Company Name: Gujarat.

The project is coming up in the existing plant premises.

Project Details: Location: Mujpur, Vadodara Cost: Status: Implementation ProjectUnder Location: Contacts : Head, Dept: Environment & Safety Type: Office: Gulbrandsen Contact Person: Chemicals Private Limited, Registered Office: On Coastal Highway, P. O. Mujpur, Padra, Mujpur, Vadodara - 391440, Gujarat, India.

Tel: 91-2662-221199/ 306000/ 306100.

Fax: 91-2662-225096.

Website: www.gulbrandsen.com

Basic Textiles Manufacturing Mercury Fabrics is implementing a cotton hosiery fabric manufacturing Company Name:dist. Rewari, Haryana. Machinery has been imported project at Bawal, Project Details:Civil work is in progress and the project is scheduled for from Germany.

Cost: completion in Q2 2014.

Project Location: Location: Haryana, India.

Type: Under Implementation Status: Contact Person: Office: FabricMercury s Private Limited, Plant Add: Plot No. 171 & 172, Sector 3, Bawal, Rewari - 123501, Haryana, India.

Contact: Store In-charge Tel: 91-1284-264242/ 264252

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Tenders n POWER

Company Name: Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd Tender Detail: Tower Package-2 (A) Banaskantha-Chittorgarh Location: Rajasthan Documentation Sale from: 08-October-2014 Documentation Sale to: 21-November-2014 Documentation Fees: ` 25000/EMD : ` 51,460,000/-, (US$) 833,900/(Euro) 621,100/Closing Date: 24-November-2014 Address: Saudamini, Plot No-2, Sector-29, Third Floor Gurgaon (Haryana) – 122001.

Tel: 91-124-2571700-19, 2822336, 2822383 Fax: 91-124-2571831 Email: rkrohilla@powergridindiacom chnr@ powergridindiacom Website: www.powergridindia.com Company Name: Power Grid Corporation Of India Limited Tender Detail: Package-Jagatsinghpur District In Orissa Under Rggvy -12th Plan Nit-898 Jagatsinghpur District In Orissa Under Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyutikaran Yojna (Rggvy) -12th Plan Speccc-Cs/607Er2/Rew-2880/3/G5 Location: Odisha Documentation Sale from: 16-October-2014 Documentation Sale to: 17-November-2014 Documentation Fees: ` 25000/EMD: Rs.6,285,000/Closing Date: 18-November-2014 Address: Dy General Manager (CS-G5), Powergrid, Saudamini, Plot No 2, Sector-29, Gurgaon-122001, Haryana, INDIA. Tel: 91-124-2822372/2337/2352 Fax: 91-124-2571831 Website: www.powergridindia.com

n RAILWAYS

Company Name: Rail Vikas Nigam Limited Tender Detail: “Balance works of Supply, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of Distributed Electronic Interlocking systems, and, Supply & Execution of Indoor and Outdoor Signalling & Telecom works Madhya Pradesh States of India.”

Location: Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh Documentation Sale from: 7-October-2014 Documentation Sale to: 21-November-2014 Closing Date: 21-November-2014 Address: RVNL Block A,B,C,D Maruti BussinessP ark,GERoad,NearRajkumar College, Raipur 492013 Chhattisgarh.

Tel: 91-771-4057581 Fax: 91-771-4057582 Email: sntbsp@gmail.com Website: www.rvnl.org Company Name: Southern Railway Tender Detail: Proposed renewal of corroded hole through steel channel sleeper in

Br.No.1248(2x12.19m) + (6x18.10m) 147m length at km.864/400-500 Up line between ManjeshwarUppala in Section Engineer/P.Way/Mangalore section.

Location: Manjeshwar Uppala Documentation Sale from: 27-October-2014 Documentation Sale to: 25-November-2014 Documentation Fees: ` 5500/EMD: `1,00,210/Closing Date: 25-November-2014 Address: Southern Railway, Divisional Railway Manager Office Work Branch, Palakkad – 678 002, Kerala, INDIA. Tel: 91-491-2555322 Mobile: 91-9895527940 Website: www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in Company Name: Rail Vikas Nigam Limited Tender Detail: Project Management Consultancy services for the work of “Construction of Sheds, Structures, Water Supply Arrangement, Drainage, Road, Track, Power Supply Arrangement.

Location: Uttar Pradesh Documentation Sale from: 20-October-2014 Documentation Sale to: 04-December-2014 Documentation Fees: ` 5,000/- + 750/- (by registered speed post/courier) Closing Date: 05-December-2014 Address: A-21, Police Colony, Anisabad, Patna-800002 Bihar, INDIA. Contact Person: Mr. Bikash Chandra Designation: Chief Project Manager Tel: 91-612-2255402 Contact Person: Mr. Gevish Tagore Designation: Assistant Manager. Electrical Tel: 91-9771479849 Email: cpmrvnlpatna@gmail.com Website: www.rvnl.org

n AVIATION

Company Name: Indian Air Force Tender Detail: Procurement Of Ni-Cd Battery 24v 27 Ah For Mig-21 Aircraftcemilac Type Approved Vendors/ Manufacturers Of Aviation Standard Batteries/ Cells.

Documentation Sale from: 23-September-2014 Documentation Sale to: 27-November-2014 Documentation Fees: ` 500/EMD: `15,00,000/Closing Date: 27-November-2014 Address: JD Procurement, DTE of PROC Air HQ (Vb) Rafi Marg New Delhi-10106 Delhi, INDIA. Tel: 91-11-23010231 Fax: 91-11-23012934 Website: www.indianairforce.nic.in

n PORTS

Company Name: Kokata Port Trust Tender Detail: Tender for Repairing/Strengthening to the existing rail pile jetty including thorough painting at Phalta, 24 PGS (South).

Location: Phalta

Documentation Sale from: 16-October-2014 Documentation Sale to:18-November-2014 Documentation Fees: ` 600/- (Non refundable) EMD: `15,000/Closing Date: 9-November-2014 Address: Senior Executive Engineer (River Training office) 51, C.G.R. Road, Kolkata – 700043 West Bengal, INDIA. Website: www.kolkataporttrust.gov.in Company Name: Kolkata Port Trust Tender Detail: Replacement of damaged Chequered plate fixing over various Hydraulic Duct at the Lock area near Hydraulic Office, NSD. Location: West Bengal Documentation Sale from: 16-October-2014 Documentation Sale to: 20-November-2014 Documentation Fees: ` 600/- (Non refundable) EMD: `11,650/Closing Date: 21-November-2014 Address: Chief Engineer, Kolkata Port Trust, 15, Strand Road, Kolkata-700 001 West Bengal, INDIA. Contact Person: Amitabha Chatterjee Tel: 91-33-2230-3451 ext: 400 Fax: 91-33-2230-0413 Email: amitabha.c@kopt.in Website: www.kolkataporttrust.gov.in Company Name: Kolkata Port Trust Tender Detail: Tender For Procurement Of Hot Dip Galvanised Nut & Bolts For Day To Day Repair & Maintenance Of The Fendering System Of The Lead In Jetty At Hdc,Haldia (2014-15) Location: Haldia Documentation Sale from: 4-October-2014 Documentation Sale to: 17-November-2014 Documentation Fees: ` 300/EMD: ` 7,600.00/Closing Date: 8-November-2014 Address: Haldia Dock Complex Operational Building, Chiranjibpur East Midnapore, P.O: Haldia – 721604 West Bengal, INDIA. Tel: 91-3224-252118 Fax: 91-3224-252118 Website: www.kolkataporttrust.gov.in

n AUTOMOTIVES

Company Name: Eastern Coalfields Limited Tender Detail: E-tender for 50 CUM/Hr. x 35MH Slurry Pump-04 Location: West Bengal Documentation Sale from: 17-October-2014 Documentation Sale to: 25-November-2014 Documentation Fees: ` 2,290/EMD: ` 27,940/Closing Date: 25-November-2014 Address: Chairman-Cum-Managing Director’s Office, Materials Management Department Sanctoria, P.O. Dishergarh, Bardhaman -713 333, West Bengal, Tel: 91-341-2523606 Email: abhattacharya737@gmail.com Website: www.easterncoal.gov.in

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