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Editorial

Technology Rewiring Our Brains

echnology is growing exponentially, transforming industries and the way we imagine and envision possibilities. The number of processors produced on the planet last year is greater than the number of grains of rice grown during the same period! The growth in processing power and availability improves our productivity and democratises creativity.

Tools—from pens to computers—become part of our nervous system. A recent study showed that the way we ‘receive’ information from the web is different from how we get it from paper. We can read the Internet much faster, but we remember less. Technology has unexpected consequences. Human brain capacity doubles every 160,000 years, but computing power doubles every year. The technology is rewiring our brains. We see the world through the tools we use. Tool is the key word here! Welcome to the July edition of Modern Machine Tools, and, this season, we are drenched with technology! CAD/CAM/CAE may be tools for some, but when used optimally, it has the potential to be the game changer for your business. Those who have taken the aid of these tools, have definitely added an edge to their business and prospects… and why not... we are living in the times when a tide of change is sweeping across the manufacturing landscape and the sea of change continues to bring waves of disruption. You can’t run from developments of this magnitude. The only question is, will you get hammered by these monster waves, or ride them to explore newer opportunities?

Editorial Advisory Board Vikram Sirur President, IMTMA & Executive Chairman, Miven Machine Tools Ltd

L Krishnan Vice President, IMTMA & Managing Director, TaeguTec India P Ltd

Shailesh Sheth Media Chairman, IMTMA & Past President, IMTMA

M Lokeswara Rao Past President, IMTMA & MD, Lokesh Machines Ltd

N K Dhand Past President, IMTMA & CMD, Micromatic Grinding Technologies Ltd

R Srinivasan Past President, IMTMA & MD, RAS Transformation Technologies

Gautam Doshi

Rapid technological change is creating turbulence and chaos in our industries. We need to reinvent our businesses. How? According to experts, the past decade was about finding new social and innovation models. The next decade will be about applying them to the real world. Our brains cannot grow bigger to have more capacity, but their capability can be enormously increased with access to technological aids, because, as technology matures, it is pushed to do more and more, and as a result, we are all facing greater challenges with what we can accomplish using the tools. As a business, we have to continue to become lighter, nimbler and faster without losing accuracy—and we still have to make sure we don’t chase technology that may not pan out. And then again, if we only focus on technology and not the people, we are making a mistake. Training is not only about taking care of people, but also involves strategic planning, capability maturity, leadership skills, process Vs. tool, organisation changes—all will be required to make a successful business. Leadership is very important, but the key to successful leadership is to influence, not be authoritative. This leadership style incidentally brings us to a very interesting inclusion in Modern Machine Tools. From this July edition, we are initiating a very special column by Shailesh Sheth, who, in the metalworking industry, does not need any introduction. Through his regular column starting this month, aptly called ‘Sarathi Sutras’, he personifies passion and ideas that are infectious and beneficial to the Indian machine tools and manufacturing sectors. Read on, win the world, the reins of your chariot is in sturdy hands!

Advisor, IMTMA & Consultant, Productivity & Quality Improvement Services

S N Mishra Past President, IMTMA & Vice Chairman, Bharat Fritz Werner Ltd

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Contents Insights & Outlook Business Dynamics ............................................................. 100 Essar Heavy Engineering Services..................................... 102 Heavy Engineering â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Forms and Gears ............................ 106 Projects In The Pipeline .................................................... 109

Special Focus CAD/CAM

Insights & Outlook Heavy Engineering

Technology Updates .......................................................... 115 Manufacturing Excellence................................................... 118 Heavy Duty Machining ..................................................... 121

Automation Trends Special Focus

Model-based Designing ................................................... 122

Sector Snapshot .................................................................. 50

Event Report

E-enabling SMEs ............................................................... 52 CAD/CAM Solutions ........................................................ 55

MT Duo 2012 ...................................................................... 126

In Conversation With

One Q Many Views .......................................................... 64 Trends in CAD/CAE......................................................... 66 Domestic Vs. Global ........................................................... 69

Vikas Khanvelkar MD, DesignTech Systems ................ 42

CAM Software ................................................................... 75 Choice Of Tools ................................................................. 80 PLM Solutions ................................................................... 84 Machining Software ........................................................... 88 MouldMaking Technology................................................. 95

Regular Sections Editorial ...................................................................... 13 Sarathi Sutras .............................................................. 19 News, Views & Analysis .............................................. 20 Technology & Innovation ............................................ 38 Event List .................................................................. 128 Products .................................................................... 136 List of Products .........................................................176 List of Advertisers .................................................... 188

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Shailesh Sheth, an eminent authority, shrewd analyser of trends, brilliant strategist and considered by the industry as a “Guru”, to us, he manifests as ‘Sarathi’, accomplishing his timely purpose in the ever evolving world.

ByTheShailesh Merchant ofSheth Dreams

ith great enthusiasm and a deep sense of commitment, I bring you the inaugural column of ‘Sarathi Sutras’; a contemporary space where I will share my experiences, insights and counsel for the Indian machine tools and manufacturing industry. Charged with responsibility, this opportunity calls for an amalgamation of my roles as an agent of change, a mentor and a guide to an industry pivotal to progress in India. Throughout the year, the column will focus a spotlight on several key issues relevant to manufacturing while also providing perspectives on business strategies, policies, market dynamics and globalisation. In spirit, it will attempt to map the DNA of the machine tools industry and capture its pulse, in such a fashion that it would create a common context for positive change. To begin with, the machine tools sector rests in an ecosystem that needs to be studied as a whole, where manufacturers, suppliers and vendors rise and fall together. It is incumbent on companies to appreciate this; how their evolution, and improvement is intrinsically linked to those they depend upon. Moving on, there is the need for the emergence of Indian machine tools MNCs, following sustainable growth and new scalability models. Not too far away is the issue of retrogressive mindsets among manufacturers entrenched in their regional zones of comfort. Crucial factors for vertical integration, outsourcing, high-volume production and technology upgrades will also be analysed. On the other hand, India’s emergence in global manufacturing is seeing the new generation rise

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promisingly to take its place in the industry; fresh in ambition and unencumbered by the past, tradition or any phobia. The demographic advantage is in place for India to capitalise on, and this specifically requires comprehensive apprenticeship training programmes that provide quality training in technical skills and best practices that are applied pan industry. Alongside the development of technology and manpower, the industry needs to mature in its approach towards international collaboration, glocal expansion and chiefly, purchasing practices. This last is vital because it quantifies the customer aspect in manufacturing. With increasingly stiff competition, leading companies are relying heavily on a customer-focussed approach. Purchasing practices need to grow beyond just the product and payment, to include customisation, relationship development, supplier auditing and capability assessment, etc. This will also do away with the glaring issue of unreasonable costs and wasted man hours involved in tenders and proposals. As far as the macrocosm of the industry is concerned, the column will reflect on the geopolitical shifts in manufacturing on the global platform, identifying the drivers behind comparative manufacturing advantages and understanding the rise of up-and-coming machine tools hubs. Gathering these diverse elements, I intend to create a holistic background for discovery, debate and action, thus walking alongside the machine tools industry in its journey of progress, unique to this nation. And in doing so, the fundamental nature of industrial growth might be pieced together, one sutra at a time.

Gathering these diverse elements, I intend to create a holistic background for discovery, debate and action, thus walking alongside the machine tools industry in its journey of progress, unique to this nation.

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NEWS VIEWS ANALYSIS Curtain Raiser - ACMEE 2012

Harnessing the potential of the South Echoing positive demand and growing opportunities for machine tools manufacturers, the 10th edition of ACMEE 2012, with SEARCH as its media partner, will be held during June 14–18, 2012, at the Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai. The international machine tools exhibition, which is coming up with the theme ‘Opportunity for Growth’ this year, promises to be one-stop source for manufacturing solutions. A report by Suprita Anupam...

ith abundance of raw materials, port connectivity, good infrastructure and a favourable industrial climate, South India has been the ‘promised land’ as far as industrial development is concerned. In a bid to capitalise on the potential of the south, Ambattur Industrial Estate Manufacturers Association (AIEMA) and AIEMA Technology Centre will be organising the biggest exhibition on manufacturing technology, the 10 th International Machine Tools Exhibition, ACMEE 2012, at the Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai, during June 14–18, 2012.

Offerings In Store… Reflecting the right enthusiasm of India Inc, ACMEE 2012 will harness the potential of the south with envious business deals. The event will offer a single platform for exhibitors to interact with prospective clients among other visitors and will showcase the latest in manufacturing technology. Elaborating on the same, MV Robert, Chairman, ACMEE, informs, “Technology upgradation is a continuous process. Every day, new machine tools, systems, technologies and procedures are being introduced to achieve perfection, save time and reduce costs. ACMEE 2012 will focus on the latest in manufacturing technology and will showcase the latest in all these aspects.”

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ACMEE 12 Venue Chennai Trade Centre Date: June 14–18, 2012 Spread over 17,500 sqm

440 participants and counting... Over the years, ACMEE has registered exponential growth in terms of the number of participants as well as visitors, which is turning ACMEE 2012 into one of the most important machine tools exhibitions in South Asia. “ACMEE 2010 had 428 participants, including 100 from overseas. The event was graced by more than 40,000 business visitors. At the end of the event, over 95% participants indicated that their participation was successful,” Robert reminisces. And this year, the response will be overwhelming. “ACMEE 2012 already has 440 participants— including 125 from overseas—from 30 countries. Exhibitors from South Korea

Mv Robert, Chairman, ACMEE 2012 ACMEE 2012 will be a one-point venue for understanding the latest in manufacturing technology. As organisers, we hope that exhibitors will meet the right customers and visitors will be able to source the latest in manufacturing technology available anywhere in the world.

and Taiwan will be showcasing their latest technologies and equipment. The list of participants would be the who’s who of the manufacturing industry. The display profile indicated by them gives a very interesting picture of the latest in manufacturing. Surely, ACMEE 2012 will be the best venue for anyone interested in the latest developments on the production process,” Robert says. GrindMaster Machine Pvt Ltd has had a fruitful association with ACMEE, as a participant, for years. “We have been showcasing our products at ACMEE for the past several years,” says Mohini Kelkar, MD, Grind Master Machine Pvt Ltd, adding, “The best part about this event is that since it is very well publicised, visitors throng the venue from the entire south region.”

The Chennai Factor Chennai, also called the ‘Detroit of India’, is the second largest industrial city in the country. The city is the hub of ancillary engineering units in India and takes immense pride in having one of the largest harbours, besides an international airport. All these factors make Chennai a favourable location for organising such an event. Kelkar avers, “Chennai has shown tremendous industrial growth, particularly in the automotive sector. So, we are expecting a good response this time as well.” With state-of-the-art technologies to lure customers and visitors, ACMEE promises to be a one-stop shop for manufacturing solutions. suprita.anupam@infomedia18.in

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NEWS VIEWS ANALYSIS Ludhiana Machine Tool Industry

Formulating a Brand New Perception Located on the banks of Sutlej, Ludhiana is a major industrial centre of northern India and is fast churning the wheels of progress. Specialised in conventional and metal forming machines, manufacturers in this region are now all set to deliver high-quality technology for the Indian machine tools industry. Nishant Kashyap finds out some of the initiatives and factors that contribute to the growth of the Ludhiana machine tools industry.

udhiana is one of the fastest developing cities in India today. This region consists of different industrial zones which have successfully grown together over the past few decades. In addition to the good infrastructure, the geographic location of Ludhiana has been advantageous in terms of its connectivity to other cities in Northen India. Initiatives such as Special Economic Zone (SEZ) and cluster development programme with UNIDO have also ensured the existence of a support mechanism that is quickly turning investments to profits for companies that want to enter Ludhiana. Talking about the inception of the industry, Manjit Singh Matharoo, CEO, Matharoo & Matharoo Inc, says, “After the partition, Ludhiana had emerged as the base for many industrial activities. So much so that it was called the Manchester of India. Initially, bicycle and sewing machine manufacturing gave impetus to the development of the first machine manufacturing units in Ludhiana. They proved to be the engine of growth for the machine tool industries. It ultimately became the top destination for the entire country.”

UNIDO’s Initiative The main objective of UNIDO is to strengthen the competitiveness of the Indian machine tools industry; and enhance cost-effective production of high quality machine tools through technological upgradation. The machine tools industry has not yet been fully developed due to various limitations like the lack of latest technological know-how and inadequate investment Vs. proper utilisations of investment. 26

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UNIDO mainly helps companies to enhance the knowledge base and update them as per the current industry trend. To boost the capability of the machine tools industry in Ludhiana and enhance

New Products Developed in Ludhiana

Name of the Machine: CNC Slant Bed Turning Centre Name of the Company: Sant Machine Tools Corporation Projuct Information: The CNC Slant Bed Turning Centre is manufactured both with and without Tailstock. The machine is a rigid precision turning centre for high speed and accuracy. Name of the Machine: Centerless Tube polishing machine. Name of the Company: Steel Magic Product Information: The centreless tube polishing machine is used for the polishing of outer dia of tubular components. The machine has synchronised movement of all working heads and the feed roll platform has a single point control. The machine has a particularly compact design to allow for use in small spaces. Name of the Machine: Hot Forging Presses at 500 tonne Name of the Company: Rattan Hammers Product Information: The Hot Forging Press has one of the highest capacities of Hot Forging Presses at 500 tonne. The machine maintains a degree of high accuracy and manufactures a high number of parts per minute.

technology and knowledge base, UNIDO has selected Ludhiana as one of the six clusters, apart from Pune, Rajkot, Delhi NCR, Hyderabad and Bengaluru. Deepak Ballani, National Programme Officer, UNIDO-ICAMT, explains, “UNIDO ICAMT has selected six clusters in India which accounts to 90% of the machine tools production in the country. We have selected few companies from all these regions. Out of the 110 units selected by UNIDO-ICAMT under the project ‘Technology Upgrading and Productivity Enhancement of the Machine Tool Industry in India’, 25 are from Ludhiana. The main objective of UNIDO-ICAMT is to increase the level of these units in terms of technology, capacity and skilled manpower.” UNIDO has also appointed machine tool experts in each of these clusters. These experts are technical experts and have years of experience in their field of work. They have been assigned clusters where they work as consultant for associated units. “Our experts meet people from each of these companies, visit their facility and observe the level of technology and skill they have in place. They investigate the entire process from sourcing raw materials, selecting vendors to manufacturing practices. After inspecting their processes, they prepare an action plan for them. It consists of measures that they need to follow to upgrade their technology, process, market development activities, etc.,” says Ballani.

Opportunities @ Ludhiana Being a manufacturing hub of Northen India, Ludhiana provides huge opportunities to machine tool builders as many automobile and heavy

News, Views & Analysis engineering manufacturers have already made a noticeable presence in that part of country. Adding to this, northern India is also classified as one of the largest consumer goods market. Apart from the growth of the large sized industries, the State Government is also focussing on accelerating the growth of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) by providing additional incentives. “Ludhiana has a huge potential in terms of conventional and metal forming machines. As many companies are investing in this region, the machine tools industry has a huge opportunity to grow. The companies are now manufacturing new machines. Things are changing very fast, as manufacturers are now trying to catch up with the growth of other clusters,” said Ballani. Talking about the Ludhiana

Expected Outcomes of UNIDO initiatives

50% growth in production 50% increase in the number of CNC Machines produced At least 15 new technologies/ products developed 500 specialists trained in design, technology, productivity, quality etc. 50% increase in exports

machine tools industry, Matharoo says, “Unfortunately, the image of Ludhiana machine tools industry has suffered over a period of time. It was categorised to be of low technology, inferior quality and aesthetically unappealing. Given the efforts put in to change these perceptions, we have recently showcased our products

ExxonMobil Launches Steel Sector Programme in India

xxonMobil Lubricants and Petroleum Specialties Company, a division of Exxon Mobil Corporation, has launched its Steel Sector Programme for the iron & steel industry in India. The programme, which is part of ExxonMobil’s global marketing programme, was developed to offer a complete package of lubricant solutions and services to steel sector manufacturers in India. The range of advanced engineering services includes lubricant evaluations and audits, equipment checks, on-site guidance from steel mill sales specialists to expert advice on lubrication practices, optimising lubricant performance, equipment troubleshooting and more. Speaking on the launch, Jeffrey Biamonte, Industrial Global Marketing Strategy Advisor, ExxonMobil’s Lubricants & Petroleum Specialties Company, said, “ExxonMobil is committed to assisting its customers in meeting the demand for steel in a safe and sustainable manner. Moving beyond just offering lubricants, we are set to provide the Indian steel sector producers 28

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(with UNIDO’s support) at MMS Exhibition at Greater Noida. We are now looking forward to our own exhibition at Ludhiana, the PUMTOS 2012 a concurrent show with (ENGG. EXPO), which I hope will be the largest show to showcase the technological leap that Ludhiana has made.” Matharoo adds, “I only urge the industry to renew their faith in our capability to deliver solutions as per their satisfaction and demand. It is also in their interest to sustain the growth of home grown machine tools so that they can get viable solutions at competitive rates to meet their needs.” With the help of UNIDO and associations like Consortium of Ludhiana Machine Tool manufacturers (CLMTM), the industry is hoping to become not just the biggest but one of the best machine tool providers in the country.

DRDO Selects 2 Companies to Commercialise 3 Flight Critical Products

a seamless customer experience with a complete package of lubricants solutions and service for unsurpassed production efficiency and savings.” The company also introduced Looble, a user-friendly, online industrial lubricant selector designed to help maintenance professionals make informed lubricant decisions for optimising equipment performance and minimising unplanned downtime.

lpha Design Technologies, Bengaluru, and Data Patterns India, Chennai, have been chosen to commercialise a set of three flight critical products of the DRDO. Identify Friend or Foe (IFF) is carried on all commercial and military flights to make out if a nearby aircraft is friendly or hostile. The indigenous suite has been developed by Bengaluru-based Defence lab, the Centre for Air-Borne Systems. On the Launch of suite, Dr VK Saraswat, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister and Director-General, DRDO, said, “The Indian IFF was a modern Mk 12 version. It was a byproduct of CABS’s Airborne Early Warning & Control System. It would be mounted on land systems, systems, fighter and civil planes, aerostats, unmanned air vehicles and medium- and long-range surface-to-air missiles, analysis and manufacturing.”

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Formulating Infallible Security on Battlefield

In brief...

The World of Lapp’ on Tablet: The 2012 edition of the main Lapp Group catalogue is now also available for the first time as an app that can be downloaded for tablet computers, making it convenient and userfriendly.

Elecon Engineering Wins Prestigious Order Worth 30.75 crore: The company has procured an order from Cethar Ltd for design, manufacturing, supply & transportation, erection & commissioning of units for Project SKS Power Generation Ltd.

Volkswagen to Setup Plant in Gujarat Soon: The company, has put on hold its 2,000-crore investment plan in Maharashtra and is exploring possibilities of setting up a car plant in Gujarat.

Ashok Leyland to Pump 4,150 crore in Tamil Nadu: A facility setup by the joint venture, Ashok LeylandNissan Motor company, near Chennai aims to ramp up production of light commercial vehicles (LCV).

Vargus Launches Groovex, a Cost-effective Grooving Solution: The leading supplier of premium threading, turning and milling tooling solutions launched its new groundbreaking range of Groovex tool solutions for cost-effective, highperformance grooving applications.

Yamaha to Build New Factory in India: The factory will be located near Chennai, with operations scheduled to commence in 2014 and annual production targeted at 1.8 million units by 2018.

Suzlon Group Bags 39-MW Order in Poland: Suzlon Group-subsidiary REpower Systems bagged an order to supply 19 wind turbines, each capable of producing.

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hile Android is the most sought after mobile phone device for youngsters today, Wind River has been exploring the advantages of Android in fields like aerospace & defence (A&D) to facilitate security of devices and enhance ease of communication, navigation and equipment stability. Wind River, which devises Secure Android for applications ranging from smartphones to aerospace equipment, hosted a conference in Bengaluru and Hyderabad for aerospace and defence leaders, architects, engineers, safety and security specialists tasked with implementing complex certified platforms who are responsible for containing risk on the battlefield and require innovative solutions. Amit Ronen, VP and GM of device test, explained, “Not just in aerospace and

defence, today android security is needed everywhere. Android now is moving strongly into tablets which are proliferating in medical devices and industrial devices. It is the question of security of that data in those areas and ways to protect those data.” Explaining about the secure handheld devices that military forces can confidently take into the battlefield, Joe Wlad, Sr Director – Vertical Marketing, said, “As these devices have spread into the military, they are recognising the fact that they can equip their armed forces with these softwares. These devices also have to be controlled and secured. Andoid is the perfect solution for the security of that solution.” The technology in India is currently being used by the DRDO, HAL and private sectors like L&T, TATA Power and many tier III companies in this sector.

EuroBLECH 2012: Blending Efficient Technology and Eco-friendly Manufacturing

he world’s largest International Sheet Metal Working Technology Exhibition, which will be held from October 23–27, 2012 in Hannover, Germany, is all set to be the trend barometer for the industry. While this year’s show revolves around the theme, ‘For a Sustainable Future’, EuroBLECH will emphasise on energy-efficient technology, environment-friendly manufacturing processes and intelligent use of materials. Currently, over 1,340 exhibitors from 37 countries have already booked their stands at the exhibition. The exhibition is spread over more than 84,000 sqmt. “This thoroughly positive outlook for this year’s EuroBLECH reflects a further recovery of the sheet metal working industry; and it also shows that the industry sector is inspired by overall trends such as sustainability, awareness of resources, energy efficiency and mobility. Major

developments in sheet metal working focus upon lightweight construction, intelligent use of material, processing of hybrid structures as well as new applications of established production processes,” said Nicola Hamann, Exhibition Director, EuroBLECH, on behalf of the organisers, Mack Brooks Exhibitions. Almost 48% of the companies are from outside Germany while Italy, Turkey, China, Switzerland, Netherlands and Spain are among the biggest exhibiting countries after Germany. The exhibition profile represents the entire sheet metal working technology chain including sheet metal, semi-finished and finished products, handling, separation, forming, flexible sheet metal working, joining, welding, surface treatment, processing of hybrid structures, tools, quality control, CAD/ CAM systems and R&D.

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A Rendezvous with South-East Asian Machine Tools Industry

recent visit to South Korea and Taiwan, the world’s 5th and 6th largest producers of machine tools, shows the leap in technology and capability that these countries have made in recent years. Here are a few learnings from our South Asian neighbours that MMT points out... The high consumption of machine tool in Korea is supported by industries like shipbuilding, automobile, steel, etc. The tremendous growth of these sectors has aided the country to become the 5 th largest producer of machine tools. Taiwan, on the other hand, depends on its overseas market and is the 4th largest exporter of the world. An overview of Taiwanese companies at MT Duo, a premier manufacturing technology show, brings to the fore the significant impact that export has had on the growth of the country’s economy. Over 70 % of the country’s manufacturing is solely dedicated for exports to overseas markets, especially China. A visit to some of the companies in these countries, emphasised the tremendous government support obtained in terms of technology and design. This has facilitated the manufacturing of cost-effective sophisticated products in these countries. Also, not only the big players, but even the small and mid-sized companies put in extra efforts on R&D

and skill development. It is evident that India forms a potential market where South Korean and Taiwanese companies are looking for opportunities to expand their outreach. Apart from India, Indonesia forms the next big market along with Singapore and Thailand. These countries are continuously expanding their market outreach. Even though Taiwanese companies had concentrated on countries such as China and Japan in the Asian market to strengthen their domain initially, they are now eyeing the US and European markets. The recently held SIMTOS 2012, Seoul, was thronged by Indian manufacturers showcasing their products. However, interacting with them brought to the fore the fact that the Indian manufacturers were still not confident about the acceptability of Indian products in the south eastern market. Nonetheless, they were all optimistic about the growing trade relations between India and Korea. Although India is catching up with the global trends, there is a lot that India can learn from these giants in machine tools manufacturing. Here are the three key areas where India needs to focus: Work on Skill Development: In India, the technical universities do not give adequate space to the core understanding of machine tools division. None of the universities provide a post-graduation

specialisation in this segment. Whereas, in Taiwan and Korea, some companies collaborate with educational universities to develop new technologies along with the students. Since, India does not have such practical orientations in the educational system, the companies have to put additional effort to train the fresh graduates and make them industry-ready. Focus on Indigenous Design and Development: One of the biggest reasons that S Korea and Taiwan could compete with Japan and European countries, is because of the extra attention they give to design and development activities. As Indian companies are competing up with global companies, there is a dire need to change their perception from just manufacturing a product to innovating indigenous technology. Indian companies will have to invest time and capital on R&D activities. Required Government Support: The government has taken proactive measures to fund smaller companies to take up research and development activities so that they too can develop indigenous products and technologies. This has largely helped Taiwan and Korea to keep themselves abreast with the global trends. As a backbone of manufacturing sector, the Indian machine tool industry also requires similar consideration and incentives from its government.

Marut Techno Enters Technical JV with Dayton

o render growth to the stamping and die building industry in India, Dayton Progress Corporation, USA, a world leader in the technology of die components has joined hands with Marut Techno Tools Pvt Ltd, India. Under the new alliance Dayton will establish a manufacturing centre in India with Marut Techno Tools as its partner. This will facilitate Marut in meeting the die components requirement of Die

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(From L to R) Anil Sahay CEO Maruth Satoshi Ojima Director Dayton Progress

Building and Sheet Metal industries in India. Talking about the joint venture, Satoshi Ojima, Director, Dayton Progress Corporation, said, “We are eager to join with Marut Techno Tools to address the manufacturing needs of standard products in India. Based on mutual trust through our long term relationship of seven years, we firmly believe that Marut is the best technical JV partner for Indian manufacturing centre.”

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TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION Complex Machining

A Tale of Two Materials In the next 18 years, India is expected to spend $145 billion on 1,043 new passenger and freighter aircraft. Add ten C-17 Globemaster III’s (each using 17,300 pounds of titanium), a multitude of combat aircraft, and India’s aerospace and defence markets, make it the world’s 4th largest in both number of aircraft, and value. At the heart of this growth are aerospace manufacturers and suppliers, for whom, Tarun Tampi finds out, titanium and composites are the order of the day. “The future of the aerospace industry is in usage of both the titanium and composites materials. Both shall be extensively used as they have specific and critical applications,” says KSV Raghav, MD, Raghav Aerospace Pvt Ltd.

TITANIUM For such a plentiful substance, its high cost can be attributed to the difficulty in manufacturing and machining titanium. Extraction processes are not yet economical and machining the material is challenging to say the least. Innovation is changing this everyday, particularly in machining processes…

Cryogenic Machining Cryogenic machining utilises liquid nitrogen as a coolant for tools. It results in numerous improvements over existing titanium-machining methods, increasing cutting-tool life by 40% in turning, 260% in milling and material-removal rates by just as much, thus directly

India, the 7th country in the world to have developed technology to make titanium sponge, has about 45% of the world reserves of titanium ore, in the form of rutile and ilminite, on the beach sands of Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd (MIDHANI), Hyderabad is the only manufacturer in the country producing commercially pure titanium and more than 20 varieties of titanium alloys from titanium sponge. ISRO & DRDO initiatives led to Kerala Minerals & Materials Ltd (KMML) producing its first batch of indigenous titanium sponge in the year 2011. The job of converting this titanium sponge to titanium alloy is being taken up by MIDHANI. Raghav believes that we now have better control over the quality of titanium being produced within our country and we need not worry about embargos imposed by other countries. India has been annually importing about 500 tonnes of titanium sponge from overseas markets at very high prices (about `12 lakh per tonne of titanium sponge) and the price being dictated by overseas countries. With India’s long coastline, abundant in titanium reserves; given its high cost and strategic uses, we must be self reliant in the future. reducing costs. Used to machine hard and super alloys, it finds extensive application in the automobile and aerospace industries. MAG, the global machine tool manufacturers have recently undertaken the development of machines equipped with cryogenic technology.

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methods known for the removal of metal. It is known to reduce the time to remove large volumes by half. Milling in the Z-axis is more efficient and productive than conventional end milling for hogging, slotting difficult-tomachine materials and parts with long overhangs. Depending on how it needs to be applied, this time and money saving method can even work on low-HP machines. Used heavily in aerospace manufacturing, a specialised application is the plunge milling of turbine blades on 3 or 4 axis machines.

Complex Machining COMPOSITES The Boeing 787, the world’s first large commercial airplane, will be made mostly of carbon-fibre composite materials, where 50 percent of the structural weight and roughly 80% of the volume is composites. Rahul Pangre, MD, Eternus Inc. India, says, “For aerospace composites—advanced manufacturing technologies u t i l i si ng high temperatures and pressures have been developed worldwide. Such technologies require special tailormade raw materials (Prepregs, Honeycomb etc.), customised fixtures and high end equipment (Autoclave, Filament Winding, Automatic Fiber Placement, CT Inspection, etc.). In India, very few companies have such technologies established.” The machining of composites reduces tool life dramatically due to the abrasive nature of the material while its low thermal conductivity means the chips do not carry enough heat away quickly, sometimes melting or burning the resin. Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) is the most commonly used composite while stacked materials layering composites and metal are the emerging trend. According to Pangre, an overall perspective on the “total composite industry” comprises of 3 broad segments—commercial composites, advanced composites and high performance composites. Each of these segments is at a different life cycle stage and growing differently. Out of the entire Indian composite—more than 98% companies operate in the commercial segment and the balance in the remaining two segments. Aerospace falls under the advanced & high performance composites sector—and this sector is quite at its infancy today. Almost all developmental 40

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activities are carried out by Government Research Labs and entities like National Aerospace Ltd, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. Private sector comes into picture only after developments have been done, manufacturing established and parts outsourced by government entities. Not more than a handful of companies in India are engaged in advanced & high performance composite manufacturing.

Orbital Drilling This technique revolves the cutter in a forced eccentric path while it rotates about its own axis. This results in far

Composites & Us Overall, composite manufacturing in India is entering the Growth stage in the life cycle (inception, growth, stability, decline, and resurgence) of the industry. Aerospace composite manufacturing is critical and requires tremendous amount of technical expertise, large capital investment and ‘process orientation’—the ability to setup and follow processes blindly —without violating a single aspect. With special AS standards, similar to ISO 9001 but more comprehensive and strict, obtaining certification is a mammoth task, taking anywhere between 2–4 years. To emphasise this, Pangre points out that aerospace is an industry that elevates a country to an entirely different technological level, the benefit of which will spread to other sectors. A bright future exists. However, it will not happen on its own. India has the potential to become an aerospace manufacturing hub in the very near future provided that we seriously focus on formulating supporting policies, infrastructure, ancillaries, raw material supply chain, etc.

The Crucial Composite Global demand for carbon fibre is expected to triple by 2020, from 46,000 tonnes to 140,000 tonne. Current Demand Aerospace - 17% Industrial Applications - 67% Sports Goods - 16% Predicted Growth Wind Energy & Automotive - 46% (Wind Energy: 10,440–54,270 tonne) Aerospace & Defence—from 7,694 to 18,462 tonne By Region USA - 28% Europe - 28% Japan - 25% China - 9% lower thrust loads which lead to higher precision in drilling quality holes. This meant dry drilling, a process that uses minimum lubrication, is possible for the machining of composites, like CFRP Titanium stacks. Overall, the technique improves productivity and reduces manufacturing cost.

Automated Fibre Placement (AFP) The previously used filament winding process was inadequate and pointed towards the need for better fibreimpregnating using machines with improved machine programming and kinematics. The proliferation of highly advanced robots and automated systems meant that one only needed to apply and customise the system for composite fibre placement. This has led to the development of automated fibre placement (AFP) machines which result in: Reduced raw material costs, zero scrap rate Reduced manufacturing times, 10 times faster than manual Safer working conditions, no fibre dust exposure Optimised robust products, net shape parts. tarun.tampi@infomedia18.in

IN CONVERSATION WITH Vikas Khanvelkar

The future of digital design is not just in the software product, it is in value addition... ... that a provider creates through associated engineering services. The challenge is to be there to solve end-to-end product design and manufacturing problems for the industry,â&#x20AC;? says Vikas Khanvelkar MD, DesignTech Systems, as he shares his insights with Tarun Tampi. Excerpts...

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Vikas Khanvelkar Q What is the state of digital design

tools in Indian manufacturing? Till not too long ago, 2D modelling was predominant in the industry. It is only recently that 3D modelling has gained ground in replacing 2D tools in manufacturing. For product design in India, the next challenge is the full fledged adoption of CAE tools, simulation and FEA. The latter, although not as mature as CAD software in India, are growing in acceptance and are critical to the early design process. Similarly, PLM software is yet to see widespread usage although companiesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; small to medium scale enterprisesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;are yet to appreciate the scope and potential of PLM.

Q In your perspective, how

does CAD/CAM technology benefit in reducing design to manufacturing cycle times? The benefits of using digital design tools are already well established. The key lies in convincing and guiding MSMEs to do the same. Previously, the technical designer will model a concept, which is often a 2D design, and then send it to various departments, viz., marketing, CAE, manufacturing, services, etc., who in turn, may send it back for some changes. The design tools available today do away with these odious iterations. When used in an integrated system by a manufacturer, these tools significantly reduce design cycle times. To illustrate, vehicle development cycle times of three years have been brought down to 12 months by such design technologies. Another example is the drop test required for laptops, mobiles, etc. Today, the drop test is simulated. Similarly, the crash test for vehicles is also simulated. The later the iterations are made in the development cycle, the more costly it is to rectify it.

Q What barriers do you see in the

adoption and implementation of CAD/CAM software? First is the issue of implementation of cost and time. Second, is the mentality that the software is too difficult to use

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With regards to DesignTech, what are your motivations? My initial motivation was to work with small and medium scale industries here and help them derive the benefits of the technology. So far, I feel we have succeeded well. Another was to convince mechanical engineers to continue their careers in mechanical engineering instead of taking up coding or IT. CAE is something that is specific to mechanical engineers as they already have a core specialisation in it. Can you tell us about any significant achievements or success stories you have had in your business experience? Of course, a prime example of that is how we created a brand for Solid Edge in India. At the time, India was the only country where Solid Edge sold more than Solid Works, due to our extensive distribution and branding initiatives. We also had a similar story with I-DEAS Artisan. A confluence of interests resulted in these achievements. The customer received local support along with a reasonably priced product. The vendor made his money in selling the product and providing the support, services and training we initiated. For us, it meant having tens of dealers willing to sell the product across the country. For our principal, it was all done at a very low cost. Another is that companies, who we had begun working with, had purchased just 1 or 2 licences long ago. But today, they have more than 100 licences and still continue to work with us. This has been exciting and deeply satisfying for us. Another challenge was that initially, many had said that product selling and engineering services would not work together. But I did not give in. Today, both departments are working very well.

and understand, particularly for subregional MSMEs. For them, the cost of maintenance is key to software investment, but so is the cost of ownership of the software and the ability to retain their technical designers & engineers. For smaller companies, the retention of knowledge and manpower is critical to them since highly skilled engineers might train in high-end software and then leave to join larger companies who offer more lucrative opportunities. So, MSMEs think twice before investing in high-end software development. But here, if they see how PLM software can help retain this design knowledge within the company, independent of a single employeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s domain knowledge, they will not be so hesitant. We offer extensive training to enable their existing design engineers to optimise the use of such technology. If they do not have engineers, we provide them with manpower. If their competitor uses it to improve their product, we show them similar case studies that will benefit them.

Q What does digital manufacturing

bring to the Indian manufacturing industry? One half of digital manufacturing comprises simulation software to virtually test and design a product to make sure it meets all your requirements. The other half is integrated software for actual manufacturing. If it is a robotic line, you need to have robot programming, a factory layout software, and you should be able to do what-if studies. Earlier, larger companies used to manufacture in house. But now, all these companies outsource their components to specialised manufacturers. At the conceptual design stage itself, they start getting all their vendors involved. This is called concurrent engineering. PLM software allows them to develop these at multiple locations. Now, the product can be developed by vendors together with the companies. In this way, vendors also develop their own innovations June 2012 - MODERN MACHINE TOOLS

Vikas Khanvelkar for the product and thus, help cut down the overall cost. Most products now have a lifecycle of less than three years. Even though volumes are much lower, R&D costs have risen. With all these changes, you have to be very competitive.

Q What are the challenges, barriers and prospects for

CAD/CAM technical training in India? Recent reports show that in India, less than 25% of mechanical engineering graduates are employable because the rest lack the relevant skill sets that the industry requires. There are relatively few CAD/CAM training vendors. Usually, local vendors conduct training and teach software commands, where the instructors are fresh and lack domain knowledge. But this is not adequate.Students need to understand how software is used in relation to the industry. We take certified training from international software providers and employ very senior faculty with 10â&#x20AC;&#x201C;15 years experience. We have centres in Delhi, Pune and now, we are starting one in Hyderabad. The key here is obtaining the right kind of faculty. But this is difficult, since no highly skilled professional wants to teach. Then, we are looking for tie-ups with industry leaders wherein we enroll students just after their final exams and before the results are out, we train them for one-anda-half months. The industry can guide us in providing industry-specific training. Domestic companies would be more open to this sort of training collaboration and provide a major chunk of the investment in domestic training. Today, students look at such training proactively and begin in their 2nd or 3rd year itself. A side note here is that colleges must create a solid foundation. This is important because, sometimes, students do not know how to read an engineering drawing. To redress this, we are working with colleges to see how we can collaborate to provide training on the college campus itself. I was always interested in working with colleges and institutions to make them aware of this. Indiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current demographic and inherent capacity to innovate is a huge comparative advantage we must capitalise on.

Q What do you see in the future of CAD/CAM

in India? The role of the distributor is going to change. When cloud computing becomes popular, people will no longer depend on the distributor and will go directly to the cloud and use the software they need. However, they will still come to those distributors who also add value through their engineering services. The future of CAD/CAM/CAE is not just in the software product, it is in the added value that a provider creates in associated engineering services, from resolving challenging projects to guiding a client in implementing these tools well, to software training from the grass root level. As you can see today, CAD is now just like any other commodity, CAE will soon become one and then, PLM will follow suit. tarun.tampi@infomedia18.in

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SPECIAL FOCUS Sector Snapshot

SHAPING The CAD Business Over the last few years, the global CAD market has undergone a rapid transformation. Faced with the challenge to improve product design and development processes, a growing number of manufacturers have concluded that migration from 2D CAD to 3D solid modelling systems is a dire necessity today to remain ahead in the global race. The market has become more competitive than ever before. All major players are feeling the heat and working towards introducing new products or enhancing the existing ones. Nishant Kashyap looks at the recent happenings in the industry... egistering phenomenal growth, the CAD/CAM sector is garnering massive attention with its latest technological advancements, especially engineering simulation and design optimisation tools. Rapid economic growth, coupled with the high disposable income of the Indian population, is propelling the growth of the manufacturing, construction and automotive industries. Besides, the availability of a low-cost, high-quality work force is driving the engineering and automotive export market. All of this is driving the growth of the Indian CAD/ CAM market. Almost all the major players have made their presence felt in the country in offering cost-effective solutions. An analysis conducted by Infiniti Research Ltd forecasts that the Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) software market in India will grow at a CAGR of 23% between 2010 and 2014.

A Look at the CAD/CAM Industry

Siemens PLM Software received the ‘General Motors Supplier of the Year Award’ for the fourth time Autodesk acquired T-Splines modelling technology assets from a privately held surface modelling software company based in Utah. Dassault Systèms and Harvard University collaborated to bring immersive virtual reality and interactive 3D to education and research.

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Dassault Systèms is planning to acquire Gemcom Software International for approximately US$360 million. Anark & Geometric announce Anark Core™ MBEWeb™, a powerful solution for non-engineering users within the enterprise who need access to product engineering data for superior decision making.

Product Launches

Siemens PLM Software announced Teamcenter 9 PLM software. PTC released its much awaited Creo 2.0, a revolutionary new generation of product design software. OPEN MIND Technologies AG released hyperMILL® 2011 with 64-bit support, Application Programming Interfaces (API) and Customised Process Features (CPF). Dassault Systèms released Version 5 PLM platform, including CATIA, DELMIA, ENOVIA and SIMULIA CGTech to preview VERICUT 7.2 CNC machine simulation and optimisation software Delcam released the 2012 version of its PowerSHAPE CAD software and its PowerMILL CAM system that design and manufacture all types of tooling.

Contracts

Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motors Corporation selected PTC’s Windchill as its enterprise PLM solution.

SolidCAM UK extends its long-term relationship with Iscar UK with iMachining. ANSYS and FMC Technologies have executed a long-term strategic agreement for simulation software that can standardise design analysis and provide scalability for growth. Aston Martin Racing selected PTC® Creo™ Elements/Pro™ and Windchill® to design and manage the development of next generation vehicles. Boeing signed a 10-year agreement extending the deployment of Siemens PLM software technology. VISTAGY and CGTech extended their partnership to provide integrated solution for automated drilling and fastening of airframe assemblies. In the previous year, it was observed that many companies had introduced Apple and Android apps of their design software that further increase the accessibility in the design process. New opportunities have opened up with cloud computing and apps for mobiles and tablets. Today, the CAD/CAM industry is more dynamic than ever, Increasingly, CAD is becoming a part of a visually connected world that can be better understood and managed. There are new platforms, new technologies, and new customers in emerging economies. This is probably the best time for the industry to expand beyond its horizons. nishant.kashyap@infomedia18.in

SPECIAL FOCUS E-enabling SMEs

THE DIGITAL LEAP OVERCOMING 10

HURDLES

Quality products developed faster at lower prices. This goal is common to all industries and corporations, be they giants or minnows. In the race to achieve this goal, the minnows need to focus, keep pace with and watch over a rapidly growing industry, taking every hurdle in their stride. Tarun Tampi shares 10 such hurdles…

evealing a little something about hurdling, Rodney Milburn, an Olympic Hurdling Champion said, “When your timing is off, so is your stride. When your cadence is off,

you are in deep trouble as a hurdler.” The ‘deep trouble’ in not overcoming these challenges to achieve their goals, is the same for large corporations and SMEs. Yet for a giant, it might only mean fluctuations in quarterly

performance or loss in shareholder value, but for a minnow, it could mean risking its very subsistence. But many of these challenges can be and have been overcome, of which these 10 are unique to SMEs in manufacturing.

1. COST High costs used to be a major barrier for manufacturers looking to invest in software tools. The last decade, though, has seen prices of digital technology fall dramatically, and aggressive competition between software developers has created a plethora of payment options and modes of access. For example, cloud subscription services or design centres that offer pay-per-use services. Rafiq Somani, Area VP, PTC (India) A decade ago, basic software used to sell for $30,000. Today, we sell it for $5,000. Costs have fallen dramatically and improved computing power has affected our pricing models as well.

Vikas Khanvelkar, MD, DesignTech Access and expertise to CAD-CAM technologies are available to SMEs at technology centres in industrial clusters at Pune, Vashi, Aurangabad and Indore. This means that they do not necessarily have to invest in setting up design workstations, purchasing software or licences.

2. TECHNICAL TRAINING To train graduates fresh out of college and employees who are looking to upgrade their skills set, training centres need to work with the industry, educational institutions and the government, in developing masses of highly trained manpower from India’s ripe demography. Vikas Khanvelkar, MD, DesignTech We take certified training from international software providers. We engage very senior faculty having 10–15 years experience, who design the courses and teach the students based on their knowledge. It is not just about teaching software commands and interfaces, it is about training them in real world design and manufacturing processes through the software. 52

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Rafiq Somani, Area VP, PTC (India) Today, depending on the usage and applicability, training can take just 1–3 weeks. We have authorised training centres for certification, for top end customers and engineering graduates. In China, we have been working with their government in vocational schools. In India, we have over 600 premier educational institutions that use our software products.

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3. RETENTION OF MANPOWER Losing engineers and designers skilled in using advanced software technologies, to poaching from larger companies, is a serious concern for SMEs who have to invest in expensive and lengthy training. Until the ecosystem of these digital technologies matures in India, SMEs will find it hard to afford, hire and retain such manpower. Vikas Khanvelkar, MD, DesignTech Domestic companies are more open to this sort of training collaboration and provide a major chunk of the investment in training. Smaller companies shy away from investing in high end software. That is why, we are encouraging them to use software, like PLM, which helps retain domain knowledge.

Mark Hodges, COO, PTC Capturing institutional knowledge is critical when you have highly trained employees whose skills are in demand, or an ageing workforce. Their domain knowledge and experience is saved as templates, right from basic MathCAD to higher level software. Knowledge management is a key feature today.

4. HARDWARE Decades ago, the first chip processors and operating systems injected adrenaline into the digitisation of manufacturing, but today, computing power has become a commodity. Processor memory, computing speeds, graphics and connectivity have all improved. They are reasonably priced, powerful and available everywhere. Vikas Khanvelkar, MD, DesignTech Today, hardware is fairly powerful and software has become light. A suitable desktop workstation can be bought for `35,000–40,000. Earlier, they would ask if their machines could run software or handle graphics, but now, with easy availability and reduced cost, this is no longer a problem.

Kaustubh Nande, Manager – Marketing, ANSYS Better accuracy, structural integrity, and graphics used to be issues. Today, these issues are mostly resolved. What you see on the computer screen is close to what the actual product will be in real life.

5. COMPATIBILITY Winning business and maintaining up-to-date capabilities on a global stage, is the key to growth for any MSME. Suppliers, vendors and service providers must use appropriate tools in order to remain relevant and competitive for business from local and international OEMs. Rafiq Somani, Area VP, PTC (India) Much like system integrators, OEMs drive innovation in the tiers through the management of their supply chain. Suppliers need to have the tools to collaborate directly with OEMs early in the design process. It is an essential part of their vision for growth.

David White, Director, Advanced Robotic Technology This will undoubtedly lead to synchronous systems where the model can be updated in an office and the change is instantly reflected at the machining level. An operator could make a critical fix to a part and it would likewise be reflected in the CAD model.

6. TRADITIONAL MINDSETS A company may be restrained by the generation-specific parochial outlook evident in its management, which needs to realise how purchasing digital design tools increases productivity, relevancy and revenue. The inherent flexibility of CAD-CAM-CAE systems, can only help if they have flexible marketing strategies… for which they may need to adopt flexible, modern mindsets. Kaustubh Nande, Manager – Marketing, ANSYS Companies must realise that they must invest early to reap rewards in the form of future competitive advantage. For many seriously considering simulation, the level of complexity in product design et cetera, requires manufacturers to reconsider their design processes in a mature fashion.

Vivek Marwaha, Director – Marketing, Siemens PLM Our clients who have adopted these technologies have reported up to 50% improvement in design productivity, up to 80% reduction in assembly errors, up to 50% reduction in costs, as well as other benefits like improved quality and customer satisfaction. June 2012 - MODERN MACHINE TOOLS

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7. UPGRADES Often, clients continue to use older versions of software since it fulfils their minimum requirements. By avoiding the cost of maintaining licences and purchasing upgrades, they risk being caught frozen by legacy data conversion and software problems. Yet, upgrades are critical to maintain access to the innovations and new standards in design and design management. Vikas Khanvelkar, MD, DesignTech We go to those who cannot afford newer versions, negotiate with our principal software providers, and then offer cost-effective upgrade packages where SMEs may upgrade to higher versions at a reasonable price. This approach also helps us retain our customers.

Mark Hodges, COO, PTC We absolutely want to make sure that our software is easily upgradable. Earlier, companies would build in a huge amount of customisation. This would make the software difficult to upgrade. Often, the upgrade might be driven by hardware changes, or OS support changes or new machining methods.

8. STANDARDISATION & CERTIFICATION As global collaboration forces manufacturers to become capable of attracting business from all over the world, they have to constantly be compatible with the practices and tools employed as a standard in the industry. With organisations certifying everything from technical skills to product quality, business practices and manufacturing capabilities, SMEs need to achieve these to compete on a global platform. Kaustubh Nande, Manager – Marketing, ANSYS As you mature and grow, a lot of external bodies across the globe look for proper certifications, standardising of tools, machines etc. So, SMEs moving up the chain must obtain these validations in order to compete.

Mark Hodges, COO, PTC By deploying our systems, companies also grow familiar with the best practices and management processes, which are built into our software. The process templates and business models we have are flexible and developed through detailed research carried out globally.

9. INCREASING COMPLEXITY As products become more complex, collaboration between companies and integration of processes within a company are crucial. There has to be a common platform between traditionally separate functions of design, engineering, manufacturing and marketing. CAMCAE software is an example of the increasing use of flexible, multi-purpose technology over specialised, single-purpose equipment. Nishant Saini, Director – Marketing and Sales, Geometric Ltd The ability to provide complex services does come across some constraints. Our software database associates tooling, operation strategies and machining parameters to the CAD features. When operations are generated, these settings are automatically applied, thereby saving time and allowing for standardisation of part features for multiple products.

Jayant Keswani, Head – Marketing, Autodesk India & SAARC No matter how complex the geometries are, CAD and FEA can be used in complement to virtually test a product. SMEs are looking for cost-effective integrated solutions that optimise their complete product design workflow. We provide digital prototyping solutions, which help SMEs with a single material database for both 3D modelling and FEA.

10. AWARENESS Often, it amounts to something as simple as the lack of awareness of how digital design tools and manufacturing solutions can help in improving productivity and competitiveness over the long-term growth of a company. Kaustubh Nande, Manager – Marketing, ANSYS Ten years ago, if you put a one tonne weight on a sheet of metal, you would have no way of knowing what the exact interaction would be like. Today, you can simulate this to the last detail. Seminars help create awareness and illustrate the possibilities for future oriented and forward looking companies. 54

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Mark Hodges, COO, PTC Our Value Centric Engagement process helps our customers become aware of what value his company is receiving by using our products. It is a disciplined methodology to quantify and understand value for the customer. tarun.tampi@infomedia18.in

SPECIAL FOCUS CAD/CAM Solutions

The magnitude of growth that the Indian industry is witnessing today has been a major boost for the small and medium scale enterprises to change their course of action to increase their production capacity. Many SMEs are slowly switching to the latest technology to enhance their capability and capacity. But are they also considering CAD/CAM solutions to be a part of this techno-revamp phase? Debarati Basu finds out …

he core role of an SME itself is undergoing an evolution. The major OEMs today have established faith on the quality delivered by SMEs and hence, heavily depend on them to offload major chunks of global manufacturing projects. With this shift in their role, the SME segment has been upgrading itself technologically. But the change has seeped into the overall production mindset. Instead of being just a feasible option for cost-effective mass production, SMEs today have also started focussing on design and innovation. For this, many shop floors have been readily adopting the latest CAD/ CAM solutions to facilitate better design and flawless manufacturing, thus reducing the cycle time and significantly increasing production capability. Yogesh Walinde, Manager – Operations, Aesseal India Pvt Ltd,

informs that the company uses CG Tech Vericut simulation solutions and Siemens for its CAD/CAM operations. Walinde explains, “The use of such technology significantly decrease the content delivery time as it helps to run ‘first time right’ programmes. As against manual programming of the entire operation, use of these solutions helps to bring down the production time by 30–40 %.”

Changing Shop Floor Mindset Given the immense opportunities in

Dr Kaustubh Nande, Manager – Marketing, ANSYS To survive in the industry, one had to invest in CAD/CAM as it is becoming a critical part of production.

the global market, SMEs have realised the importance of using the latest technology to stay abreast with their global manufacturing ecosystem. SMEs have latched on to these tools to reduce design cycle time, cut the number of errors at the initial stage of production and reduce the production time. “Earlier, we had to do concept selling for everything. But today, people are open. We have to remind manufacturers that today the competition is global. We had started working with small organisations who have significantly grown large. They now understand the advantage of using these technologies. Their products are going to all countries across all geographies,” says Vikas Khanvelkar, MD, DesignTech. Most Indian companies, when they take up orders from global companies, heavily depend on SMEs to offload their work. While June 2012 - MODERN MACHINE TOOLS

CAD/CAM Solutions

Clicking with CAD Santosh Prabhu, Managing Partner, Tool Grinding Technologies Inc.

engaluru-based Tool Grinding Technologies Inc, a young company which started in 2004, chose to enter the niche segment of the industry and specialise in manufacturing tool and cutter grinders. Since then, the company has been supporting major clients in the automotive, engineering and defence sectors. “Component manufacturing technology has advanced and the industry has come up with the best machining centers and software solutions. But the selection of the right tool decides the machining accuracies,” explains Santosh Prabhu, Managing Partner, Tool Grinding Technologies Inc.

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most SMEs today have become indirect suppliers to global OEMs, they have totally refurbished their shop floor culture to uplift their level of quality and be at par with global standards and certifications. “If you are an SME today, you envision yourself growing into the medium segment after 7 or 10 years. Investing in CAD/CAM/CAE solutions early in the growth process helps reap its benefits in the long term. The trajectory of growth is more organic in these aspects. To survive in the industry, one has to invest in CAD/CAM as it is becoming a critical part of production,” says Dr Kaustubh Nande, Manager – Marketing, ANSYS.

Gearing Up The question, however, remains whether the industry is ready enough to adopt CAD/CAM? One of the major challenges faced by the Indian industry is the lack of trained engineers. Understanding the dearth, CAD/CAM solution providers today have adopted a two-way approach to train shop floor engineers to optimally use CAD/CAM solutions. “We worked closely with manufacturers and suppliers, and showed them how to employ 3D modelling early in their design process. We also helped them optimise their design flows by sharing process information and maintaining cross-department functionality. We have adopted this approach to go to manufacturers and understand their problems and processes. We carry out a study of their products, do a benchmark, evaluate their manufacturing practices and then show the client how effective it can be for him to use such technology. This also encourages them to work with us,” explains Khanvelkar. This segment is surely making itself industry ready and is strengthening the backbone of Indian manufacturing. debarati.basu@infomedia18.in

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Tool simulation in 3D

With 20 years of experience in this segment, Prabhu believes in delivering tool designs, which are at par with global standards. The company uses the latest in CAD and simulation technologies for designing tool geometries. “Even though the level of competitiveness in machining technology is very high, tool technology is not readily available. We came into the picture with the intention to design, manufacture, modify and regrind tools,” says Prabhu. Using the latest software solutions, this SME has been providing with world-class tooling solutions offered at competitive pricing, which offset imports. “We make special CNC grinders for BOSCH, which is an import substitution. The quality and parameters offered are the same as any global solution. The use of high end technology for designing within such parameters is very important to manufacture to global quality standards,” explains Prabhu. The choice of right software is also an important part of designing the right tools. While the company uses CAD software to design the tool, 2D and 3D simulation technology is put into place to determine the accuracy and visualise the functioning of the tool in operation. The company used AutoCAD for CAD solutions and MTS AG for simulation operations. “When you design in CAD and import it using software, the output file, which directs the CNC to move in the particular path, is extremely accurate. But the practical parameters of machining also need to be taken into consideration,” says Prabhu.

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CAN CAD/CAM TECHNOLOGY EVER BE REPLACED? In this ever growing and demanding world, change is the only constant. New and better technology inevitably replaces the old. Keeping pace with the change, design technology has also evolved over time—from drafting to 2D engineering drawing to 3D images visualisation and modelling. What else is in store? Taking a sneak peek into the future, Nishant Kashyap speaks to industry experts to find out if an alternative technology to CAD/CAM exists or if it can ever be replaced... Nishant Saini, Director – Products Marketing & Sales, Geometric Ltd As far as replacement of CAD/CAM is concerned, it is unlikely. Users will continue to design products and manufacture them as well. The tools used in aiding the design will have to evolve and leverage the new technology trends—touch, 3D visualisation and virtual reality are just some of the examples, which are likely to significantly change

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the user experience going forward. On the other hand, the manufacturing process will also evolve. For example, processes like additive manufacturing and nanotechnology-enabled manufacturing may completely change the way products will be manufactured. CAD/CAM will still be needed, but they may look a lot more different in future.

Scott Brueckner, Owner, Brueckner CNC Services (USA) Everyone is familiar with the recurring process of ‘tweaking’ a CAD/CAM programme at the machine during set up. What if you could write that programme, ‘pre-tweaked’, right at the control, in the same amount of time? Around 80% of the job shop work (anything less than full five-axis) can be programmed this way. With full knowledge of G&M codes, trigonometry, as well as the newest control features from Fanuc to Mazatrol, most jobs can be programmed right at the control. Fanuc offers powerful macro capability, enabling very long tool paths with very little code. Conversational controls offer a 64

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bridge between CAD/CAM and G-code, filling in missing points and providing visual guidance. CAD/CAM is a very useful tool, but it should not be the default method of programming. Machining is about using the best method, overall, for speed, quality and safety. How often do you come across a machinist who can set up and programme, manually or with software, and get the most difficult jobs up and running on a vertical mill, horizontal mill, lathe or integrex? Manufacturing requires more of such talent and a dependence on just software will not get us there.

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Vivek Marwaha, Director – Marketing, Siemens PLM

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CAD/CAM/CAE systems address a unique need and cannot be replaced by other tools. Having said that, we certainly expect newer ways of delivering these solutions, emerging over the next decade as cloud-based computing infrastructure become more robust

and ubiquitous. For example, Siemens PLM software has a unique collaboration with our customer, Local Motors, to deliver a monthly subscription-based offering of design software tools to Local Motors’ open design community.

Dan Arrington, Machine Shop Manager, Poly-Tech Industrial Very soon, CAD/CAM will integrate with machine control. This will make the process even simpler, especially for complex parts. The control will get its instructions directly from the tool paths you create, instead of translating

them into G-code. Things like cutter comp will be handled by the CAM side of the control and new tool paths will be generated on the fly, even for complex 5-axis machining.

David Winslow, Prototype Machinist, Calculated Machining There are conversational controls such as ProtoTrak, EZ Trak, MILLPWR, and many more. Personally, I prefer them for easy lathe work. You could already consider CAD to be replaced, as most engineering is done by modelling these days. I rarely get a correctly dimensioned print. Even on simple parts drafting is a dying art. CAM, on the other hand, is not

Joseph Szpak, President, Szpak Manufacturing

The CAD/CAM segment has witnessed a surge in the recent past, owing to the increasing importance of design, especially in the manufacturing, architecture, engineering and construction verticals. Any company—large or small—aiming to stay ahead in a highly dynamic and competitive ecosystem, needs to deploy

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that likely to be exiting the scene soon. Additive machining processes will someday replace the majority of subtractive ones, but before that, there will be software that competently generates instructions for CNC machine tools from a model. Several software have implemented feature-based machining in the past decade while the technology is becoming mature.

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CAD will never be replaced, only improved. CAM is also the same, even though G-code can be faster in some cases. Designing the simplest part on a drafting machine is time consuming; using CAD is much faster than a manual drawing board. G-code editing is going to be required for some time. But the designer should not rely on just

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G-code for all the programming, since a good CAD/ CAM platform can run circles around manual G-code 99% of the time. Today’s CAD/CAM programmes are very easy to train people in. Training to use the software is very different from training that helps understand the machining process.

the latest CAD/CAM solutions. This will lead to technology advancement, but CAD/CAM, as a technology, will never be replaced. The industry feels that it will dramatically improve and may only look different from its present avatar. For small job-shops, there are alternative technologies such as G & M codes for designing processes. But

for big companies, complex machining requires CAD software for designing and CAM software for manufacturing. Going forward, it is also possible that additive manufacturing will replace most of the CAM processes and CAD/CAM processes will integrate with machine control systems. nishant.kashyap@infomedia18.in

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SPECIAL FOCUS Trends in CAD/CAE

Digital Design

Tools of Tomorrow

Global interest in digital manufacturing tools is rapidly growing. This is over and above the ever widening use of basic CAD tools which, in India, is reaching nearly every industrial corner. Emerging geographies have blossomed and manufacturers world over are keen to have the means to collaborate and compete globally. Tarun Tampi takes a look at the dynamics, innovation and applications for these tools of tomorrow.

he rise of the entrepreneurial generation in India has given a simultaneous boom in manufacturing an added impetus. Manufacturing is shifting focus from large conglomerates to small enterprises geared for on-demand production and also feverishly competing to make products faster, better and cheaper. CAE/CFD software sales have increased by 30-40% every year in India. This is the result of the huge demand for affordable tools for in-house design, simulation, process line and layout software, product data management, collaboration platform and more. As Nishant Saini, Director-Product Marketing and Sales, 66

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Geometric Ltd, says, “Simulation and digital manufacturing have improved significantly over the years. However, there is a need for improved accuracy, faster computation and optimised solutions to realise the true benefits, and reduce trial and error, resulting in fast time to market. Today’s user needs to be able to access the modelling and manufacturing process related information anytime anywhere. This requires the ability to visualise and annotate information on the go, which is going to be a key requirement that will need to be addressed.” Automotive and aerospace sectors are no longer the sole consumers of CAD/

CAM and vendors are aggressively selling them in newer markets across the country. The revenue from these smaller companies is significant and as they compete for business globally, they need to match the change in trends and constantly be on the lookout for solutions that can increase their productivity. Vivek Marwaha, Director – Marketing, Siemens PLM, adds, “CAD/CAM/ CAE systems have reached a high level of sophistication in their capability to handle various industry requirements. The next step in the evolution of CAD/ CAM/CAE tools is to become an integral part of a companywide product decision support system. A good decision support system will help manufacturers

Trends in CAD/CAE leverage their intellectual capital to take smarter decisions, thus leading to better products. CAD/CAM/CAE systems will increasingly work as part of a high definition product lifecycle management system (HD-PLM) that will provide users the right information at the right time to help them take smarter decisions across the product lifecycle.” There are fundamental factors that have driven and shaped this need over the decades and they are still relevant today: Shorter development cycle times Need for global quality and standards Rise of the export market for design services Outsourcing, resulting in adoption of tools The shift to 3D tools Increased focus on ROI studies before investment.

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) In terms of application, PLM is a tool still in its infancy as far as India is concerned. As products become more complex, as more data is generated and as cycle times plummet, the demand for PLM will rise. It is basically an integrated approach to product innovation, design, development and lifecycle, which manages data, processes, people and manufacturing business systems. It allows for seamless collaboration not just within the various departments in the company, but also cross-geographically. The adoption of PLM allows a manufacturer to identify areas for improvement for their product by which increasingly specific and stringent customer demands can be met. Companies that have used the PLM based approach have seen productivity improvements of over 60%. There are several vendors in India for PLM like PTC, Siemens, Agile, Dassault Systems, etc. Depending on the extent of functionality used by the consumer and the number of users for PLM, costs can begin from as low as 68

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$4,000–6,000 but can go into tens of thousands to millions of dollars when extensively used across large conglomerates. The added benefits of PLM are that it drives innovation, accelerates revenues, improves quality, ensures compliance and shortens the time to market. These generally results in either increased output with existing resources or a level output with decreased resources, thus optimising production and raising margins either way. To create a holistic system, integrating PLM with Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is critical for manufacturers.

Reverse Engineering This is a process where the actual physical product is converted directly into a 3D CAD model. This duplicates the product without referencing any documentation or drawings. To do this, a variety of instruments such as laser scanners, white light scanners, 5-axis CMM machines, etc., are used to create a cloud of points digitally, thus measuring and decoding the dimensions of the real model. The resulting part file can then be modified to suit the existing manufacturing methods or to reduce material costs. The need and benefits of reverse engineering include, but are not limited to: Design and modification limitations in the original CAD file Development, upgrading and duplication of products Manufacture of complex profiles Shortage of parts from the supplier or OEM Lack of documentation and original drawings Enables DIY manufacture.

Rapid Prototyping (RP) A part of Direct Digital Manufacturing (DDM), RP produces functional prototypes with properties similar to the product. Fit and form testing, assembly compatibility and design iterations can all be performed, thus allowing for huge savings of time and cost within the design

stage itself. Further, the manufacturing process cycle can be optimised, having studied the prototype. Samples may be quickly made for cosmetics, marketing, safety standards and conceptualisation. When used in combination with subtractive technologies, RP for prototyping and manufacturing is making the innovation and development of new products easier and feasible on a smaller scale, without incurring the high cost of outsourced manufacturing. No longer are design engineers tied to the machining centre and limited by traditional manufacturing, which fades quickly in the face of global competition. Individuals and small enterprises become empowered to create, design and manufacture parts, themselves.

Virtual Manufacturing If anything, software that integrates manufacturing and design is the key to realising the future in this industry. Virtual Manufacturing refers to the complete design and simulation of a product as well as the processes used to fabricate and test it. If employed early in the design stage as it should be, a company can identify possible errors in the design or in its manufacture before the physical part is made. This leads to optimisation of materials, costs, production cycle times and process flows. For virtual manufacturing, no tooling is required and neither is there a need for several functional prototypes. This virtualisation of manufacturing is only possible due to advances in non-linear FEA which has made the modelling and complete simulation of any design possible, no matter how complex it is. With computer hardware having long matured and parallel processing increasingly easy, applying virtual manufacturing methods is practical and affordable. This virtual validation must be used as a manufacturing tool and not just for verification. This ensures that a manufacturer makes a part ‘right the first time’. tarun.tampi@infomedia18.in

SPECIAL FOCUS Domestic Vs. Global

he domestic and global requirements of CAD/CAM solutions have presented growing opportunities for the industry. The growth of the global Engineering Research and Development (ER&D) sourcing market is expected to come from all major verticals and geographies. The marketplace for CAD/CAM has witnessed significant advances in

them. According to Nishant Saini, Director – Products Marketing & Sales, Geometric Ltd, “Users of CAD/ CAM are essentially looking for a rich knowledge repository to go along with these systems that will allow them to focus on the creative aspects of design or manufacturing and not worry too much about the series of constraints that they need to adhere or the repetitive tasks that they need to perform.”

Unlike technologies with short life spans, CAD/CAM is heading towards consistent growth in terms of business opportunities & application areas like product design and development, reverse engineering, etc. One of the growing trends in the CAD/CAM industry is advances in engineering simulation and the evolving role of design optimisation. Further, today’s engineering simulation solutions need to deliver scalability and

In the current competitive world, it is difficult to match the rate at which the market is growing, without implementing new technologies. More than ever before, the Indian industries are witnessing huge competition from CAD/CAM providers. Monitoring the vast Indian market, local companies have responded well to global giants. Nishant Kashyap analyses whether Indian companies are competent enough to design software...

technology year-on-year. During the past two decades, the industry has simplified software user interfaces to enable engineers to design products more quickly and efficiently. In today’s fast-paced world, CAD/ CAM systems have become an essential element in manufacturing companies. Technology and communication are changing rapidly, driving business methods for organisations and requiring capitalisation in order to maintain competitiveness. Prior knowledge before investing in a system is crucial in order to maximise the benefits received from

Trends: Leading the Competition With dramatic improvements in time to market, the products require a collaborative approach towards the automation of the existing facility. It is a well known fact that if a product arrives six months late in the market, a huge chunk of profit is lost, and because of this, every manufacturing organisation aims at adopting CAD/CAM & automation solutions wherever possible. The trend in the CAD/CAM sector clearly indicates that the need for automation is on the rise and will continue to grow till the manufacturing activities are adopted.

consistency, based on high performance CAE technology. They need to support reusable processes and knowledge-driven CAE as a unified part of a digital product development environment. Faced with the challenge of improving product design and development processes in the recent years, a growing number of manufacturers have concluded that migration from 2D CAD to 3D solid modelling systems is essential to remain competitive. While 2D CAD techniques support many product design & manufacturing processes, rapid advances in desktop computing hardware, June 2012 - MODERN MACHINE TOOLS

Domestic Vs. Global and powerful, affordable & easy to use solid modelling software, have created unprecedented opportunities to improve product quality and accelerate time to market.

smart people. Indian companies need to focus on uncovering such geniuses and giving them an opportunity to flourish. Irrespective of a person’s background or social status, they can be a very valuable resource if they have a natural ability.”

Indian Talent Pool One of the main reasons why many global automation providers have set up their base in India and the reason some Indian companies are successfully innovating, is because there is a huge talent pool available in India. Indian engineers have been accepted worldwide because of their skills and knowledge of mathematics. For example, the secondlargest mobile manufacturer, Samsung, has recently announced that to enhance their BADA operating system, they are recruiting many engineers from India. Similarly, other software providers such as Microsoft, IBM, HP, Google, etc., have a significant number of Indian engineers working on their systems, which clearly shows that Indians are very capable. Companies like Siemens, PTC and Dassault have a huge presence in India. While PTC has set up its biggest R&D centre, outside of the US, in India, others have also made a mark in the Indian market. On the other hand, Indian CAD/ CAM providers like Geometric and DesignTech, are effectively competing with global giants. David White, Director, Advanced Robotic Technology, says, “India has a huge resource in its people. If only 0.01% of the population are geniuses, that’s over 1,00,000 very

Nishant Saini, Director – Products Marketing & Sales, Geometric Ltd Users of CAD/CAM are essentially looking for rich knowledge repository to go along with these systems that will allow them to focus on creative aspects of design or manufacturing and not worry too much about series of constraints that they need to adhere to repetitive tasks that they need to perform.

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Need to Address Faced with the challenge of improving product design and development processes, a majority of solution providers are aggressively investing in R&D to invent lucrative products and attract maximum customers. Since automation has become the key factor to manufacture quality goods in almost every sector, it also forces companies to enhance their market presence. These challenging requirements are leading to changes in the solutions. According to Vikas Khanvelkar, MD, DesignTech, “This is interesting as it is comparable, in some sense, to the Indian IT industry. We have huge revenues in IT, but very few innovative and distinct products developed by Indian companies. The truth is that software development costs are very high. For CAD/CAM/ CAE software, you also have to ensure that it works across multiple platforms and is compatible with a variety of other software.” “Along with this, the software also needs to be localised across geographies with translations in multiple languages. This can be difficult and time consuming to develop. One has to constantly remain up-to-date and relevant in innovating and upgrading the software over years,” he adds. “Indian companies do not have the sort of capital to invest in such development, because in this segment, you have to have the financial muscle and strength to sustain the marketing of the product in foreign markets which is crucial to succeed and generate adequate volumes, which would not happen if you just depend on the domestic market. The key to sustenance in this business, even if the product is not the absolute best in class, lies in the way you market and add value to your software product,” Khanvelkar explains.

Major Players in the Indian market

PTC Dassault Syatem CG Tech SolidCAM Geometric Ltd AutoDesk Siemens OPENMIND

According to Saini, “Indian companies are definitely competent enough to design any kind of software including, manufacturing software. Companies like ours have had their own products for more than a decade now, and continue to evolve them, apart from bringing out new products into the market. Going forward, engineering software will have to be configurable and adaptable so as to address specific usages across industries. There could be, for example, a need to automate a set of business processes or provide an ability to retain manufacturing process knowledge, in order to accelerate time to market.” Competition in the CAD/CAM market is at both, the high and low end of the market. The lower end of the market consists of dedicated NC programming systems, which have limited or no modelling capability, while the high end of the market consists of integrated CAD/CAM systems, mill/turn and multi-tasking machining software. Indian companies need to diversify their business portfolio. In order to compete globally, they need to achieve much greater productivity levels from their processes and assets. Capital intensive manufacturing will continue to face challenges of highly cyclic demand and fluctuations in raw material prices, but they still need to strive for profitability by increasing efficiencies. Going forward, to capture the growing demand, the industry might witness more and more Indian companies entering into the CAD/CAM business and some existing players increasing their investments in R&D. nishant.kashyap@infomedia18.in

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verloaded shops are buying new NC machines, which end up being more complex than ever. The biggest prevailing issue is that shops cannot find skilled employees—and this is limiting their growth. Many companies that have been witnessing rapid growth are constantly looking for qualified employees with the right technical background. When companies cannot find the employees they need, they have to find ways to become more efficient with the employees that they have. This is done with technology that allows them to do more with fewer people.

Simulation Technology Advancement

material removal process of an NC programme. NC programmers use the software to verify the quality and accuracy of their NC programmes while its 3D machine simulation checks for collisions. But the goal of the simulation is not simply a collision-free and efficient NC programme. The first and most important goal is verifying that a programme produces the correct workpiece. The simulation software’s in-process model tells a programmer whether his programme makes a correct part. The software has been modified to include thousands of development hours to improve motion processing. ‘Motion simulation’ refers to how the software calculates the motion path from the NC data and animates

VERICUT is a software programme that interactively simulates and displays the

it. The software’s simulation methods have been optimised to increase simulation speed, collision detection accuracy and animation consistency. The user interface has a more natural sequence to common user actions. Utilising a top-down flow through a graphic tree layout, context-sensitive choices appear as the user moves along the NC programme simulation process. As a result, setting up a new project and running a simulation is simple. Since the user’s actions are acted on immediately, the results are also instant. The software development is driven by evolutionary changes in manufacturing technology, including CAD/CAM software features, machines and tooling, machining techniques and processes, as well as the need for manufacturers to implement and improve on these changes.

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With machine tools builders adding new features to each release, some CAM companies are struggling to keep up with the trend. Some CAM systems do not have the required algorithms, which forces customers to create programmes by hand-stitching NC programmes together. With the advancement of simulation technology, these complex NC programmes and machines can be simulated on a virtual machine, thereby eliminating any unexpected surprises. June 2012 - MODERN MACHINE TOOLS

CAM Software Increased Complexity Drives Simulation Development

can return results, the better. Manufacturing software developers are constantly inventing, evaluating and implementing new algorithms to make simulation faster.

Mechanical designers strive to reduce the number of individual components in a product. For example, a trend in the aerospace industry is to replace subassemblies made of small Effective Shop Floor components with large, monolithic Communication structures. VERICUT makes it easier Mistakes on the shop floor are for programmers to view the machining expensive. Therefore, it is critical of the entire large piece while continuing that the machine operator and NC to enable analysis of small local areas, programmer communicate effectively. in fine detail without reworking or The VERICUT Reviewer can be used as rerunning the simulation. an effective visual tool to communicate The trend towards increased how the part is cut on a machine. It complexity has produced ongoing incorporates all the functionality of NC manufacturing software enhancements. review mode in a standalone viewer that More manufacturers need to simulate does not use a licence. The Reviewer specialised machining processes and can play forward and backward while complex machines. When a specialised process reduces cycle time or increases reliability, more companies adopt it. By simulating these ‘special’ processes early, the software supports the next customers to adopt them. For example, years ago, it was rare to see an NC programme utilising nowcommon local part coordinate transformations and toolaxis vector programming. VERICUT supported these VERICUT Reviewer in action on a shop floor features when they were initially adopted and others have benefitted since. removing and replacing material. Users Adoption of complex machine tools is a can rotate, pan and zoom and the cut similar example. A few years ago, two stock can be measured using all the spindle, twin-turret mill/turn CNC standard X-caliper tools. The ‘Reviewer’ machines were not common. Today, file can be saved at any point. many manufacturers utilise multitasking machines with multiple tool and partImprove Programme Efficiency mounting stations on various motion As companies are creating more NC axis, all crammed into a relatively small programmes, to sustain their business, space. The chance for collisions between parts need to be produced quickly and machine components, tools and parts is in a cost-effective manner. Simulation high when several things move at once. technology allows a programmer to not Therefore, enhancements were added to only view the NC programme created, the simulation software to support these but to optimise it as well. machines during their introduction. VERICUT is a true knowledgeNo one wants to spend time based machining system; through the simulating a machining process, but it simulation process, it learns the exact is a necessary step because of today’s depth, width and angle of each cut. It complex, fast-paced manufacturing knows exactly how much material is environment. The faster the simulation removed by each cut segment. With 76

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that knowledge, OptiPath® divides the motion into smaller segments. Where necessary, based on the amount of material removed in each segment, it assigns the best feed rate for each cutting condition encountered. It then outputs a new tool path, identical to the original, but with improved feed rates. It does not alter the trajectory. For this, as the cutting tool encounters more material, feed rates decrease; as less material is removed, the feed rates speed up accordingly. Based on the amount of material removed by each cut segment, OptiPath automatically calculates and inserts improved feed rates where necessary. Without changing the trajectory, OptiPath writes the updated feed rates to a new NC programme.

Bringing Change Manufacturers are constantly faced with having to do more with less. And the pressure seems even greater this year, on a global scale. Finding new and creative ways to improve the efficiency and quality of jobs that have been running in the same old way for years in the workshop may be critical to the survival of many businesses. Besides, they may have to do it with fewer resources (people, skills, consumable tools, etc.). Thus, a general hurdle is learning and implementing new manufacturing methods and new tools to help improve existing processes. Simulation software is truly invaluable for experimenting and investigating new machining techniques, allowing the manufacturing engineer to experiment safely—and inexpensively— in software rather than on the workshop’s hardware. Sujayeendra Jahagirdar, Technical Support Engineer, CGTech India. He has 8 years of experience in CNC Programming and Machining with hands on experience in using CAD/ CAM packages like UniGraphics, EdgeCam, Cimatron and CATIA.

SPECIAL FOCUS Choice Of Tools

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Amid intensifying global competition, manufacturing units are searching for ways to automate processes, compress delivery times, and reduce costs. For a long time, CAD/CAM applications have been the mainstay for tooling, machining, and manufacturing operations and they continue to drive tool-path programming for most CNC machines. Prateek Sur takes you through the process of selection and manufacture of tools using CAD/CAM…

n the present market, machine shops are looking for new and improved technological enhancements to maximise productivity. Faced with increasing demand for shorter lead times and pressure on low-pricing, manufacturing operations need to reduce time and cost of the process to succeed in such an increasingly competitive market.

Advantages of CAD/CAM CAD, computer-aided design, commonly used in the design of a wide range of products from kitchen cabinets to advanced high-integrity machine tools can help in the design of virtually anything. The main advantage of CAD is the ability that it gives to enable simulation by which products can be visualised in 3D without being manufactured. A prototype can be formed without the expense of using tooling techniques. This technique 80

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enables experimentation to take place at low cost. CAD enables the interactions between designed objects to be tested. CAD is essential in programming machine tools and it makes it possible to design a product/component using CAD. The information is used to directly programme all the parameters of the operation of a multi-tool station machining centre such that it will select the raw metal, cut its size, lock it into position for machining and then, using a variety of tools from its tool bank, machine the component with utmost precision and accuracy. The machining centre chooses speeds, cutting rates and machining lubricants for optimum efficiency. CAD is the most important practice in the manufacture of moulds & dies for use in the production of injection moulded components. In the foundry industry, it is used for the production of patterns that are used repeatedly to make sand moulds into which molten metal is poured. CAD/CAM systems

have greatly improved in the recent times. They provide a wide variety of system tools and capabilities. However, not all of today’s systems are created equally and it is important to know that there are still many systems that do not have built-in tools or strategies to create tool-paths for hard milling or high speed machining. “CAD/CAM systems can identify the profiles of the part to be manufactured. They can reverse engineer the profile to make special cutters which suit the part. Most modern CAD/CAM system can check for blends (radius at corners) and give information on which tools have to be used for finishing operations. They also give information on negative walls on a part so that special lollipop cutters can be used for those surfaces,” says Sujayeendra Jahagirdar, Technical Support Engineer, CG Tech Vericut.

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Costs are reduced. No need to use materials, machinery or labour when developing a product design. Can be edited rapidly to meet a design specification or changing demands of the client. Manufacturing time reduces a lot as working models can be manufactured in minutes. Design, development and manufacture of the product can take place in different global locations. Designers, developers and manufacturers work worldwide and share electronic data via the internet. Products are more competitive. Material use is minimised to save costs. Material properties are better exploited. Research conducted electronically using online feedback.

with CAD/CAM programming is the model. Many companies import data from other systems using a variety of importing tools. A file transfer format needs to be defined to transfer geometry data from the client CAD system to the CAM system. In order to avoid timeconsuming repairs of the model, it is very important to select the proper file format for a data transfer. The problems range from missing trimmed surfaces to bad solid models causing numerous headaches for creating efficient toolpaths. These problems need to be fixed before developing tool-paths. Poorly developed models also are a common problem. How a model is created is going to dictate what machining techniques are used. If machining strategies are not considered during the development of the model, then the programmer may not be able to use certain tool-path strategies. Without these considerations, hard milling a cavity or core may not always be suitable without modifying the model. Before tool-paths can be applied, there must be a complete analysis of the part. Not all parts are suitable for

hard milling. The specific areas to be machined should be clearly identified, determining the smallest internal radius and largest working depth. A 4:1 ratio of length to tool diameter commonly does not pose any problems. Jahagirdar continues, “In CAD/ CAM software, tool libraries can be created & used later. All the tools which are present on the shop floor can be created according to each machine, each storing a tool library for each machine. Even some CAD/CAM systems have the capability to store cutting data into tool libraries according to the material used. Thus a programmer will have information on speed & feed used for a particular machine/material combination. One can create new tools & check the material removal & place orders.” Problems arise when the ratio grows, and careful consideration should be made towards the feasibility of success. When ratios are excessive, experience in hard milling will have an important role in determining how successful one will be. If individual part features are recognised and separated, two different strategies can be applied to this part. Tool-path quality is commonly overlooked in a CAM system but upon further evaluation, it is revealed that there are many unnecessary changes in the tool-path direction.

raw material. Detailed holder profiles can also be created on a tool so that once the holder touches the part, the tool will stop creating further passes, thus avoiding tool collisions,” says Jahagirdar. Stepping back to machine tool, builders have started using elaborate acceleration and deceleration servo tuning algorithms, as well as complex servo lag algorithms, to enhance motion control. These look ahead or control feed rates by analysing directional changes within the NC code. The greater the directional changes, between zero to ninety degrees, the more one has to control and maintain the programmed path. In hard milling, these abrupt changes in tool-path direction affect tool life and surface finish. Therefore, tool-path quality should be an important feature of your CAM system. Programming errors have a tendency to be less forgiving in conventional machining techniques where softer materials are used. In hard milling and HSM, programming errors will no doubt have severe consequences

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Choice Of Tools if not caught in time. Thus, the need for a better CAD/CAM systems, which would enable us to analyse in the prototype stage itself means we do not have to waste our energy in actual manufacturing. These faults when nipped in the bud, would reduce a lot of waste and thereby save time and cost for the company. Jahagirdar adds, “Once the programme is generated, some simulation software give information on minimum stickout (Tool protrusion beyong the holder) required for each tool so that after programme generation it will give information to the machinist on how to assemble the tool which is supplied to teh shop floor. This also makes sure you cut with the shortest tool extension, so that vibrations are reduced. Also, as some CAD/CAM systems have limitations on the shape of cutter used, people generate programmes with some previous experience in how to cut the part with existing tools; but on the shop

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floor, they use special profiled cutters and many a time, end up in collision or gouges. But with modern simulation software, even these problems can be identified & corrected before sending it on to the shop floor.” Cutting tools break easily. Tool holders, fixtures and even the machine can be damaged, costing hundreds to thousands of dollars. Personal safety can also be at risk. To ensure programming errors are caught before they happen, the CNC code should be thoroughly reviewed for errors. Most CAD/CAM systems use some type of tool-path verification or tool-path simulation within their software. Unfortunately, many of them only view the intermediate file rather than the posted NC code tool path file wherein errors can occur. Therefore, care should be taken to ensure that the posted NC code is reviewed for errors. If the CAD/CAM system does not have the tools to view or simulate the NC code directly, there are numerous software packages on

the market that will do the job. These will save many major problems by eliminating potential crashes and safety issues of the machine.

Advances in CAD/CAM Talking about the advances coming up in the CAD/CAM field, Jahagirdar says, “New improved CAD/CAM systems will come which would automate the process. Recent developments help capture the knowledge of senior programmers. They are storing it so the same knowledge base can be used later by a new programmer, manufacturing the same quality.” In the present era, machine shops demand 3D CAD systems because they can no longer spend time and incur costs in processing customer geometry, nor in creating tooling, programming CNC code, or iterating with customers. Machine shops that have embraced 3D CAD technology are realising these real benefits. prateek.sur@infomedia18.in

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As the product designs become more complex, companies are creating smarter products that include mechanical, electrical and software elements. The expectations for new product development, improved sustainability and engineering have gone up. Ironically, while customer demand for innovation and quality has seen a rise, design lifecycles have shrunk dramatically.

he reality today is that manufacturing industries are under continuous pressure to deliver more innovative and competitive products, faster. Products are complex to design, complex to produce and complex to support. This challengeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;whether it is inherent to the product itself or the difficult manufacturing landscape of this centuryâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;has made the job of developing and delivering profitable products much more difficult.

What Needs to be Done? With market globalisation, designers and other stakeholders now need to collaborate among multifunctional teams spread around the world. Furthermore, increasing product complexity also means that engineers need to predict and validate product behaviour as early as possible in the development cycle to avoid late changes. However, validating 84

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behaviour, while taking into account the interactions between various subsystems, becomes challenging in itself and leads to the need for sophisticated multi-disciplinary simulations. In addition, manufacturers need to focus on more than just the best product. Today, they must also address total lifecycle profitability by optimising products for manufacturing and service, driving additional complexity. Complexity is not just a design issue. It is connected from portfolio and product planning all the way through to manufacturing and service. Complexity also brings more data, and globalisation means that this data is spread across a wide array of interconnected systems. The list of initiatives being launched by manufacturers to address these challenges is long. It includes examples such as centralised and decentralised approaches,

multidisciplinary support and greater use of product teams, activities such as projects, architectures based on platform products, more simulation and fewer physical prototypes. All these require more collaboration with suppliers and customers, design-anywhere-build-anywhere strategies, new materials, introduction of system engineering techniques and more. On the up side, as products increase in complexity, the tools and approaches to address the challenge also improve and evolve. For instance, greater levels of collaboration, better interoperability between different CAD systems and the ability to do more analysis and testing in virtual environments.

Product Design Beyond mechanical complexity, manufacturers have begun developing smarter products. Most products now

PLM Solutions have an electronic component to them. For example, modern automobiles may have 50 or more microprocessors managing everything from braking to engine timing and entertainment. This combination of mechanical, electrical, and software components, known as ‘mechatronics’, has made products exponentially more complex. A key part of tackling the increasing complexity in product design is the development and maintenance of a single source of product and process knowledge that connects all global team members. This approach reduces search times, encourages better design reuse and variation control, aids collaboration and provides decision makers with better visibility into the most up-to-date product lifecycle information to make better, faster and more informed decisions.

Analysing Manufacturing Complexities The growth in product complexity makes the analysis portion of the development lifecycle even more difficult. Complex designs mean that thorough analysis and testing is even more important and increasingly complicated models require more resources to test properly. In most industries, the products being developed consist of a hierarchy of components, subsystems and complete systems. A modern environment needs to facilitate the building up and management of both subsystem & system models from individual components, including performing relevant simulations (for e.g. structural behaviour, flow, mechanism assembly motion, controls) at each level (i.e., how the product under analysis is broken into manageable subsystems) and fidelity (i.e., the degree of granularity used in the physics-based simulation). Being able to rapidly build, update and simulate models is vital for making smarter engineering decisions and ultimately delivering better products, faster. Modern Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) environments must provide a more intuitive, solver-independent environment for 86

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creating, managing, and simulating such multi-level configurations.

Complete Lifecycle Insight The final piece of the complexity puzzle is that of comprehensive lifecycle management. When all key stakeholders have insight into the complete design lifecycle process, it becomes easier to manage development in a way that is time and resource efficient. This allows all pertinent information necessary for a process to be instantly delivered to the right people, regardless of location, via a wide variety of supported devices, including smart phones and tablet computers. By intelligently navigating, integrating and applying meaning to broadly dispersed stores of heterogeneous data, and then engaging with that information in a visually compelling way, it becomes possible for an organisation to not only conquer the issue of complexity, but actually enhance its decision making.

A modern environment needs to facilitate the building up and management of both, subsystem & system models, from individual components. This is crucial for creating and utilising global innovation networks where organisations and their partners collaborate at a new level of efficiency. By providing the application depth and breadth to digitally author, validate and manage detailed product and process data, it forms the basis for turning ideas into successful products.

Incorporating Effective & Efficient PLM Products have grown in complexity, with no end in sight. The various dimensions of product complexity are direct results of today’s market and manufacturing environment. Manufacturers must

address these challenges or suffer from poor quality products, delayed time to market and high lifecycle costs. With the complexity of today’s products, including configured items with multiple variants and platformbased designs, manufacturers cannot afford manual processes or organising their products via spreadsheets as is the case with typical pre-PLM approaches. Addressing product complexity requires effective and efficient PLM most of which, can be addressed through the effective implementation of NX PLM. When combined with Teamcenter as the PLM backbone, other complexities, including global engineering, can be overcome by connecting people throughout the lifecycle with a single source of product and process knowledge. Siemens has worked to develop products that help manage the complexities inherent to engineering and product development. As product and design chain complexity have increased, its systems have evolved to encompass a broader view or the product, more of the product lifecycle, better collaboration and more product-related processes.

IT to Address Design and Development Issues Complexity in every aspect of the product design and development is only set to increase. So, blindly hoping that things will get easier is not a viable option. Information technology (IT) that enables a company to tackle these issues not only allows an organisation to design and develop great products, but also allows it to respond quickly and insightfully to new market opportunities and challenges, a must-have in today’s demanding global business environment. As every engineer will tell you, having the right tools makes all the difference, and as every executive will say, having the right information, at the right time is essential. With powerful engineering design and IT available to manufacturers today, both of these important objectives are being addressed. Author: Jan Larsson, Marketing Director - NX, EMEA Marketing, Siemens PLM Software

SPECIAL FOCUS Machining Software

Improving Productivity, Simplifying Design The future of software tools lies in their ability to communicate and translate a product design directly to the machining centre, with no machine programming or setup required. The following developments trace the level of integration between digital manufacturing tools and machine controls. From new tool paths to design features, here is a snapshot of technologies on the cutting edge...

issler Software says its TopSolidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Design 7.6 CAD/CAM software improves productivity and simplifies the design and modification of large assemblies in an organised and structured environment. FreeShape, a new function in the upgrade, ensures that the correct tolerances are applied to parts designed using TopSolid. It can also manage tolerances for imported parts designed using other CAD software. This function does not need a history tree 88

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to edit imported parts. The function can also extract drillings from imported parts. The ability of the software to detect and automatically recreate drilling operations enables users to easily change and manage the drilling position for each operation, the company says. The software also features completely integrated and transparent PDM. All data management actions are carried out directly in TopSolid, and data is shared and secured transparently. A 3D part-creation wizard enables users to quickly and automatically

rebuild 3D parts from imported 2D files, such as SXF drafts. Users can also drive design directly from an Excel document. By entering parameters into an Excel spreadsheet, which is external to TopSolid, users can enter dimensions directly at the customer site. Once the spreadsheet is filled in, a connection to TopSolidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Design will update the CAD designs, BOMs and associated drawings. Draft creation has also been improved. Users can create and include 2D components and customible symbols

Machining Software to fully complete draft documents. Drilling tables are available to show the type and position of each hole. Also, revision index tables and difference notes help manage product lifecycles.

Enhancements Improve Machine Tool Productivity Siemens has enhanced its Sinumerik Operate user interface and Sinumerik MDynamics CNC milling and turning technology to improve machine tool performance. Siemens has enhanced its Sinumerik Operate user interface and Sinumerik MDynamics CNC milling and turning technology to improve machine tool performance. Both enhancements are designed to improve user productivity and part surface finish. Sinumerik Operate combines the HMI-Advanced, ShopMill and ShopTurn operator and programming interfaces to create a single, consistent user interface. The user interface contains animated elements and is designed to facilitate intuitive operation and programming. According to the company, a range of new functions enables complex workpieces to be set up with ease and produced in a single clamping operation. Designed to operate like Sinumerik Operate, Sinumerik process measurement cycles are available for automatic workpiece and tool-measurement processes. For these cycles and other functional features, the input masks are provided with animated elements using the Sinumerik language programGuide. With ShopMill and ShopTurn, they also include a simulation capability. Measured values can be updated automatically and used both for tool correction and zero offset. The animated elements are designed to support machine operators with predictive graphic animation of operating and programming steps. ShopMill’s programming functionality also offers graphical support, such as display of the rotary axis in position patterns, pocket calculator functions with fit indication, and the ability to hide selected positions

in position patterns. Cylinder surface transformation and multiple-workpiece clamping are also included in the package. Tool management within Sinumerik Operate includes new grinding tool types, measurement probe types and depiction modes for tools using graphics and detailed picture views. Shortcuts simplify search operations in most operating areas, such as files, tools or in the editor. Sinumerik MDynamics is designed for three- and five-axis milling applications. It combines the CNC hardware, smart CNC functions and the integral CAD/CAM/CNC process

The software supports compensation for thermal growth and shrinkage of parts during manufacturing. Users can write a single inspection programme if a part’s material has a known growth or shrinkage rate throughout a manufacturing process. chain into a single package. The company says this is useful for industries that are required to comply with high standards of surface quality and precision, such as automotive, aerospace, power generation, medical part production, shop-floor manufacturing and tool- and mold making.

Software Enables AFP Experimentation CGTech’s Vericut Composite Paths for Engineering (VCPe) provides composite part designers, mechanical engineers and process engineers with the same software tools as NC programmers for creating NC programme paths that are subsequently used in the workshop to lay-up a composite part.

CGTech’s Vericut Composite Paths for Engineering (VCPe) provides composite part designers, mechanical engineers and process engineers with the same software tools as NC programmers for creating NC programme paths that are subsequently used in the workshop to lay-up a composite part. The software reads CATIA V5, NX, STEP and ACIS surface models. It also reads FiberSim, CATIA V5, NX, and other external-ply geometry and information. Material can be added to fill the plies according to user-specified manufacturing standards and requirements. Layup paths are linked together to form specific layup sequences. According to the company, the software enables the part designer or engineer to create and experiment with various automated fiber placement (AFP) path options and evaluate the effects of AFP manufacturing on composite parts’ design. Experiments to determine a part’s producability can be performed before the design has been sent to manufacturing and before knowing what type of AFP equipment will be used, the company says. By producing actual AFP tape courses that can be used to programme AFP fabrication equipment in the workshop, the user can measure and evaluate the effects of AFP path trajectory, material steering, surface curvature, course convergence and other process constraints as they would be applied in manufacturing. The software also provides producibility analysis of the fiber angle based on the curvature of the part, and overlap and gaps needed for structural analysis. Tape course geometry can be written to various CAD formats for further evaluation by the user’s existing analysis methods and tools.

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Machining Software toolpath generation methods, and processing and productivity improvements. The CAM software is said to be ideal for mold, die and tooling, woodworking, rapid prototyping and general machining applications. The software includes 2.5-, three-, four- and five-axis machining functionality. A variety of free post-processors are included or users can create their own.

CNC Mills Designed for Ease of Use The Rhino 1250 toolroom machining center and the Rhino II CNC toolroom mill are ISO 9002-approved and include builtin features designed to assist the first-time user with quick set ups and machining parts immediately. Conversational, ‘fill in the blanks’ menus generate standard G code automatically on the shop floor and graphically check the programme on a 15” color screen. The Centroid M-400 control includes canned cycles for bolt hole patterns; facing, rectangular, circular or irregular pockets with clean out cycles; repeat cycles for multiple parts; mirror; rotate; scaling; and internal and external thread milling and tapping cycles. Also included are 2D and 3D toolpath graphics that guide the user through part programming. Optional features include probing cycles, 3D digitising, engraving, high-rpm spindles, tool changer and rotary tables for four- and five- axis applications.

Metrology Software Increases Measuring Machines Functionality Heidenhain’s Quadra-Chek metrology software is designed to provide advanced functionality for inspection measurement machines and enable users to perform both 2D and 3D measurements. Building on the original Metronics QuadraChek QC5000 software, the IK5000 version 2.96 inspection package measures and graphically evaluates 3D contours using multi-sensor and tactile measuring machines. It imports a 3D CAD file (either STEP or IGES) and compares it with the actual measured part during profile measurement. The software supports compensation for thermal growth and shrinkage of parts during manufacturing. Users can write a single inspection programme if a part’s material has a known growth or shrinkage rate throughout a manufacturing process. The metrology software features improved radial and palletise methods of automatic part programming routines. These routines are designed for common features or parts that repeat angularly, around a datum or based on a palletised grid layout. On video-based inspection machines, these improvements retain specific video tool sizes and the positions needed for measurement. They are then repeated based on the angle in which they are located around the datum or in reference to a linear layout. The palletise grid functionality enables the user to graphically select which parts are required for measurement and run the programme only in those locations. Courtesy: MMS Magazine

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SPECIAL FOCUS MouldMaking MoldMaking Technology

Making the Jump to Five-Axis Machining Easier Most mould and die shops rely on three-axis machines to do most of their milling work. Five-axis machines were not considered sturdy enough to mill hard materials used in Class 1 mould cavities. Moreover, five-axis programming was harder to learn and programme. In general, these statements remain true.

hese challenges limited the use of five-axis machining to the more complex parts, such as those often found in aerospace applications that cannot be machined with only three axes. However, significant improvements in CAM software systems—with new programming techniques making the transition from three-axis to five-axis programming easier than ever before— have enabled many mould and die shops to switch to five-axis machines. Recent field tests indicate that with a 10% increase in programming effort, five-axis machines can improve machining productivity up to 30%. Parts with deep cavities and small, vertical corners are the primary targets. On a three-axis machine these

features require long tools with smaller diameters. Milling tools are classic cantilevers—held on one end with force applied at the other end. Any tool length-to-diameter ratio of more than seven requires considerable attention to cutting forces or problems due to tool deflection will result. In fact, a 20% increase in tool length increases the deflection at the tool tip by 50%. Five-axis machines solve this problem by accessing these tight areas by tilting the tool away from the adjacent walls which then allows the use of shorter, stubbier tools. Mould and die hard milling with deep cavities and fine features next to tall walls benefit the most. This is especially useful with high-speed machines at higher spindle speeds where the resonance vibration

can wreak havoc when combined with tool deflection problems.

3+2 Axis Machining Due to the programming complexity of five-axis machining, some shops use a simpler, more versatile alternative: 3+2 axis machining. Here a machining area is divided into sub areas and each one is machined with a different, fixed tool axis (see Figure 1). The tool axis is changed when the tool is not cutting, and then remains fixed while the tool is engaged with the material in a given area. 3+2 axis machining has been a standard with newer CAM software in which surface machining operations support localizing the machining area with a trim boundary and allows an independent tool axis different from June 2012 - MODERN MACHINE TOOLS

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Traditional Five-axis Machining Simultaneous five-axis programming requires a significantly higher level of programming expertise. This approach is commonly used for many aerospace and medical components where fewer, wellsculpted surfaces are machined in a single toolpath operation. Mould and die components do not fall into this category where thousands of surfaces are machined at once. There is no easy way to drive the toolpath along the parametric lines of these surfaces. In most cases, it is very unlikely the mathematical definitions of these surfaces form matching parametric lines. Also, simultaneous fiveaxis machining requires well sculpted drive surfaces that are hard to find in mould/die components. Some new CAM software offers a processor that uses a streamline technique, so it is more forgiving of the modeling smoothness and continuity of the surfaces being 96

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machined. This type of processor allows tool axis definition based on drive surfaces defined by flow curves that are independent of the surfaces being machined. This results in a smoother, more accurate toolpath and tool axis.

axis waterline machining processor. The programming input required for this toolpath is similar to that of three-axis programming. The resulting toolpath also resembles a three-axis waterline toolpath, except for the variable tool axis (see Figure 2). The tool axis is automatically tilted away from adjacent walls, which Five-axis Programming for enables the use of shorter tools. This Three-axis Programmers operation supports extremely tight New software advances assist part tolerance and cut depth that are programmers in applying multi-axis common in mould machining. programming techniques directly to Newer CAM software (see traditional fixed-axis operations. For Figure 3) extends this concept to example, some software offers a fiveall three-axis finishing operations. In addition to familiar three-axis toolpath user interaction, a few simple, easy-to-understand additional parameters are provided that control the degree and smoothness of tool tilt. The toolpath resembles a traditional fixed axis toolpath. The toolpath Figure 1 The divide-and-conquer approachâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;split the machining area processor constantly looks into separate regions and create a different toolpath with a unique tool ahead for toolholder axis for each. collision. When none is encountered, a three-axis toolpath is output. When a potential collision is anticipated, the tool axis is gradually tilted away from the collision area, resulting in a five-axis toolpath.

the Z axis of the machining coordinate system. With holder collision checking, these 3+2 surface machining operations machine as much as the short tool and specified tool axis will allow. The areas that could not be reached are marked with a system created boundary. This allows users to localize machining to these uncut areas with the same tool, but a different tool axis. While 3+2 axis machining provides better kinematic stability during cutting, it does have some disadvantages. The divide-and-conquer programming strategy requires extensive trim boundary creation. Also, transition areas between different tool axis regions leave tool marks on the surface, which requires hand polishing.

Benefits Galore Figure 2 A traditional three-axis waterline toolpath converted to fiveaxis in order to avoid toolholder collisions.

Figure 3 CAM looks ahead for potential toolholder collisions and automatically avoids them by tilting the tool.

Recent software advances have helped make the conversion from three-axis and 3+2 axis positioning to simultaneous five-axis machining accessible to everyday NC programmers. Even though some of these techniques might require additional programming time, the benefits of reduced machining, setup time and reduced hand-polishing outweigh the costs. Courtesy: MMS Magazine

INSIGHTS & OUTLOOK GRINDING / FINISHING 100 Business Dynamics Growth Avenues In Metalworking

102 Essar Heavy Engineering Services Adding Dimensions To Excellence

106 Heavy Engineering – Forms and Gears Clamping Global Confidence In Indian Manufacturing

109 Projects In The Pipeline Manufacturing ‘Mega’ Opportunities

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118 Manufacturing Excellence Modern Machining Methods

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INSIGHTS & OUTLOOK Business Dynamics

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in Metalworking Indian infrastructure is passing through one of its most interesting phases today. While economies world over are facing a slowdown, India will expectedly continue to enjoy growth at over 7%. As heavy engineering plays a vital role in the development of infrastructure, Nishant Kashyap analyses how it will generate business opportunities and growth for Indian machine tool builders...

large sheet metal cutting and bending machines, special welding and material handling systems.” Automation business has risen as user industries started realising its benefits. With increasing competition among power companies, the consumers will demand better quality in power supply that is uninterrupted. In such a scenario, automation will play an important role. With automation technologies gaining momentum, companies providing automation solutions will benefit a lot as well. The Indian machine tool industry and automation providers have an important role to play in the infrastructure sector. They can develop solutions to achieve better quality with better safety standards. Higher accuracy and evolving interfaces are the trends that can help India, along with intelligence and remote diagnostics that automation processes offer today. This must not be restricted to large manufacturers, but must be made possible for medium & smaller units as well. Today, the availability of skilled manpower is a constraint in the construction segment. It would be advantageous to have technologies and automation which requires less manpower. Photo by: Prateek Sur

he engineering sector has the largest chunk of the overall industrial segment in India. The sector employs over 4 million skilled and semiskilled workers (directly and indirectly). This diverse industry, with its range of segments, can broadly be categorised into two segments—heavy engineering and light engineering. Of the total engineering goods production in India, heavy engineering goods account for the major bulk. Most of the leading players are engaged in the production of heavy engineering goods and they mainly produce high-value products using high-end technology. However, this requires massive capital investment, which acts as a major entry level barrier. Consequently, small and unorganised firms have a small market presence. Engineering services are expected to be a $40 billion opportunity for India by 2020. Total offshore engineering expenditure is expected to grow to $150–$225 billion by the year 2020, and India with its talent pool and existing experience in engineering services, is well suited to capture 25% of this opportunity.

Growing Opportunities Government of India reviews its Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy regularly, in a bid to attract more investment. Recently, the government permitted 100% FDI in construction and development projects. Government has also opened up to private sector participation and FDI in infrastructure projects for power, roads, ports, mining sector, and pharmaceutical sector. These initiatives of the government serve as a catalyst to further raise the demand for engineering goods and machinery. These government initiatives will further boost 100 MODERN MACHINE TOOLS - June 2012

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the demand for heavy engineering products, which will positively affect the overall business dynamics of machine tool industry in India. Ron Stump, President, Tech Engineering Search Group, says “Heavy engineering is a big market for machine tool builders, if they realise its full potential. The industry mainly demands heavy duty machines,

Machine tools manufacturers in India produce general purpose machinery of international standards in terms of quality, precision and reliability. However, they lag behind in terms of design and engineering capability so as to be able to manufacture very high precision CNC machines. “Some time heavy engineering product manufacturers find difficulties in the cutting and rolling of some sheet metals, because of its material properties. Companies introducing new

Business Dynamics products faster and with higher productivity, will always be accepted by the customers,” avers Stump. Due to the gap in technology in special purpose machines and some categories of CNC machines, import of technology is encouraged to bridge this gap. Here is a list of some initiatives that Indian manufacturers need to take: Increase R&D investment: Innovation starts from a constant desire to be out front, exploring new territories and striking out in new directions. R&D has become a pillar of sustainable success, which has forced companies from all sectors to increase investment in this area. Indian machine tool manufacturers have also realised this importance and are investing in R&D. But the gap still needs to be filled. While India is on its way to become a global manufacturing hub, machine tool manufacturers, too, need to invest more in R&D to provide the best technology to customers. Work on T&D: Human capital is one of the most vital assets in any organisation, crucial to its efficient and effective functioning. As a result, companies are increasingly interested in Training & Developing (T&D) to increase their competitive advantage and value. As most engineering schools do not give the required importance to a practical orientation towards machine tools, companies need to put in extra effort in skill development programmes. Design and development: As an integral part of business operations, a company needs to continuously evolve its design and development of products. In today’s contemporary market, customers are spoilt for choices and to garner more in sales, a company requires a good design and development team to support it. To develop reconfigurable, scalable, cost-effective manufacturing processes, equipment and plants; proper design needs to be in place.

What Lies Ahead Demand in the engineering sector is expected to remain healthy primarily on account of the government’s increased thrust on infrastructure development. The continuing growth of the manufacturing sector and favourable regulatory policies would further boost the sector’s growth. Fresh investments in power equipment, metals, oil & gas, and petrochemicals industries, coupled with robust industrial activity, is expected to drive growth in the capital goods industry. This is a huge opportunity for machine tool builders in the heavy engineering sector. This demand is not only about creating opportunity, but also poses a big challenge in fulfilling the expectations of customers. Machine tool builders need to realise that there is a huge demand being generated and the opportunities are there for the taking. A proper plan of action for this market would prepare the industry adequately. nishant.kashyap@infomedia18.in

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INSIGHTS & OUTLOOK Essar Heavy Engineering Services

ADDING DIMENSIONS TO With a vision to provide excellent tailor-made solutions to improve productivity and efficiency for its customers, Essar Heavy Engineering Services (EHES), a division of Essar Projects (India) Pvt Ltd, has come a long way since its inception four years ago, to become one of the biggest heavy equipment providers in the country. In a visit to the company, Nishant Kashyap & Prateek Sur learn about the company’s best practices and strengths.

he state-of-the-art heavy engineering workshop of Essar Heavy Engineering Services (EHES) is strategically situated on the banks of the river Tapti. This facilitates Essar Projects to manufacture and fabricate a wide range of custom made heavy equipment, such as pressure vessels, heat exchangers, reactors, columns, heavy fabrication equipments, steel plant equipments and fabricated steel structures. Over the past one year, the company has fabricated heavy equipment and steel structures of 30,000 mt including pressure vessels of up to 250 mt and 140 mm steel plates. These facilities are now being expanded to a capacity of 50,000 mtpa and will include 102 MODERN MACHINE TOOLS - June 2012

facilities to service of oil exploration and transport.

Machining Facilities The machine shop at the plant is spread across an area 196m longx36m wide with five bays and EOT cranes of capacity 65 mt (max.); 15 m under-hook. It is equipped with highly sophisticated CNC machines. Anand Sonthalia, CEO, Essar Heavy Engineering Services, says, “Heavy engineering is all about engineering and manufacturing of made to order equipments, but it requires complex and accurate machining, maintaining critical tolerances. We have one of the finest machine shops in this country. We have ordered horizontal boring machines, tube sheet drilling and milling machines and column & boom

with grinding attachments, which will be delivered in next 4 to 6 months. Once completed, it will probably be one of the largest machine shops in the country. We have some high quality drilling and CNC machines, to further enhance our machining capability.” For welding processes, the company has many highly advanced welding machines and has introduced new procedures in welding. “Welding is a very important technique in fabrication shops. As of now, we have qualified more than 200 welding procedures (PQR). As per the need of the customer and the job, we use Electro Slag Strip Cladding (ESSC) welding rather than procuring cladded plates. We have developed the cladding by welding processes where we can do cladding through 120 mm wide strips of stainless steel on carbon

Essar Heavy Engineering Services Anand Sonthalia, CEO,

Essar Heavy Engineering Services The more we start getting orders from foreign nations, the more we have to be well equipped with the latest innovations.

EXCELLENCE steel. Similarly, to reduce the amount of welding, we are developing Narrow Gap welding for high thickness Pressure Vessels that will reduce the amount of welding work involved,” explains G Saiprasad, JGM – BD & Marketing, Essar Heavy Engineering Service.

The Essar Advantage There are certain key factors and practices that helped them become better than the others in business. The strategic location of the plant has been their prime USP. The plant is set on the banks of the river Tapti, and Hazira’s location is the place where the river flows into the sea. Thus, huge ships can easily enter the river and arrive at the plant’s jetties. Thus, the cost of transporting the finished heavy engineering products to their ports of destination is significantly reduced and they are transported across the globe with ease. Moreover, the procurement of prime raw material and steel is prompt. Emphasizing this, Ravi Sarin, Head – Business Development, Essar Heavy Engineering Services, says, “Our

location is such that large equipment can be transported to various ports in India, or any project which requires receipt and dispatch of goods via the ports can be also be handled. Because of the size, large equipment which is manufactured by us cannot be delivered by road, so we use the water route to transport them. Essar has its own port, which can handle vessels of large sizes. This gives us an edge over others who have to send their equipment by road to sea, further increasing cost and time. Apart from this, we have good raw material availability; no other fabricator in this country has its group own plant and this is a very strong advantage for

Machinery at the Machining Facility

Conventional Lathes Radial Drilling Machines CNC Surface Grinding Machine Universal Drilling Machine Band Saw Machine CNC Pipe Bending Machine

us. Essar Steel is situated just cross the road. This brings down the cost of logistics, making the delivery process faster. This way we are able to deliver our products to the clients in a faster and cost effective manner.” The second USP of the plant is the availability of skilled work force. The organisation uses its recruitment policies to go to all the big engineering colleges and pick up the cream students of the batch and therefore everyone is a qualified and tested engineer. Adding to this is the proximity of the plant to major cities like Surat, Ahmedabad and Mumbai. Joining Sarin in the conversation, Gopinath Pai, COO, Essar Heavy Engineering Services, explains, “One of our biggest strength is our people; we have a proper training programme in place which we provide to our employees regularly. We are very careful in selection of the people. Employee development has been our main focus. Right from shop floor supervisor, engineers, sale and marketing, everyone is trained and professionally certified. Our strength is also in the reflection of our brand ‘Essar’.”

Safety and Security EHES pays special attention to safety and security measures, which is the reason behind the zero LTI since April, 2010 till date. The company’s safety performance has been among the best in the industry. It has also received IMS Certification (ISO: 14001 & OHSAS: 18001). The company has a dedicated safety training room and induction programme with animated films. Pai explains, “We believe that safety norms at EHES, are among the best. As of April 30, 2012, we have had 14.5 June 2012 - MODERN MACHINE TOOLS 103

Essar Heavy Engineering Services

Manufactured longest stainless steel column in the country Manufactured & transported the longest & heaviest single piece equipment ASME, ISO & OHSAS Certified LTI free 14.5 million man hours & 750 safe days Approved by Indian Boiler Regulation (IBR)

million man hours and 750 safe days; this cannot be achieved without training. Our experts brief every employee about the safety and security norms every day.”

Tailor-made Products The products vary from pressure vessels, heat exchangers, reactors, columns for fertilizers, refinery and petrochemical to steel plant equipments and also from heavy fabrication equipments to fabricated steel structures. “We do not have any standard products as all our products are tailor-made to client’s specifications,” says Pai. EHES has customers for their products with well known companies such as KRIBHCO, L&T MHI, ONGC, DANIELI, Reliance Industries Ltd, Alstom, EIL, Cairn Energy, Kenya Petroleum Refineries Ltd, PDIL and NTPC, etc.

Major Projects

Quench Tower: It is the longest stainless steel column to be manufactured in India, with specifications of 80000 mm long x 7000 ID mm. Due to its large size, the equipment was transported in three pieces by road and on-site, the pieces were joined by in-setu welding. Deisohexaniser Column: It was the longest and the heaviest equipment manufactured & transported in a single piece. (size 65000Long x 5200ID x 20mm) Kribhco – Secondary Reformer: Krishak Bharati Cooperative

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Limited (KRIBHCO), the world’s premier fertiliser producing cooperative, wanted to revamp and increase its plant capacity along with possible energy reduction. The project was given to Essar, which was completed in record time. Another uniqueness about this project was the fact that the revamping of this type of plant was done for the first time in India. For this project, there were external inspection agencies involved like PDIL and KBR, who inspected the work at every level before giving a green signal for the next step. “The project was a big achievement. We had faced certain challenges while doing the project. While doing the modifications, like cutting the existing job, unknown

Gopinath Pai, CEO,

Essar Heavy Engineering Services One of our biggest strength is our people; we have a proper training programme in place which we provide to our employees regularly.

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Milestones Met

hurdles were interfering the task. So we had to do the process in a controlled manner, like breaking away of refectory application such as cutting, welding and testing. This particular job required ASME U stamp and National Board R stamp. Minnesota Fabrication of Technological Structures: The company had received large order for the export of 25,000 fabricated steels structures to 7mtpa Pellet plant project, Minnesota-USA. The last shipment is planned to sail on June 2012. The steel structures were packeged and tagged in 42 separate buildings/areas. EHES has used the best packaging method (using pine wood & TexLash strip). This order is an added feather to the company’s accomplishments.

Expansion Plans The expansion plans for EHES are on the cards. Although the plant is just four years old, it has already started receiving international orders and is becoming one of the top players in the heavy engineering business. Sonthalia explains, “The more we start getting orders from foreign nations, the more we have to be well equipped with the latest innovations. We therefore have to spread our wings. We are slowly getting bigger orders and in huge quantities and thus expansion is a must in itself.” The company is now in its path to taste international waters and soon plans to expand its reach to other parts of the globe as well. nishant.kashyap@infomedia18.in prateek.sur@infomedia18.in Photos by: Prateek Sur

INSIGHTS & OUTLOOK Heavy Engineering – Forms and Gears

Clamping Global Confidence in Indian Manufacturing Sometimes it is not the magnitude of work, but the confidence to do it right, that makes all the difference. Chennai based fixture builder, Forms and Gears, proved it when it commissioned India’s largest set of hydraulic fixtures to Toshiba, Japan. Debarati Basu finds out more about this project and how it became a landmark in itself in the Indian heavy engineering segment.

esigning the first ever five meter long fixture could itself have been a challenge, but not for the Forms and Gears team, who chose to put in action their four decades of experience in building numerous large high precision hydraulic fixtures. It also comes as a surprise when Japanese giant Toshiba, approached an Indian company entrusting them with a job of such magnitude. The giant fixture will be a part of floor type milling and boring CNC 106 MODERN MACHINE TOOLS - June 2012

machining centres, built by Toshiba, for a global earthmoving equipment manufacturer. While the complexity of the project was high, having the right fixture to load and clamp large earth moving equipment parts with precision adds to the criticality of the job.

How It Began The project kickstarted in India in April 2011. As designing forms the most critical part of the entire process, getting the foundation right was the target of the team. A team of five Indian

designers were put to work. Designing a five meter long hydraulic fixture weighing 15 tonnes was in itself the biggest challenge. “We had earlier done 3.3 metre large hydraulic fixtures for Mazak machines in the Ashok Leyland-John Deere project, but 5 meters was something which was challenging to fathom. So, considering all the aspects of manufacturing and shipping such a huge fixture, we took the decision to split the base into three parts,” says Reji Varghese, MD, Forms and Gears.

Heavy Engineering – Forms and Gears And then came the next big challenge, the need to convince Toshiba and the earthmoving manufacturer. “It was very difficult in the beginning, because in Japan, they do not have the concept of segmental manufacturing. The segments had to be doweled and bolted without affecting either the accuracy or the rigidity of the fixture. We showed them various projects which we had done by segmenting the component. Only then could we erase their apprehensions,” explains Varghese. With the blueprints ready, it took only six months for them to manufacture the fixture and then the fixture assembly was shipped to Japan for trials in January 2012.

Machining Excellence Toshiba had initially wanted an integral fixture, but the major part of the challenges were sorted out by agreeing to split the manufacturing process into three segments. However, the next level of difficulty was to manufacture and machine the mild steel fabricated fixture to an accuracy and strength that could hold the weight of the earthmoving components which were to be machined. “The fixture was so huge that it overhangs the machine bed. So we had to heavily reinforce it, maintaining the centre of gravity of the entire component so that it does not sag under the pressure of the component when it is mounted on the fixture to be machined. The shape of the component was not even and hence, additional care had to be taken. We have used some of the

Reji Varghese, MD, Forms and Gears

It is a question of confidence. The Indian industry can do such heavy engineering work. Toshiba first came to us for cost, but now after working with us they are confident that the quality of design, manufacture and workmanship is on par with international standards.

Why Japan came to India? With over 40 years of fixture building experience, Forms and Gears is the oldest and the largest fixture builder in India. As fixtures still form the weak link in Indian manufacturing, and with not many companies specialising in fixtures, India does not really form a dream destination for fixture building. However, Toshiba’s decision to choose India for the project had two reasons. The first being cost. While China is ‘the’ cost effective destination for mass production, a custom built project would have been an expensive affair there. India, on the other hand, with its capabilities, could bring down the cost by 1/3rd compared to costs in Japan, the US or Germany, and significantly lower than what China offers. At the same time, India also provided an equal level of quality and precision as offered by other countries. “While finalising a company in India, Forms and Gears, with its long experience in making multiple huge fixtures in the past, their design capabilities and most importantly their calibrated in-house fixture building and tool room facilities, gave us the confidence to entrust them with the project. They proved our decision was right when the trials of the fixture ran successfully,” says K Balanagendrarao, Director, Flexspeed Technology (India) Pvt Ltd (authorised Agent for Toshiba Machines Co Ltd). Forms and Gears boasts about its complete in-house facilities, right from designing & manufacturing, to inspection and finishing.

K Balanagendrarao, Director, Flexspeed Technology (India) Pvt Ltd

As the trials were performed without any glitches, we were proud of our decision to come to India for the project.

latest simulation technologies to create a virtual prototype of the component,” informs Edwin Dayanand, GM – Design, Forms and Gears. The three segmental bases had to be accurately doweled and bolted with high precision to hold the segments firmly. Handling a huge component, especially changing its positions while machining, is a bigger challenge. Hence, given the size of the earthmoving equipment parts which were to be machined, Toshiba planned to incorporate a feature in the machine so that machining does not require the component to be moved at all. “The entire machining of the component from six sides is done on a single machine in a single setting. The component remains in its position without being moved. Hence, the fixture plays a very important part because a clamp cannot be placed where machining is happening, but none-the less, the area has to be rigid enough to withstand the vibrations caused by high cutting forces. So we had to design it in a way so that clamps do not hamper the machining process, but at the same time provide adequate support for maximum hold the component,” avers Varghese. The hydraulic fixture has been designed and manufactured with various such intricacies involving 350 bar high pressure hydraulics, sequential clamping, use of advanced hydraulic work supports, vibration dampners, use of adjustable clamping pressures on the clamping cylinders so that the clamping force could either be increased or decreased during cutting trials or at a later stage, offline pressure drop sensing, etc. June 2012 - MODERN MACHINE TOOLS 107

Heavy Engineering – Forms and Gears Since the cycle time of machining is long, the pressure in the hydraulics needs to be maintained even though the fixture has been decoupled from the powerpack. Hence, the fixture was fitted with a pressure switch which was set at a certain pressure. In case of pressure dropping below the set pressure, the pressure switch sends an electric signal to the machine to stop, thereby avoiding accidents and tool breakages caused due to drops in hydraulic pressure. The trials of the fixture, were conducted in Japan at Toshiba’s Numazu plant and the test was carried to perfection. “We were confident that we would not face any glitches as we had tested the performance with high end technologies available. Our Japanese counterparts were shocked that anyone in India could build a fixture like this,” beams Varghese.

Getting the Team Right Setting up a team of professionals trained in fixture building is hard

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The fixture will be a part of a floor type milling and boring CNC machining centre built by Toshiba for machining earth moving equipment components

to obtain directly, they have to be developed. A highly skilled team of five Indian engineers and four engineers from Toshiba, made this project happen.

“Our motto is to get it right the first time and this mindset needs to be cultivated. Fixture building is a customised, high precision, low volume business and the mindset needs to be different from that in mass production. In the final stages of machining, our people are more interested in manufacturing to perfection than getting the job done a few hours earlier,” explains Varghese. While this has been one of the milestone projects for the company, it has been working constantly in the segments of automotive (passenger cars, trucks and two wheeler), textiles, earth-moving equipments, tractors, defence and aerospace. The company has been effectively supplying some major global clients including Hyundai, Ford, Tata Motors, John Deere, Ashok Leyland, Mahindra Auto and Tractors, Cummins, Caterpillar, John Deere and to international machine tool makers like Mazak, Toshiba, Makino, MAG and NTC among others. debarati.basu@infomedia18.in

INSIGHTS & OUTLOOK Projects In The Pipeline

Manufacturing ‘Mega’ Opportunities With all eyes on the heavy engineering industry, most companies in India are vying for a piece of the bigger pie. Here is a look at some of the major projects in the pipeline in India, promising to change industry dynamics. GEI bags NPCIL contract GEI Industrial Systems Ltd, a leader in heat transfer technology, won a contract worth `37 crore from Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL). The order includes Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) of heavy water upgrading plant and waste management plant for 2x700

MW PHWR type Rajasthan Atomic Power Project-7&8. The order also includes erection and commissioning of a variety of equipment like distillation columns (around 1 meter diameter x52 meter height), tanks and vessels, including large diameter dyke tanks and other miscellaneous items.

Bombardier takes up Mumbai Railway project Bombardier Transportation won a groundbreaking contract for propulsion and control equipment in India from Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC). The project, funded equally by the World Bank and the Government of India, is valued at approximately `11.2 billion (€162 million, $214 million). The project involves design, manufacturing, delivery and testing of BOMBARDIER

MITRAC propulsion and control equipment, as well as additional equipment including fans, compressors, passenger information systems and high voltage instruments. The order relates to a total of 72 commuter trains of 12 cars each. Deliveries of the equipment will start in the last quarter of 2012 with completion of deliveries in the third quarter of 2014.

BHEL to install ESP package at Solapur Supercritical Thermal Power Project Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd has bagged a contract for the supply and installation of the Electrostatic Precipitator (ESP) package for the 2x660 MW Solapur Super Thermal Power Project (STPP). The order has been placed by NTPC Ltd for the supercritical Solapur STPP-II in

Maharashtra, being set up under the Mega Power Project Policy of the Government of India. The project involves design, engineering, manufacture, supply and erection & commissioning of the complete Electrostatic Precipitator package.

L&T Group Co. wins Saudi Chemicals Contract A joint venture of L&T–Larsen & Toubro ATCO Saudi LLC has secured a large procure and construct contract from Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara), a joint venture of Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) and the Dow Chemical Company (Dow). The project involves

procurement & construction of polyethylene solutions and specialty elastomers package in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia, where Sadara is constructing a world-class chemical complex. The project is scheduled to be completed in 35 months.

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Projects In The Pipeline BGR Energy bags NTPC contract for Supercritical Boilers BGR Energy Systems Ltd has been awarded an NTPC contract to supply 2 X 660 MW Supercritical boilers to be set up at Solapur, Maharashtra. The order is valued at €109.79 Mio plus Rupee component of 1121 crore (approximately

`1855 crore). The execution period of the contract is 48 months. As per tender conditions, NTPC is to award 6 units of Supercritical Boilers to the L-l bidder i.e., BGR Energy.

BEML bags `318 crore Jaipur Metro Orders BEML Ltd, the Public Sector Mini Ratna Company under the Ministry of Defence manufacturing Metro Cars, has bagged the prestigious Jaipur Metro Order valuing to `318 crore. With this, BEML will manufacture, supply, test and commission 10 train sets of four-car each, totalling

40 cars to Jaipur Metro Project. It is anticipated that another `60 crore of orders worth may be forthcoming for Jaipur Metro. BEML is the supplier of Metro Cars to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd, (DMRCL) and Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd, (BMRCL) and now Jaipur Metro.

Elecon Engg bags `272.33 crore order from NTPC Elecon Engineering Company Ltd, one of India’s largest material handling equipments and transmission product manufacturers, has procured an order of `272.33 crore from National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd (NTPC)

for ex-works supply of coal handling plant packages and for erection & commissioning of coal handling plant package for Mouda Super Thermal Power Project Stage II (2x660 MW).

Shriram EPC bags `165 crore contract in Kerala Shriram EPC bagged two contracts worth of `165 crore from Kerala Water Authority to build a water distribution network for Kozhikode and its adjoining villages.

The scope of the orders involve supplying and laying of PVC, DI and GI pipes, totaling more than 1,000 km in length.

CMI FPE to supply Cold Rolling Mill Complex to Nigeria CMI FPE Ltd has entered into an agreement with Kam Industries (Nigeria) Ltd for the supply of a cold rolling mill complex suitable for 1,000 mm wide steel strip. This complex

will be dedicated the production of thin gauge, cold rolled and coated steels for construction and industrial applications. The complex will be commissioned in 2012.

KILBURN bags contract from Heavy Water Board KILBURN secured an EPC contract from Heavy Water Board (HWB) for the drying and calcination of Ammonium Di Uranate. The scope includes system engineering, procurement and construction of a system consisting of two lines. Each line consist of a rotary tray dryer with a cyclone separator, rotary

calciner, bunkers, scrubbers, weighing and drumming system along with associated piping, electrical instrumentation, they will also commission and carry out performance tests of the complete system. The system will be installed at Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu.

Cennergi selects Suzlon turbines for 138 MW project bid in South Africa Suzlon Group, the world’s fifth largest wind turbine manufacturer, has been selected as the preferred supplier by Cennergi for a 138 MW wind energy project currently under development in South Africa. Cennergi is an equal joint venture between South Africa’s Exxaro Resources Ltd

and Tata Power Company Ltd. Cennergi has chosen to use 66 of Suzlon’s S97-2.1 MW turbines for the project, located in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. If definitive agreements are reached, Suzlon will deliver the turbines under a full EPC agreement. debarati.basu@infomedia18.in

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Technology Updates

In the heavy engineering sector, India is growing at a relatively slow pace. A lack of demand for modern innovative heavy engineering equipment exists and there are very few players developing dedicated heavy equipment. A disconnect between the manufacturers and buyers is stifling the industry. With foreign nations rich in demand for such technologies, Indian companies are yet to gain competence in the domestic arena, let alone export such technology. The scope for heavy engineering is yet to be realised. Tarun Tampi and Prateek Sur take a look at emerging technologies that can help realise that scope…

nnovative trends seen in India more slower than those in the foreign countries. India is still in the growing stage. Countries like China and Russia have requirements of huge machinery. The prodution of heavy engineering equipment is low in India due to the lack of demand for such machines. There is also a missing link between the companies making these and the buyers. The buyers are not very open to new innovative technologies and they prefer going with the equipment that are already in practice. We take a look at four upcoming technologies that are going to be the order of the day in all the other industries.

Supercritical Boiler Technology Boilers using supercritical technology, fundamentally use a water-steam cycle

under an operating pressure over 221 bars at higher steam parameters of 240 kg/cm2. At this pressure, the liquid and gaseous phases of water are homogenous with no clear difference between the two states. The advantage of such a boiler is that it leads to a huge reduction in the quantity of green-house gases released in its operation. Although first introduced in 1957 in the US, the technology has taken a while to reach economical levels such that its efficiency and benefits are in demand across the world, and recently, in India as well. The average efficiency of coal based power plants in India is 27–34%, which is relatively very low. Currently, the only Indian manufacturer of such equipment is Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL), having commissioned 135 plants of capacities 200–250 MW of which 25 units are of 500 MW. They have

indigenously developed the technology and even conceptualised the design of an 800 MW ultra supercritical boiler. The first supercritical plant of capacity 660 MW is under construction at Sipat and at Barh. A number of supercritical and ultra-supercritical plants in the public sector, private sector and joint sector, are also in the pipeline. Raj Singh Rathi, MD, Kuka Robotics says, “For the manufacturing of boilers, high precision drilling is necessary. The aerospace industry requires high speed grinding and fine end polishing. The automotive industry this in both, commercial and passenger driven heavy engineering. Edge preparation is required for the heavy engineering welding processes. It is the most important process. The precision requirements are high as the risk for accidents is also high in the automotive sector.” June 2012 - MODERN MACHINE TOOLS 115

Technology Updates World’s Largest Inverted Turret Lathe (IVL) Inverted Turret Lathes have the distinct advantage of being able to load components without any auxiliary equipment. The vertical spindle loads and unloads parts to machine and is not contaminated by chips, since they fall off the spindle onto a conveyor. Innovative features include a polymer granite machine base that damps vibrations 30% better, a fluid-cooling system and a touch probe on the machine that is accurate to about 2 microns. Emag, Germany has developed this, the world’s largest IVL, which can lift and machine pieces weighing over 1500 kg and with diameters up to 1.2 m. The machine is perfectly suited to precisely manufacture construction machinery, industrial transmission systems, and wind turbine generating systems. Being multi-functional, it can turn, mill, grind and perform gear-cutting operations, all in a single setup.

Distribution of Heavy Machines Between the Sectors Innovation is not accepted that well in the industry and manufacturers tend to stick to the existing products. Given a look at the buyers of such innovative technology, we see that the automotive sector is the biggest buyer of heavy engineering equipment. They require a high volume of products and the products required are very repetitive. The next in line is the machine tools industry, which requires heavy engineering equipment as they have the need for high precision forging. With the requirement for heavy machines for building huge aerospace components, the aerospace industry follows next. Last, but not the least is the oil and petrol industry that require heavy machinery for their mining and digging operations.

Friction Store Welding Friction welding is a solid state joining process that uses rotational motion and high axial pressures (thrust load) to convert rotational energy into frictional heat at a circular interface. The heat produced by this rubbing action raises the inter-surface temperature of the two parts to the plastic state where the high thrust load extrudes metal from the weld region to form an upset. When sufficient energy input has occurred (length loss), the rotation is stopped. Finally, the thrust load is increased to forge the parts together and form a solid state bond. The flash may be removed as part of the machine cycle. The plastic deformation in the weld zone results in grain refinement, favourable flow line orientation and expulsion of impurities. There are two variations of the process, conventional direct motor drive friction welding, and Inertia friction welding, which stores kinetic energy in a flywheel mounted to the welder spindle. 116 MODERN MACHINE TOOLS - June 2012

The latest advances in the process involve improved cycle monitory using PLC’s that store parameter control data for multiple parts, and store actual weld parameters (axial force, RPM and length loss every 1/10 second of each cycle run) on a hard disk for future uses. The PLC is also used by the operator to store setup and tooling data and communicate with the fault and monitor systems. For quality assurance has been enhanced by the use of automatic ultrasonic inspection equipment to find and reject material defects that could have direct effect on weld integrity. Rathi says “We follow our experience with the automotive industry into this industry as well. There are certain heavy engineering projects that we have undertaken with some major international companies. Friction store welding was done in collaboration with Airbus. This was one of the most challenging projects that we had to do.”

High Precision Drilling Bluetooth technology has been newly incorporated to precision drilling systems. It is a modern wireless networking technology that will add a new precision angle to the adjustment system. By adding Bluetooth wireless technology to the tooling systems, tool developers have isolated the display from the tool head, making it easier, safer and more convenient to read off the settings. When dialling-in the micro-adjustable head, the operator can affix the magnetic, external display unit anywhere within the field of view, outside of the machine tool. The illuminated screen and oversised numerals make reading easier, while the display can switch between millimeters and inches. A specially designed adjustment key, with an integrated Bluetooth interface, is also part of the system. The same display unit and adjustment key can be used for multiple microadjustable heads, thus reducing costs when investing in several heads. An improved integral part balancing system also allows the precision adjustment head to achieve rotational speeds up to 20,000 rpm, while the modular interface provides easy adaptation to different machine spindles. This technology also features an energy-saving function with an automatic shut-off after 30 seconds, and uses common AAA batteries. In the light of precision drilling Rathi says, “The component size is the biggest problem that is faced in the heavy engineering industry. The precision required is very high and the requirement is as high as 0.001 mm in error-free products. The error has to be even less when making such huge and bulky components as there is a need to maintain the precision. The changes happening in the machining process is that the processes are becoming more and more precise. The level of precision is increasing and thus, increasing the number of error-free products.” tarun.tampi@infomedia18.in prateek.sur@infomedia18.in

INSIGHTS & OUTLOOK Manufacturing Excellence

Modern Machining Methods Advancements in the aerospace industry have opened up the gyre of technological innovations in this segment. Continuous demand for better manufacturing practices has brought some outstanding technologies to the fore. MMT takes a look at some of the manufacturing techniques, which are being adopted globally by aircraft manufacturers. Multi-axis Complex Machining Additive Manufacturing Also known as ‘Rapid Prototyping’ or ‘3D Printing Additive’, additive manufacturing is the most talked about manufacturing process in recent times. Additive manufacturing refers to a class of manufacturing processes wherein a part is built by adding layers of material upon one another. These processes are inherently different from subtractive processes or consolidation processes. Subtractive processes, such as milling, turning or drilling use carefully planned tool movements to cut away material from a work-piece to form the desired part. Consolidation processes—such as casting or molding—use custom designed tooling to solidify material into the desired shape. Additive processes, on the other hand, do not require custom tooling or planned tool movements. Instead, the part is constructed directly from a digital 3D model created through design software. Advantages Increase visualisation capability during the early phases of design by using rapid physical models Detect design flaws before the manufacture of tooling Rapidly create tooling to manufacture physical prototypes.

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Multi-axis machining facilitates weight and assembly optimised complex structures in both hard and soft metals. High power, high speed machining techniques are employed in soft metals and the challenge of hard metals is met with torque and advanced cutting tool technologies. Advantages Complex geometries

Assembly optimised structures (‘shimless’ assembly) Reduces manufacturing time and costs Enables production of either one large complex, monolithic structure or several parts simultaneously

Application Areas Primary and secondary aircraft structure Metallic engine components

Electro-Chemical Machining This technique allows fast, stressand burr-free machining of complex shapes regardless of material hardness giving better engine efficiency and mechanical properties and cost benefits. Produces shapes that would be impossible to achieve with conventional machining methods; allows further integration of metallic components.

Advantages Complex shapes High rate production High material removal rates Application Areas Blisks/integrated bladed rotors Turbine blades Outer Guide Vanes (OGV) Diffusers

Automated Robotic Welding and Assembly Mating established welding methods with mature robotic solutions create an integrated welding system specifically targeted at high rate production solutions. Advantages Repeatability and accuracy High rate production Reduced labour hours

Application Area Engine inner fixed structure These technologies, if implemented in the manufacturing system and used to its optimum capability, will bring in a paradigm shift in manufacturing of aero parts and components.

Manufacturing Excellence Plasma Deposition Plasma deposition via thermal spray techniques allow coating materials to be rapidly deposited onto structures. Coating materials are wire fed, heated to melting or near melting point and then accelerate

them towards the substrate structure. Layers of material are built up with multiple passes to achieve the required coating thickness.

Advantages Rapid material deposition Controlled coating thickness Application Areas Engine blade fabrication Engine blade repairs

Advanced Cutter Technology Development Cutting edge machine tools combined with advanced cutting tools create an integrated ‘system’ for next generation machining. Advanced cutting tools allow the exploitation of the full potential of the latest machine tools and drive productivity gains in current equipment. As new high-performance alloys are introduced into the market, complete cutting tool packages need to be developed to ensure that part performance does not come at the cost of affordability.

Advantages Extended cutting tool life Accelerated material removal rates Improved surface finish Reduced ‘off-machine’ operations Productivity gains Application Area All hard and soft metal machining

High Pressure Coolants When applied as an accurately directed high pressure jet, coolants are significantly more effective in enhancing turning productivity, increasing output volumes and reducing cycle times. It works by reducing the diameter of the outlet nozzle, thus increasing the velocity of the fluid. Rising customer demand for higher material removal rates in machining exotic alloys requires systems with high pressure coolants that in turn, require fluids with better emulsion stability so that foaming does not occur. Also, this technology

is driven by the demand for Minimum Quantity Lubrication (MQL) techniques in manufacturing. Advantages Enhances chip control, shortens contact length Allows for unattended operation Higher speeds and tool life increased by 50% Highly effective in titanium machining Allows for greater control and precise flow rates

Cylindrical Drive for Wire EDM This revolutionary technology uses a linear shaft motor with a round magnetic shaft that produces a full 360 degrees of magnetic flux, thus resulting in a non contact cylindrical drive mechanism. The shaft fits inside a cylindrical component which has strong permanent magnets embedded in it. A forcer unit with electromagnetic coils energizes when the magnetic flux turns on 120 MODERN MACHINE TOOLS - June 2012

and propels itself along the shaft. It is a step forward, improving drastically on flat plate linear motors. Advantages No cogging effect No friction, wear or noise Generates less heat No lubrication required

Trochoidal Milling Suitable for the machining of hard materials, Trochoidal milling is effectively used in the production of titanium components. With a high material removal rate, it makes the machining of deep or shallow pockets much easier, creating balanced chip loads and allowing for better chip removal. Also knows as spiral milling, this method has the tool moving in a programmed circular pattern with each circle advancing further into the cut. The development of improved solid carbide endmill cutters and CAM software with features specific to trochoidal milling have made this the preferred method in machining aerospace components. It has repeatedly proven itself in increasing productivity, reducing cycle time and lowering manufacturing costs. Advantages Small cutting area is engaged, extended tool life Constant feed rate, higher cutting speeds and feed rate Slot width larger than diameter of the tool can be machined End mill cutter diameter can be small, easy chip removal Reduced heat, stress and machine load Application Areas Airframe structural parts Complex titanium components

INSIGHTS & OUTLOOK Heavy Duty Machining

Solutions for The Right Tool Heavy duty machining, as an application area, cuts across a wide range of business segments. It has a vast diversity in application from traditional steel plants and shipbuilding to the most advanced fields of aerospace and energy. But selecting the right tool is the most important factor in this segment.

eavy machining generally involves the machining of big components with large inserts having high feed rates and large depths of cut. With the continually increasing focus on infrastructure building, especially in key emerging countries such as Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS), there is a high demand for tooling in areas like railway wheel machining, pipe manufacturing, shipbuilding and energy. Therefore, there is a lot of pressure on cutting tool suppliers to find apt solutions to handle the demand for tools that are designed to achieve the highest productivity levels, even under some of the most arduous machining conditions.

Grade Range for Heavy Duty Machining Traditionally, large components were machined with high depths of cut at lower cutting speeds on old medium powered machines. But the arrival of new, strong and powerful machines in the last decade, has opened up new

possibilities by means of increased parameters in terms of cutting speeds and feed rates. These new possibilities have also created new challenges for cutting tools. One such major challenge is to develop a new programme for carbide grades to suit the large mix of cutting conditions.

Modern Chip Breaker Geometries The performance of the advanced carbide grades needs to be supported by modern chip breaker geometries for optimum results. There are many new newly launched chip breaker geometries on offer to choose from, corresponding to negative and positive insert styles, respectively. Of course, the availability of a particular chip breaker depends on the insert shape & size and should be checked from the standard catalogue.

Large Disc Milling Cutters For some specific operations, it becomes necessary to use a customised tool as the form to be machined is non standard. Seco has vast experience in

making such custom tools for various applications within the heavy duty machining segment. Large disc milling cutters form an important part within custom design cutters manufactured for heavy machining operations, such as pipe chamfer milling and pin/journal milling cutters for crankshaft machining. Even the inserts used in these cutters are made in customised grades, which are tailor-made to suit the specific conditions of these applications. Heavy machining is vast and cuts across several major industry segments. A judicious section of the right tool can help increase the metal cutting productivity in these heavy operations. Dr Shriharsha S Ingle currently holds the dual responsibility of Regional Application Expert â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Heavy Duty Machining, Asia PaciďŹ c region as well as Deputy GM â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Export Development, Seco Tools. Dr Ingle has more than 18 years of work experience. He has done his PhD from McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada in 1993.

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AUTOMATION TRENDS Model-based Designing

Meeting Demands in Complex Communication Design Communications engineers today, must design to accommodate changing missions, shorter product lifecycles and increasing computing power. As a result, they create hybrid systems that include RF, high-speed signal processing, low speed signal processing, control logic and control systems.

After testing the algorithm, the model can be further elaborated with the implementation details and the system performance can be verified against the design objectives with additional implementation details. For example, if the target for the algorithm is an FPGA, then fixedpoint details must be added to the model and system performance must be assessed to confirm that objectives are still met. Also at this stage, the effect of introducing non ideal component performance to the system model can be assessed. For example, RF amplifier behavior can be added to the model using measured S-parameter data. Typically, RF amplifier behavior is modeled and analysed in the frequency domain, while the communications algorithm is developed in the complex-time domain. By combining these models into a common executable modeling environment, system-level behaviour and performance metrics such as Bit-Error Rate (BER) can be determined. When the algorithm elaboration is complete Figure 1: Top-level view of a GPS system, including transmitter with timing error, and the system-level channel model with Doppler frequency shift, and receiver with timing and Doppler performance is verified recovery loops. The model contains numerous levels of hierarchy in the model, testing

n the initial stages of the design process, it is often unclear whether to use analog or digital components and what portion of a design should be implemented in software or hardware. System designers and implementers take their best guess on how to partition the design which might result in sub-optimal designs and system performance. Typically, it is only near the end of the design process that the system designers and implementers can find out whether their initial guess meets system performance requirements. If it does not, significant rework needs to be done, which leads to cost and time overruns in the project. To address these challenges earlier in the design process, communications engineers have adopted model-based design.

Model-based Design With model-based design, engineers develop an executable model, often referred to as an executable specification, which is independent of the implementation. Within this model, design and system engineers can develop, test and partition the design prior to implementation and integration. This approach

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enables them to find errors early in the process, when errors are easier and less expensive to fix. Often the initial algorithm is developed in floating point using textual-based languages such as MATLAB or C/C++. Sample tasks could include designing filter cascades for digital up/down conversion or developing carrier tracking loops. The algorithm engineer focuses on verifying that the signal processing algorithm meets the design objectives, such as fitting the system response within a specified frequency mask or tracking expected doppler profiles.

Model-based Designing next step is to elaborate can be done on the the model with fixedhost with different point attributes that will implementation be required for the FPGA languages to uncover partition. errors introduced in Implementation on the the implementation. FPGA can be automated at For example, if a this point using the fixedpart of the algorithm point model of the FPGA is partitioned for partition with tools such as low-speed signal Simulink HDL Coder or processing on a DSP, Xilinx System Generator. the implementation Then, using HDL of the algorithm will simulators from companies be C/C++. In this such Mentor Graphics, case, engineers can use automatic code Figure 2: Receiver portion of the model partitioned with the high-speed fixed-point portion Cadence, or Synopsys, it in yellow and the lower speed single precision floating-point portion in green. RF from actual is possible to verify that generation to rapidly GPS satellites is captured with a spectrum analyzer. This is now the data source for verifying the implementation is create a prototype the model with real-world data. functionally equivalent to implementation that the design model. Similarly, can be tested in the using the model of the DSP partition, modeling environment with the same same carrier frequency of 1.57542 the C code can be automatically test vectors used to verify the model GHz for civilian access, which has not generated by tools such as Real-Time performance. Similarly, if the target changed in the past 30 years. Workshop Embedded Coder for is a high-speed implementation on The design process starts with deployment. Before integrating the an ASIC or FPGA, then automatic the creation of a system-level model C code onto the DSP, it can be pulled code generation can be used to create of a GPS receiver from the written back into the simulation environment an HDL implementation that can specification for a GPS physical and checked against the model to be tested within Simulink and an layer. The model shown in the figure confirm functional equivalence, as EDA simulator, such as ModelSim 1, contains the transmitter, channel, was done with the HDL code. The from Mentor Graphics, Incisive from receiver, and measurement visualisation last step is to deploy the HDL to the Cadence, or Discovery from Synopsis. subsystems, and has numerous levels FPGA and the C code to the DSP When host testing is complete, of hierarchy. The transmitter model and confirm that there are no errors the final version of the generated introduces timing errors to test the introduced on the target hardware. code can be used for production. If receiver timing recovery control loop Using model-based design, highly optimised or specialised code while the channel model adds Doppler engineering teams developing is required for deployment, this last shift to test the receiver carrier tracking advanced communications systems implementation step can be done loop. Once the simulation of the can collaborate in a common by hand. Whether automatically design meets the required performance environment that enables them to generated or hand coded, the final goals, the system-level model becomes capture the algorithm design as implementation can be tested on the an executable specification. well as system-level effects of target hardware (microprocessor, DSP, Next, the algorithm model can be nonidealized hardware. As a result, or FPGA). partitioned into a portion that will the teams can optimise their designs reside in the FPGA and a portion that through design exploration, identify will reside in the floating-point DSP. The Implementation design errors prior to implementation, For example, an incoming I/Q data Given this background, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s look at an and use modern Commercial Off-Thearriving at a rate of 8 Million Samples example of how Model-Based Design Shelf (COTS) tools to automate much Per Section (MSPS) and passing could be used to develop a GPS of the work. through a root-raised cosine FIR filter receiver. The GPS system has been is best suited for the FPGA. On the fully operational with 24 satellites in other hand, once the signal has been Dr Jon Friedman is the aerospace, defense and its constellation since 1994, and its use automotive industry Marketing Manager at de-spread, the data rate is 1000 Hz, is ubiquitous. The example involves MathWorks, Inc. He leads the marketing effort to and can easily be handled by a DSP using Code-Division Multiple Access foster industry adoption of the MathWorks tools After the receiver model is working (CDMA) for time-delay measurement and Model-Based Design. with floating-point arithmetic, the to yield range. All satellites share the 124 MODERN MACHINE TOOLS - June 2012

EVENT REPORT REPORT MT Duo 2012

A Gateway To Global Opportunities Jointly organised by Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) and Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI), MT Duo 2012, the premier manufacturing technology show, emphasised the capabilities of the Taiwanese machine tools industry. This year, the event surpassed its expectations and provided the industry with an ideal launchpad to surge ahead with increasing innovation, in the days to come, reports Nishant Kashyap…

T Duo or the Taipei Manufacturing Technology Show is a biannual show. Exhibiting the best in manufacturing technology, the event took place from May 3–6, 2012, at NANGANG Exhibition Hall. Spread across 22,680 sqmt (an increment of 37.5% over the previous edition), the exhibition was host to 252 domestic and international companies. For the first time, the event featured a Swiss Pavilion with more than 10 companies representing the country.

Grand Opening The inauguration ceremony was graced by leading dignitaries from various facets of the Taiwanese machine tools industry. The distinguished guests included Chun-Fu Chang, Deputy Director General, Bureau of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Economic Affairs; 126 MODERN MACHINE TOOLS - June 2012

Hsiu-Tsang Hsu, Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI); Jui-Hsiung Yen, President, Precision Machinery Research & Development Centre; Chi-Chuan Huang, Chairman, Metal Industries Research

Exhibit Profile

Smart automation equipment & components Micro/nano machining equipment CAD/CAM control & solutions Equipment for the optoelectronic & green industry Equipment to manufacture bio/ medical & healthcare-related products Equipment to manufacture automotive components Sheet metal processing machines.

& Development Center and Ivan TC Wu, General Director, Mechanical and System Research Laboratories. Speaking at the occasion, YuenChuan Chao, President & CEO, Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) said, “Mt Duo offers companies a good opportunity to showcase their latest products. Apart from highlighting the profile of their brands, it provides them a platform to network. Over the years, Taiwan’s machine manufacturers have succeeded in formulating flexible and effective market development strategies to the extent that it can promptly respond to changing market conditions. MT Duo is a specialised exhibition that brings together companies oriented towards the Taiwan domestic market as well as those targeting the export market.”

Key Highlights Leading brands from Taiwan and

MT Duo 2012

Exhibitors’ Views Larry Liao, Director–Administration, Yang Iron Precision Corp Our main agenda here was to exhibit & promote our products, meet our buyers and bag some dealerships from foreign countries. This year, we received a better response. Jenny Chiang, Director–Sales, Fair Friend Enterprise Co Ltd Events, like MT Duo, help us meet foreign visitors and give us the opportunity to showcase our capabilities to our potential customers. This event is the best place to attract customers from Asian countries such as China, Japan, India and Indonesia, apart from the local market.

abroad showcasing their latest proven technologies, with features to improve productivity & quality and reduce costs… attracted visitors to the exhibition. Exhibitors, on the other hand, were satisfied because the event gave them the opportunity to witness other innovative products, manufacturing processes and also offered them scope to find potential clients among the visitors. The main content of this year’s MT Duo exhibition included automation, components, moulds & dies, tools and cutters; CAD/CAM solutions, control systems, inspection and measurement, machinery and manufacturing technology; sheet metal processing and metal forming machines, Swiss pavilion and associations. The event hosted international exhibitors from countries such as Germany, Switzerland, Japan, Korea, China and Hong Kong, who occupied one-third of the total booths. There were many leading exhibitors demonstrating their machine technologies characterised by high precision, multitasking, high speed and reliability. MT Duo 2012, which hosted more than 1,000 international visitors and 10,000 domestic visitors, created business opportunities amounting to $300 million. Among the buyers, there

Andrew Lin, Sales Department, Fongei Industry Co Ltd We participated in MT Duo 2012 to expand our business globally. Japan is one of the biggest markets for us and we received a good number of enquiries from Japanese visitors. Rockey Shen, Sales Supervisor, Wexten Precise Industries Co Ltd

So far, we were more focussed on the Asian market. But now, we want to expand our business beyond Asia. We got a good number of enquiries from some European countries as well as from countries like Thailand, Japan and China. Eric Lai, Manager–Overseas, Chien Wei Precise Technology Co Ltd We launched a product and got a good response for the same. MT Duo is a good platform to launch a product, get updated on the industry, attract new customers and showcase our capabilities. This event also provides us a good number of foreign enquiries, which helps us to expand globally.

Award Winning Technologies TAITRA and TAMI are fielding the best at MT Duo, including Winners of the 5th Taiwan Machine Tool Industry Awards for Excellence in Research & Innovation (jointly organised by the Taiwan Machine Tool Foundation, TMTF), such as: Fair Friend: Grand Champion Award, HT-30SY CNC Turning Center, Award of Eminence, EH500-5AX Horizontal 5 Axis Machining Center Ching Hung: Grand Champion Award, P3020SL High Accuracy Low Friction Micro Feed Quantity Wire-Cut EDM Dah Lih: Award of Eminence, DMV2000 Traveling Column Vertical Machining Center with 5 Axes Center Line: Award of Eminence, NTP-2510 All ServoElectric CNC Turret Punching Press. were many market giants with annual sales exceeding $100 million, such as Apple (USA), Nissin Manufacturing (Japan), Motor Sich Jsc (Ukraine), China Faw Group Corporation, Faw Car, Faw Foundry, Faw Jiefang Automotive Wuxi Diesel Engine Works, Faw Jilin Automobile, Shaanxi Qinchuan Machinery Development and WSP Holdings from China.

Looking Ahead Currently, Taiwan ranks among the Top 5 countries in terms of machine tools export, which shows that their main market is outside Taiwan. This event provided them a gateway to enhance their presence in the overseas market. The buoyant presence of visitors at MT Duo 2012 has enhanced the expectations of exhibitors for the next edition in 2014 and has the manufacturing technology industry waiting with bated breath. The 2014 edition as it is expected to occur when the Asian machine tools industry should be leading the world and Taiwan will be playing a key role in making it happen. nishant.kashyap@infomedia18.in

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Event List - National

AHMEDABAD Gujarat Oct 5-8, 2012

PUNE

CHENNAI LUDHIANA INDORE

Madhya Pradesh Punjab Maharastra Tamil Nadu Nov 2-5, 2012 Nov 22-25, 2012 Dec 21-24, 2012 Jan 11-14, 2013

AURANGABAD Maharastra Feb 1-4, 2013

RUDRAPUR Uttarakhand Feb 23-26, 2013

India’s premier industrial trade fair on products and technologies related to Machine Tools, Hydraulics & Pneumactics, Process Machinery & Equipment, Automation Instrumentation, Packaging & Auxiliaries, IT Products, Electrical & Electronics, Material Handling and Safety Equipment. For details Infomedia 18 Ltd, Ruby House, 1st Floor, J K Sawant Marg, Dadar (W), Mumbai 400 028. Mob: 09819552270 Fax: 022 3003 4499 • Email: engexpo@infomedia18.in • Web: www.engg-expo.com

InterMachinery India

AMTEX 2012

The B2B exhibition will be showcasing machinery & equipment, which will be attended by a large number of international exhibitors; 09-11, June, 2012; Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon, Mumbai

AMTEX (Asian Machine Tools Exhibition) has constantly strengthened its position as one of the largest shows of machine tools, machineries and manufacturing technologies in the Asian region. The event will showcase the latest advances in machine tools and manufacturing solutions; July 27-30, 2012; Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

For details contact: Worldex India Exhibition & Promotion Pvt Ltd, 309, Parvati Premises Sun Mill Complex, Lower Parel, Mumbai Tel: 022 4037 6700 Fax: 022 2496 2297 Email: info@worldexindia.com Web: www.intermachineryindia.com

ACMEE 2012 The event will showcase various innovations made in automobile and engineering industries over the past few years and act as a forum for exchanging diverse product information, technical details and development of new business contacts; June 14 -18, 2012; Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai For details contact ACMEE 2012- AIEMA Technology Centre, 1st Cross Road, Ambattur Industrial Estate, Chennai 600 058 Tel: +91 44 2625 8619 Fax: +91 44 2652 0814 Email: info@acmee.in Website: www.acmee.in

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For details contact Triune Exhibitors Pvt Ltd 25, 3rd Floor, 8th Main Road Vasanthnagar, Bangalore 560 052 Tel: +91 80 4330 7474 Fax: +91 80 2235 2772 Email: info@triuneexhibitors.com Web: www.triuneexhibitors.com

Automation 2012 The seventh international automation exhibition and conference will be held at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai; between September 7 – 10, 2012. Automation Exhibition will showcase the power of collaboration between solution providers ie vendors, engineering companies and actual users of the technology. The conference held during the course of the event also provides an excellent insight in the latest practices. For details contact IED Communications Ltd, 243, Shiv Shakti Industrial Estate,

Marol, Andheri Kurla Road, Opp Mittal Estate, Andheri (E) Mumbai 400059. Tel: 28505138/ 28514673

Industrial Automation India International trade fair for process & production, automation and industrial building automation; 21-24, November, 2012; India Expo Center, Delhi For details contact: Hannover Milano Fairs India Pvt Ltd No 13/16, Vatika Business Centre Wing B, 7th Floor Supreme Business Park Hiranandani Gardens, Powai Mumbai-400076 Tel: 91 22 40050681 / 82 Fax: 91 22 40050683 Email: info@hmf-india.com Web: www.ia-india.com

IMTEX 2013 The 16th Indian Metal-cutting Machine Tool Exhibition, with international participation, will showcase the exhaustive range of innovations and technological refinements in the complete product segment of metal-cutting machine tools and manufacturing solutions. The concurrent event - Tooltech 2011 the international exhibition of cutting tools, tooling systems, machine tool accessories, metrology and CAD/ CAM, will feature the latest trends in cutting tools and tooling systems from across the globe; January 24-30, 2013; at Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC), Bengaluru. For details contact: Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers’ Association Bangalore International Exhibition Centre, 10th Mile, Tumkur Road Madavara Post, Bengaluru Tel: 080 6624 6600 Fax: 080 6624 6661 Email: info@imtex.in Web: www.imtex.in

Event List - International

CIMES The largest machine tool event in China will witness 1,300 exhibiting companies with industry experts from 28 countries/ regions will display nearly 3,000 pieces or sets of machineries & tools in the show; June 12-16, 2012; New China International Exhibition Center (NCIEC), Beijing, China For details contact: Reed Exhibitions (Shanghai) Co Xinyuan South Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China Tel: +86 10 59339072 Fax: +86 10 59339099 Email: cimes@reedhuayin.com.cn Web: www.cimes.net.cn

MTA VIETNAM 2012 The 10th exhibition will serve as a platform to network with pioneers from machine tools, precision engineering and metalworking technology sector; July 3 – 6, 2012; at Saigon exhibition & Convention Centre, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam For details contact: Singapore Exhibition Services Pte Ltd 1 Jalan Kilang Timor 09-02 Pacific Tech Centre Singapore 159303 Tel: +65 6233 6638, Fax: +65 6233 6633 Email: mta@sesallworld.com Web: www.mtavietnam.com

IMTS 2012 America’s largest manufacturing show—the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) 2012—is one of the largest global industrial trade shows, with over 1,100 exhibitors & 82,000 visitors; September 10 – 15, 2012, at McCormick Place, Chicago, USA. For details contact: The Association for Manufacturing Technology John Krisko, AMT Director Exhibitions 7901 Westpark Drive, McLean, VA 22102-4206 USA.

Tel: 703-827-5252 Fax: 703-827-5250 Email: jkrisko@amtonline.org Web: www.imts.com

Tel: +66 2686 7299, Fax: +66 2686 7288 Email: rtdx@reedtradex.co.th Web: www.reedtradex.com

EuroBLECH 2012 AsiaMold 2012 Innovative technologies, informative events, and increasing business opportunities makes the exhibition the most distinguished mould-making and tooling, design exhibition; 19 - 21, September, 2012; Guangzhou Poly World Trade Center, China

The world’s largest International Sheet Metal Working Technology Exhibition will emphasise on energy efficient technology, environmentally friendly manufacturing processes and intelligent use of material; October 23 -27, 2012; Hanover, Germany.

For details contact: DEMAT GmbH Carl-von-Noorden-Platz 5 60596 Frankfurt / Main Tel: +49 / 69 / 27 40 03 - 0 Email: asiamold@demat.com Web: www.asiamold.de

For details contact: Mack Brooks Exhibitions Romeland House, Romeland Hill St Albans, Herts AL3 4ET, UK Tel: +44 0 1727 814400 Fax: +44 0 1727 814401 Email: press@mackbrooks.co.uk Web: www.euroblech.com

BI-MU

JIMTOF

The 28th international event will showcase latest in metal forming, metal cutting machines, robots, automation and auxiliary technologies; October 2-6, 2012; fieramilano, Italy

The 26th Japan International Machine Tool Fair will contribute to the development of industry and trade promotion through increased international transactions and technical exchanges of machine tools and their related equipment; November 1-6, 2012; Tokyo Big Sight (Tokyo International Exhibition Center), Japan

For detail contact: BI-MU c/o CEU-CENTRO ESPOSIZIONI UCIMU SPA viale Fulvio Testi 128 20092 Cinisello Balsamo MI (Italy) Tel: +39 0226 255 234/860 Fax: +39 0226 255 897 Email: bimu.esp@ucimu.it Web: www.bimu-sfortec.com

METALEX Vietnam 2012 The international exhibition will be the all-under-one-roof meeting center for new machine tools, metalworking technologies; 4 - 6, October, 2012; Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center (SECC), Vietnam. For details contact: 32nd floor, Sathorn Nakorn Tower, North Sathon Road, Silom, Bangrak Bangkok, Thailand

For details contact: JIMTOF Fair Management (Tokyo Big Sight Inc.) 3-11-1 Ariake Koto Tokyo, JAPAN 135-0063 Tel: 03 5530 1333 (Direct dialing) Fax: 03 5530 1222 Web: www.jimtof.org

The information published in this section is as per the details furnished by the respective organisers. In any case, it does not represent the views of

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Atul Machine Tools Rajkot - Gujarat Tel: 91-281-6542034 Email: info@atulmachine.com, Website: www.atulmachine.com

Heavy duty lathe machine The precision heavy duty lathe machine is with hardened bed. The machine is of high quality and is reliable machine. The component is within a close tolerance limits and is fully inter changeable and therefore maintenance is reduced. The standard accessories include dead centre, centre adaptor, chuck plate, tool post key, change gear set, motor pulley and V-belt. Atul Machine Tools Rajkot - Gujarat Tel: 91-281-6542034 Email: info@atulmachine.com, Website: www.atulmachine.com

Arc welding transformer The arc welding transformer VULCAN is very effective for speedy production, structural work, machine building and fabrications, filling jobs, worn-out machine parts repair and in arc cutting jobs. Design features include: modern look, novel design concept; epoxy power coated body for long life and coil varnishing by vacuum pressurised impregnating varnishing system. Canary Electricals Ltd Morbi - Gujarat Tel: 02822-250431 Email: info@vulcanwelding.com, Website: www.vulcanwelding.com nfo@v

Light duty lathe machine These precision light duty lathe machines with harden bed is of high quality and is reliable. The light duty lathe machine is suitable for mass production. The components is within close tolerance limits and are fully inter changeable. The standard accessories include dead centre, centre adaptor, chuck plate, tool post key, change gear set, motor pulley and V-belt.

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Products - National Centreless grinding machine The model DG-100 centreless grinding machineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s castings are closely grained and well ribbed, minimise vibration and distortion. The wheel head spindle runs in bush bearings. The wheel spindle runs in taper roller bearing in oil bath. Stepped pulley varies the spindle speed. Wheel head and work head spindle are heattreated hardened and are ground to achieve dimensional stability and performance roundness of <0.005 mm. Optional accessories are mechanical or hydraulic dressing; work rest carbide tipped; additional wheel flange; grinding wheel balancing stand & arbour; and bar feeding attachment (per meter). Devco Industries Wadhwan - Gujarat Tel: 91-2752-243997 Mob: 09825343097 Email: devco1980@yahoo.com Website: www.devcogrinders.com

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Products - National Roll forming machines These roll forming machines have features inbuilt to provide roll forming solutions for simple to critical jobs. The machines are built from prime material. Body and structure is stress relieved. It has robust design of heavy-duty steel plate body. These are heat treated alloy a roll, easy replacement of parts are also possible and is easy-to-operate. Machine is equipped with gear box, electric brake motor, push button type movable operating switch board and electric control panel for easy & safe operations. It works with 3 rolls pyramid principals. Bottom rolls are fixed and driven by gears and warm reduction gear box.Top roll rotates in fixed positions and can be adjusted up & down manually by adjustable screws. Godson Bending Systems Pvt Ltd Rajkot - Gujarat Tel: +91-0281-2361467 Mob: 09879079267 Email: godsonindia@hotmail.comv Website: www.godson-india.com

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Products - National Cylindrical grinding machine This SWIFT-500 CNC cylindrical grinding machine is designed to cater to customersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; requirements of high accuracy, productivity and reliability of performance. These cylindrical grinding machines come with Siemens 802D CNC system, 2-axis and single spindle controlled and have specially designed heavy-duty machine bed made of single-piece close grained graded casting. Hi-Life Machine Tools Ltd Ahmedabad - Gujarat Tel: 91-079-22821615 Mob: 09898083890 Email: info@hilifegroup.com Website: www.hilifegroup.com

sanding, angle grinding, die grinding, debburing and rust moving Nippon Electrical Industries Ahmedabad - Gujarat Tel: 91-079-22822750 Email: marketing@nipponpowertools.com Website: www.nipponpowertools.com

Hydraulic guillotine shears These are high-performance hydraulic guillotine shears for requirements of highprecision sheet metal cutting for small and high volume production setups for sheet thicknesses ranging from 0.6 to 25 mm and the length up to 6000 mm. The shears come with electro-hydraulic rake angle adjustment, blade gap adjustment and top beam with vertical movement. These shears are also available with CNC controls.

Flexible shaft machine This three phase flexible shaft machine of model BR 1, are light in weight and easy to carry to the work place. . These machines are light in weight and easy to carry to the work place. All these machines have wide range of applications like grinding, buffing, felting,

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Kawa Press Systems Pvt Ltd Rajkot - Gujarat Tel: +91-281--2461102 Mob: 09825389169 Email: info@shaileshmachines.com Website: www.shaileshmachines.com

Products - National Universal grinding machine The universal grinding machine HEW 600 mm is used for high precision grinding of gauges dies & punches dies & punches for tool room application with an accuracy on diameter 0.002 micron. The one piece machine body is made from closed grain casting maximum grinding length 600 mm, height center 150 mm. The grinding wheel spindle is made form EN-24 material case hardened and super finished runs in the white metal bush for smooth running of grinding wheel.

travel is 170 mm, spindle speed of 8 gears made from best quality material and helical teethed for smooth and noiseless running. These can be applied for better and accurate square and parallel cutting. Siddhapura Industires Bhavnagar - Gujarat Tel: +91-0278-2445148 Mob: 9824246655 Email: bipin@siddhapuradrills.com Website: www.siddhapuradrills.com

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Mini hydraulic power packs

Wadhwan - Gujarat Tel: 91-0275-02752-241926,09879877780 Mob: 09879877780 Email: info@precisiongrinders.com Website: www.precisiongrinders.com

These Winde DC/AC mini hydraulic power packs are available with 12 V / 24 V DC power supply. These have multiple option of valve configuration suiting to the application. Also available are AC hydraulic power packs. The DC power packs are available for various applications, such as scissor lifts, tail gates, pallet trucks, dump bodies, wheel chairs, personal lifts, aerial ladders, car carriers, mobile platforms, tippers and dock levelers.

Drilling cum milling machines These pillar type drilling cum milling machines (model SI-6DMU) are used for drilling, milling, tapping, lapping and counter boring. The drilling capacity of these machines is 40 mm, with face mill capacity of 25 mm, tapping capacity of 22 mm in cast iron and drilling capacity of 35 mm in mild steel. Quill spacers are made from steel while main spindle are made EN Steel with 6 slots. Spindle nose is MT-4, spindle

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Products - National Drilling machines These drilling machines has features such as precision ground to close tolerance for precision components, viz, main spindle & quill (made from SG iron); close grained cast iron with appropriate wall sections for headstocks work tables & bases; ground steel tube for columns, wide range of spindle speed and manual feeding for drilling; main spindle, pulley are balanced & mounted on bearing to ensure sustained accuracy: and sturdy & streamlined. Technical specifications include: drilling capacity of 16 mm; 4 nos of spindle speeds; range of spindle speeds 660 to 3100 RPM; spindle nose-Mt2; spindle centre to column 182 mm; spindle travel 115 mm; table size of 230 mm x 230 mm and maximum distance spindle to table-280 mm. S K Panchal & Co Ahmedabad - Gujarat Tel: 91-079-25621885 Mob: 09825022844 Email: info@skpanchaldrill.com Website: www.skpdrill.com

Radial drilling machine The radial drilling machine’s base is a one- piece casting of heavy proportion and rigidly cross ribbed on the underside to prevent any bowing effects under heavy loads. A reservoir for coolant is cast integrated with base. The “Tee” slots on the surface are

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Products - National hand scrapped. The automatic vertical movement of arm is provided with direct coupled flange motor on the bracket and the lead screw will not rotate even while automatic movement will be in operation. Arm is adjustable to any angular position. The electric motor is directly mounted on drill head. Automatic feed mechanism is provided for vertical traverse of Quill. The toughened spindle is made of high grade alloy steel is carried in preloaded taper roller bearings to absorb reverse trust and radial loads produced by drilling and boring. Poly Kraft Machines Ahmedabad - Gujarat Tel: 91-079-22743639,09898003625 Mob: 09898003625 Email: pkmdrill@gmail.com, Website: www.polykraftmachines.com

CAM followers These stud-type cam followers are available with standard as well as eccentric stud cage/needles guided cylindrical/crowned outer race, grease-filled ready-to-use. Holes for grease nipples and plug fittings are provided. These are used as full complement bearings and can take heavier loads but at lower speeds. Applications are in all

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medium and heavy industries. Key attributes include grease lubricated, maintenance-free, slight gap adjustment by eccentric. NMTG Mechtrans Techniques Pvt Ltd Ahmedabad - Gujarat Tel: +91-079-22821527,+91-079-32953966 Mob: 09328271660 Email: nmtg@nmtgindia.com Website: www.nmtgindia.com

Roll turning lathe machine The roll turning lathe machine is rigidly designed and suitable for heavy jobs. This lathe machine combines all the features which are expected in roll turning lathe machine with great efficiency and is ideal for all sliding, surfacing and screw cutting operation. Important features include: hardened & ground bedways, plano type one-piece solid bed, raw material used is selected and first grade quality. Main spindle is hardened and ground with double grinding. All screw is made from bright steel with gunmetal screw nut, Turcite-B coated in saddle & surface guideways and has full norton gearbox. Premier Lathe Manufacturing Co Rajkot - Gujarat Tel: 91-0281-2387556 Email: info@premierlathe.co.in, Website: www.premierlathe.co.in

Products - National Pillar drilling machine This 40 mm capacity auto feed pillar drilling machine has gear box of 9 speed with all 9 gears of EN-9 steel and hardened up to 50 HRC. Oil bath gearbox and hardened gears give very long life to the machine. Auto feed gears are also hardened. All the gears in the machines are supported through good quality bearings. The machine is supplied with complete electrical panel boards with pushbutton switches and one limit switch along with one ISI electrical motor. Rotation and easy sliding of gears in bearings give very high reliability. Steel ram of 78 mm diameter and pinion with 9 DP heavy-duty teeth enables greater loading capacity. Square table with moulded closed T-slots and also with vertical face with T-slot gives more working area as well as managed coolant application. Prakash Engineers Bhavnagar - Gujarat Tel: +91-278-2438241

Mob: 09852356226 Email: sales@prakashmachines.co.in Website: www.prakashmachines.co.in

Digital readout system This Newallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s E-Series digital readout system utilises an innovative and unique design. The DRO and the supporting electronics have been separated, allowing the DSU to be mounted

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Products - National anywhere on the machine, thus minimising cable routing. This is available in two or three axis configurations and includes all the standard features such as absolute/ incremental operation, inch/ metric conversion, zero, approach warning, zero reset/data preset, data recall, radius/diameter readings, home reference, linear error compensation, segmented error compensation and memory back-up. CST Sensors India Pvt Ltd Bangalore - Karnataka Tel: 080-4113 2204,09739095445 Email: india@cstsensors.com Website: www.cstsensors.com

Hydraulic power units These hydraulic power units are painted with polyurethane paint, to avoid corrosion effectively. This ensures quality performance of power units under all climatic conditions, even in coastal areas, where the salt content is high in the atmosphere. The standard accessories such as suction strainers, filler breathers, pressure gauges, gauge isolators and return line fillers are used during the manufacturing process.

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Shashwat Systems Pvt Ltd Ahmedabad - Gujarat Tel: 079-6521 4825 Email: sales@shashwatsystems.com Website: www.shashwatsystems.com

Machining software The machining software offers one of the most extensive ranges of CAD and CAM functionality for the mould and die industry, as well as for general workshop machining and prototyping. From a design and construction viewpoint, the software includes artistic and graphic design through to mould making, conceptual and mechanical modelling. The inbuilt CAD suite is built upon the very latest hybrid modelling technology, ensuring the transparent handling and creation of mixed 2D geometry, 3D solid, surface and mesh based models. The software also encompasses almost every aspect of machining, from 2.5D, 3D and 5 axis milling and engraving, through to turning and wire cutting. Schott Systeme GmbH Abu Road , Tel: +49 -89-348069 Email: info@schott-systeme.com Website: www.schott-systeme.com

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Products - National Hydraulic presses These are C-type foot-operated hydraulic presses ranges from 15 to 25 tonne capacity. The rigid and sturdy welded steel frame is without bend. The cylinder is made from honed tube and the hard chrome plated ram is made from mild steel and operated by single-acting cylinder. The good quality seals assure long working life. Dowel Engineering Works Rajkot - Gujarat Tel: 91-281-2362465 Mob: 09824231975 Email: dowel@thedowel.com Website: www.thedowel.com

3D measurement software solutions This 3D measurement CAM2 Measure 10 software has the feature of where in one can see a live colour deviation on their CAD model as the part is being scanned, increasing the efficiency during the scan process, and human error is reduced. The complexity of finding the correct target correspondence is taken away from the operator. This is available in several languages. Designed

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Products - National to make tactile and scanning measurements easier, this features an interface that enables users to customise the layout window optimising measurement workflow. FARO Business Technologies India Pvt Ltd New Delhi Tel: +91-011-46465656 Email: enquiry.india@faro.com Website: www.faro.com

Tool holders These tool holders BBTAHO is technologically advanced tool holder which generates high precision and influences the machining accuracy of tools to acquire better product quality in less time. These light weight holders reduces load to the spindle resulting in improved energy efficiency. The chip removal rate increases by 20 to 50 per cent, perfect two-face contact even at high-speed rotation and high repetitive accuracy and inhibition of fretting.

Spot drills These NC spot drills along with the patented indexable carbide insert give higher efficiency by performing multiple applications. These offer increased cutting speed, long tool life, best position accuracy and reduction in cycle time. The shank diameter ranges from 5 to 20 mm and can be used in CNC lathes, CNC turning centers and machining centers for spotting, chamfering, grooving and engraving. The inserts are interchangeable having four cutting edges each. Stitch Overseas Pvt Ltd Gurgaon - Haryana Tel: 91-124-4755400 Mob: 09313361202 Email: stitch@vsnl.com Website: www.stitchtools.com

Multi-spindle heads Stitch Overseas Pvt Ltd Gurgaon - Haryana Tel: 91-124-4755400 Mob: 09313361202 Email: stitch@vsnl.com Website: www.stitchtools.com

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These multi-spindle heads POLYdrill are used for drilling and tapping applications. The multi-spindle heads are available in both adjustable and fixed type centre distances. These can be fitted on all types of machines, like conventional drilling

Products - National Solid carbide drill mills These solid carbide drill mill Blood has applications in the metal removing industry. These drill mills are available in both 90-degrees and/or 120-degrees point angle. These can be used for milling, drilling, counter sinking, grooving, chamfering, center-drilling, Moreover, it is useful on NC machines for accurate spotting.

1,200mm; with the vertical moving cross rail mechanism. Femco India Pune - Maharashtra Tel: +91-020-40147870 Mob: 09822310454 Email: sales@femcoindia.com, Website: www.femcoindia.com

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Rajkot - Gujarat Tel: +91-0282-287634 ,+91-09825422431 Mob: 09909912010 Email: info@bloodtools.com Website: www.bloodtools.com

This EPLAN software keeps users flexible in the process and the new update macros function makes sure that all data is updated to the most current state, either individually or automatically. Partial circuits can been inserted and can be updated effortlessly. Macro master data changes can easily be adopted into currently active specific projects. These high-quality templates gives consistent quality in the project and a standardised engineering process. The check run messages highlighted in message management can be synchronised with the opened navigators. The user can apply check routines specifically to newly entered corrections during a project edit.

CNC vertical turning lathe This CNC double column vertical turning lathe VL-25M is equipped with live tool and can turn work piece of diameter 2500 mm, especially designed for heavy load of up to 20 tonne. The patented design of worktables drive mechanism eliminates backlash by PLC system. This also features fully enclosed hydrostatic saddle system with artificial granite casting which reduces vibration during operation and increases precision and cutting efficiency during machining. The square cross section ram of 230mmx 230mm has Z axis travel of

Rittal India Pvt Ltd Bangalore - Karnataka Tel: +91-080-23519793 Email: eplan@rittal-india.com Website: www.eplan.in

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Products - National and tapping machines, machining centers or any other type of automatic drilling and tapping machines. Features include: equipped to deliver precisely what users need, smallest centre distances, high-spindle accuracies, customised multi-spindle heads as per requirements, compact, rigid and sturdy design, special multi-spindle heads for carbide tools, through-coolant operations can be done and optimise production cost.

with tank and fittings, rear tool post, quick change tool post. The machine is maintenance free and is easy to use. Vinit Engineering Works Rajkot - Gujarat Tel: 0281-2311734 ,09879022052 Email: vinit@balajilathe.com Website: www.balajilathe.com

Suhner India Pvt Ltd Bangalore - Karnataka Tel: +91 -80-27831108 Email: blroffice.in@suhner.com Website: www.suhner.com

Heavy- duty lathe machine This extra heavy duty lathe machine VEH is offered with height of centre up to 1066 mm, length of bed ranging up to 12000 mm, between centres up to 11000 mm, main spindle hollow ranging 150 mm and main spindle nose is A2- 12 type. Dynamically balanced spindle enable the spindle run at vibration free motion. The spindle carries the 10 T job weight. The norton gear box is able to cut the any of metric, modules and pitch. The bed is made from graded cast iron. Also offered are face plate, carrier plate, steady rest, follow rest, motorised coolant pump

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Boundary scan technique The boundary scan technique is the resourceful test access technique. This is similar to in-circuit test, but without physical bed-of-nail adapters, it detects structural fault locations by utilising thousands of test points â&#x20AC;&#x201C; with only four test bus lines. In addition to the core logic and the test points, an IEEE 1149.1 compliant IC also features some test control logic. This IC level test access architecture and the test bus connections between IEEE 1149.1 compliant devices are necessary for the use of JTAG/boundary scan. SLN Technologies Pvt Ltd Bangalore - Karnataka Tel: +91-80-26651659,+91-80-41718882 Email: drs@slntechnologies.com Website: www.slntechnologies.com

Products - National Flap brushes These Fynex flap brushes are used for finishing curved and irregularly shaped parts, especially for hardto-reach areas. These brushes offer a great degree of conformance, and provide even pressure for uniform surface finishing with long scratch pattern on softer materials, such as aluminium, plastic, wood and non-ferrous metals. These remove contamination from surfaces, creating a clean surface for coating operations. The flap brushes provide a consistent satin scratch pattern and other cosmetic finishes, to improve the surface appearance. Valgro Engineers Pvt Ltd Ahmedabad - Gujarat Tel: 91-079-22972603 Mob: 09374083443 Email: arvindpatel@valgroabrasives.com Website: www.valgroabrasives.com

Abrasive blasting machines These air-powered blasting machines are used to clean, deburr, shot peen and to remove coatings. The 4,500 litre capacity unit supports four blasters and is widely used for long duration of blasting in ship building industry and on site structures and large fabrications. The BNP 220 pressure blast cabinets deliver efficient, affordable media blasting to clean, peen, deburr, or finish

parts. The larger enclosure (50” x 39” x 43” tall) accepts powered turntables. The suction blast cabinet come with a unique pilot actuated air logic system to maximise airflow to the blast gun. Prism Surface Coatings (P) Ltd Bangalore - Karnataka Tel: +91-8110-417999,09844400285 Email: sales@prismsurface.com Website: www.prismsurface.com

Vertical honing machine The hydraulic auto stroking vertical honing machine improves bore geometry of medium and heavy jobs. The spindle rotation and reciprocation is mechanical. Honing mandrels are linked with spindles by universal joints. The stroke length is adjustable depending upon the length of the jobs. This honing machine has very compact design with all the features of auto-stroking machine having high productivity. The machine is very useful for honing large varieties of components, like cylinder liners, hydraulic valves, pneumatic valves, brake cylinders, rocker arms and con rods, etc. Khushbu Engineers Kolhapur - Maharashtra Tel: 0230-2468859, Mob: 09371658016 Email: honing@khushbuindia.com Website: www.khushbuindia.com

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Products - National Tapping chuck The QCSL non-reversible tapping chuck is specially developed for builders of heavy machinery, turbines, motors, nuclear reactors and other such types of heavy equipment. Capacity of the tapping chuck ranges from M30 to M200. It is available in Morse Taper, ISO taper or in special shanks. The chuck is suitable for heavy jobs and are suitable for tapping on higher diameter. This chuck is provided with length compensation features that allow the tap to act as its own lead screw. IMI Machine Tools Pvt Ltd Ahmedabad - Gujarat Tel: 02764-233983, Mob: 09825146659 Email: imi@imitoolsindia.com Website: www.imitoolsindia.com

Universal drilling system Rigid construction of the innovative tool makes maximum feed rates for lengths up to 5 x D possible. It notably increases productivity while maintaining process security through the optimally designed chip pockets and controlled drill deviation thanks to the special insert position. In combination with the recently developed universal grade CTPP430, the new drilling

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system MaxiDrill 900 is an unbeatable new product which finds optimum application in all fields of mechanical engineering. Ceratizit India Pvt Ltd Kolkata - West Bengal Tel: 033-24940581 Email: info.india@ceratizit.com, Website: www.ceratizit.com

Shot blasting machine This mega shot blasting machine has 16-wheel station and is used for heavy fabricated structures in the automobile industry. The job is loaded on load bar of automatic trolleys having auto hoisting arrangement. Two trolleys are coupled through load bar for loading of heavy structures. These loaded trolleys carry the job into blast chamber where the 16-wheel stations are located strategically at descaling angle. The job pass through the high velocity stream of abrasive thrown by blast wheel stations resulting into thorough singlepass cleaning of job. The cleaned job comes out from the outlet vestibule of blast cabinet.

Products - National Surface Finishing Equipment Company Jodhpur - Rajasthan Tel: 0291-2740128, Mob: 09829022624 Email: sfec@sify.com Website: www.surfacefinishing.org

Hydraulic cylindrical grinder The model PUI-450 hydraulic cylindrical grinder is a light heavyduty machine meant for high-precision grinding of gauges, dies and punches for toolroom applications, with an accuracy on dia 0.002 micron. The one-piece machine body is made from close grain casting with maximum grinding length of 450 mm, and center height at 125 mm. Table is flat on one side and V-grooved on other side, with Turcite-B linear material coating and precision hand-scraped to match corresponding surface of the guideways. Pitroda Utility Industries Wadhwan - Gujarat Tel: 02752-243795 Mob: 09825416108 Email: response@pitrodautilityindia.com Website: www.pitrodautilityindia.com

Cyclone-52 BY2 multitasking 2” CNC lathe This CNC lathe Cyclone-52 BY2 is equipped with 18-driven tools including 12 tools with B-axis capability. There is a separate Y-axis for both the main and the subspindle to ensure that a tool with the right capability available when it is needed. Both upper turrets feature Y-axis capability. The 6,000 rpm 2” bar main and spindle machine simultaneously with all 3-turrets cutting during the live part demonstrations. This machine is available in center distances of 60” to 160” and with feature the wizardry of the new Fagor 8065 touch screen CNC control. Ganesh Techmachinery Pvt Ltd New Delhi Mob: 09810133968 Email: info@ganeshmachinery.com Website: www.ganeshmachinery.com ww

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Products - International Circular saw machine This circular saw machine has high capacity and efficiency for the metal cutting industry. It is developed to meet high efficiency and high-accuracy demands, and also reduces the buyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cost. The blade and bar feed is equipped with servo motor and ball screw. The automatic chip conveyor is of chain type. The machine along with the table weighs 2470 kgs.

through to mould making, conceptual and mechanical modelling. The inbuilt CAD suite is built upon the very latest hybrid modelling technology, ensuring the transparent handling and creation of mixed 2D geometry, 3D solid, surface and mesh based models. The software also encompasses almost every aspect of machining, from 2.5D, 3D and 5 axis milling and engraving, through to turning and wire cutting. Schott Systeme GmbH Abu Road , Tel: +49 -89-348069 Email: info@schott-systeme.com Website: www.schott-systeme.com

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Vertical machining centre The model WV108A vertical machining centre is structurally designed for heavy and rough machining requirements with ultra wide machine base and column. The ultra wide machine base structure provides most stable construction rigidity which assures the overall machine performance and accuracy. Modular headstock design offers both IDD spindle design ideal for high-speed machining and 2-speed gear head for heavy machining requirements. The unique IDD spindle design offers low spindle vibration and optimal heat isolation that results in excellent surface finish while maximising both spindle and tool life under hard milling conditions.

Products - International Yeong Chin Machinery Industries Co, Ltd

Vertical machining centre

Taichung - Taiwan Tel: +886-4-2562 3211 Email: yc@supermax.com.tw Website: www.supermax.com.tw

The model VMC-850 CNC vertical machining centre is installed with high accuracy C3 level ball screws with special structure pre-pulled, rapid and accurate. Salient features include: main structure with highlevel casting, stable & high quality, box guideway design provides high rigidity & stable structure, Y-axis supported by 4 rails provides the best carrying capacity of workpiece, dual speed gearbox provides ability of heavy cutting, spindle head with boon-structure provides stable support for the spindle, umbrella type ATC system, full enclosed guard cover keeps safe & clear working surrounding for operator, auto-lube system provides lubrication of railways and the ball screws, oil skimmer device keeps using time of coolant, etc.

Boring heads A wide range of rough and finish boring heads producing diameters from 8 mm up to 500 mm plus all different couplings and accessories are offered. There are 3 basic boring heads, viz, micro boring heads fitting indexable boring bars with carbide insert pockets; finish boring heads; and rough boring heads with a synchronised adjustment. All the boring heads are radially adjustable for boring different diameters. The first two models feature a micrometer adjustment with 0.002 mm increments. Rough boring heads do feature simultaneous adjustment of the slide blocks. Couplings are available in several executions to suit the most popular machine spindles. Pinzbohr Boring System Barcelona - Spain Tel: +34-93-5720873 Email: pinzbohr@pinzbohr.com Website: www.pinzbohr.com

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You Ji Machine Industrial Company Ltd Kaohsiung Hsien - Taiwan Tel: +886-7-6983068 Email: youji@ms15.hinet.net Website: www.youji.com

Inverter chiller The high-precision inverter chiller is used in CNC vertical and horizontal machine centre, CNC wire cutting machine, CNC high-precision grinding machine, CNC machining centre (5 surface), optoelectronics, semi-conductor and solar energy

Products - International industries. This high-precision inverter chiller is individually designed for LCD control panel and temperature precision could maintain Âą0.1Â°C. Using inverter compressor keeps electric current smoothly and saves energy 33 per cent. The energy saving and high precision are from the operation of low load. It reduces the temperature rise and maintains the precision during process. Filling the high-efficiency environmental refrigerant is without pollution. Wexten Precise Industries Co, Ltd Taichung City - Taiwan Tel: +886-4-24180799 Email: service@wexten.com.tw Website: www.wexten.com.tw

Copper alloy wires and rods These copper alloy wires include commercial bronze wire, low-silicon wire, and high-silicon wire. The commercial bronze wires are used industries such as architectural (etching bronze grill work, screen cloth, weather stripping), hardware (escutcheons, kick plates, line clamps, marine hardware, rivets, screws, screw shells, munitions: (primer caps,

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Products - International rotating bands), miscellaneous: compacts, lipstick cases, costume jewellery, ornamental trim, screen wire, base for vitreous enamel wave guides, etc. Low-silicon and high-silicon wires are used in aircrafts, hardware, industrial applications, marine industry, etc. Yuang Hsian Metal Industrial Corp Changhua City - Taiwan Tel: +886-4-7612689 Email: info@yhm.com.tw

CNC vertical grinder Palmary CNC vertical internal, end face and external composite grinder offers more choice when need to grind internal, end face and external diameter at one time setting. Honeycomb type Meehanite cast iron machine bed structure is used to assure the best possible rigidity and stability with high quality. The 2nd axis angle auto off-centering function is used to grind the sleeve type or gear type internal taper hole. For the controller Mitsubishi M70, it is developed together with the supplier with the user-friendly control panel frame system in order to reduce the input mistake. Palmary Machinery Co Ltd Taichung County - Taiwan Tel: +886-4-24929799 Email: palmary@grinding.com.tw, Website: www.palmary.com.tw

Robotic assembly system The Syfast robotic assembly system is used for medium volume production. It is specially suited for medium volume production, complex products with four or more components or assembly process, large numbers of variants, quick changeover times, progressive investment in assembly equipment, etc. Features include: standard platform with movable guarding; mineral casting for the machine frame; industrial PC cell control; clean-room 10,000 compatible; scara robot; and basic software management package. Mikron Tool SA Agno Bioggio - Switzerland Tel: +41-91-6106500 Email: mto@mikron.com Website: www.mikron.com

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Abrasive belt grinder .......................................153

Broaching machines ........................................................ 60

CNC machines ..........................................72, 93, 133, 148

Abrasive blasting machines ........................................167

Buffer ...................................................................................153

CNC machining center ............................................. 14, 93

Ac gear motor .................................................................... 22

Buffing powder .................................................................. 35

CNC milling machine ..............................................51, 181

Ac servo motor .................................................................. 22

Cabinet ..............................................................134

CNC multi-tasking centre............................................... 10

Adaptors for drilling.......................................................155

Cable & hose carrier .......................................................177

CNC oxy fuel cutting machines .................................160

Adjustable adaptors .......................................................155

Cable carrier ...............................................................12, 139

CNC plasma cutting machines...................................160

Advance cutting material .............................................. 25

Cable conduits ................................................................... 29

CNC precision lathes........................................................ 36

Aerosol multispray............................................................ 63

Cable connector ................................................................ 12

CNC small machining center ........................................ 14

Air index .............................................................................165

CAD ......................................................................................164

CNC systems ....................................................................141

Airline fluid .......................................................................... 63

CAM ......................................................................................164

CNC tap chucks & tap adaptors ................................155

Allen cap.............................................................................140

CAM followers .......................................................... 150173

CNC tools holders & pully studs................................155

Allen csk..............................................................................140

CAM grinding ......................................................... 114, 182

CNC turning center .................................................93, 148

Amtex 2012 .......................................................................152

Carbide endmill tool ........................................................BC

CNC turn-mill center ........................................................ 10

Angle encoders .................................................................BIC

Carbide rods...............................................................91, 159

CNC vertical grinder.......................................................174

Appliance switches........................................................... 29

Carpet extractor...............................................................171

CNC vertical machining center ................... 10, 93, 148

Arc welding transformer ..............................................136

Casting ........................................................................... 51, 61

CNC vertical turning lathe ...........................................156

Assembly & high temperature grease ...................... 63

Center drill .........................................................................183

CNC wheel turning machines ...................................... 71

Auto feed pillar drilling machine ..............................170

Centralised lubrication system ..................................142

Coating machines ...........................................................160

Auto feed radial drilling machine .............................170

Centreless grinding machine .....................................137

Coating plants ..................................................................160

Auto index milling ..........................................................149

Ceramic ...............................................................................191

Coating systems ..............................................................160

Automation ................................................................37, 160

Cermet.................................................................................191

Collet chucks....................................................................... 36

Automation and auxiliary technologies exhibition154

Chain ...................................................................................... 12

Collets ..................................................................................132

Automation components ............................................169

Chain oil ................................................................................ 63

Commercial vacuum cleaner ......................................171

Automation products ....................................................125

Chemlok coating machines ........................................160

Compensating cables ....................................................168

Automotive lubricants ..................................................180

Chuck ...................................................................................158

Compressor oil ................................................................... 63

Ball bearing ..................................................87,161

Clamping tool.....................................................................BC

Connector ..................................................................... 12, 41

Ball screw support shafts .............................................150

Clamps.................................................................................163

Control cabinet .................................................................. 41

Ball screw support units ...............................................150

CNC ..........................................................................5, 93, 148

Control cables ..................................................................168

Ball screws................................................................ 139, 150

CNC controller .................................................................... 37

Control equipment ........................................................... 41

Ball speed reducer ..........................................................165

CNC cutting machines ..................................................160

Control panel ...................................................................... 41

Bandsaw blades ...............................................................163

CNC double column machining centre.................... 10

Control panel accessories .............................................. 29

Bar feeder ....................................................................33, 158

CNC equipment ................................................................. 31

Control system ................................................................... 41

Bearing .........................................................................12, 161

CNC horizontal boring .................................................... 71

Controlling machine tools ............................................BIC

Bellow couplings .............................................................139

CNC horizontal boring & milling machine .............. 10

Conventional precision lathes ...................................112

Bench grinder ...................................................................153

CNC horizontal lathe........................................................ 71

Conveyor belts .................................................................136

Bench grinder cum poisher ........................................153

CNC horizontal machining centers ..................... 10, 51

Conveyor lubricators and barrel pumps .................. 67

Bench polisher .................................................................153

CNC horizontal turning centre..................................... 10

Coolant.................................................................................. 73

Bench type drilling machine ......................................167

CNC housing type plano mills ..................................... 71

Coromill ..............................................................................FGF

Boring bars .......................................................................... 35

CNC laser cutting machines........................................160

Corothread.........................................................................FGF

Boring mill..........................................................................166

CNC lathe ..........................................................77, 112, 181

Countersink ................................................................... 8, FIC

Boundary scan technique ...........................................166

CNC machine tools .........................................................179

Crank pin grinding ............................................... 114, 182

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Crush blade ................................................................... 46,47 Customised tooling solution ......................................132 Cutting machines ............................................................160 Cutting oil ..................................................................... 35, 73 Cutting tool ................................ 39, 46, 47, 91, 113, 159 Cutt-off blades .................................................................163 Cyclone scrubber ............................................................171 Cylindrical grinding machine .....................................140 Dampers ............................................................111 Desktop printer .................................................................. 74 Diamond cutting & processing systems ................162 Diamond tool ............................................................... 8, FIC Didatic equipment .......................................................... 41 Die coater ...................................................................... 46, 47 Digital readout system..................................................153 Dip spin coating machines..........................................160 Disc couplings ..................................................................111 DNC system ......................................................................... 57 Double column verticle machining centre ................6 Double flank gear roller tester ...................................149 Drill sleeves........................................................................155 Drill tap centers ................................................................. 51 Drill tool ................................................................................BC Drilling cum milling machines ...................................142 Drilling machine .......................................... 175, 167, 170 Drilling tool............................................8, 39, 91, 113, FIC Drills ........................................................................... 167, 170 Drive technology..............................................................BIC Electrical CAD/CAE software ...........................105 Element shrink disc ........................................................173 End mill ...............................................................................183 Endless belts .....................................................................136 Exhaust brake system parts ........................................132 Exhibition - Engineering Expo ...................................184 Exposed linear encoders ...............................................BIC Extruding .............................................................................. 61 Factory automation..........................................160 Fasteners ............................................................................140 Fixtures................................................................................163 Flap brushes ......................................................................167 Flat cables ..........................................................................168 Flatness ball reducer ......................................................165 Flexible shaft grinder.....................................................153 Floating holders...............................................................155

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Floor type boring machine ..............................................6

Hydraulic & gear oil.......................................................... 63

Linear guide ways ...........................................................150

Fluidised bed coating machines ...............................160

Hydraulic chucks .............................................................132

Linear motion system....................................................150

Form measurement.......................................................... 23

Hydraulic cylinders ........................................................... 60

Load break switches ........................................................ 29

Fuel injection system ...................................................132

Hydraulic cylindrical grinder.......................................169

Locking elements ............................................................111

Fully threaded bars ........................................................140

Hydraulic equipment....................................................... 60

Lubes...................................................................................... 73

Gang drill machine ...........................................167

Hydraulic forging hammer ..........................................172

Machine & tools lubricators ..............................67

Gantry machining center .............................................166

Hydraulic guillotine shears ..........................................140

Machine measurement ..................................................BIC

Gas springs .................................................................78, 144

Hydraulic machine............................................................ 33

Machine taps ...................................................................... 35

Gauge ..................................................................................119

Hydraulic power packs ................................................... 60

Machine tool accessories ................................... 139, 155

Gear box .............................................................................150

Hydraulic power units ...................................................154

Machined castings ..........................................................132

Gear hobbing machine .................................................151

Hydraulic press machine ................................................ 16

Machining centre ............................................................151

Geared drill machine .....................................................167

Hydraulic presses .....................................................60, 172

Machining software .......................................................154

Geared racks .....................................................................174

Hydraulic shearing machines ...............................16,169

Magnetic modular encoders .......................................BIC

Glide coating machines ................................................160

Hydraulic valve housing ...............................................132

Material testing .................................................................. 23

Grease .................................................................................... 63

Imager ...............................................................119

Measurement equipment .............................................. 23

Greases & specialities ....................................................180

Imaging & vision systems ............................................160

Mechanical / hydraulic press brake ........................... 16

Grinder ................................................................................153

Indexable cutting tools................................................... 35

Mechanical section bending machine...................... 16

Grinding machine ................................ 94, 114, 135, 182

Inductive proximity switches ....................................... 29

Medium duty lathe machine ........................................ 94

Grinding tool for hard material .................................135

Industrial grinding & cutting ........................................ 61

Metal bellow couplings ................................................111

Grinding wheels ................................................................ 35

Industrial lubricants .......................................................180

Metal cutting machines ................................................154

Grip pliers ...........................................................................163

Inner & outer race grinding ............................... 114,182

Metal cutting tool ............................................................. 59

Grooving & parting tools .............................................159

Instrumentation cables .................................................168

Metal forming ...................................................................154

Ground thread taps........................................................183

Inteference-free PC board ...........................................153

Metalworking applications ..........................................131

Gun drilling machine ..........................................................6

Intelligent ethernet system .........................................153

Metalworking fluids .......................................................131

Gun drills ..........................................................................8,FIC

Interface electronics........................................................BIC

Metrology equipment ..................................................... 23

Hacksaw blades & frames ................................163

Internal thread grinding ...................................... 114,182

Metrology instrument & solutions ...........................187

Handling system module............................................... 41

Iron & steel parts ......................................................... 46,47

Micron drills................................................................... 46,47

Hardened guides.............................................................174

Jewellery polisher ............................................153

Milling ...........................................................25, 39, 113, BIC

Heat exchanger machines ...........................................175

Jig saw blades ..................................................................163

Milling centres.......................................................................5

Heavy duty lathe machine ..........................................136

Jigs ......................................................................................163

Milling cutter .......................................................8, 159, FIC

Hex bolts ............................................................................140

Keyless transmisson element..........................173

Milling machine ............................................... 51,175, 181

High performance spindles.........................................147

Laser cutting system ........................................162

Mini hydraulic power packs ........................................142

High power ups system.................................................. 58

Laser marking - engraving system ...........................162

Modular tooling system ........................................... 8, FIC

High precision machining services ..........................132

Laser scanner ....................................................................119

Motor protection circuit breaker ................................ 29

High precision tool holders........................................... 21

Laser shaping....................................................................135

Motors & control ............................................................... 60

High speed drill tap centres ......................................... 77

Laser tracker ......................................................................119

Moulding .............................................................................. 61

High speed machining center ..................................... 93

Laser welding system ....................................................162

Multi function turret ........................................................ 33

Holders .................................................................................. 35

Lathe machine.................................................................... 94

Multi functional tools ....................................................159

Holemaking tools ................................................. 25, 46,47

Lathes .......................................................................................5

Multicore flexible cable ................................................168

Horizontal CNC machines ............................................148

LED ........................................................................................ 29

Multi-functional turret...................................................158

Horizontal handle clamp..............................................163

Length gauges ..................................................................BIC

Multimedia union ....................................................78, 144

Horizontal machining center....................... 77, 93, 148

Light duty lathe machine ......................................94,136

Multi-spindle heads .....................................................164

Horizontal pipe & tube bending machine .............. 16

Linear bearings ................................................................174

Needle roller bearings .......................................87

Horizontal section bending machine........................ 16

Linear bearings & shafts ...............................................150

Non backlash rack & pininon .....................................165

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Non backlash speed reducer ......................................175

Power press ......................................................................... 16

Robots .................................................................................154

Non-sparking tools .........................................................137

Powerfull index torque .................................................165

Roll turning lathe machine ....................................150

Nuts ......................................................................................140

Precision fabrication works .........................................163

Roll forming machines ............................................16,139

Nylon sandwich belts ....................................................136

Precision lock nuts................................................ 139, 150

Roller bearing ...................................................................161

Optical measurement ........................................23

Precision steel...................................................................135

Ropes ...................................................................................136

Paint shop equipments....................................160

Precision switches............................................................. 29

Rotary dampers.........................................................78, 144

Paint shop machines .....................................................160

Printing system .................................................................. 74

Rotary encoders................................................................BIC

Part ejectors ......................................................................123

Process oils ........................................................................180

Rotary joints & unions .............................................78,144

PCB drills........................................................................ 46, 47

Productivity tracking system ....................................... 57

Rotary switches .................................................................. 29

Pillar drill machine ........................................153,167, 170

Programming software .................................................. 57

Rotating unions .........................................................78,144

Pilot lights ............................................................................ 29

Pull action ..........................................................................163

Safety protection devices ..................................29

Planetary gear head .......................................................139

Pulleys .................................................................................136

Screw machine .................................................................181

Plant lubrication systems ............................................... 67

Pumps.................................................................................... 60

Screw presses ...................................................................172

Plate bending machine .................................................. 16

Push buttons....................................................................... 29

Scrubber dryers................................................................171

Plate bending machine .................................................. 16

Rack ...................................................................134

Sealed linear encoders ...................................................BIC

PLC ......................................................................................125

Rack & pinion....................................................................150

Section bending machine ............................................. 16

Plugs and sockets ............................................................. 29

Radial drilling machine ............................................ 6, 170

Self opening die-heads .................................................155

Poly flex belts ...................................................................136

Reamer ............................................................................ 8, FIC

Self tapping & machine screws .................................140

Poly â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;vâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; belts ......................................................................136

Reaming & tapping ........................................................155

Sensitive part loading/unloading .............................123

Portable coolant purifying system ...........................123

Reversible tapping attachment .................................155

Sensor ..................................................................................143

Portable oil skimmer......................................................123

Roatry........................................................................................5

Servo motors & drives ...................................................141

Position display units .....................................................BIC

Robotic assembly system.............................................174

Servo-insert couplings ..................................................111

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Shaft loading.....................................................................123

Tap adaptors .....................................................................155

Sheet metal working machinery ................................. 48

Tapping chuck..................................................................168

Angular cylindrical grinder ...............................44

Shielded cable ..................................................................168

Thread milling cutters & taps holders....................... 34

Carbide ball end mills ........................................98

Shock absorbers .......................................................78, 144

Threading tool....................................................................BC

Carbide drills ....................................................................... 98

Shot blasting machine ..................................................168

Threadmill cutters ............................................................. 35

Shrink fit technology ....................................................... 35

Thrust ball bearings ......................................................... 87

Simple air- driven control ............................................165

Timing belts ......................................................................136

Single discs ........................................................................171

Toggle action clamp ......................................................163

Single limit switches ........................................................ 29

Toggle press......................................................................163

Single point braze carbide tools ...............................163

Tool bits ..............................................................................163

CNC cylindrical roll grinder ........................................... 44

Single spindle bar automate ......................................149

Tool holders ...................................................................164

CNC toolings .....................................................................101

Slant / flat bed.................................................................... 77

Tool path simulator for CNC milling.......................... 57

Cutters .................................................................................101

Sleeve bearings.................................................................. 87

Tool path simulator for CNC turning ........................ 57

Cutting tools .....................................................................173

Sliding head lathe ...........................................................149

Tooling system ............................................................25, BC

Cylindrical grinder ............................................................ 44

Slitter....................................................................................108

Touch probes.....................................................................BIC

End mill cutter ....................................................90

Slitting lines.......................................................................108

Track rollers .......................................................................173

End mills .............................................................................173

Small size ball bearings .................................................. 87

Transformer oils ...............................................................180

Software..............................................................................156

Transparent gel .................................................................. 63

Solar cell scribing system.............................................162

Tubing accessory............................................................... 41

Solid carbide drill .............................................................. 59

Turbo charger parts .......................................................132

Solid carbide drill mills..................................................156

Turning holders ...............................................................159

Solid carbide mill .............................................................. 59

Turning tools........................................................ 46, 47, BC

Solid carbide reamer........................................................ 59

Twin spin bearing reducer ..........................................139

Milling cutter ......................................................90

Solid carbide special drill ............................................... 59

Universal drilling system .................................168

Milling machining center .............................................137

Solid carbide special mill ............................................... 59

Universal grinding machine........................................142

Sheet metal working technology exhibition ...97

Solid carbide special reamer ........................................ 59

Universal quick change chuck ...................................155

Special form cutting tools ............................................. 98

Solid rotating tools ........................................................... 35

Vacuum chuck.............................................33, 158

Spindles ..............................................................................149

Special induction hardening machine....................117

Valve....................................................................................... 41

Tool holder........................................................101

Special purpose machine......................................51, 151

Valve terminal .................................................................... 41

Traditional cylindrical grinder ...................................... 44

Speciality oils ...................................................................... 35

Velocity & feed controllers ...................................78, 144

Spindle nose tooling......................................................159

Vertical handle clamp....................................................163

Spot drills ...........................................................................164

Vertical honing machine ..............................................167

Spur gear & spline hobbing ........................................149

Vertical machining center.................................. 5, 11, 85

Stainless steel fasteners ................................................140

Vertical turning lathe .....................................................166

Steam cleaner ...................................................................171

Vertical turret lathe .......................................................... 24

Circular saw machine .......................................170

Steel worker ........................................................................ 16

Verticle turning machine .............................................151

CNC vertical grinder.......................................................174

Stepper motors & drives ..............................................141

Verticle turnmill centre .................................................151

Copper alloy wires and rods .......................................173

Strong type ball reducer ..............................................165

Wear parts .........................................................159

Inverter chiller ..................................................172

Super precision bearings ............................................... 87

Wear resistant tols ..................................................... 46, 47

Machining software .........................................170

Surface grinding machine ............................................. 94

Wedge-space saver belts .............................................136

Robotic assembly system ................................174

Sweeper ..............................................................................171

Wire cut edm .............................................................85, 191

Vertical machining centre ...............................170

Tap .......................................................... 8, 34, FIC

Work holding devices....................................................132

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Euroblech 2012 .................................................................. 97 Forming milling cutter .......................................90 Hard alloy turning cutter...................................90 Inserts ................................................................101 Internal grinding machines ........................................... 27 Knocking cylinder ..............................................82 Linear motor thread & gear grinders ...............81

Twin-spindle compound grinding machines ......... 27 Universal cylindrical grinding machines .........27 Vertical machine center .......................... 137, 139

INTERNATIONAL Boring heads .....................................................172

Vertical machining centre............................................172

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Emuge India Pvt Ltd T: +91-20 -39310000 E: marketing@emugeindia.com W: www.emugeindia.com

28.Bi-Mu T: +39-02262551 E: bimu.vista@ucimu.it W: www.bimu-sfortec.com

154

Camu Srl T: +0039-444-660700 E: info@camu.it W: www.camu.it

Accut Machinery Co., Ltd. T: +86-411-84804589 E: info@accutmachinetools.com W: www.accutmachinetools.com

166

Castrol T: +91-44-42198885 E: TN.Suresh@castrol.com W: www.castrol.com

Engineering Expo T: +91-9819552270 E: engexpo@infomedia18.in W: www.engg-expo.com

Cenlub Industries Ltd T: +91-129-4113701 E: cenlub@cenlub.in W: www.cenlub.in

Ermaksan Sheet Metal Working Machinery T: +90-224-2947500 E: emre.ozkaya@ermaksan.com.tr W: www.ermaksan.com.tr

Addison & Co., Ltd. T: +91-44-37180030 E: gunasekarank@addisonmail.com W: www.addison.co.in

183

Cenlub Systems T: +91-129-4113771 E: sales@cenlub.com W: www.cenlub.com

142

Arizona Company T: +91-098230030618 E: arizona.company11@gmail.com

137

Ceratizit India Pvt Ltd T: +91-33-24947146 E: info@ceratizitindia.co.in W: www.ceratizit.com

Ace Manufacturing Systems Ltd T: +91-80-28360508 E: ams@bgl.vsnl.net.in W: www.amsindia.net

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Essor International Inc W: www.essor.com.tw

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Faro Business Technologies India Pvt Ltd T: +91-11-46465644 E: enquiry-india@faro.com W: www.faro.com

Chamunda Equipments T: +91-79-27522437 E: clamp@chamundaequip.com W: www.chamundaequip.com

163

Femco India T: +91-20-40147866 E: sales@femcoindia.com W: www.femcoindia.com

160

Coatec India T: +91-172-5063436 E: info@coatecindia.com W: www.coatecindia.com

Festo Controls Ltd T: +91-80-22894100 E: info_in@festo.com W: www.festo.com

Bei Jyu Precision Machine Co., Ltd. T: +886-4-2350-1280 E: SY3736@hibox.hinet.net W: www.beijyu.com.tw

Crane-Bel Hydraulics T: +91-120-3263281 E: office@crane-bel.com W: www.crane-bel.com

Fullton Machinery Co Ltd T: +86-411-82767678 E: fullton@fulltontech.com W: www.fulltontech.com

Bharat Fritz Werner Ltd T: +91-80-28395745 E: bfwmarketing@bfw.co.in W: www.bfwindia.com

Doosan Infracore India Pvt Ltd T: +91-80-42660122 E: sandesh.kumar@doosan.com W: www.doosaninfracore.com

G W Precision Tools India Pvt Ltd T: +91-80-40431252 E: info@gwindia.in W: www.gwindia.in

181

Drake Manufacturing T: +330-847-7291 W: www.drakemfg.com

Ganesh Techmachinery Pvt Ltd T: +91-11-41612203 E: rajesh@ganeshmachinery.com W: www.ganeshmachinery.com

Drass Mechatronics & Machinery Pvt Ltd T: +91-80-23478764 E: info@drassautomech.com W: www.drassautomech.com

Gentiger Machinery Industrial Co. Ltd T: +886-4-2683-6919 E: jay@gentiger.com.tw W: www.gentiger.com.tw

137

Godson Bending Systems Pvt Ltd T: +91-281-2361467 E: godsonindia@hotmail.com W: www.godson-india.com

GSK CNC Equipment Co. Ltd T: +91-9886835186 E: gskwang@hotmail.com W: www.gsk.com.cn

Atul Machine Tools T: +91-281-2360227 E: info@atulmachine.com W: www.atulmachine.com Austin Engineering Company Ltd E: sales@aecbearings.com W: www.aec-bearings.com Autotech Machine Tools Sales & Services T: +91-20- 27130091 E: info@autotechcnc.com W: www.autotechcnc.com

Birla Precision Technologies Ltd T: +91-22-67933000 E: itmth@idiantool.com W: www.indiantool.com

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Blaser Swisslube India Pvt Ltd T: +91-124-4994000 E: india@blaser.com W: www.blaser.com

Durga Bearing Pvt Ltd T: +91-22-6876073 E: inquiry@durgabearings.com W: www.durgabearings.com

Cadem Technologies Pvt Ltd T: +91-80-26634767 E: sales@cadem.com W: www.cadem.com

EFD Induction Limited T: +91-80-7820404 E: sales@efdgroup.net. W: www.efd-induction.com

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List of Advertisers Advertiser’s Name & Contact Details Guhring India Private Limited T: +91-80-40322500 E: info@guhring.in W: www.guhring.in Haas Automation India Pvt Ltd T: +91-61392800 E: indiasales@haascnc.com W: www.haascnc.com

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Haimer India Pvt Ltd T: +91-20-66750551 E: makarand.dande@haimer.in W: www.haimer.in

143

Hangsterfer’s Laboratories Inc T: +856-468-0216 W: www.hangsterfers.com

189

Heidenhain Optics & Electronics (I) Pvt Ltd T: +91-44-30234000 E: info@heidenhain.in W: www.heidenhain.in HG Technology Co., Ltd T: +886-4-7362-725 E: hg.tech@msa.hinet.net W: www.hgt.com.tw

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Jainnher Machine Co., Ltd T: +886-4-2358-5299 E: saledep@jainnher.com W: www.jainnher.com.tw

Jyoti Cnc Automation Pvt Ltd T: +91-2827-287081 E: info@jyoti.co.in W: www.jyoti.co.in

155

Kabel Schlepp India Pvt Ltd T: +91-80-41158997 E: gm@kabelschlepp.in W: www.kabelschlepp.com

177

Indian Machine Tool Mfgr’s Association 130, 138 T: +91-80-66246600 E: augustin@imtma.in W: www.imtma.in

Kamo Seiko Corporation T: +81-565-76-0021 E: market@kamo.co.jp W: www.kamo.co.jp

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Indian Machine Tool Mfgr’s Association T: +91-80-22731625 E: director@amttf.in W: www.amttf.in

Kao Fong Machinery Co. Ltd T: +886-4-2566-2116 E: phoebes@kafo.com.tw W: www.kafo.com.tw

139

Hyundai Wia India Pvt Ltd T: +91-9940653703 E: mvhari@gmail.com W: www.hyundai-wia.com Igus India Pvt Ltd T: +91-80-39127800 E: info@igus.in W: www.igus.in IMI Impex Pvt Ltd T: +91-2764-233983 E: imi@imitoolsindia.com W: www.imitoolsindia.com

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Korloy India Tooling Pvt Ltd T: +91-124-4930080 E: sales.kip@korloy.com W: www.korloy.com

113

MMI India Pvt Ltd T: +91-9811090046 E: bhupender.singh@mmi-india.in W: www.photonicsindia.net

Kwedos Belt Drives Pvt Ltd T: +91-79-25507367 E: info@kwedospulleys.com W: www.kwedospulleys.com

136

N K Enterprises T: +91-22-29201175 E: msengg2007@gmail.com W: www.msenggindia.com

148

Pramet Tools India Pvt Ltd T: +91-124-4703825 E: pramet.info.in@pramet.com W: www.pramet.com

Neri Engineering T: +91-80-28374885 E: sales@nerigroup.in W: www.nerigroup.in

141

Precihole Machine Tools Pvt Ltd T: +886-3-329-9968 E: pshtech@gmail.com W: www.peei.com.tw

Nikon India Pvt Ltd T: +91-124-4688 500 E: nind.Inst@nikonoa.net W: www.nikon-instruments.jp/eng/

187

Precimac Solutions T: +91-20-32538701 E: akektar@precimac.com W: www.precimac.com

147

Nilfisk-Advance India Ltd T: +91-22-61188188 E: balajnee.soundararajen@nilfisk.com W: www.nilfisk.com

171

Premier Ltd T: +91-22-61179009 E: ericadesouza@premier.co.in W: www.premier.co.in

151

Ningbo Oule Machine Co., Ltd T: +86-574-2628-6999 E: sales1@derekmetal.com W: www.derekmetal.com

101

Qua-Tech Industries T: +91-2822-250222 E: info@qua-tech.com W: www.qua-tech.com

149

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Quickmill Inc. T: +705-745-2961 E: info@quickmill.com W: www.quickmill.com

175

Raajratna Ventures Ltd T: +91-79-27561915 E: sales@raajfasteners.com W: www.raajfasteners.com

140

Larsen & Toubro Limited T: +91-22-67051093 E: sm.haridas@larsentoubro.com W: www.larsentoubro.com

Larsen & Toubro Ltd T: +1800-2335858 E: cic@lntbg.com W: www.larentoubr.com

125

Lubrizol India Pvt Ltd W: www.lubrizol.com

131

Mack Brooks Exhibitions Ltd W: www.euroblech.com Maco Corporation T: +91-33-24758371 E: rdutta@macocorporation.com W: www.macocorporation.com

78, 144

Makson Machines Pvt Ltd T: +91-278-2446437 E: makwana_eng@yahoo.com W: www.makwanaeng.com

170

NMTG Mechtrans Techniques Pvt Ltd T: +91-79-22821527 E: nmtg@nmtgindia.com W: www.nmtgindia.com

Mark Design Solutions T: +91-20 - 64011848 E: preeti@markengg.com W: www.markengg.com

164

Objet Ap Ltd T: +852-2174 0111 E: info@objet.com W: www.objet.com

OSG India Pvt Ltd T: +91-20-66304407 W: www.osg-india.com

P R Sales Corporation Pvt Ltd T: +91-20-25437591 E: info@prsales.in W: www.prsales.in

Paragon Machinery Co., Ltd. T: +886-4-2539-5678 E: info@paragoncnc.com W: www.paragoncnc.com

Marox Tools Industrial Co Ltd T: +886-4-2278-0167 E: service@marox.com.tw W: www.marox.com.tw

Metrol Corporation India Branch Off. T: +91-80-42105031 E: sales@metrolindia.com W: www.toolsensor.com

Milltronics Cnc Machines T: +91-98-45902876 E: sales.india@milltronics.net W: www.milltronics.net

Mitutoyo South Asia Pvt Ltd T: +91-11-26372090 E: delhi@mitutoyoindia.com W: www.mitutoyoindia.com

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Parashield Corporation T: +91-11-22592741 E: parashieldcorporation@gmail.com W: www.parashieldcorpn.com

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Advertiser’s Name & Contact Details Parishudh Machines Pvt. Ltd. T: +91-120-3205167 E: pawankaushik@goindigroup.com W: www.goindigroup.com

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Ringfeder Power Transmission India Pvt. Ltd 111 T: +91-44-26791411 E: sales.india@ringfeder.com W: www.ringfeder.com Rittal India Pvt Ltd - Eplan Division T: +91-22-39527200 E: eplan@rittal-india.com W: www.eplan.in

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Tyrolit India Superabrasive Pvt. Ltd

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W: www.siemens.com/sinumerik

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Sah Petroleums Ltd T: +91-22-66301911 E: ipol@sahpetroleums.com W: www.sahpetroleums.com

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Sahajanand Laser Technology Ltd T: +91-79-23287461 E: marketing@sahajanadlaser.com W: www.sahajanandlaser.com

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Samkrish T: +91-44-23612310 E: info@samkrish.com W: www.samkrish.com

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Samkrish Machine Tools T: +91-44-23612310 E: info@samkrishmachinetools.com W: www.samkrishmachinetools.com

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Sandvik Coromant India T: +91-20-27104800 E: rupali.kavi@sandvik.com W: www.sandvik.coromant.com/in

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Schneeberger India Pvt Ltd T: +91-22-22632372 E: info-in@schneeberger.com W: www.schneeberger.com

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Seco Tools India Pvt Ltd T: +91-2137- 667300 E: seco.india@secotools.com W: www.secotools.com/in

Shrinrai Preci-Tech Systems T: +81-729-828277 W: www.big-daishowa.com

Shuter Enterprises India Pvt. Ltd. T: +91-44-32407116 E: 32407116@shuter.in W: www.shuter.in

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Siddhapura Engineering Works T: +91-278-2428054 E: drills@dataone.in W: www.siddhapuradrills.com

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Sln Technologies Pvt Ltd T: +91-80-43307474 E: anil@slntechnologies.com W: www.slntechnologies.com

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Socco Noa Automation Comp Llp T: +91-20-32420959 E: ram@socconoa.com W: www.socconoa.com

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Superslides & Bushes Corporation T: +91-22-61567567 E: sales@superslides.in W: www.superslides.in

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Taegutec India Ltd

T: +91-80-27839111 E: sales@taegutec-india.com W: www.taegutec-india.com Takamatsu Machinery Co Ltd T: +81-76-2741403 E: h.nakagawa@takamaz.co.jp W: www.takamaz.co.jp

Teknic T: +91-22-26592392 E: teknic@vsnl.com W: www.tecknic.co.in

Trident Tools Pvt Ltd T: +91-22-28847191 E: abhay.jain@magicuttools.com W: www.magicut.net

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Trigon Tooling Solutions Pvt. Ltd. T: +91-124-2370250 E: info@trigontools.com W: www.trigontools.com

Triune Exhibitors Pvt. Ltd. T: +91-80-43307474 E: info@triuneexhibitors.com W: www.amtex2012.com Tungaloy India Pvt Ltd T: +91-22-61248888 E: info@tungaloyindia.com W: www.tungaloy.co.jp.in Tussor Machine Tools Ind P Ltd T: +91-422-3200183 E: info@tussorindia.com W: www.pinachoindia.com

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T: +91-80-40953259 E: subrahmanya.kumar@tyrolit.com W: www.tylolit.com Uniline Energy Systems Ltd T: +91-11-46661111 E: uniline@uniline.in W: www.unilineindia.com

U-Tech Associates T: +91-80-23390309 E: udaya@u-techindia.com W: www.u-techindia.com

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Vargus Limited T: +91- 9899073393 E: mrktg@vargus.com W: www.vargus.com Vijay Machine Tools Pvt Ltd T: +91-22-24950886 E: elmaco@elmacovijay.com W: www.elmacovijay.com

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Weizmann Engineering Limited T: +91-44-22280595 E: weizmann_engg@yahoo.com W: www.weizmann.in

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YG1 Cutting Tools Corporation Pvt Ltd T: +91-80-43543636 E: admin@yg1india.com W: www.yg1.co.kr

Zen Wu Zheng Sun Tool Co., Ltd. T: +886-7-352-5743 E: first@jsk-tools.com.tw W: www.jsk-tools.com.tw

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