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The interim budget for 2019-20 seems to be a balanced budget with support to sectors like agriculture and infrastructure for a holistic development of the Nation. Railways, roadways, airways along rail, road linkages, connectivity infrastructure, and 99 city Smart Cities Plan excites us. Also, the Rs.50 lakh crore investment plan for improvement and proper completion of the ongoing and upcoming infrastructure projects is a welcome step, we are hopeful that the budget supports rapid development of the economy. The thrust on the manufacturing sector will go a long way in boosting the growth as well as the employment creation by the sector. Further, incorporation of renewable energy as a critical element of the growth agenda is a great move. It will encourage corporates to stay invested in the industry. Further, the focus on technology driven development is also good. However, one area that needs intervention is up-skilling of the talent. Technologies are fast changing and hence ear marking more funds as well as increasing the incentives given to employees who take up up-skilling programmes will encourage talent to continue to learn and thereby stay relevant. To encourage consumption of greener fuels, the Road and infrastructure Cess has been exempted on ethanol blended petrol and diesel blended with biodiesel. 50% duty exemption is provided to petrol and diesel manufactured and cleared from specified refineries in the North-East Region to give some incentives to oil manufacturers in these remote locations. This budget has done a commendable job in living up to the aspirations of the Indian manufacturers. Hopefully, this will encourage the shift in focus of entrepreneurs from service based start-ups and lead to more manufacturing ventures in the days to come.
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Renishaw XM-600 system enables faster and easier CMM error mapping XM-600 communicates easily with Renishaw UCC software during the calibration routine to quickly build a complete error map of the CMM. This functionality is supported from within UCCsuite V5.4.1 and onwards, enabling the complete error map of a CMM within half a day.
Renishaw’s newly launched XM-600 laser measurement system offers enhanced capability to connect directly with Renishaw’s range of UCC CMM controllers. Using technology developed for the XM-60 multi-axis calibrator, this enables faster and easier error mapping, measuring all six degrees of freedom from a single set-up, in any orientation for linear axes.
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SKF launches high load extreme pressure bearing grease – LNEP 2IN SKF India announced the launch of its new and indigenous grease LNEP2IN . This grease is specially formulated to increase the service life of bearings operating in demanding environments and will carry forward the SKF commitment for global quality and reliability across all geographies. LNEP 2IN is a “high-loadextreme-pressure-bearing” grease which provides good mechanical stability with superior water resistance and corrosion protection. The LNEP 2IN is a mineral-oil based lithium soap thickened grease with
anti-wear additives that give it a high weld load rating. This makes it suitable for medium and large size bearings running at low to normal speeds. The mechanical stability of LNEP 2IN ensures that the grease is not ejected or does not lose its consistency during machine vibrations. The corrosion inhibiting properties of this grease provide
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Grundfos India launches Skid Mounted Systems Grundfos India, a leader in advanced pump solutions and a trendsetter in pump technology launched its ‘Pre-fabricated HVAC Pumping System’ in India for the first time at the ACREX India 2019. These prefabricated solutions aim to minimize on-site requirements for installation and commissioning shortens project timelines. In addition to the above,
Grundfos will also display its range of iSolution products which pioneers a new era of intelligent solutions by utilizing intelligent pumps, cloud connectivity and other digital services. These solutions help monitor the pumps real-time, control them remotely, predict faults and optimize the systems to achieve maximum efficiency. Speaking at ACREX
India 2019, Ajit Singh, Vice President- Sales (West), Grundfos India said “Grundfos iSolution is an embodiment of Grundfos’ innovative spirit and is leading the way on our Digitalization Initiatives in the market. From Intelligent Vertical Inline Pumps to Efficient End Suction Pumps, from Small intelligent circulators to Big Skid Mounted Systems and
from Remote Monitoring & Wireless Transmission to System Optimization, Grundfos has Advanced Pumping Solutions for every customer needs in the HVAC market today.”
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ACREX India 2019: A huge success ACREX India 2019, the 20th edition of South Asia’s largest show for HVAC&R industry kicked off with a grand inauguration ceremony on 28th February 2019 at the Bombay Exhibition Centre in Mumbai. The three day exhibition has emerged as an unparalleled benchmark for HVAC&R industry by facilitating endless opportunities for companies to showcase their products and expand their business. Over 500 companies from 25 different countries participated in the 20th edition of ACREX India and the exhibition expecting the footfall of more than 50,000. The exhibition was inaugurated in the presence of key dignitaries such as Mr. C. Subramaniam, ISHRAE National President, Mr. Vishal Kapur, NSC – Chair, Mr. Krishnan, ACREX 2019 Chairman, Mr. Kapil Purandare, ACREX 2019 Convenor, Ms. Sheila J. Hayter, ASHRAE President, ENGINEERING REVIEW | MARCH 2019
Ms. Sonia Prashar, MD, NuernbergMesse India, Ms. Sangita Jhangiani, ISHRAE Mumbai Chapter President, Mr. Nandkumar Mahajan, ISHRAE Thane Chapter President, Mr. Alex Wang,Global Sales Director, Sanhua India Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Kanwaljeet Jawa Managing Director & CEO, Daikin Air Conditioning India Private Limited (DAIPL), Mr. Ravichandran, President, Danfoss Industries Pvt. Ltd, Mr. Anil George, Dy. Managing Director, Voltas Limited, Mr. Eric Braganza, President, Haier Appliance India Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Gurmeet
Singh, Managing Director, Johnson Controls - Hitachi Airconditioning With a focus on themes like Building Automation (BMS) and Indoor Air Quality (IAQ), ACREX India 2019 believes in contributing towards the rapid growth of Indian HVAC Industry. Driven by evolving needs and lifestyle of the Indian consumers, India HVAC&R market is expected to surpass USD 7.0 Billion in 2019. While the international market in HVAC&R has been growing at approximately 7%, the market demand in India
has always been higher than the global demands by almost 30-40% and that’s what makes India a great destination for various manufacturers to spread their base in India. HVAC&R Industry has established its significance as it is widely utilized in the major economy driving industries whether it is IT, agriculture, retail or real estate sector. By leveraging commercial HVAC services, developers can see major operational improvements as it contributes towards profitability, energy savings and consumer satisfaction. www.engmag.in
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Grauer and Weil displays impressive products at Aero India 2019 Grauer and Weil (India) Ltd displayed a host of stellar products in different categories for aerospace and defence applications at Aero India 2019 held in Bengaluru between 20th to 24th February. These included conversion coatings on aluminium alloys, cadmium, chromium, nickel, zinc alloy plating, electroless nickel plating, epoxy primers, polyurethane topcoats and enamels for aircraft and missile bodies; marine paints for ships and offshore structures; metal working, rust preventive lubricants/ coolants etc. With the use of latest and state of the art technologies, the products are designed to give high performance and provide cost effective solutions. Grauer and Weil (India) Ltd has been fabricating electroplating plants for
Aerospace chemical processors, and has been a supplier of chemicals, paints and primers to manufacturing programs of HAL, DRDO, BRAHMOS, MIGs, SUKHOI etc for several years. The company has some specially developed chemicals for electroplating under the brand GROWSPACE approved by OEMs such as Boeing, Rolls Royce, etc & others that meet the MIL / GOST specific requirements. In 2016, Grauer and Weil
(India) Limited received the coveted AS9100 Aerospace Certification which satisfy to become the first chemical and paint company to have the globally recognised prestigious accreditation. The certification now puts Grauer and Weil (India) Limited in the elite group of companies adhering to international quality standards that offer services to marquee aerospace companies. Aero India 2019 provided a significant platform in bolstering business oppor-
tunities in the international aviation sector. The event held a lot of importance at a time when the defence industry in India has received a major fillip, thanks to the rapidly growing economy and opening up of defence production to private sector. India has now become a hub for defence businesses in Asia. Speaking about the expo, Dr. Vijaykumar Ijeri, Senior General Manager-Quality Assurance, Grauer & Weil (India) Ltd said, “Aero India is an impressive platform where various stakeholders from the aviation industry meet and exchange knowledge and create networking opportunities. We are happy with the response our stall received as we could meet potential customers and suppliers; as well as other experts from the industry.”
Bangaloreans Get Through Traffic Faster Using Zero Fuel ! Will be a red-letter day for Bangaloreans who struggle
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ble and environmentally-friendly manner. It is no secret that first mile and last mile connectivity continues to be a problem and that the number of personal vehicles on the roads are increasing every day, leading to clogged roads and rising air pollution. But what if there was a way to cover short distances using an entirely green mode of transportation?
Now there is. Ajay Seth, MD – BMRCL quotes “PBS provides sustainable mode of meeting first and last mile mobility needs of commuters complementing metro public transport system, and can be a game changer in reclaiming road infrastructure as public good.” The game-changing, micro-mobility solution that Bangaloreans have been www.engmag.in
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waiting for is finally here, and ready to launch, on Wednesday, 27th February. Sounds like a miracle? Well, it is. Yulu, is introducing Yulu Miracle - a Electric Scooter, purpose-built for Shared and Sustainable Mobility for Urban India. A dock-less, Lithium battery-powered low speed, silent and light two wheeler that will help commuters ride through traffic congestion with zero pollution and at low cost. Yulu Miracle is an entirely new form of transportation launched by Yulu, a company with a vision to transform the landscape of Urban Mobility in India, by providing a scalable, affordable, clean-energy
solution for our cities which have limited mobility options. Yulu has been providing smart bicycles on sharing basis to their customers in many cities, with a focus on high-density areas - outside Metro stations, Sub-urban Railway stations, large tech office campuses, apartment complexes, shopping malls, bus stops, colleges and more. Now, Yulu Miracle joins Yulu’s IoT-powered fleet. Like their other vehicles, Yulu Miracle too provides keyless use, customers can unlock this vehicle just by scanning a QR code. What’s more, their entirely shared network of vehicles are connected by IoT, that
allows customers to pick and return these vehicles using a user-friendly mobile app and pay for their rides through digital wallets. Amit Gupta, Co-Founder and CEO of Yulu says, “Yulu Miracle replaces big, fuel-guzzling, personal vehicles. It has been purpose built for India with a smaller footprint and runs on Lithium Ion batteries. No more fossil fuel guzzlers! Everytime you rent a Yulu Miracle to cover a short distance, you are reducing our dependence on fossil fuels. Introducing Yulu Miracle as a mode for personal transport furthers our ambitious mission to solve the
massive problem of traffic congestion while reducing pollution and positively influencing the health of the planet. We take pride in making a real difference to the lives of the everyday Indians and are working towards a cleaner, greener India for future generations.” The next time you have to run errands, head to the gym, or need a ride to the metro, ditch your car or bike in favour of the Yulu Miracle. Choose a more efficient, affordable* and green option ane ensure that future generations will have a healthy environment to live in.
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Ziehl-Abegg posts 8.1 percent organic growth in global sales The motor and fan manufacturer Ziehl-Abegg has reported another year of higher than average growth: the company increased sales by 8.1 percent to EUR 584 million (provisional figures); compared with EUR 540 million in the previous year. The sales figures are being driven mainly by the strong growth of the fan business in the ventilation technology sector. The company, based in Southern Germany has once again succeeded in growing sales organically, without any acquisitions. The commencement of in-house composite material production in the Hohenlohe Business Park (Germany) represents a milestone in the company’s history. Highly sophisticated tools enable it to achieve complex geometries in synthetic material fans. “This enables us to improve the way we transfer knowledge from ENGINEERING REVIEW | MARCH 2019
the natural world to our products,” says CEO Peter Fenkl, explaining the company’s bionic approach. According to Fenkl, “bionics help us to further improve our products’ carbon footprint”. One of the benefits for customers is that Ziehl-Abegg offers three technologies in-house – steel, aluminum and composite material. “This sets us apart from our competitors“. “We are seeing two effects: in emerging countries, the impetus is coming from new building construction, whereas in countries like Germany, sales are shifting to the retrofitting and improvement of existing plants in old buildings” says Fenkl. This applies to both ventilation and drive technology. In drive technology, the sales driver is the ZAtop elevator drive. “Customers appreciate the reliability of the products as well
as our quick and straightforward service” emphasises Fenkl. The signs for sales of the electric in-wheel hub drive for city buses, ZAwheel, are positive. However, in the past year, the pace of growth fell short of expectations. “Nevertheless, the market is responding so well to the new generation, with two power levels and an integrated control module, that we have revised our forecasts for 2019 upwards.” One prime example of this are double-decker buses which are used for city tours in Paris, London, Amsterdam and Berlin. For more information Web: www.ziehl-abegg.com www.engmag.in
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Australia manufactures secondary mine ventilation Minetek’s patented secondary mine ventilation system based on a high output Axial Fan system uses a patented Mine Air Control (MAC) system to maximise return from its Performance on Demand (POD) units which automatically sense how much air is needed in any one heading at any time.Each solution is engineered and manufactured in Australia specific for the end user. According to Minetek’s Engineering Manager, Mr Remy Bourcier, the company’s High Output Axial Fan has been designed and manufactured in Australia completely with the underground mining industry in mind and the MAC control
system brings the mine’s fan system together with complete automation. Said Mr Bourcier, “Our patented system works on high pressure, steel fabricated impeller technology allowing operation at temperatures and conditions previously thought impractical for an axial fan – and we achieve this in seriously harsh environments.” “It’s in the area of energy costs where the real savings are found, and this is very
tangible too. Various studies point out that between 42%49% of a mine’s energy costs are consumed by mine ventilation, with the figure of about 27% attributed to the cost of secondary ventilation alone. Key to its high cost efficiency is the POD system – an electronic controller on the fan which allows the fan to be regulated from very low flow requirements right through to more than double the duty point of a tradition-
al vane axial fan. With the use of the MAC System RFID trackers, it constantly remains aware what items of underground mining equipment are moving into the heading, so the POD controller will automatically adjust the air volumetric flow required to provide sufficient air volume to disperse the gases and ventilate the area. Minetek Sales Manager, Mr Richard McAlpin, says the big benefit to the global mining sector is that they are no longer hamstrung by not being able to control the volume of air within the headings, and that mine owners are able to save substantial money through this control.
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a spin-off of ACHEMA to cater to the needs of China’s then developing industry, AchemAsia has since grown into a platform where the latest technologies and innovations are discussed and traded that are relevant to the process industry worldwide. Attracting about 295 exhibitors from China & abroad and 12000 visitors from 17 countries, ACHEMA’s “little sister” has now matured and developed its own profile based on the “hot topics” in the Chinese and Asian
market: • Process Technology • Pharma Technology • Industrial Water Management • Plant and Process Safety • Digitalization “We are putting the growth and core sectors of China’s process industry in the centre of the event’s focus, with sustainability as overriding anchor theme”, says Thomas Scheuring, CEO of DECHEMA Exhibitions. The move from Beijing to Shanghai also follows the lead of the industry. The exhibition will be accom-
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British Safety Council conference shares best practices
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standards of health, safety and wellbeing at work. Over 120 senior health and safety practitioners attended from some of India’s leading companies, including Adani Power, Asian Paints, DLF, Reliance Life Sciences, Tata and Thermax. Opening the conference, Mike Robinson, chief executive of the British Safety Council, explained that future developments in
technology and the global labour market could have both positive and negative impacts on the health, safety and wellbeing of workers. For example, Mike said that the growth in remote working - via technology such as smartphones and home computers - could provide workers with more control over their lives, which in turn could have a positive impact on their mental wellbeing. However, he warned that remote working created an ‘always on’ culture, “where people feel they cannot get away from the workplace”, with a resulting negative impact on their mental health. Lawrence Waterman OBE, chairman of the British Safety Council, suggested ways of ensuring effective health and safety leadership by managers
and supervisors and creating a positive health, safety and wellbeing culture. Lawrence said his experience as head of health and safety on the London 2012 Olympics construction project had taught him that praising, rewarding and sharing good health and safety behaviour by workers was much more effective in encouraging everyone to work safely than giving negative feedback or focusing on problems such as accidents. “People were still talking about this a year later,” explained Lawrence. “If we had just done a safety inspection and found three non-compliances and told people off, they would have stopped talking about it by the next day. They wouldn’t have been remembering it a year later.” For more information www.britsafe.in www.engmag.in
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HRS India at Chemtech 2019 demonstrates heat transfer technology
HRS Process Systems Ltd., (HRS PSL) recently displayed their range of heat exchangers and systems at Chemtech 2019, organized by Jasubhai Media, at Mumbai from 20th – 23rd February 2019. The exhibition primarily gives an opportunity to connect with process industry and technology experts, to share latest information and developments by the company. HRS is synonymous with offering innovative heat transfer technology to processing sectors. Our heat exchangers are successfully running at various chemical, agrochem, fertilizers,
pharma, specialty chemicals and other process plants. At Chemtech, HRS showcased their flagship ECOFLUX* corrugated tube heat exchangers (CTHE), HRS FUNKE Plate Heat Exchangers (PHE) and range of Heat Exchanger based Systems. HRS is the pioneer in corrugated technology, backed up with extensive research. ECOFLUX* CTHE is one of the most widely accepted heat exchangers in the market today. Some of the key process concerns of customers of chemical, agrochem, fertilizers, oil & gas, petrochemicals, specialty chem-
icals, paint, dyes, textiles, resin, polymers, etc. have been addressed in our stall by our technical team at the exhibition. Many of our esteemed customers like Atul Ltd., Pidilite Industries, Piramal Enterprises, Multiorganics, Aarti Industries, VVF India, Gujarat Organics, Aurobindo, Hetero Drugs, Matrix Life Sciences, Everest Blowers, UPL, Meghmani LLP, Bayer, etc., visited the event. These delegates from prestigious companies were informed of the advantages of our range of products. Customized design, application engineering and consistent heat
exchanger performance is why customers continue to prefer HRS. Our expertise to understand the customer requirement and supply heat exchangers in a range of regular and exotic material of construction such as SS, Hastelloy, Inconel, Monel, Titanium, Tantalum, Duplex, Super Duplex, etc. give HRS the advantage as a competitive heat exchanger supplier to the industry.
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DistribuELEC 2019 showcases breakthrough technologies Indian Electrical and Electronics Manufacturers’ Association (IEEMA) organised its third edition of distribuELEC 2019 from 4 to 6 February 2019. The ENGINEERING REVIEW | MARCH 2019
exhibition brings utility, consumer, electrical operational technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT) on the same platform. Simultaneously with
DistribuELEC IEEMA is organising its first edition of buildELEC and a technical conference Intelect 2019. DistribuElec 2019 was inaugurated by Shri.
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Govt. of Maharashtra, Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, Chairman and Managing Director, MSEDSL among others. Growth in load and distributed generation brings new challenges for distribution network. To overcome the challenges Utilities are also deploying state of the art technologies to improve quality and reliability of supply and also reduce losses. These challenges can be overcome only with the amalgamation of electrical equipment and digital network technology. It is in this backdrop that DistribuELEC 2019 is planned as a uniquely designed concept to bring Utility, Consumer, Electrical Op-
erational Technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT) on same platform to empower all stakeholders. Commenting on the same, Mr. Harish Agarwal President IEEMA, said, “Renewables are outpacing fossil fuel based plants so far addition in generating capacity is concerned. There is increasing need
for a digitised, automated and controllable power system for optimising power flows and reduce losses. Legacy systems need to adapt as distributed generation, energy storage and information infrastructure are becoming vital components of power system. EV will open a whole new area of opportunities and a new
set of challenges. Breakthrough technologies and innovative business models can bring to real world what would probably be the domain of sci-fi.” “DistribuELEC 2019 and BuildELEC2019 will provide the energy and construction industry an unrivalled environment to meet suppliers, all in one place. Participants will have the chance to meet with exhibitors and explore new developments. In addition, leading industry experts will share their knowledge experience in energy sector during 2 days interactive conference.” added Mr. Sunil Singhvi, Chairman, distribuELEC 2019.
Endress+Hauser India appoints a CEO Engineering major, Endress+Hauser Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Kailash Desai as the CEO of Endress+Hauser’s India business effective from 1st March 2019. In this new role, Kailash will be responsible for the entire end to end business strategy and all co-dependent strategies and operations, business planning and thereon exception in harmony with the global strategy, vision, and philosophy of the Endress+Hauser group. Prior to moving to the new role, he worked in the capacity of the COO for a period of 16 months. Armed with a BE degree in Instrumentation and ENGINEERING REVIEW | MARCH 2019
a Masters in marketing management, Kailash embarks on the leadership position with an experience of around 3 decades in the Process Automation Industry. He had joined Endress in the year 2003 and has a rich experience in the areas of sales, marketing, projects, strategic
planning, manufacturing and integration, human resource, process automation, and engineering. Kailash Desai, CEO, Endress+Hauser quips,“I am extremely delighted to be taking on the new role as a CEO. India has launched many interesting projects one of them being Smart City initiative and our concentration is to work closely with the government and our customers across India for consistently enhancing their experience in process automation and build a caring and responsible society. We are known globally for driving new edge modern mechanization and innovation with a
focus on quality and I am expecting to expand upon Endress+Hauser’s success in India.”. Vivian Alfred, VP, Human Resource, commented, “I would like to congratulate Kailash on his new role and am very confident that Endress+Hauser India will become a stronger organization under his leadership and will help us in creating a brighter future for our employees. He has been working with the company for almost 2 decades and has set a benchmark of being true to his profession and instilled trust within the people of the organization over these years”. www.engmag.in
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FARO® introduces FARO RevEng™ for Design Professionals FARO has announced the immediate availability of FARO RevEng™. This advanced software platform provides FARO Design ScanArm and FARO 8-Axis FaroArm® system users with a powerful tool that enables a comprehensive digital design experience. RevEng™ addresses a variety of reverse engineering and design challenges across a range of industries including Automotive Aftermarket, Research & Development, Heritage Preservation, Industrial Machinery, Engineering Services and Computer Graphics.
RevEng™ tools and functionality are tightly integrated to assure a seamless handoff of project information, which dramatically streamlines end-to-end workflows.For design professionals who need to capture high quality color point cloud scans to generate high quality mesh models, RevEng™ displays a clear, true to life color representation of the source items. As a result, users have absolute confidence that exceptionally high-quality information can be edited in RevEng™ or exported to 3rd party software for editing and
final model generation. For users who need to refine mesh models and extract sketch geometry for 3D design activities or 3D printing, RevEng™ delivers a full set of tools to edit and optimize the mesh model. This enables production of the most accurate and efficient digital representation of the scanned object possible. Final output can be a watertight mesh model, mesh shell optimized for 3D printing, or a collection of 2D and 3D curves to feed into the CAD modeling stage of the design workflow. Additionally, Re-
vEng™ includes advanced algorithms that significantly reduce processing time. “As a solutions-driven enterprise, FARO is focused on our customers’ optimizing their investment,” stated Thorsten Brecht, Senior Director, 3D Design. “FARO RevEng™ is modeled with this as the core development sensibility. We appreciate that time to market and design flexibility are critical to the success of any design project.”
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HP introduces Latex R Series technology for commercial printing in India HP Inc. at Media Expo launched the HP Latex R Series, the first hybrid latex technology that merges HP’s flexible printing capabilities into rigid printing. The HP Latex R Series also pioneers white ink capabilities with the introduction of HP Latex White Ink. The HP Latex R series brings high speed and quality to a wide range of rigid materials, such as foamboards, foam PVC, cardboard, fluted polypropylene, solid plastics, aluminum, wood and glass among others. Unlike UV printing technology, which creates a thick layer of ink that completely covers the ENGINEERING REVIEW | MARCH 2019
material, HP’s water-based Latex Inks preserve the look and feel while delivering odorless prints that are both safe for the environment and the customer. The water-based ink introduced also opens up a new line of creative ideas and design and gives the opportunity of mixing vibrant colors without damaging the look and feel of the material. The innovations introduced by HP in the Latex R series help in delivering a glossier and smoother image apart from decreasing the turnout time. The variety of creative options tagged with these innovations will help the customers in delivering
over the edge results to the consumers. “With the new HP Latex Rigid Technology, our customers can expand their offering into new, highvalue applications while also opening fresh creative ideas and concepts for sign and display that provide their users greater value. Also, White ink has been a consistent problem for the industry. Traditionally it uses bigger and heavier pigment particles that frequently clog printheads, or the opaque mixture becomes separated and settles to the bottom of the ink reservoir. Until now, physically shaking the reservoirs often has been the
Mr. Vitesh Sharma, Country Manager, Large Format Production Business, HP Inc at Media Expo 2019 ( Mumbai) necessary solution, through HP’s investment in innovation around chemistry and engineering, the white ink solution with the HP Latex R Series is an industry breakthrough.” Said Mr. Vitesh Sharma, Country Manager, Large Format Production Business, HP Inc. www.hp.com/in www.engmag.in
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Expertise and solutions for e-mobility Thanks to its know-how and a comprehensive portfolio, the HARTING Technology Group is an expert partner to all national automotive manufacturers and is well-positioned to help the transportation transition achieve a technological and infrastructure breakthrough. At the 89th Geneva International Motor Show (March 7-17, 2019), the family-owned company will now be presenting its innovative fast-charging technology on the Rinspeed “microSnap” vehicle. As a pioneer for reliable, clean and environmentally friendly e-mobility, subsidiary HARTING Automotive offers tailor-made solutions and components for all relevant markets and develops and produces charging equipment for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. In addition to the number of electrical charging points and a nationwide charging infrastructure, the acceptance and success of electric vehicles will crucially depend on easy to handle, cost-saving and time-sav-
HARTING is a partner in the area of e-mobility. Marco Grinblats (right), Managing Director HARTING Automotive, is pleased with the positive trend. ing charging technology. The technology group can point on decades of experience in connection and transmission technology for data, signals and power, and early recognised the increasing environmental awareness within society with respect to vehicle traffic and the resulting demands and opportunities. “Air pollution control requirements will only be met with e-mobility, especially in cities. Consequently, we’ve focused on this in our R&D and production and are also involved in
all aspects of standardisation,” emphasises Marco Grinblats, Managing Director of subsidiary HARTING Automotive. HARTING manufactures power cables for e-mobility and actuators for automotive applications at its Romanian sites in Sibiu and Agnita. Due to the strong increase in demand, the production capacity at both plants was increased significantly last year. The technology group has been a direct supplier to VW for a specific e-mobility solution since the end of 2016. Various charg-
ing equipment is produced for several models of the VW Group, e. g. the Porsche Panamera 4-Hybrid. HARTING Automotive is also a Tier 1 supplier to the BMW Group. Development work continues. HARTING is working very intensively on High Power Current solutions. “This technology will shape e-mobility in the medium term,” Managing Director Grinblats is convinced.
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Hypertherm introduces new consumable kits for XPR cutting systems Hypertherm is shipping consumable kits for its XPR X-Definition™ Plasma systems. These new consumable starter kits are available with or without a torch for mild steel and non-ferrous cutting applications. The kits include a variety of consumables to allow for cutting at different ENGINEERING REVIEW | MARCH 2019
amperages, using all of the gas process types supported by the XPR170™ and XPR300™ systems. The consumables contain several patent pending technologies to improve consumable life and cut quality. Examples www.engmag.in
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include Cool nozzle™ and Arc response technology™, the latter of which protects consumables from the negative impact of ramp down errors, a regular occurrence in real-life cutting. By reducing the impact of ramp down errors, XPR consumables can last up to three times longer than those on older generation systems. In addition, XPR con-
sumables are designed with ease of use in mind. An EasyConnect™ feature allows operators to quickly plug the torch lead into the torch connect console without the use of tools, while a patent pending QuickLock™ electrode delivers easy quarter turn tightening to further reduce setup time. Another new design feature is a
quick change torch that enables an operator to rapidly change torches with just one hand. “Whether you are cutting mild steel, stainless steel, or aluminum, these new starter kits will make it easy for XPR customers to get all of the consumables they need in one convenient kit,” said Martin Geheran, product manager
for plasma torches and consumables. “We think customers will also enjoy the convenience of the kits that come with a torch as it will give them the option of having a second torch, or even multiple torches, pre-loaded with consumables for even faster changeouts.” For more information www.hypertherm.com
Kaman announces Appointment of Lea Ann Smith as Technical Sales Specialist The Measuring Division of Kaman Precision Products, Inc., the world leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance position measurement systems, announces the appointment of Lea Ann Smith as Technical Sales Specialist. She will be based in the Colorado Springs, Colorado facility. Mrs. Smith will focus on customer application engineering and integration. She will also help customers with product conceptualization and design, as well as configuration. In
addition, she will create concepts for new product sub-assemblies or add-on modules to meet customer-specific requirements, and develop designs to incorporate existing products
and technology. With more than16 years of experience in the industry, Mrs. Smith has organized, led, and managed teams focused on new product introduction. She has a special facility for ensuring on-time delivery and has also assisted teams to drive process improvements focused on customer needs. Earlier in her career, Mrs. Smith worked for Kaman as an extreme environment technician, which gives her an edge in understanding the challenging environments in
which Kaman’s products will be deployed. “We are very excited to welcome Lea Ann to the team. She will play a vital role moving our new product design and development forward along with help streamlining processes and enhancing the portfolio.” said Scott Welsby, Kaman Director of Engineering. “She knows our products and how our customers can utilize them in their business solutions.” For more information www.kamansensors.com
LANXESS shows its expanded range of membranes for reverse osmosis Specialty chemicals company LANXESS showcased its new Lewabrane HP membrane elements for the first time in India at Water Today’s Water Expo in Chennai from 21- 23 February, 2019. With this new addition in its portfolio, LANXESS ENGINEERING REVIEW | MARCH 2019
is expanding its range of membrane elements for reverse osmosis (RO). The new Lewabrane HP (high performance) series comprises elements that consist of an enhanced brackish water membrane to serve applications in which high rejection and
energy efficiency are important. Using the new types in combination with monodisperse Lewatit ion exchange resins provides high quality produced water at lower operational cost. With an average salt rejection of 99.7 percent
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process provides a small effective “pore size” that results in high rejection of solutes, regardless their charge. “By optimization of the process, the flux could be improved without compromising permeate quality. Therefore, high rejection, even at changing feed parameters like pH or salinity, can be achieved at high flux rate,” explains Dr. Jens Lipnizki, Head of Technical Marketing Membranes in the Liquid Purification Technologies business unit. Reverse osmosis is used for desalination and purification of water and
has been growing rapidly in industrial, municipal and waste water reuse applications, where parameters can change quickly. The Lewabrane HP types ensure high rejection of critical ions even at changing temperature and
pH levels. Depending on the application, different species are rated as critical. For boiler feed water silica is critical, while wastewater applications focus on nitrate or organics. “In a number of
industries high salt rejection combined with high energy efficiency is useful. Especially if the RO process is designed in combination with another separation process like ion exchange. The benefit is based on the lower applied pressure and on the higher rejection, which lead to longer cycle times of the ion exchange units,” says Prakash Shanmugam, Head – Business Unit Liquid Purification Technologies, LANXESS India.
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Toshiba announces UEM India Private Limited name change to Toshiba Water Solutions Private Limited Toshiba – a global leader in manufacturing electrical system for water supply and sewerage facilities for over 40 years announced the name change of its 100% Indian subsidiary – UEM India Private Limited (UEM) to Toshiba Water Solutions Private Limited. Toshiba acquired 100 percent stake in UEM in March 2018. Current shareholding in UEM is shared between Toshiba Corporation (56.11%) and Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation (43.89 %). The new name is effective from February 12, 2019 and will be implemented across the company’s product and services. “UEM is already an international company having executed over 400 projects in over 30 countries. With offices in five countries, UEM provides complete, single-source services from design and engineering, to construction and installation of bespoke water, wastewater and munic-
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ipal water and wastewater treatment facilities across the world. Now with the formal adoption of Toshiba name, the company will have access to wider customer base in India and overseas, while reiterating the Japanese quality and commitment that Toshiba name carries. Building on from our global experience, we
Mr. Koichi Matsui, Chairman and Managing Director, Toshiba Water Solutions Private Limited design advanced technologies and solutions to ensure their long-term sustainability for water management projects across the world”, said Koichi Matsui, Chairman and Managing Director, Toshiba Water Solutions Private Limited. Toshiba Water Solutions Private Limited will continue to have its corporate office in Gurugram, India
and specialize in providing turn-key services in water and wastewater management, staying committed to the mission of Clean India – FOR THE NEXT INDIA. Toshiba Water Solutions will provide complete, one-stop solution from design and engineering to construction, installation, operation and maintenance of water and wastewater treatment facilities. Toshiba Water Solutions will offer multiple modern technologies like ZLD (Zero liquid Discharge) using HEROTM (High Efficiency Reverse Osmosis), Anaerobic Biological Treatment (ABT), Activated Sludge Process (ASP), Sequential Batch Reactor (SBR), Membrane Bio Reactor (MBR), etc.
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INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY Evolution Q. Can you please brief us about international alliances & Airpipe System global infrastructure? AIRpipe offers wide range of solution pertaining the compressed air/vacuum/ gases transmission system to it’s customers across the globe through various subsidiaries spreading all around the world such as US, France, Vietnam, UK, Taiwan and many more opening shortly. The centralized manufacturing facility is located at Ningbo, China & is supported by more than 300-strong human resources. More than 31,000m2 layout, 100% ownership of manufacturing plants for fittings/pipes/ accessories, dedicated R&D center, head office, logistics center.
Q. What are the latest initiatives Airpipe System has undertaken in compressed air systems space? Which are your focus areas? The world is looking for energy efficient yet reliable & robust compressed air piping system than ever before. We in AIRpipe are continuously carrying out desired modifications of both in products & service segment after consolidating the feedback which we received from our customers / channel partners etc. For example one of the
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significant modifications of our connection system is replacing partially the nitrile seal by FKM seal which provides customers more room for high temperature applications. By principle our focus remains to make our system energy efficient yet cost effective, easy to handle without compromising it’s modularity. We already got success in private sector market and now we have dedicated team to look for Government projects so that we can have entry in this market.
Q. What are the market opportunities for Airpipe System products in India? How do you plan to position these products? Keeping in mind the size of the ever growing Indian market & government initiatives to make India a manufacturing hub for the world it’s almost impossible to access the complete scope of AIRpipe products. Such an business opportunity is waiting in India, the world fastest growing economy in terms of GDP! By 2021 we have plan to put full fledge plant in India to come under “MAKE IN INDIA” program…. We are thriving to place our products within a bandwidth such a way that any industry who is looking for higher
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Mr. Santosh Kumar Managing Director Instamod Airpipe Pvt. Ltd.
productivity, adopting minimum carbon emission and uninterrupted flow of production.
Q. Please highlight more about Airpipe System’s top line product range? Is there any new launch or in pipeline stage? Our main range AIRpipe products are compressed piping system for compressed air, vacuum, inert gases which covers the flow range from 20 cfm to 10,000 cfm. In recent time our product has upgraded to make it suitable for 10 mili bar vacuum & maximum working pressure 16 Bar. SS AQUApipe piping system suitable for food & beverage segment is another development (with certification from various global competent authority) which is scheduled to launch shortly.
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Q. According to you what is the future of the compressed air systems industry? As the world , mainly both developing & developed countries, is looking for more energy saving there isn’t even glimpse in sight as an alternative of compressed air piping system. So far no resource is found free as air! So we see huge opportunity to explore in years to come as per relevance of compressed air system is concerned.
Q. What is your vision for forthcoming years? To reach out all spectrum industries through constant modification of products & service to suit the expectation of customers and make AIRpipe no. 1 global piping system for compressed air, oil, water, vacuum, inert gases etc.
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Our emphasis is on Quality, rather than cost: Ashok Gupta Crane-Bel International was founded in 1980 at Ghaziabad by Er. Ashok Kumar Gupta, a Graduate Mechanical Engineer, having more than half a century of practical experience in the fields of design, development, manufacture, maintenance and rejuvenation of hydraulic machines, systems, equipment. Mr. Gupta’s unique and unrivaled experience helped Crane-Bel Ashok Km Gupta, Chairman Crane-Bel International Pvt. Ltd.
earn its spurs and name nationally and internationally as a reliable, customer-oriented company. In this interview, P.K. Balasubbramaniian delves deep and discovers the quality obsession and operating philosophy of the company which is pro-active to the needs of the customer. Excerpts:
Q. Your Company is known for its quality products. How do you churn out ‘Zero Defect Products’? We have a comprehensive Quality policy. Following are the steps we follow to ensure zero defect in our manufacture: a. We understand the importance of quality and the essence of our quality policy is hidden in the phrase; “The cost is long forgotten but the Quality is remembered for ever”. b. The philosophy of our company is to become a partner and not only the supplier of our customer. Each supply we make to our customer is the beginning of a long-term relationship, which contributes to the growth of each company. c. We are a team of qualified Engineers having specialized experience in Hydraulics, Machine Tools & Automation; including Designing, Development and Manufacturing to offer the best possible quality products. d. We work together with our customers in all fields to make their Plant, Machines and Systems more productive and reliable. e. We do not permit any defect. ENGINEERING REVIEW | MARCH 2019
Whether it is raw material, manufacturing processes or the bought-outs. f. We concentrate our full efforts and expertise in the most important aspects like Design, Manufacture of Critical Components, Assembly, Quality Control and Testing. g. We have the quality certification of ISO 9001 for Design, Manufacture & Supply of Machine Tools, Hydraulic Machines, and Equipment, Automation Systems, Hydraulic Cylinders, Accumulators, Oil Filtration Systems, Power-Packs and Related Parts & Accessories. h. We manufacture our products under stringent tolerances and standards and we work together with our customers. As a result, we have been awarded by the National Award - 2006 of Quality products for the manufacturing of Outstanding Quality Machine Tools”, instituted by Government of India.
Q. How do you give a competitive edge to your products? We use the latest and the best available technology in our products.
Sarvesh D Gupta, Managing Director puts in relentless efforts to take care of all aspects of design, development, manufacturing and automation in order to offer high-tech products of outstanding quality to customers.
Following are some of the major factors which contribute to our success: a. Our company philosophy, of becoming a partner and not remaining only the supplier of our customer, is the main factor of the success of our company. Each supply we make to our customer www.engmag.in
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Crane-Bel promotes the Pro-Active Maintenance concept which increases the life of machines and equipment and Automation for increasing the productivity of the plant and machines of the customers. We have a policy of considering the customer as our business partner and help customer at all the stages for increasing the productivity and maximizing the efficiency through innovation, to allow them grow faster. We use latest technology in the products for the benefit of our customers and we manufacture Machines, Equipment and Systems as per the ones requirements. We strictly follow the honest business practices and our customers are fully satisfied with our after- sales services. We provide the total systems, from concept through design, manufacturing, testing, supply, installation, commissioning and proudly stand behind our product.
Q. Which are other Crane-Bel products that have made a mark in the market? Apart from the Hydraulic Machines, Systems & Equipment, we manufacture a wide range of Automatic & CNC Broaching Machines and Hydraulic Presses. Broaching is our Core Competence perfected over a period of about four
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decades of our strenuous efforts in providing the best solutions to our customers. Over the years, we have embraced a culture of Excellence and we have been able to innovate and develop the following unique products: • High performance Table-Up Broaching machines. • Automatic Broaching Machine with Winged Automation. • CNC Broaching Machine with Servo Drive. • Heavy-Duty Horizontal Broaching Machines • Surface Broaching Machines and • Custom-Built/Special Purpose Broaching Machines
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Q. What are your growth plans? We have an Expansion and Growth Plan with a target to achieve more than double our Turnover during next three years, mainly by the following plans: • Adding new features in our products • Further improving the Quality and productivity of our Machine Tools • Increasing Production in the existing factory • Putting up an additional plant • Appointing marketing agents • Exporting our Products in the Global Market
Q. What is your contribution towards National Self Reliance with Technological Innovation? We understand that Machine Tools Industry is mother industry and is a labour-intensive industry. We believe our industry has quite important and significant contribution to the National Self Reliance by directly providing the employment and further providing the machine tools to the automobile industries, auto-parts industries, Cycle parts industries and general engineering industries, which in turn provide employment to the skilled & ENGINEERING REVIEW | MARCH 2019
unskilled workers and staff at the different levels thereby providing employment alongwith the selfsufficiency to the families of rural and urban masses collectively. To do this with meagre infrastructure is a big Contribution towards National Self Reliance. Since inception of the industry, we are regularly doing R&D and technological innovation as a regular feature of our industry: • In the very first phase of our industry, we innovated & promoted a unique & most simple Broaching as a common, affordable, accurate & highly productive machine tool
which are used in Hand tools, Bicycle parts, Automobile & Auto-parts industries and General Engineering industries. • We have been regularly doing various R & D and innovations for energy conservation, system protection, simplification of the processes and enhancement of productivity. • We have been promoting the ProActive Maintenance concept in Indian Industries for a long time and had been doing R&D for the same. Our Innovated fluid power products and machine tools have been mile stones on the way to www.engmag.in
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promotion of Pro-Active Life Extension Maintenance concept and simultaneously have been increasing the productivity, improving the quality of products & repeatability with eliminating or minimizing the maintenance of Indian Industries. • We also developed a unique Oil management machine Systemguard® for the Contamination Monitoring and control, being an indispensable tool for the Pro-Active maintenance, Conservation of Oil, Environmental Protection and conservation of energy. • Another major Innovation we have done is innovating and successfully developing a unique, CNC Broaching machine which is fully computerized, without any Hydraulic system & Power-pack.
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lakes & streams. Water pollution can damage marine habitats. Just one misplaced gallon of used oil on the amount from a single small auto engine, has the potential to contaminate up-to one million gallons of fresh water. The discarded oil is very dangerous because of the contaminants present in used oil. These contaminants have been linked to bronchitis; adverse effects on human body development; lethal toxicity to plants and animals; and causes cancers of the skin, lungs, liver, bladder, kidney, and gastrointestinal tract. Used oil that is dumped on the ground or is put in storm drains contaminates ground water which is certainly very difficult to clean up. Used oil from earth moving equipment, cars, trucks, motorcycles, tractors and other engines, gear boxes and other industrial plants and machinery; contains traces of heavy metals, arsenic and other chemicals which are very harmful for plants, humans or other animals, when these chemicals are absorbed by plants and passed up the food chain. Because of these problems, it is criminal offense to dispose of used oil by dumping it on the ground or in water. When plants are grown in the oil contaminated soil or irrigated by the water contaminated by discarded oil, they absorb (bioaccumulate) high concentrations of heavy metals. One of the indirect risks of such environmental dangers is the poisoning of the food chain, which ultimately affects human health.
the present Govt. are more inclined towards controlling inflation for achieving a sustained growth in GDP. To what extent the goal has been achieved is debatable, but the Govt. has agenda for big economic reforms since it took over, but it has not been able to get a ten out of ten for all the work done in the past four years. We feel that the political constraints of the Govt. has been an obstacle to the decision making process for big time economic reforms.
Q. What is your definition for success? Success, according to me, is the result of setting a proper goal, being responsible for it, having strong will power, self-confidence & faith, acquiring the necessary knowledge & skill, properly planning for it, and then consistently working hard for achieving the goal.
Q. We understand you have won a number of wards in recognition of your contribution? Yes, we have been honoured by the Govt. of India with the following National Awards: • National Award-2006 for Quality Products - Outstanding Quality Machine Tools • National Award-2007 for Research & Development Efforts • National Award-2008 for Outstanding Entrepreneurship • UdyogPatra Award, and National Integrity Award • Honour by Delhi Technological University as Achiever of 70 years (Celebrating Excellence).
Q. How conducive are the Government policies for the economic growth? In our view the Economic policies of www.engmag.in
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Better POWER for all
With three companies in India producing ACCC® conductors developed by CTC Global, there is clear-cut indication that the superior quality product is now becoming an integral part of the country’s march towards supplying power at high efficiency levels. Huned Contractor interviews Hitesh Mundhada, Vice President (South Asia), CTC Global to know more about the company’s engineering, production and research strategies Mr.Hitesh Mundhada, Vice President (South Asia), CTC Global
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he development of cutting-edge ACCC® conductors by CTC Global incorporates highly evolved aerospace technology and materials science to create a new higher-strength, lighter-weight core that provides additional conductive aluminum without weight or diameter penalty, and can be utilised to reduce thermal sag, increase spans between fewer structures, carry more current, reduce line losses and improve grid reliability. The company began developing ACCC® conductors in 2002 and the patented and trademark registered ACCC® conductors were commercially deployed in 2005. Today, 23 companies globally are producing ACCC® conductors under license with CTC Global, including three in India – Sterlite Power Transmission Limited, Apar Industries ENGINEERING REVIEW | MARCH 2019
Limited and Gupta Power Infrastructure Ltd. Only recently, CTC Global’s ACCC® conductors made Amercian Electric Power (AEP) the winner of the 2016 EEI’s Edison Award, the electric power industry’s one of the most prestigious awards. With the help of Power Engineers, Quanta Energized Services, General Cable and others, AEP completed the largest live line re-conductoring project in the US using ACCC® conductor. Finishing eight months ahead of schedule, AEP successfully doubled the capacity of two 120 miles long 345 kV circuits running from Corpus Christi, Texas to the lower Rio Grande Valley. Excerpts from the interview:
Q. Could you provide an overview of the company’s global operations? CTC Global is based in Southern California where our main campus includes corporate and business offices; research and development centre;
production floors; machining facilities for ancillary hardware production and equipment fabrication; mechanical and chemical labs; QA and QC testing facilities; warehousing and shipping and receiving departments. We also have an ACCC Training Centre for customers, contractors and engineers. Additionally, we have ACCC conductor core production manufacturing facilities in China and Indonesia to serve these markets. The ACCC conductor core and ancillary hardware components we produce are shipped to 25 authorised ACCC conductor manufacturing partners and nine authorised ACCC hardware manufacturing partners, worldwide.
Q.What are the company’s India operations? Does it have a manufacturing facility for ACCC® conductors in India? If so, kindly provide details. Currently, CTC Global’s office in India supports business development, sales, www.engmag.in
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customer service, engineering support and installation support. We currently have authorised three leading conductor players for manufacturing of ACCC® conductors in India who support local projects and also the ones in neighbouring countries such as Bangladesh. We do not currently produce ACCC® core in India.
Q.Could you brief us about the background, development, patenting and commercialization of the ACCC® conductor? The ACCC conductor was developed in response to a growing international desire to improve the efficiency, capacity, reliability and resilience of the electric power grid. In 2003, for instance, the eastern region of United States and Canada experienced a major blackout that was caused by inaccurate telemetry data, computer glitches, poor communications between operators and high-load conditions during a heat wave that caused excessive conductor sag leading to cascading sag-trip outages. The ACCC conductor mitigates thermal sag and can carry twice the current of conventional conductors. CTC Global holds several international patents, including in India, that relate to the ACCC conductor’s carbon fiber composite core, methods of manufacture, hardware and other elements. The path to deployment was very arduous, time-consuming
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and expensive. Fortunately, we established excellent relationships with key utility customers, groups such as EPRI, numerous labs and universities and were able to commercially deploy the ACCC conductor in 2005. Since that time, we have completed over 650 ACCC conductor installations in 50 countries in every imaginable environmental condition.
Q.What are the advantages of ACCC over ACSR? The ACCC conductor incorporates a hybrid carbon and glass fiber core that is not only twice as strong as steel (and much lighter) but also offers a very low coefficient of thermal expansion to mitigate conductor sag. The lighter weight core also enables the incorporation of about 28% more aluminum which not only helps increase capacity but also serves to decrease electrical resistance and associated line losses. Reduced line losses not only reduces operating costs, fuel consumption and associat-
ed emissions, it also frees-up generation capacity otherwise wasted. This fact was independently verified by SCS Global Services, a third-party lab that focuses on environmental issues. With technical losses in India approaching 20%, these aspects offer huge advantages, which is why we have already completed over 75 projects in India in just a few years. The ACCC conductor is easy to install, ideally suited for industrial, agricultural and other corrosive environments, and can handle very long spans due to its greater strength and resistance to vibration and cyclic load fatigue.
Q. How many conductor manufacturing partners do you have in India? Could you highlight some of their achievements using this product? Currently, CTC Global works with Sterlite Power Transmission Limited and Apar Industries Limited, and we recently added Gupta Power Infrastructure Limited to our authorised manufacturing partner list. We have completed projects for Tata Power, Torrent Power, UPPTCL, MSETCL, PGCIL, KPTCL, OPTCL, WBSETCL, Cairn Energy, TS-Transco and others in voltages ranging from 22 to 220 kV. ACCC® conductor has already been selected for more than 100 transmission line projects across 16 states in India. Out of the 75+ completed ACCC conductor projects we have seen long spans, river and mountain crossings, densely populated areas www.engmag.in
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and more, just as you might expect in such a large and diverse country. In 2014, India’s capital city experienced several major power outages. As a result, the strengthening of intrastate transmission and distribution system was given highest priority by the India and Delhi governments. The ambitious plans for system improvement for stable and reliable supply for Delhi included upgradation of 220 kV lines with HTLS conductors. Three 220 kV lines were subsequently upgraded with ACCC conductor and the implementation of the program was monitored at the higher levels of state and central governments.
Q. What is your analysis about the use of ACCC conductors in India in the coming years? Electrification in the country is increasing due to schemes like Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS), etc. Increasing electrification and per capita usage will drive growth in power consumption which in turn will call for more use of conductors like ACCC for enhancing capacities of the existing transmission and distribution corridors and also further help India achieve its climate change goals vis-àvis the Paris agreement. CTC Global believes that the ACCC conductor offers several attributes sorely needed by Indian electric power providers. We have the ability to increase the capacity of existing ROW’s without the need to replace or modify structures and the ability to tackle efficiency problems like no one else. We continue to broaden our product offering to support the improvement of the distribution sector and are seeing more utilisation of ACCC conductor in higher voltages, as well. These include a number of very significant projects globally in the 345, 400 and 500 kV ranges, including DC lines. ENGINEERING REVIEW | MARCH 2019
Q.What are the factors that will trigger growth for CTC Global in India? As per US Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration, India’s energy consumption is expected to grow 4.2% per year for the next two decades, overtaking China as the world’s largest energy growth market before 2030. India is continuing its ‘Power for All’ program to ensure uninterrupted, quality and affordable power. As India continues to upgrade its transmission and distribution network, the ACCC conductor will play a vital role in increasing power transfer capacities of existing corridors (ROW) and also help reduce India’s AT and C losses which are still at staggering 19.80% level according to the Indian government’s UDAY program. The ACCC conductor technology is well-understood, thoroughly tested and proven to deliver high performance at a very competitive cost which would not have been possible without our first-class Indian manufacturing partners. Together, we have delivered on our promises and have gained tremendous respect from the industry as a leader in the high-performance conductor market. And, there is still much work to be done to improve the efficiency, capacity, reliability and resilience of the electric power grid in India.
Q. What are the company’s shortterm and long-term strategies for India? Our short-term goal is to continue to support our customer’s objectives as efficiently and economically as possible. We continue to attract new utility customers and are securing projects
that might have otherwise considered other HTLS conductor alternatives. Our long-term goals will most certainly include the development of an ACCC conductor core manufacturing facility in India, as well.
Q. Does the company carry out research and development projects specifically for the India market? Absolutely. We look forward to sharing more about this in the coming months.
Q. What are the challenges that the company faces in India? As is true worldwide, our utility customers are very conservative by nature. It is not an easy task to secure new customers and expand our product offering without significant effort, testing and deployment history. While we are beginning to see Chinese copies entering the market, we expect to stay busy enforcing our patent rights, not only to respect our investment in developing the technology, but also to protect the market from the ramifications of a failure by something illegally labelled as ACCC that doesn’t match our performance criteria or product specifications, substantially validated by extensive testing and field experience.
Q. Which are the sectors that the company is keen to have a footprint in? We expect to grow our position in the 33kV +/- distribution sector, as well as in the 345 to 1,000 kV (AC and DC) EHV-UHV sectors. In any case, our number one goal is to serve our customers in any way we can, and we truly appreciate all of the support we have been given thus far. www.engmag.in
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Dr. Rajkumar Kasilingam, Director, Indian Rubber Manufacturers Research Association
Using Circular Economy for manufacturing While concepts like Industry 4.0 are already gaining momentum in the field of manufacturing, a new strategy called ‘circular economy’ is now being focused on. In this interview with Huned Contractor, Dr. Rajkumar Kasilingam, Director, Indian Rubber Manufacturers Research Association, elaborates about what it means Q. In a manufacturing scenario, what is the importance of ‘circular economy’? To begin with, it is very important to understand the role of manufacturing with regards to sustainability. This involves two factors: environment and human health. A stable economy is one that uses energy and resources efficiently. And it is here that the significance of circular economy comes to the fore. What is circular economy? It is defined as an alternative to a traditional linear economy (make, use, dispose) in which we keep resources in use for as long as possible, extract the maximum value from them whilst in use, then recover and regenerate products and materials at the end of ENGINEERING REVIEW | MARCH 2019
each service life. In simpler terms, a circular economy seeks to replace today’s linear approach to resources, in which materials are made into products, the products are used and then the materials are thrown away. Therefore, a circular economy aims to continuously keep products, components and materials at their highest utility and value. Circular economy thinking includes strategies such as redefining products and services.
For example: • Offering a product on a service basis or extending its lifespan. • Using renewable energy. • Using renewable, recyclable or biodegradable resources.
• Promoting collaborative consumption. • Creating symbiotic relationships where the waste of an industry becomes the input of the other. Linear ‘take, make, dispose’ industrial processes, and the lifestyles dependent on them, use up finite reserves to create products with a finite lifespan, which end up in landfills or in incinerators. The circular approach, by contrast, takes insights from living systems. It considers that our systems should work like organisms, processing nutrients that can be fed back into the cycle — whether biological or technical — hence the ‘closed loop’ or ‘regenerative’ terms usually assowww.engmag.in
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ciated with it. The generic circular economy label can be applied to or claimed by several different schools of thought, but all of them gravitate around the same basic principles.
Q. How did this concept originate? One prominent thinker on the topic is Walter Stahel, an architect, economist, and a founding father of industrial sustainability. Credited with having coined the expression ‘cradle to cradle’ (in contrast with ‘cradle to grave’, illustrating our ‘resource to waste’ way of functioning), in the late 1970s, Stahel worked on developing a closed loop approach to production processes, co-founding the Product-Life Institute in Geneva. In the UK, Steve Parker researched waste as a resource in the UK agricultural sector in 1982, developing novel closed-loop production systems. These systems mimicked and worked with the biological ecosystems they exploited.
Q. What are the advantages of circular economy? There are several advantages of a circular economy. According to re-
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searchers like Van Buren and others, the advantages of a circular economy approach can be divided into three major categories. The production processes in this setup require significantly less newly produced or mined raw materials. Consequently, these processes become less sensitive to the growing scarcity of many raw materials and suffer less from uncertainty due to the instable and strategic geopolitics of supplying countries, aimed at gaining more influence on consuming countries. This tends to outweigh the increase in uncertainty related to adequately organising the reverse supply chain process. Further, it has the potential to generate innovations and new employment opportunities in the so called eco-industry, based on the development and application of eco-technology, as well as the potential to geographically shift back outsourced activities to national economies, in processes labelled as ‘local mining’, ‘near sourcing’ or ‘reshoring’.
Q. Have there been any positive outcomes?
In the past decade, the eco-industry has more than doubled in size in Europe. The reduction of environmental damage has been due to less extraction of raw materials, less fossil energy use and significantly smaller waste disposal problems. As per a study, the top 10 benefits of a circular economy approach to your organisation are: • Save your business, customers, and suppliers’ money. • Capture more value from your materials and resources. • Develop new markets and gain new customers. • Build loyalty with your customer base. • Satisfy changing customer needs and expectations. • Increase the security and price stability of your supply chain. • Attract, retain, and engage your employees. • Build your brand and reputation as an innovative organisation. • Exceed government regulations and stay ahead of new requirements. • Provide more return and lower risk to your investors.
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Q. Can you illustrate with examples from your field of specialisation, that is, the rubber industry? Let us look at circular economy through an example. Reclaimed rubber can be put to various uses. This includes making products like new tyres, inner tubes, sealing parts, tyre retreading material, rubber hoses, shoe soles, conveyor belts, rubber mats or tiles, etc. Another example is that of leading tyre manufacturer Michelin that has developed the ‘4R’ strategy that respects the environment. These comprise ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Renew’ for an ecologically-viable circular economy that consumes less carbon, energy, and natural resources. In concrete terms, the 4R solution means reducing CO2 consumption with lighter tyres, which last longer and save fuel; reusing by repairing, re-grooving, and retreading tyres to make them last longer; recycling and recovering used tyres; renewing by using renewable raw materials such as natural rubber, biosourced isoprene and butadiene, and natural oils and resins, etc.
Q. What is ‘green chemistry’? This brings us to the subject of
‘green chemistry’. Essentially, it means preventing pollution before it happens rather than cleaning up the mess later. Green chemistry is the utilisation of a set of principles that reduces or eliminates the use or generation of hazardous substances in the design, manufacture and application of chemical products. It is about waste minimisation at source; use of catalysts in place of reagents; using non-toxic reagents; use of renewable resources; improved atom efficiency; use of solvent-free or recyclable environmentally benign solvent systems.
Q. What is the approach of this concept? The approach is to develop chemical processes and earth-friendly products that will prevent pollution in the first place. Through the practice of green chemistry, we can create alternatives to hazardous substances. We can design chemical processes that reduce waste and reduce demand on diminishing resources. The concept of green chemistry was developed in the business and regulatory communities as a natural evolution of pollution prevention initiatives. In our efforts
to improve crop protection, commercial products and medicines, we also caused unintended harm to our planet and humans. By the mid-20th century, some of the long-term negative effects of these advancements could not be ignored. Pollution choked many of the world’s waterways and acid rain deteriorated forest health. There were measurable holes in the earth’s ozone. Some chemicals in common use were suspected of causing or directly linked to human cancer and other adverse human and environmental health outcomes. Many governments began to regulate the generation and disposal of industrial wastes and emissions. The United States formed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1970, which was charged with protecting human and environmental health through setting and enforcing environmental regulations. Green chemistry takes the EPA’s mandate a step further and creates a new reality for chemistry and engineering by asking chemists and engineers to design chemicals, chemical processes and commercial products in a way that, at the very least, avoids the creation of toxics and waste.
Q. Have any practical steps been taken in this direction? This is a field open for innovation, new ideas, and revolutionary progress. For example, steps have been taken to develop new synthetic routes, remove arsenic and chromate from pressure-treated wood, develop new pesticides that are not harmful to humans, develop new oxidants for bleaching paper and disinfecting water, remove the content of lead from automobile paints, create recyclable carpeting, replace VOCs and chlorinated solvents, and develop biodegradable polymers from renewable resources. ENGINEERING REVIEW | MARCH 2019
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Shavo’s tailor - made technology solutions
Mr. Rushil Shah, Managing Director, Shavo Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
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rom static elimination solutions to precision air moving products to instrumentation fittings and high purity gas delivery systems, Shavo is dealing in a wide spectrum of products and technologies. “Our endeavour has always been to work in niche high technology areas across industries where we can offer significant value for a variety of problems. Our products and their applications find solutions in a diverse range of industries such as Semiconductor, Aerospace and Defense, Converting, Automotive, Chemical and many more,” says Rushil Shah, Managing Director. The company’s core selling concept is its deep application knowledge and command over the technologies it sells. The company has gone from selling component to systems and solutions and turnkey capability in an effort to keep
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Shavo Technologies Pvt. Ltd., a part of the Shavo Group with a standing and reputation spanning over five decades, is in the frontiers of niche high technologies cutting across diverse disciplines. The company represents some of the world leaders in their respective fields for technology solutions like static elimination, precision air movement, high quality instrumentation, high purity gas delivery, corrosive gas handling, energy absorption and so on. With a vast product portfolio, the company serves over a thousand customers from diverse key sectors including semiconductor, aerospace, defence, chemical, oil & gas, automobile and so on. offering better value by leveraging the technologies it provides.
Cutting edge technologies All Shavo’s Principals have specific technologies that would be classified ‘cutting edge’ considering that almost all its principals are world leaders in their fields. For Static Elimination, it has integrated power supply ionising bars with full feedback control for Gas Delivery. Shavo has some of the most sophisticated fully automated systems capable of dealing with the most dangerous gases. It offers from HORIBA a multi gas , multi range Mass Flow controller - a first in the industry. The company’s journey of working with High Technology Industries has started with Gast which today remains one of the world leaders in Air Motors and Fractional horsepower. Over the years, it has released many new pumps that have extended typical service life to new frontiers especially with the new rocking piston technology pioneered by Gast. Its latest 87 R series offers industry leading pressure performance at
High quality instrumentation valves lowest noise levels. Corrosive gases are used in a wide range of industries from Chemical, Tooling and the new areas of Nanotechnology, Photovoltaics, etc. Handling corrosive gases requires deep application knowledge, understanding of the materials to be used especially soft goods. Many corrosive gases are also liquefied which need special considerations, from heating to weight measurement, etc. The awareness on the causes and cures for static electricity are low in industry but steadily growing. A lot of problems of contamination, material misbehavior, etc., are often www.engmag.in
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attributed to other causes when they really are static related issues. Shavo continues to publish articles and bring awareness to the industry by working with a number of industrial associations. The valves and regulators it supplies to the Chemical Industry in general have a wide range of certifications. For valves, it has course type approvals from various third parties like Llyod’s, TUV, DNV, etc. and the products meet all industrial standards wherever required such as ASTM F-1387, for Oil &Gas , ECR 110 for Automotive NACE, for Sour Service and many more. Tescom vaporizing regulators, in addition to having ATEX Approval, is the first such unit to have PESO / CCOE Approval from Nagpur. Generally of course ‘Energy Absorption’ has applications wherever we need to decelerate motion, in the Industrial space. Factory Automation especially with Pneumatics is the key application, but Shavo also finds safety applications such as end stops for large cranes like those found in steel and ports as an important area. Lately the company’s focus has been vibration isolation with special attention to strategic electronics in the Defense Sector which has some of the most stringent requirements for G force transmissibility. The company’s Fluid Control products once again find applications in a very diverse range of industries,
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but the main end-users are Oil & Gas, Chemical, Analytical and general manufacturing. The growth areas in the Fluid Control Industry lie in Semiconductor manufacturing and Photovoltaics which demand ultra high purity gas delivery systems. Equipment to service these industries is typically made to the exacting specifications of the SEMI code which controls all processes from raw material to manufacturing, testing and even packaging. The surface finish and cleanliness requirements for these industries are extremely demanding
Static measurement for effective static neutralization air bag testing for instance. Shavo is currently working with some of India’s Top Companies such as Reliance, Tata’s, Biocon, GE, Department of Space, Ministry of Defense and many more. The company has over 1000 live accounts as of today.
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Shock absorption products often requiring products to be assembled in Class 100 environments. The company’s supplies to the Automotive Industry almost cover the entire range of its product lines e.g. all engine testing for the new EURO IV and Euro VI norms use Shavo’s Tescom Central Gas Supply Systems for calibration of gases. It supplies Gast Air Motors almost extensively to all automotive paint kitchens. You will also find Enidine shock absorbers at the end of travel on many assembly lines. The Meech Jet Stream Ionizing Systems, on the other hand, clean & neutralize car bodies and plastic parts prior to painting. Other Fluid Control products find extensive applications in the CNG space and the automotive testing area such as car
Shavo’s service set-up / service team has been growing from strength to strength. It has full service capability at the Pune office and is in the process of building a world class center in its Bangalore Factory. “Our service support is a key pillar of the value we provide,” underlines Mr. Shah. When asked about addition of new agency lines, Mr. Shah says: “We have generally been extremely selective and have refrained from having a long line card, preferring a deeper involvement with our current partners to fully exploit their potential, but we have recently signed with Horiba to introduce flow control solutions and we would probably close with 2 more agencies in the Fluid Control area over the course of the next year.” - P.K. Balasubbramaniian
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Market for Additive Manufacturing in India estimated at
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Guruprasad Rao Director & Mentor, Imaginarium India Pvt. Ltd. Mumbai, INDIA
Q. Additive Manufacturing is bringing constructive disruption in the Indian industry. What are your views on the scope and prospects for AM in India? We very much agree with the statement “Additive Manufacturing is bringing constructive disruption in the Indian industry”. While Additive Manufacturing is an umbrella term, which includes many other processes such as casting, sintering, cladding, plating, powder coating, painting, shell building, welding etc. 3-D printing is a type of additive manufacturing. ENGINEERING REVIEW | MARCH 2019
The relatively new process, it is synonymously called as additive manufacturing. 3-D Printing form of additive manufacturing has few advantages over the earlier processes. They are ability to be shaped in complexities never possible before! They can help to combine many parts into few parts and sometimes to just one! They can also help build as an assembly and save on separate assembly process. The most importantly, they are highly customisable and offer extreme production agility. Indian industries should explore AM to create value. That needs a new way
of thinking: departing from age old DfMA. Some call it as Design for AM or DfAM. Scope for AM in Indian market is huge, estimated at 6000 Cr. But adoption is the key to reap its benefits.
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Manufacturing revolution was all about economy of scale. However, AM is not promising in that sense. They are better in few specific areas that add value. So, AM acts in a complimentary role than a disruptive option.
Q. What’s your niche in AM and your achievements so far? Apart from a state of the art facility and skill, Imaginarium’s niche has been its capability to listen, learn and deliver whatever our customers wanted. We are into enterprise 3-D printing with a large customer pool. Customers wanted one prototype, we offered, they wanted small batch production we did and now we also deliver them build production through tooling. Customer care, Quality and Quick service have been our main achievements.
Q. Which are the industries going to be benefited from
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Q. What’s your vision and road map for the coming years?
First to get benefit was the Jewellery Industry. Largely due to our efforts, 3-D printing has made deep in-roads into jewellery industry today. It has become a default process to make jewellery. They lookup to us for technology, software and service. Custom Dental stents, crowns, braces and allied needs are the second area that got enabled due to our work. With our larger build size printers we have been aiding many automotive companies to test their creations quickly and has contributed to cut the time to market. We were the first was introduced a 3-d printer that can make end user parts. Yes, HP’s Multi Jet Fusion can make end user parts out of nylon material. Recently our Rapid Online Cloud factory platform innovation was honoured with IMTEX Award instituted by the FIE Foundation.
While we work on cutting edge technologies, we are excited about the future technologies that may arrive to offer better value. We see India as a great market and we would get best technologies to serve it. We see metal AM is becoming popular and will become a regular process in 5 Years. We are also looking at Biofabrication and can help save many precious lives. We wish to make AM popular in every sector. We will cocreate design for AM to deliver value with / for every customer. With streamlined operations, we plan to scale up. At a broader sense, we wish to empower every individual, organisations and companies with our agile manufacturing to bring their ideas to life.
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A stone like no other Marble, a stone that has fascinated sculptors, architects and builders for centuries, needs careful extraction using machines powered by compressed air
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ichelangelo created astounding masterpieces with this material.His 17-feet-tall Renaissance sculpture of the biblical hero David, created between 1501 and 1504 in Florence, Italy, inspires awe even today. Emperor Shah Jahan built an edifice with the same material in Agra between 1631 and 1653 to commemorate the passing of his wife Mumtaz Mahal that the world today knows as the Taj Mahal. Odd as it may seem,this material is also used as a calcium additive in animal feed to increase the production from eggs in chickens and milk in cows. Its salt is used asanantacid to treat indigestion, as calcium supplement to strengthen bones and to treat patients with kidney diseases. In a powdered form, it is used in glues, plastics and toothpastes.Quite remarkably, this versatile material, marble, has also been found to be grounding and helps those who have trouble finding clarity and focus. Marble is a natural stone that is extracted from the earth in tough conditions, using a variety of equipment that runs on compressed air. This glossy, durable stone has been used as a building material since the time of ancient Greece and Egypt. Today, there are countless pieces of art, sculptures and edifices in marble from ancient Europe, Africa and Asia, to modern-day buildings around the world.
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roots in the Greek word ‘marmaros,’ meaning a shining stone. Marble is capable of taking high polishbecause it contains crystalline rock predominantly made of calcite or dolomite, which in turn are metamorphosed from limestone. Limestone is produced by the sedimentation of shells of small fossilized snails, shellfish and coral over millions of years. Exposed to tremendous heat and pressure beneath the earth’s surface, limestone crystallises and becomes denser to form a metamorphic rock called marble. The impurities give marble its various colours and designs. Pure marble is snow white, with more than 99 per cent calcite with a grain structure that imparts a smooth texture, a homogeneous look and a luminous surface. Limestone, known chemically as calcium carbonate,is found near the edges of the earth’s tectonic plates. It is subjected to high pressure and temperature during plate movement and subduction. Under these extreme conditions, calcite and other minerals within the stone begin a metamorphic transformation. Fossils and other organic debris trapped in the limestone disintegrate at the molecular level and reconstitute into small crystals of calcite. The calcite crystals expand and as they grow in size, they interlock to form a stable rock matrix that binds the marble together. Another type of marble, called ‘dolomite marble,’ forms when the mineral dolostone is exposed to extreme temperatures and pressures from molten subterranean
rocks called magma, and undergo a similar metamorphosis. This takes place over eons and far from a plate boundary. This process is similar to the formation of limestoneor calcite marble, but often occurs close to hot granitic intrusions. Since these extreme conditions prevailed more during the early days of earth’s formation, marble is usually found around the oldest part of the earth’s crust. That includes places around the world namely the US, Greece, Spain, Turkey, Italy and India. In India,economically viable deposits of marble are found in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Haryana, Telangana, Jammuand Kashmir, and Madhya Pradesh. Rajasthan has the best resources of fine quality marble; around 70 percent of the deposits in India are spread across 20 districts of the state—Udaipur, Makrana, Alwar and Jaisalmer being chief among them. Marble is found in various colours and shades.Recent estimates put total national resources of marble at around 2,300 million tonnes.
Marble mining processes Mining of marble, or for that matter any dimension stone like granite or limestone, is different from conventional mining practices. While in conventional mining, mined minerals are obtained in small-sized debris, in marble and granite mining, large-sized intact blocks are extracted from quarries. The process begins with exploration and identification of a quarry site with sufficiently large deposits, www.engmag.in
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followed by extraction of stone blocks from the quarry. Manual operations are viable in sites with small deposits,but semi-mechanisedmeansare employed in larger ones.
The various stages involved in this operation are as follows: • Removal of top soil and debris from the quarry site:Carried out using heavy earth-moving machineries. In some cases, the weathered zone is loosened using jackhammers and carted away. If the overburden is deep and hard, then explosives are charged into drilled holes and blasted under controlled conditions. The blasted debris is transported to designated waste yards using heavy earth-moving machinery. • Marking out a block for front cut:On removal of the overburden, the marble underneath is exposed. Based on the topography and further development of the quarry, a suitably located block is marked out for removal, making sure it has minimum fracture patterns or fault lines in order to ensure recovery of a large sized block. • Drilling vertical and horizontal holes:Using diesel or pneumatic drilling machines called slim drill or line drill, three holes are drilled perpendicular to each other.One vertical hole is drilled from the top down at the back of the marked block and twohorizontal holes drilled at the bottom, one from the front and the other from the side. All three holes meet at the far inner corner. Highly skilled workers manually match the holes, occasionally with laser techniques for higher precision. A specially designed wagon drilling machine or hydraulically operated crawler drills spin the carbide-tipped drill bits and impart air hammering.These machines are capable of drilling holes of upto five inches in diameter to depths of 120 feet or more. ENGINEERING REVIEW | MARCH 2019
• Cutting the block: One end of adiamond-edged wire-cutting saw in the form of a long wire carrying diamond-reinforcedbeadsis threaded through the vertical hole and extracted through one of the horizontal holes using a long flexible wire retractor. The wire saw is now pooled through the driving wheel of a pneumatic wire-cutting machine stationed on the ground and the two ends of the wire saw are joined together, forming a closed loop. Once the machine is turned on, the wheel rotates and pulls the wire saw through both the vertical holes and one of the horizontal holes, travelling at speeds of 24 metres per second. This cuts the block from the back and bottomsimultaneously,and advances towards the front. A tensioning arrangement moves the machine on its rails at a speed proportional to the cutting rate that keeps the required tension on the wire saw. Next, the block is cut through the vertical and the other horizontal hole. The same procedure is repeated to cut the block at the bottom plane through the two horizontal holes, thus creating cuts on the back, side and bottom. A wire saw cuts through a block at the rate of more than a metre an hour.Debris and waste boulders are transported to dumping yards and auctioned periodically. • Separating the cut block from the rock face:A metal or rubber bag is inserted at the crevice on top between the cut block and the rock face.Fed with compressed air, the bag expands, pushes the block away from the rock faceand creates a gap. This is called an air pillow, or if water under pressure is injected into the bag, it is called a hydro bag. An
excavator machine nudges the block away from the top, tilting it until it topples onto a mound of rubble positioned below. The block breaks into smaller segments on impact. These are then lifted either by a forklift or a boom lift, and placed on a haul truck that takes it to the storage area. This operation is called front cut or creating a gully. The above process results in some wastage. The size of the blocks recovered is small and not free from defects. To overcome this, smaller blocks can be marked out,cut to the exact size required and individually lifted and removed without breakage. The separated segments or blocks are sold by weight.The blocks are slicedinto slabs of about an inch or so thick in a factory using gang saws,and then polished to a sheen. Granite quarrying involves the same steps and procedures. Pneumatically operated polishing machines with diamond abrasives impart a mirror finish to both marble and granite slabs. To make sized tiles, the slabs are trimmed and cut to size, then buffed and chamfered using different types of machines. Rajasthan produces around 1,000 million square feet of marble slabs per annum. Compressed air is used at different stages in this operation to run a variety of equipment as a motive force to run air-operated motors in drilling machines, wire saw cutting machines and jackhammers, and in air bags to nudge outmassive blocks. With a wide range of rugged air compressors to suit every need, ELGi plays a major role in this field. Close to 1,000 ELGi trolley compressors have been powering this industry for the past 20 years. Diesel powered models like the PG 300-100, PG 300-105 and PG 400-100, and electric models like the PG22e-7 to PG45e-8 and PG75e-9.5series have been winning accolades in this tough, hugely demanding environment.
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Metal detectable silicone rubber A unique solution to multiple industries Traditional silicone sealing solution: Product quality is matter of bigger concern in pharmaceutical, food and drink industry. Major processing steps involve the dynamic movement of silicone rubber parts. Silicone is most preferred choice for sealing application in food and pharma industry. There was a risk in the pharmaceutical, food and drink industry of silicone rubber particles accidentally falling into the products during the production process, due to natural wear and tear. This kind of contamination can cause serious quality problems during the production and it may affect the reputation of company.
Scope of Metal detectable silicone rubber To assure the products contamination free, idea of Metal detectable silicone arose. As the name suggests, Metal detectable silicone rubber is unique solution to avoid contamination in production
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line. Metal detector devices can detect silicone-based products made from this unique formulation. During mass production if device generates any signal of metal presence in product due to failure of seal or abrasion of gaskets, Line can be stopped immediately. Due to the safety and cost effective solution, Metal detector silicone rubber products are quickly become best solution for the pharmaceutical, food and drink industry.
FDA Approved Metal detectable silicone rubber: A challenge Designing formulation as per food and pharma regulatory compliances is really challenging task for rubber formulators. To maintain food properties along with metal detectable formula is matter of expertise, which is required to be placed for balancing both properties. Few Silicone products are used in food and pharma product contact applications with following required compliance:
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FDA Approved Metal detectable silicone rubber and its Applications:
Above mentioned all the products can be traceable through X ray devices. Any small segment of rubber contaminating with Drug product can be traced through
devices and defected products can be separated due to this innovation. Market of Metal detectable silicone is growing and many industries are waiting to taste
fruits of this development. Polymer industries are developing multiple application of this formulations and we expect that conventional silicones will be soon replaced with metal detectable silicones.
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PRIMA EQUIPMENT bagged National Industrial Excellence & Quality Brand India Award : 2019-23 National Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Quality Brands India had jointly organised National Small and Medium Business Conference - 2019 on 27th February, 2019 at Mumbai. In this conference, PRIMA EQUIPMENT of Vadodara bagged two prestigious awards namely, “National Industrial Excellence Award” and “Quality Brand India Award - 2019-23”. PRIMA EQUIPMENT located at Dabhasa in Vadodara, Gujarat, is a leading company of India dealing in Environment Instruments. Today, in India, maximum importance has been given on preserving environment. PRIMA EQUIPMENT has been a leading company in this field for more than 25 years i.e. since the time when there was no awareness
about environment and industries didn’t understand the importance of environment measuring equipment to maintain the standards of environment. In such circumstances PRIMA EQUIPMENT put efforts to create awareness in the corporate world. PRIMA EQUIPMENT contributed towards controlling the air pollution by studying the data given by corporates in its own unit. It was a great challenge in initial years to create awareness, then to sustain as a company and then withstand the competition in this modern age as per the international standards. Leaving behind all other companies, PRIMA EQUIPMENT has earned a name not only in India but also abroad for modernisation, research and equipment design. In
recent years, the company has developed its business
from North East countries to Africa and Europe. Talking about the development of the company, Chairman Mr. Pritesh Shah states that PRIMA has become a reliable brand in the world because of name and experience of himself as well as his father Mr. Mahendrabhai. In the coming years, PRIMA aims at becoming a global brand as well as plans to march ahead in the field of Environment Equipment Research.
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“GEISSEL – CABLE GLANDS AND MORE…..”
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eissel India, started in 1994, as a turned parts manufacturer, branched out into cable glands and electrical wiring accessories from 2009, to serve the vast and yet fully untapped Indian market. In just 8 years and over 100+ satisfied customers, it has earned a name for itself among the users of its products, some of them being large International Companies. The sections of industry served by Geissel India are aerospace, automation & robotics, power, hydraulics, material handling, and pneumatics, to name just a few.
Ably assisted by its R & D centre at its mother plant in Germany, Geissel is first in manufacturing the IP 68 Double Compression gland for armoured cables in India. Besides this, it has diverse products like standard IP 68 & 69, multisealing cable glands, plugs, reducers, enlargements, lock nuts, conduits, etc., made in brass, polyamide & stainless steel S.S 303 (1.4305), S.S 316 Ti (1.4571), and all according to ROHS standards.
Geissel India is now compliant with the latest standards of ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 & OHSAS 18001:2007, thus totally committing itself to Quality Management Systems, Environment and Health & Safety. From using recycled water, to harnessing its self-produced solar energy for 100% of its own consumption at its German plant, the Group is committed to protect natural resources and implementing sustainability for this generation and the ones to come.
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Avians Sectional overhead doors
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ectional doors are the new generation doors used in place of conventional rolling shutters where aesthetics is important along with safety & durability. These doors are made of PUF Insulated panels hence maintains temperature & having thickness up to 40/80 mm enable to be install places exposed to higher wind loads. Panels have finger safe design. Being higher thickness is sturdy, stable & can be used for high usage as compared to conventional rolling shutters. Thanks to the flexibility to have various fixing arrangement, possible to fix suitable to site with various inclinations having large openings. Control panel having flexibility to incorporate Indicative, operational,
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safety accessories made it possible to operate efficiently, safely. Though there are many case studies during past years, required to mention one here, One of our client the manufacturer of the heavy equipments has a wider & taller opening in their factory, earlier they were using traditional shutters, it was very unhandy to operate, as it was needed to open the shutter for 20-25 times in 8 hour shift and safety was major concern, the shutter can’t fulfill the requirement, so the only way to overcome with this problem was to make the shutter in open condition for all the time, this allows dust, wind & water to come inside in rainy days & normal days. Due to heavy dust it was very difficult to maintain the clean working environ-
ment & required conditions. Avians has studied the requirement & observed the application & Suggested to go with “Avians Sectional Overhead Doors” These Sectional Overhead Doors were installed side by side in a row with 12 openings of size 6 m wide & 7 m height with vision windows. The door is constructed with multi panels & is in-filled with PUF of 40 mm thickness. With these installation clients heavy equipment frequent moving made very easy & concern of dust/wind entrance & safety was also resolved very effectively. Due to heavy & sturdy designs able to withstand wind loads as installed on building periphery. One added feature in these doors is that these can be provided with wicket doors for human entry/exit. Wicket door is integrated with door so as when the wicket door is opened door cannot be operated to have safe working of doors. Provision of very easy & effortless Hand chain mechanism to operate in case of power failure makes the door popular in every industry. Smart control panel with almost null maintenance with best operating & safety features makes the more efficient. www.engmag.in
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These doors are widely used in manufacturing industries, cold storages, warehouses, automobile industries, Storages. Various RAL colors can be provided to suit building aesthetics. Sectional doors with full transparent panels are available to be widely used in showrooms & manufacturing units where full clear vision is required along with aesthetics & safety features.
Construction • Made up of steel panels which guarantee maximum security and reliability. • The double-skinned PUF core design is heat insulating and particularly suitable for heated halls. • Doors are specifically designed to suit the modern industrial architecture. • Avians offers a complete range of overhead sectional doors; either insulated sandwich panel doors or glazed doors. • Provide good air tightness and insulation. • Can also be supplied as fully covered or semi-glazed versions for optimal daylight exposure. • Made of high grade pre coated galvanized steel. • Sandwich panel 40 mm/80mm thick filled with environment-friendly Polyurethane Foam.
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Features • Finger safe joint panels with EPDM seal to provide intermediate air & water tightness between panel joints • Biological Panel is immune to attack from fungi, mould & vermin. • Sound Insulation can be achieved. • High precision hinges made of galvanized steel, roller guide with adjustable ball bearing • Rollers are provided for smooth movement of the door. • Easy-to-integrate interlocked side wicket doors ensure that pedestrian movement can be diversified • Maintenance-friendly, resulting in minimal service costs. • Advance electronic imported direct drive & intelligent control • Standard Safety edge mechanism stops the door if it comes into contact with an obstacle. • All our door are incorporated with EN safety standards • Available in PUF panels as well as fully transparent
Three type of fittings makes door to be used for any type of space available. Standard “N” type:-This is very commonly used fitting in which when there is less space available above the door opening. In such case door parking after clear opening is done parallel to the roof by rotating door at 90 Deg. Its turning is so precisely designed to have smooth & jerk less operations in opening & closing. High lift Type:-This type of fitting is used for doors having high opening and these is no space for vertical door parking & also having less parking space when turned 90 Deg for parking when opened. In such case doors maximum size is parked in vertical & very less part of door is parked in 90 Deg inclinations. These are suitable for door openings having crane movement in door parking areas or where utilities are in between the openings. Vertical Lift Type :-These type of opening is suitable for High rise ware houses where supporting structure for Standard & High lift is not possible due to heights & door panel parking space is available above the doors to park panel fully i.e. without turning 90 deg. In these fittings drive is mounted at the top after door panel once opened parking is done.
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distribution panel inspection AVOID BREAKDOWNS AND DETECT FIRE HAZARDS The Customer’s Challenge An unexpected failure inside an electrical panel can create a serious and costly problem for the utility. When connections or components overheat, you risk production loss due to unplanned downtime and the possibility of fire loss from an electrical short circuit or burning cable. You can’t always anticipate when a failure may occur because problems aren’t always visible with the naked eye.
A Solution Adding thermal inspection to your routine panel checks is beneficial to gain key information that your eyes alone cannot detect. A thermal camera can help you pinpoint any stressed elements of your electrical installation before a breakdown occurs. This gives you the opportunity to solve electrical issues as part of planned maintenance before it becomes a more serious and costly problem. A high-performance thermal camera, such as the FLIR T540 with a 24° lens, can give you accurate temperature readings at a safe distance from an electrical panel. FLIR also has a selection of digital multimeters and clamp meters, such as the CM46, which is designed to make it easier to take measurements inside electrical panels. In the case of high voltage cabinets or inaccessible components, FLIR offers IR windows that conveniently mount onto the front panel so you can inspect without any disassembly.
The Results Through regular thermal inspections, you can quickly detect and locate temperature-related problems, including loose connections, bad contact, fuse issues, unbalanced loads, and stressed earth-leakage. Organize planned repairs and preventive maintenance to reduce the risk of electrical fires, unexpected breakdowns, and unplanned outages.
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ONCAM improves design and functionality of special stainless steel camera Oncam’s Evolution Stainless Steel cameras provide resilient protection in areas where resistance to the elements and compliance to stringent regulations are paramount
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ncam, the leading provider of 360-degree video capture and business intelligence technology, today announced the release of its new and improved Evolution 05 and 12 Stainless Steel Camera line with design enhancements that further position the device as the ideal solution for surveillance needs in the most demanding environments. Oncam’s Evolution Stainless Steel cameras provide resilient protection in areas where resistance to the elements and compliance to stringent regulations are paramount.
The updated Stainless Steel camera design includes: • Enhanced aesthetics. The camera enclosure is more compact and aesthetically pleasing, making it an elegant solution for applications that feature high-end architecture. • High-level certifications. In addition to the camera’s NSF Certification and IP69K rating, the new design adds more certifications that demonstrate its effectiveness
in harsh atmospheres: • NEMA 4X and 6P: for enhanced compliance in the North American market. • IP68: Certifies protection against submersion. • IK10+: Certifies enhanced protection against impact/vandalism. • Extended Accessories range. Comprehensive range of stainless steel accessories and mounting options. • Tamper-proof security. The front cover of the camera can only be opened using a bespoke tool, providing increased safety and protection.
The Stainless Steel Camera is a core part of Oncam’s Specialist Camera line, which includes the Evolution ExD Cameras certified for explosive environments. This suite of specialist cameras are designed for markets that experience extreme conditions and require durable surveillance equipment to avoid inefficiency or damage. “The enhanced Stainless Steel Camera line incorporates various improvements that when combined, deliver a powerful and dependable safety device for environments that need durability the most,” said Jon Marsh, VP Product, Oncam. “Our customers require surveillance technology that is set apart from standard video security solutions, and the upgrades we’ve made create a robust feature set that is designed specifically for a number of critical applications.”
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igus introduces wide range of new products The firm will showcase Control cables with Heavy Duty connectors ready-to-connect from the catalogue
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igus offers selective laser sintering (SLS) with wear resistant high-performance plastics I3-PL in addition to the FDM method. Small batches of up to 500 parts made of iglidur I3-PL can now be printed. Components that has complex geometries but now can be made quickly and at low cost. ENGINEERING REVIEW | MARCH 2019
achine tool industry is booming rapidly in India with global ranking 10th in production and 8th in consumption as per Gardner World Machine Tool Output survey 2018. India’s economy may improve which is expected to strengthen government of India’s aim of manufacturing sector contributing to around 25% of country’s GDP. With 20 years of existence in India and steady growth over the year. 2018- 2019 has been one of the strongest in terms of sales with an excess of 30% over previous year achievement of 108 crore. igus India has 160+ employees with sales engineers in over 20 locations PAN India. Expansion of factory space by adding 20,000 sqft to satisfy customers need faster and with best services. Every year igus introduces new products, this time igus will showcase Control cables with Heavy Duty connectors readyto-connect from the catalogue. Top quality and Cost-effective. igus offers products from express catalogue, just select right product
and in no time it’s on your machines. Harnessed chainflex® control & Power cables with Heavy duty industrial connectors as a premium product for your machine. 112 harnessed control cables from our catalogue from batch size 1, to your desired length and additional customised, harnessed cables on request. For every application, the most inexpensive cable that is guaranteed to do the job: 8 cable qualities. iglidur G1, the new lubrication and maintenance-free plastic bearing. igus has announced development of its improved version of iglidur G – the iglidur G1. The new material promises to reduce wear rates at low loads (up to 5 MPa) down to levels up to a quarter of what they were before. With this new material, customers can reduce costs by around 40 per cent, the service life under heavy loads has almost been doubled, depending on the application parameters. At the same time, the all-rounder can now be used continuously at temperatures up to 180degC (iglidur G: 130degC). www.engmag.in
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Motor control system dryve D1, for all igus® motors ST, DC, EC/BLDC
In conjunction with the more than 50 per cent reduction of moisture absorption, this means that the material is suitable for an even wider range of ambient conditions. Initially, iglidur G1 will be made available in 113 standard dimensions in the form of cylindrical bearings and flange bearings. More to add we have Motor control system dryve D1, for all igus® motors ST, DC, EC/BLDC. This is wide range of automation tasks by simple parameterization in which no programming is necessary with no software installation or app needed. It is controlled by means
of a PC, tablet or smart phone. This can be used for single axes, line, flat linear and room linear robots and delta robots. Stepper (ST), DC and EC/BLDC motors with up to 21A peak currents and 48V. Digital inputs/outputs, analogue inputs, CANopen, Modbus TCP for connection to master control systems such as Siemens or Beckhoff. The advantages of the drylin® delta robots are it is Lubrication-free and maintenancefree drylin® W toothed belt axis with pick rate of 60/min due to lightweight components made of plastic and aluminum. Its Workspace is up to Ø 360 mm. This can be used for pick-and-place tasks, such as belt transfer stations, Sorting systems, Assembly systems, Joining processes, Handling of small parts and for fast positioning tasks In Industry, selective laser sintering is currently one of the
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most widespread manufacturing methods in additive manufacturing. igus is now expanding its 3D printing service with this method, so that wear-resistant prototypes or small batches of components for moving applications can be made quickly, easily and delivered in a short time (at least 2 weeks). igus offers selective laser sintering (SLS) with wear resistant highperformance plastics I3-PL in addition to the FDM method. Small batches of up to 500 parts made of iglidur I3-PL can now be printed. Components that has complex geometries but now can be made quickly and at low cost. Bus cable (PUR), chainflex CFROBOT8.PLUS are world premier + 360 degree on robots. They have 10 million double strokes guaranteed, 10Xd bend radius, e-chain with 3D movements as its travel distance. This is best for torsion applications with PUR jacket, shielded with advantages of oil resistance and coolant resistance, flame retardant, notch resistance and most important hydrolysis and microbe resistant. igus ibow adapter (MAT904104175) is suitable for 923 power connectors, size 1 can be retrofitted for an angle of 90 degree or supplied ready-made as a harnessed igus readychain. This is secure, flexible, cost effective and customized.
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HIGH VOLTAGE MULTIFUNCTION PHASING STICKS PC SERIES 7/11/22/33/44KV
TELESCOPIC HOT STICKS UPTO 5 METERS FOR 275HP / 500HP MODEL - HSR 120 / 120A / 120B / 120C / 121 / 122
TYPE TESTED SINGLE / THREE PHASE HIGHLY INSULATED FRP EARTH / DISCHARGE ROD VOLTAGE RATING 11 / 33 / 44 / 66 / 132 / 220 / 400KV
í 2 ranges for selection : LOW 50V~1.5kV HIGH 1.5kV~132kV í Nice Mechanical slide switch for function selection ®
í Bright LED & Audible alarm sound when voltage is present í User have to use the Hot Stick when test high voltage between 1.5kV ~ 132kV. í Safety : EN61326-1; EN61000-4-2 EN61000-4-3
36KV / 81.5KV HIGH VOLTAGE DETECTOR (NCV) MODEL - 230HD / 290HD FEATURES : í Display : Light : Flashing red light; Sound : intermittent sound 50dB apart 3m. í Overall length : Retracted : 893 ± 50mm (Model 230HD) Extracted : 1520 ± 50mm (Model 230HD) Retracted : 1370 ± 50mm (Model 290HD) Extracted : 2450 ± 50mm (Model 290HD) í Measuring Voltage range : 3kV ~ 36.5kV (230HD); 6kV ~ 81.5kV (290HD) í Operating start Voltage (to ground) : 1.35kV í Leakage Current : 100mA or less than 100mA at withstand voltage test
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Intelligent cable monitoring in the Smart Factory: The CF.D system from igus provides timely information on changes in the transmission characteristics of bus cables. (Source: igus GmbH)
igus presents the first intelligent bus cable for safe automation CF.D enables monitoring of highly dynamic e-chain cables in the Smart Factory, thus reducing disruption to production operations
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t the 2018 SPS IPC Drives, igus presented a novel and globally unique concept for the intelligent monitoring of bus cables in e-chain systems. Thanks to early alerts, even in case of the slightest changes in transmission characteristics, the CF.D system detects imminent plant shutdowns in good time. In this way, the high costs for unplanned production losses can be avoided. The mechanical loads in energy chains eventually change the transmission characteristics of bus cables. As well as linear travels, this also applies to three-dimensional movements, for example in the case of dress packs on robots. The result is disruptions in data transmission or even unforeseen plant failures. The globally unique concept presented by motion plastics specialist igus at this year’s SPS IPC Drives detects the impairment of the chainflex bus cable used in advance. The intelligent system consists of an evaluation unit and a response module. These
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are integrated at the beginning and end of the moving bus cable. The evaluation unit is usually placed in the switch cabinet on the fixed end side, and the response module in the distribution box on the moving end side. Between the two, special data packs are transmitted for measurement purposes and the cable quality is permanently evaluated by means of the increasing number of lost or damaged packs. If a predefined value is exceeded, the customer is alerted via a yellow LED and the switching of a contact. This alert threshold can also be queried via the connected network and the current situation can be displayed in a web browser. Exceeding a second alert threshold is signaled via red LED and indicates a failure of the bus transmission, so that the error can be quickly located by taking a look at the switch cabinet.
Smart plastics range continues to grow For the first time, the innovative
system enables the monitoring of a cable in dynamic operation, without additional measuring wires or sacrificial cables. CF.D integrates itself into the isense environment for predictive maintenance. igus has been developing a family of products since 2016 under this heading, where various sensors and monitoring modules add intelligence to motion plastics products such as energy chains, cables, linear guides and slewing ring bearings. They measure among other things the wear during the operation and alert the user early enough to plan repair or replacement. By networking using the igus communication module (icom), the online status and alert display, for example via a PC, tablet or smartphone, is just as possible as a direct integration into the customer’s infrastructure. These smart plastics are already predicting the service life of numerous customer applications, such as in the automotive industry. For more information Web: www.igus.in www.engmag.in
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Telescopic Rails & Industrial Automation: How to increase performance in production systems
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n the field of industrial automation, it is extremely important to choose a telescopic rail that can always ensure maximum performance , and guarantee that production systems function correctly. This prevents malfunctions and problems that slow the system down. The Rollon Group, with one of the most complete ranges of mechanical solutions available on the market, based on integrated and highly customizable products, confirms its position as the ideal technological partner for anyone working in this rapidly expanding sector.
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or in dirty environments. For this reason, these systems must be reliable and guarantee optimal sliding properties for long periods of time. The use of unsuitable products can cause problems, such as reduced efficiency of the entire system or slowed production rates. Therefore, which aspects are the most important to consider to make sure we choose the right telescopic rail?
The designer must carefully evaluate a few characteristics: • Type of movement that the rail would be making: horizontal or vertical, with a constant or variable stroke. Telescopic rails with caged ball bearings, for example, show their limits with variable strokes or vertical uses, due to the way the cage operates. Telescopic rails with rollers can guarantee in both cases good sliding movement and long working life. • Expected working life and load capacity: in automated www.engmag.in
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applications, the rail must often operate for long periods (a few million cycles) with long maintenance intervals and carrying heavy loads. With this in mind, the characteristics of the materials become extremely important: a process of hardening the raceways, such as induction tempering or deep nitriding, can confer the hardness necessary to manage these situations in the best possible way. • Maintenance intervals: selflubricated systems, slow release grease tanks and raceway cleaners are elements that considerably prolong maintenance intervals on telescopic rails, and sometimes even manage to eliminate them. Needless to say, this quickly develops into a huge advantage in terms of cost and performance. • Speed and acceleration: a telescopic rail system is typically made up of a fixed part, a mobile part and an intermediate element. For high dynamics applications, the latter element often does not slide with optimal performance due to high stress. Accessories like synchronization systems and bumpers help increase efficiency in applications like these. • Misalignment: the alignment between the fixed and mobile parts of an extraction is not always precise. Often, misalignments of several millimeters are found and these reduce the life span of the
rails considerably. In these cases, it is possible to undertake costly surface adjustment processes, which double assembly times, or opt for a rail that can absorb these misalignments. • Reliability in difficult environments: telescopic rails in industrial environments are almost always in contact with production residue, debris or dust. A large rolling component allows the rail to slide optimally even with impurities. • Anti-corrosion: water, liquids, acid or base solutions. A wide range of materials or anti-corrosion treatments allow the rail to be used efficiently in every environment.
Telerace telescopic guides by Rollon: maximum efficiency for automation. The range of Rollon products has recently been expanded with the introduction of the Telerace family: telescopic guides with ball bearings, with double ball bearings and nitrided raceways, able to easily manage variable strokes, high speeds and stressful cycles, also in vertical applications. These rails have large rolling components (the maximum diameter
of the bearings is 31.5 mm) with internal sliders fitted with raceway cleaners and lubrication systems. The nitriding treatment ensures maximum efficiency up to 2 million cycles thanks to a raceway surface hardness of 60-62 HRC. Double ball bearings allow the system to manage heavy loads, up to around 780 kg per pair for the best performing rails (TLR 43). Lastly, Telerace rails are designed with a slight rotation of the rail elements with respect to the intermediate element, and this allows them to manage misalignments up to 2° and flatness problems up to 3 mm. Available in several different models in carbon steel or stainless steel AISI 304, these rails can be treated with the “Rollon e-coating” for greater resistance to corrosion (up to 700 hours in saline mist).
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Fully automated checkout solution to be unveiled at Embedded World congatec, Basler and NXP present Retail Deep Learning Application
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t Embedded World 2019, congatec, Basler and NXP Semiconductors are presenting a Retail Deep Learning Application at their respective booths. The platform is a proofof-concept utilizing Artificial Intelligence (AI) to fully automate the retail checkout process. It was created by Basler supported by the close partnership with congatec and NXP. This solution shows the possibilities of vision for embedded applications and how they can simplify our everyday life. Booth visitors can select what to put in their baskets, and the trained neural network then detects the products on the basis of a video stream – similar to how face recognition works – and finally the total pricing will be displayed. Systems like this open new perspective for retail applications: It makes it easy to add new products to the sales portfolio as products can easily be added to a trained neural network. Retail stores benefit from less labor costs as well as significantly improved customer experience through instant checkouts, minimized queues and 100% checkout capacity at all times, even when the shop is opened 24/7. Ron Martine, Vice President for i.MX applications processors at NXP Semiconductors, explains the benefits of the i.MX 8 family in this application. “Our recently launched NXP i.MX 8 applications processors are perfect candidates for these high volume applications as they support up to 2 MIPI cameras natively with a TDP of only a few watts, integrate support for neural networks as well
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as up to four Full HD displays, and feature safe domain separation, e.g. to securely separate payment and scanning. They offer all embedded processing capabilities required to build entire self-checkout systems based on a single silicon platform.” Martin Danzer, Director of Product Management at congatec, highlights how congatec supports the platform in this retail application setup: “We offer these impressive i.MX 8 applications processors to customers as an application-ready embedded hardware platform on the basis of commercial off-the-shelf available Computer-on-Modules. Moreover, for large scales of self-checkout systems we supply a full service on demand, from designing customized carrier boards to cost efficiently merging modules and carrier logic in a full custom design. In a first step, customers can test the various performance variants of the BGA processors by simply switching the modules on our evaluation carrier boards as required. As a next step, we deliver the tailored embedded
computing platform in a cost and space-optimized full custom design.” Gerrit Fischer, Head of Product Market Management at Basler, is happy to have such strong partners for its embedded vision solutions: “This Retail Deep Learning Application is based on our new Embedded Vision Kit and shows how the strategic partnerships with congatec and NXP support us in building the best embedded vision solutions for our customers. With Basler Embedded Vision becomes easy: Be it with our easy-to-integrate Embedded Vision Kits that offer an excellence base for solutions in many different fields our with our services that support you on the whole way from the product idea to the final solution.”
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ESPRIT is the formula for success for Metri-Tech In its 30,000-square-foot facility, Metri-Tech manufactures ultra-precision, high-volume critical components for the aerospace, medical, defense and commercial industries
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etri-Tech Engineering, Inc., in Huntington Beach, CA, isn’t your typical job shop that much is evident from the company’s shop filled with automated production equipment, including a wallmounted Live Scheduler, which resembles a six-foot tall iPad. Hans Gratzer, Jr., COO / CTO of Metri-Tech and son of company founders Hans Sr. and Katharina Gratzer, developed the scheduling program to help his 38 employees better visualize what is going on in the shop at any given time and plan for their next jobs. It’s part of the company’s forward-thinking approach to automation. “Most job scheduling systems are number-driven. But people like pictures,” Gratzer says. “With this system, what you see is what you get kind of like ESPRIT.” Metri-Tech has used ESPRIT almost since the CAM software’s inception Gratzer estimates they first installed it in 1988. “My dad bought the software, and he was
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very happy with it because we were mainly in the fitting business at that time; he liked that it could program families of parts very well because they’re similar geometries, they can be adjusted very easily with ESPRIT. It was a huge time savings.” But just as crucial to Metri-Tech were ESPRIT’s accurate, fullcolor simulations the first in the industry. “That allowed us to give more visibility to our programming and reduce mistakes in our setup the first time around. Most of our machinists do both the setup and the machine operation, they know what they’re doing. Now they do not have to worry during the setup process and first piece run; they know the program will be right due to the precise nature of ESPRIT simulation, setup sheets and posts.” Thirty years later, ESPRIT keeps Metri-Tech at the top of its game, thanks to its ease of use and quick support. The company
Hans L. Gratzer demoing his custom wall-mounted Live Scheduler and Manufacturing Software uses the software for full 5-axis, contour composite milling, swarf milling and multi-axis multispindle turning. “ESPRIT is very progressive in the 5-axis and multi-axis realms,” Gratzer notes. “ESPRIT is just easier, faster, stronger and more accurate than other CAM programs we have tested or demoed over the years.” In its 30,000-square-foot facility, Metri-Tech manufactures ultra-
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precision, high-volume critical components for the aerospace, medical, defense and commercial industries in all types of materials, including more exotic materials like Inconel, Titanium, Nitronic, Invar, Kovar, Ferrium, Polyurethane, Teflon, PEEK and Ultem to name a few. “Customers use us as a solution: they have problems and we fix them,” Gratzer says. “We’re experts in most manufacturing processes, and our customers come to us for the precision and quality of the parts we produce.” The company started out making fittings, which provided them an understanding of how they fit into the larger assemblies. This allowed them to gradually move into more complicated parts. “Doing fittings evolved into us going in the opposite direction: manufacturing the parts the fittings fit into, which were housings and manifolds. Then obviously when you get into the more complex and assembly side of medical and aerospace, you get into the critical finishes and close tolerances of the internal workings of the manifolds and housings like spool and sleeve assemblies and shaft work. It was a very interesting and methodical transition.” The company operates 42 machines in total with a number of 3-axis Mori Seiki lathes and Nakamura-Tome lathes with up to 13 axes, which allow the company to be more creative with small parts. Metri-Tech also runs 3 and 4-axis
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Metri-Tech programming ESPRIT vertical mills and several Matsuura full 5-axis vertical trunnion machines with up to 42 pallets and 520 tools. Combined, MetriTech’s arsenal of machines provide programmers with hundreds of pallets and thousands of different tool options. Many of the shop’s palletized machines are robotic, and the company is working to bring in mobile robots to transfer parts from machine to machine and virtual augmentation to help programmers easily view their custom manufacturing software and scheduler on the shop floor. Metri-Tech, which boasts an ISO AS9100D certification, offers polishing and ultra-critical finishes, as well as a high-end quality control facility in-house. “What sets MetriTech apart from the competition is quality on larger volumes. Anybody can make a few good parts, but consistency and repeatability over larger volumes is the key to our success. Most customers say that quality is a given nowadays; it’s truly not,” Gratzer says. “We take so many steps in assuring a quality part gets to the customer. We have a group of very dedicated employees, and everybody’s looking out for the quality of the product. The main reason why customers come to us is 100% quality, all the time. If they need a job done fast and they need
An ESPRIT simulation, for validation of a mill-turn part prior to moving into production it done right the first time, they come to us.” Metri-Tech’s performance has been strong since its inception in 1978, but shortly after Gratzer came to work for the company in 1998, and with his vision for technology, automation and reinvestment, they have experienced significant growth. Forecasts show it may double its business within short order and “I give credit to our passion for this industry, striving for automation and all the products we use, including ESPRIT,” Gratzer says. “I feel our next 40 years are going to be stronger than the last 40.”
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Data export made easy with Gas analyser OXYBABY® 6.0 Data export and memory expansion are easy with the MicroSD card this is now possible with the OXYBABY® 6.0
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he MAP specialists at WITT-Gasetechnik have added a further practical feature to the gas analyser for checking inert gas packaging, making daily use even easier for any quality inspector. The OXYBABY® 6.0 already comes with an internal memory. Once a Micro SD card is inserted into the instrument, each measurement is written to the card in parallel to the internal memory. For each day, a separate file is automatically created in the common csv format containing all measurements of the day. Another big advantage of the SD card: memory capacity problems are a thing of the past, because the memory of the OXYBABY® 6.0 can now be expanded at will. An SD card with 1 GB memory, for example, offers space for approx. 2.5 million measurements. And older OXYBABY® models can also use the SD card feature, after a software update. For data exporting, the MicroSD card can simply
be read as a removable data carrier by any computer. The user can easily edit the data in a spreadsheet program or archive it directly. On request, WITT also offers an SD card reader/adapter that is compatible with practically any hardware, be it a PC, notebook, tablet or smartphone. As an alternative to data export via MicroSD card, it is also possible to use WITT’s own OBCC software. To view the data, the OXYBABY® 6.0 is connected to a computer via USB. In addition to data export, the OBCC software also offers the option of editing master data such as products and users on the computer, and then importing that master data into the gas analyser. The handy OXYBABY® gas analyser for checking protective gas packaging is one of the world’s best-selling residual oxygen analysers in the food industry.
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Signify reports rush to trial LiFi Its LiFi-enabled LED fixtures combine excellent light quality with a fast broadband data connection using light waves, enabling customers to send email, securely access their company network and surf the internet through their lights
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ignify announced it is working with more than 30 customers in Europe, North America and Asia to pilot light fidelity (LiFi). Its LiFi-enabled LED fixtures combine excellent light quality with a fast broadband data connection using light waves, enabling customers to send email, securely access their company network and surf the internet through their lights. Philips LiFi-enabled luminaires provide customers with the double benefit of quality, energy efficient LED light and a secure, stable and robust connectivity. LiFi is attracting considerable interest as an alternative or complementary technology to WiFi for specific applications and because of the increasing congestion of the radio spectrum. It offers at ENGINEERING REVIEW | MARCH 2019
least 1,000 times the spectrum of WiFi.
Implementation of LiFi technology from Bangalore to Stavanger Customers trialing the ground-breaking technology are located all over the world. In Bangalore, India, managed offices provider Incubex has established a LiFi meeting room to enable the many start-ups and firms it serves to explore the technology. “Since our inception, we’ve been actively experimenting with and promoting new technologies. We’re giving our 450 plus members at our Manya Tech Park hub, and more than 3,500 members at our 10 other hubs, the opportunity to be the first to get hands-on with this new technology which is set to go places.
So far, we’ve had great feedback and received lots of enquiries from our members,” said Alap Uttamchandani, Founder of Incubex. Atea, the leading IT infrastructure company in the Nordics and Baltic region, is piloting LiFi in its office in Stavanger, Norway. The company has installed LiFi luminaires in the lobby of its building so it can demonstrate the technology and have visitors try-out the connectivity. Telecoms company Orange is another customer, piloting the technology at its office near Paris, France, where LiFi is being tested as a complementary and alternative to other mobile communication technologies. In Singapore, Republic Polytechnic will install LiFi in its Smart www.engmag.in
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LiFi: Broadband connectivity through your lights
Devices Lab. It intends to give its students new learning opportunities and broaden their exposure to smart lighting technologies. The polytechnic is the first institute of higher learning in Southeast Asia to adopt LiFi.
Broadband Internet through your lights “Our initial pilots illustrate the massive potential of this technology,” said Michel Germe, Head of LiFi at Signify. “We’ve received hundreds of enquiries from potential customers from all corners of the world, some of which have unearthed applications we’d never considered in detail, such as communication between robots in manufacturing facilities. As well as the 30 pilot projects, we’ve installed LiFi in 26 of our buildings across the world.”
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Advantages of LiFi LiFi offers benefits over WiFi as it can be used in places where radio frequencies may interfere with equipment, such as in hospitals, or where WiFi signals cannot reach or are weak, such as underground. It’s also ideal for use in environments demanding high security; for example, the back office of a financial institution or government service. LiFi adds an extra layer of security as light cannot pass through solid walls and a line-of-sight to the light is needed to access the network. The pilot projects underscore Signify’s commitment to developing innovations to benefit its customers and its leadership in lighting for the Internet of Things (IoT). Signify became the new company name of Philips Lighting as of May 16, 2018.
LiFi offers two-way, high-speed wireless communication like WiFi. Instead of using radio signals it uses light waves to transmit data. Signify’s LiFi-enabled Philips office lighting fixtures have a broadband connection speed of 30Mb per second without compromising lighting quality. This speed is enough to stream simultaneously several HD quality videos while holding a video call.
How does LiFi work? Each luminaire is equipped with a built-in modem that modulates the light at speeds imperceptible to the human eye. The light is detected by a LiFi USB access key plugged into the socket of a laptop or tablet (in the future such technology will be built into laptops and devices). The LiFi USB access key returns data to the luminaire through an infrared link.
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FKL Cross-Split Spherical and Cylindrical Roller Bearings
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KL provides solution with a wide assortment of roller & ball bearings for various applications. The effort consistently goes out in the direction of reducing production downtime and increasing profitability by means of greater productivity. FKL split roller bearings are one such solution, especially suitable for applications, where mounting and dismounting process of a bearing leads to great loss in productivity or is extremely time taking. FKL manufactures split cylindrical roller bearing up to 600 mm bore diameter and split spherical roller bearings up to 1120 mm bore diameter. The use of cross-split bearings turns to advantage namely in conditions where axial installation of a bearing becomes impossible. This relates for example to multiple-bearing shafts, crankshafts, long transmission shafting or for events where bearing installation would be exceedingly time consuming and a longer machinery downtime would cause great operation losses. The mostly used cross-split bearings worldwide are single row cylindrical and double row spherical roller bearings. The parts of these bearings (outer ring, inner ring as well as the cage for centering the rolling elements) are split in radial sense. Most cages are constructed in brass. Connection of two halves of cage is made in a manner to withstand dynamic loads exerted on it during operation. The two halves of inner ring are positioned on the shaft by means of locating rings provided with threaded joint secured against ENGINEERING REVIEW | MARCH 2019
loosening. The dividing joint between the outer ring halves can be vertical to ring face, while the inner ring dividing level is designed inclined at an angle to eliminate shocks in rolling of elements at loaded area of split surface edge.
There is a very small hairline distance between the two races that allow the collars to snug the races onto the shaft when the collars are drawn together by bolts. The roller cages are held together with a simple clip.
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Cost savings :
Sometimes when trying to minimize equipment downtime, an engineer trades one design problem for yet another design problem. The engineer will determine which design minimizes equipment downtime and gives the highest extent of reliability. When the fan bearings needs to be replaced on an overhung fan, the hassle of removing the coupling hub and then trying to pull the failed bearings off of the fan shaft are faced. Worse yet, if the coupling does not have a spacer it means that the motor has to be moved in order to make clearance so that the coupling hub can be removed off of the shaft. Hence, the split bearing minimizes repair turnaround time. Instead of having to pull the coupling hub off of the shaft and maybe moving the motor, one only has to pop the bearing cover off of the bad bearing and slip the failed components out of the bearing, much like popping the sleeves out of a pillow block sleeve bearing. Everything is split into two, the inner and outer races, the ball cage, and the liner inserts. The inner raceway is held together onto the shaft by means of collars that are bolted together. The collars and the inner raceways are shorter in circumference than the shaft.
Due in particular to the reduced downtime, the fitting of split spherical roller bearings gives a significant reduction in fitting costs, as shown in the diagram. In new designs too, split spherical roller bearings can give cost savings in many cases since the plant can be simplified and the assembly work required is reduced.
Mounting of Bearings: For mounting of bearings with split rings we anticipate use of fit to shaft in h6, h7, h9 values. Shape allowances of seating surfaces can be used up to 50% of fitting tolerance, generally the seating surfaces accuracy is required to be in IT6. Before installing bearings in seating we recommend to finely smear the seating surfaces by mounting paste to minimize occurrence of contact corrosion. It is advisable to appoint skilled and purpose-trained personnel to bearing mounting.
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Use of TIP-TIG Technology in Process Equipment Plants
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IP-TIG welding is a new advanced innovation of the common GTAW Process. This process uses new, patent-pending technology (TiPTiG), that delivers the highest possible weld energy with the lowest possible weld heat, all while still being user-friendly.
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What is TIP-TIG welding? TiPTiG new welding with a hot wire process can be used in every industry. It is very simple to learn, use and simple to teach. This process is so unique that higher travel speed, lower heat input, reduced cycle time, and an overall better-quality welding advantage can easily be achieved.
sulting TIG weld quality and overall process productivity. The process is also slag-free and uses the lowest possible heat input of any welding process, producing a Heat Affected Zone (HAZ), all of which help to reduce distortion and weld stress. It produces some of the highest quality products with the best metallurgical and mechanical properties on all alloys, but also increases production up to four times the normal speed. There is
The Process The TIG weld receptivity for higher weld deposition rates is done by decreasing the speeds for the weld solidification process and increasing the fluid weld area. This allows for a 100%-400% increase in TIG wire feed rates, increasing the overall weld deposits. All these attributes like faster speeds and higher than normal weld energy, increase the re-
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TIG – Hot – Cold Wire TIG – Pulsed MIG and the Flux-Cored process.
and many other critical materials like P-91, which are used in process plant production.
How it Works A TIP TIG welding system uses a wire fed GTAW system just like a typical TIG system, but it’s distinctive for the vibratory effect on wire at weld pool which is achieved by a linear forward and backward mechanical motion created by the customised wire feeder system. The forward and backward motion of the filler wire creates an oscillation that is then transferred to the weld, agitating the molten weld pool and ultimately disrupting the surface tension. In addition to this vibratory effect on the wire, a hotwire current (powered by a secondary power source) is also applied to the filler metal, prior to entering the weld puddle. The two pictures (fig. 1 & 2) describe the weld finish with Manual GTAW & Manual TIP-TIG process.
ChampTig 400P Power source from Ador Welding with the TipTig wire feeder. Benefits of the TIG-TIP process • Increased fluidity of the weld pool • Greater tolerance to joint fit-up • Significantly reduced joint sensitivity • Greater ability to accept more wire into the weld pool, results in a higher deposition • 4-6 times increased travel times • Reduced cycle time and heat input • Cleaner welds with agitated weld pool • Reduced weld stress with the reduced heat input
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Fig.5 Fig.4 Heat Exchangers are commonly constructed from low Carbon Steel, Copper, Copper-Nickel, Stainless Steel, Hastelloy, Inconel, or Titanium. There are certainly some unique applications and challenges associated with the welding of heat exchangers, such as the position and access for the popular circumferential welding of Tube to sheet welds or the half tube shell welding. A trained TIP-TIG welder can typically weld a 50mm tube in 30 seconds… or less with the highest quality and lowest heat input. Our typical travel speed for fillet welds will be between 300 to 500 mm/min on most applications. Compared with 80 to 150 mm/ min with conventional GTAW. TiPTiG manual system is a low cost semi-automatic solution to tackle any job by selecting a wide variety of torches for different applications, with modified 180 deg torch it allows a complete tube sheet welds without repositioning the wire or stopping, allowing for defect free welds. The typical customers in the manufacturing and repair of various sized heat exchangers are in power plants, chemical plants, petrochemical plants, petroleum refineries, natural gas processing, and sewage treatment.
INCONEL CLADDING Normally, when you manually clad
the end of a pipe ID with Inconelusing Pulsed MIG as shown in the picture and result is often not so good. However when we use TIP-TIG, the results are visible as shown on the mentioned pictures. In the pictureTIP-TIG cladded Job, TIP -TIG Inconel 800 pipe was welded with Inconel 82 wire on 10 inch pipe 3/4 Wall. The TIP TIG weld cycle time for the Inconel pipe was 40 – 50 minutes, whereas the customer used to take around 4 hrs with regular TIG. When your weld process can weld a complex incoloy* pipe and make the welds look simple, that’s a process that should be given consideration. With TIP-TIG, no brushing, no grinding, no spatter, no weld rework, no feeding of wire, no foot control, less skills. Note weld smoke prep machining lubricants. (*Incoloy refers to a range of superalloys produced by the Special Metals Corporation group of companies. They are mostly nickel-based, and designed for excellent corrosion resistance as well as strength at high temperatures; there are specific alloys for resistance to chemical attacks)
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The customer typically attained a maximum Hot Wire TIG weld travel speeds from 12 – 15 inch/min. Then the customer switched over from Hot Wire TIG to the TIP-TIG process. The TIP TIG weld parameters and speeds were achieved using an 0.035 (1mm) 2205 Duplex wire, with TIP-TIG travel speed of 35 inch/min was achieved providing 200% increase in weld travel. The welds had a superior, less sluggish weld bead appearance and the parts had a dramatic reduction in weld distortion, (note the much smaller HAZ). Also the TIP-TIG process was much more stable and consistent. TIP-TIG produces the cleanest welds from lowest possible oxidation. The welds will have the lowest possible weld pores and inclusions and the smallest possible weld HAZ.
Welding of P-91 Material Welding of Grade 91 (9Cr-1Mo-V) chromium-molybdenum steel has presented numerous challenges since its introduction inthe 1970s. The gas tungsten-arc (GTAW) process can produce welds of high quality; however, manual welding can be www.engmag.in
expensive and labour intensive, requiring skilled welders with extreme hand-eye coordination and dexterity. Grade 91 productivity can beincreased in either shop or field fabrication by introducing a semiautomatic high deposition metal transfer (HDMT) GTAWwelding process that combines controlled excitation of wire with a hot wire addition. This technique is cost-effective and can beused for the entire weld from root to cap while producing high quality welds that industry expects from the GTAW process. With TiP-TiG weld study, it indicates that semiautomatic HDMT GTAW welding process is capable of producing toughness valuescomparable to or exceeding manual GTAW and that the process provides an attractive alternative for welding P91 root and hotpasses or the entire weld from root to cap.Results of this study indicates that semiautomatic HDMT GTAW welding process is capable of producing impact valuescomparable to or exceeding manual GTAWT. The process also provides an attractive alternative for welding P91 root and hotpasses or the entire weld from root to cap.
TIP-TIG HDMT (HIGH DYNAMIC METAL TRANSFER) FOCUS TIP-TIG HDMT FOCUS is a unique TIP-TIG welding process. Its precision and reliability make the TIPTIG HDMT FOCUS welding process particularly suitable for automatedapplications in combination with linear axles, robots and other guiding systems. Nearly all steels, non-ferrousmetals or galvanized sheets can be welded in one layer with filler material; e.g. CrNi-steels with a material thickness of up to 10 to 12 mm can be welded in single pass without any Joint preparation. Some of the welded examples are listed below. it has resulted in elimination of backing gas in austenitic stainless steel welds using high deposition metal transfer gas tungsten-arc welding(HDMTGTAW)
TIP-TIG HDMT FOCUS PROCESS Example • • • •
Material: CrNi 8+8mm Weld current: 500A Weld speed: 46 cm/min Wire feed speed: 2,0m/min
Fig.7 The semiautomatic HDMT GTAW welding process permits an increase in energy(heat input), larger weld puddle and increased deposition rate while still providing tempering of the previously deposited weldbeads or layers.
Details of Welded Samples • • • •
Material: CrNi 10+10mm Weld current: 500A Weld speed: 32 cm/min Wire feed speed: 1,8m/min
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TIP-TIG REDUCED COSTS BY OVER 60%, WHEN COMPARED WITH CONVENTIONAL TIG
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manual welder to give higher output. The Automated High Deposition Metal Transfer (HDMT) GTAW
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The above data shows, the deposition rates approx. 3 times to standard TIG process which reduces the production costs by 60%.
welding process that combines controlled excitation of wire with a hot wire addition and gives very promising results to challenging applications. Plant equipment manufacturing, wherever GTAW is applicable, is possible to be replaced by TIGTIG process which gives very high output without compromising on quality. The success in P91 welding with TIP-TIG, also increases the application possibility in that area.
Conclusion
References:
TIP-TIG is an innovative TIG process and good alternative to standard gas tungsten-arc (GTAW) process. Its versatility and simplicity makes the
1.Paper on ‘ACHIEVING TOUGHNESS IN P91 WELDS FROM ROOT TO CAP USING SEMIAUTOMATIC HIGH
The following comparison shows the actual savings calculated on a real stainless-steel welding application comparing conventional TIG and TIP-TIG on a pipe application (2″ Sch 80 Stainless) in the 5G position.
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Machine Safety in the age of digitisation Digitisation in industrial production imposes new requirements on machine safety. It also lays the foundations for new solutions. This article looks at the effects of Industry 4.0 on functional machine safety. Keywords: Machine Safety, Digitisation, Internet of things, Platform Economy, Industry 4.0.
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he Schmersal Group develops and produces some 25,000 switchgear units, making it one of the largest providers anywhere in the world. Motivated by a vision of a safe world of work, the company’s development engineers are constantly working on new devices and systems for all conceivable application situations. Development focuses on three areas lift technology, automation technology and safety technology and has produced a range of mechanical and non-contact switchgear devices, a portfolio of safety switchgear and safety switching systems for protection of man and machine. Digitisation, the internet of things, platform economy, Industry 4.0. Behind all of these buzzwords is a real ‘mega trend’ that is sweeping through industry. Virtually every company has been touched by this mega trend, and we’re likely to see significant changes in every stage of industrial production as a result.
This also affects machine safety, and in a multitude of ways. In the first instance, new machines and production concepts impact the design of safety systems. If components are manufactured in highly-automated one-size production batches, machines need to offer much greater flexibility, as too must the safety equipment. The most striking example of this are collaborating robots, which operate alongside workers without safety fences to separate them. Secondly, the unbroken networked communication systems of Production 4.0 offer new opportunities for machine safety. Infrastructure like the cloud and edge computing and, at product level, virtual machine and system twins, help to enhance the transparency and flexibility of safety equipment. We will outline some examples of both trends below.
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TECH TRENDS 131 should not be allowed to impair the productivity of a machine. This is far from a new requirement, but in the age of Industry 4.0, it has become far more pressing. In response to this, increasing numbers of machine builders are seeking cooperation from machine safety experts early on in the design of new series, with the aim of integrating safety functions into machine functions in such a way that productivity is maximised alongside high levels of safety. New tools such as multi-discipline Systems Engineering are available to assist with this challenge. When it comes to machine safety, qualified services are available and offered by Schmersal under the tec.nicum brand. Services include design support, encompassing machine safety aspects and customer-specific programming of safety control units. Both help to ensure that safety functions can be integrated into or coordinated with operational machine functions as seamlessly as possible, so as not to impair productivity.
errors. In addition, these advanced diagnostics functions also enable predictive maintenance and the avoidance of machine downtime by transmitting non-safety-related status information to operating control units, such as a notification to adjust the safety door in the event of a door offset. The extended features of these RFID sensors, such as the RSS260, also include individual encoding for enhanced manipulation protection.
Data exchange beyond the machine Things become even more complex when you go beyond component level to control unit level. The goal here is to collate and evaluate the data generated by safety switchgear, a task accomplished with help of safety-oriented bus systems such as ASi Safety
at Work. If necessary, decentralised concepts can also be realised, such as on machines built as modular systems. In that case, field boxes and safety installation systems from Schmersal may be used to help create the conditions for quick and easy series connection of safety switchgear units and for the integration of different and mixed switch types, such as safety interlocks and safety systems. This also allows non safety-related diagnostics signals to be transmitted to a standard PLC via common field bus interfaces, such as ProfiNet or Ethernet IP.
From the safety door to the cloud The new Smart Safety Solution even allows diagnostics information to be transmitted to the cloud via the Protect PSC1 safety control unit or the SD gateway and an edge gateway for the capture of data such as limit and distance warnings and operating status information from safety equipment. There is, therefore, unbroken
Systems and solutions for machine safety In today’s world, machine builders can benefit greatly by procuring safety systems from a single source. As a systems and solutions provider for machine safety, Schmersal offers safety components and systems for signal evaluation alongside consultancy, project planning and engineering services. In view of the increasing complexity of machines, machine control units and safety systems, it is vital that we offer complete solutions packages. Individual components such as RFID-based security sensors have already been developed, like the RSS260, which can also transmit diagnostics information such as error messages, e.g. ‘Fault or short circuit at a safety output’ or ‘Faulty actuator’, to enable rapid elimination of www.engmag.in
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132 TECH TRENDS communication over the entire automation pyramid. Diagnostics information can then be displayed on screens and retrieved on devices such as tablets and smartphones, allowing for remote monitoring of production processes and predictive maintenance. Common cloud platforms, such as Microsoft Azure, are used to allow data to be displayed via dashboards. In this case too, new-generation safety control units take on management of increasing complexity in the safety circuit, with the modular PSC1 safety control unit capable of evaluating data from various production cells. As such, multiple robot cells are able to communicate with one another and exchange safety-related data and error messages. With this capability, machine builders can now determine which data to transmit. In the medium term, products produced on the machines will also be integrated into the data stream as they carry with them the relevant data like ‘virtual twins’ a fundamental element of Industry 4.0. With the cloud-based Smart Safety Solution, Schmersal has already created the conditions for this and other similar concepts.
Good communication skills required These examples demonstrate how the ability of components to communicate is central to the exchange of data over different levels. Flexibility is equally important. As such, the PSC1 allows the safety functions of machines to be modified to different applications within each modular principle. Core components are freely programmable compact control units (PSC1-C-10/100) with I/O expansion modules available for secure signal processing from different safety switches. A universal communication interface allows the user to make simple software-based selections and adjustments of different field bus protocols. The same hardware also al-
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lows connection to all common field bus systems (PROFINET, PROFINET PROFIsafe, EtherCAT, EtherCATFSOE, Profibus, Profibus ProfiSafe and Ethernet IP). The new opportunities offered by digitisation are also changing the way in which designers, who are responsible for selecting the safety systems, work. At Motek 2018, Schmersal will be unveiling an online planning tool that has been designed to enable quick and easy configuration of the modular PSC1 safety control unit. The PSC1 configurator is an online tool with 24/7 availability. It is both intuitive and easy to operate and offers designers a robust planning foundation in just a few minutes. The planning tool automatically selects the optimal PSC1 safety control unit based on a selection of safety sensors and safety outputs and indicates the space that will be occupied by the assembly configuration on the profile rail. At the same time, the PSC1 configurator also generates a bill of materials including item names, material numbers and details of devices. This bill of materials is linked to Schmersal’s online catalogue, allowing the user to look up device information as required. The bill of materials can be exported in Excel or PDF format for
direct e-mail attachment and subsequent quotation.
Interplay between man and robot And finally a look at the supreme discipline of machine safety the interplay between man and robot in a shared workspace, with no safety fences to separate them. Something that can only be achieved with a safety-related control unit that has been configured to ensure that robots never leaves their work zones and never exceed defined axle speeds. The Schmersal Group offers robot manufacturers the functionality of a safety-related control unit for human/ robot cooperation in the form of its Safety Controller product. Sensor systems are essential whenever there is direct contact between man and robot, so that collisions can be detected, and robot movements stopped promptly. Work is being conducted in close cooperation with the BonnRhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences to develop a technically feasible and economically efficient safety solution to address precisely this problem. This and the other examples outlined above demonstrate that machine safety can help to realise Industry 4.0 concepts while also harmonising occupational safety and productivity in innovative and complex integrated systems.
Author: Christian Heller, Head of Sales for Central Germany, Schmersal Group www.schmersal.com www.engmag.in
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KOMET GROUP innovates cutting tools using metal 3D printing technology KOMET GROUP is using Renishaw metal additive manufacturing technology to produce new ranges of innovative cutting tools Multiple cutter parts are produced on a single build plate. Credit: KOMET GROUP
The use of the Renishaw technology to manufacture the tools allows geometries to be produced that would be almost impossible by conventional means
Dr. Reinhard Durst, Research and Development Manager for hard metals at KOMET GROUP (Germany). Credit: KOMET GROUP
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ermany’s KOMET GROUP is one of the world’s leading suppliers of precision cutting tools and has supplied innovation to the machining industry for almost 100 years. The Group, which has its headquarters in Besigheim, currently employs more than 1,500 people, including its subsidiaries, and is represented in around 50 countries. KOMET GROUP is a global technology leader in the fields of high-precision drilling, reaming, milling, threading and process monitoring. In addition to developing, manufacturing and distributing high-quality premium products, the company uses its years of technical know-how to analyse customers’ production processes, right down to the smallest detail, and then develop tailored solutions to help them achieve greater efficiency for all stages of their machining.
Challenge With such a strong focus on innova-
tion and continuous development, it was perhaps inevitable that KOMET GROUP staff would come up with some tooling designs that were too expensive, or even impossible, to make with conventional manufacturing methods. As a result, Dr Reinhard Durst, Research and Development Manager for hard metal tools at KOMET GROUP, has been investigating the potential of additive manufacturing for tooling production and the equipment available on the market for several years.
Solution Dr. Durst has been working with Renishaw for the last year, “because its offer has convinced us from a technical as well as an application point of view.” This transfer of knowledge and know-how is inherent throughout Renishaw’s new and growing network of Additive Manufacturing Solutions Centres. Before buying the machine outright, customers can lease the latest Renishaw equipment at a SoluMARCH 2019 | ENGINEERING REVIEW
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tions Centre and work independently on their projects. Renishaw staff are always available to provide advice on the use of the machines. In this way, potential customers can familiarise themselves with additive manufacturing technology, with expert help on hand, and discover how it might meet their specific requirements, without the need for a large up-front investment. “We are aiming for a win-win situation,” explained Ralph Mayer, the manager responsible for additive manufacturing services at Renishaw GmbH. “With our support, the customer shortens their learning curve and reduces the number of potential mistakes to a minimum. We only raise the question of purchasing a system when the customer is clear that it will provide added value for them. At the same time, we gather valuable information about the needs of the industry, which we can use to develop our machines and technology further.” “Parts produced with additive manufacturing can reach an up to 99.9 percent consistent structure, just like rolled or cast metal components,” explained Mr. Mayer. “However, the correct strategy must be applied for every component. Our strength lies in our skill in analysing the technical challenges of our customers’ components and working with our customers to find the most effective solution.” Renishaw’s metal additive manufacturing system uses laser powder
Renishaw laser powder bed fusion technology
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KOMET JEL® screw-in cutter. Credit: KOMET GROUP
bed fusion technology in an inert argon atmosphere. An extremely thin bed of metal powder is laid down and areas that will form the component are melted using a high performance ytterbium fibre laser and then solidified on cooling. This process is repeated with layers of metal powder, typically between 20 and 60 μm thick, until the part is finished. The thinner the layers, the better the accuracy and surface quality of the finished part.
Results The first of the projects handled jointly between Komet and Renishaw was the development of a new range of PCD (Poly-Crystalline Diamond) screw-in milling cutters. The main bodies of the cutters are manufactured on a Renishaw metal additive manufacturing system, with multiple bodies produced during each cycle of the machine, and then fitted with PCD blades and screwed onto their tool holders. The use of the Renishaw technology to manufacture the tools allows geometries to be produced that would be almost impossible by conventional means. “Thanks to the additive process we have been able to place many more PCD blades on each tool,” explained Dr. Durst. “We have changed the arrangement of the blades and achieved a substantially greater axis angle. Compared to conventional milled tools, we have greatly shortened the grooves. These changes mean that the tool is a lot more productive for the user.”
For example, with a 32 mm screwin head, the number of grooves and blades has been increased from six to ten, achieving a feed rate that can be up to 50% higher. In addition, the ability to optimise the paths of the coolant channels ensures that each cutting edge is supplied precisely with coolant through a separate channel, while the external design of the bodies helps to ensure that chips are removed reliably from the face of the tool. AM also offers the potential to reduce component weight since material can be used only where it is necessary for the optimum functionality in the component. It also outperforms conventional production methods in terms of delivery time for any special or experimental tools needed by Komet’s customers. “The ability to freely design the internal and external tool geometry alone means that excluding this additive process from our future plans would be inconceivable,” predicted Dr. Durst. “It gives us the ability to increase tool performance and productivity to such a great extent that it creates considerable added value for our customers.” Dr. Durst considers the decision to work in partnership with Renishaw to be fully justified. “It is not easy for a company that is new to metal additive manufacturing technology to work out the best laser parameters on its own,” he claimed. “Renishaw has contributed a wealth of knowledge to help us find the parameters that are needed to produce a good tool. The new design freedom from additive manufacturing technology and the cooperation with Renishaw is helping us to develop even more innovative tool solutions.”
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Woodworking machine OEM goes 100% Mitsubishi Electric With the success of the VFDs, Unique Machine has evolved to a 100% Mitsubishi Electric solution, incorporating servo motors, PLCs, cables, and, most recently, HMIs
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leading manufacturer of woodworking machinery is leveraging the benefits of the latest automation technology from Mitsubishi Electric.Fed up with the disadvantages of using automation products from a mix of different suppliers, Phoenix, USA-based Unique Machine & Tool Company wanted to find a reliable singlesource supply partner. The OEM eventually settled on Mitsubishi Electric and, after initial success with VFDs, soon adopted servo motors, PLCs, cables and HMIs from the same supplier. Reliability and brand reputation have subsequently improved immensely, with Unique Machine today making ‘100% Mitsubishi Electric’ a major part of its sales presentations. Established in 1969, Unique Machine manufactures high-quality automated woodworking machines, used mostly by cabinet shops and door manufacturers in the design of custom kitchens and similar applications. Products include shapers and sanders, raised panel door machines, CNC machining centres, mitring machines, and dedicated cope and stick stations. Back in the mid-1990s, Unique Machine began the transition from manufacturing mostly manual machines, to producing highly automated, extremely user-friendly systems, pushing the limits of then-available technologies. “We had a ‘plug and play’ vision that was relatively new at the time,” explains company President Jeremy Lutringer. “To bring it to fruition, we had to use an eclectic mix of products from different automation manufacturers, and that caused a lot of problems. Whenever there was an issue, the different manufacturers would point fingers at each other and not take responsibility. It was very frustrating.” In addition to lacking a single point of responsibility, the need to depend on a multitude of manufacturers for different components was adding complexities and driving up costs. “We had to continually write new drivers to make the different components talk to each other, and we also had to have custom cables designed,” explains Software & Controls Engineer Jon Mattson. The way to rectify the situation seemed clear: find and partner with an automation company that could offer a complete product line. Unique Machine came across a major automation supplier that seemed to fit the bill. However, www.engmag.in
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the company soon discovered that the service and attitude of its new partner left a lot to be desired. “Their business model was to lock you into software service and upgrade agreements, as well as licensing fees, which had to be paid on an ongoing basis,” says Mattson. “That may be acceptable or even advantageous in some industries, but in the woodworking sector our customers are accustomed to paying for a machine once and having it run for 30 years. Demands for ongoing technical fees just don’t fly.” But, Mattson notes, the real damage to Unique’s reputation was yet to come. “Our supplier was not providing very good support; if we had a problem with one of their products they would either put a band aid on it, or not respond at all. Furthermore, they suddenly dropped a couple of products we were using and stopped all support service for them. That made us look really bad to our customers.”Frustrated, Unique Machine decided to find another supplier, but was committed to proceeding conservatively. “Mitsubishi Electric had been calling on us and we decided to give them a try, but we had been burnt and didn’t want to jump from frying pan to frying pan,” explains Lutringer. “We decided to trial their VFDs in the first instance. They’re relatively simple components, and since we had used about 10 different brands of VFDs before, we would be able to weigh the relative quality right away.”Almost immediately, the Mitsubishi Electric VFDs showed themselves to be far superior to any brand the company had used previously. “The reliability of Mitsubishi Electric VFDs was far better than anything we had ever experienced, both out of the box and out in the field,” confirms Mattson. “With our previous supplier, we might experience five or six VFD failures out of 15 machines. However, ENGINEERING REVIEW | MARCH 2019
Unique Machine benefits • Highly reliable, even under tough factory conditions • Easy to use, even by untrained operators • Competitively priced with Mitsubishi Electric I can’t think of a single failure, and we’ve used many, many more Mitsubishi Electric VFDs.” Lutringer adds: “Other drives would throw up errors and stop working at the first hint of heat. Woodworking shops can run hot and that was a big problem, but the Mitsubishi Electric drives stand up to the harshest conditions and just keep working.”In addition to huge improvements in reliability, the Mitsubishi Electric VFDs are providing a number of other benefits to Unique Machine and its customers. “Mitsubishi Electric drives are very easy to program,” states Mattson, by way of example. “The interface on the front of the drive and an auto-tune feature that lets you simply plug in the characteristics of a new motor, save a lot of time. And, with other brands, we would have to put in separate braking resistors to stop the motor quickly in an emergency. In contrast, the Mitsubishi Electric VFDs do it on their own, in less than 10 seconds, and without any risk of overheating that can plague resistors. This integrated safety is a big plus as it helps us optimise the safety of our equipment while saving on cost and providing a much neater, clutter-free cabinet that really projects ‘trouble-free’ to our customers.” With the success of the VFDs, Unique Machine has since evolved to a 100% Mitsubishi Electric solution, incorporating servo motors, PLCs, cables, and, most recently, HMIs.“We had been using Windows PCs for many years because we liked the flexibility and functionality they allowed for creating full-featured interface
screens and, for a long time, industrial HMIs just couldn’t compare,” says Lutringer. “This has all changed with Mitsubishi Electric, HMIs, which offer a lot of flexibility as well as feature-rich functionality. There was a smooth learning curve and we are very happy with the graphic capabilities, object actions, image sharpness and quality, even compared with full-featured PCs.” Now offering 100% Mitsubishi Electric components in most of its machines, Lutringer feels that the partnership has given Unique Machine a big advantage. “100% Mitsubishi Electric is definitely something that we highlight in sales presentations,” he says. “Most customers know that having a single, high-quality brand of components onboard makes for easier troubleshooting. Also, I think that the Mitsubishi Electric brand name carries a connotation of quality that no other can match in this space.” That quality, Lutringer notes, is something that Mitsubishi Electric has worked hard to maintain for the company over the years: “We’ve been very happy with the level of support that we get. Access to engineers, customer service, sales – whatever we need – it’s always there. It’s in stark contrast to what we’ve experienced with other automation suppliers.”With Mitsubishi Electric by its side for several years now, Unique Machine has enjoyed some of its greatest successes in nearly half a century of trading. “If we hadn’t found a stable automation partner we probably wouldn’t have had some of these results,” concludes Lutringer. “Bottom line; I think Mitsubishi Electric adds confidence for us when we ship a machine out the door, while our customers also have confidence in the products because of the automation technology they feature.”
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BUSINESS AVENUES courses, residential complex and allied facilities/ services. Place: Pulwama District Jammu and Kashmir Industry: Healthcare All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) “Dr. Randeep Guleria, Director, Ansari nagar, new Delhi-110029, Delhi. T: 011-26588500, 26588700, F: 26588663, 26588641, director@aiims.ac.in,director.aiims@gmail.com
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he Centre has approved the construction of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Vijaynagar, in samba district of Jammu.
AIIMS will be set up under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY). The project involves creation of hospital, teaching block for medical and nursing courses, residential complex and allied facilities/services. Place: Samba District Jammu and Kashmir Industry: Healthcare All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) “Dr. Randeep Guleria, Director, Ansari nagar, new Delhi-110029, Delhi. Tel: 011-26588500, 26588700, Fax : 26588663, 26588641, director@aiims.ac.in, director.aiims@gmail.com”
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he Centre has approved the construction of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Rajkot, Gujarat. AIIMS will be set up under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY). The project involves creation of hospital, teaching block for medical and nursing courses, residential complex and allied facilities/services Place: Rajkot Gujarat Industry: Healthcare All India Institute of Medical Sciences “Dr. Randeep Guleria, Director, Ansarinagar, New Delhi-110029, Delhi. T: 011-26588500, 26588700, F: 26588663, 26588641, director@aiims.ac.in,
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he company has signed memoran- dum of understanding (MoU) for building the country’s first CnG terminal in Gujarat. The company wants to carry out a survey along the Bhavnagar coast for the terminal. Place: “Bhavnagar Gujarat” Industry: “Ports and shipping” Foresight Group Services Ltd 138 ENGINEERING REVIEW | MARCH 2019
“1) 5th Floor, 6 ST. Andrew Street, London, United Kingdom. EC4A 3AE. 2) Gujarat Maritime Board: Kalpesh Vithalani, GM (Privatisation), sector 10 A, sagar Bhavan, Opp Airforce Station, Gandhinagar-382010, Gujarat. T: 079-23248883, 9099950566”
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he unit of Danish transport giant AP Moller Maersk Group, is to open India’s first environment approved inland container depot (ICD) for handling chemicals in Pune. The ICD can handle 60,000 containers a year. It has 100,000 sq ft of warehouse space, half bonded and half non-bonded, besides 50,000 sq ft of yard space to store containers. Place: Pune Maharashtra Industry: Ports and shipping APM Terminals Inland Services “Dhruvi Parmar, Head (Branding & Corporate Communications), URMI Estate, 11th Floor, Tower A, Ganpat- rao Kadam Marg, Lower Parel, Mumbai - 400013, Maharashtra. T: 022-33407622, M: 9167398383, E-mail: dhruvi.parmar@apmterminals.com, Ajit Venkataraman, Managing Director www.engmag.in
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he authority plans to undertake expansion of the Tuticorin airport. The work is likely to commence by April 2019 and the completion is targeted by 2022. Around 410 acre of land out of 601 acre required is already handed over to the authority by the state government. Place: Thoothukudi Tamil Nadu Industry: Airport / Aviation Airports Authority of India (AAI) “N Subramanian, Airport Director, AAI, Thoothukudi-628001, Tamil Nadu. Tel: 0461-2271863, E-mail:apd-tuticorin@aai.aero
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aiwanese contract manufacturer plans to set up new plant at Narasapura Industrial Area in Karnataka’s Kolar district to assemble iPhones in India.
The company plans to manufacture smartphones, IoT products and biotech devices out of the new facility. Place: Kolar District Karnataka Industry: Telecom Wistron Infocomm Manufacturing India Pvt Ltd Tel : 080-61347800, E-mail: pr_office@wistron.com
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aiwanese contract manufacturer plans investment towards setting up new production lines to manufacture certain iphone models in its factory in sriperumbudur near Chennai. Place: Sriperumbudur Tamil Nadu Industry: Telecom Foxconn India Pvt Ltd Tel: 044-67113500, 67122175”
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he airport development authority have received a fresh proposal by the district administration to set up an airport at Dhalbhumgarh in Ghatshila subdivision. Around 240 acre of land will be provided by the district administration. Place: Singhbhum District Jharkhand Industry: Airport / Aviation Airport Authority of India (AAI) M: 8092089525, kk.pandey@tatasteel. com, (Ravi Radhakrishnan, Chief Aviation Services, E-mail:ravi.radhakrishnan@tatasteel.com www.engmag.in
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lans to build a new cement plant at Ametha, District Katnl in Madhya Pradesh. The unit will have a clinker production capacity of 3Mt/yr and a cement production capacity of 1Mt/yr. Place: Katni District Madhya Pradesh Industry: Cement ACC Ltd “Michelle DSouza, Sr. Vice President and Head of Corp Comm, Cement House, 121, Maharshi Karve Road, Mumbai – 400020, Tel: 022-33024321, 66654321 MARCH 2019 | ENGINEERING REVIEW 139
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PRODUCT SHOWCASE Panther Taps and Drills
Indian Tool Manufacturers (ITM) – A division of Birla Precision Technologies Ltd. has launched Panther Taps and Drills. ITM focuses on its R&D department to continuously develop exceptional quality products for its customers. As a result of this extensive study and continuous efforts, we proudly introduce new ITM “PANTHER” Series a new range of products matched with highest international standards to ensure Superior Performance, Extra Tool Life, and Guaranteed Results. I) Panther series Taps are made out of the advanced grades of HSS premium materials. These Taps are produced on our latest CNC Machines, with unique geometries to suit different work materials.
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ITM Panther series of Taps consists of Spiral Flute, Spiral Point, Roll Form, and Straight Flute-Cast Iron. ITM Panther Taps are available with TiN, TiAlN, TiCN etc.coatings to enhance the performance. 1. Spiral Flute Taps are best Suited for Blind Hole applications and are specially designed to eliminate chip clogging, they are available in size range of (Size Range: M3 to M16). 2. Spiral Point Taps are specially designed for Through-Hole application and are suitable for higher cutting speed. Size range is from M3 to M16. 3. Roll Form Taps is best suitable for both Blind and Through-Hole application. Roll forming operation is chip less operation, forming a
thread by displacement of materials and not by cutting hence best suitable for ductile materials, the size range is from M6 to M16. 4. St.Flute - Cast Iron Taps are best suitable for Cast Iron material and size range is from M3 to M16. II) Panther series of Drills are also made out of the advanced grades of HSS premium materials. These Drills are produced on our latest CNC Machines, with unique geometries to give better accuracy holes and best performance. These drills are developed to machine hardened steel materials like Stainless Steel, Nickel Chromium
Steel and Forged Steel etc. Panther Drills are designed to work on tougher materials and having Special point geometry to reduce thrust forces while drilling. Panther drills are made with special Surface treatment for maximum wear resistance. Size range in metric as per IS 5101 Metric Size 3.0mm to 13.0 mm Inch size as per BS 328 Inch Series: 1/8”to ½.” These new series of our “ Panther” range of Products are new generation tools will work at higher cutting parameters on latest CNC Machines and we are very confident that these products are solutions for your higher productivity.
For Product Enquiry Contact Birla Precision Technologies Limited Email: itmth@indiantool.com
The new Gast 86/87R Series of oil-less rocking piston compressors & vacuum pumps While other manufacturers have been busy selling rocking piston compressors that produce a lot of noise and lessthan-ideal pressure, Gast has been quietly setting the new standard by reengineering our oil-less rocking piston from the ground up. The result is a unit that delivers quieter performance, higher pressure, a longer life
and greater application flexibility. The sleek, new 86/87R Series is not just another pretty product. It’s beauty runs deep as it performs in ways not yet seen in the industry. The patented crossover chamber design regulates and controls airflow to dampen sound and optimize performance, while delivering a wide range of pressure level
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PRODUCT SHOWCASE Pioneer in intuitive programming • Offer the easiest-touse & most adaptable alternative Automation Solution for specialized & demanding needs • An experienced technical team • A pioneer in the simplification of programming
em4 - MORE THAN JUST A PLC options. Because the 86/87R Series can easily retrofit into an existing footprint, it’s also a smart, flexible solution for a wide range of markets and applications, viz. Environmental, General industrial, medical, printing & packaging, food & beverage, transportation, laboratory, and material handling.
Designed to performs “When we set out to re-engineer our rocking piston compressor, we aimed to do more than just increase pressure. We set out to dramatically reduce sound, enhance flow, create a standard footprint for easy retrofit anywhere in the world and improve the compressor’s
aesthetics,” says Gast. The inherent design of rocking piston technology makes it the optimal choice for applications requiring high pressure or vacuum and air flow in a small package. The flexible cup is made with superior materials and mounted on top of the connecting rod, creating vacuum or pressure while maintaining a tight seal against the cylinder walls in a rocking motion. The forgiving design has fewer components, causes less friction and has a low exhaust temperature, for greater reliability and durability for the life of the product. Despite it’s small size, the versatility of 86/87R means this is the right product to deliver quality air solutions.
Shavo Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Shavo House, S.No.21A/10B, Plot No,394 South Main Road, Hotel Cozy Inn Chowk Koregaon Park, Pune - 4112 001 Phone: 020-2615 9641 Email: shavogroup@vsnl.com
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• All-in-one fully connected nano-PLC • Remote management & maintenance on a PC & mobile devices
• Accurate & performant sensor measurement
Millenium 3 - Logic Controller • Compact & expandable • Easy to program • Multiple configuration options.
Specialist in electromagnetic & electronic technology • Specialist in time management with an extensive automation components offer that includes timers, monitoring relays • In addition to highperformance products, advice and support, offers tailor-made solutions for any application
TIMERS: • Simple to use • Multi voltage
• Multi or mono function
MONITORING RELAYS: • Close-up protection for total availability of equipment • All anomalies are detected • Optimise continuity of service.
For more information InnoVista Sensors India Pvt Ltd Div 1, BNR Complex, Plot No.92/1A, 1st Floor, H P Avenue Road, Konappana Agrahara, Electronic City –Phase 1, Bangalore – 560100, India E-mail: india@innovistasensors.com Web: www.innovistasensors.com MARCH 2019 | ENGINEERING REVIEW 141
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PRODUCT SHOWCASE Extruded Profiles (Silicone/Viton®/EPDM)
2 out of 8 selectable safety functions One device for many applications
APPL offers a wide range of Silicone Extruded Gaskets in more than 1000 different shapes and designs (In round and square types). APPL’s extruded gaskets (Autoclave) are made from Food-Pharma Grade pure silicone rubber which can easily withstands a temperature range of -80°C to +250°C. Extruded Gaskets are available in square cross sections like 6mm x 6 mm, 8mm x 8mm, 10mm x 10mm, 20mm x 20mm, 25mm x 25mm etc. with OR without hollow. These extruded gaskets are available in Red, White,
Orange or any color as per customer’s requirement. These extruded gaskets are manufactured from fully automatic microwave continuous curing system which ensures accurate dimensional properties, glossy surface finishes and aesthetically beautiful colors. Extruded Gaskets can be used in Clean Room Doors, Telecom Shelters, Air Tight Door Seal Application, Bakery Ovens, Freeze Doors, Pharmaceuticals Processing Machine’s Doors, Autoclaves, Isolators, Dry Heat Sterilizers, etc.
For more information Ami Polymer Pvt. Ltd. 319, Mahesh Industrial Estate, Opp. Silver Park, MiraBhayander Road, Mira Road (E), Thane - 401104, Maharashtra. INDIA Tel.: +91 22 28555 107 / 631 / 914 | Cell: +91 86910 13935 Email: mktg@amipolymer.com | Web: www.amipolymer.com
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We extended again the safety functions of our multifunctional safety module UG6970 from the SAFEMASTERfamily. It monitors two independent safety functions. They can be selected as desired from the basic functions emergency stop and safety door, choosable with cross circuit monitoring as well as from further basic functions like two- hand circuits, safety mat/edge, light curtain and alternative switch. At this, the device offers maximum safety up to performance level (PL) e/ Kat 4 or SIL 3. The SAFEMASTER settings are performed without programming, simply and quickly via 3 rotary switches. With a narrow device only 22.5 m wide, two different safety circuits of machines and systems can be monitored simultaneously in a simple manner. In addition, the safety module features flexible starting conditions. For example, the device can be optionally activated via manual or automatic start.
The connection methods are just as flexible. Apart from conventional screwtype terminals, cage clamp terminals are also available for simple and quick installation without tool. The plug-in connection blocks allows for quick device replacement in the event of service thereby offering additional saving potential. The SAFEMASTER is designed for 2-channel operation with adjustable cross fault monitoring. In addition, it features line fault detection on the ON-button. LED indicators and semiconductor signal outputs ensure quick diagnosis. The UG 6980 is available if only one safety circuit shall be monitored.
For more information DOLD Electric India Pvt Ltd (100% Subsidiary of E.DOLD & Sohne Kg - Germany) B – 3 Vishranti Heritage, Gotri Road, Vadodara – 390 021 Call: +91 990 9001585, Website: www.dold.in
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PRODUCT SHOWCASE Precision Ball Screw Spline-PBSA Series
contact angle of 45°, thus it has the average force of axial and radial direction.
thus can be smooth motion with lower noise.
Application 5.Smooth Motion and Lower Noise As the Ball Screw is adapting end cap recirculation structure,
The Precision Ball Screw Spline contains Ball Screw grooves and Ball Spline grooves that cross each other on a single shaft. The Precision Ball Screw Spline nut has a special designed support bearing directly set up on the outer ring of the nuts. The Precision Ball Screw Spline is capable of performing three modes of motion ( rotational, linear and spiral ) with a single shaft by rotating or stopping the spline nut.
Features 1.High Positioning Accuracy The Ball Spline groove preload is designed Gothic arch. By applied preload, the backlash in the rotational direction
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is eliminated therefore having higher positioning accuracy.
2.Lightweight and Compact Spline nut and the support bearing is integration structure. The Spline nut is designed lightweight. Therefore, the highly accurate and compact design is achieved.
3.Simple Installation The balls recirculation in ball holder, prevent balls falling from the spline nut while assembling.
4.Support Bearing The support bearing of the Ball Screw is designed a contact angle of 45°, thus it has higher axial rigidity, while Ball Spline has a
SCARA robot, Assembly robot, Automatic loader, and Machining center’s, ATC equipment.
For more information SUPERSLIDES & BALLSCREWS co.INDIA PVT. LTD. SUPERSLIDES HOUSE, A-774 T.T.CIndustrial Area,Off Thane-Belapr Road, Next to SGS, Koparkhairne, Navi Mumbai-400 701 INDIA Tel: 022-4935 555 (40 Lines) Fax :022-49355556 E-mail: sales@superslides.in / info@superslides.in Website: www.superslides.in
Load capacity meets manœuvrability Daily operations in industrial facilities often involve the manual or mechanical towing of trolleys or equipment even with heavy loads. In this case, the right rolling element can make the difference and significantly help the operator in his work. The brand new RE.F2 wheels have been recently introduced to meet these customers’ needs, providing a technical solution suitable to easily move trolleys. Wheel’s tread, in green soft polyurethane with high thickness, is characterised by good elasticity, load capacity and resistance to tear, thus guaranteeing the absorption of shocks and vibrations and, in addition, a less force required to push or tow trolleys.
Soft polyurethane material is particularly resistant to wear and it is suitable in the presence of unfavourable atmospheric agents, alcohols and glycols. Thanks to these features, RE.F2 castors represent an ideal solution both for outdoor and www.engmag.in
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PRODUCT SHOWCASE indoor applications. The hub with ball bearings ensures an excellent rolling resistance improving manœuvrability for continuous moving, with heavy loads as well. RE.F2 wheels are supplied also with different types of bracket according to the application. The execution with electro-
welded steel bracket is particularly suitable for loads up to 7000N and it is recommended for heavy industrial applications or in case of severe conditions of use, such as impacts and high speeds. Product technical data sheets, along with drawings and tables with codes and dimensions, are available on our website
For more information Elesa and Ganter India Pvt. Ltd. A-54, Sector-83, Noida-201305 (U.P.) INDIA Tel: 0120-4726666 Fax: 0120-4726600 E-mail: info@elesaganter-india.com Web: www.elesa-ganter.in
Geissel cable glands Geissel Products are used in many industries, from mechanical engineering to the food industry and from the energy sector to climate technology. Now, Geissel cable glands will be used in the automotive industry too. Brass cable glands of size M25 X1.5, Part
number 356.2500.0 & locknuts 785.2500.0 of Geissel Make, are being used by MAHINDRA ELECTRIC in Mahindra vehicle - E Verito Model.
For more information Geissel India Pvt. Ltd. E-mail: nfo@geissel-india.com Website: www.geissel.com
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MECO Clamp-On Earth / Ground Resistance & Leakage Current Tester Model: 4680BL & 4680BLC Every Electrical Equipment’s, appliance, system must be Earthed or grounded to obtain a low resistance path for dissipation of current into the earth. Earthing plays an important role for safe and proper operation of any Electrical installation. Ground fault current directly has an impact on human safety. Major accidents happen due to improper Earthing. Leakage current passes through human body and fatality occurs. MECO Introduce Model 4680BL & 4680BLC at very Low Price having Jaw opening of 65mm x 32mm, which is suitable to take measurement from Earthing Strip or Conductor of Φ 65mm x 32mm approx. This testers are capable of measuring Ground Resistance from 0.010 Ohms to 1000 Ohms (4680BL) and Leakage Currents in TRMS mode from 0.80mA to 30A AC (4680BLC). Data hold, Data Storing Memory, Configurable Alarm, Auto power off & Continuity Loop Test are Key features of 4680BL / 4680BLC. Standard Resistance Calibration Plate provided to verify the calibration check of tester. Substantial time saving and easy
operating justify the investment in these instruments. This is non-contact type innovative solution for measuring Ground Resistance and Leakage Current of any Electrical Installation. This method of measurement completely eliminates the use of ground and auxiliary rods avoiding shutdown. This is an extremely handy instrument especially at MARCH 2019 | ENGINEERING REVIEW 145
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Earth /Ground Resistance by conventional methods.
For more information MECO Instruments Pvt. Ltd. Plot No. EL-1, MIDC Electronic Zone, TTC Industrial Area, Mahape, Navi Mumbai 400710. (INDIA) Tel: 0091-22-27673311-16 (Sales),27673300 (Board) Fax: 0091-22-27673310, 27673330 E-mail: sales@mecoinst.com Web : www.mecoinst.com
ITI-1600 High-precision Thickness Gage |(NEW) Ultrasonic Thickness Gauges are designed to improve safety and ensure reliability of material subject to corrosion or erosion. Corrosion gauges with their dual-
element transducers are the primary inspection tool used to measure the remaining walls of components such as pipelines, pressure vessels, storage tanks,
Specifications: Measuring Range
0.65 mm – 400mm (upto 500mm) (in steel)
Sound Velocity
1000~9999 m/s
Resolution
0.01mm/0.1mm or 0.001/0.01” selectable
Units
mm/inch (selectable)
Memory
Upto 2000 Groups (up to 99 Values for each file)
Accuracy
± ( 0.5%Thickness+0.04 ) mm
Alarm
preset upper and lower limit
Work voltage
3V( 2 AA alkaline battaries)
Work mode
Single point and scan
Interface port
USB
Dimensions
136 x 72 x 20mm
Weight
177 g
Display
3.5 digit LCD with EL backlight
Continuous working period
280 hours (with EL backlight off)
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and numerous other applications.. Precision gauges use single-element transducers to provide the thinnest range and highest degree of accuracy possible. Common applications include metals and a variety of non-metals (i.e. glass, ceramic, plastic, etc.).
Standard Delivery: Main Unit,, Probe, Data Cable, Software, Coupling oil, Battery, Operation Manual, Carrying case. &
Calibration Certirficate Tracable to NPL-DELHI
For more information India Tools & Instruments Co. – BOMBAY - INDIA Tel: 022-23428862 / 9819345050 E-mail: ojus_itico@hotmail.com web:www.indiatool.net
New Generation Technology Portable Digital Hardness Tester - ITI-130
Fully Automatic Flexible, Rigid And Rapid The Most Ability The Least Restriction Monolith, Yellow Parts
ITI-130 This device is built after two decades research and experience and disappears more limitations of conventional leeb devices
and has developed portable hardness tester power range . This device has new ability by electromagnetic shooting and infrared velocity measurement and eliminates mechanical parts.
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material Hardness testing of heavy and light pieces Hardness testing of metal pipes and CNG tanks N.D.T Testing Hardness testing of welding joints Hardness testing at production process Hardness testing of building structures and fuel pipes
Properties: • Hardness test without complex setting • Capability of testing more Alloys • Showing hardness result on HLD-HRCHRB-HB-HV-HSC • Memory for 3000(approx.)test and USB port trancferring • Calibration by standard block and user • Softwere user calibration • Small and light weight
with Poly Carbonate rigid case
Technical Specification: Measuring Direction : 360° Display : LCD Data Memory: 500 Readings Approx. Battery Pack : 800^ 1600 mAH Li-ion 3.7V Battery Charger : USB type Continuous working period : 3000-4000 Test Approx. Communication Interface: USB1
Accessories: • Standard reference block • Battery charger • convex and concave Heads and cleaning brush Hand bag • Manuals • Equation table (ASTM A956 ) • Software CD • Calibration Certificate
For more information India Tools & Instruments Co. – BOMBAY - INDIA Tel: 022-23428862 / 9819345050 E-mail: ojus_itico@hotmail.com web:www.indiatool.net
hosting sensor networks and wireless communications for traffic control, smart parking, noise and air quality monitoring, incident detection, and more. Smart city lights are not stand alone system. They have to be integrated with other systems under what is known as Internet of Things (IoT). Hence the chosen smart city light poles should be able to accommodate a full range of lighting controls compatible to remote control and integral with suitable sensors for the respective application. In fact, the smart city pole is going to be a service platform for various services for Network redundancy, application areas such as mobile connectivity WLAN), traffic control, security camera (CCTV), information transfer, public announce-
ment with loud speakers, smart parking, environmental monitoring and even the electric charger for electric cars etc., K-Lite proudly announces the introduction of smart city poles ( Intelligent poles) with its modular solution, to cater to the above needs in the upcoming smart cities with the salient features as below :
Salient Feature of Smart City Pole One main pole with one to five modules, Smart column is a multitude of combinations. With flexible modules, the smart column is very handy and flexible for add-on. Choose your combination, add the module, connect them together and the smart column is ready to meet your requirement.
Smart City Pole
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saving. More than 50 % of the world’s population lives in cities, A city environment, with a closely knit street light network became a natural choice for a smart city concept,
For more information K-LITE INDUSTRIES D-10, Ambattur Industrial Estate,Chennai-58 Tel: 26257710,48581950, Fax : 26257866 Cell: 95000 79797, 95000 85511 E-mail: info@klite.in / Web: www.klite.in
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PRODUCT SHOWCASE High Speed Doors
Doors are an integral part of the smooth operations of any commercial and industrial building. That is why choosing the most suitable doors needs very careful consideration. A good door is one that combines performance with efficiency and practicality. High Speed Doors designed and manufactured by Gandhi Automations are sturdy, dependable and the ideal solution for medium and large entrances. The doors are manufactured with European collaboration and technology with innovative and creative engineering. Gandhi Automations’ High Performance Doors are designed and factory-made with German collaboration using state-of-the-art and resourceful engineering technology for frequent use in high traffic areas with opening speeds up to 3 m/s. The high opening speed reduces time taken in movement of material, thus hastening the logistics process. Our team of skilled engineers visits the client
site and recommends the most suitable rapid door. The modular structure of the curtains, assembled and joined by anodized aluminium extrusions provides for a wide range of polyester sections available in a variety of colours. Wide, full-width window panels ensure a safer traffic and allow more light in. Their fast and easy replacement, in case of accidental tearing saves money and time. The alternating metal tubular structure inserted within the curtain ensures high wind-resistance. Prime High Speed Doors are the ideal solution for internal and external entrances. They effectively operate in any situation even when strong winds are blowing and also in rooms with high volume traffic. Sturdy and dependable, Prime is the intelligent door for medium and large entrances. High Speed Doors for external entrance are equipped with spring steel wind lock in curtain pocket that ensures silent door travel, higher wind loads and curtain stability.
For more information Gandhi Automations Pvt Ltd Chawda Commercial Centre Link Road, Malad (W) Mumbai – 400064, India Off : +91 22 66720200 / 66720300(200 Lines), Fax 0 22 66720201 Email : sales@geapl.co.in, Website : www.geapl.co.in
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NEW Digital Barcol Impressor DBI-1000 A digital indentation hardness tester, is the latest design and development of our company. It is characterized in that provided with a balance positioning, a digital display of hardness value, and a non disassembly calibration and adjusting. It is with good stability, convenient calibration, and high accuracy of detection. It is mainly used in aluminum processing industry, testing pure aluminum, soft aluminum, thick aluminum alloy, aluminum strip, aluminum rod, aluminum castings, aluminum forgings and aluminum alloy products. Also, it can be used for glass steel industry. The relevant standard is ASTM B648-00, ASTM HD258307, and GB / T 3854-2005.
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• Small in size, portable. Single hand operation, easy to use. Can be used in any occasion as long as the hand can reach. • Wide test range, can test from very soft pure aluminum to a particularly hard aluminum alloy. ef-
fective test range equivalent to the Brinell Hardness of 25~150HB. No need to be supported. Just test on one side of the sample with the hardness tester, no need to be supported. It is suitable for the test of large and extra thick workpiece. With the maximum hold function, recording the maximum hardness value during measurements. Can be used for measuring not only Barcol Hardness, but also Brinell Hardness (HB), Vickers Hardness (HV), Webster Hardness (HW), Rockwell Hardness (HRB/HRE/HRF/HRH). With the function of calculating the average value, can calculate the average value of the 29 sets of data at most.
Applications fields: Aluminum, Aluminum Alloys,Soft Metals ,Composite Materials, Glass Steel.
Parameters
Barcol Hardness (Hba), Brinell Hardness (HB), Vickers Hardness (HV), Webster Hardness (HW), Rockwell Hardness (HRB/HRE/HRF/HRH)
Measurement Range
0~100 HBa, equivalent to the Brinell hardness of 25~150HB
Resolution
0.1 HBa For more information Toolpost (india) Tel: 09819345050 / 022-23428862 E-mail: ojus_itico@hotmail.com
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AVIANS INNOVATIONS TECHNOLOGY PVT. LTD.
11
EPPINGER TOOLING ASIA PVT. LTD.
EPSON
51
BLECH INDIA - 2019
149
C
119
D
99
E ELECTROTHERM (INDIA) LTD.
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IMEX - 2019
122
INDIA MACHINE TOOLS SHOW - 2019
123
INDIA TOOLS & INSTRUMENTS CO.
143
INDIA WAREHOUSING SHOW - 2019
151
INNOVISTA SENSORS INDIA PVT. LTD.
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INORBIT TOURS PVT. LTD.
10
INSTAMOD AIRPIPE PVT. LTD.
55
INTEC - 2019
20
IPTEX + GRINDEX- 2020
153
17
F
FKL INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
65
FLIR SYSTEMS INDIA PVT. LTD.
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BIRLA PRECISION TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
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75
66 - 67
B
CHHATARIYA RUBBER & CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES
IGUS (INDIA) PVT. LTD.
1
GALAXY EARTHING ELECTRODES (P) LTD.
69
GANDHI AUTOMATIONS PVT. LTD.
5
GEISSEL INDIA PVT. LTD.
93
J
GLOBE-TECH ENGINEERING EXPO - 2019
121
JANATICS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
27
JAYANT GROUP OF COMPANIES
117
H
HARTING (INDIA) PVT. LTD.
45
JYOTI CERAMIC INDUSTRIES PVT. LTD.
3
HRS PROCESS SYSTEMS LTD.
77
JYOTI CNC AUTOMATION LTD.
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K.U. SODALAMUTHU AND CO. PVT. LTD.
87
K-LITE INDUSTRIES
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MIDAS SAFETY PRIVATE LIMITED
111
SCORPIO VALVES & CONTROLS PVT. LTD.
19
SEW-EURODRIVE INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
113
SG CORPORATION
35
SHAVO TECHNOLOGIES PVT. LTD.
59
SMALLEY STEEL RING COMPANY
23
N
N. GANDHI & CO.
21
P KUEBLER AUTOMATION INDIA PVT. LTD.
KUSAM ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIES LTD.
47 PRECISION MOTION INDUSTRIES, INC. ( PMI )
41
PRIMA EQUIPMENT
83
PRIMEROLL LNTERNATIONAL PRIVATE LIMITED
57
97
L
LAKSHMI RING TRAVELLERS (COIMBATORE) LTD.
33
LEE SPRING COMPANY INDIA PVT. LTD.
37
MECO INSTRUMENTS PRIVATE LTD.
MECO METERS PRIVATE LTD.
MEERA CASTING
TDK INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
81
TECHCON
53
TECHNO PRODUCTS DEVELOPMENT PVT LTD
48 - 49
TEJ INDUSTRIES
135
TESTO INDIA PVT. LTD.
43
Q
QVI INDIA PVT. LTD.
71
R
M
MARVEL GLOVES INDUSTRIES
T
107
15
13
95
RENISHAW PLC
29
RMG POLYVINYL INDIA LTD.
85
ROLLON INDIA PVT. LTD. - INDIA
101
ROSS CONTROLS INDIA PVT. LTD.
109
RR KABEL LIMITED
79
U
UNP POLYVALVES (INDIA) PVT LTD
91
W MENNEKES ELECTRIC INDIA PVT. LTD.
72 - 73 S
MGM-VARVEL POWER TRANSMISSION PVT LTD
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SAFEXPRESS PVT. LTD.
7
WARPP ENGINEERS PVT. LTD.
89
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150
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Inside Story
Mr.
Santosh
Kumar
Managing Director Instamod Airpipe Pvt. Ltd.
My Life’s Goals Aim & Ambition: My spirit in my life is to work ethically which should be driven and motivated by excelling in professional career. Work hard, smartly, faithfully to gain momentum in life which would fetch believe among everyone. My ambition to give best of product what we make to the industry thru which everyone gets benefitted. Vision: Create chain of good leadership in the team by mentoring them by sharing all values and knowledge what I have Social Goal: To make AIRpipe /Aquapipe affordable to each & every industry so that collectively we can give back tag of “Energy Saving” in real manner to environment. Business Goal: To make one of the best place, safe to work, systematic approach to look for new customer and then keeping that Customer retained with us by giving best service in industry. Always look positive, never avoid challenges, always be part of solution rather part of problem. Dream of AIRpipe to get added “Make in India” program.
My Leisure Choices Favourite Tourist Spot: Goa-Always feel like new place to hang around, Paris –City of love. Music I Like: I like best of 90’s sung by Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan, Lata Mangeskar ... and ghazals of Late Shri Jagjit Singh Sports I Love: Hockey(Indian Team), Cricket(Indian Team), Football (Manchester City Team )
Ask my Taste Buds Favourite Food: Indian Food specially Chicken Tikka, Tandori, Kababs, Briyani... something very close to me Litti Chokha. Favourite Drink: I m weak in it however its Sweet & Salt Lime soda.
In Awe of I Admire: Shri Narendra Modi, Honourable PM of India.
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