Manoj Kodakkatery

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ENERGY Manoj Kodakkatery Manager Business Development, OMRON Electronic & Mechanical Components Business Division, India

Adoption in India – manufacturers should make the PV & EV equipment more affordable !

With the rising demand of energy (expected to reach 15,820 TWh by 2040)*, renewable resources are set to play a very important and vital role for India’s economic and overall development. Reports** indicate that the share of renewable energy is expected to account for 55 per cent of the total installed power capacity by 2030 with a capacity of around 500 GW. Talking about renewables, it’s imperative to mention solar energy. India is recognized as the third largest market for solar. The country aims for installing 100 GW of solar capacity by 2022. Solar Energy is envisioned to play a significant role in industrial segments especially the energy-intensive industries which require large amount of electricity to run heavy equipment and enable heating & cooling systems. If replaced with a solar energy source, these industrial activities have a huge potential for significant cost saving as well as the ecological burden in the long run. Looking at the sector’s evolution and its adoption in the industrial sector, it seems there is a considerable progress over the last few years. However, there is a long way to go owing to macro and micro level challenges. Absence of a steady stream of investments is one of the macro challenges to help flourish the sector in the desired manner. As of now, the sector has not been able to attract a significant FDI and so it’s more dependent on domestic investments. And the domestic manufacturing ecosystem is yet to become strong and lessen its dependence on imports for capacity addition. At the micro level, one of the most notable challenges is cost effectiveness. This quest towards cost effectiveness, is a collated impact of all the stages involved in the supply chain, however, looking at it closely, it arises right from the product level. The whole design of the product impacts the cost effectiveness significantly. It is essential to gain effective cost competitiveness in order to make the whole proposition compete well and be at par with other energy generation technologies. One of the most difficult challenges faced by the renewable energy equipment makers (read PV & EV) is to deal with heat emission and heat dissipation. This leads to not only higher costs but also fire hazards, frequent maintenance, reduced warranty and even total system failures. Being one of the leading players in the electronic components segment in the country, OMRON has recently unveiled an advanced portfolio of Relays exclusively for the energy sector. The relays, targeting at the PV & EV industry equipment makers, bring in immense value in minimizing the cost of the solution which in turn plays a great role in increasing its adoption

amongst the users. The low contact resistance and optimized design of these relays provide big difference in heat emission and heat dissipation optimization. The relays not only reduce the heat dissipation but also helps in downsizing and making the product (like PV and EV charging) compact delivering a further significant reduction to the overall cost.

Here is a quick glimpse of the solutions :

Green energy is the future for a country like India which has one of the fastest rates of electricity consumption in the world owing to the population and economic development rate.

OMRON RELAY G7EB for PCBs

Our energy supply has been facing lot of difficulties to keep up the pace with demand and there are energy shortages almost everywhere in the country. The traditional sources of energy are limited. There are significant environment concerns. Since energy richness, economic growth, population and pollution – all are interlinked, we believe the equipment makers could surely do their bit by incorporating such technologically advanced components in their solutions. This will go a long way in enhancing the adoption of green energy which is the need of the hour. Source – IBEF.org

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Modelling powertrain for modern vehicles

The automotive industry is poised to go through a mega transformation. More than 50% of the consumers are considering buying an EV during their next purchase. Environmental awareness, stringent regulatory norms, and recent development in technologies are reshaping tomorrow's vehicles. Automotive OEMs are forced to re-engineer the conventional powertrain. In the last few years, the industry has seen GDI, turbocharged gasoline, downsizing, auto-start stop, Fuel cells and various versions of hybrid to entirely full electric drivetrains. Globally, several countries have announced a targeted end date for ICE. However, through the transition period in the next decade, ICE will remain the dominant technology with 60 to 80% share of mild hybrid. Every change is making powertrain designs efficient, smart, sophisticated, and require a large amount of design and testing efforts. These changes are very disruptive and any delay or failure can cost significant market share and tarnish the reputation. Let us take a deep look at the complex nature of the modern powertrain designs. Be it ICE, hybrid or electric, every powertrain has several systems and sub systems. An ICE has engine fuel system, air handling system, lubrication system, thermal management system, and transmission systems. In addition Figure: Hybrid engine to this, you need to fit in the battery system and the electric control system for a HEV. For robust and optimal powertrain performance, OME must ensure a fine design and integration of these complex systems, sub systems and components. This is where

Tushar Jadhav

Senior Application Engineer, Ansys

Jayesh Mutyal

Lead Technology Specialist, Ansys

engineering simulations are playing key roles today. Right from ICE analysis & designing it to solving high fidelity chemical kinetics, complex fuel models and fluid structural interactions, Ansys has a comprehensive software suite covering all the aspects of it. The Chemkin pro tool from Ansys can simulate underlying detailed chemistry, which is very critical for costeffective design of systems with reduced pollutant emissions or undesired byproducts. The feature called reaction path analyzer provides a clear view of dominant reaction paths, facilitating mechanism development and reduction. It can also efficiently predict soot emission and provide flamelet tables for CFD models. In summary, Ansys Chemkin-pro is one of the favorite tools to optimize the fuel effect, efficiency, knocking and emission.

Figure : IC engie analysis & visualization of reaction design

For electric and hybrid vehicles, thermal analysis of the battery system is immensely critical. It is not only linked to safety but is also of paramount importance to the peak power and battery life. On the other hand, weight reduction or increasing energy storage capacity, fast charging are ongoing quests. Volkswagen engineers were able achieve

the same using Ansys’ six step Multiphysics simulation approach and beat the Pikes Peak World Record.

Figure: Ansys six step multiphysics simulation approach for battery

Turbo charger plays significant role in boosting the power output and reducing the emission while keeping smaller engine size. It is desired to have high accuracy reliable CFD solver to predict the physics for hundreds of designs and at different operating conditions. Apart from fluid dynamics, structural integrity is essential for the life cycle and reliability prediction. Ansys software suite is proven and most dependable tool for turbomachinery.

Apart with pumps, the other important moving components of powertrain system are gearbox and motors. Any small misalignment in these components will not only dwindle the life expectancy, but also affects the comfort and performance. Many times, the Noise Vibration and Harshness (NHV) analysis is of the focus. Simulation tools like Ansys Maxwell, Ansys Mechanical, Ansys Fluent and Ansys Motion can be seamlessly coupled to get best in class physics solution with detailed insights. It is now possible to achieve high quality NHV postprocessing. For example, NVH assessment with Signal duration extension, Psychoacoustic analysis, Sound design and Characterization.

A safer vehicle is of prime importance. In electric and hybrid vehicles, the size of battery pack, casing and its position in the car is a very important factor to ascertain safety rating in a crash test and also to minimize the risk of battery fire. Ansys has both explicit and implicit structural solvers strengthened by detailed material Figure: NVH for powertrain, models and a comprehensive gearbox, motor and cooling battery modelling technology. fans Using it, experts from automotive OEMs are accurately carrying simulation for mechanical abuse, crash, crush, and nail penetration tests. Also, by using Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) coupling capabilities for modelling joints and crash simulation, a high degree of accuracy can be obtained.

The gear box modelling of lubrication and heat transfer with high-fidelity is an important aspect for predicting fatigues-life, NVH and losses. Therefore, to predict oil flow patterns and churning losses, a good accuracy flow and thermal solver is needed. Ansys Fluent has wide-ranging multiphase models which used with flow solver to perform such high-fidelity simulation at affordable computational cost

Integration of these components in a powertrain system and their interaction after integration once again needs to be verified. Modelling this system level integration requires an accurate component level modelling to obtain their reduced order models (ROM) for 3D physics. Figure: Cooling and Static and Dynamic ROMs are Lubrication crucial technologies to achieve accuracy, speed and therefore to generate system models. Ansys has capabilities to generate ROMs for Batteries, BMS, Motor and most of the components associated with electric or hybrid vehicles. These multiple ROMs, when combined, helps us to analysis the system level performance. Ansys Twin Builder provides a virtual platform to host all these ROMs, validate and deploy compete system simulation. Also, some OEMs are now developing a digital twin model to manage the vehicle performance after it has been deployed. With Ansys Twin Builder engineers can use systems simulations at every step of the vehicle development cycle.

Figure: System level simulation for electric vehicle powertrain

According to a survey done by Aberdeen Group, automotive executives believe that the use of engineering simulation improves the time to market by 17%, cost-effectiveness by 22%, and product quality by 17%. Engineering simulations was never so important as it is today, especially so in the era of technology disruption. Ansys, with a broad portfolio of physics solvers and vast experience of addressing complex engineering challenges, is the right simulation partner to ride this disruption wave and deliver your product promise.

How India is becoming the next big Electronics Manufacturing Hub

With three per cent share of global electronic production, India may seem to be on the first lap of the marathon to become the global electronics manufacturing hub, but it is steadily gaining pace. Powered by the third largest pool of scientist and technicians, the Indian electronic segment was projected to reach an estimated $400 billion by 2025.

However, the road ahead is not without challenges. The manufacturing sector in India is recovering from a massive contraction of 40% in the first quarter of FY 2020-2021 due to COVID crisis. Consequently, it is but natural to expect the electronics manufacturing segment to share similar fate. Furthermore, Indian policy is also under tremendous duress owing to geostrategic and International affairs, especially with our neighboring country and India’s biggest competitor China. Like many other major economies, India has been dependent on imports from China, which enjoys 28% of global manufacturing output. For instance the value of electronics components used in smartphones and televisions sourced from China is estimated to be as high as 75%.

However, with changing world dynamics and the VIJAY KUMAR SACHDEVA massive push from the Indian government to MD & CEO, LAXMI REMOTE (INDIA) PVT LTD (LRIPL) create Atmanirbhar Bharat, the country is looking at the big

opportunity to be a global electronics manufacturing hub. As per the Government of India, the electronics manufacturing is set to grow with a rate of 30 per cent for the next 5 years, bringing in Rs 11.5 lakh crores worth production during this period. The industry is also expecting to project a growth in exports of electronic products by 40 to 50 per cent annually over the next five years.

Despite tackling the public health crisis, the Atmanirbhar Bharat and Make in India missions complement each other and are designed to set the direction for India’s growth. By boosting Make in India, the industry will be expanding our capabilities for manufacturing at a global scale.

Supporting the ambition to be a global electronics manufacturing hub are various government schemes. The Indian Government just last year proposed the National Policy on Electronics, formulated by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, which not only aims to make India the centre of Electronics System Design and Manufacturing but also aims to achieve a turnover of US$400 billion in the next five years.

A number of incentive schemes like Modified Incentive Special Package Scheme (M-SIPS) and Electronic Development Fund (EDF), which covers risk to both industry and academia for R&D of new electronics technology, have been launched by the government.

Furthermore, the Government has introduced three schemes worth Rs 48,000 Cr such as Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme, Scheme for Promotion of Manufacturing of Electronic Components and Semiconductors (SPECS) and Modified Electronics Manufacturing Clusters (EMC 2.0) Scheme at work which are expected to reap rich dividends in the years to come.

PLI scheme introduced in April 2020 aims to boost domestic manufacturing in mobile phone manufacturing and specified electronic components by attracting large investments in the segment. Launched with PLI, SPECS will provide financial incentive of 25% on capital expenditure for an identified list of electronic goods which include products, such as electronic components, semiconductor/ display fabrication units, ATMP units, specialized sub-assemblies, and so on.

EMC 2.0 will help the industry by strengthening the linkages between domestic and international market by bolstering supply chain responsiveness, consolidation of suppliers, decreased time-to-market, lower logistics costs, and so on. These policies are also in sync with the vision of Digital India, and will boost the manufacturing of low-technology goods domestically. The Digital India Program is not only to ushering in a digital revolution within India, integrating the country and democratising technology for the masses, it is also creating one of the biggest untapped market reachable for digital technologies. Consequently, India has over 700 million internet users which is projected to grow to over 974 million by 2025. This has been largely made possible due to the penetration of mobile technologies, with 73 per cent India’s total web traffic come from mobile phones. With 5G around the corner, along with speed and network accessibility, the industry expects a high surge of relevant electronic devices.

It has already been highlighted that India is home to the third largest pool of electronic scientist, engineers, and technicians, which benefits the industry as manufacturing electronics need low-level specialized skillset, unlike high-end machinery. However, to really become a manufacturing giant, India needs to develop capabilities in all forms of production as well as invest heavily on research and innovation.

Along with the aggressive measures by the government in its support to the industry, there are winds of change blowing in geopolitics. Major world economies are alarmed by the aggressive stance of the present manufacturer of the world in more matters than one. They are also realising the mistake of putting most of their eggs in one basket. At this point, countries like Japan and USA are looking at India as the strongest alternatives. In fact the fourth largest investor in India, Japan has gone ahead to the extent of financially supporting its companies to shift their base from China to other countries including India.

This is the biggest opportunity for India to ramp up its capabilities and unleash its potential by being the global manufacturing destination. However, these positive trends have to be matched by initiating domain skilling at a large scale; ensuring better physical, water, and power infrastructure; creating conducive business environment and allowing competition to flourish.

Till 2019, the manufacturing industry was growing at a CAGR of 5 per cent, contributing about 14% to India’s GDP. It is recognized as one of the most crucial sector to generate mass scale employment, create demand, and contribute to national wealth. For India, the sector is most suited to become the single largest factor for economic revival and growth in the time to come.

Anritsu Awarded by the United States Patent and Trademark Office

Anritsu has been awarded a patent on its eoMind technology by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The eoMind Patent acknowledges the unique approach and innovation in the core technology within eoMind to automatically identify issues in real-time within a telecom network. Using this approach Network Operators can automatically detect issues in real-time on the network, identify the affected customers and the underlying root causes. "eoMind takes you closer than ever to the subscriber's experience. When subscribers have a problem, they feel pain and the network tells you about that pain" said Ralf Iding, CEO of Anritsu Service Assurance. "The signature of customer pain is in the patterns of network anomalies. You need to be able to listen for and detect those anomalies. 5G brings additional complexity and Operators have to adapt. Operators need to work smarter and to leverage machine learning to automate their operations so they can proactively address subscriber pain. Zero-touch Operations addresses the subscriber pain early, in realtime, before it can affect more subscribers and delivers many benefits and cost savings. With eoMind, we see improved Customer Experience and retention, a reduction in calls to customer care and more efficient use of Operational resources." "Five years ago, we realized that the volume of data on telecom networks and the complexity of that data meant real-time subscriber issues were not being addressed," said Davide Motta, Head of Product Management at Anritsu Service Assurance and co-author of the Patent. "A new approach was needed that takes advantage of streaming analytics and machine learning to deliver insights to Operators at the moment that their subscribers have an issue. eoMind is listening to subscribers and looks for patterns and anomalies in the real-time data to detect issues earlier.

Keysight Assigns Satish Dhanasekaran as COO

Keysight Technologies has appointed Satish Dhanasekaran as chief operating officer (COO), effective immediately. Dhanasekaran has been president of Keysight’s largest business, the Communications Solutions Group, since 2017. “Satish is a strategic and driven executive with a track record of enabling customer success and driving high performance,” said Nersesian. “His background makes him uniquely qualified to lead the critical functions that make up the Keysight COO organization and drive further value creation for all of our stakeholders.” Keysight also announced that Jay Alexander, chief technology officer (CTO), has chosen to retire in late 2021. Until his retirement, he will support the success of Dhanasekaran in his new role and help determine the go-forward leadership of the critical teams within the CTO organization. “Jay has given so much to the company over the last 34 years and made countless contributions to our technology leadership and the success of our customers,” said Nersesian. “Personally, it’s been a joy and privilege to work with someone as talented, intelligent, and caring as Jay. I know he will be greatly missed across the company when he retires.”

Cooper General Selects Rohde & Schwarz’s CMX500 and CMW500

R&S CMX500 and R&S CMW500 from Rohde & Schwarz have been chosen by Cooper General to support 4G/LTE and 5G device repair and refurbishment. Cooper General selected the R&S CMX500 and R&S CMW500 to offer turnkey 5G device testing to its customers. The test platforms offer continuity with established testing methodologies and toolsets to guarantee an easy transition from LTE to 5G. The R&S CMX500 was designed to meet all of the diverse testing needs of 5G with a single solution, including sub 6 GHz (FR1) and mmWave (FR2) frequency bands. The R&S CMW500 wideband radio communication tester is the industry standard for cellular (LTE, C-IoT, 3G, 2G) and connectivity (WLAN, Bluetooth®) testing. When used together, the R&S CMX500 and R&S CMW500 test platforms provide complete coverage of all major commercial wireless technologies, thus streamlining the transition from 4G/LTE to 5G. Cooper General is taking advantage of these capabilities to cover the latest 5G RF test requirements combined with existing test plans. Carlos L. Laffitte, VP of Business Development at Cooper General Global Services, said: “As the industry continues to shift to 5G, 4G/LTE will not be replaced or forgotten. These technologies will coexist for many years, and the combination of the R&S CMX500 and R&S CMW500 wideband radio communication testers solidifies our testing needs by enabling us to service both 4G/LTE and 5G devices.

Tektronix Presents Industry's First 10 GHz Oscilloscope

Tektronix has shared the availability of the new 6 Series B Mixed Signal Oscilloscope (MSO) which extends the performance threshold of the Tektronix Mainstream Oscilloscopes Portfolio to 10 GHz and 50 GS/sec. Developed to meet the demand for highspeed data movement and processing in embedded designs, the enhanced 6 Series B MSO offers leading signal fidelity with 12-bit ADCs and extremely low noise, 10 GHz bandwidth and up to 8 FlexChannel inputs, enabling users to confidently analyze and debug today's embedded systems while enjoying exceptional ease of use. Alongside the 6 Series B MSO, Tektronix is also introducing the new TDP7710 TriMode Probe, which extends the line of TriMode probes to match the advancements of the new oscilloscope. "At Tektronix, we are dedicated to providing high-performing test and measurement equipment that meets the growing industry need for a precise balance of speed and accuracy," says Chris Witt, vice president and general manager at Tektronix. "Embedded designs are growing more sophisticated by incorporating additional sensors that generate increasing amounts of data. This instrument addresses the new requirements of testing these systems to advance video, motion and 3D sensing technologies." The new 6 Series B MSO goes beyond the expected, allowing top manufacturers to bring cutting-edge and higher performance products to industrial, medical, consumer and computer markets. Beautifully designed, this instrument is poised for higher-speed embedded designs, demanding mixed-signal design troubleshooting and accelerating serial bus speeds. The 6 Series B MSO is also highly-effective for diverse applications in semiconductors, power integrity, automotive, defense, aerospace, research and beyond.

VIAVI Introduces VPN

Management Solution

Enterprises around the globe adopting remote work as the new normal, Viavi Solutions have introduced a suite of products to support the delivery of VPN services throughout the lifecycle, from validation, to pre-deployment testing, monitoring, assurance, and troubleshooting. According to the Neustar International Security Council, 64% of companies experienced disruptions to network security business practices due to the sudden shift to a work from a home model and 78% of corporate VPNs have experienced some connectivity issues. The VIAVI State of the Network Study of IT professionals found that VPN oversubscription was one of the top challenges of managing remote user traffic growth, with remote end-user experience being the highest the ranked requirement for operational visibility. Issues such as the inability to access VPN at peak times, poor conference call quality, and slow application response times have caused significant challenges. Enterprises are inspecting their existing platforms and services, and in some cases selecting new ones that are more suited to the scale and growth of the user base. The VIAVI VPN Management Solution supports every phase of the VPN lifecycle. VPN Validation Testing: The VIAVI Tera VM virtualized application emulation environment emulates and measures leading VPN vendor clients at scale to evaluate performance under operational conditions.

Yokogawa Develops OpreX™ Managed Service

Yokogawa Electric Corporation has developed the OpreX™ Managed Service, which supports the remote monitoring and maintenance of plant equipment. By identifying and correcting issues with plant equipment and devices before they can break down, this service can prevent unexpected plant shutdowns. It can be accessed and utilized in a variety of ways, depending on customer requirements. The service is being offered as part of the OpreX Sustainable Maintenance family lineup, and will be launched in all regions other than Japan on September 28. The OpreX Managed Service is provided on top of a software platform that is able to ascertain the soundness not only of operational technology (OT) such as distributed control systems and field devices, but also a wide range of IT assets including network devices, meaning that it can be used in both predictive maintenance and incident management.

Using this platform, Yokogawa can remotely monitor and identify the causes of any problems in this equipment for their customers. Leveraging the OT, IT, and plant maintenance know-how that Yokogawa has developed over the years by closely working with our customers in many different industries, Yokogawa is able to help customers reduce the frequency of unexpected plant shutdowns, streamline the operation of production equipment, and decrease maintenance workload.