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Consider Five Keys Before Embracing IIoT LOOKING ACROSS INDUSTRIAL SECTORS WORLDWIDE, A RELATIVELY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF COMPANIES ARE FULLY EMBRACING THE INDUSTRIAL INTERNET OF THINGS CONCEPT, BUT MANY HAVE INTEREST. IF YOU’RE ONE OF THOSE COMPANIES, HERE ARE FIVE KEY POINTS TO CONSIDER.

Industrial IoT will Witness Giant Leap

in Coming Years Do You Want

Six Sigma or Quality?

GOVERNMENT SHOULD PROMOTE

LOCAL MANUFACTURING

SANJEEV SEHGAL

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MANAGING DIRECTOR, SPARSH SECURITECH

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Pressure Range

Capacity

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Bar

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Lubricated SCREW Compressor

0.23 to 43.70

8 to 1545

8 to 13

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Oil Free SCREW Compressor

5.30 to 51.40

187 to 1815

8 to 10

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Lubricated PISTON Compressor

.125 to 6.20

4.5 to 219

8 to 40

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Oil Free PISTON Compressor

.156 to 1.30

6 to 45

8 to 40

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BOGE FLEXPET

1.55 to 17.9

54 to 634

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BOGE AIR. THE AIR TO WORK.

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: +91 9600041656 : fc .jayakaran@boge .com

/ Chennai Mr. Muthu Ganesan : +91 9003172111 : muthu.ganesan@boge.com

Hyderabad Mr.W.Narendra

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/ Mumbai Mr. Hasan Hasware : +91 9840956161 : h.hasware@boge.com

Delhi Mr. Deepesh Upadhyay

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Meistermacher.

Made in Germany.

Rainer Scholl, Master – Gripping System Components

Jens Lehmann, German goalkeeper legend, SCHUNK brand ambassador since 2012 for precise gripping and safe holding.

German champion with Borussia Dortmund 2002 English champion with Arsenal London 2004

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Feed-through Rotary feed-through DDF2

SCHUNK Robot Accessories End-of-arm Competence with more than 1,200 Modules SCHUNK robot accessories.

The unique standard line of modules for mechanical, sensor and power connections of handling modules and robots for every industry and handling task.

Changing Quick-change system SWS consisting of SWK (quick-change head) and SWA (quick-change adapter)

Monitoring Collision and overload sensor OPR

Joining and compensating Compensation unit TCU

Gripping SCHUNK gripper PGN-plus 2-finger universal gripper with multi-tooth guidance

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foreword IT, Efficiency!

Hi Readers, “The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.”

- Bill Gates It’s a fact that Information Technology has taken humans to a different platform. We cannot think of a day without our phone or our computer -be it in the personal or in the professional front. Today our close buddy is our smart phone and the Private Secretary is replaced by our laptop.

The hazardous, untidy traditional shop floor is now equipped with high end automated machines, with improved productivity and accuracy.

With internet application taking the centre stage, the fourth industrial revolution is expected to take place and manufacturing will get even smarter.

Connecting sensors, devices and machines by internet The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) can turn massive data into powerful insights and intelligence and this innovation is catching global attention. Even some are sceptical about the real-world usage of IIoT there are reports that this industry is going to grow in the coming years. At this point it’s very essential that proper awareness is required to take the maximum benefit of IIoT. In this edition of MART we are running the main story on Industry4.0 and are sure our readers will find the latest technological updates very useful.

Indian Pumps industry is going through rapid change and with Make In India the manufacturers are expecting increased demand which can lift the growth further. We spoke to Mr. Siddharth K Desai of Kishor Pumps and featured his views in the special section.

We have, as always, columns like Innovation, Mart Update and regular columns by the industry experts. We look forward your valuable suggestions and comments to make MART more industry friendly.

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Consider Five Keys before Embracing IIoT Industrial IoT will Witness Giant Leap in Coming Years SMART Manufacturing by using Big Data Analytics KSB’s Mobile app brings Industry 4.0 to all pumps

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Gandhi Automation Offers Clean Room High Speed Doors

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Gandhi Automations Pvt Ltd - India’s No.1 Entrance Automation & Loading Bay Equipment Company offers Clean Room High Speed Doors - Prime Clean.

Clean Room: A Clean Room is an environment typically used in manufacturing and scientific research with a low level of environmental pollutants such as dust, airborne microbes, aerosol particles, and chemical vapors. Simply put, a Clean Room has a less or no level of contamination.

Usage and Benefits of Clean Room Doors: In the pharmaceutical industry, Clean Room Doors play a crucial role in the manufacturing of pharmaceutical products which require the environment to be free from microbial and particulate contamination and protected from moisture – controlled environment.

Clean Room High Speed Doors

designed and manufactured by Gandhi Automations are high in demand in industries such as Pharmaceutical and Chemical, which require quick open and close applications at the entry and exit points as controlled environment needs to be maintained.

These industries make high demands with respect to hygiene, sealing, operating reliability, fitting and a trouble free after-sales service. Our Clean Room High Speed Doors satisfy all these requirements and work in strictly regulated operating conditions.

Gandhi Automations offers custom-made solutions for these sectors, while investing a lot of time and money in courses and training for the company’s own production staff

and technicians.

The key features of Clean Room High Speed Doors offered by Gandhi Automations are briefly mentioned below: • Clean Room High Speed Doors are designed for inside applications and protects your environment against draughts, humidity, dust and dirt • Operating speed and superior sealing properties improve traffic flows and provide environmental control and savings on energy costs • Concept of low air permeability in pressurized rooms with positive and negative air pressure • High door efficiency & low permeability values

EN 12426 EN 12427 : < 12m3/m2h ∆ 50 PA • High leak tightness is due to curtain being tightly integrated in special SS 316 satin finish side guides • Bottom safety edges and photocells combine to ensure operator safety at all times • Heavy duty motor: 230V single phase, opening speed upto 1.5 m/s with inverter system • Size upto:4000 mm (W) X 4000 mm (H) For more details, write to Gandhi Automations Pvt Ltd, 2nd Floor, Chawda Commercial Centre, Link Road, Malad (West) Mumbai – 400064 Tel: +91 22 66720200 / 66720300 Email: sales@geapl.co.in Web: www.geapl.co.in

“Clean Room High Speed Doors are designed for inside applications and protects your environment against draughts, humidity, dust and dirt. Operating speed and superior sealing properties improve traffic flows and provide environmental control and savings on energy costs.

Concept of low air permeability in pressurized rooms with positive and negative air pressure.”

Samir Gandhi Director, Gandhi Automations Pvt Ltd

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More Information

Smart Focus Pure Energy With just a few settings you will achieve best cutting results up to 80 mm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; even under challenging conditions.

Sharp-edged cut surfaces on the top and bottom side of the material Precise holes 1:1 with Contour Cut Low angular deviations & smooth surfaces

Marking

High cut quality & contour accuracy

cutting and welding india Phone: +91 20 26741042 | Fax: +91 20 26741001 vertrieb@kjellberg.de | www.kjellberg.de Made in Germany

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SMART FOCUS

Plasma Cutting Units

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Elmeasure iPFC - Intelligent POWER FACTOR CONTROLLER

Elmeasure helps in controlling the power factor thereby avoiding the penalty imposed by the electricity supply company.

Elmeasure has introduced yet another innovative product called iPFC. It helps in controlling the power factor thereby avoiding the penalty imposed by the electricity supply company. It also saves cost, increases internal electrical system capacity and improves voltage drop at the point of

use. This leads to an efficient electrical system.

Unlike in conventional controllers, Elmeasure’s power factor controller senses three phase voltage and current. This ensures the perfect controlling of power factor in unbalanced load conditions. It’s rightly

called intelligent as it increases the life of the correction capacitor, by controlling based on the capacitor bank switching history.

It is not just a PF controller but also a true multifunction meter. It has V, A, Hz, W, VAR, and Wh parameters in addition

to PF. Hence this product is truly power packed. It also has RS485 communication option.

This product can be used in all incomers as a PF controller and also as a multifunction meter.

For more details visit www. elmeasure.com or email marketing@elmeasure.com

Pyrotech’s LED Dimmable Driver

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These dimmable rivers are used in lighting automation systems to reduce energy.

Pyrotech offers a complete range of Dimmable Drivers.

The dimming solutions available are Triac, Analog and Dali.

The dimmable led drivers are compatible with commercially

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available control devices for dimming. These dimmable drivers are used in lighting automation systems to reduce energy. These drivers can also be linked with occupancy

Pyrotech Electronics Pvt Ltd, F-16/A, Road No. 3, M.I.A., They are manufactured in-house Madri, Udaipur – 313003 E-Mail using latest machinery including : leddriver@peplelectronics.

SMT line. com Web: pyrotech@ peplelectronics.com For more details write to sensors for more power saving.

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Proven Reliable Soft Starters for LT/HT Pumps/Compressors

Jayashree is pioneer in design & manufacture of harmonicfree series Reactor type Soft-Starters.

The complex process of starting an Induction Motor is intelligently controlled, simplified and a smooth jerk less start with reduced starting current is achieved with Jayashree HFSR Soft Starters.

Jayashree is pioneer in design & manufacture of harmonic free series Reactor type Soft-

Starters. With continuous upgradation and adoption of new techniques our Soft Starters are most ideal for Starting Induction motors.The latest models incorporate a HMI control which shows the starting / running performance of motor and keeps log of motor performance and

parameters. * Available for 415V/3.3/6.6/11 KV with motor rating up to 35 MW * HMI/PLC control with data logging * CPRI tested & approved

* Ideal for Pumps/Compressors/ crusher * Can reduce starting current up to 1.5 X FLC * Thousands of units in operation over last 35 years.

For more details contact :sales@jayashree.co.in

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Unipunch Offers Tools for Notching Pipe Ends

Tools offered by Unipunch make this work a press operation (instead of slow milling, coarse cutting, bent grinding).

Fabricators of pipe work frequently come across the need to prepare a pipe end, for joining (by welding) with another pipe.

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Pipe ends can be prepared for joining at right angles to each other or any desired angles to each other. Tools offered

by Unipunch make this work

a press operation (instead of slow milling, coarse cutting, bent grinding). Reproducibility and quality of the joints are enhanced. Tools can be used in

your own press.

For further information, please contact : unipunch@gmail.com or visit www.fabmachinesindia.com

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New Plasma Series Smart Focus from Kjellberg

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Smart Focus 130, 200 and 300

Contour Cut Speed offers cutting results of high repeat accuracy and precision

The German manufacturer of cutting technique Kjellberg Finsterwalde has always endeavoured to further develop and perfect proven technologies. The latest result is the new plasma cutting series Smart Focus for material thicknesses between 1 and 80 mm that has been presented successfully in India at this year’s trade fair Blech India in Mumbai.

Moreover, in order to expand and improve its presence on the Indian market Kjellberg has founded its subsidiary Kjellberg Cutting and Welding India Pvt. Ltd. in Pune.

Only a few settings suffice to achieve excellent cut results with these systems even

under the most demanding conditions and, thus, they meet the high standards of the customers.

The patented Contour Cut and Contour Cut Speed technologies will continue to be used to cut contours, webs and holes exactly and quickly. For cutting stainless steel, Kjellberg continues to rely on the unique Ar/ H2 technology where single gases can be mixed for each specific job.

For optimum control of the gases, the plasma power sources of the Smart Focus series are equipped with newly developed gas consoles, either manual (PGE

300) or automatic (PGV 300).

The improved gas control makes it possible to achieve high-precision cut results at any time. The cutting speeds are considerably higher compared to competitive products and reduce the costs per cutting metre. The new torches PerCut 2000 and 4000 also contribute to the profitability of the cutting process. Due to their optimised look and functionality, they guarantee a long lifetime of the consumables and their intelligent liquid cooling system reduces the gas consumption.

Kjellberg Finsterwalde is the longest established

manufacturer of plasma cutting technique in the market and is one of the world market leaders in this area today. In particular, the HiFocus series with its excellent cut quality is evidence of the company’s competence. Laser cutting systems complete the product range.

For more details write to Mr. Vishal Deore, Country Manager, Kjellberg Cutting and Welding India Pvt Ltd, R K Plaza, Survey No. 206/3, Plot No. 17, Loahgaon, Viman Nagar, Pune – 411 014 Tel: +91 20 26741042 Email: v.deore@ kjellberg.de Web: www.kjellberg.de

“We have noticed that the demands on plasma cutting techniques are continuously increasing especially in discussions with our international customers. Kjellberg responds to this with the new plasma cutting systems Smart Focus 130, 200 and 300.”

Carsten Trentau Managing Director, Kjellberg Vertrieb GmbH

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Matrix to Showcase its New-Age IP-Pbx For Large Enterprises

ETERNITY LE is a hybrid IP-PBX scalable up to 1344 analog and 999 IP users. During the event Matrix will showcase innovative features of the system and exhibit how it empowers modern enterprises to communicate and collaborate seamlessly.

Matrix Comsec is a leading manufacturer of state-of-theart telecom solutions. With an objective of scaling up and penetrating into the Enterprise segment, Matrix is conducting an exclusive product showcase event of its large enterprise IP-PBX- ETERNITY LE. Matrix ETERNITY LE is a compact and thoroughly engineered IP-PBX designed for to serve communication needs of

large enterprises. Matrix will be conducting the product exposition in 6 cities in India.

ETERNITY LE is a hybrid IP-PBX scalable up to 1344 analog and 999 IP users. During the event Matrix will showcase innovative features of the system and exhibit how it empowers modern enterprises to communicate and collaborate seamlessly. The objective

behind this series of exposition is to make existing and prospective system integrators aware about the new-age features of ETERNITY LE and how does it suit the enterprise communication requirements.

ETERNITY LE is powered by cutting-edge technology. This thorough breed solution offers advanced features such as IP telephony, Conferencing,

Mobility, Multi-Site, CTI and Unified Messaging. Perfect for Hospitality, Healthcare, Residential Apartments and Corporates, ETERNITY LE streamlines business operations with lower TCO, high return over investment and manages operational expenses in line with the changing needs of organization.

For more information visit: http://www.MatrixComSec.com

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Matrix is known for quality and innovative solutions. Our solutions are feature packed and it delivers a lot of value to the customers. In line with our legacy of introducing new technology products, we are presenting ETERNITY LE. The idea behind re-introducing the product is to spread the awareness about the product further deeper. ETERNITY LE will surely provide a better viable option to enterprises which were earlier forced to rely upon on overly-priced MNC products so far. It has already gained interest of system integrators and consultants offering technology solutions for large projects and enterprises.â&#x20AC;?

Sagar Gosalia Sr. Vice President Marketing & Sales, Matrix

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LEICA ABSOLUTE TRACKER AT402 WITH LEICA B-PROBE - THE ULTRA-PORTABLE PROBING SYSTEM Leica Absolute Tracker AT402: The wireless all-in-one laser tracker stands for ease of use in any industry • • • • •

PowerLock: the beam catches the target automatically Battery operation IP54 (IEC 60529) certified Accuracy from 20 µm WiFi operation

Leica B-Probe: Unique portability and wireless operation enable the measurement of hidden points and features more easily as ever before • • •

Handheld and battery-powered point probing device 20 m probing volume (Ø); 320 m relocation volume (Ø) Over 6 hours of battery runtime

Contact us for more details or a demo: www.hexagonmetrology.in Hexagon Metrology India Pvt. Ltd. A-9, Sector-65, 201 301 Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.

T: +91 120 472 3000 | E: contact.in@hexagonmetrology.com NOIDA | BANGALORE | CHENNAI | PUNE | COIMBATORE

Join us in Hong Kong for HxGN LIVE international conference from 18-20 November 2015.

Visit hxgnlive.com or contact our India office for more information.

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New Seco MS2050 Milling Grades Optimised for Titanium Machining

The latest additions span a wide scope of insert sizes, radii and geometries along with special coating technology.

Seco has increased the versatility of its MS2050 milling grade with new variations that bring optimised cutting performance to shops processing parts from titanium and high chromium content steels. The latest additions span a wide scope of insert sizes, radii and geometries along with special coating technology.

The grade’s new silver-colored PVD uni-coating provides enhanced heat-resistant capabilities as well as virtually eliminates the occurrence of built-up edge when cutting sticky materials such as titanium. And with the absence of built-up edge, the inserts last approximately 50 percent longer than existing products,

which provides users with reduced tool costs.

face, copy and high-feed milling operations.

Applicable for use with the company’s Turbo 10, Helical T4-08 and Highfeed cutters, the new MS2050 insert grades are available in a radii selection from 0.4 mm to 6.3 mm as well as positive geometries that can perform productive shoulder,

For additional information on this highly wear-resistant grade visit www.secotools. com/ms2050. For more details write to Seco Tools India (P) Ltd. Tel: 02137-667300 Email: seco. india@secotools.com Website: www.secotools.com/in

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New Developments from ZIP

Mumbai based ZIP has developed BSP, BSPT, NPT, NPTF Hex Socket Type, Square head and Hex head type, Tapper Thread pipe plug,

ZIP has developed Hex Socket type, Square hd & Hex hd type, BSP straight, Tapper plug, BSPT, NPT, NPTF, MM size, Hex hd washers faced collar plug, Hex socket type Allen plug, BSP copper washers, BSP Hex nut, BSP/BSPT 1/8 to 1.1/2”, NPT/ NPTF 1/16 to 1.1/2” MM size 5 to

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48 mm dia.

Standard Reference: It can be supplied as per IS, DIN, ASTM, JIS & GOST standards or as per party’s samples or drawings.

Threads: BSP, BSPT, NPT, NPTF, MM size, Standard coarse & Fine pitch. Material’s Grades: M.S., En - 8, 8.8gr, En - 19,

10.9gr, Brass, Aluminum SS 304 - For more details wirte to ABC Industrial Fasteners, E-122, 316 & 410. HTS, RSTV Grade.

Ansa Industrial Estate, 1st These items are used at Floor, Sakivihar Road, Sakinaka, Engineering Industries, Machine Andheri East, Mumbai - 400 072.

Tel: +91 22-2847 0806 / 6692 Tools, Automobiles, Hydraulic, 3987 E-mail : abc@precibolts.

Pneumatic, Pump & Valve, com | zenith@zip-india.com etc. and such other various Web: www.zip-india.com Industries.

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Bulkscan® LMS511 Laser Volume Flowmeter Makes Measurement an Easy Task

Non-contact and maintenance-free sensor for measuring volume flow with Bulkscan® LMS511 from SICK

Anyone who uses conveyor systems in their working environment knows that incorrect measurements must be avoided, otherwise the machines and belts could be so badly damaged that production comes to a complete stop. Dedicated to harsh environment, the Bulkscan® LMS511accurately measures mass and volume flow continuously in a non-contact process and also identifies the fill level and the center of gravity of bulk materials on belts.

Those looking to measure quantities of bulk materials on belts can now opt for a precise measuring process in the form of the Bulkscan® LMS511. Up until now traditional belt scales have always been used. These are simple and cost-effective, but they do have their pitfalls. Operators tend to experience problems when it comes to the accuracy of the weight measurement.

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The low level of measurement stability and the sensitivity of these devices, particularly in harsh conditions, also interfere with the production process.

This process is a lot easier if the system can monitor mass flow as well as volume flow.

This requires non-contact laser technology to be installed in rugged hardware suitable for outdoor use.

Volume, level, and center of gravity The Bulkscan® LMS511 measures volume flow continuously in a non-contact process and also identifies the fill level and the center of gravity of bulk materials on belts. And thanks to multi-echo technology, it always works regardless of the weather (rain, snow, fog, dust) or the composition of the material at hand. Not even reflections in glass can disrupt the laser volume flowmeter.

The laser beam detects the height profile of the bulk materials as well as volume

Functions for self-monitoring and auto-calibration increase the system availability; for instance, integrated sensors check the transparency of the front screen of the Bulkscan® LMS511 and generate an alarm signal if the value falls below an adjustable threshold. This function also reduces the maintenance work. The scanner reports automatically when cleaning is due. These devices can conduct measurements with the utmost operational safety, even in Siberian temperatures. An integrated heating system switches on at +5 °C and provides heat, even Minimum maintenance, at temperatures as low as -30 maximum cost-effectiveness °C. Even if a worst case scenario should occur, the system can The special housing design be quickly put back into action. ensures that the Bulkscan® Finally, the modular concept LMS511 is rugged enough for ensures optimized spare outdoor use. It is installed part logistics and quick and above the belt, preventing it straightforward replacement of from being contaminated by the the components concerned. bulk materials. Furthermore, the measurement process is not For more details write to affected by horizontal forces techsupport@sick-india.com or from the belt’s rollers or plates. call on +91-250-3299838. and throughput, at sensing ranges of up to 20 meters.

For instance, stones of an excessive size can be detected in good time, before they are able to block downstream system components. Using the integrated center of gravity calculation, the scanner monitors the belt load over the complete conveying line and recognizes one-sided loads or one-sided belt loads. It can even detect movements in the belt at an early stage, helping to make sure that the belt does not suffer high levels of wear and tear.

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KE5 AS-Interface Module with Push-in Front Connector

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28 push-in terminals over an installation width of 19 mm â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a unique concept for AS-interface. The push-in connection at the front and individual plug-in terminals make installation quicker and easier. Clear display of active IOs using luminous digits. Clear function assignment in the cover and still all LED displays remain visible.

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AS-Interface is the intelligent display solution by enhancing the convenience with which connections are established, speeding up the installation process, and saving on space in the switch cabinet â&#x20AC;&#x201D; space that can be expensive. The central digit display is easy to read, even in the dark.

cable ridge/cable duct. This not only provides a sophisticated solution for the switch cabinet wiring, but also saves on space and ensures clarity. In switch boxes, modules featuring this connection can be mounted flush on the upper edge of a switch box, without impairing the installation.

Pepperl+Fuchs is setting a new and innovative standard for AS-Interface IP20 modules in the form of an easily accessible push-in connection at the front of the device. The crimped wire ends can be inserted directly into the push-in terminals.

The entire wiring harness is guided downward, meaning there is no need for the upper

The transparent hinged cover, which can be snapped into place at multiple points, ensures a clear view through to the digit display at all times and enables the terminal functions to be color-coded internally.

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replaced without any problems.

The IOs are displayed and diagnostics are performed centrally by means of backlit numbers. There is no need to assign labels to LEDs. This setup also ensures that information can be read even in dark conditions. Dual LEDs are used to indicate overload of an output on a channel-specific basis.

The terminal contacts for AS-i and AUX, which are bridged internally, achieve the full 8A, eliminating the need for double wire end ferrules at terminal points.

The sensor supply for the module can easily be switched

between an internal supply from AS-i and an external supply through AUX. This reduces the range of devices required.

As a result of the reliable functional isolation between AS-i and AUX, decentralized system components can be safely deactivated using these modules by disabling AUX. This saves on costs and increases plant availability.

For those wanting increased efficiency when it comes to AS-Interface in the switch cabinet, the KE5 is the solution to choose.

For more details visit www.pepperl-fuchs.com

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CarIQ: Your Car, Synced with Your Life.

Dealerships are now only avenues to touch and test their planned purchase.

Over the years, the car buying market has turned from a seller’s market to a buyer’s market. The buyer today is smart, knowledgeable, and clear on what his next purchase will be. Dealerships are now only avenues to touch and test their planned purchase. The traditional sales guy at the car dealership is dead. He is now replaced by data, knowledge, information, and feedback from the Internet.

The buyer now feels confident, and takes great comfort in that fact that he is in control. So, what happens after the purchase? How does this informed, data driven, intelligent buyer become dumbfounded when it comes to the condition of his car?

There is an absolute lack of information, and clarity around the ownership of cars.

Maps show paths, but their condition is still unknown.

The service schedule is known, but the cost and what to fix is a mystery. Cars are borrowed, left in the care of chauffeurs, and gifted to children, all in the comfort that the person ‘may’ drive responsibly.

With CarIQ, you can remotely manage, monitor, and interact with your vehicle.

Your (now) smart car, can understand its condition, review your driving, and

notify you of critical actions to take. Something as common as the head lights being left ON when parked, to something as critical as identifying a potential engine breakdown, is now possible. Your car will notify you to take action! There are 101 things your car has to tell you. Start listening!

For more details write to honk@mycariq.com or visit ww.mycariq.com

“Every car comes with an OBD port. CarIQ plugs into this port and is able to collect data from various electronic systems on your car such as the engine, ABS, air bag system, amongst others. This data is collected along with your location information and transmitted to the CarIQ platform. On the platform, we are able to crunch the data we received to send meaningful and actionable data points to you.”

Sagar Apte CEO, CarIQ

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Low- Profile XY Linear Motor Stages from Aerotech

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New PlanarDLA features direct drive for high speed and accurate positioning

PlanarDLA XY linear motion stages from Aerotech provide high throughput, high accuracy processing for applications where straightness and flatness are critical.

Aerotech has introduced a series of integrated openframe stages with precise geometric performance and micrometer-level straightness.

The new PlanarDLA stages include high precision roller bearings, precision machined surfaces and non-contact linear motors that drive through the axes’ center of stiffness. These features result in straightness to ±0.5µm and flatness to ±1.25µm.

The low-profile stages are designed for a wide range of applications from highly dynamic two-sided LED wafer

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processing to quasi-static optical metrology. There are nine models in the series to accommodate customer requirements for travel and accuracy.

The PlanarDLA enables highthroughput, high-accuracy processing with 2 m/s velocities and 2 g accelerations, resulting in superior process yield and a low total cost of ownership. It achieves high servo bandwidths while maximizing the clear aperture available and keeping the overall height to a minimum.

Aerotech’s proprietary direct-

drive technology offers high speed and accurate positioning coupled with maintenance-free operation and long service life.

The stages are available with one or two motors per axis allowing optimization of each axis for the specific application and process.

Aerotech is a leading global supplier of positioning and motion control products for industry, government, science and research institutions.

Its products provide critical performance for demanding applications requiring high

precision, high-throughput motion control solutions.

The Applications include Semiconductor manufacturing, Electronics manufacturing (LEDs), Test & Inspection, Laser Processing, Metals inspection, Micro-machining, Nanotechnology, Medical, Laboratory, Optical metrology, Wafer processing, Metrology and Automation.

For more details contact Liberty International, Tel: +91 79 26926360 Email: salesindia@ aerotech.com Web: www. aerotech.com

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Consider Five Keys Before Embracing IIoT Looking across industrial sectors worldwide, a relatively small percentage of companies are fully embracing the Industrial Internet of Things concept, but many have interest. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re one of those companies, here are five key points to consider.

Mike Granby india@redlion.net

The Internet of Things (IoT) is getting a great deal of attention today. And the predictions for IoT growth figures are eye-catching, to say the least. For example, a recent report from IDC predicts that the worldwide IoT market will grow to $7.1trillion by 2020. Despite all the potential promise of the IoT, some people remain skeptical about real-world use. Will we, after

all, really need a connected toaster or refrigerator that link to the Internet?

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), however, is one area where connected devices are common, and some would argue it has more practical benefits than the consumer aspect of IoT. Even with its clearer potential, before any serious IIoT plans are put into action,many questions remain

to be answered.

Here are five key elements industrial organizations should consider before embarking on the path to IIoT initiatives: Legacy Equipment: Take inventory of automation devices such as PLCs, RTUs, robots and drives. How old are they? Do they need to be replaced or upgraded? Is your legacy equipment going to

be able to communicate with newer equipment? How much time and money will this take?

What cost-effective solutions can address your current infrastructure?

Protocols/Communication: Along with the equipment, what protocols are being used by the devices in your network? How many are in use? Do they need to be converted in order to get the devices to communicate

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with others in your environment? What type of media (cabling) are you using in your locations? Fiber-optic cable? Serial (RS-232/422/485)?

Copper?

Location/Environment:Where is your facility located? If your equipment is in a remote location, can your devices be monitored via cellular networks? Are 3G or 4G/ LTE networks available to reach your site? If not, are broadband or fiber-based networks available? Also, within the building itself, what is the overall environment?

Is it hot and dusty or kept at a controlled temperature? Is there lots of vibration? Are you using industrial-grade equipment that is designed with wide environmental ratings and industry certifications?

Security: According to a recent Business Insider Intelligence survey, 39 percent of executive respondents indicated that privacy and security are the most significant barriers to IoT investment. Security was the most commonly cited concern among respondents. While this survey applies to all items in IoT, security should be an important concern for IIoT as well. How can sensitive data be protected when it is collected and transferred? What security measures are in place for the systems that collect, monitor, process and store IIoT data?

Are there any regulations regarding the protection of data and information that you need to be aware of?

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Staff: As more technologybased devices are added to your network, do you have IT staff on hand, as well as other employees who are tech savvy and can help with installation and monitoring on the factory floor? Is software or remote monitoring needed to keep tabs on devices in other locations?

At Red Lion Controls, we offer industrial automation and networking solutions that help organizations address these questions when making the move to IIoT. With support for over 300 different industrial protocols, ourautomation products allow a range of different machines in heterogeneous environments to talk to each other. These offerings, coupled with Ethernet switches and cellular M2M, enable the reliable flow of data anytime, anywhere across almost any medium, device or protocol.

This data can then be easily monitored by operators and engineers, giving organizations a communication foundation for IIoT deployment. With the right equipment, systems and people in place, organizations can easily turn IIoT hype into reality and use real-time data visibility to drive business advantage.

Red Lion Controls is a US manufacturer of industrial automation and networking solutions that help organizations connect, monitor and control assets worldwide.

Visit www.redlion.net/connect to learn more.

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Industrial IoT will Witness Giant Leap in Coming Years The road to Wireless â&#x20AC;&#x201C; which wireless standard suits you best?

WiFi, Bluetooth or Zigbee? Tom McKinney of HMS Industrial Networks offers a review of the available short range wireless standards for industrial applications

Tom McKinney tmc@hms-networks.com

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Recently the buzz around

of these solutions were a

standard. The drawback is

Zigbee is based on IEEE

Industrial IoT has grown to a

complete lack of security and

power consumption and

802.15.4 which is a general-

deafening roar. The market

limited bandwidth.

processing power required

purpose, low-power wireless

to effectively manage the

radio standard that allows

802.11 stack. These drawbacks

different protocols to be built

created a gap in the market

on top of the standard radio.

and several standards have

Zigbee set out to support

emerged to address the very

low power sensor networks

low power wireless market.

capable of covering a large

for IIoT devices is projected to grow exponentially over the next several years as businesses start to capture more data regarding their operations. That data will be used to monitor and optimize processes, and as companies learn to use the data they capture to improve processes, the result will be increased productivity. Beyond internal productivity, this data may lead to improved company-tocompany operations benefiting both the producer and the customer.

Over the last twenty years, several standards have been developed to define robust radio solutions. The most recent standards are secure enough for broad deployment.

In addition, several new freeto-use frequency bands where introduced in the 80s including the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands.

Deploying a standardized radio solution today is a costeffective secure way to both monitor and control devices in the field or factory. Given the number of wireless standards to choose from, the question

Multiple technology

becomes which standard is the

advancements have converged

right standard to deploy.

to make large-scale Industrial IIoT deployments possible.

These advancements include reduced cost of data storage, lower power RF solutions and higher levels of network accessibility. Another important enabler for Industrial IoT is wireless standardization.

Wireless is nothing new Wireless networks have been used for over 30 years in the industrial market. In the past, these networks were typically sub 1GHz proprietary systems.

The solutions used simple modulation techniques like amplitude-shift keying (ASK) or frequency-shift keying (FSK).

Radios that supported these types of modulation could be created easily with a handful of discrete parts. The drawbacks

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Bluetooth Bluetooth and Zigbee were both introduced to address markets not serviced well by WiFi. The Bluetooth standard addressed the needs for a low power Personal Area Network (PAN). A PAN is defined as the network that surrounds a person or a smart device.

The requirements include fast association, simple human-

area. Zigbee uses meshing networking and a very aggressive power profile to meet the needs of this niche market. Zigbee’s protocol is designed for quick turn-on and turn-off, thereby saving power.

Several other protocols have been built on top of 802.15.4 including ISA100, WirelessHART and 6LoWPAN. Bluetooth Low Energy

to-machine interfaces and

Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)

So let’s take a look at the

low power. In a PAN, multiple

was introduced as an update

three most common wireless

transmitters can be placed very

to the Bluetooth standard.

standards deployed in the

close together – Bluetooth

Leveraging some of the

2.4GHz band: Bluetooth, WiFi

includes timing to ensure

techniques used in 802.15.4,

and Zigbee.

device transmitters don’t

BLE was able to achieve even

overlap. Bluetooth was also

lower power points when

designed under the assumption

compared to Zigbee and

it would have to co-exist with

support many of the features

WiFi and includes a frequency

originally created by the Zigbee

hopping algorithm to ensure

standards effort.

WiFi WiFi or IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n is the widest deployed consumer and enterprise wireless TCP/ IP network solution. WiFi is short for Wireless Fidelity and is a standard used to identify Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) devices.

The committee managing this standard is aims to create the best possible wired TCP/ IP network replacement. The committee prioritizes security and speed over all other tradeoffs. As a result, 802.11n has the highest bandwidth of any short range wireless

Bluetooth messages can get through even when multiple WiFi channels are active.

Finally, because Bluetooth uses a very low power transmitter, it is less sensitive to multi-path compared to WiFi. As a result, Bluetooth can be deployed successfully without extensive RF site reviews and planning.

The system is very resistant to noise and interference.

Zigbee

Selecting the standard for you So which standard is the right standard to deploy?

That depends on the system requirements. In summary, WiFi has the highest bandwidth and most comprehensive stack but Bluetooth, BLE and Zigbee offer features ideal for particular applications. For example, if monitoring batterypowered sensors over a very large area, Zigbee would be

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the ideal standard. Bluetooth/ BLE works well as a cable replacement point-to-point technology or for monitoring sensors over a smaller area.

BLE has a huge installed base of tablets and phones making it an excellent choice for humanto-machine interfaces.

Although technology standards may vary, there is no doubt that more and more applications will be wirelessly connected in the near future.

With the advent of Industrial IoT, billions of devices will need to hook up to the Internet, and many of these connections will undoubtedly be wireless.

Summary of the pros and cons of each standard:

1) WiFi a. Pros i. Highest Bandwidth up to 600Mbits/s with 802.11n ii. Fixed 25 MHz or larger Channels iii. Support for 2.4 and 5GHz channels iv. Extensive security features b. Cons i. Range is lower with higher data rates and 5GHz ii. Not a good match for battery powered sensors 2) Bluetooth/BLE a. Pros i. Very low power ii. Massive deployed

iii. Very good performance in congested or noisy wireless environments iv. Ease of use, no frequency planning or site map requirements b. Cons i. Max data rate of 2Mbits/s ii. No automated roaming standard 3) Zigbee a. Pros i. Very low power ii. Fixed channels between WiFi channels in 2.4 GHz band iii. Support for sub 1GHz bands b. Cons i. Complicated mesh network ii. Max bandwidth of

250Kbits/s More on wireless solutions for industrial communication do visit www.anybus.com HMS Industrial Networks is the leading independent supplier of products for industrial communication including remote management. HMS develops and manufactures solutions for connecting automation devices and systems to industrial networks under the Netbiter, Anybus and IXXAT brands. For more details write to HMS Industrial Networks India Pvt Ltd, “Corporate Plaza”, Unit 1A & 1B, Ground Floor, Senapati Bapat Road, Near Chaturshrungi Temple, Pune – 411016 Tel: +91 20 2563 0211 Email: in-sales@hms.se

WiFi or IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n is the widest deployed consumer and enterprise wireless TCP/IP network solution. WiFi is short for Wireless Fidelity and is a standard used to identify Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) devices.

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SMART Manufacturing by using Big Data Analytics Manufacturing organizations are able to accumulate large amounts of plant floor production and environmental data due to advances in data collection, communications technology, and use of standards. The challenge has shifted from collecting a sufficient amount of data to analyzing and making decisions based on the huge amount of data available. Data analytics (DA) can help understand and gain insights from the big data and in turn help advance towards the vision of smart manufacturing. Modeling and simulation have been used by manufacturers to analyze their operations and support decision making

Rajesh Angadi rajesh_angadi@hotmail.com

Manufacturing has always had Big Data. We have been collecting data with historians, MES (Manufacturing Execution systems) for decades. It is just a new buzz word for the marketers.Manufacturing is an untapped market for Big Data. There is lots of data, lots of different types of data, and

hardly any of it is being used for analysis today.It is not uncommon in manufacturing to hear of Smart Connected Assets like jet engines producing petabytes of data each flight or Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) collecting millions of process variable measurements

from the plant each shift; however, running reports on large data sets does not qualify as Big Data analytics in manufacturing.

Smart manufacturing system requires capabilities and technologies for designing and improving the overall

system performance through diagnostic and prognostic assessment based on (big) data analytics. The right insight derived from big data could lead to right actions for enhancing sustainability, productivity, flexibility, and competitive advantages and enabling sustainable and

Business success is widely attributed to the use of advanced analytics.

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agile manufacturing. The contributions from different engineering disciplines to bring out common issues and specific challenges that address predictive modeling for Smart Manufacturing Systems. An initial set of topics includes (but is not limited to) manufacturing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Methods, Technologies, and IT Infrastructure for Big Data and Data Analytics; Standards and Protocols; and Business Best Practices for Smart Manufacturing Systems. Manufacturers have been collecting and storing data for years, but now big data technologies enable more constructive use of this information, including how to increase throughput, boost yields, improve efficiency, and reduce downtime. Big data is characterized by huge data sets and varied data types (e.g., images, text, and machine log files), which the production line is producing at a much faster rate than ever before.

When this data is analyzed using new tools available on the market, manufacturers can gain valuable insights derived from finding patterns, extracting meaning, and ultimately making decisions that lead to greater efficiency.

Big data analytics and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies are the substantive foundation that enables advanced levels of smart manufacturing performance. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why companies are working hard to drive a data revolution in smart manufacturing that will yield new productivity and efficiency gains. IoT Solution Blueprint is easier than ever to learn how big data analytics applied to factory equipment and

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sensors can bring operational efficiencies and cost savings to manufacturing automation processes.However, many machine tools operate in relative silos, so it is a major challenge to collect, analyze, and act on data generated across the factory floor.

This is why companies have assembled various Internet of Things and big data technologies that provide the connectivity, security, interoperability, and analytics capabilities that enable higherperformance manufacturing automation.

Big Data Analytics in manufacturing is about using a common data model to combine structured business system data like inventory transactions and financial transactions with structured operational system data like alarms, process parameters, and quality events, with unstructured internal and external data like customer, supplier, Web, and machine data to uncover new insights through advanced analytical tools.This definition of Big Data Analytics differs from the traditional approach most manufacturers and vendors have taken to dealing with manufacturing data. In most cases, manufacturers have invested heavily in data collection and visibility, mainly through legacy MES, EMI (Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence), and Data Historians.

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to play in Big Data analytics in manufacturing; there are also a number of exciting startups as well as the legacy BI vendors.

For most of these companies the starting point for any Big Data analytics solution has been IT and enterprise systems.

This has both pros and cons. By coming from an IT background, these providers have an understanding of structured and unstructured data and the analytical tools needed to deal with this variety in data types.

However, on the flipside, most of these vendors have not dealt with the type of real-time data found in manufacturing, and have also not dealt with the resource constraints manufacturing faces.Namely, manufacturing organizations do not have the data scientist and often don’t even have business analysts many times found in IT departments and are needed to provide the time and effort for refining data models, massaging analytical tools, and teasing out insight iteratively over the course of weeks and months.

Instead, manufacturers have process experts, operational excellence teams, and engineers. These individuals are smart and capable with

an intimate understanding of the manufacturing process, but need simple and intuitive analytical tools to pull the value out of data. These individuals are craving much more than a simple dashboard but also don’t have the time or expertise to be dealing with statistical programming languages like R, SAS, and SPSS to be designing and configuring the next new algorithm to predictively model their process.

Whether you’re building new facilities or refurbishing an existing plant, the equipment you use today is fitted with sensors that generate reams of data on every aspect of its operation.Few businesses take full advantage of that information, but those that do have a big advantage. They’re able to optimize production to the highest degree: minimizing maintenance expenses and downtime while reducing energy usage and environmental impact. If your company has recently upgraded equipment, or is making plans to do so, what will you do with the data those machines generate?

Smart Manufacturing Operations offering, we can:

for elevated levels of service and responsiveness.

Optimize your equipment for greatest profit - Smart Manufacturing Operations offering enables the operation of plant equipment to its maximum capacity, increasing revenues and profits.

Operate at peak energy efficiency- Smart Manufacturing Operations enables plant managers to directly track energy efficiency, sustainability and environmental compliance.

Upper-limit alerts give managers time to minimize energy costs and avoid environmental, health and safety fines.

Shift from reactive to predictive maintenanceUsing machine-to-machine data, Smart Manufacturing Operations maintains a realtime picture of operating assets versus capacity and service needs. You can operate equipment at full capacity to maximize revenues, while scheduling service for the least production impact. You can shift production work between plants in your portfolio by viewing plant capacity across your company.

Accommodate critical ordersOur solution offers plant managers a window into production-line capacities to schedule new orders at a plant or plant portfolio without interrupting the flow of work in process. This means you will be better prepared to meet the expectations of key customers

Business success is widely attributed to the use of advanced analytics. Smart Manufacturing Operations is a powerful business information and analytics solution that uses data from plant and corporate systems and external sources to create operational insights presented through specialized, preconfigured and userconfigurable dashboards and reports, giving plant managers the information they need to optimize many parameters essential to meeting demand and reducing cost.

Smart Manufacturing Operations Strategy Operations Strategy will

The next generation of digital manufacturing requires the integration of complex physical machinery with networked sensors and with software for big data analytics (DA) across the product lifecycle.

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work with you to develop a clear strategy, architecture and roadmap to guide your transformation.

It will specifically address critical manufacturing functions, including: - Operating equipment effectiveness - Supply chain and inventory - Energy utilization and efficiency - Health and safety - Environmental compliance - Financial performance Smart Manufacturing Analytics Implementation To transform your operation, it will: Tailor and extend our predesigned analytics models for your operation Source and prepare your data for the analytics models Upgrade or install and

integrate big data and business intelligence tools with plant and corporate data sources such as ERP, plant historians and laboratory systems Tailor and extend preconfigured reports and dashboards, and put them into production SMART MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; RUN, MAINTAIN, ENHANCE To manage the ongoing delivery of manufacturing operations insights through the transformed system, as well as routine maintenance and service support.

An advanced option includes the optimization and tuning of manufacturing analytics models, data refresh and enhancements, including adding new external and internal data.

Real-Time Data Analytics for Smart Manufacturing Systems Project The assessment of diagnostics and prognostics for real-time

improvement of dynamic production system efficiency requires data analytics solutions based on open protocols and standards.

Data analytics solutions for manufacturing applications require manufacturing data management that includes data acquisition from different manufacturing stages (design, manufacturing, supply chain), data pre- and postprocessing, data visualization, and semantics. The existing solutions for data analytics are based mostly on proprietary models (for data and analytics), even though they are built upon open source platforms.

Also these solutions are mostly targeted towards large original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and rarely available as reconfigurable open applications suited for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). This project will develop data analytics infrastructure that includes open protocols, predictive analytical models, and standards and deliver a prototype framework for

real-time improvement of dynamic production system efficiency. The results of this project will enable deployment of reconfigurable and costeffective open platform for manufacturing data analytics based on open standards and protocols, suited for both large OEMs and SMEs. The next generation of digital manufacturing requires the integration of complex physical machinery with networked sensors and with software for big data analytics (DA) across the product lifecycle.

Implementing analytics across asset management and operations management functions offers new opportunities for process optimization. Analytics provides added value when applied across multiple manufacturing domains.

It has been emphasized the application of big data analytics to manage complex manufacturing processes and supply chains. That report targeted industries such as aerospace where products are assembled with

The assessment of diagnostics and prognostics for real-time improvement of dynamic production system efficiency requires data analytics solutions based on open protocols and standards.

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components from hundreds of suppliers around the world. The data analytics problem for manufacturing applications is hard both in the data and analytics modeling.

For the data modeling, the heterogeneous and proprietary solutions for data capturing, preprocessing, fusion, streaming, dimension reduction, and filtering need a standard-based approach working closely with industry, to address challenges of traceability, uncertainty quantification, security, and data provenance. In the analytics modeling, the scalability, compatibility and interoperability5 of models and mathematical algorithms are needed to construct data analytics capabilities from machine level to enterprise level and supply network level. The real challenge is to reduce information overload for manufacturing by orders of magnitude and filter useful information to get same level of insights with less data. We need to develop mathematical and computational models of these filters in such a way that they do not discard useful information.

The new technical idea is to develop open protocols, analytical models, frameworks and standards to enable the application of data analytics to turn data into insight and action. Towards this end, this project will deliver a prototype framework for real-time improvement of dynamic production system efficiency.

In the subsequent years the project will develop,

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1) A prototype implementation and assessment of data analytics solution stack for dynamic production system.

2) draft open standards and protocols for diagnostics and prognostics for dynamic production system.

3) A repository of industry supported challenge problems and Manufacturing (Test and Validation)Data Analytics will be used for data analytics applications for dynamic production system.

The results of this project will enable large manufacturing companies and their suppliers (small and medium enterprises), and technology solution providers to advance from descriptive analytics (“what happened?”) and diagnostic analytics (“why did it happen?”) towards predictive analytics (“what will happen?”) – With prescriptive analytics (“how can we make it happen?”) as the next generation capabilities.

The author Rajesh Angadi completed his BE, MBA, PMP and is Hadoop Certified.

With 22 years of Information Technology experience he worked on projects for Unisys, Intel, Satyam, Microsoft, Ford, Hartford, Compaq, and Princeton. He is always fascinated by the latest technology coming up in the IT sector and striving to keep pace with it. Interests in Information Technologies research areas like Hadoop Ecosystem, Predictive Analysis, Telematics, Clinical research with Analysis.

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KSBâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mobile App Brings Industry 4.0 to All Pumps To help plant operators increase productivity and transparency as well as improve competitiveness across the entire life cycle, Frankenthal-based pump manufacturer KSB has developed an app for smartphones and tablets that can determine the efficiency of fixed-speed pumps in just 20 seconds. The KSB Sonolyzer app is based on an algorithm that has been integrated in PumpMeter units for five years now, of which well over 30,000 have already been sold.

The smartphone-based application does not require knowledge of the individual characteristic curve or any additional technical data of the pump set to be measured, however, and can also be used with pumps from other manufacturers. Users can utilise the app to determine the load at which each centrifugal pump driven by a fixed-speed asynchronous motor is being operated. The following data must be entered for this purpose: the motor rating, the rated motor speed, the head and the flow rate of the pump.

This information can be read from the name plate affixed to

every pump.

When the measurement routine starts, the microphone built into the smartphone or tablet is used for approximately 20 seconds to record the noise emitted by the fan of the electric motor.

This noise spectrum is then filtered by the application to ascertain the exact speed of the pump set and determine the torque. By correlating the performance data entered by the user with the hydraulic systems database developed by the manufacturer, the app can conclude whether the pump is operating at part load and lets the user know if

any energy could be saved by optimising the hydraulic system or the drive.

The KSB Sonolyzer app is available for the iOS and Android operating systems and can even be used in potentially explosive atmospheres if the smartphone or tablet PC has appropriate protection. The average life cycle of plants used in the chemical industry exceeds 30 years, which is why the pumps installed have only seldomly been connected directly with the Internet of Things. In many cases, users are not even aware of a pumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current load condition.

This, in turn, points to a considerable amount of energy-saving potential that can be tapped by optimising existing pump installations.

All analysis data that is uploaded to a secure, cloudbased environment does not reference an individual. The data serves statistical purposes and is only used to further develop and advance the analysis algorithms in the cloud application which is accessed by the app.

Should a user be in need of support or assistance from the pump manufacturer, he or she must actively contact the company. For more details visit www.ksb.com

The KSB Sonolyzer mobile app allows users to analyse the efficiency of fixed-speed pumps with asynchronous motors in just 20 seconds.

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Focus on Offering Superior Quality on Competitive Rate

Siddharth K Desai Director, Kishor Pumps

Indian Pumps Industry has gone through a rapid makeover when it comes to production and application of latest technologies. Still there are many loopholes which need to be filled with attention from the Government. The only positive is the ongoing positive vibrancies into manufacturing across the country.

Indian Pumps industry caters to the diversified sector.

What do you feel, are the key drivers in the growth of Indian Pumps and Valves in the core manufacturing?

In the municipal water & wastewater market segment, the funding from the government is the key driver.

Recently, a lot of tenders have been put on hold due

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to indecision in releasing the funds under JNNURM (now AMRUT). In the municipal wastewater market, more than 200 projects worth close to INR 2000 Cr are awaiting funds disbursement. A technical evaluation, project reports and the tendering specification are ready.

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projects executed by NTPC in Power, most others in Power, Refining, Chemicals, Petrochemicals, Pharma, etc. are experiencing delayed investment. Most companies have put the capex roll out in slow mode due to uncertainty in global demand and the high interest rates.

Additionally, the companies are still highly leveraged from the 2007-2010 capex cycle.

How indigenous manufacturing is prevalent in Indian Pumps & Valves industry?

Indian valves and pumps industry is highly developed in terms of technology, manufacturing practices and cost structure.

Today, the global manufacturing industry is quickly adapting the CAD design. How ComputerAided-Manufacturing can really help the Pumps & Valves Manufacturing?

CAD helps in innovation, better estimation of costs, and lower time in new product prototyping. So it is very critical to adapt towards CAD systems including CFD. How is the market for energy-efficient solar pumps?

The potential for energyefficient solar pumps is probably one of the biggest on the world in the light of low irrigated acreage, power supply uncertainty and uncertain monsoons. Also, the cost of solar systems has fallen drastically in the last few years.

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for Indian Pumps & Valves Industry?

For suppliers of pumps for municipal and industrial projects, cash flow support from customers is a major hurdle. Cost competition from China is also a major concern.

When it comes to Quality and healthy business competition, often there is a compromise. How to tap the market with Quality Assurance?

With new manufacturing techniques and approaches the industry should look at how to build models which can deliver quality and cost competitiveness. We need not consider any trade-off or a compromise.

What is the scenario in both Import & Export?

In terms of export as an Indian brand, there is a large gestation period for entering new markets. However, for contract business to other OEMs in Europe, US and Japan, Indian companies have good respect.

How â&#x20AC;&#x153;Make in Indiaâ&#x20AC;? can trigger the growth of Pumps & Valves manufacturing in India?

The overall supply base and customer base will improve which will lift up the pumps industry as well.

The future of Pumps & Valves industry in India?

Focus of Indian manufacturers should be on delivering European quality at Chinese cost.

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Facing Audits of Customers and Third Parties Managing a SME in India - Part 33

As a continuation of last article, we will discuss on few more points on facing audits of customers and third parties, to manage SME’s better in India. The focus of this article is on how to face the Customer Audits especially related to systems and processes, how to prepare oneself for the audit and how to incorporate their observations with the right mind set.

P S Satish gotopssatish@gmail.com

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The focus of this article is on

process of Tier1 suppliers but

3rd Party Audits - By external

Customers and third parties

how to face the Customer

also on subsequent tiers. The

agency

– Part 1

Audits especially related to

Customer wants to ensure

systems and processes, how

that their suppliers have the

to prepare oneself for the

right processes, skills and

audit and how to incorporate

set up for right quality, right

their observations with the

price, and right capacity to

right mind set.

ensure right deliveries. They

Audits and reviews are powerful tools of management to steer the Company in the right direction. The question is

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Few decades back, the

are used in the Company.

attitude of the Customer

The Audits, reviews and

when sourcing parts from

corresponding feedbacks

Suppliers were like this, ‘I

from our Customers are

do not know what you to

valuable inputs for the

do. We need parts in time

improvement of the

and we want Quality’. This

companies. The other

holds good no more. With

sources for opportunities for

more focus on supply chain

improvements could be from

management, now Customers

internal team and 3rd party.

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Types of Audits 1st party Audits - Internal Audits 2nd Party Audits - Customer Audits

Which is most important?

It is difficult to say since purpose of each audits are different. The emphasis of internal audit is to see whether all in organization are complying with the standards or guidelines and to initiate improvement actions. In 2nd Party Audit, the Customer focus would be to see whether the system is in place so that the Supplier is capable to meet the agreed requirements. The objective of the audit by 3rd party would be to see whether

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comparable companies in

& whether the Supplier

the Industry. Subjectivity is

can be recommended for

high in assessment compared

certification or recertification

to audit and hence it will be

as the case may be. Out of

done normally a group. E.g.

above audits, I would say

EFQM (European foundation

most important step, I call it

of Quality management),

as ‘0 party Audit’ is self-audit.

Deming assessments.

The self-audit will reveal lot of gaps before we ask someone else to audit us. The only prerequisite for self-audit is that we should be honest in self assessments and try not to be defensive.

Audit and Assessment Audit is a systematic activity of collecting evidence to prove the compliance against a standard. Audit is normally formal and periodical. Audit will have some sort of scoring and compliance. E.g. ISO9001, TS16949 and VDA6.3 are audits. The disadvantage of audit is that if not done properly and high scoring is given to Company, Auditee

Companies use assessment when looking for a new supplier and after induction & start of business, audits will be done. I personally consider assessment mode is better than audit since focus of assessment is on process where as in audit it would on result. Result focus tend to

follow up to ensure PDCA (Plan – Do- Check – Act).

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• Done as a ritual since standard demands • To know where we are • Someone told the company it is good to undergo audit • For the sake of survival • Force from the Consultant • To show competitors that we are ahead • To identify opportunities for improvements The reason selected speaks of the attitude of the Company towards improvements. I personally feel that core reason for undergoing audit is to look at opportunities it brings in identifying areas for improvements. We should be thankful for the Auditor for the efforts taken for pin pointing our mistakes and giving us inputs.

This brings us to a question

whether Audit should be result oriented or process oriented. If the focus is too high on the results, Auditee will try to get somehow the marks or grades. He/ she tries to take short cuts and efforts will be only to be good with the Auditor. Even the selection of the Auditor, especially in case of 3rd party certifying body, will be based on who would be lenient in his approach and who would give high marks without asking many questions.

The result approach looks beneficial in the short term but is difficult to sustain in the long term.

On the other hand, if the focus is given on the process, the results are sustainable.

The efforts required here may be more but the benefit company derives is very high.

In this approach, we look for agencies who really test us and get deeply into all areas

of the company. We would always look for opportunities for improvements and is a valuable experience for the Auditee. When I was heading purchase of one organization, I had opportunity to source from one company located in Japan. The emphasis on 3rd party certification like ISO, TS is low in Japan since they believe in process and try to follow it without outside reference of standard.

If some company have certifications, it would be more for marketing purpose especially when they do business outside Japan. The Supplier I am referring did not have any certification though I could see during my visit his systems and processes were much above any standards.

But our Quality Manager in India wanted Supplier to be certified as this is one of the pre-requisite as purchase policy. When I told the

Japanese Supplier on our need, his immediate question was, ‘Who would be a very tough Auditing agency to certify our company?, who would really test us and show us areas for improvements? ‘.

In due course, they identified two tough agencies and took two certificates. On the contrary, I have seen few companies in India where they look for agencies who are easy going, cheap and gives certification without much complication.

I will continue the series of article in the next issue. Please send your inputs,remarks,suggestions to P S Satish, Mentor and Capability Developer, M/s Saraswati Industrial Services, Q 103, MantriParadise Apartments,Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore-560076.

Do visit www.satishps.com.

Have a good day.

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TALENT MANAGEMENT

Effective Delegation

At its core, delegation is an act of trust. When successful, the relationship between leader and employee is strengthened. When ineffective, it can get one or both fired.

Pavan Sriram pavan@ittige.com

Delegating is usually approached as a transaction, which it isn’t. “I tell an employee to do a task. The employee does the task. I reward the employee.

Everyone’s happy.”

most value to the organisation.

On the contrary, delegation is an essential tool that frees up time to focus on those things we do best and that add the

“No one other than me can do

Unfortunately, it is often a tool that never makes it out of the toolbox.

There are a number of reasons cited for hesitancy to delegate:

it.”

“Only I can do it correctly.”

“Everyone is busy, and there is no one to delegate to.”

“I will spend just as much time giving direction as I would simply do it myself.”

While these may all be valid, they are also obstacles that can be overcome with a little thought and clear communication prior to delegation. This article

provides tips and techniques to improve the delegation process and help you to transition from doing things yourself to doing things through others.

Like I mentioned earlier, too many leaders, believing only they are able to do things just right, insist on being involved in every single detail of their missions. They believe that

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Delegation is the “the art of letting go”, one of the hardest skills

this ultra-hands-on approach is good for business because they’re making sure everything gets done just so.

The reason successful delegation is critical is the capacity to get more done in less time. The other obvious reason is that it frees you up to contribute at your own highest and best level. Skills developed by delegating are: planning, communication, self-management, and transfer of technical skills. These are developed in both the delegator and delegatee.

Delegation is important for 1) Efficiency and 2) Development.

This leadership involvement leads to not only to the team’s efficiency, but also to the contribution of every team member, increasing everyone’s development. a) Efficiency Delegation improves efficiency when it allows work to be transferred to people whose skills are a better match for the work. You are in charge of planning and strategizing the

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next steps for your team. When your teammates are able to carry out most of the routine activities required of your team, it will allow you the time and effort needed to plan for your team’s next move. b) Development As a leader, you possess important skills and abilities that you can pass on to your team members. The best way of doing this is to coach them in the new skills and then delegate tasks to them so that they may use those new skills. Delegating is a great way of encouraging your team members to develop themselves and for you to develop coaching and mentoring skills.

A leader who takes over his subordinates’ responsibilities, constantly looks over their shoulder, and sticks his nose in their every doing, creates very dissatisfied people.

They feel like their leader has no confidence in them.

Conversely, bosses that give important responsibilities to their employees, along with

the freedom to complete the task their way, builds his employees’ innovation, morale, and satisfaction. It is crucial for a leader to show those under him that he trusts them.

Based on my leadership experience, here is a simple 4S formula to successfully delegating tasks. Most managers and leaders only do one of these steps, while some conduct two of the steps. When the task isn’t completed to the manager’s satisfaction, all too often the manager comes to his boss complaining that his employees just don’t get it, or he can’t find employees who are good enough to “get the job done.”

1. Select the Right Person: Match skills and capabilities with the task. Your selection should be based on talents— not simply on convenience.

2. Specify the Desired Result: Communicate clearly the result you are looking for (expectations) and specify what it looks like when it is done well (criteria).

3. Set a Deadline: A

reasonable timeframe creates accountability.

4. Seek Progress and Results: Set up a mechanism for those responsible to report progress and communicate issues as and when they complete or are constrained by the task Communication in delegation is the key. Finding out that a deliverable wasn’t completed or wasn’t done satisfactorily after the completion date is the nightmare scenario of delegating. Accountability is actually the act of giving a report on progress.

I look forward to hear from you at pavan@ittige.com on how you are putting together these critical components seamlessly to flow naturally in order to captivate your audience and make your presentation memorable and one that leaves a strong impression.

Pavan Sriram is the Founder and CEO of ITTIGE Learning, a performance-based training company that works with c-level executives to improve learning outcomes.

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QUALITY

Do You Want Six Sigma or Quality?

At its core, delegation is an act of trust. When successful, the relationship between leader and employee is strengthened. When ineffective, it can get one or both fired.

Gorur Sridhar gnsridhar@gmail.com

Improvement needs to grow from the grass roots Quality and Six Sigma are often considered as links in a chain.

For example, when quality is poor, many times the immediate response is, “Let’s improve it using Six Sigma.” But does Six Sigma, or any other program for that matter, really improve quality? Or, are they simply

mirrors to let us know where we are, what we’re doing, and where we’re heading?

like quality circles, motivating the workers, and so forth, at the grass-roots level?

customer feedback, growth figures; etc. prominently displayed.

If these programs are simply mirrors, then how do we address the issue of doing the work that actually improves quality? Do we use a top-down approach, such as Six Sigma, TQM, TPM, or some other hightech, jargon-rich program? Or do we use a bottom-up approach

Let’s look at three scenarios.

1. Now imagine that you are admitted for a surgical procedure on your right eye.

After the surgery, you wake up to find out that the wrong eye was operated on. Are you consoled by the hospital superintendent saying that mistakes do happen but the

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Large Corporate Hospital First consider a quiet, popular posh hospital with all the modern facilities: a large lounge with a help desk; all the credentials, accreditations, and

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking Henry Ford American Industrialist Founder,The Ford Motor Company (1863-1947)

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percentage is just way too small to be quantified? This administrator might further add that the hospital is tracking all medical errors and initiating corrective and preventive actions (CAPA). He also points out that they’re following Six Sigma and that the number of defects is way below the permissible defects per million opportunities.

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2. Let’s further assume that a few months later your child is admitted to the same hospital and given medications. The medicine was administered without the proper tests and/ or protocols, which resulted in a severe allergic reaction in

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your child. Once again, this is a human error, and the ensuing analysis was similar to that done in the previous situation. Once again, the data demonstrated that the hospital was way below the permissible defect level.

3. Again imagine that one of your family members is admitted to the same hospital with some complication. Proper diagnosis is carried out, all tests are in place and the reports are checked & verified. But the wrong patient is wheeled in and the surgery is carried out. You cry out foul......

Is this the facility that you will rely upon for your next medical

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management.

1. Let’s say that you purchase a product from this company at a very low price, and that it conks out within one week. A Black Belt might describe the concept of reliability, the bathtub curve, etc., but are you really consoled that the product in question was tested for a 95-percent confidence level? This failure (the failure in the product that you bought, of course) would have been part of the remaining 5 percent.

2. Now imagine that you buy a different product from the same company. This one malfunctions within a couple of months. You log a complaint, but you get attention only after a week of repeated follow ups. You try to stay calm considering they’re understaffed for such an eventuality, given that their products are highly reliable and meet Six Sigma metrics.

3. Yet again because of the wide product range and competitive pricing by the manufacturer imagine that fate drives you into going in for the same brand.

You buy the product for gifting

to your near and dear one on a very auspicious occasion. Later on you understand that it is not meeting its stated specifications and that the user had a tough time using it. You curse yourself for having fallen to the brand image, their marketing blitz, product range etc.

On the other hand, imagine a small company manufacturing only a couple of models, with only a handful of semi-skilled workers, which is not certified to any quality management systems standard and whose workers have never heard of Six Sigma. Even with all that going against them, this company’s products are all defect-free and delivered on time.

Given these scenarios, where would it appear that quality comes from? Does it come from a large brand name associated with a company that hangs certifications on the wall and has many Black Belts running around, or does it come from the struggle to establish itself as a brand and doing whatever it takes to make sure its products are perfect?

It’s the latter. Quality is a self-consciousness or selfawareness and passion to improve one’s work.

That’s what sets people and organizations apart. Six Sigma and other programs are only a rear-view mirror to see how you have performed. Such tools are valuable but more as a means to generate process awareness among the work force and to take corrective actions when necessary.

Quality is within individuals and can neither be forced nor automated. Don’t ever judge quality by the number of certifications, Six Sigma projects, or trend charts displayed.

Quality needs to originate at the grass-roots level, i.e., from call center operators, nurses, doctors, machinists, assemblers, etc. It can move upward from there, at which time the graphs in the boardroom will start to reflect a positive move toward real quality. Quality can’t be driven by top management by usage of tools, because these only monitor the processes. The

onus of implementation—and quality—still resides with individual workers.

As Henry Ford has summed it up...

The author Gorur N Sridhar is a Mechanical Engineer and a qualified Six Sigma Master Black belt with more than 26 years of experience in Manufacturing, Quality and Design in Aerospace, Automotive, Engineering Services and Medical domains.

He has been instrumental for substantial cost savings through Value Engineering, Process Improvements & Failure Analysis. He has mentored more than 100 Six Sigma & Kaizen projects and is a Qualified Internal Auditor for ISO9000, QS 9000 & AS9100 Quality Systems. He is also associated with the Implementation and Sustainance of CMMI L5 activities. He is also equally contributing in EHS and Community development programmes. He is located in Bangalore, India and can be reached at gnsridhar@gmail.com

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Indian Government should Promote Local Manufacturing of Security Products

Sanjeev Sehgal Managing Director, Sparsh Securitech

Security is a key concern for India. Yet, there are not much happening in the manufacturing security products locally. Indians still depend on low cost China products but cannot rely completely upon its quality.

Sparsh has its unique concept of manufacturing local products in India ensuring quality and cost effectiveness at the same time. We had a detailed conversation with Mr. Sanjeev Sehgal on the prospects of Make in India. Excerpts:

The Prime Minister of India announced Make in India last year. What do you think is the prospect of this mission in your company?

We are very much optimistic for the concept and being an Indian Manufacturer it makes us feel highly motivated towards our profession. Now after a decade we are trying to set a benchmark of Indian quality

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against the China product.

Although we have all the capability, technology, work force, the Prime Ministerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Make in India concept is like icing on cake.

How does your company plan to leverage the current positive sentiment in India? Would you look at expanding the products you manufacture locally?

Obviously India is accepting our product very gracefully. We have tried to give a patriotic feel to all our marketing communication, the reason because Indian market is flooded by China products, although they are cheaper but people have doubt on its reliability. Apart from that product getting manufactured in India gives an emotional attachment due to patriotism.

Is the focus on Import substitution or Export promotion?

Obviously we are trying to explore Indian brand quality across the globe, so we already have our first overseas Sparsh Office in US, under the supervision of Mr. Rajive Sehgal.

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so strategy will be in main role in the market.

What are the steps that the government should take to promote manufacturing in India?

Despite such a growing market, Indian CCTV market is still much unorganized with many traders flooding the market with inferior imported products. Customers need to be educated so that they can buy the right product for their security needs and get best

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return on their investment. In addition, government needs to set standards for security devices that can be sold and provide guidelines for import and export of electronic security products. In addition, government needs to create policies to promote local manufacturing of security products.

How can India compete with the global security market?

The growing incidences of terrorist attacks (26/11 attack)

and other criminal activities have significantly changed the security perception of the Indian customers and various government agencies, which are now looking for better and advanced security products & solutions. The changing socio-economic conditions have made video surveillance a must have for both the government and private organizations. The need for security in almost every walk of life is driving the demand for CCTV cameras thus providing attractive

business opportunity for multi-nationals, local firms and traders. Based on various estimates, global CCTV market is still growing at double digit rates and Indian market is growing at few times that rate. Asia accounts for over 1/3rd of the global market with India and China driving bulk of the growth. Indian CCTV market has grown at 25-35% CAGR in last few years and we expect growth rates to continue for next 3-5 years.

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MANAGEMENT

HAPPINESS is who YOU are!

Chasing happiness has become a daily chore! As human beings, we often find ourselves looking for happiness outside of us. We are so busy running the materialistic rat race that slowing down and connecting with ourselves is something we save it for ‘old age’.

Shama Patel authorshamapatel@mail.com

We become accustomed to this running and chasing, and we are almost convinced that the same method must be followed to find peace and happiness.

That is why, whenever we get a chance to relax, we run to some place (read holiday destinations) which is already crowded with thousands of people flocking in search of peace and happiness.

Most often than not, we end up returning home feeling good but tired at the same time! Not to mention, he pleasure derived from such trips is fleeting. We become trained to associate happiness with things, people, and situations around us. The moment these associations disappear, we feel distant from joy and bliss.

When I got tired of seeking peace and happiness in all the materialistic things and associating it with every person in my life, I began to dig deeper and look for peace and happiness which I could sustain for a longer time. It was then that I discovered that happiness isn’t a feeling that comes and goes, but it is my core creation.

Whenever we create something new, we often create it out of happiness and not sadness.

Similarly, when we, as Human Beings, were created, we were created out of happiness.

Thus, happiness becomes our foundation, our core, and not a feeling which is out there in the woods which we have to go chasing.

‘21 Ways of Being Happy’ is my attempt of bringing you closer to yourself and assisting you in falling in love with your life:) It is to remind you that happiness is who you are and you can get in touch with it the moment you begin to break ice with your ‘Self’:)

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Human mind is not trained to get in touch with this core. On the contrary, it is trained to travel everywhere else, accumulating worries, anxieties, stress, guilt, shame and so on. Thus, blurring the core (happiness) further!

When I was told to write a book on happiness, I began to explore ‘happiness’ as this core and started listing all possible baggage that we accumulate to keep happiness away from our lives. I perceive happiness as the ability to be at peace with that ‘self’ (YOU) despite the circumstances in life. I believe that if you are able to embrace yourself with

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unconditional love, not just at the time of success but, even at the time of crisis, only then you will be able to get in touch with that peace within which is the source of profound happiness.

There are various ways to connect with this core creation (aka Self, Universal force, God, Prana, Life force, Qui etc) and in my book titled ’21 Ways of Being Happy’, I have tried to share the ways that worked for me - The ways that I practiced in my life and saw myself getting closer and closer with this magnificent Human creation!

These ways helped me get closer to myself and that gave

me strength and courage to withstand every challenge thrown my way. It helped me find peace and happiness in the chaotic life which I continue to live even today.

Since I am as good a Human as you are, it is likely that these ways will equally help you get in touch with yourself and embrace that happiness, the magnificent creation that you are!

The author Shama Patel is a Psychologist and an Author of a recently launched book titled ‘21 Ways of Being Happy’. She is an empathetic soul with a creative mind and a beautiful heart which has touched the

lives of many young adults, couples, senior citizens and several others who she has met in her journey of life.

She has also helped various alcoholics, drug addicts and survivors of abuse and human trafficking in their healing process. An ardent believer in the trinity of Body, Mind and Soul, her practice and writing strongly reflects this philosophy. This altruist finds solace in sketching and her yoga practice.

You can reach her at authorshamapatel@ mail.com or follow her on www.facebook.com/ AuthorShamaPatel and Twitter @Shama_21WOBH

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AUTOMOBILE

Electric Vehicles in India – Redefining the Future EVs are set to redefine the future of automobiles, termed variously as micro hybrid, hybrid, plug-in hybrid and pure electric. Fluctuating fuel prices and tightening emission regulations are creating opportunities for hybrid and electric vehicles.

Sujeet Kumar sujeet.kumar@kineticindia.com

The Electric Vehicle (EV) market in India is at a nascent stage where potential for EVs is high. Much effort is needed to educate the consumers and from industry side to cater this segment. While few automakers have entered into EVs, there are those who could not sustain.

Over the last few years, the Indian market has come to offer many opportunities.

India has a fair number of electric two-wheeler & three wheeler makers from ‘organized’ and unorganized’ background. These are likes

Kinetic Green, Hero Electric, Electrotherm are the main organized players who have come strongly to cater these segments. Bangalore-based Mahindra Reva is the only electric car maker. Having starved for volumes, most of the manufacturers are sourcing

components from China, Japan, Taiwan, Germany and S Korea.

Touching upon the need for advanced, easy to use, cost and fuel efficient technology for EVs to grow, the researchers are taking lot of efforts to introduce innovative products, which gives a positive outlook for EVs

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The New Kinetic SAFAR- ARAI approved all steel body safe and powerful braking

in India. A local EV components industry is evolving, but will take time.

A report by Frost & Sullivan put the EV market in India in 2013 at 125,257 units. It is estimated to reach 1.1 million units by 2021, clocking a CAGR growth of 31.6 per cent. Global and Indian manufacturers are expected to launch more than 25 EV models by 2021.

According to Mr. Sujeet Kumar (Head – International Business & Strategic Sourcing) at Kinetic Green Energy & Power Solutions Ltd opined that, there is a need for fuel efficiency in India, which has been delayed by the auto industry as compared globally.

A lot of effort is needed from Industry side in terms of research & development and innovations and the time has ripe well where Government regulations and policies has also come in to place to promote EVs in India under NEMMP-2020. The EV trend

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in India is largely limited to e-rickshaws and two-wheelers, which function at a level where they do not attract registration with the regional transport authorities, or a license to ride or drive them. Now, with the changes in CMVR rules in three wheeler categories to regulate e-rickshaw running unregulated at many places in India, attracted many big automobile companies like KINETIC GREEN to launch well engineered and ARAI approved electric three wheeler auto for safe and comfortable ride for passenger in the market. This has also led to the removal of small unorganized players from the frays who were catering this market with no automobile experience, just assemble the imported CKD kits and sell with no warranty and guarantee compromising with the safety of the passengers.

Kinetic Green’s “SAFAR” electric three wheeler auto employs 48 V deep cycle ledacid batteries and 850 W BLDC

motor and two-speed gearbox, for a range of around 75-80 km.

A ‘high-low’ throttle function helps unleash some reserve charge to limp another 5-7 km, somewhat addressing range anxiety. “SAFAR” a fantastic combination of technology, innovation, affordability and first of its kind in its segment for the last mile connectivity and point to point transport which has high appeal to its customer. Range anxiety and lack of infrastructure (read charging stations) are considered major stumbling blocks and it is felt that range anxiety and technology are interlinked and managing technology would entail to manage and resolve many other challenges around EVs. Government Initiatives and Policies: Owing to the high spending on crude oil import which is almost 50% of the India’s GDP has pushed the government to take active steps towards reducing the dependency on crude oil

import and promote EVs in India through various schemes as a part of India’s goal towards fuel security.

National Electric Mobility Mission (NEMMP 2020) launched by the Indian government has attracted every automaker attention.

NEMMP 2020 sets the consumption target for 5 to 7 million hybrid and electric vehicles by 2020. The first phase of incentive announced this year, the plan to be effective for the next six years, could help India save 4.8 million barrels of oil and cut down on 270 million tones of CO2 emission by 2030.

• Target of deploying 5 to 7 million electric vehicles in the country by 2020 • Emphasizes importance of government incentives and coordination between industry and academia • Target of 400,000 passenger battery electric cars (BEVs)

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by 2020 ~ avoiding 120 million barrels of oil and 4 million tons of CO2 • Lowering of vehicular emissions by 1.3 percent by 2020 • Total investment required – INR 20,000 – 23,000 cr (approx 3 billion USD) EVs Financing: Financing plays as a major driver in creating the market demand and in the wake of government initiatives we expect that nationalized banks should offer 80 per cent (of the EV cost) funding to EV buyers without a guarantor, excluding subsidy benefits.

Now with the new policy in place the banks are preparing to provide loan for an EV which was not seen earlier. If the banks can offer a loan to purchase a phone, then why

not to purchase an EV? With 80 per cent funding by banks, electric two-wheelers/three wheeler will witness a positive growth. The government should strongly push the banks to provide loans for EVs which will help the customer to buy this vehicle as conventional one.

Local Component for EVs: The local components industry in India does not seem to encourage an EV market. The EV industry is weak and cannot compete with global partners.

Not just on the technological front, but also in terms of product costs. Product costs are high, and the industry is not willing to offer new and innovative products. In comparison, the charger and battery companies in India are nowhere as close, especially on the price and quality front

which consists 40% of the vehicle cost.

Challenges Ahead: Many automakers ventured into the manufacture of electric twowheelers/three wheeler earlier and were not able to sustain.

There quality was inferior, and their business plans were not viable which left a bad taste and as a result companies stop investing in this areas.

Clearly, infrastructure is not the only challenge. The hurdle is the reluctance to buy EVs. The average commuting in cities is around 35 to 45 km, which can be managed even by e-bikes, but awareness is lacking. Globally, the registration norms require a speed of above 42 km, whereas in India it is 25 km. Also, in order to work according to this registration category,

the cost and time needed for approvals in India is high.

The price of e-bikes cannot be less than Rs 55,000 and an electric auto 150,000 but if these get subsidized by 35 per cent, then the industry will grow at a high rate. Now with the new manufacturing and incentive policy in place, the manufacturers are optimistic about the EVs future in India and have started spending on technologies and innovations through various partnerships, and a collaborative effort of industries and the government can propel the faster adoption of these vehicles. Rest time will tell.

The author, Mr. Sujeet Kumar, is the Head- International Business & Strategic Sourcing of Kinetic Green Energy & Power Solutions Limited. He is the Head of the SAFAR Project. For more details you can visit www.kineticindia.com

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FEATURE ARTICLE

Welding with Fastmig X The whole welding world changed from transformer, generator and Rectifier to Inverter based technology welding equipment. Now with Insulated Gate Bipolar transistor (IGBT Technology) based inverter welding machines occupies the whole welding equipment market, because of its current carrying capacity, voltage capability and its switching speed. Kemppi – world leading manufacturer of arc welding equipment introduced FASTMIG X series designed for high quality welding and professional use. FastMig X is not a standard machine.

Sritharanandh G Sritharanandh.Govindraj@kemppi.com

The whole welding world changed from transformer, generator and Rectifier to Inverter based technology welding equipment. Now with Insulated Gate Bipolar transistor (IGBT Technology) based inverter welding machines occupies the whole welding equipment market, because of its current carrying

capacity, voltage capability and its switching speed. Kemppi – world leading manufacturer of arc welding equipment introduced FASTMIG X series designed for high quality welding and professional use.

FastMig X is not a standard machine. It’s a flexible setup of high-quality components, always selected to precisely

match with customer welding needs. It comes with two set of maximum current output ranges 350 & 450 Amperes.

FastMig X is a multi-purpose welding power sources suitable for MIG/MAG, Manual Metal arc welding (MMAW) and Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding (with additional unit- MasterTig LT 250). MIG/

MAG welding supports for Synergic MIG, Pulse and double pulse MIG. FastMig X is always configured to meet its customer needs, whatever they are: materials from mild steel to special alloys, from thin sheets to thick plates, conditions from hot to cold, working environments from workshops to shipyards etc.

FastMig X is capable of measuring and showing the voltage close to the welding arc.

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FastMig X is capable of measuring and showing the voltage close to the welding arc. By taking this feature into use we don’t need to be concerned about the voltage losses in welding cables anymore. With this feature we only require to set the voltage for the arc before welding and we can see the voltage close to the arc after welding. So arc voltage is easily kept within the WPS Limits. FastMig X series supports Match Function. This allows using of two pre-defined sets of welding parameters during welding. We can toggle between these parameter sets by pressing the welding gun trigger briefly without having to stop welding.

FastMig X Series comes with three sample setups namely Regular, Pipe and Intelligent.

According to our application / requirement we can select the type of setup to match our requirement. FastMig X is fully compatible with Kemppi ARC System 3, the most extensive Total welding management software in the world.

FastMigX fully supports the following wise functions softwares: Wise Thin +: It is a tailored cold arc process for manual and automated thin sheet welding and brazing. Typical applications include quality light plate fabrication in ferrous and non ferrous materials including automotive manufacturing. Wise Thin+ feature provides 10-25% less heat input than normal MIG/ MAG welding. Because of the less heat input the post weld material distortion also reduced. Wise Thin+ feature helps to reduce the spatter

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level in welding of all the materials.

Wise Root +: It is a highly efficient and unique tailored short arc process for manual and automated root pass welding. Designed for the effective closure of root joint areas and also the accommodation of gaps created by poor joint fit-up, WiseRoot + is three times faster in root closure than TIG welding.

Wise Penetration: It delivers consistent power to the weld pool regardless of changes in welding gun orientation or distance between the welding gun and work piece.

It is suitable for both manual and automated synergic MIG/ MAG welding. Normally in MIG/ MAG welding the power to the weld pool is changing as the operator is varying stickout distance. These deviations can result in quality issues such as lack of fusion, incomplete or inconsistent penetration, changes in weld profile and of course welding spatters.

Wise Fusion: It creates and maintains an optimal short circuit characteristic in pulsed MIG/MAG and spray-arc welding applications. Keeping the arc length optimally short for manual and automated welding, Wise Fusion ensures consistent weld quality in all positions and eliminates the need for regular parameters adjustments.

Nothing is Impossible when welding with Kemppi’s FastMig X Series. Come and Join us to get the feel of Joy of welding…

The author Sritharanandh G is Solution Engineer-Kemppi India Pvt Ltd.

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The Right Turn for Higher Energy Efficiency Frequency converters from Rexroth for any application All over the world, industrial end users are putting more and more emphasis on energy-efficient machines and systems. By using demand-oriented electromechanical energy, users are able to make significant savings on energy. Speed-controlled motors as pump drives for example can reduce electricity consumption by up to 80 percent in comparison to fixed-displacement drives. The EFC 3610 and EFC 5610 frequency converters from Rexroth exploit these potentials simply and economically. Scalable in performance and functioning, the drives can be integrated into a wide variety of automation environments with simple commissioning and open interfaces.

The intelligent frequency converters control speed on demand, thus significantly reducing the energy consumption of pumps, compressors and fans. They can be integrated into many different kinds of machines as compact units for speed and torque control. Together with permanent magnet motors, the frequency converters increase energy efficiency and the continuously adaptable pulse frequency minimizes motor noise at the same time.

Integrated energy counters measure actual consumption and show valuable information for the energetic optimization of machines and systems.

Commissioning without a PC With the integrated control

panel, commissioning can be done easily without programming devices or a PC. From there the user can start auto-tuning or quickly and easily enter or change the few necessary parameters. With switchover options between parameter sets and integrated PID control to increase flexibility as well as various optional I/O and fieldbus modules, the devices are suitable for any application in machine building.

equipment. The drives have analog inputs and outputs, which can be used as voltage or current interfaces. Digital inputs/outputs make simple direct coupling with a PLC possible. The assembly work required is significantly reduced by the integrated brake chopper and mains filter as well as timesaving installation technology using plug-in terminals and an attachment option on standard DIN rail.

The LED display can show all operating variables. The removable control panel has an integrated copy function. This accelerates the commissioning of several frequency converters with the same or similar parameter set and reduces the work required when exchanging

Open interfaces for universal application The frequency converters from Rexroth can be easily integrated into an automation network via a Modbus interface included as standard or an optional PROFIBUS module.

With the integrated sequence

control with 16 levels, independent sequences can be parameterized. The protection function for pump operation and motor temperature monitoring protect the system during critical process conditions.

Optimum start torque The two new frequency converter series cover the power spectrum from 0.4 to 18.5 kW. In addition to the freely definable V/f operation, the EFC 5610 also offers vector control for an optimal torque curve. In heavy duty mode, the overload capacity can be maintained at up to 150 percent for 60 seconds. The high-torque EFC 5610 frequency converter also offers an optimal start torque of 200 percent at 0.5 Hz.

Energy when it is needed: EFC 3610 and EFC 5610 frequency converters from Rexroth.

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FEATURE ARTICLE

Varnish Solutions for Lubrication Systems in Gas Turbines As gas turbines run, friction and heat combine to degrade lubricant oil and produce very small degradation by-products that settle throughout the system as varnish.

Over time, these particles attach themselves to surfaces throughout the turbine producing a sticky coating. As varnish builds up, turbine performance suffers immensely.

Left untreated, varnish causes a multitude of performance-critical problems including: increased bearing wear, accelerated gear wear, lowered performance of heat exchangers and most critically, IGV Servo valve stiction and failure.

G L Sakhrani info@ferrocare.com

Fuel control and IGV valves are particularly susceptible to varnish buildup, causing trips and unplanned outages.

Additionally, varnish settles out in cooler spots in the system and in tight clearance areas, such as pilot stages on servo valves.

The tacky nature of varnish attracts other contaminants, converting smooth metal surfaces to sandpaper while acting as a catalyst to shorten the life of the lubricant.

A serious concern for reliability engineers is that the onset of

varnish cannot be predicted with routine oil analysis. Tests such as RBOT, RPVOT and TAN do indicate that there is oxidation potential in your oil, but only after varnish has affected the system. Both newly commissioned turbines and older installations are

susceptible to these varnishrelated failures.

Root Causes of Varnish Varnish is a result of the base oil and additive system deteriorating in the lubricant.

Heat, an unavoidable factor, is

TOTAL SYSTEM CONTAMINATION

Varnished load gear

HARD CONTAMINANT

SOFT CONTAMINANT

Varnished bearing surface

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Plugged filter from static discharge

Degradation by-products, or soft contaminants, make up the majority of insoluble materials in used turbine oils and are responsible for varnish. Soft contaminants are typically smaller than 1 micron in size â&#x20AC;&#x201D; too small to be removed with raditional oil filters. Kleentek offers the best technology available to remove both hard and soft contaminants â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 100% of the problem

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Last chance filters on moog valve after Kleentek.

Last chance filters on moog valve before Kleentek.

among the biggest enemies of turbine oil and is a primary factor in the creation of degradation by-products.

When oil temperatures reach 300°C / 572°F, the hydrocarbon molecules begin to crack and break apart, thereby polluting the lubricant.

Beyond general heat-related degradation, there are several additional root causes of varnish in gas turbines: 1. Static discharge from mechanical filters 2. Shared reservoir for hydraulic and lube oil circuits 3. Hot spots in the system 4. Additive depletion 5. Implosion of air bubbles 6. Recent formulation and base oil changes in turbine oils 7. Low flow hydraulic circuits with temperature differentials

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Kleentek electrostatic oil cleaners have been solving varnish problems in industrial applications for more than 25 years. Kleentek is a world leader in varnish and lubricant degradation research.

Solving Varnish Problems Kleentek electrostatic oil cleaning technology solves varnish problems in gas turbines. Unlike traditional oil filtration, Kleentek’s patented technology removes all insoluble contaminants, including degradation byproducts that are responsible for creating varnish.

Conventional filters remove only large particulates but leave the smaller particles that are at the heart of varnish buildup problems. “Clean” oil is not really clean if varnish is still present in the system.

Kleentek electrostatic oil cleaners actually clean the internals of the system. This patented technology allows the ultra clean lubricant to act as a system cleaner. Rather than depositing varnish over time, lubricants cleaned by a Kleentek system have the opposite effect; with clean oil stripping away varnish

one molecular layer at a time.

Systems severely contaminated with varnish are cleaned, leaving shiny metal surfaces behind.

Even systems with severe varnish contamination are reclaimed using the Kleentek system. Gas turbine users have eliminated valve stiction problems in as little as 14 days after the installation of Kleentek units. Kleentek varnish removal systems are easily connected directly to the oil reservoir for continuous cleaning. They run virtually maintenance-free, requiring only a periodic collector change.

Benefits Of Kleentek Varnish Removal Systems Kleentek systems provide significant benefits for gas turbine users. Some of these benefits include: Reliable, tripfree Servo valve performance, Varnish-free lube and hydraulic oil circuits, Extended oil life,

Avoidance of unplanned outages, Decreased bearing and gear wear, Improved heat exchanger performance, Extended seal and O-Ring life and Elimination of costly system flushes.

Kleentek varnish removal systems provide unmatched return on investment. Systems often pay for themselves many times over in the first year of operation. Significant reductions in varnishrelated trips and unplanned maintenance can easily cover initial costs. Kleentek solutions become a key element of your reliability program and an essential partner in profitable operations and maintenance.

The author G L Sakhrani is the Managing Director of Pune based Ferrocare Machines Pvt Ltd. For more details write to Ferrocare Machines Pvt Ltd, 23-25, Gulmohar Kubera Industrial Complex, Salunkhe Vihar Road, Wanawadi, Pune 411 040 Tel: +91-20-2683 0655, 2683 0080, 32906400 Email: info@ ferrocare.com

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TONiC™ Optical Encoders Support the Latest Generation of CMMs from COORD-3 A continuous product development cycle, horizontal organisational structure and streamlined range of model sizes have made COORD-3 a global CMM brand.

Renishaw supplies a wide-range of precision metrology products to COORD-3 and both companies benefit from a long-standing and successful partnership.

Samina Khalid Samina.Khalid@renishaw.com

COORD-3 CMMs make use of the following Renishaw solutions: • Touch trigger motorized probe systems including the 3-axis PH10 PLUS and 5-axis PH20 heads • Universal CMM Controllers (UCC) and software

• Laser calibration systems such as the XL-80 laser with XC-80 environmental compensation unit • TONiC high-performance optical encoders with FASTRACK™ mounted RTLC stainless steel scale.

Renishaw enhances the

COORD-3 customer solution with products that increase CMM throughput, accuracy and automation, resulting in increased sales backed by a strong global support network. Renishaw has also built valuable synergies with COORD-3 to support its demanding product design

“The main challenge with CMMs is ensuring measurement repeatability. Renishaw’s TONiC encoders with FASTRACK have solved the problems associated with differential thermal expansion between the scale and machine axis on which it is applied. Strong points of the TONiC encoder series include: high measurement precision, linear thermal expansion of scale due to CTE of scale, ease of installation and setup and easily replaceable FASTRACK scale for straight-forward maintenance.”

Fabrizio Tonellato Principal Electronics Engineer, COORD-3

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TONiC and FASTRACK COORD-3 is one of the few suppliers to manufacture its CMM structures from aluminium alloy and silicon-carbide, offering maximum metrology performance and productivity.

“Since 2009, we have launched at least two products per year into the market. Our new bridgetype Universal CMM family features a brand-new design and was launched - only one year after the project started.”

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COORD-3 manufactures its CMM structures from aluminium alloy and silicon-carbide offering maximum metrology performance and productivity

TONiC optical encoder and RTLC FASTRACK scale mounted on each CMM axis

Even in a lab with environmental control, traditional granite CMM frames have significant thermal mass and take much longer to absorb and dissipate thermal changes, whereas, aluminium’s high coefficient of thermal conductivity allows the machine structure to respond more rapidly and linearly with temperature fluctuations.

This is important as it is necessary to predict CMM thermal behaviour and compensate for it in order to ensure machine accuracy over its operating temperature range. CMMs that expand linearly without induced constraints are easier to compensate for, which improves measurement repeatability.

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overall traverse speed and ultimately increasing measurement throughput.

This allows the CMM to operate at relatively high speed, which is particularly important for in-line applications where inspection operations need to keep pace with production.

Renishaw provides real-time temperature compensation with its 3-axis UCC S3 and 5-axis UCC T5 controllers, allowing temperature monitoring of up to 16 different locations, using sensors which can be fixed to the X, Y, and Z axes of the CMM and to the workpiece being measured. The thermal data is then combined with axis feedback from the TONiC encoder system to produce high fidelity measurements that allow the machine to minimise thermal error and reduce measurement uncertainty.

A TONiC readhead, with 0.1 μm resolution, and RTLC FASTRACK scale, is installed on each CMM axis. FASTRACK is a scale carrier system, comprising two miniature guide rails, that securely retains Renishaw’s 8 mm x 0.2 mm low-profile stainless steel scales and allows them to freely expand at their own CTE (Coefficient of Thermal Expansion) with almost zero hysteresis (for example, <1 μm on a centre-clamped 2 metre axis over the entire operating temperature range).

Another advantage of this system is that damaged scale can be quickly removed and replaced, even when access is limited, thus reducing machine downtime. This feature is also ideal for large machines that need to be sectioned prior to transportation.

and TONiC with FASTRACK embodies the COORD-3 design philosophy. Different materials are used to build a CMM and Renishaw’s encoder scales help minimize the CMM measuring error and maximize precision.”

Mr Vaccaro adds: “COORD-3 CMMs are built largely from aluminium and Renishaw’s encoders help to compensate for expansion and thermal movement. In creating our CMMs, we are not bound in the choice of the materials because Renishaw’s FASTRACK mounted scale is largely free to expand independently of the machine structure. TONiC with FASTRACK and the UCC S3 / T5 controllers are stable, flexible and well-designed products, which have helped to triple our sales.”

Mr Vaccaro emphasises: “Scales and readheads are of primary importance for CMMs

COORD-3 CMMs can also feature a Renishaw PH20 touch-trigger system, which

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allows easy access to features at any angle and can deliver a 3-fold increase in measurement throughput over traditional systems. Unlike conventional touch-trigger measurement methods, which rely on speeding up the motion of the CMM to measure quickly, PH20 utilizes head motion technology developed for the multi-award winning REVO® system to minimize the dynamic errors of the CMM at higher measurement speeds.

“For us, Renishaw’s products sell themselves and really drive our business – the PH20 gave us a great competitive advantage and in 2014, thanks to PH20, 5-axis CMM sales were 10 times higher than in 2013.”

Global support

About COORD-3

A great strength of COORD-3 is its after-market service, since the real value of CMM products is in the customer experience and overall lifetime costs. High-quality and rapid customer support enhances the customers’ perception of value and trust in the COORD-3 brand.

COORD-3 was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Bruzolo, Italy – where it manufactures a comprehensive range of CMM equipment including gantry, bridge and horizontal-arm types.

Customers typically use CMMs for mechanical part ideation and conception, design and assembly, quality control and certification. COORD-3 also develops software solutions such as TouchDMIS, for touch interface CMM control, to facilitate CMM utilization.

Mr Vaccaro concludes: “If a foreign COORD-3 customer needs some assistance, say a probe installed on one of our machines, we can always count on the quality of Renishaw’s global support. Renishaw’s global network allows us to give our customers the best after market service, wherever they are.”

In February 2015, in-line metrology specialist Perceptron Inc. announced its acquisition of COORD-3.

This became effective from

1st March 2015 leading to the establishment of a new company, COORD-3 Industries s.r.l, fully owned by Perceptron.

A winning team Renishaw’s TONiC encoder system with RTLC scale on FASTRACK, PH20 probe heads and many other leading metrology products give COORD-3 the tools it needs to grow its business with cuttingedge CMM technology. This technical collaboration allows both companies to remain at the forefront of new product development.

For more information about Renishaw’s full range of TONiC encoders please visit www.renishaw.com/tonic.

PH20 probe head mounted on COORD-3 CMMs for 5-axis measurement

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CASE STUDY

One of the Most Advanced and Largest Logistics Centers in the World NIKE Inc., (headquartered at Oregon, USA) has grown to become the world’s top sportswear and fitness company since its establishment a little over 30 years ago. In March 2001, NIKE’s corporate branch in Japan, NIKE Japan (headquartered at Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo), has completed its new Customer Service Center (CSC) in Tomisato, Chiba to serve customers nationwide. Full operation started in October 2001. This is the fourth NIKE CSC in the world. It was built with NIKE’s unmatched expertise in the logistics field and with supreme technology in material handling. The Tomisato CSC is the largest and the most-advanced logistics center among the NIKE groups. The vast scale of the center suggests the level of enthusiasm that NIKE has for Japan as the second largest market behind the US.

Asim Behera asim_behera.da2@ha.daifuku.co.jp

Increased service by centralizing logistics needs The logistics bases for NIKE Japan used to be in three separate locations; one in Tokyo exclusively for footwear, and two in Kawasaki exclusively for apparel. The

new CSC centralized these functions in one location to 1) Increase operation efficiency and offer thorough inventory control, 2) Cut the logistics cost with the increased efficiency for shipping and delivery operation, 3) Offer higherquality service to customers.

With a site area of about 1.6 times the famous Tokyo Dome, the vast facility houses a full line of the newest, highcapacity material handling equipment and systems.

The CSC handles 7,500 SKU (Stock Keeping Unit) of

footwear and 15,000 SKU of apparel. This is the first center in the world with the capacity hold both footwear and apparel in one location.

The majority of NIKE products is manufactured overseas and imported to Japan. The

“Ski Sorter (loop)”. Upper level for apparel, lower level for footwear.

Receiving Building. Products are carried on Shuttle Vehicle.

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Recieving Building

Processing Building

Main Building

Tomisato CSC conveniently situates near the port and Narita International Airport, and a 10-minute drive from the Higashi-Kanto Expressway Tomisato exit. Easy traffic access and the fact that 80% of customers are found in the regions from Kanto to Kansai area were the deciding factors in the location for the new center. NIKE currently has about 300 diversified customers nationwide including major sports chains, department stores, contract

athletes and teams, w ith 3 ,200 delivery points. The C SC achieved logistics systems for imported goods that offer next-day, or 2-day delivery at the latest.

stored. 2) Processing Building for shipping work. 3) Main Office Building with data center and office. All buildings are earthquake-proof up to 7 on the Japanese seismic scale.

Handling ever-increasing volume with a high- level Automated Material Handling Sysem

The main material handling equipment includes the Unit Load AS/RS with 8 stacker cranes and 25,004 storage locations in the Receiving Building, and the Mini Load AS/RS with 22 stacker cranes and 51,964 storage locations for the Processing Building.

The CSC consists of three buildings: 1) Receiving Building at which loads are received and inspected, and returned items

Additional systems such as presorter “Ski Sorter” (straight type, 1 line for footwear and 2 lines for apparel) and final sorter “Ski Sorter” (loop type, 348 chutes for footwear and 300 chutes for apparel).

The total length of conveyor in both buildings reach about 9.5km (5.13 mile). The CSC with the cutting-edge Automated Material Handling System and high information technology, NIKE is prepared to handle projected product volume up to the year 2007.

Shipping Final Sorter “Jet Surfing Sorter”.

Products are sorted by shipping destination

Footwear Presorter “Ski Sorter (straight)”.

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50% Battle Won Once We Started Using NORD Gear box

HLE, one of the largest manufacturers of filtration and drying equipment across the globe with a CAGR of 25%, established in the year 1981. Initially the company was formed to cater their own engineering needs of the fast growing â&#x20AC;&#x153;Patel Groupâ&#x20AC;? chemical companies. After 1995, with a rich experience in the chemical industry they started supplying Filters & Dryers to customers across India & few years later across

Trouble free solution from NORD The customer was looking for a reliable solution to resolve their problem of regular gear box failure, maintenance, oil

leakages etc. After identifying NORD, the customer asked NORD to perform a test at their plant. In 1998, HLE bought the first gear box from NORD & that gear box is still running successfully,

brings out its remarkable performance. Thats how we started business with NORD & never looked for another supplier since then.

Many benefits of NORD

Added benefits from NORD

both design and calculations.

products contributed to the success of the application.

In particular, custom-made efficient gear box in terms of

NORD Geared Motor ( Blue ) installed in HLE Filter Dryer with Isolator

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“We specialize in exotic metal equipments and since we have experience of making apparatus for our own use, we have deep rooted knowledge of making various equipments used in process vessel industries. In India during early 90s, there was a huge need of filters & dryers and HLE was the only company started making related equipments on their own when every other company were doing it by collaborating with some foreign parties. Also before offering it to customers, we established a pilot plant for testing, research & developments.”

Himanshu Patel Managing Director & Owner of HLE Engineers

NORD’s services are available

is one of the international

at all times, and all the

leaders in the industry. In

obstacles which have been

addition to standard drives,

arisen during the course of

NORD supplies application-

the project were resolved by

specific concepts and

NORD.’

solutions, even for special

The demanding specifications of this application and the high-end performance of NORD products also were of vital importance. This level of service and performance has been duly appreciated by the end customer, who, according to HLE, is very satisfied.

In process vessel equipements, drives are very important. With NORD Drives, we have won our 50% battle & rest 50% were taken care by

applications, for example with energy-saving drives or explosion-protected systems.

Gross sales amounted to approx. EUR 450 mn in the 2013 business year. The company founded in 1965 & now has over 36 subsidiaries worldwide. The closely meshed sales and service network ensures optimum availability for short delivery times and customer-oriented services. NORD produces a wide variety of drive units for torques from 10 to 242,000

our equipments.

Nm, electric motors with

NORD DRIVESYSTEMS

kW.

develops, produces and sells drive technologies with around 3,000 employees, and

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powers from 0.12 kW to 200

For more details do visit www.nord.com

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Distributed Servo Technology Bends Panels into Better Shape Salvagnini simplifies the design of its machines using drive solutions from Kollmorgen

Making a departure from traditional drive architectures in its new P2lean generation of machines, Salvagnini the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading manufacturer of panel bending machines is using distributed servo amplifiers for positioning, instead of keeping drives installed centrally in the control cabinet. And with this solution, the new Kollmorgen AKD-D series generates cost savings throughout the whole value chain.

Fabio Massari think@kollmorgen.com

Another first by the Italian machinery manufacturer: Replacing the central hydraulic pump by a synchronized network of electrically-driven servo

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actuators.

Each bending machine process cycle starts by the operator laying a metal sheet on the horizontal

work surface. The workpiece is aligned to the bending unit fully automatically, by positioning axes under a blankholder. This clamps the panel in place while

the bending unit, with its moveable blades, quickly performs any number of upward or downward bends.

The precision of the reference position is essential for

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Shipping Final Sorter “Jet Surfing Sorter”.

Products are sorted by shipping destination

subsequent manufacturing quality because it is only done once for each workpiece during the processing cycle.

Drives simply placed next to the motors To drive the built-in positioning units, Salvagnini uses distributed AKD-N series servos from Kollmorgen. With the new product generation, from the drive technology and motion control specialist, it is very easy to install the drives directly where they are required, in close proximity to the motors. One advantage of this distributed architecture comes from the dramatically reduced cost of the cabling for the seven distributed servo axes in the P2lean.

Using a central structure with control cabinet converters, the shielded cable between the motor and the drive and the cable for the feedback system previously could have needed laying up to

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10 meters of cable. For the seven positioning axes that would have made a total of 140 meters of wiring (14 wires of 10 meters each). With this solution, using a central AKD-C power supply module in the control cabinet and seven distributed servo drives in two groups with three and four axes, this has now been reduced to only 40 meters.

The total length is calculated as follows: two hybrid cables with power supply and feedback between the power supply module and the two nearest drive cables for a total of 20 meters, plus three meters for connecting the three axes in the first group and four and a half meters for a further three axes in the second group, knowing that the average distance between the IP67 devices in the system is not more than one and a half meters.

The power supply to the

motors then has to be considered. They are also installed not more than one and a half meters from the distributed AKD-N servo drives. Because the Kollmorgen solution is equipped with its innovative single cable connection technology, only 7.5 meters more cable is needed.

Considering only the use of the distributed AKD-N servo drives combined with the single cable connection system, this saves 100 meters of cable - by reducing from 140 to 40 meters or roughly 71%.

More efficiency by using less This careful management of equipment resources produces other improvements that are direct result of having much shorter cables. They take up less space in the machine and not only that, they are quicker to install. The fewer number of

connectors also saves time when connecting - which results in cost savings of 30 percent.

The other benefits of distributed servo technology are not inside the machine itself, - but in the control cabinet. Now that the drive’s heat loss no longer has to dissipate behind closed doors, the cost of cooling the cabinet is reduced. This produces two knock-on effects: firstly a smaller-scale and consequently cheaper cooling system and secondly, improved energy efficiency as a result of the control cabinet’s lower energy consumption. Savings of 30 percent have been estimated

by Kollmorgen in real applications.

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embodied by the AKD-N servo amplifiers from Kollmorgen, which also bring tangible cost savings with them. It is interesting to note that this strict management of resources, in this case also incurs lower cost for the hardware. When considering the drive equipment part of the installation, a distributed architecture costs at least 3.5% less than the central control cabinet solution for the smallest Salvagnini machine. For systems with more performance and a greater number of axes, gains of up to 10 percent can be achieved.

Increased energy efficiency Savagnini is also using

Kollmorgenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drive technology in another of their innovative advances. To replace the central hydraulic system, with a main pump and its correspondingly powerful asynchronous motor, they are using three highly efficient servo actuators, driven by Kollmorgen AKM servo motors and by S700 Series servo amplifiers, delivering power only at the moment the process requires it.

Resulting from this, energy efficiency is increased, because the system drives only the active bending processes and does not have to keep the entire system with all its bells and whistles ready for operation. Thanks

to the standard precision of the Kollmorgen drive axes, the required bending forces can be applied faster and with higher repeat precision, resulting in manufacturing quality improvement.

is Sales Manager with

All in all, Savignini has succeeded with the P2lean in developing both an economic, ecological and consequently highly competitive machine for panel bending companies.

The distributed servo technology from Kollmorgen adds a valuable contribution to resource efficiency especially in terms of cabling, control cabinet space and cooling.

the world. With more than 70

The author Fabio Massari

www.kollmorgen.in

Kollmorgen, Italy. Kollmorgen is a leading provider of integrated automation and drive systems along with corresponding components for machine builders all over years of Motion Control Design and application experience and profound knowledge of constructing standard and special solutions, Kollmorgen supplies solutions time and again that stand out in terms of performance, quality, reliability, and ease of use. As a result customers can achieve a market advantage which is beyond question. For more details visit

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The 12th International Surface Expo is Ready to Hit the Floor

In recent years there has been a paradigm shift in Surface Engineering and Protective Coating Technologies – be it be Industrial or Decorative. To provide a platform for this Industry segment, a specialized and focussed event - The 12th International Surface Engineering, Paints and Coating Symposium and Expo is being held from 7th to 9th October, 2015 at the India Expo Centre, Greater Noida, NCT of Delhi.

The event has received support from the Ministry of Road transports and Highways, Ministry of Defence (DRDO), Government of India, United States Commercial Services, Russian Federation of India and many other Industry Associations and Trade Publications. While the Expo, has special focus on new findings and products, kindly see the very impressive and well planned Technical Programme which will be a knowledge sharing forum starting with the Inaugural Session, Plenary Talks, followed by Technical Sessions on several important aspects of Surfaces: 1. Surface Engineering that will cover, Coatings by PVD, CVD, Thermal Spray, laser and other advanced techniques.

2. Graphene Technology and its effect on surface coatings.

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3. Nano-Technology – a versatile method to improve surface coatings.

4. Industrial topics such as Pipeline Coatings, High Performance Coatings, Zinc based coatings 5. Coatings for Solar Panels and Wind-mills 6. Smart Coatings & Green Coatings 7. Safety aspects of coatings, testing and sustainability Concurrently three workshops are also being organised on the topics: 1. Pipeline Integrity 2. Paint Coating inspection & Quality Control 3. Surface Engineering The Event has been widely promoted in India and overseas

and is receiving very good response with participation of about 100 organisations. An extensive visitor promotion campaign has been designed to attract the right business visitors to the event. We are expecting 600 plus delegates and 5000 plus high purchase visitors to attend.

The Launches cum Industry Meet held at Pune, Mumbai and Delhi, had the presence of a good mix of the Industry, Research Personnel and Associations, which led to interested interactions. They were like a mini curtain raiser of what to expect at the Event.

The India Expo Mart, the venue for the event offers an all-inclusive state of art facility for the Symposia and Expo. It is conveniently accessible by road taking about 40 minutes of scenic drive from the heart of Delhi.

The organisers will also be providing free shuttle services from Botanical Garden Metro Station, Noida to the venue, about 15 minute drive. For those who want closer accessibility to the venue can stay in any of the Greater Noida hotels which have been negotiated special rates by the Organisers.

The 12th International Surface Engineering, Paints and Coatings Symposia and Expo is being organised by an apex body on the subject – The Society of Surface Protective Coatings (SSPC) India and by TAFCON Group, a professionally managed company with over six decades of expertise in organising international trade fairs and conferences.

For more details on exhibition write to surface@tafcon. com and for more details on symposium write to sspcindia1@gmail.com

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Eplan has presented a new, fee-based web service at the Hannover Messe 2015: Eplan Data Portal Professional.

Users get comprehensive functionalities to update or enrich device data, as well as significantly expanded filtering possibilities. When device data has been updated in the portal, the system alerts users as to which data is more current than that found in their local database. The advantage: users can update their data at the push of a button, without manually searching and replacing. The portal’s new data enhancement functionality begins at the start of a project, when device data is not yet available in the device management system.

Users can send lists of devices or model numbers to the Data Portal, and then they receive a shopping cart to download with all the found device data. Besides supplementing commercial data, these updates also include important engineering data such as macros, documentation and production data. Users can

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Eplan Data Portal has been

administration. Components can be located more quickly, considerably increasing the speed of the design process.

Direct exchange, precise data With the revised feedback functionality, users can use the e-mail function to

Eplan Data Portal, now with a new web service, allows users to find everything they need for design engineering and is considered a strong marketing tool by manufacturers

contact manufacturers directly from the portal if components are not correct or not in the database. Device manufacturers receive direct answers to the following crucial questions: How many times has a component been downloaded? What countries are the products being used in? Which products are the most interesting to users?

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Automation made easy At EMO, KUKA is demonstrating solutions for the interaction of robots and machine tools At EMO 2015 in Milan, Italy, KUKA Roboter GmbH is presenting flexible robotic solutions for the automation of machine tools. The Augsburgbased robot manufacturer is participating in the largest international platform for production technology from 5 to 9 October with a booth covering 153 square meters. At Booth F04, in Hall 1, KUKA is showcasing its broad product portfolio for integrating robots with machine tools.

Whether for loading and unloading or the efficient use of non-productive time by executing machining tasks such as milling, turning, drilling or deburring: KUKA robots are the ideal partner for the automation of machine tools.

They can be used not only in mass production, but can also significantly increase productivity for manufacturers with batch sizes below 100 units or when parts with long throughput times are concerned. At EMO 2015, KUKA is exhibiting its comprehensive portfolio of robots and solutions specially tailored to meet the requirements of the machine tool industry. This includes robots that meet the highest requirements for repeatability and precision as well as software solutions that greatly simplify integration into the machine environment.

Highly accurate and extremely precise: the KR QUANTEC SE For applications requiring utmost precision, KUKA

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has developed the KR 300 R2500 ultra SE. The new model of the service-proven KUKA KR QUANTEC series achieves its exceptional accuracy by means of a special position sensing system (Second Encoder) using output-side position encoders attached to the exterior of the first three robot axes. In this way, the positioning accuracy of the KR 300 R2500 ultra SE is improved to less than 0.03 millimeters, compared with 0.07 millimeters for the standard version.

path planning is carried out in an easy and uncomplicated manner via the CNC controller of the machine tool. This allows even complex processes on the robot to be controlled in the familiar

programming environment in the same way as machining tasks.

For more details visit www.kuka-robotics.com

Simple integration with mxAutomation With the mxAutomation software tool, KUKA is presenting a solution specifically aimed at manufacturers of machine tools. It enables simple integration of robots with the particular machine controller.

Users do not need to have special robot knowledge and can use their familiar programming and operator control environments.

Ideal interaction between robots and Sinumerik At EMO 2013 in Hanover, KUKA and Siemens announced a partnership for integrating handling and machining robots with machine tools. At EMO 2015 in Milan, both companies are now presenting the fruits of their collaboration. Using KUKA.CNC Sinumerik 1.0, robot

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Hans Bangert Takes Charge as Bosch Rexroth India’s Managing Director Rexroth’s Managing Director in India, headquartered in Ahmedabad. Mr. Bangert comes from Bosch Rexroth Denmark- the regional subsidiary Nordic where he was managing director. He will concentrate on driving growth for Bosch Rexroth in India by focusing on different market segments relevant to the company.

Effective July 01, 2015 Mr. Hans Bangert has been appointed as Bosch

Mr. Bangert holds a masters degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Ruhr, Bochum.

He joined Bosch in 1982 and has since then successfully

established and led many innovative projects. He has held several positions at both Bosch and Rexroth and has a broad experience in leading product development, technology development, production and manufacturing processes at various divisions of Bosch.

He During a career span of over 33 years, he has served as managing director, worldwide in various Bosch Group Companies.

Bosch Rexroth in India provides complete Drive

and Control solutions, serves customer through manufacturing facility at Ahmedabad and customized unit in Bangalore with wide spread Sales and Service offices, Dealer’s network all over India.

Bosch Rexroth India, offers its customers all drive and control technologies such as Industrial Hydraulics, Mobile Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Linear Motion and Assembly Technology, Electric Drives and Controls. The company recorded a turnover of INR. 7,260 million in 2014.

NI and IEEE Collaborate to Accelerate Engineering Skill Development National Instruments (NI), the pioneer in enabling engineers with a platformbased approach to building test, measurement and control systems, and IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) announced their partnership in India to enable professional skill development programs to address the need for proficient engineers for the evolving Indian high tech industry. These programs will leverage graphical system design platforms to accelerate productivity, innovation and discovery.

As a part of the MoU, NI India and IEEE India will involve in activities such as conferences, technical workshops, trainings and joint certificate programs for individuals and companies in industry, government and

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academia.

The outcome of these activities will be trained manpower that are certified to a level of proficiency in building test, measurement and control systems with a focus on RF (Radio Frequency) and embedded systems using the graphical system design tools. This skill development initiative will benefit industry, government organizations, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and research organizations as they gear up towards the “Make in India” initiative.

Commenting on the partnership, Mr. Jayaram Pillai, Managing Director, National Instruments India, Russia and Arabia said, “Coming together of IEEE and NI ensures immense value

for skill development within the engineering and scientific community. This partnership will strive towards developing skills in Graphical System Design, hence benefiting the technology leaders in Industry, Government and Academia in India” Mr. Harish Mysore, Director, IEEE India said, “We are happy to be partnering with

NI in India. This is in line with IEEE’s vision for India in technical education and skills development which is the need of the hour. This relationship will further strengthen IEEE’s focus in core engineering and emerging technology domains in providing latest tools and technology training to the engineering community in India.”

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Source: igus GmbH

The motion plastics specialist igus have been offering a material for the extremes for many years - iglidur X. Pressure, heat, cold, moisture or acids – is no big deal for iglidur X. As part of the igus standard range campaign that covers 113 dimensions, more are being added to the existing 312 catalogue dimensions. All

standard sizes of the plain bearing material are thus available from igus within 24 hours. iglidur X is the perfect material for applications that can be really hot, cold or harsh. iglidur has been designed by igus for extremely difficult environments. These include extreme operating temperatures from -100 to +250°C, even in continuous operation and with aggressive chemicals.

Plain bearings made of iglidur X appear immune to the most powerful stresses. The iglidur X bearings are used in all the joints of the “Porton Man”.

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iglidur X provides a significantly longer life in practice

The chemical resistance of iglidur X makes it ideal for use in, inter alia, fuel pumps.

Traditionally other plain bearings such as PTFE-coated bearings have at times contaminated the fuel and damaged the shafts. Now the iglidur X bearing ensures a longer service life of the pump.

One of the most extraordinary areas of application of iglidur X was in the “Porton Man”, a robot used for testing protective clothing in the British defence industry. This was among the submissions for the 2015 manus competition for exciting bearings applications.

The rugged iglidur X bearings that withstand the stress of chemical, biological or radioactive materials are applied in all joints of the robot

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iglidur X: Plain Bearing Material from igus

Pressure, heat, cold, moisture or acids nothing makes iglidur X give way.

being used for testing the protective clothing.

For more details write to santhosh@igus.in or visit www.igus.in

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Energy Efficient and Intelligent Pumping Solutions for Smart Cities from Grundfos India A critical element in the development of Smart cities lies in the adoption of technologies and infrastructure for energy, water supply and waste water management through intelligent transport networks. The solutions by Grundfos Pumps India Pvt Ltd can also provide the solution for monitoring these networks.

Grundfos’ sewage pumps

are efficiently designed for applications such as transfer of unscreened raw sewage and raw water, pumping of water containing sludge and industrial effluents. Grundfos has already implemented technological intelligence in its pumping solutions across the world, through Grundfos Remote Management. This Remote Management tool is a secure, internet-based

“Grundfos has always been a forerunner in pioneering smart technologies which are sustainable. We are confident that our energy efficient and reliable solutions will be the precise choice for the smart citiesand we look forward to partner with reputed stakeholders for the same.”

Sanjeev Sirsi Head - Water Utility Grundfos India

system for monitoring and managing pump installations in commercial buildings, water supply networks, wastewater plants, etc.

Grundfos’ pumps are designed to provide optimal energy efficiency throughout its lifecycle. With the problem of increase in demand and limited resources to fulfill the demand becoming a reality, Grundfos pumps provide the right solution by ensuring minimum utilization

of energy and water while delivering peak results.

Grundfos also has solar pumps which help overcome the dependence on grid power for water supply. Being energyefficient, the pumps also have lower operational costs.

Kennametal Recognized with Bosch Global Supplier Award Kennametal Inc. (NYSE: KMT) announced that it has been awarded the Bosch Global Supplier Award 2015 from Robert Bosch GmbH (“Bosch”), a leading global supplier of technology and services. The biannual award recognizes outstanding performance in the manufacture and supply of products or services – notably in the areas of quality, costs,

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logistics and innovations.

“It is an honour to be recognized by Bosch as the only tooling manufacturer to receive their Global Supplier Award,” said Don Nolan, Kennametal president and CEO. “This award acknowledges Kennametal’s global team who is working relentlessly to deliver innovative products, superior quality and

outstanding performance to the customer every day.”

Kennametal was among 58 suppliers out of 35,000 that Bosch presented with this esteemed award. To be eligible, suppliers must deliver bestin-class services, quality and total cost of ownership as well as guarantee global footprint and significant sales in the purchasing category.

“The Bosch Global Supplier Award honors our top suppliers, who play such a key role in Bosch’s success,” said Dr. Volkmar Denner, chairman of the Bosch board of management. “Our suppliers are important partners in helping us shape the connected world. We want to work with them to develop beneficial solutions for our customers.”

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Working Towards Making ‘Skill India’ a Success RMZ Foundation and LabourNet Services inaugurated the Mini Skill Development Centre at the construction site of RMZ in Eco World, Bangalore. The center will provide training in trades like carpentry, bar bending and basic masonry to the construction workers of RMZ. The training is structured in the RPL (Recognition of Prior Learning) format initiated by the government for the assessment, training and certification of workers.

The center was officially inaugurated by A.N Venugopal, President, RMZ Foundation, Arjun Menda, Group Chairman, RMZ Corporation. Manoj Menda, Corporate Vice Chairman, RMZ Corporation, Anu Menda, Trustee, RMZ Foundation, Gayathri Vasudevan, Co-Founder & CEO of LabourNet and other key officials. The program aims to create a dedicated resource pool of skilled and certified construction workforce for

nation building.

LabourNet started with a batch of close to 100 workers and plans to train 1200 workers in the span of one year through this center. Gayathri Vasudevan, Co-Founder and CEO of LabourNet on the occasion of inauguration, said “It is an irony that in India, we associate both poverty and prosperity with construction workers. Poverty can be addressed to a large extent through education. Our goal is to take the education to the people who do not have privilege to our education system, through RPL (Recognition of Prior Learning).

With a shared vision, RMZ Foundation and LabourNet will work towards providing sustainable livelihood to the construction workers”.

A.N Venugopal, President of RMZ Foundation, opines “RMZ foundation aims to contribute to the society and economic

development of the sector. We see a huge skill gap in construction sector apart from other challenges such as absenteeism, low productivity, etc. As a part of our sustainable program we encourage skill development of Gayathri Vasudevan lighting the lamp at construction workers to make the inauguration environmental, economical & social impact on the community”. add value to my experience and the certification will help Babu, a construction worker me get better job contract in aged 22 from West Bengal future”. enrolled in the first batch strongly believes that, “This LabourNet has impacted training will help me understand the lives of close to 100000 my trade better, correct my construction workers shortcomings and eventually across India through lead to increase in my income”. skill development, skills Biswajit another worker up gradation and skills enrolled in the batch has 6 recognition, it also trains years of industry experience workers on work place health and excited about the training & safety and assist them with and certification states, “I am social security and financial confident that this training will inclusion.

ECOLINE New Design – Preview EMO 2015, Milan Optimised ergonomics and greater stability DMG MORI will be confirming its status as a world market leader in the field of metalcutting machine tools with 7 world premieres as well as a representative cross-section of its high-tech portfolio at the EMO in Milan.

The latest design evolution of the ECOLINE model series from DMG MORI underlines the high quality claim of the machine tool manufacturer‘s entry-level segment. Significantly more

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robust and scratch-resistant finishes made from anodised aluminium and powder-coated metal cladding provide a high degree of value stability.

DMG MORI has also designed the ECOLINE models to be even more ergonomic with regard to accessibility. The safety windows of the machines can be quickly and easily replaced from the outside. The universal turning machine ecoTurn 450 has furthermore internal

chip protection that prevents damage to the window.

For more details visit www.dmgmori.com

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Raytek®, Ircon®, and Datapaq® Join Forces to Create Fluke® Process Instruments Fluke Corp. is integrating its Raytek, Ircon, and Datapaq product lines into a new brand: Fluke Process Instruments.

All three companies have been part of the Fluke Corporation portfolio for some time. “Fluke Process Instruments combines more than 125 years of experience in pioneering new technologies into one integrated company,” said Fluke Process Instruments General Manager Ankush Malhotra. “By joining the three

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companies under a single brand, we can improve our communications and accelerate our product innovation. We are proud of the legacy these brands bring and will continue to grow them as Fluke Process Instruments.”

Raytek, Ircon, and Datapaq branded products include a complete line of rugged and dependable infrared sensors, line scanners, thermal imagers, and temperature profiling systems for use in harsh, high-temperature industrial

manufacturing environments.

The company has launched a new website www. flukeprocessinstruments.com, and will operate all related global activities under the new corporate name.

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Bonfiglioli and System Logistics S.p.A Partner on Modula System Logistics S.p.A is a very innovative firm in the industrial automation sector, with a presence in over 20 countries. The company designs and produces machines and complete systems for handling goods inside company/production distribution systems. Modula is the business line of System Logistics that consists of automatic mobile storage systems with trays that save 90% of ground space. Modula streamlines work and time management in the picking and tracking of components and semi-processed and finished products. Its structure is formed by a frame of bearing sections and modular steel covers; it reduces up to 400 m of material into only 12 m. It offers four possible combinations, inside and outside, single or double station to choose the best solution and improve storage, processing and tracking of materials, with high flexibility.

A touch screen computer creates the perfect interface with the operator, with an easier management of all the warehouse functions; thanks to the double station, the operator can carry out picking and tracking operations simultaneously.

Product warehouse and storage are key elements in increasing production and

qualitative and performance standards. Modula is able to help their renowned clientele meet their handling, optimisation, and efficiency needs by providing a product line that maximizes space and time while securing the safety and traceability of products in a user-friendly and ergonomic manner that can be customized to specific customer requirements.

The Modula product line consists of different solutions for vertical automatic warehouses depending on client needs. The Modula LIFT is the flagship among vertical warehouse and can store up to 60,000 kg. The Modula OneTON is the automatic vertical warehouse with a high loading capacity: 990kg (net) for each tray. Finally, the Module Sintes1 is the ideal warehouse solution for picking for the storage and picking of small parts, thus optimising the available space inside the company and working at top picking speed (115 cycles/hour).

In order to meet all of the complex demands of the machine handling and driving systems as well for the electronic controls of Modula, System Logistics enlisted Bonfiglioli to aid them through their diverse product range of gear motors and frequency inverters.

Modula utilizes several of Bonfiglioli´s gear motors, such as the F Series as well as the W/VF and A series.

The cornerstone of all these motors is their great versatility and efficiency, and they can be easily adapted to meet specific needs. They offer a streamlined installation due to their lightweight size and offer a wide variety of mounting options and shaft configurations. They are perfectly suited for the diverse material handling requirements of Modulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s storage solutions and help facilitate the picking and conveying of the various components.

In addition to the various gear motors, Bonfiglioli also provides Modula with different series of frequency inverters, such as Agile and the ACU/ AEC Series. The Agile Series is a sensorless vector inverter that boosts the efficiency of Modula´s various automatic storage units through open loop vector control, MMC memory cards and web control; it also offers easy

installation and quick start-up.

The ACU/AEC inverters are a compact and flexible solution dedicated to demanding industrial automation and motion control architecture requirements, which are of paramount importance to Modula for all its picking and tracking operations. These versatile and highly-accurate frequency inverters are crucial for Modula in order to adjust the speed, power and torque requirements based on client specifications. The same inverter commands axis z and axis x. For this particular application, a customized firmware has been implemented, which allows the two axes to use the positioning functionality.

Through their comprehensive range of solutions as well the reliability and quality of their performance, Bonfiglioli was able to meet all the demands and requests of the Modula product line and solve complex market challenges with great efficiency and innovation.

Through this fruitful collaboration, Modula can offer cutting-edge warehouse storage solutions for a wide array of industrial sectors that can greatly increase productivity and maximize results.

For Further details visit www. bonfiglioli.com

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Dormer Pramet Visit Offers Something for Everyone A visit to the Dormer Pramet stand at EMO Milan will be a fulfilling experience for any guest, says Antonio Pingaro, Sales Director at Dormer Pramet, Italy. The global manufacturer is set to showcase a range of rotary and indexable tooling at the event (October 5-10) – the first time all its product brands will be displayed together at EMO. Tools for drilling, milling,

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threading and turning applications will be available, as well as specific products for the railway sector and heavy machining. Also, all Dormer Pramet products launched in April 2015 is to be displayed at EMO. PFX deep hole drills, MPX multiapplication drills, such as the new R459 8xD drill, and Hydra replaceable head drills form part of the Dormer product range at EMO. Also, the recently added multiapplication solid carbide milling cutters, rotary burrs and thread milling cutters, as well as Shark taps, multi-application taps, fluteless taps and countersinks will be found on the stand.

Pramet’s general milling

range, including Penta HD, Penta HF, Econ LN and Force AD will be at EMO, along with the recently launched ADMX07 inserts and cutters.

Its range of products for heavy turning, scarfing, chamfering and heavy milling, including the new tangential milling cutters launched in April, are set to make an appearance.

Plus, there will be a selection of cutting tools from Pramet’s railway range, including disk mills, cartridges and indexable cutting inserts to support customers with dynamic rail milling and the re-turning of railway wheels.

Dormer Pramet will be in Hall 6 on stand G08-H09 at EMO Milan. For more details visit www.dormerpramet.com

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Klüber Inaugurates State-of-The-Art Plant at Mysore New chemical speciality manufacturing facility underscores the group’s commitment to ‘Make in India’ Germany-based Klüber Lubrication India Pvt Ltd which is a part of the Freudenberg Chemical Specialities (FCS), today inaugurated its state-ofthe-art laboratories, production & warehousing facilities in their existing site at Mysore. FCS was one of the first to introduce speciality chemical solutions to the Indian market through its global brands Klüber Lubrication, OKS, Chem-Trend and Sur-Tec. The new facility has been built with an investment of Rs.135 crores and will cater to various applications in the automotive, food, cement, steel, textile, and general industries for both domestic as well as global markets. Covering a surface area of 17,000 square meters on a site of around 40,000 square meters, the expanded facilities will make the Mysore plant one of the biggest of its kind in the FCS world. This is a commitment from the FCS group to continue its investment in infrastructure, operations and facility enhancement projects in emerging markets to deliver the same global standards locally. The new site will become a hub for innovation with its comprehensive test facility and R&D center, catering to the needs of Asia Pacific for

speciality lubricants, release agents and maintenance products.

The site will have manufacturing facilities for speciality lubricating oils, greases, pastes, aerosols and release agents across Klüber Lubrication, OKS and ChemTrend brands.

Mr. Jagadesh Rudriah Channiah, Director Production & Technology, Klüber Lubrication India said, “To serve the markets we are in, we need quick response time, advanced R&D and test capabilities to meet the changing requirements of the industry. Our new facility will help us in doing this and be closer to our customers.”

Klüber Lubrication develops and manufactures speciality lubricants including oils, greases, pastes and bonded coatings to serve diverse industries. They have been working with all the leading Original equipment manufacturers (OEM’s) across the globe including India in addressing their challenging lubrication needs through application engineering coupled with value added services. The Mysore facility has been focused on developing products which meets the

demands of customers locally and globally. With this facility, Klüber Lubrication has been able to jointly work with Indian customers in steel, textile, automotive industries and develop customized lubrication solutions thereby supporting customers to optimize lubrication cost.

Chem-Trend produces high performance release agents, purge compounds and ancillary products related to moulding, casting and forming operations in industries like die casting, polyurethane, tyre, rubber, composites and thermoplastics.

The new facility will enable Chem-Trend to work closely with the customers in developing new products with faster response time. This will strengthen ChemTrend’s endeavour to add value and support the customers to

produce high quality parts more efficiently.

OKS Speciality Lubricants was the first company in the FCS group to be present in India and one of the first to introduce the concept of speciality lubricants.

The brand has been successful due to its ability to create local products with a quick turnaround time. The new facility will further strengthen the capabilities of OKS in the areas of Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) applications.

The plant was officially inaugurated by Dr. Jörg Matthias Großmann, Dr. Dirk Loderer and Dr. Jim Graff of Klüber Lubrication and Chem-Trend respectively.

For further details visit www.klueber.com

CoolanTool™ - The First App in the Metalworking Fluids Category Monitoring metalworking fluids is a process that has not changed over the last decade. But solutions for easily recording the data, sharing with other departments or suppliers, and measuring fluid consumption is now evolving. CoolanTool™ is the first App to facilitate the monitoring processes and organize information

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for the metalworking fluids industry. Register your CNC machines and keep track of fluid concentration, pH values which will be displayed in graphs and visual observations.

A complete troubleshooting guide for quick and easy problem solving is also included. Data can be exported easily and consumption, top-up volumes for each machine can

be calculated in one click.

Visit quakerchem. com/ haveyouseenourapp for more information. The App is available in English, Russian and Chinese. Download CoolanTool™ for free in the

Apple App Store or the Android Market.

September 2015

Delcam Hosts Asian Technical Summit in Bangalore

Delcam Vice President, Pete Baxter, opening the Asian Technical Summit in Bangalore Delcam held its 2015 Asian Technical Summit in Bangalore earlier this month, where the company presented its latest technical and financial news to the media, customers and academics from both India and the wider Asian region. Headline sponsor for the meeting, the fifteenth in the series, was again HP, which presented its latest hardware developments to the attendees.

and Shree Engineers, as well as Mr. Vijayragavan from Titan Company Ltd, who described his company’s use of Delcam’s PowerMILL and ArtCAM software in the manufacture of watches.

In addition, speakers from IMTMA and TAGMA detailed how their associations were working with Delcam to improve skills and productivity within Indian manufacturing.

The meeting was the first Summit to be held since the appointment of Pete Baxter as Vice President in February. The audience was, therefore, especially interested to hear his presentation on Delcam and its part in parent companyAutodesk’s philosophy on ‘The Future of Making Things’.

International customers that presented at the Summit were Jason Hogan from 360 Knee Systems, who described his company’s use of Delcam software in the manufacture of bespoke systems for knee replacement surgery, and Craig Tanner from ASPETAR Sports Hospital, who talked about his work producing custom orthotic insoles for elite athletes with Delcam’s OrthoMODEL system.

The main focus of the other presentations at the Summit was on the latest versions of Delcam’s range of CAM systems that are due to be demonstrated at the EMO exhibition in Italy during October.

Updates were also included on the other software in the Delcam portfolio, including the company’s design, reverse engineering and inspection software. The programme also featured presentations from several of Delcam’s Indian customers. These included companies from Delcam’s traditional markets in toolmaking and subcontract machining, such as Godrej Ltd – Tooling Division, Ashcraft Engineers

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Even so, the presentation that received the most interest from the audience was that

by Prof.Karunakaran, from the Mechanical Engineering Department at IIT Bombay. He covered several projects on hybrid layer manufacturing using PowerMILL to program both additive manufacturing with different welding techniques and the subsequent machining of the welded structures into finished parts.

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Omron Leads the Way in Industrial Automation in India Showcases its innovate portfolio at Automation- 2015, Mumbai A world leader in industrial automation, Omron showcased its innovative solutions at Automation-2015 held at Mumbai from 24th to 27th August 2015.

In a bid to put forth the ‘Total Omron Strength’, the booth displayed all key exhibits of Omron being utilised across many industries in India to expand human possibilities and create a better society. This included Industrial Automation, Electronic & Mechanical Components and Automotive Electronic Components.

The Industrial Automation corner showcased Omron’s prowess in helping the manufacturers develop better machines by contributing towards myriad important aspects such as quality, productivity, efficiency, accuracy, safety , energy saving, durability, to name just a few. It was an elaborative display of demos & solutions

focusing on application, panel building, engineering services, vision & safety being utilised in automotive, FnB, Pharma and Packaging industries.

Ranging from the demos of Bottling Machine and Scara Robot to Panel Building, Lean Stream Xtream, FnB, Vision & Safety panels and NJ Demo kit, the display reiterated Omron’s strengths of being the complete solution provider for its customers in factory & industrial automation domain.

The Electronic and Mechanical components section elucidated the role of Relays and Sensors in designing reliable, energy efficient and smart equipment such as Relay Board, Smart meters, Solar Inverters, Test Equipment and bringing in hi-technology features such as tamper detection, accident prevention, etc. The demonstration of Omron’s Human Vision Component – capable of recognising face, age and controlling gestures

“Automation 2015 is an ideal platform to showcase our solutions for India. It helps us to reach out to the right audience and to fortify our positioning as a single source integrated automation solutions provider capable of meeting the most demanding manufacturing challenges.”

Sameer Gandhi Managing Director, Omron Automation India

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– received great response from visitors further highlighting Omron’s sensing & control technology based forte in creating harmony between humans and machines.

Omron’s Automotive Electronic Components section showcased solutions like Immobilizer Antenna, Receiver, Transmitter and Body control module, to make automobiles safer and better.

Since 2002, Automation Expo

has grown in leaps in bounds giving a perfect platform to latest advancements in technologies in the field of industrial automation. This year, in its 10th edition, the exhibition’s theme is “The Next Big Automotive Innovation, Automated Industries, Automated Markets” which matches well with Omron’s core business objectives in India.

For further details visit www. ap.omron.com

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Jens Lehmann “signs” at EMO in Milan Automated machine loading and innovative clamping technology products in focus and Jens Lehmann’s one-day transfer to Italy - those are the convincing arguments that make a visit to the SCHUNK booth at EMO a must. From October 5 - 10, 2015 the competence leader for clamping technology and gripping systems will present superior product highlights and innovations with attractive live events in Milan.

On all six days of the show the visiting experts will experience

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the perfect interplay of SCHUNK clamping technology and gripping systems for automated, robot-controlled machine loading and unloading, live at the SCHUNK booth.

On October 7, 2015 SCHUNK will strike the emotional nerve of the Italian soccer fans by introducing the company’s brand ambassador Jens Lehmann. The legendary goalkeeper played for AC Milan in 1998, and has enjoyed huge popularity in Italian ever since.

For one day, fans of Milan and soccer can experience him live and in the flesh.

At the meet and greet and the photo shoot starting at 9:30 they will have the opportunity to make the personal acquaintance of the No. 1 goalkeeper and to have their picture taken with him or get his

autograph. During the “Technology-Goalkeeper Talk” with celebrity guests, which will be moderated by the charming Sky Champions League chief reporter Jessica Kastrop, Jens Lehmann will talk about his time in Italy.

Technical highlights at the show will include the SCHUNK TENDO E compact hydraulic expansion toolholder, the ultimate toolholder for volume machining, and TENDO Aviation, the new safety standard for high performance cutting. They will display their outstanding performance in hourly demonstrations, live in action.

Numerous other SCHUNK product innovations are also settings standards, such as the PRISMO3 tool grinding toolholder, which enables

Live-Demonstration on the EMO: Megatrend automated machine loading.

Jens Lehmann for the first time for SCHUNK in Italy - live in person! savings in set-up time of up to 70% or the SCHUNK set-up time optimizer among the ROTA-S flex, ROTA-S plus 2.0, and ROTA THW plus chucks with integrated jaw quick-change systems for reducing setup times by up to 95%.

For more details visit www.in.schunk.com

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Smart solutions: • Optimal set-up changing clamping parts [clamping heads and end-stops] • Ideal for lowering batch sizes or multiple part variants

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The clamping head and end-stop can be changed quickly and easily

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shifts • No expert set-up needed • Low upgrade cost • Low investment compared to conventional automation How it works: • Clamping head and endstop use a clever clutch mechanism • The changing station sets up the clamping head and end-stop together using a pulse trigger • No special alignment, workholding is ready to use HAINBUCH is exhibiting at the EMO 2015 in Milan: Hall 4 Stand B016 For more details write to M´la Sales Corporation, 5, Yeshwantnagar, TelcoCentury Enka Road, Pune - 411018 Tel: +91 20 27477405 Email: info@mla-sales.com

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THE LAST LEAF Dear Readers, Innovation and start-ups are the buzzwords today. If these get fueled in a similar way like today for the next two to three years, the world will be a completely different place to live.

Google Chairman Eric Schmidt has placed his bets on skyTran, a path breaking transportation company which is cofounded by an Indian engineer Ankur Bhatnagar. The company has developed a “third-generation” Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) technology which hopes to change the face of public transport across the world.

It is expected to be operational in India in the next two years. He said skyTran can transport passengers above surface traffic cutting the journey between Mulund and Colaba in Mumbai or Bengaluru Airport to Electronic City in 25 minutes. The skyTran system can help alleviate deteriorating issues like congestion and pollution in India, and can help India build high speed rail systems at one third of estimated costs. skyTran routes traffic in small packets, or small vehicles, at high speed just as internet routes data.

An airport in the south of India is the world’s first to run completely on solar energy following commissioning of a 12megawatt project overseen by Bosch. The undertaking, at Cochin International Airport, is estimated to generate more than 50,000 units of electricity daily and will make CIAL grid-power neutral. Built on land covering 50 acres (20 hectares), the project is the largest of its kind to be constructed at an airport in India, according to the release. India has 4 gigawatts of solar capacity currently, with an aim to reach 100 gigawatts by 2022.

Reliance Defence Ltd, plans to set up assembly lines and manufacturing facilities of fixed wing aircraft, aerostructures for commercial transport aircraft, and helicopters for both defence and commercial use, at a total investment of Rs.6500 crores. The centre, to be called Dhirubhai Ambani Aerospace Park (DAAP), will also house ancillary and component manufacturing units to support after-sales requirements. Their focus is to capture a slice of $100 billion worth of opportunities expected to come up as a part of the ‘Make in India’ programme.

Talking about the young talent, Nischal Narayanam, who is hailed as a mathematical genius, has cleared the CA exam recently and is said to be the youngest Chartered Accountant in the country at 19. At Deloitte, where Nischal did his article ship for CA, is the youngest amongst their two lakh members, globally.He has mentors from across the world and is trained in methodologies of several countries in Mathematics and Memory. His extraordinary memory and abilities enabled him to become the youngest ‘Double Guinness World Record holder’ in the category of memory, youngest World Memory Champion, one of the “7 brilliant brains of the world” as accredited by National Geographic Channel and youngest graduate in the history of Osmania University from where he completed his B.Com and M.Com. We need your input on any industry news, views and any observation about the industry around you. Your feedback will be useful to us to better inform our readers about a better tomorrow.

Till then, Happy Technology!

Manoj Kabre Member, Editorial Advisory Board

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