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Optimised Cobot Deployment

3DExperience Forum 2020

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Universal Robots is optimising cobot deployment on shopfloors to meet the emerging needs across the automotive value chain.

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Mobil Bike Care Elite and Mobil Car Care Elite

Schaeffler India and TISS MoU

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New appointments at Hero MotoCorp

Nippon n-Max automotive refinish paints

At the 3DExperience Forum 2020, Dassault Systemes focussed on attaining leadership in manufacturing and infrastructure, in a post-Covid era.

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Building Legacy Components For Space

Nissan Accelerates Development and Testing of

Change in leadership at ANAND India

For future-ready MSMEs

Mahindra and Mahindra specialised service camp

Production Linked Incentive scheme

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New Appointment at SAR E-mobility

Global Powertrain Scenario

2X growth of industrial robots

60th ACMA Annual Convention

MG Motor India to contract manufacture?

60th SIAM Annual Convention

JSPL is approved Indian Railway supplier

SAVWIPL is ‘Zero Waste to Landfill’ certified

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Ministry of MSME to India Inc.

DICV warehouse modernisation

MoRTH allows the use of H-CNG

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Engine Control Software

Surface Coating to Fight Friction

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In pure packaging terms, when the ‘standard’ variant closes in on the ‘optional’, to me, it is affordable technology playing a greater role in the mix.

e are opening up we are opening not, we are opening up we are opening not? While we get an answer to that question right in the midst of the pandemic, a harsh lockdown, it is clear, can be avoided with selfvigilance. If we succeed at that, arguably, the green shoots visible to some after nearly half the year has gone by behind closed doors, can be turned to our advantage. While the dust settles around the macro and microeconomic factors opposing growth, affordable technology is one way to fastrack recovery. According to the World Economic Forum’s ‘F and 2020’ Report 2020, the amount of time spent on tasks at work by humans and machines will be equal in just five years. Labour markets are all set to be transformed by automation tools already available in the market and sans any further advances in AI. Despite commercialisation at an accelerated pace, one can look forward to 97 million new jobs being created by 2025 subject to the new labour division between humans and machines. Upskilling and reskilling the displaced workforce, embedding learning into everyday activities, mapping workers to opportunities and preparing the next generation of workforce with AI as the solution could be another approach. Hurrah! So I stepped out from the virtual world for a few pre-launches timed with the festive season. I would like to compliment the suppliers for helping OEMs dress up the broken value chain. It has given OEMs a good shot at conversions. The first-in-segment features, for instance, in this B-SUV segment product that I walked around, boasts of many first-in-segment features at an attractive valuation. A decade earlier it was not the case. In pure packaging terms, when the ‘standard’ variant closes in on the ‘optional’, to me, it is affordable technology playing a greater role in the mix. Ashish Bhatia Executive Editor | a.bhatia@nextgenpublishing.net /autocomponentsindiaofficial /autocomponentsindia ACI Mag

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New appointments at Hero MotoCorp Hero MotoCorp Ltd. has announced new appointments in its leadership team. Effective October 01, 2020, the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) has appointed Air Chief Marshal (Retd.) B. S. Dhanoa as its a Non-Executive and Independent Director on the Board of the Company. He served the country as

25th chief of the Indian Air Force from January 01, 2017, to September 30, 2019. He has also served as the Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee. He is also the recipient of the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM), Yudh Seva Medal (YSM) and Vayu Sena Medal (VM). Sanjay Bhan has been appointed as the Head of Global Business (GB) with

a special focus on rapid expansion and consolidation in the international markets effective October 01, 2020. In his past tenure, for three decades, he served the group in the sales, aftersales, marketing and parts business. The company has also strengthened plant operations with appointments of new plant heads effective December 01, 2020.

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Mobil Bike Care Elite Schaeffler and Mobil Car Care Elite India and

ExxonMobil Lubricants Pvt. Ltd. has launched its flagship service centre ‘Mobil Bike Care Elite’ and ‘Mobil Car Care Elite’. Through the flagship channel, the company aims to help customers with their mobility, productivity and sustainability ambitions. Launched in Bengaluru and Delhi, ExxonMobil plans to expand the flagship program into select cities across the country. Under the Mobil ‘Elite’ branding, the company will organise independent workshops aimed to enhance and maintain service for multi-brand car and bike models. The new outlets will also help customers with expert maintenance recommendations and detailed inspection. The company firmly believes that the customers stand to gain from the quality lubricants and standardised service courtesy a team of a highly qualified and committed workforce.

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TISS MoU

Schaeffler India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) to implement a National University Student’s Skill Development (NUSSD) program. The program aims to impart skills training to 350 graduating students from Vadodara. The objective being to aid graduate students with better understanding and requisite professional skills. The program consists of eight diploma courses including Banking & Financial Markets, Export & Import Management, Hospital Management Services, Entrepreneurship, Digital Marketing, Travel and Tourism, Pharmaceutical Sales Management and Retail Management. Select students, post the course completion, can look forward to receiving classroom training for four to six months at the Schaeffler HOPE NUSSD Training Centres established in three colleges across Vadodara. It will be followed by internships or on-the-job-training for a 40 day period. The curriculum will empower 300 students through wage employment and the remaining 50 through startup community/entrepreneurship development.

Change in leadership at ANAND India ANAND India has announced leadership changes. Part of the strategy to restructure key management and in turn, retain high corporate governance standards and succession planning. Anjali Singh will be appointed Chairperson of the reconstituted ANAND Executive Board. She will also take over as Chairperson of Spicer India, a joint venture between ANAND and Dana Incorporated, USA. As part of the new structure, two group co-Chief Operating Officers, the group’s Chief Financial Officer, the group’s Chief Technology Officer and the group’s Chief Human Resource Officer will report to her. Jaisal Singh, Director, Group Supervisory Board has been appointed the Vice-Chairman. Singh will also be appointed as the coChairman of Mando Automotive India, a joint venture between ANAND and Mando Corporation, part of the Halla Group, Republic of Korea.

of OEM colour formulations and supported by the advanced Nippon Paint Partner digital colour retrieval system with a five angle spectrophotometer. The colour range is supplemented by Nax Pro LV, a low VOC range of clear coats, primers and auxiliaries from Europe and n-Max Pro EZ range of high performance, value-based ancillaries.

For future-ready MSMEs

MSME Ministry has formed five task forces comprising 20 officials of the ministry to strategise and make MSMEs futureready. The strategy and action points, expected to be finalised by the end of October 2020 will see the implementation and or reorganisation by the year-end. The key focus areas include Industry 4.0 with elements like AI, Machine Learning, robotics, 3D printing and tool rooms at the designated tech centres. The focus is on making India a global leader in Industry 4.0, export promotion and import reduction. Reengineering and vertical and horizontal integration of cluster schemes of the existing ministry schemes will be the other focus area. Establishment of new technology centres or tool rooms for developing effective industry-institute linkages and making globally benchmarked MSME institutes like the Bhiwadi centre is also on the cards. The ministry will also strive to make Indian MSMEs lean, modern, eco-friendly and globally competitive through the combination of initiatives.

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Nippon Paint India has launched the automotive refinish range under the Max brand. Aimed at expansion in the Indian and the International car refinishing markets, Nippon Paint India, has designed a new state of the art product line and launched it across global geographies. The Max range includes the n-Max SB, equipped with a vast range

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Nippon n-Max automotive refinish paints

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Mahindra and New appointment Mahindra specialised at SAR E-mobility service camp

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., has announced a specialised service camp. The M-Plus Body and Paint Clinic catered to the passenger vehicle range. Scheduled between October 05-18, customers availed the service at Mahindra authorised service centres pan India. The 14-day customer-centric initiative hosted car makeover services at affordable cost ahead of the festive season. Mahindra offered value-additions like a free mEcoWash Foam claimed to save 259-litre of water for each car wash. Mahindra customers scheduled the appointments prior on the ‘With You Hamesha’, a 24×7 tollfree helpline number 1800-209-6006 and on the ‘With You Hamesha’ digital platforms.

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Production Linked Incentive scheme

The Central government is preparing to invest over rupees three lakh crore through Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for 10 identified sectors over a five-year term. The ten sectors encompass automobile including components, battery storage, electronics, and speciality steel among others. Effective FY2022, Niti Aayog will push to finalise a cabinet note for extension of the PLI scheme with a separate budgetary allocation. The government will incentivise domestic production in 10 areas with automobile and components believed to have the highest allocation of approximately Rs.60,000 crore. www.autocomponentsindia.com

SAR Group’s E-Mobility Business has appointed K Vijaya Kumar as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer effective August 2020. Kumar served as President Automotive Business in Greaves Cotton Ltd. (GCL) prior to joining SAR. In his new role, he will look into the company’s E-Mobility businesses. The focus is expected to be on the strategy and execution of delivering infrastructure, products and services to aid the growth. Credited with the E-Mobility business acquisition of Ampere and the more recent Best Way acquisition in the three-wheeler segment, Kumar is also credited with the development of the world’s first diesel single-cylinder, BSVI engine. His other key stints include BPL Techno Vision Limited (BTVL) for six years and at TVS for 13 years. Kumar is a qualified MBA from National University of Singapore and B.A. (Hon’s) from University of Delhi, India.

2X growth of industrial robots

According to a World Robotics Report 2020, released by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR), adoption of industrial robots in India has doubled over the last five years. With it, India counts itself among the top 10 counties, moving up one rank to close in on China, Japan, US, Germany, France, and Italy ranked higher. China tops the table. IFR report, estimates 2.7 million industrial robots to be operating around the globe at a growth of 12 per cent. Around 373,000 units were sold in 2019 in comparison. Asia is said to have emerged as the strongest market for industrial robots with China registering a 21 per cent growth at 783,000 units in 2019. Ranked second, Japan at 355,000 units registered a 12 per cent growth. India is at the third position in Asia with 26,300 units at a 15 per cent growth over 2019.

As per reports, MG Motor is in talks with Volkswagen India and Mahindra -Ford JV for contract manufacturing. Awaiting an official announcement, it is believed that the latter two could be looking at leasing out their plants for contract manufacturing to MG Motor in India. A subsidiary of China’s SAIC is finding ways to hedge the exposure to government scrutiny courtesy evolving India-China trade dynamics. MG Motor India currently manufactures at its facility, in Halol.

SAVWIPL is ‘Zero Waste to Landfill’ certified

Newscast

MG Motor India to contract manufacture?

Skoda Auto Volkswagen India Pvt. Ltd. (SAVWIPL) has earned the ‘Zero Waste to Landfill’ (ZWL) certification from global inspection, certification and testing organisation TUV Nord. SAVWIPL represents the passenger vehicle brands of Volkswagen Group including Skoda, Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche and Lamborghini and are credited with attaining the milestone a year ahead of time. Credited with the achievement of a 98.42 per cent diversion rate and a wastage of less than 1.10 kilogram per vehicle, under the Volkswagen Group’s ‘GoToZero’ initiative, SAVWIPL now aims to be a carbon-neutral firm by 2025. SAVWIPL has achieved an overall 98.42 per cent diversion rate (platinum category) as per TUV India’s ZWL methodology and certification guideline. The company completed the process of recycling, reusing, and reduction without the landfill process at the company’s manufacturing operation at Aurangabad and Pune.

Jindal Steel & Power Limited (JSPL) has gained approval to supply to the Indian Railways. Becoming the first company to acquire such approval from a national transporter, JSPL is manufacturing the 880 Grade prime (Class- A) rails to be supplied to the Indian Railways at its Raigarh Plant. The field performance of these UIC 60 kgs has been accepted

by Research Designs & Standards Organisation (RDSO), of the Railway Board. In a report submitted by RDSO, the JSPL rails have been deemed fit for use. The Indian railways are also expecting 1080 grade HH rails, and special rails like Asymmetric Rails, R260, and 1175HT grades for heavy load carrying wagon units of 75-tonne/wagon from JSPL. www.autocomponentsindia.com

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JSPL is approved Indian Railways supplier

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Ministry of MSME to India Inc. The Union Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) has requested India Inc. to make payments to MSME, to clear their dues of goods and services rendered. To help the MSME, the ministry is claimed

to have put in a lot of efforts to release their dues from various procurers. In the last five months, more than Rs.13400 crores were reportedly paid by the Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE) alone out of which payments worth

Rs.3700 crore have happened in September, 2020. The ministry expects such a step to help enterprises avail the business opportunity by supplying goods and services in the coming festival season.

DICV warehouse modernisation

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Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) has modernised its 30,000 sq. m. domestic parts warehouse at Oragadam. Handling one million transactions per year and about two transactions every single minute,

the warehouse has been modernised in a 360-degree approach. It has thus enhanced its ability to conduct processes more efficiently. Replete with automation and digitisation, in-line with the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s BSVI

transition, the warehouse modernisation endeavour includes a new kitting concept and an internal sequencing operation, which helps feed parts to the production line more efficiently. Engineered to help supply chain

challenges like the complete lockdown, the modernisation process comprises of an SAP-based Warehouse Management System(WMS) to improve stock accuracy and traceability; ensure FIFO and shelf life monitoring.

MoRTH permits the use of H-CNG To promote the use of alternative clean fuel for transportation, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has allowed the use of Hydrogen enriched Compressed Natural Gas (H-CNG) at 18 per cent hydrogen mix levels. Facilitating this www.autocomponentsindia.com

decision by way of amendments in the Central Motor Vehicles Rules (CMVR) 1989, MoRTH has published the drafts of the new rules vide GSR 585 (E) which includes H-CNG as an automotive fuel. The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has also developed

specifications (IS 17314:2019) for the use of H-CNG for automotive purposes, as fuel after claims of testing it on several CNG engines. The testing helped BIS to understand the reduction of emission levels using H-CNG as compared to clean CNG.

Mobilised

MELFA Assista Mitsubishi Electric India is ready to address the advanced automation needs on shopfloors with the MELFA assista. he need for collaborative automation is being felt more than ever before with a shortage of manpower and the need to maintain social distancing at the shopfloor level. To optimise the value chain, stakeholders of the automotive industry are actively looking to embrace automation backed by â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Big dataâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; as the new normal way of working. Having gauged the market opportunity, Mitsubishi Electric India (Mitsubishi) launched the MELFA assista series of collaborative robots (cobots) in August 2020 following the global launch in Tokyo, in May 2020. At the launch,

Hisahiro Nishimoto, Business Unit Head-Factory Automation & Industrial Division, Mitsubishi Electric India Pvt. Ltd., had mentioned that the Pune-based, Factory Automation and Industrial Division is ready to address the advanced automation needs on shopfloors. Mitsubishi is offering higher productivity, faster automation coupled with operational flexibility and safety beside a lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). It complements the existing industrial robots range under the series. Besides, with the new series, Mitsubishi is claimed to have reduced energy consumption by optimising the manufacturing process.

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Mobilised

Key Features Feature Easy programming

Program the robot using the train by demonstration interface

Easy control

The robot can be controlled by dedicated operating buttons on the robot arm

Easy connection

Connect to add-on peripheries like grippers and fingers

Key Technical Specifications

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The DNA

The RV-5AS-D in its standard configuration is offered with the robot, connect cable, controller and a safety extension unit. The IP54 robot has a Degree of Freedom (DOF) of six and can be floor or ceiling mounted. The vertical, multi-joint structure with its varying operating range and speed of motion has a maximum reach of 910 mm. Rated for a maximum 5.5 kg payload, the cobot can operate in ambient temperatures of up to 40 degrees centigrade. Weighing 32 kg, the ISO 10218-1 and ISO/TS15066 compliant robot is claimed to be interface with humans seamlessly. Standing out with ‘Easy programming’, ‘Easy control’ and ‘Easy connection’ , the cobot can be connected with select addon components as per the shopfloor requirement. The series is specially designed to offer priority safety features like collision detection, identified as a key requirement on shopfloors. Within the scope of easy programming, programs can be created through the RT-Visual-Box www.autocomponentsindia.com

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IP Rate

IP54

Degree of Freedom

Six

Installation posture

Floor/Ceiling mounted

Structure

Vertical, multiple-joint type

Maximum reach radius

910 mm

Ambient temperature

0 to 40-degree Centigrade

Mass

32 kg

through intuitive features. The software allows operators to program the robot using the train by demonstration interface. It allows the operator to set the robot arm position and set the way-points. For instance, using the vision camera focus adjustment, the operator can identify the target and fix the position with high speed. Within the scope of easy control, the robot, for instance, can be controlled by dedicated operating buttons on the robot arm. Using LED on the arm, the operator can find out the operational status. The easy connecting scope extends to addon peripheries like grippers and fingers developed by partner organisations better known as MELFA Robot partners in a region-specific arrangement. The partners include companies like Igus, Schunk, Zimmer Group, Gimatic, Ricoh and Captain Industries among others. The robots can be configured as

an Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) or Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) as per the requirement. ACI

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Optimised Cobot Deployment Universal Robots is optimising cobot deployment on shopfloors to meet the emerging needs across the automotive value chain. utomation with human collaboration has grown from strength to strength with more and more stakeholders of the automotive industry coming forward to pilot it. The Sars-CoV-2 might have only compelled the industry to leapfrog much before envisioned. With the total value chain brought to its knees and green shoots emerging only after growth came to a standstill, cobots are being projected as the go-to strategy to address the supply-side bottlenecks. On the supplyside, stakeholders, are turning to companies like Universal Robots to address the manpower crunch, the need to fire on all cylinders to boost productivity ahead of the festive season and to increase efficiencies on the whole. The availability of affordable and energy-efficient industrial cobots and rise in investment in R&D activities is no wonder claimed to have contributed to the growth of the global industrial cobot market. Recording a sizeable jump of cobot sales, in India, Universal Robots (UR), in operation since 2011, claims to have deployed an estimated 46,000

UR10 collaborative robots working in unison on the Bajaj Auto shopfloor.

cobots globally. It is claimed to command an over 50 per cent market share of the global cobot market according to Pradeep David, General Manager, South Asia at Universal Robots. “The market for cobots is growing at about 45 per cent. As the global lockdown impacted the manufacturing Pradeep David, General Manager, and supply chain South Asia at Universal Robots globally we were quick to realise the rise in demand for cobots,” he stated. Claimed to have reinvented industrial robots with lightweight and flexible arms, UR according to David is banking on its vision to develop cobots on the concept of Human Robot Collaboration (HRC) in a bid to offer true automation to manufacturers across the board. “We make robot technology accessible to manufacturers of all sizes and across industries, including but not limited to automotive, electronics, FMCG, and even Pharma,” he mentioned.

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Cobots are visible in action on the shopfloors of Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) like BMW and Bajaj Auto on the far upper end of the spectrum. David cited the Volkswagen charging station www.autocomponentsindia.com

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and cobots at Bajajâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s silent factory manufacturing the Chetak. A simple application can be set up in half a day, if not sooner claims David. Bajaj Auto Ltd., for instance, chose the UR cobots for their assembly lines. As the first company to adopt such cobots, the company is claimed to have improved its production capabilities and evolved its multi-modelling offerings. Drawing attention to the twowheeler assembly lines being highly labour-intensive, spatially challenged and physically taxing with movements requiring high-end precision, explained David that the standardised automation solutions offered by UR coupled with the low payback period, flexibility, lightweight, cost-effectiveness, accuracy and safety are expected to work well for the latter. It took a three-month extensive pilot besides the reduced

power consumption and retention of IP within the company to convince the OEM in the segment. MercedesBenz Research and Development India and Mahindra & Mahindra are the other automotive OEMs to install UR cobots at their plants, he added. UR robots as per David have also found relevance and takers in the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) universe. The company is claimed to have gained good traction with new adopters like Pune-based Shruti Engineers, for instance. The UR cobots deployed across this spectrum are all manufactured at the company headquarters, in Denmark. Wearing the badge of Rank 25 on the MIT list of top 50 smartest companies with pride, expressed David, UR is doing well to help the stakeholders of the automotive industry attain higher manufacturing efficiencies. It is doing so by enabling them to stay competitive in the long run even as the immediate focus remains on accelerating recovery. With over 650 employees, over 700 distributors and more than 30 international awards, UR, exclaimed

David, is making its mark with nextgeneration shopfloor collaboration and automation solutions optimised for quick deployment.

Suited applications

In the UR e-Series range, the company offers a built-in force-torque sensor, 17 adjustable safety functions (including stopping time and stopping distance), with Cat. 3 PLd safety compliance. Catering to payload requirements from three to six kilogram, the UR3e, UR5e, UR10e, and UR16e, feature varying arm lengths or reaches, to suit machine tending, palletising, packaging, quality inspection, and pick and place operations. While mostly used in countries like the US or Europe, the e-series according to David is deployed by very few companies in India. Apart from these, URâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s standard range of cobots - UR3, UR5, and UR10 are well known. The new safety standard compliance with ISO TS15066 is expected to hold the company in good stead too.

Differentiators

Standardised for a host of payloads,

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The UR cobots are designed with a compact controller box measuring 475 mm in length, 423 mm in breadth and 268 mm in height with a relatively smaller footprint of 128-190 mm.

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Cover Story UR cobots at Shruti Engineers, a Pune-based MSME.

Self-reliant India

On contributing to the ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ movement, Pradeep urged Indian manufacturers to draw inspiration from the world’s leading manufacturers. He stressed on the need to switch to technologically advanced solutions like cobots if manufacturers were to attain global standards of production. “In a study from 2019, the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) found that the average number of robots per 10,000 employees is about 99, with Asia being the world’s largest industrial robot market,” he mentioned. “India falls at about four robots, 25 times behind the global average. Here the cumbersome, expensive and difficult to deploy nature of traditional robots have proved to be a big deterrent,” he quipped. True automation according to David is when humans only oversee the operations as is the case with cobots. Industry 5.0, stated David, can change the course of automation completely as it is all about highly skilled people and robots working collaboratively for creating individualised products, services and experiences. “Cobots will help manufacturers pair the unique and cognitive skills of labour with robots for heavy-lifting, consistency quality and round-the-clock exactitude or accuracy,” he opined.

Go-to-Market approach

UR according to David is especially focusing on SMEs reeling under the strict lockdown induced degrowth. Be it the unstable and fluctuating labour supply heightened by labour migration, limitations of a restricted shop floor layout, or compliance with social distancing norms laid down by the government. Offering ease of operations for the first time operators, opined David, SMEs could look at assigning the dull, dirty or dangerous to cobots with the workforce diverted to tasks requiring human ingenuity and dexterity. Citing the floor space utilisation flexibility, synonymous with cobots, he explained that there was scope for penetration in the segment given the capability of moving around cobots to different applications on different lines as per requirement. “It saves both time and money for manufacturers. Add to it, our cobots have advanced safety features, especially the e-series,” he claimed. Pradeep, however, advocated the need for customers to assess “application risk” to ensure the final safety assessment in order to be fully convinced of the UR proposition of optimised cobot deployment. ACI www.autocomponentsindia.com

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at the core of the UR cobots is the End of Arm Tooling (EOAT) and programming capabilities, built-in. “We offer ease of setup and operations to those with no prior experience through the knowledge resources made freely available by Universal Robots Academy. This makes it a ‘Plug and Produce’ solution,” explained David. The Universal Robots+ platform of software and accessories are tested and certified to work seamlessly with UR cobots across inspection, palletising, and polishing requirements. The UR cobots are designed with a compact controller box measuring 475 mm in length, 423 mm in breadth and 268 mm in height with a relatively smaller footprint of 128-190 mm making it portable and suited to lean and agile production. Created by third-party companies, these solutions are comprehensively tested by UR. The UR+ application kits combine multiple components with software designed on the UR+ platform to streamline deployments across popular job assignments like assembling, finishing, material handling, quality inspection and welding. UR+ components claimed David, automates nearly anything faster with certified plug-andproduce peripherals thus saving operators a lot of time. Sans the need to run scheduled maintenance like a grease, oil or battery change as is the case with most robots, the UR cobots are offered with an ‘extended warranty’ of up to three years coupled with the initial 12-month warranty offered. “Our strategy of setting up site inspection closer to customers is aimed at ensuring ongoing and priority support,” mentioned David. On ‘on-demand’ assistance, David drew attention to the UR R&D centre at Odense in Denmark and Boston in the US, from which UR drives innovations to address existing and future automation requirements of customers and partners. Certified technical specialists from Denmark, for instance, offer on-demand training sessions to the company’s global clientele.

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3DExperience Forum 2020 At the 3DExperience Forum 2020, Dassault Systemes focussed on attaining leadership in manufacturing and infrastructure, in a post-Covid era. assault Systemes 3DExperience Forum 2020 was different this year. Held virtually, it focussed on learnings derived from a once in a century occurrence – SARS-CoV-2. It also discussed in-depth, the role of technology and how customers are required to adopt the new normal of a virtual world friendly ecosystem. Averred Deepak NG, Managing Director at Dassault Systemes India, “Through the ‘Experience is Human’ theme, we are focussing on leadership in manufacturing and infrastructure as an aid to improve life on the whole.” Of the opinion that there is a tectonic shift in expectations from businesses, he said that the service providers and policy-makers were together determining a new approach. “Today 69 per cent automotive consumers consider a healthy configuration as their top

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priority over comfort and price,” he stated. Elaborating on it, Bernard Charles, Chief Executive Officer at Dassault Systemes cited the learnings gathered in recent months. Expressed Charles, “The pandemic reveals that we can invent new experiences or solutions for customers during a crisis.” “We have been able to leverage this at a global level and our solutions have helped both in the improvement of logistics and risk reduction,” he claimed. The forum drew attention to an evolved ‘3DExperience’, claimed to offer an inclusive and a sustainable system of operations to the stakeholders of the automotive industry including aeronautics.

Deploying 3DExperience

On optimising the entire value chain, the focuss was drawn on supply chain design, inventory planning, integrated supply chain and ‘order

Team ACI in a demo of the seven-channel 3D environment with HD projection at the 3DExperience Forum India, in 2017.

and the expanding the range of products known to have shorter lifecycles. Real-time visibility, minimal excess and obsolete stock, financial modelling, multi-echelon optimisation (determining the optimal mix of finished and semifinished goods, components and raw materials and strategising for madeto-stock, finish-to-order and maketo-order) and helping in making accurate calculations of safety stock levels factoring demand uncertainty and supply variability are some of its USPs. Of the opinion that the product portfolio of automotive companies

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promising’ using ‘DELMIA Quintiq’. Aimed at better planning and optimisation of the entire value chain, the product, offers companies a tool to model, plan and optimise business operations end-to-end. It encompasses complex production value networks, intricate logistics operations besides helping in planning and scheduling large, geographically diverse workforces. Predictive and prescriptive data analytics, forecasting, what-if scenario planning, collaborative decision making, disruption handling and production scheduling are some of the key USPs. In supply chain design, it facilitates strategic, long-term planning based on which informed decisions can be taken on the plant or capital investments and divestments, product-mix portfolio, inventory and outsourcing and customer service strategies. By comparing optimised scenarios through Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), it is claimed to provide valuable insights to help assessment of profitability, efficiency and sustainability of the chosen configuration. In inventory planning, it accounts for complexities like supply chain segmentation, seasonality, multiple stocking locations

was evolving at an accelerated pace with the advancement in electric mobility and vehicle simplification, Charles drew attention to advancement in battery technology as an example. He opined, “The current vehicles are rather complex with scope for further simplification and it was time India played up on simplification, agility and capacity for inclusiveness of the new science at the core of its innovations.”

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Injection Molded Structural Electronics (IMSE) is making electronic circuitry and functionality part of the 3D structure to eliminate the need for mechanical buttons and switches. For instance, In-mold Electronics (IME) technology developed by TactoTek of Oulu, in Finland. Unlike in traditional electronics, this technology encapsulates functionality within thin injection-moulded plastic and responds to touch. With the help of touch-activated controls under a thin and smooth surface, IMSE successfully eliminates crumb-collectors and visual clutter, in turn, helping automotive manufactures create beautiful vehicle surfaces as controls for lighting and other electronic functions. Said to be getting the recognition it deserves, Computer-Aided Design (CAD) developers are known to be supporting IMSE at the software design level.

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Global Affairs at Dassault Systemes spoke of the need to prioritise employee welfare, financial health, marketing and sales, safeguarding supply chain and the ecosystem on the whole. At a time when India is becoming important to the global supply chains in their China plus strategies, she highlighted the importance of tapping higher localisation levels under the ‘Make in India’ initiative. On the operational front, she explained that to help customers and employees to continue work in manufacturing plants, there are solutions to ensure Sars-CoV-2 does not penetrate the factories. To offer the flexibility of remote working, Dassault is also offering cloud solutions across automotive sectors including in aerospace. To highlight the evolution of 3DExperience, David Zeigler, Vice President, Aerospace and Defense Industry at Dassault Systemes gave an overview of the digital thread. He cited a case study of Lockheed Martin leveraging it to drive increased affordability, efficiency and collaboration throughout the lifecycle. Renee Pasman, Director of Integrated Systems for Advanced Development Programs (ADP),

Deepak NG, Managing Director, Dassault India

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics explained that the collaboration was aimed at building a digital thread extending from design to manufacturing of their nextgeneration products. Focussed on predicting what’s next through 3DExperience customers, claimed Pasman, customers could look forward to total control over the cradle-to-cradle approach. Combining CAD with a modelbased system engineering approach through the use of next-generation

Predictive and prescriptive data analytics, forecasting, what-if scenario planning, collaborative decision making, disruption handling and production scheduling are the key USPs.

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Bernard Charles, Chief Executive Officer, Dassault Systemes

product lifecycle management tools, manufacturers can look forward to advanced collaborations with suppliers covering key areas like conceptual design, requirements management, system engineering, modelling and simulation, digital manufacturing, virtual and realtime, manufacturing optimisation management, certification and qualification, logistics and sustainment, she explained. Abhishek Burman, Founder Director & CEO, General Aeronautics gave a perspective on how to support clients to reinvent their business and adapt their design and ecosystems to the current situation. Dr Abhay Pashilkar, Program Director (Civil Aircraft Projects), CSIR - National Aerospace Laboratories talked about an overview of how CSIR National Aerospace Laboratories is leveraging 3DExperience platform to adopt passenger centricity in civil aircraft design and development with the passenger experience solution and ergonomics, perceived quality in terms of visualisation and materials used besides the using of immersive AR/VR available on the Dassault platform. To accelerate aircraft development, for instance, he advocated the need to implement

the system that provides control of product record across development stages, from concept to design in a bid to overcome dated practices lacking templated processes, manual design processes and related legacy data control, and data dispersal through a wide variety of organisational departments.

David Ziegler, Vice President Aerospace & Defense Industry at Dassault Systemes

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Charles praised Indian universities for adopting the new digital way to create curricular competency centres to train the new generation in agility. “India is well poised to play that card with the evolution of degree education in innovation centres,” he opined.

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3DEXPERIENCE customers could look forward to total control over the cradle-to-cradle strategy.

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Florence Verzelen, EVP, Industry, Marketing, Global Affairs, Workforce of the Future at Dassault Systemes

Added Verzelen, Dassault Systèmes, through the partnerships with Universities was banking on its Centre of Excellence (CoEs) to showcase the experiential innovation and product development in a bid to contribute to localised solutions. Dr E V Ramana Reddy, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary to Government of Karnataka and Koodli Subramanya, Sales Director, Innovative Business, Dassault Systemes called for the industry, the government and academia to collaborate for skilling the workforce. He opined that the country was not losing jobs but failing to adopt new technology and therefore the need to skill for survival is more pronounced. “The need of the hour is to rapidly transfer digital practices from industry to the learning sphere with the country at the threshold of Industry 4.0,” he mentioned. “With India expected to have a workforce of around 250 million by 2030, the role of the government, academia and the industry is to help the country realise its vision of turning a global supplier of skilled manpower,” he concluded. ACI With inputs from Deven Lad

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Building Legacy Components For Space Objectify Technologies grows bigger in metal additive manufacturing by optimising special brackets for the space industry.

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In the functional acceptance tests of LPBF 3D Printed brackets, four times the actual thrust and inertial loads was applied.

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etal and polymer additive manufacturing engineering or 3D Printing company, Objectify Technologiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; expertise in aerospace, automotive, tooling, white goods and medical component building and consulting services is paying off. In aerospace, the company has leveraged its in-house capabilities. It has won the company a prized project with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The company has collaborated with the prestigious Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSCC) at Thiruvananthapuram, known for design and development of satellite launch vehicles and sounding rockets with Polar Satellite Launch Vehicles (PSLV), Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicles (GSLV Mark I and Mark II), Rohini sounding rockets, Space capsule recovery experiments, reusable launch vehicles and airbreathing propulsion for Advanced Reusable Launch Vehicles (ASLV) as some of the key programmes. Ankit Sahu, Director at Objectify Technologies Pvt. Ltd., backs the use of additive manufacturing in space projects for easing human travel and in the colonisation projects on other planets. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Additive manufacturing in space has a very bright future. Most of the parts required in space research are made of plastic or some metal and additive manufacturing can be used to reduce satellite production costs, repair broken parts with less

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labour, money, resource and time,â&#x20AC;? he avers. He adds that the light 3D builds contribute to making the satellites lighter too. Objectify, according to Sahu, wants to help companies attain maturity in additive manufacturing going forward. The microstructures indicated that the two to three layers of power are fused during each laser beam scan.

Stress-relieving of 3D-printed brackets

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3D-printed brackets were soaked at 600-degree Centigrade for two hours in compliance with AMS 2759-4C. The temperature of 600 degrees Centigrade is considered adequate as 3D printing doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t generate any major residual stresses like thick section moulded product. A high-temperature stress-relieving would cause distortion of the thin sections. The brackets were subjected to sandblasting to improve the surface finish.

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Mechanical Property improved. Microstructural Evaluation at par. Computed Metro Tomography (CT) Inspection. Dimensions and Geometrical Inspection to ensure accuracy of the final part. 5. Structural Testing for real-time results.

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The company is known to have made two brackets using the AISI316L grade specially designed for aviation applications. Built using laser powder bed fusion technology, a thorough analysis was performed on the powder. It was checked for structural integrity according to Sahu in a bid to qualify for the component for functional testing. Through additive manufacturing, the company is claimed to have eliminated the need for large material requirement, extreme machining time besides the residual stress and warpage. Compared to conventional production where the material needs for producing Type-I bracket of weight 3.5 kg was calculable to be a forged/rolled block of 100 kg and thickness 125 mm, wherein 96.5 per cent fabric is estimated to be wasted, with a buy to fly ratio of approximately 28, additive manufacturing can bring down the latter ratio to approximately one. The buy-to-fly ratio refers to the weight of the raw material purchased, compared to the weight of the final part.

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Testing and Approvals

Mechanical properties of AISI-316L 3D printed samples (X, Y, Z directions) compared with mechanical properties of AISI-316L wrought products.

Tensile properties of AISI-316L 3D printed specimens in solution-annealed and stress-relieved conditions.

important manufacturing technologies of our age. A traditional approach to manufacturing is no longer the only way,” he says. Urging the industry to think differently and go beyond the traditional methods, opined Sahu that in the era of Industry 4.0, manufacturing with additive opens new doors eliminating the complexity from the final assembly. “It is crucial to producing high-strength structures and hyperrealistic prototypes,” he concludes. ACI --------------------------------------------Acknowledgement: Authors - • P. I. Pradeep (Materials and Mechanical Entity, VSSC) • V. Anil Kumar (Materials and Mechanical Entity, VSSC) • A.

Sriranganath (Materials and Mechanical Entity, VSSC) • Satish Kumar Singh (Materials and Mechanical Entity, VSSC) • Ankit Sahu (Director, Objectify Technologies Pvt. Ltd.) • T. Sasi Kumar (Indo MIM Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore) • P. Ramesh Narayanan (Materials and Mechanical Entity, VSSC) • M. Arumugam (Quality Control and NonDestructive Evaluation Group, LPSC) • M. Mohan (Materials and Mechanical Entity, VSSC) with a special thanks to Indian Space Research Organisation and Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre. For visiting the digital copy of the Case Study scan this: www.autocomponentsindia.com

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Computed metro tomography analysis confirmed the soundness of brackets realized by 3D printing. The porosity level in this process was found to be higher than that of wrought products and size approximated to be 100 micrometres despite which it is claimed to not have a negative impact on the functionality of the products. The porosity noticed in 3D printed components is less than the sizes resolvable by conventional NDT techniques such as ultrasonic testing and X-radiography. The Functional acceptance tests of LPBF 3D Printed brackets were performed by structural testing, applying four times the actual thrust and inertial loads. The brackets successfully withstood the test, and strains observed are claimed to have been negligible (± 9 με) in tension and compression loading conditions and therefore qualified for the intended use. The trial suiting of the brackets was carried out with the thrusters and found to match the geometric requirements. The mechanical properties meeting the prerequisites of ASTM F 3184-16 norm are said to have resulted in an improved part built. The company albeit had to overcome teething issues like a minor contortion noticed in the thin-wall region. To rectify it, the extra stock was added in the thin section before post-processing by machining. The brackets are claimed to be free of any defects greater than 100 micrometres through nondestructive testing performed by a larger macro-CT scanner. The company additionally also identified the scope for optimising topology or properties of an object known to be preserved under continuous deformations for weight saving and increased efficiency. Acknowledged as the manufacturing mainstay, additive manufacturing, explains Sahu has come a long way. “Ever since 3D Printing technology was invented in the early 80s, it has come a long way to become one of the most

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Nissan Accelerates Development and Testing of Engine Control Software Nissan engineers are using Model-Based Design with MATLAB® and Simulink® to reduce development and verification times for engine control software. Story by: Hiroshi Miyagawa, Sales Manager, MathWorks

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y 2022, Nissan Motor Corporation plans to renew all core models and introduce 20 models to strengthen its product lineup centred Nissan Intelligent Mobility. Nissan engineers are using Model-Based Design with MATLAB® and Simulink® to reduce development and verification times for engine control software. Nissan uses simulations with a plant model to evaluate all Software Components (SW-C) in the application layer written in Simulink. To account for a large number of engine variants in the company’s expanding product line, Nissan engineers have established a standardised workflow in which they use Simulink and Powertrain Blockset™ to develop engine model variants and perform Model-In-Loop

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(MIL) and Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) tests. “Using the Powertrain Blockset dynamic engine model as a starting point, we are able to create and refine plant model variants efficiently,” says Hiroshi Katoh, deputy general manager of the powertrain control engineering department at Nissan Motor Corporation. “We can use the same model for both MIL and HIL testing, greatly reducing the effort required and accelerating development,” he explains.

Challenge

Nissan engine control software incorporates nearly 1500 SW-Cs. Nissan engineers use simulation to evaluate each of these SW-Cs for multiple engines with variations including displacement, number and arrangement of cylinders, and maximum torque. In the past, engineers tuned the parameters for engine model variants manually. Simulations using the models imposed heavy computational loads, leading to impractically long simulation times. Simpler models could be simulated faster but were less accurate. Because they used different toolsets for MIL and HIL testing, Nissan teams needed to create an entirely new plant model to conduct real-time HIL tests. To eliminate The Powertrain Blockset dynamic engine model.

the duplicated effort and shorten testing schedules, Nissan wanted to use the same plant models for both MIL and HIL tests.

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Nissan used Model-Based Design with Simulink and Powertrain Blockset to develop and test application software (ASW) for controlling the powertrain. The ASW contains some individual SW-Cs from suppliers. Nissan engineers use the Spark-Ignition (SI) engine dynamometer reference application from Powertrain Blockset as the basis for their engine plant model. They use the Resize Engine and Recalibrate Controller feature to automatically resize the engine model and adjust the calibration parameters based on settings such as the number of cylinders and engine displacement. The engineers make further modifications to the model as needed—for example, to model Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) or turbocharger subsystems. To validate the engine model, the team executes built-in tests from the reference application and checks the simulated engine torque and other performance metrics. They then create a system model in Simulink by combining the validated engine model with a

Results

Models for engine variants were created in hours, not days. “Previously, it took several days to modify an engine model for a new engine variant, but with Powertrain Blockset, we now do it in hours,” says Katoh. “As a result,

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we have accelerated the development of application software while ensuring quality,” he mentions. Code development costs got cut by two-thirds. “By modelling the control application software in Simulink and using the model as an executable specification, we have eliminated misunderstandings that can occur between OEMs and suppliers,” says Katoh. “Further, by generating code from our models, we have eliminated the bugs and human errors that come with hand-coding. These improvements enabled us to cut code development costs by roughly two-thirds and shorten development times,” he explains. HIL preparation time was significantly reduced. “With Simulink and Powertrain Blockset, we can use the same model for MIL and HIL tests. Having a common set of test cases, plant models, and tools for both environments has reduced the engineering hours required for HIL testing from one week to one day,” concludes Katoh. ACI

User interface for the engine resize feature within the Powertrain Blockset engine dynamometer reference application.

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controller model, a transmission model, and a simple vehicle model. Using an automated testing framework that they developed in MATLAB, the engineers conduct MIL tests to ensure the controller model meets specifications. This framework sets tests conditions, initiates simulations, and produces graphs for visualising results. In preparation for HIL testing, the team generates code from the engine model with Simulink Coder™ and deploys it to dSPACE® hardware. They run the same test cases used in MIL for the real-time HIL setup. Nissan has already used this workflow to evaluate engine control software for production vehicles, and they plan to use it to develop plant models for HIL and MIL testing of engine variants in upcoming new models.

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Global Powertrain Scenario The Frost & Sullivan study on Global Powertrain Outlook, 2020 looks at the global push and pull for efficient powertrains.

Story by: Deven Lad rost & Sullivan recently released a study on the global powertrain scenario. Aimed at ascertaining the global push and pull for efficient powertrains, the report - Global Powertrain Outlook, 2020, maps the supply side and demand side trends and the tangible impact on the preference of powertrains. Drawing attention to the electric and hybrid vehicles gaining traction in developed nations, the study pinpoints the lack of penetration in niche markets like India, Eastern Europe and Asia-Pacific. Averred Naga Karthik Voruganti, Research Analyst, Automotive & Transportation at Frost & Sullivan, “The growth opportunities in key regional markets will vary considerably.”

OEM focus

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The Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) will bank on the success of full hybrids. Opined Voruganti, “The full hybrids have proved their mettle by complying with the stricter regulations and demonstrating the growing customer

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confidence in full hybrids.” “Engine downsizing will continue, while the highly efficient Gasoline Direct Injection (GDI) engines will continue witnessing an increase in adoption,” he stated. Adding that the integration of Gasoline Particulate Filters (GPFs) and three-way Catalytic Converters (3WCs) is expected to increase substantially in 2020 with more

Trending OEMs seeking to get their gasolinepowered vehicles certified under the new World harmonised Light-duty vehicles Testing Procedure (WLTP) regulations.â&#x20AC;? Besides, the mild-hybrid powertrains and standardisation of exhaust after-treatment technologies including Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) and coated GPF were highlighted in the report as major trends likely to impact the powertrain industry in 2020.

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(LATAM) countries have also registered a spike in EV sales driven by hybrids. EVs and hybrids are expected to hold 1.2 per cent market share in 2020. Despite degrowth in vehicle sales in China, the EV share is expected to grow from 4.9 per cent of the sales in 2019 to 5.6 per cent in 2020. Contrary to the decline of 1.6 per cent sales recorded in South Korea, and the end of a temporary tax cut in August, Mild Hybrid Electric Vehicle (MHEV) in the 48V segment are known to have enjoyed a 283 per cent growth with sales quadrupling in 2019. In Indonesia, car sales improved towards the end of 2019. With Covid-19 impacting the global supply chain, sales are expected to register degrowth of 17.3 per cent in 2020. In Japan, the sale of new passenger cars declined by 2.1 per cent in 2019 compared to

2018. In a further bifurcation, Japanese brand sales increased by 1.9 per cent compared to foreign brand sales declining by 3.3 per cent. The study draws attention to the general trend of vehicle sharing and fading appeal of cars among the younger Japanese. The study predicts global automotive sales to decline by 14.9 per cent due to Covid-19 by the end of 2020 in the aftermath of manufacturing facilities and supply chains hit by worldwide lockdowns. Interestingly, the report projects consumer purchase trends to be unaffected. In advanced markets like Europe, the demand for diesel engines is expected to decline by 30 per cent by the end of 2020 as WLPT commences. Global EV sales are projected to increase by 3.4 per cent inducing demand for gasoline-hybrid and fully-electric powertrains. ACI

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The report predicts a considerable variation in the growth opportunities across key regional markets. For instance, in India, hybrid vehicle sales have recorded a 75 per cent growth from 2018. It hints at an opportunity for OEMs to continue exploring the market. The Bharat Stage VI emission norms roll out will have a negative impact on diesel vehicle prices expected to rise. In the United States, 1.3 million electric and hybrid vehicles are expected to sell in 2020 alone. A 4.7 per cent growth with the majority contributed from Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) and mild and full hybrids. In terms of European electric vehicles (xEV) sales are expected to grow by 5.3 per cent. The projection factors a moderate Covid-19 impact and expects EVs to register a 27.5 per cent growth. The Latin America

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The 60th ACMA Annual Convention was centred on shaping the new normal for the automotive component industry. Story by: Deepti Thore and Deven Lad

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he 60th ACMA Annual Convention was held virtually for the first time ever in its history. Held a day after the 60th edition of the SIAM Annual Convention, while it drew from the overlap of pain points discussed with automobile Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), the Automotive Component Manufacturers Association did well to centre the sessions on shaping the new normal and laying the groundwork for the automotive components industry. The auto components industry, setting the context, stated Vinnie Mehta, Director General at ACMA, registered a USD 49 billion turnover, a 12 per cent degrowth against the USD 57 billion turnover the year ago. Taking forward the Government of India overtone of ‘AtmaNirbhar Bharat’ or a self-reliant India, Deepak Jain, President at ACMA, representing the pan-India

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ACMA members, assured of the components industry being ready to contribute to the Government’s vision despite the hurdles. “While we look at the festive season to chart growth despite shop floor and supply chain issues hindering production, over the long term, I am confident of the sector contributing immensely to the AtmaNirbhar Bharat mission,” averred Jain. Backing the ACMA president, Kenichi Ayukawa, President at SIAM and Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director at Maruti Suzuki India Ltd., also urged the stakeholders to work towards maximising production localisation and exports as the only way to grow again. Uday Kotak, President, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Kotak Mahindra Bank spoke of the AtmaNirbhar Bharat movement symbolising the

Trending components industry in more ways than one. He urged the industry to realise its full potential to be able to compete globally and in turn become a net exporter. Pawan Munjal, Chairman and Managing Director at Hero MotoCorp Ltd., expressed confidence in the industry powering a selfreliant India as its growth engine through a greater focus on engineering, innovation

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and Research and Development (R&D). “The need of the hour is to have the vision to thrive, invest in technology and quality up-gradation besides carrying out the digitalisation of the ecosystem.” “Logistical infrastructure is also crucial,” he said. Amitabh Kant, Chief Executive Officer of the NITI Aayog opined that the pandemic was 70 times worse than the 2008 financial crisis and one that had spared no sector. Taking cognisance of the opportunities in the face of the crisis, he equated the tech-oriented and digitalised companies with a greater chance of surviving in the near term and growing in the long run. He assured of the government’s willingness to work closely with the sector. Calling the self-reliant movement as a springboard for greater, global penetration, opined Kant, the OEMs could look forward to realising an 80-90 per cent higher localisation level if the efforts in the direction come good. Drawing attention to the need for localised, battery manufacturing, opined the NITI Aayog CEO that 81 per cent of the battery pack value, attributed to indigenisation and packaging was waiting to be unlocked. Citing the universe of 5,595 electric vehicles registered under FAME II, Kant spoke of the underlying localisation opportunity for tier1, tier2 and tier3 suppliers if the country was to curb its import dependence as envisioned. Lauding the components sector for supporting the sale of approximately 2.9

crore vehicles annually, and creating a million jobs, as a result, he also drew attention to the components sector working scale at 10X to that of the OEMs to put the sheer opportunity in perspective. Sunjay Kapur, Vice President at ACMA and Chairman, Sona Comstar. took the opportunity to thank the government for its support as he emphasised that the global automotive industry was here to stay. “It is a matter of great pride for the components industry to be shaping up the future,” he expressed. Steering the annual convention from discussing opportunities to ground execution, Toshihiro Suzuki, President and Chief Operating Officer at Suzuki Motor Corporation acknowledged the transformation exercise being carried out at the components level. Mincing no words, he called for the need to improve quality as a crucial cog in the growth wheel for the sector to compete globally. “In the current scenario, localisation is viable. Increased focus on R&D is crucial for greater returns along with human resources development,” he said. Guenter Butschek, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director at Tata Motors drew attention to the learnings from the BSVI transition where OEMs like Tata Motors along with supplier partners, with an inclusive approach, are claimed to have kept the entire supply chain operations going in a crisis. “I am overwhelmed www.autocomponentsindia.com

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Uday Kotak, President, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Kotak Mahindra Bank

by the extreme resilience demonstrated by ACMA members and the supplier community,” he mentioned. Butschek urged the stakeholders to resort to conscious consumption of resources. Union Minister of Road, Transport and Highways and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Nitin Gadkari expressed an intent to help manufacturers allay their fears and negative sentiments. Citing the auto industry’s contribution of 2.3 per cent to GDP, 25 per cent to manufacturing GDP and four per cent export contribution, the minister expressed confidence in the auto component sector’s ability to rise to the occasion. He urged suppliers to look at alternative fuels like ethanol, methanol, biogas, bio-diesel, LNG besides scouting for new growth opportunities in e-mobility. He urged the stakeholders to consider flex-engines that are a successful model abroad. Gadkari reiterated the need to convert waste into alternative fuels like bio-CNG. He also called the need for a greater focus on smart mobility, digitisation and road www.autocomponentsindia.com

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safety. Seconding Suzuki’s call for quality enhancement, Gadkari, urged the sector to increase production and raise the quality benchmarks with the support of best-inclass technology assessment and an even greater scale of innovation. The minister committed to supporting the industry by developing land parcels as industrial clusters complete with connectivity. The minister also committed to rolling out the scrappage policy. The minister concluded by urging the sector to focus on net exports and hinted at the government contemplating levying a higher duty to deter imports. He also highlighted the recent provisions made for the benefit of the MSMEs and urged the sector to take advantage of it. Lauding ACMA for being at the forefront of shaping the new normal, Piyush Goyal, Union Minister for Commerce and Industry and Railways, Government of India, said, “We must now foster a spirit of collaboration, cooperation and commitment to grow and compete with the rest of the world.” “Trade promotion, technology up-gradation

and quality enhancement are crucial for shaping the new normal,” he exclaimed. The minister assured full cooperation from Indian Railways in helping the industry add efficiencies and in bringing down the cost of logistics.

Strengthening the ecosystem Dr Pawan Goenka, Managing Director, Mahindra & Mahindra raised five pertinent questions across de-linking exports completely, ‘Right’ to get a sizeable share of global GVCs, becoming a global hub for shared mobility EVs, becoming truly global and the mindset required to be truly AtmaNirbhar. He drew attention to the phenomenal growth run of auto component exports. “The combined exports from India were just about Rs.200 crore in 1991 and today it is valued at a staggering Rs.1,06,000 lakh crores at about four per cent of India’s total export,” he stated. Admitting to the component imports exceeding exports, he called for the need to look at what was being imported and

Trending Sharing the findings of a study released by ACMA in partnership with McKinsey & Co., Shivanshu Gupta, Senior Partner, McKinsey and Company drew attention to three key factors driving the future of the automotive components industry. Touching upon the impact on the sector globally, he outlined the key actions required to shape the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;new normalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; beside outlining the role of both the government and industry as key enablers. Drawing attention to the global supply chain disruption underway, he essayed a cautious demand outlook with recent green shoots. He opined that the future of mobility needs to factor varying degrees of impact. Gupta also drew attention to aftermarket holding fort, like in the past slowdowns and highlighted the M&A activity and strategic collaborations

picking pace. Citing a USD 12 billion opportunity in import substitution he spoke of India having a small global trade share and a mega opportunity ahead of it courtesy the supply chain shifts that are taking place. Expressing hope in micro-market clusters driving the bulk of the demand, Gupta, presented findings from countries divided into 20,000 micro markets. For India, seven per cent of the aftermarket (around 1300 of 20000) was found to make for 50 per cent of the automotive aftermarket demand. To tap such micro-market clusters, Gupta batted for an agile salesforce, focused virtual sales, re-planned SKU mix and creation of innovative channels through influencer partnerships. He also touched upon the untapped potential of crosssector collaborations and the hidden opportunities in the non-automotive realm. To enhance operational efficiencies, he advocated the need to adopt a granular approach across the chain which could, in turn, help the sector save 15-20 per cent of the hidden costs incurred. To optimise the value chain, stakeholders were asked to embrace digital analytics and automation as the new normal way of working. Suggesting ways for government and industry bodies to drive growth in the sector, Gupta suggested out of the box ways like the government offering a second home to companies

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ascertaining why. Citing lower costs as the root cause for a heavy reliance on imports by domestic manufacturers and suppliers, Dr Goenka, praised the calls for sector collaborating with the government to enhance the overall cost competitiveness and cater to the global markets. “We need to build a strong ecosystem to lure the global players looking at India to meet their import substitution needs,” he opined. Advocating the current scenario as an opportune time for India to lead the EV components space, he urged the stakeholders to draw from examples like China where capacity was build before demand arose. “With the government www.autocomponentsindia.com

relocating operations due to changing trade relations, and appointment of trade representatives as part of consulates to help industry drive exports. To enhance cost-effectiveness, the study suggested the optimisation of logistics and energy consumption. Industry bodies were urged to help build on the scale by working in tandem with Export Promotion Councils to drive India’s global export, facilitate cooperative supply chains in high potential export markets, promote ACES related innovations through

incubation centres. With India estimated to represent only 1.3 per cent of the global auto component export share, stakeholders were urged to work towards tripling the contribution to 4-5 per cent levels by FY2026. To achieve this feat, the study prescribed the need to capitalise on exports of components with a medium competitive advantage in phase one including shafts, fasteners, bearings and engine electricals. In phase two the focus must remain on exports of HVAC or fuel systems.

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much more serious to make India a global manufacturing hub, it is time to redefine the new normal,” he remarked. Stressing on the need to revisit the Automotive Mission Plan (AMP), Rajan Wadhera, Past President, SIAM and Senior Advisor, Mahindra & Mahindra drew parallels between turning selfreliant and realising the past projections of generating 65 million jobs by way of economies of scale. Soumitra Bhattacharya, President & MD, Bosch India stressed on the need to upskill by imparting vocational training known to have helped the advanced economies rescale. Reiterating Bosch projections of ICE adoption at 75 to 80 per cent till 2030

and EVs at 20- 25 per cent, Bhattacharya stressed on the need to create standards for EVs, clearly outlined long term policies, and a greater deal of collaboration between the stakeholders. He also sought a greater shift to network centricity and platform centricity over product centricity in the connected era. Nikunj Sanghi, Chairman, ASDC and MD, JS Fourwheel Motors stressed on the need to leverage the National apprenticeship program to help the industry assemble a pool of skilled manpower that will be needed to make the components sector and the automotive industry as a whole, shape the new normal and turn truly selfreliant. ACI

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industry gearing for the festive season and emerging stronger from the pandemic induced hardships, the 60th SIAM Annual Convention was all for an inclusive approach and a united effort. Vehicle sales were down by 75.49 per cent to 14,91,216 units in the April-June (Q12021) with Q2 showing green shoots. In comparison to sales, production declined by 79.39 per cent to 14,86,594 units in the same quarter. Exports, on the whole, declined by 63.49 per cent to 4,36,628 vehicles. With this perspective, admitting to the worse slowdown in two decades, averred Rajan Wadhera, Past President, SIAM and Senior Advisor, Mahindra & Mahindra, “Even with the supply disruptions and domestic lockdown in 2020, the Indian automobile industry is hopeful of demand recovery.”

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Uday Kotak, President at Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Kotak Mahindra Bank linked the growth in infrastructure to the industry’s growth. To drive the sectoral recovery, he advocated for strong investments by the government in road infrastructure. Quipping that the past months were a “never-normal” phenomenon, he lauded the leadership demonstrated by Original Equipment Manufacturers(OEM) to address the supply-side issues and in turn open the door to new opportunities. He emphasised upon the need to iron out the creases on the supply-side ahead of complete demand recovery, calling out the government to ensure better coordination between the centre and the states. Prakash Javadekar, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate, Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises admitted to the auto-industry facing the double

Trending Rajan Wadhera, Past President, SIAM and Senior Advisor, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.

whammy of the slowdown and the transitional challenges associated with Bharat Stage VI compliance. Lauding the industry for its evolution in the last 30 years to turn a job creator, offering 100 million jobs, he urged the stakeholders to engage foreign investors and work in the direction of turning a net exporter in line with selfreliant India movement – Atmanirbhar Bharat. Drawing the attention India’s 80th rank in the ease of doing business index, the minister highlighted the government initiatives like Goods and Services Tax (GST), the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) and subsidies extended to battery manufacturing. Citing the ongoing government review of the Automotive Mission Plan (AMP), the minister also spoke

Uday Kotak, President at Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Kotak Mahindra Bank

of the scrappage policy being around the corner. Drawing attention to credit availability boosting demand, he urged the suppliers to ensure adequate availability on the supply-side. Responding to the minister, Kenichi Ayukawa, Ayukawa, President at SIAM and Managing Director at Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. sought continual support from the government to be able to stage the desired recovery. “If we get the desired support from the government it will help boost the demand in time for the festive season,” he mentioned. On the supplyside, with the degrowth turning back the clock for the industry, he acknowledged the minister’s calls for maximising production in line with the demand recovery. Acknowledging the calls for higher localisation and exports, Ayukawa, however, apprised the minister of the lack of revenue rendering the industry incapable of investing in the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) and Real Driving Emissions (RDE) compliances stipulated.

Regulatory roadmap and infrastructure On the longterm regulatory roadmap and infrastructure development, Vikram Kirloskar, Chairman and Managing Director, Toyota Kirloskar Motors Pvt. Ltd., quipped on the technology being the means to end

Prakash Javadekar, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate, Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

Vikram Kirloskar, Chairman and Managing Director, Toyota Kirloskar Motors Pvt. Ltd.

and not the end in itself. Highlighting the transition to BSVI in record time, he sought a long-term growth roadmap from the government if the industry was to reach the growth pinnacle. He asked the government to take cognisance of the stakeholders having lost its cash reserves over the last year. Addressing the industry apprehensions, Union Minister, Nitin Gadkari in an effort to boost the morale, said, “Tough times don’t last tough people do.” The union minister assured complete support to the industry and sought a greater contribution to the larger vision of India turning the largest manufacturing hub globally. The minister sought to focus on changing technology to increase the www.autocomponentsindia.com

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Kenichi Ayukawa, Ayukawa, President at SIAM and Managing Director at Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.

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Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), Government of India

country’s probability of turning a net exporter from a net importer. Calling out the stakeholders for successfully meeting safety and emission compliances, he also spoke of the government prioritising digitalisation of the ecosystem. Lending an ear to the industry pain points, Gadkari called for a greater degree of coordination, cooperation and communication to be able to address these effectively. Addressing the reservations to invest more, Gadkari spoke of ways to generate a higher return on investment through aggressive research and development in the supply chain to inturn add to efficiencies. “Innovation is the future so the auto industry must invest more in R&D,” he stated. To aid the industry-academia development, he committed to formulating a policy encompassing research centres and machinery from the government’s side and asked the industry to pitch in with upskilling manpower for greater research. Addressing apprehensions pertaining to the longterm fuel roadmap, Gadkari cited the prospects of alternative fuels like ethanol, liquified nitrogen gas and compressed natural gas given the cost-effective production mechanisms at the industry’s disposal. On battery standardisation, the minister assured a concrete framework as he expressed a dissatisfaction pertaining to quality compromises made by certain EV www.autocomponentsindia.com

manufacturers he claimed to have come across personally. Promoting the use of flex engines for reducing pollution and reducing imports, Gadkari suggested that since it’s a proven technology used by countries like the USA, Canada and Brazil, India should also manufacture it given that it requires changing the filter. He also recommended SIAM and the industry to create an independent think tank of retired industry, legal, policy, and government experts to resolve industry challenges and to implement the rules, regulation and to modernise it to meet international standards. Responding to the minister’s call for prioritising alternative fuels, Vinod Aggarwal, Treasurer at SIAM and Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer at VE Commercial Vehicles cited the

need to enhance the availability of alternative fuels for the industry to make the leap successfully. Thanking the government for reclassifying MSMEs, he drew attention to how more suppliers had been added to the ecosystem as a result, making business more viable. Aggarwal requested the government to consider including wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles in the MSMED Act, which will benefit dealers and make the vehicle retail business viable. Speaking on the roadmap to make India truly self-reliant, augment localisation levels and harness the export potential, Dr Pawan Goenka, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer at Mahindra &

Vinod Aggarwal, Treasurer at SIAM and Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer at VE Commercial Vehicles Ltd.

Dr Pawan Goenka, Managing Director, and Chief Executive Officer, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.

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Lauding the industry for its resilience, Piyush Goyal, Union Minister for Commerce and Industry and Railways, Government of India admitted to the auto industry and particularly the CV sector being under stress. To address it he reiterated the need

Piyush Goyal, Union Minister for Commerce and Industry and Railways, Government of India

to work in unison. “Let us work together to rebuild the economy,” he expressed. Speaking about increasing localisation in the industry, Goyal pointed out that best-in-class make and design, use of innovative technologies, smart packaging and intelligent product pricing could go a long way in fetching desired results. “To ace in domestic manufacturing, upskilling and reskilling should be treated as a priority and an industry-

Deepak Jain, President at ACMA and Chairman and Managing Director at Lumax Industries

academia partnership is one of the best available models to achieve this goal,” he suggested. Blaming the industry’s objections raised on export policies for a poorly evolved export ecosystem, he drew attention to parent OEM companies not allowing exports to originate in India. Agreeing to support import deterrence and encouraging exports of electronic components, the minister assured open-ended dialogue with the industry. To be able to harness the export potential, Dr Goenka suggested that the logistics be made more costeffective citing the potential with export markets in South Africa, South America and East Africa. Deepak Jain, President at ACMA and Chairman and Managing Director at Lumax Industries supported the vote for an inclusive approach, the role of academia in increasing competitiveness and investment in new technologies and product development to enhance localisation which he opined was crucial. ACI www.autocomponentsindia.com

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Mahindra drew attention to 24 task forces set up in India under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and how numerous reviews were carried out. He drew attention to how the task force was studying the feasibility of cutting down imports of electronics. “The auto-Industry today is a shining example of Atmanirbhar Bharat. Going forward, we will look at augmenting our exports, reducing imports, creating more jobs and increase our investments in R&D,” he assured the government. To reduce imports and increase exports the need is to eliminate gaps in competitiveness, quality, cost and technology and to facilitate that the industry needs to rethink, re-strategise, reorganise and implement steps such as reducing current logistics costs, relaxing duties and taxes, entering into FTAs and similar other trading pre-requites with bigger automobile markets, he opined.

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Seal-Glide速 Nano is an extremely thin coating with the effectiveness of an inconspicuous superhero. At around 450 nanometers thick, it is ten to 50 times thinner in comparison to typical coatings. Its unique selling proposition is the capability to significantly reduce the friction coefficient of elastomer seals and improve their stick-slip properties substantially without altering the original properties of the seals. In effect, it means that seals coated with Seal-Glide速 Nano have a higher service life due to reduced friction when in motion or during installation.

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