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Honeywell Appoints Mike Banach as Regional
General Manager of Honeywell UOP India
New Delhi, India: Honeywell (NYSE: HON) has announced the
appointment of Mike Banach as regional general manager – Honeywell
UOP India. Honeywell UOP is the leader in the supply of process
technology to the petroleum refining, petrochemical, and gas
processing industries. In his new role, Mike will be responsible for
spearheading Honeywell UOP business in India to sustain the growth
in the region and continue to build upon UOP's work in developing
and licensing process technologies used in refining, petrochemicals
and renewable fuels.
With more than 25 years of experience, Mike is an industry veteran
who joined Honeywell UOP in 1990 as a development engineer. He
brings diversified experience in technical services of field operations
and has worked in several countries including India, China and far
east regional service groups. Mike’s vast experience will help UOP to
further strengthen its business in India as the country is undergoing a
paradigm shift towards a clean fuel regime.
Mike Banach earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from
the University of Notre Dame and an MBA degree from the University
of Chicago. He succeeds Steve Gimre, who served as regional general
manager – Honeywell UOP India from 2014 until this month.
Akzo Nobel Specialty Chemicals to Expand Facility in Mahad
Mumbai, India: AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals will be investing 4
million euros (` 32 crore) to expand capacity and upgrade its organic
peroxides facility in Mahad in Maharashtra to meet growing demand
from customers in India and the Middle East, the company said in a
release today. The expansion of the facility is expected to be completed
by the end of 2018. In addition to the capacity expansion, a new waste
water management system will also be installed to make the process
environmentally sustainable.
Chief Executive Werner Fuhrmann said that the announcement
demonstrates the company's commitment to the Indian market
and supports the country’s efforts to strengthen its manufacturing
sector through increased investment from global organisations. The
company is also investing in a monochloroacetic acid project in a joint
arrangement with Atul in Gujarat, due to start production in 2019.
Dutch multinational Akzo NobelNSE -2.05 per sent creates paints
and performance coatings and specialty chemicals for industry and
consumers. Organic peroxides finds usage in the manufacturing of
polymer-based products including athletic shoe soles, wind turbines
and PVC pipes used in the construction industry.
Indorama to buy M&G’s Brazil PET plant
Bangkok, Thailand: Indorama Ventures Public Co. Ltd. (IVL), has
entered into an agreement to acquire M&G Polimeros Brazil SA in
Ipojuca Brazil for an undisclosed amount. In a March 16 statement,
Bangkok-based IVL said the plant is the largest PET facility in Brazil,
with capacity of 550,000 metric tons per year.
According to IVL, the plant is strategically located and benefits from
virtual integration with a manufacturer of purified terephthalic acid
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(PTA), a key feedstock to PET. The transaction is expected to be
completed in second quarter of 2018, subject to regulatory approvals.
The acquisition in Brazil follows a series of takeovers and investment in
recent months by IVL, which claims to be the world’s No. 1 PET player.
M&G parent M&G Group of Italy and U.S. unit M&G Polymers USA of
Houston both filed for bankruptcy in October. M&G in February sold a
PET plant in West Virginia and an R&D center in Ohio to Taiwanese
materials firm Far East New Century Corp.
Indorama was a supplier of raw materials to M&G and is owed almost
$60 million, according to court documents. M&G also is seeking a buyer
for its massive unfinished PET facility in Corpus Christi, Texas. Cost
overruns on the Corpus Christi project played a major role in M&G’s
bankruptcy filing. IVL has set a growth strategy focusing on expanding
its global footprint in key markets with high growth potential.
South America is an important emerging market with domestic demand
for PET growing at around 5 percent, according to IVL.
‘Thermoplastics’ by LANXESS: Material to drive future mobility
LANXESS has established itself as leading specialty Chemicals
Company, globally present in 25 countries with over 74 production sites
worldwide. The company is identified as a prominent manufacturer
for the marketing of chemical intermediates, additives, specialty
chemicals and plastics. With a constant focus on development geared
toward market requirements, the company manufactures products
with high quality standards and strives to exceed industry benchmarks
with every new innovation.
With an endeavor to achieve sustainability, LANXESS has
purposefully worked towards developing products to ensure a safe
and healthy environment. Like for example, LANXESS has created
‘Thermoplastics’ which are used in the automotive sector to reduce the
weight of a car, making it much more fuel-efficient which consequently
reduces vehicle emission. While making a valuable contribution
towards protection of the environment, utilization of Thermoplastics
in the automobile, also ensures greater flexibility in usage and wider
design possibilities. Encouraged by the benefits, companies in the
automotive industry as well as in the electronics and construction
industry have been progressively utilizing these innovative materials
in recent years.
Considering the future trends and needs in the automotive sector,
the company has developed materials and technologies for
lightweight structures as well as heat-dissipating, flame-retardant
polyamides and polyesters for thermally stressed electrical and
electronic components. Global megatrends like autonomous driving,
electrification of vehicular power trains and new logistic concepts
are also considered as important growth drivers for the company’s
polyamides, polyesters and thermoplastic composites.
Numerous automakers and providers are looking for extra lightweight
materials that can be utilized as adaptable substitutes for metal
components, without compromising on the overall performance.
One long-established solution in this area is the patented hybrid
technology from LANXESS. This technology efficiently combines
plastic and metal. It facilitates weight reduction up to 20 percent.
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Chemical Industry Lacks Preparation for Extreme
Weather, Investigation Finds
A Houston chemical plant company did not properly prepare for
hurricane season, resulting in a toxic accident during Hurricane
Harvey last year, federal regulators have found.
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board on
Thursday released an extensive investigation into the flooding-
induced chemical fires at the Arkema plant in Crosby, Texas, finding
that while the company's insurers flagged the high potential for
flooding a year before Harvey, plant employees were unaware of the
risk. The investigation also found that plant officials based flooding
preparation plans on memories of long-term employees rather than
more sophisticated estimates, faulted "limited industry guidance" on
flooding, and concluded that other plants in the area may be similarly
ill-prepared. "Considering that extreme weather events are likely
to increase in number and severity, the chemical industry must be
prepared for worst case scenarios at their facilities," CSB Chairperson
Vanessa Allen Sutherland said in a statement.
SNC-Lavalin signs exclusive agreement to deliver
a major project in Oman
United Arab Emirates: June 11, 2018 - SNC-Lavalin (TSX:SNC)
is pleased to announce that it has signed an exclusive agreement
with Project Development & Management International LLC (PDMI)
in Oman, to design and deliver a greenfield chlor-akali PVC plant
150km southeast of the Omani capital Muscat.
SNC-Lavalin will support the project long term, from concept
development to commissioning, carrying out the initial engineering,
master planning, process technology evaluation and selection
to support project financial investment decision approvals. The
subsequent Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management
(EPCM) contract is expected in Q1 2019, where SNC-Lavalin will
execute the complete design and delivery, working alongside Omani
contractors to maximise in-country value. SNC-Lavalin will also
support the operations and maintenance of the plant.
The project capital cost is expected to be in the range of CAD1.9
billion (USD1.5 billion), and will produce around a quarter of a million
tons per annum of PVC destined for Asia, and around 140,000 tons
per annum of sodium hydroxide (caustic soda) that will support
local industries. SNC-Lavalin has extensive experience in delivering
downstream oil and gas infrastructure around the world, with expertise
in greenfield and brownfield petrochemical and refining facilities, and
has worked with some clients for over 50 years.
“This contract is a major strategic win for us, helping to grow our
business in the region and demonstrate our world-leading credentials
in providing end to end solutions for large EPC projects,” said
Christian Brown, President, Oil & Gas, SNC-Lavalin. “Oman is an
important market for SNC-Lavalin where we have a long history of
safely delivering complex major projects. We are pleased to be able
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to apply our international experience to such a significant project in
the region while working hard to increase in-country value and help
develop Oman’s resources.”
In 2017, SNC-Lavalin was awarded a long term framework contract
from Petroleum Development Oman for the commissioning and start-
up support services management for its upstream assets in Oman.
As part of this contract, SNC-Lavalin has set-up a dedicated training
academy in Muscat to train and develop multidisciplinary graduate
engineers in the specialist field of commissioning.
Tata Chemicals exits fertiliser biz; completes
sale of Haldia unit
New Delhi, India: Tata Chemicals has completed the sale of its
Haldia fertiliser unit in West Bengal and the trading business to
Netherlands-based Indorama Holdings BV for ` 872.84 crore.
In a regulatory filing, the company said it has sold the Phosphatic
fertiliser business and the trading business comprising bulk and
non-bulk fertilisers by way of slump sale on a going concern basis
to IRC Agrochemicals, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Indorama
Holdings BV. The consideration includes ` 572.76 crore cash and
letters of credit/bank guarantees. Subsidy receivables were not
included in the transaction.
Thus, on completion of the transaction, the divestment business
of the company stands transferred to IRC Agrochemicals effective
June 1, 2018, it added.
Tata Chemicals had recently said that its divestment was in line
with its strategic direction to focus on speciality chemical and food
businesses while maintaining leadership in inorganic chemicals
LANXESS Presents New low monomer urethane
prepolymers for adhesives and sealants
Cologne, Germany: Specialty Chemicals Company LANXESS
presents new low monomer products for adhesives and sealants at
UTECH Europe 2018. With its Adiprene LF products the Urethane
Systems business unit brings unparalleled performance and
industrial hygiene to cast elastomers, coatings, adhesives and
sealants applications. The company is a leading innovator in the
development of Low Free (LF) isocyanate technology, on which
the products are based.
“The focus of our development work is to broaden the range of
prepolymers with very low free isocyanate content,” explains Dr.
Markus Eckert, Head of Urethane Systems, “and to keep reducing
the maximum amount of free isocyanate content.”
The Adiprene LF product range has been extended to include grades
with less than 0.1 percent free MDI (methylene diphenyl diisocyanate)
for adhesives and sealant applications. These new LF prepolymers
offer three key benefits: Improved industrial hygiene, Excellent
performance, Better processing and increased productivity.
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Smart Manufacturing: a Milestone for Industry

How can advanced technology make manufacturing companies more competitive? As pressure builds to
provide increasingly customized products, companies are investing in simulation, additive manufacturing,
autonomous robots, and the data analytics that are needed to capture and make sense of the information these
systems generate. The article by Rajesh Angadi, Program Manager at Cisco Systems related to Data Science,
IoT, Big Data Analytics and Agile Product Development explains to us how tomorrow’s production centers will
produce – and benefit from – inexhaustible streams of information. Essentially artificial intelligence-driven
self-organizing Internets-of-Things, they will operate holistically and flexibly, allowing their human workers,
robot assistants and additive and subtractive manufacturing systems to optimize flows of materials and energy.

I
ndustry 4.0 is for the current trend
of automation and data exchange in
manufacturing technologies. It includes
cyber-physical systems, the Internet of
things, cloud computing and cognitive
computing. Industry 4.0 is commonly referred
to as the fourth industrial revolution. Industry
4.0 creates what has been called a “smart
factory”. Within the modular structured smart
factories, cyber-physical systems monitor
physical processes, create a virtual copy of
the physical world and make decentralized
decisions. Over the Internet of Things,
cyber-physical systems communicate and
cooperate with each other and with humans
in real-time both internally and across
organizational services offered and used by
participants of the value chain.
First came steam and the first machines that
mechanized some of the work our ancestors
did. Next was electricity, the assembly line
and the birth of mass production. The third
era of industry came about with the advent of
computers and the beginnings of automation,
when robots and machines began to replace
human workers on those assembly lines.
And now we enter Industry 4.0, in which
computers and automation will come
together in an entirely new way, with robotics
connected remotely to computer systems
equipped with machine learning algorithms
that can learn and control the robotics with
very little input from human operators.
For a factory or system to be considered
Industry 4.0, it must include:
Interoperability-machines, devices, sensors
and people that connect and communicate
with one another. Information transparency
-the systems create a virtual copy of the
physical world through sensor data in order
to contextualize information.
Technical assistance-both the ability of
the systems to support humans in making
decisions and solving problems and the
ability to assist humans with tasks that are
too difficult or unsafe for humans.
Decentralized decision-making ability of
cyber-physical systems to make simple
decisions on their own and become as
autonomous as possible.
Industry 4.0 roadmap visualizes every
further step on the route towards an entirely
digital enterprise. In order to achieve
success in the digital transformation
process, it is necessary to prepare the
technology roadmap in the most accurate
way. In today’s business, Industry 4.0 is
driven by digital transformation in vertical/
horizontal value chains and product/service
offerings of the companies. The required key
technologies for Industry 4.0 transformation
such as artificial intelligence, internet of
things, machine learning, cloud systems,
cyber security, adaptive robotics cause
radical changes in the business processes of
organizations.
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.
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 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,

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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 in 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, Cloud and Internet of Things
(IoT) technologies are the substantive
foundation that enables advanced levels of
smart manufacturing performance. That’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 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
Cloud, Internet of Things and big data
technologies that provide the connectivity,
security, interoperability, and analytics
capabilities that enable higher-performance
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
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cases, manufacturers have invested heavily
in data collection and visibility, mainly through
legacy MES, EMI (Enterprise Manufacturing
Intelligence), and Data Historians.
Big Data analytics promise is all about
plucking insights, knowledge and trends from
deep reservoirs of raw data. But the reality
is that massive troves of data are difficult
for commercial and institutional computer
systems to collect, sort, manage and analyze
in a cost effective and speedy way. Curating
and “cleaning” data to improve quality
requires access to powerful computing
power. Data analytics infrastructures entail
complex techniques such as machine
learning, visualization and cloud computing
- to name a few. Businesses, government
and other organizations looking to big
data analytics to gain insights and solve
challenges typically do not have the core
competencies required to process and
analyze giant databases.PARC, a Xerox
company, (R&D services), Cisco (Networking
and IT leader), Hitachi Data Systems (big
data storage) and Quantiply (enterprise
architecture) have created the Big Data
Foundry (BDF) that pools together experts
in software and hardware who can help
enterprise harness data in a more powerful
and efficient manner. The foundry offers a
Big Data Rapid Experimentation Platform
made up of readily available technology
and an “algorithmic toolbox” designed to
accelerate experimentation and reduce risk.
Our mission is to help organizations develop
innovative data driven methods to find
answers to business problems and develop
models that focus on solutions that can make
a difference.
Rapid Experimentation Cloud
Big Data Foundry brings collective expertise
and technologies to help you experiment
and scale new ideas with reduced risk and
time-to-value. We provide all the tools and
technologies you need to connect, explore,
experiment, and validate your hypotheses
and problems for smart manufacturing.
• Reference architectures, data scientists
and tools that reduce technological
complexity and deployment costs.
• Pre-assembled reference architectures to
validate your business solutions on target
reference architectures before investing
in these complex tools and technologies.
• Support development of data driven
infrastructure to empower your employees
to sense, analyze, interpret and act fast
on the data insights.
Data Sciences Innovation
Big Data Foundry member companies
collaborate to help you engage world-
class data scientists, data engineers, cloud
experts, innovators, and ethnographers all
in one place to help you find new routes to
revenue and profitability in your organization.
With Big Data Foundry as a strategic partner,
you no longer need to delay exploring and
implementing new Big Data technologies.
Internet of Things (IoT) which help for real-
time visibility and business intelligence is
well within the reach. Companies around the
world are adopting new plant architectures
which takes advantage of the pervasive
connectivity and actionable data provided
by the IoT. By converging factory-based
operational technologies with global IT
networks, companies are increasing uptime
and improving operational equipment
effectiveness intelligence — from the plant
floor through the supply chain which means
less downtime, higher productivity, greater
resiliency, and the agility to respond to rapidly
changing customer and market needs.
Smart Manufacturing Operations offering, we can:
Optimize your equipment for greatest profit
- Smart Manufacturing Operations offering
enables the operation of plant equipment
to its maximum capacity, increasing
revenues and profits.
Shift from reactive to predictive maintenance-
Using machine-to-machine data, Smart
Manufacturing Operations maintains a
real-time 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 orders- Our 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
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means you will be better prepared to meet the
expectations of key customers for elevated
levels of service and responsiveness.
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.
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 user-
configurable 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 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
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Emerging Technology as Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the science
concerned with the creation of machine
intelligence which is able to perform tasks,
only performed by people. Much of this
machine intelligence is symbolic and heuristic.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence
exhibited by machines. In computer science,
an ideal “intelligent” machine is a flexible
rational agent that perceives its environment
and takes actions that maximize its chance
of success at some goal. Colloquially, the
term “artificial intelligence” is applied when
a machine mimics “cognitive” functions that
humans associate with other human minds,
such as “learning” and “problem solving.
AI research is divided into subfields that
focus on specific problems or on specific
approaches or on the use of a particular tool
or towards satisfying particular applications.
The central problems (or goals) of AI research
include reasoning, knowledge, planning,
learning, natural language processing
(communication), perception and the ability
to move and manipulate objects. Approaches
include statistical methods, computational
intelligence, soft computing (e.g. machine
learning), and traditional symbolic AI. Many
tools are used in AI, including versions
of search and mathematical optimization,
logic, methods based on probability and
economics. The AI field draws upon computer
science, mathematics, psychology,
linguistics, philosophy, neuroscience and
artificial psychology.
Demands towards Smart Manufacturing
Systems in an enterprise are as follows:
• A possibility of collecting and processing
different types of information from all
sources, both internal and external, in
order to acquire and model knowledge
necessary to make decisions at all levels
of decision process in an enterprise. At
the same time a possibility of modeling
knowledge and processes, based on
human thinking, is required.
• In a decision process, at decision selecting,
the decision maker’s subjective evaluation
based on his experience and intuition
should be taken into account in IMS.
• There should be a possibility of preliminary
information handling and analysis with
analytical methods as well as modern
artificial intelligence technologies.
• A possibility of detecting emergency and
critical situations and of prompt reaction
to them. There must be a possibility of
situational data analysis in real time,
necessary in an emergency inside the
production system or in its surroundings.
• A possibility to allow for complexity and
comprehensiveness of decision-making
issues in strategic management support.
• Taking into account the lack of stability
and change dynamics, both in the
surroundings and inside the enterprise,
the IMSs under design should have the
capability for learning from experience
and adapting the experience to intensive
alteration of working conditions.
• In intelligent manufacturing systems,
the following selected contemporary
methods and techniques of knowledge
and decision process modeling should be
integrated:
• Artificial neural networks – the most
fascinating tool of artificial intelligence,
capable of modeling extremely complex
functions and, to some extent, copying
the learning activity in the human brain.
• Fuzzy logic – technologies and methods of
natural language formalization, linguistic
and quality knowledge processing and
fuzzification.
• Genetic algorithms and methods of
evolutionary modeling – learning
algorithms based on theoretical
achievements of the theory of evolution,
enriching the artificial intelligence
techniques.
The combination of these tools, in which
knowledge is represented symbolically, with
the traditional expert system will make it
possible to create complex programmatic tools
for solving difficult decision-making problems
at each stage of enterprise functioning.
Artificial Intelligence and Control Engineering
Artificial intelligence (AI) relates to control
engineering is when embedded software
helps with situational awareness. The
software algorithm looks at feedback from a
situation, then actuates the decision (closed-
loop control) without human consultation,
or the software recommends a course of
action with human consultation (open-loop
control). Control engineering or control
systems engineering is the engineering
discipline that applies control theory to
design systems with desired behaviors.
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The practice uses sensors to measure the
output performance of the device being
controlled and those measurements can be
used to give feedback to the input actuators
that can make corrections toward desired
performance. Control engineering is the
engineering discipline that focuses on the
modeling of a diverse range of dynamic
systems (e.g. mechanical systems) and the
design of controllers that will cause these
systems to behave in the desired manner.
Although such controllers need not be
electrical like many are and hence control
engineering is often viewed as a subfield of
electrical engineering.
There are two major divisions in control
theory, namely, classical and modern,
which have direct implications over the
control engineering applications. The
scope of classical control theory is limited
to single-input and single-output (SISO)
system design, except when analyzing for
disturbance rejection using a second input.
The system analysis is carried out in the time
domain using differential equations, in the
complex-s domain with the Laplace transform
while modern control theory is carried out in
the state space, and can deal with multiple-
input and multiple-output (MIMO) systems.
This overcomes the limitations of classical
control theory in more sophisticated design
problems. Control engineering was all
about continuous systems. Development of
computer control tools posed a requirement
of discrete control system engineering
because the communications between the
computer-based digital controller and the
physical system are governed by a computer
clock. The equivalent to Laplace transform
in the discrete domain is the Z-transform.
Today, many of the control systems are
computer controlled and they consist of both
digital and analog components.
Therefore, at the design stage either digital
components are mapped into the continuous
domain and the design is carried out in the
continuous domain, or analog components are
mapped into discrete domain and design is
carried out there.
In manufacturing, a machine running a web-
based process may have similar situational
awareness. There may be a perfectly good
reason to leave the machine running when
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the last material runs through the rollers
and an operator is standing in a certain
location. If the machine is unattended at
that particular moment, embedded code
may begin an orderly shutdown as the best
response. Control Engineering relates to the
next big thing (TNBT) which is the second
generation of smartphones, which have Will artificial intelligence (AI) take control of
the software capacity to provide situational human race during Smart Manufacturing?
awareness. TNBT devices will be able to The answer to this question seems to be
recognize what is going on inside your area positive. Several experts of AI have similar
or site and determine when something is out comment as “everything that humans can
of normal but not yet in alarm. Information do machines can do”. Stephen Hawking also
for this awareness may come from traditional warned us during an interview with BBC that
fixed sensors or even by listening for sound “The development of full artificial intelligence
patterns such as hisses, whistles, clangs, could spell the end of the human race.” Ex
and bangs. TNBT devices will become true Machina, a recent enthralling science-fiction
operator assistants; always watching and film presents the possibility of a robot that
always listening for out-of-normal conditions has cognitive capability to think, feel and even
or for events that require manual intervention. manipulate human beings. Self-driving cars,
Siri on your iPhone, weather forecasts, face
Seven Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools have recognition on your Facebook photos, etc are
proved to be useful with sensor systems all examples. A Japanese company with Deep
(part of IoT’s): Knowledge-based systems, Knowledge found out an Artificial Intelligence
fuzzy logic, automatic knowledge acquisition,
(AI) as one of the directors due to its ability to
neural networks, genetic algorithms, case-
predict market trend that is “not immediately
based reasoning, and ambient-intelligence.
obvious to humans”. Replacing human with
Applications of these tools within sensor systems
robot in manufacturing is a trend that we
have become more widespread due to the power
can’t stop or avoid. As technology advances,
and affordability of present-day computers. The
the low cost, high-accuracy and efficiency of
appropriate deployment of the new AI tools will
robot is going to benefit the human society as
contribute to the creation of more competitive
a whole on a broader level.
sensor systems and applications.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) helps computing
in four ways:
1. Natural language understanding to
improve communication.
2. Machine reasoning to provide inference,
theorem-proving, cooperation, and
relevant solutions.
3. Knowledge representation for
perception, path planning, modeling,
and problem solving. Author Details
4. Knowledge acquisition using sensors to
learn automatically for navigation and
problem solving.
5. Artificial intelligence’s ability to function as
a safety measure and provide another set
of eyes, so to speak, can be extremely
Rajesh Angadi
beneficial to worker safety in manufacturing.
Program Manager at Cisco Systems related
It can also enhance our ability to understand to Data Science, IoT, Big Data Analytics and
what’s happening around us and offer Agile Product Development
solutions that might not be readily available. Cisco Systems
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Gansons Limited
Buy Gansons And Be At Ease
Mr. Banerjee proudly states that Indians are the most innovative of the lot.
T
he title is actually in response to the
concluding question to Mr. Ashis
Banerjee, Managing Director of
Gansons - ‘Kindly sum up Brand Gansons
in five words’. He was quick to respond
and quoted one of Gansons’ customers
in Chennai, “When you buy products
from Gansons, you buy peace of mind.”
Mr. Banerjee seconds this very statement
by saying that, “You will not find even single
Gansons equipment that has been resold,
that is the credibility it carries– it runs for
decades, seamlessly”. He added, “For us at
Gansons, the nugget of information that our
existing client gives us is like a gold mine in
front of us. They provide us an opportunity
to innovate which gives us an impetus to
serve them better. So we keep visiting then
time and again”.
Founded in 1947, Gansons is one of
the world’s oldest family-owned process
equipment manufacturers who have been
at the forefront of industrial innovation.
Gansons, an ISO 9001:2008 certified
company, has multiple facilities across India
with headquarters in Thane (near Mumbai)
and manufacturing facilities in Thane, and
two in Nashik.
Gansons has partnered the best in the
industry-Hanningfield (UK), Admix (USA)
and Aishin (Japan) to bring home its clients
the best in-class solutions for Milling, Mixing
and Material transfer technology. They have
a global network of agents to support clients
from over 30 countries with most of their
equipment operational in internationally
regulated plants by the USFDA, MHRA,
TGA, etc. Gansons has a dedicated team of
20 service engineers for technical support.
Gansons led the development of advanced
pharmaceutical process equipment under
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the leadership of Mr. Ashis Banerjee. activities, he firmly said, “Today companies
To talk about his journey, he completed perform CSR as it is mandatory by the
his schooling in Darjeeling and obtained government. Here, in Gansons, CSR has
degree with honors in Chemistry from the been a culture way back since Gansons
University of Mumbai. After only a day, post was founded. Scholarships are provided
his graduation, his father Mr. N N Banerjee to students who need financial aid for
asked him to join Gansons. He worked on higher education and regularly employ
the main factory shop floor and learned people with excellent academic records
basic techniques for years before he rose from economically weaker sections of the
to the rank he is today at, making him a society.”
dynamic leader.
Mr. Banerjee firmly states that, “Gansons’
Ashis Banerjee led the development of The commitment to excellence is built on values
GansCoater, a world-class tablet coating of Passion, Perseverance and Perfection
system. He drove his team to push past and we will continue to strive for more
existing standards to strive for product always.”
performance and durability at a value
that established a new paradigm. Today,
Gansons is the leading brand of choice in
Granulation, Drying and Coating technology
for clients targeting the most critical markets
and products.
During our conversation, Mr. Banerjee
highlighted few concerns the Indian
manufacturers are facing these days no
matter how strong and suave they are in
their approach towards business. He says,
“Indians are more innovative than those
from other countries. Top challenges that
we are facing is the Indian mentality and
their obsession for imported machines.
The companies with the biggest regulatory
challenges are the ones that bought
maximum number of imported machines.
Simply because one can afford, one
shouldn’t buy something which fails to Author Details
deliver at a later stage.”
Mr. Ashis Banerjee believes that Gansons
also has gone digital and bought automation
to simplify data exchange and embraced
the IOT 4 network; developed modules that Ashis Banerjee
help improve ROI. When asked about CSR Managing Director of
Gansons
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Cable and Connectivity Solutions for Automation in
Chemical Industries
Says Marc Jarrault – Managing Director – Lapp India Pvt. Ltd.
Chemical industries have always dealt with complex environments and hence understanding the requirements
and suggesting the right technology for implementation has been far higher than before.
F
lexibility and one-off production
are one of the top requirements of
Industry 4.0, enabling companies
to achieve resource efficiency and
ergonomic production, with integration of
customers demand and business partners
into the value chain. Industry 4.0 can be
defined as the digital transformation of
manufacturing. It helps in ensuring that
data from production facilities is supplied
directly to the material, planning and
production control systems on real-time
basis. Seamless automation between
machines and plants will enable a self-
controlling and self-optimizing system.
Automation of the manufacturing process
has been one of the direct beneficiaries
of the rapid increase in Industry 4.0.
Industry 4.0 brings with it the concept
of Smart Factory, making the process
more flexible by integrating the systems,
machines, production and logistics for
better productivity and efficient delivery.
Trends and requirements born out of the
Industry 4.0 revolution also influence
the connectivity level of a machine or
system for integrating the production
and documentation process. The
development and production processes
has become more flexible, efficient and
customer-centric. As customers demand
customized systems and higher flexibility,
industrial automation components should
reflect in these demands. In today’s new
industrial revolution era, products are
becoming ‘smarter’.
Chemical industries have always dealt
with complex environments and hence
understanding the requirements and
suggesting the right technology for
implementation has been far higher than
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before. Growing industrialization and
infrastructure expansion in the chemical
industries are two major factors driving
the growth for automating the factories.
A step into automation is the way forward
to achieve the desired growth, higher
productivity, efficient use of material and
better product quality.
Implementation of process automation
has reduced human interference due to
the hazardous factory environment that
typically chemical industry deals with.
While chemical industries are looking at
making their factories smarter it is very
important for the industries to choose
right components when it comes to
cabling solutions. Cable and connection
technology play an important role in
process automation to meet the challenges
that comes along the evolution. For a
highly competent automation technology,
following factors are essential for cables
in advanced automation applications for
Industry 4.0.
Torsion resistant and reverse bending
Machines perform better with customized
torsion-resistant cables instead
of standard control cables. These
modified cables are specially designed
to withstand the torsion and repetitive
motion of their particular application.
The cables are manufactured in a way
that it can provide the smallest bending
radius possible within the machine.
Specifically, designed cables for power
chain, cable-track configurations and
torsion applications can help overcome
the challenges that are presented when
designing automation machines. This
can also reduce the amount of cable
failure during operations.
Highly Flexible
Stud welding machines are used by
robots in process automation. The
machine is automatically positioned by
the robot and sets the studs for wiring
harness assembly in the body shells. This
requires the highest levels of efficiency
and precision in terms of the executed
movements and system productivity.
Cabling would need to be laid over all
the robot’s axes and would therefore
need to be able to follow all of its angular
movements and rotations.
Slim in construction and lightweight
To avoid restrictions to the robot’s
movements, various cables are usually
laid over the robot axes in the smallest
of spaces. This is to avoid any confusion
with other cables such as the welding
cable, the data network and signal cable
as well as the air and protective gas
conduits. The cables need to be slim in
design and light in weight which would
ensure that cables occupy a small cross-
section, among the rest.
Chemical resistant
As the cables are subject to a lot contact
with chemicals, it becomes very vital for
cables to be designed in a way that they
can withstand the harshest chemicals
and avoid corrosion, alkaline formation,
chemical reaction etc.
EMC / Loss-less transmission
A common challenge faced by
cable manufacturers is to reduce
electromagnetic interference (EMI) by
retaining the higher flexibility and slim/
light construction. The data network and
signal cables need to be protected with
additional copper/aluminum screening for
this. By using the right insulating material,
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it is possible to achieve both electrical
and mechanical requirements. Combining
all these components in complex hybrid
cables shall offer loss / less transmission,
robot-compliant flexibility and torsion
strength, with a durability of more than
two million bending cycles.
Application-specific and long lasting
System component suppliers need to
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products while also being able to
primarily develop individual customized
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Plug and play / complete connectivity solution
No system is complete without connecting
all the individual components and for this,
a reliable partner who lives up to the
high demands, is essential. Customised
solutions are often required in order to
implement new ideas to meet the top
line growth requirements of an industry:
cables and connectors that you cannot
simply buy ‘off the shelf’.
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processes, a development that demands
high-performance networks. In future,
network cables will no longer only be
used to connect machinery and within
control cabinets, they will also be laid
directly to intelligent actuators or sensors
in the field. The solution lies in system-
specific field-compatible Ethernet cables
and robust connectors. Ethernet cables
in a production environment must be
substantially more robust than LAN
cables in an office environment. It is
an enormous challenge to combine the
requirements of flexibility, robustness
and the highest data rates. In addition, it
must also be possible to install network
connectors in the field without special
tools.
With the need to scale up operations
High quality and reliable cables,
and meet production requirements, the
connectors and cable assembly solutions
demand for customized solutions has
with international standards are currently
been growing. Innovative plug and play
being developed to enable machines and
solutions are available in the market that
systems to become modular for Indian
customises solutions to meet the top-
chemical industries. With customer’s
line growth of their customers which the
increasing demands that the products be
standardized ‘off-the-shelf cables and
customized and production be flexible,
conductors generally do not.
cables and connectors have to make
these machine requirements a reality.
High volume data transmission
Efficiency of cable and connectors will
Machines used in smart factories require
always be key to the productivity of the
data/networking for greater bandwidth
future of the industrial sector.
with power control cable. This is one
reason for installing customized and
composite cable solution mix of single/
multi-mode fibres with power and control
conductors of different gauges and types
are assembled under one sheath in these
cabling solutions. Hence it takes up less
space and reduces installation cost.
Essentially, in a smart factory, the
manufacturing process becomes
transparent from A to Z, and this
transparency goes beyond the factory floor Author Details
to the supply chain to the delivery process
and stretches out to the user experience.
Reliable networking of production across all
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Fluid Motion Control

A
fluid is a substance that does not
permanently resist distortion. An
attempt to change the shape of
a mass of fluid results in layers of fluid
sliding over one another until a new shape
is attained. The branch of engineering that
deals with the behavior of fluids (liquids,
gases, vapors) is called fluid mechanics.
It has several sub disciplines, including
aerodynamics and hydrodynamics.
Different types of fluids
Incompressible fluid: Its density changes
only slightly with moderate changes in
temperature and pressure. Liquids are
generally considered as incompressible.
Compressible fluid: If the changes in
density are significant, the fluid is said to be
compressible.
Ideal fluid: An incompressible fluid having
no viscosity is known as an ideal fluid. It is
only an imaginary fluid.
Real fluid: Fluid which possesses viscosity
is known as real fluid. All the fluid in
practical are real fluids.
there are different types of flow measuring
techniques used in industries. While
choosing flow-meters, one should consider
some intangible factors, such as familiarity
of plant personnel, their experience with
calibration and maintenance, spare parts
availability and mean time between failure
history etc. at the particular plant site.
While measuring the flow of compressible
materials, volumetric flow is not very
meaningful unless density/viscosity is
constant. When the velocity (volumetric
flow) of incompressible liquids is measured,
the presence of suspended bubbles will
cause error; therefore, air and gas must
be removed before the fluid reaches the
meter. In other velocity sensors, pipelines
can cause problems (ultrasonic) or the
meter may stop functioning if the Reynolds
number is too low (in vortex shedding
meters, RD>20,000 is required).
Common types of flow-meters that find
industrial applications are:
(a) Obstruction type: Obstruction type
flowmeters are of two types: differential
pressure type and variable area type.
Orifice meter, Venturimeter, Pitot tube fall
under the first category, while rotameter
is of second category. In all cases,
an obstruction is created in the flow
passage and the pressure drop across the
obstruction is related with the flow. Orifice-
meter is used in Chemical, Petrochemical,
water treatment plants, power generation,
gas generation and distribution, etc.
Venturimeter is used in aviation, automotive,
chemical, petrochemical industries etc.
Pitot tube is used to measure fluid flow,
especially air flow in ventilation and
HVAC systems. Variable-Area Flowmeters
(Rotameters) provide practical solutions for
many flowmetering applications.
(b) Inferential (turbine type):- This flowmeter
is a simple way for measuring flow velocity.
A rotating shaft with turbine type angular
blades is placed inside the flow pipe. The
fluid flowing through the pipeline will cause
rotation of the turbine whose speed of
rotation can be a measure of the flowrate.
Turbine meters are suitable for extreme
temperatures and pressures and applicable
to liquids and gases. They can be installed

Newtonian fluid: Real fluid, in which shear

stress is directly proportional to the rate of
shear strain or velocity gradient, is known
as Newtonian fluid.

Non Newtonian fluid: A real fluid, in which

shear stress is not directly proportional to
the rate of shear strain or velocity gradient,
is known as Non Newtonian fluid.

Ideal plastic fluid: A fluid in which shear

stress is directly proportional to the rate of
shear strain or velocity gradient, is known
as ideal plastic fluid.

Accurate measurement of flow rate of liquids

and gases is an essential requirement
for maintaining the quality of industrial
processes. Diversified requirements of flow
measurement exist, e.g. volumetric or mass
flow rate; the fluid medium (gas or liquid);
intrusive or nonintrusive etc. As such, Figure 1.1:

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Figure 2.1:
easily and are well accepted in the oil and
gas industries. (Fig. 1.1)
(c) Electromagnetic: Electromagnetic flow
meters detect flow by using Faraday’s Law
of induction. Inside electromagnetic flow
meter, there is an electromagnetic coil that
generates a magnetic field and electrodes
that capture electromotive force (voltage).
Due to this, although it may appear as if
there is nothing inside the flow pipe of an
electromagnetic flow meter, flow can be
measured. Electromagnetic flow meters
also offer noninvasive sensing. They can
be used with acidic, alkali, and ionized
fluids with electrical conductivities ranging
from 10 S/m to 10–6 S/m and with clean,
dirty, corrosive, erosive or viscous liquids
and slurries, but are not suited for use in
hydrocarbon or gas flow measurement.
(d) Positive displacement (integrating): It
is a type of flow meter that requires fluid
to mechanically displace components in
the meter in order for flow measurement.
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Positive displacement flow meters measure
the volumetric flow rate of a moving fluid
or gas by dividing the media into fixed,
metered volumes. These flowmeters
are highly accurate and applicable to
clean gases, liquids even viscous ones.
Examples include heating oils, lubrication
oils, polymer additives, ink etc. They are
relatively expensive.
(e) Fluid dynamic (vortex shedding):
Classified as a Vortex flow meter, this
device utilizes a law, theoretically proven by
Theodore von Karman in 1912. If a column-
shaped obstruction (vortex shedder) exists
in a flowing fluid, it will generate alternating
vortices downstream. Therefore, detecting
the number or pulse of vortices makes it
possible to measure flow.
These flow-meters are applicable to many
types of fluids, including high temperature
gas and steam. Flow rate of highly viscous,
dirty, corrosive, or abrasive fluids cannot be
measured by this flow-meter.
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(f) Ultrasonic Meters: These meters are
non-intrusive i.e. no obstruction is placed in
the fluid stream or any reduction of the flow
channel. They create no pressure drop in
the fluid. The rate of flow is measured from
outside the tube. It uses sound waves to
determine the velocity of a fluid flowing in a
pipe. At no flow conditions, the frequencies
of an ultrasonic wave transmitted into a
pipe and its reflections from the fluid are
the same. When the fluid moves faster, the
frequency shift increases linearly. Though
not highly accurate, ultrasonic flowmeters
are commonly used to measure flow of
water, molten sulfur, cryogenic liquids, and
corrosive fluids. In oil and gas, wastewater
treatment, power, chemical, food and
beverage, pharmaceutical, metals and
mining, pulp and paper industries this
flowmeter finds application.
(g) Mass flowmeter (Coriolis). It measures
mass flow rate of a fluid traveling through
a tube. Coriolis flow meters work on the
principle that the inertia created by fluid
flowing through an oscillating tube causes
the tube to twist in proportion to mass
flowrate. Coriolis mass flowmeters measure
directly the mass flow rate used mostly
with small pipes. They are costly to install
and operate. The industries in which they
are used are chemical, oil and gas, food
and beverage, pharmaceutical, pulp and
paper, power, metals and mining, water and
wastewater etc. (Fig. 2.1)
Flow - control valves
Flow-control valves control the rate of flow
of a fluid through a circuit. It accurately limit
the fluid volume rate. Components which
comprise almost all the flow-control valves
have been depicted in the Fig 3.1
Classification of Flow-Control Valves
1. Non-Pressure-Compensated Valves
These type of valves are used when the
system pressure is relatively constant and
motoring speeds are not too critical. The
operating principle behind these valves
is that the flow through an orifice remains
constant if the pressure drop across it
remains the same. In other words, the rate
of flow through an orifice depends on the
pressure drop across it. But here, the inlet
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Figure 3.1:
pressure of the pump that remains constant.
Therefore, the variation in pressure occurs
at the outlet that is defined by the work load.
This implies that the flow rate depends on
the work load. Hence, the speed of the
piston cannot be defined accurately using
non-pressure-compensated flow-control
valves when the working load varies.
2. Pressure-Compensated Valves
These types of valves overcome the
difficulty caused by non-pressure-
compensated valves by changing the size
of the orifice in relation to the changes in
the system pressure. This is accomplished
through a spring-loaded compensator spool
that reduces the size of the orifice when
pressure drop increases. Once the valve is
set, the pressure compensator acts to keep
the pressure drop nearly constant. It works
on the feedback mechanism from the outlet
pressure. This keeps the flow through the
orifice nearly constant
Functions of Flow-Control Valves:
1. Regulate the speed of linear and rotary
actuators: They control the speed of
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piston that is dependent on the flow Author Details
rate and area of the piston.
2. Regulate the power available to the
sub-circuits by controlling the flow to
them.
3. Regulate the pump flow proportionately
Rupam Dutta
to various branches of the circuit: It
Senior Manager (Chemical)
transfers the power developed by the
rupam.dutta@bcplindia.co.in
main pump to different sectors of the
circuit to manage multiple tasks, if
necessary.
Conclusion:
An understanding of fluid motion control is
essential for accurately treating problems
Tribeni Deka
on the movement of fluid through pipes,
Manager (Chemical)
pumps and all kinds of process equipment.
tdeka@bcplindia.co.in
In industrial control loops, the control in flow
rates of incoming liquids or gases is very
important to achieve the control objective
Applying motion-control technology allows
us to simultaneously increase machine
productivity, reliability, product uniformity
and customer satisfaction and loyalty while Bednidhi Sharma
reducing shock and manufacturing cost. Deputy Manager (Chemical)
bednidhi.sharma@bcplindia.co.in
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BRIEF ASPECTS OF SAFETY ASSESSMENT CYCLE
T
he safety of industrial process is
becoming an increasing concern,
While no single approach can ever
fully exclude all accidents, the process
industry consultants are striving to attach
the highest safety level possible with current
technology and functional safety solutions .
Most of the engineering consultants /
contractors and users are well aware of this
situation. Hence they need to use adequate
protection and shutdown systems and
ensure full compliance to the international
standard like IEC 61508 standard and
process oriented IEC 615111 standard to
safe guard personnel and equipment.
These standards address the application
of safety instrumented system in referred
process industries. It requires conducting a
process hazard study and risk assessment
study so that its findings can be appropriated
to enable the incorporation in the specification
for safety instrumented system. The safety
instrumented system shall include the
components and sub-systems necessary to
carry out safety instrumented function from
field sensor to final control element.
Methods frequently applied are HAZID,
HAZOP, Operability study and SIL studies
which determine the Safety Integrity level of
Instrumented Control functions.
International standard IEC 615111 has
following concepts which are fundamental to
its applications:
Safety life cycle, Safety integrity level
Safety is achieved by inherently safe
process design. When necessary, this shall
be combined with a protection system or
systems to address any identified residual
risk.
Safety Instrument System (SIS) forms a
very important layer of protection against
accidents and hazards in a process
industry. Hence these warrants design and
implementation of safety system for safety
& good engineering practice.
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SIS ‘s safety performance criteria is
defined by Safety Integrity Level (SIL).
Determination of Safety Integrity Level
shall help verification of SIS configuration
and identifying whether the system meets
or exceeds the required SIL and in turn
reliability of the control system.
Design Engineering steps of SIL study are
enumerated below
Step – 1
To prepare and collect information :
Process Flow Diagram, Block diagrams ,
Plant Layouts, Process & Instrumentation
Diagrams (P&IDs), Details of Safety
Interlocks , Operation and control philosophy,
Cause and Effect Diagram, MSDS for all the
raw material, Intermediate Products and
Finished Products, Instrument Sequence
Control Charts .
Step – 2
Process hazard & operability – HAZOP study
HAZOP Analysis i.e., safety requirements
based on risk analysis of the equipment
under control is a systematic approach of the
process to identify all the possible hazards.
It is done by HAZOP task force in team,
wherein each member can brainstorm
with each other and make most probable
decisions . The output of HAZOP must be in
report format in which all potential hazards
and possible remedial measures are listed.
HAZOP is a proven method to examine
and check that, what will go wrong in an
installation and which deviations arise in
process conditions e.g. excursions or loss
of temperature, level, pressure, excess
flow. Also special operation conditions are
reviewed like startup, shut down, etc,
In HAZOP study, an installation is
systematically examined by a expert team
in accordance with defined nodes including
the all pieces of equipment. The list of guide
words assists to determine the causes for
deviation. The consequences of deviation
shall be investigated and checked, if
sufficient safety measure have been taken to
mitigate the possible impacts in installation.
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After the HAZOP study is conducted by
HAZOP team, the report consisting of
following details shall be generated.
• Review of the design and operation of
process facility.
• Safety and occupational health hazards
to personnel.
• Damage to equipment / asset /
environment
• Operability / maintainability problems
• Plant non-availability / limitation and lack
of product quality
• Environmental emissions
• Construction and commission hazard
• Critical examination of the process
and engineer intentions to assess the
hazard potential or mal-operation or
malfunction of divided item of equipment
and consequential effects and facility as
a whole.
• Compliance to statutory regulations like
MOEF, CPCB.
Step – 3
SIL - Assessment (Identification and Verification)
What is SIL?
“Safety Integrity Level” - is defined as unit of
measurement for quantity in risk reduction.
Risk reductions are quantified using this
concept of Safety Integrity Level (SIL).
Technical equipment’s usually pose a safety
risk, it is dangerous so people should not
be exposed to this equipment. So in such
cases, relevant risks are reduced to meet
the requirements for a safe operation. It
is also possible to quantify risk reduction
& implement them in order to satisfy the
requirement. This is achieved using the SIL
classification with SIL levels with range 1 to 4.
SIL - is a safety system performances measure
in terms of probability of failure on demand.
Since, it is easy to express probability in terms
of failure, rather than in terms of performance.
SIL level are listed, enumerated 1-4. High SIL
level shall have high associated safety level
and lower the probability of that system fails.
SIL assessment process consists of
evaluation of piping and instrument diagram
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PROCESS DESIGN
P &ID'S
HAZARD ANALYSIS AND DETERMINE
SAFEGUARD FUNCTIONS
RISK ASSESSMENT SAFETY
INSTRUEMNATED FUNCTIONS (SIF) (SIL)
SAFETY REQUIRMENTS SPECFICATION AND
SIF CALCULATIONS ( SIL)
OVERALL INSTALLATION &
COMMISSIONING
TO PLAN & FACLITATE OVERALL SAFETY
VALIDATION
OVERALL OPERATION, MAINTENACE AND
REPAIR
Typical Safety Assessment Flow Chart Work
(P&ID) identification of Safety instrumented
Systems and to identify scenarios that
could lead to a loss of containment, or major
equipment damage if the safety related
system fails to operate when demanded.
SIF: safety instrumented function with a
specified SIL is a must & necessary to
achieve functional safety and which shall
be either a safety instrumented protection
or a control function .Response time of
SIF should always be less than 50% of the
process safety time.
In HAZOP report potential hazards are
identified. The next step is to determine
the Safety Instrumental Functions (SIF)
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PROCESS DESIGN NARRATIVES
HAZOP STUDIES
SIL INDENTIFICATION STUDY
DOCUMENTATION OF SYSTEM
COMPLETE OVERALL SAFETY
INTEGRITY REQUIREMENTS (SIS)
SIL/SIS VALIDATION STUDY
O & M MANUALS, MAINTENANCE
INSTRUCTIONS, INCIDENT
REPORTS
including their descriptions of function and
consequences. Then risk reduction to each
SIF has to be assigned. The classification
methodology of SIL takes into account
the consequences of the failure of SIF in
relation - Risk Graph technique.
As per the requirements, methodology that
will be employed for SIL assessment is a
qualitative technique: Risk graph.
Risk Graphs are based on the following:
• The Consequences of hazardous situation
for Personnel Safety, Environment and loss
of production and equipment / plant damage
(parameters CI, EI and LI respectively),
• Occupancy (parameter F), Probability
of avoiding the hazardous situation
(parameter P) & The Demand Rate (W).
Frequency of Hazardous event occurrence.
High tolerable frequency lowers the
resulting SIL by allocating to the SIF
adopted as Independent protection layer
and vice versa.
Various identified process deviations
which could lead to potential human or
environmental consequence or financial loss
are analysed for the risk reduction that is
required to be achieved by an instrumentation
loop or a combination of instrumentation
loops and the SIL corresponding to the same
is generated. The SIL assessment will be
done as per IEC 61508/ IEC 615111.
Although any form of safety provisions may
meet the same risk reduction requirements
as that for a certain SIL, there is still an
order of preference as to their use. Those
most preferred are measures that make the
process inherently safe
Step – 5
From the above reports, Safety Requirement
Specifications (SRS) will be prepared for all
SIF’s. These shall contain all information like:
• Assigned SIL, Trip setter, Safe stalk,
Operator interfacing etc.
Step – 6
SIL VERIFICATION
Next stage in the project is to determine the SIL
that installed systems shall achieve based on:
• The equipment, (e.g. field sensor, control
logic unit) used in the SIF
• Appropriate reliability data & Specific
proof testing intervals
Reliability data specific to the customer
and plant/process shall be used for the
assessment. If this is readily available or
generic industry data or manufacturers’
data will be used. Caution should be used
in while applying manufacturers’ data as
they may only consider the element they
provide and not the associated auxiliaries
systems etc. Reference to industry data
will always therefore be made to ensure that
overtly optimistic data shall not be used.
Where significant deviations from generic
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data are observed, this will be used after
manufacturer provides sufficient justification.
SIL Classification
A SIL target following a definition process
shall be assigned to each SIF. Later SIL
target will be assigned using a methodology
which client agrees. This methodology will
take into account both risk matrix approaches
and Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA)
as appropriate.
The methodology shall be consistent with
and will take into account risk matrix of
existing client, the risks as quantified in
existing QRAs and relevant client guidance.
This classification methodology of SIL will
take into account the consequences of SIL
failure in relation to:
People safety, Asset damage, Environment,
reputation of company & loss of production
SIL target levels as defined in the
methodology are:
SIL 0-Safety requirement not required for
this function
SIL a-a risk reduction of < than a factor of
10 required from the function References:
IEC 61508 1998.
SIL 1 - PFD between 10-1 and 10-2. By K .Jayaprakash DH (I&C)
SIL 2 - PFD between 10-2 and 10-3. Tata consulting engineers
SIL 3 - PFD between 10-3 and 10-4. Bangalore
SIL 4 - PFD between 10-4 and 10-5.
Step 7
Safety validation.
As per standards, safety systems meet the
overall safety requirement in terms of safety
integrity and safety function requirements
So, generally after installation and
commissioning of the SIL/SIS systems, an
overall validation must take place before plant
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in accordance with overall validation
plan by certified body. The purpose is to
validate if the safety related systems meet
the safety required specifications. This is
done by inspection & testing commissioned
safety instrumented systems as per
safety requirement specification. These K JAYAPRAKASH
inspections also confirm that field sensors, Discipline Head – C & I
TATA Consulting Engineers Ltd
control logic solvers & final control elements
Phone (o) : +91 -80-66226303
perform as defined in SRS.
Email: kjayaprakash@tce.co.in

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Guest Column

IIoT, Cyber Security & Instrumentation - A Step towards the Future

The advent of information technology has changed the way we work, with a number of smart
gadgets continuously connected to the internet. These gadgets are the ‘things’ referred to in
the term ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT). When extended to manufacturing and production industries,
this is known as the ‘Industrial Internet of Things’ (IIoT). The ‘things’ in IIoT are intelligent
machines that share data using advanced communication technologies for more reliable,
efficient and safe operation of the plant. Most of the devices are hooked to the network allowing
instantaneous monitoring and control. IIoT has the potential to unleash benefits by providing
information to be used in increasing plant availability, resulting in operating the process
plant near the threshold design parameters and minimizing down time. While technology is
Shrirang Deshpande
no longer a constraint, the means of implementing it for use in industry seems challenging.

T
he industrial internet of things (IIoT) is
currently a trending topic in the process
and automation industry. This technology
has the potential to provide the industry with
knowledge of the hidden parameters which
have always existed in plants but remained
unutilized due to a lack of analytical processes.
This article intends to focus on the fundamentals
of IIoT, its implementation and challenges.
OT, IT and IIoT in the Process Industry
The connection of all process parameters in a
plant to the control system forms the backbone
of operation technology (OT). Implementing OT
capabilities on ethernet, LAN or WAN to share
this plant information for further optimization
formalizes the concept of information
technology (IT) for the industry.
With intelligent devices in place, critical
processes can share ample information with
the control systems on an open platform.
A structured approach to scrutinizing and
analyzing this data is required to gain real
insight. IIoT predominately shares plant data
with original equipment manufacturers and
analyst vendors on a secured network to get
expert opinions. The data will be analyzed
either locally or remotely to extract meaningful
and actionable information for field operations.
Basic Architecture of IIoT
OT Network: This network comprises of the
integration of field sensors with the control
system data highway. Supervisory control is
implemented via operator stations on the data
highway.
The breakdown of major equipment in a plant
means a significant loss of productivity. The
conventional way to address this is to have
scheduled maintenance. However, what if the
equipment malfunctions before this? It will lead
to the productivity loss described earlier. On
the other hand, what if the equipment is really
healthy and doesn’t require maintenance? Then
the time and efforts involved might have been
used for more productive work. This would assist
in reducing downtime and thereby cost.
Predictive maintenance exists in the process
industry, with integrated smart devices
connected to the control system. However, the
data required to adjust it with machine behavior
and assess the necessity of maintenance can
be acquired via IIoT.

IIoT is a combination of OT and IT, bringing the
process parameter information to a common
platform to share relevant data with relevant
systems in real time. In the process industry,
these vary from the data of known tagged plant
devices to information from untagged sensors
which is available but remains unutilized.
The innovation in hardware and its connectivity
on communication networks in recent decades
has made this a reality. The signal transmission
from sensors has migrated from conventional
4-20 mA current signals to digital signals i.e.
HART, FOUNDATION fieldbus and wireless.
These signals not only share details of process
parameters but also provide diagnostic
information about the sensor. Bringing this
valuable information onto the network provides
better insight into these individual components
and ensures overall healthiness of the plant.
Data integration in the network provides the
means to effectively improve performance in a
working production facility.
IT Network: This comprises of the enterprise
network automatically collecting information
from various plants and facilities and making it
available on an open platform for further analysis.
Cloud: Industrial data is stored on the cloud in a
structured manner and shared with concerned
third parties in a secured way. This provides a
standardized platform allowing third parties to
develop tools and applications independently.
A smart phone app would even enable the
operator to read alerts, analyze data and take
corrective action instantaneously
Service Provider Network: This allows third
parties to interpret and analyze data, deriving
actionable information which is returned to the
end user.
IIoT is primarily an extension of the existing
digital plant network (OT and IT). Data is sent
to third party experts for analysis, providing
valuable information for predictive control
instead of reactive control.
When the enterprise network observes
repetitive faults or upsets for a similar kind of
process across various plants worldwide, IIoT
enables the logging of these and the sharing of
information with service providers. The service
provider can then work with the end user to do
a root cause analysis for critical faults, upgrade
their own system and share lessons learnt
with the end user, thus enabling continual
improvement. The shorter response time for
similar issues and lower maintenance cycles
ensure better plant operability.
Standard development organizations
like the International Organization for
Standardization (ISO) and International
Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) are in
the process of preparing standards to set
the ground rules for data integration and its
safety. These will include:
ISO/IEC 20924: ‘IoT- Definition and vocabulary’
will touch upon descriptions of various
terms used for IoT, such as entity, function,

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interoperability, domain, gateway and network.
ISO/IEC 30141: ‘IoT reference architecture
(IoT RA)’ will define the characteristics of IoT
systems by abstracting these characteristics
into a generic IoT conceptual model and
then deriving a reference model to detail the
reference architecture. This standard will
indicate what the structured approach will be
and also guide how the architecture and its
domain or entities will operate.
Cyber Security
Bringing industrial data onto an open
communication platform makes it more
susceptible to cyberattacks.
There is enough past evidence of attacks on
nuclear facilities, process plants and power
grids to underline the need for cyber security.
The process plant networks, also known
as supervisory networks, are primarily
designed for integrated functionality and safe
performance within the plant hierarchy. This
design is based on the control system vendor’s
proprietary software and a special skill set
is required to work with it. This supervisory
network is generally set up using the enterprise
network. When this is moved to the cloud, plant
data is exposed to an external network, thus
making critical information more vulnerable.
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The IEC 62443 standard covers cyber security
through the following sections:
Section 1 - General: Defines concepts and model
Section 2 - Policies: Defines security
management and patch management
Section 3 - System: Defines security
technology and risk assessment
Section 4 - Component: Defines product
development and technical security
requirement.
The standard recommends that the risk of
cyberattacks be mitigated through the following
measures:
1. Implement network security parameters:
Use of firewalls ensures isolation between
the plant network and external network
and between third party systems within
the plant
2. Implement hardware locks: Integration
of user id and password into dedicated
workstations ensures the restriction of
access to authorized operators only
3. Implement account management:
Planned, regular changes of user id and
password ensure better security
4. Implement updates: Regular security
updates in the form of patches keeps
systems armed against attacks by
new viruses
5. Implement backup: An efficient backup
and recovery plan allows operators to
revert the system to a healthy state in
case of any mishap
6. Implement audits: Consistent security
audits keep tab on any unwanted events
and assist in proactively mitigating issues
Conclusion
The evolving concept of IIoT is creating a new
turning point for all segments of industry. The
possibilities of analyzing captured data and
utilizing the findings will benefit upstream
(wellsite exploration and production),
midstream (transportation pipelines) and
downstream (onshore processing) sectors.
Plants equipped with smart instrumentation
can obtain the maximum advantage from their
existing digital network.
Investments in IIoT are predicted to provide the
means to correlate supply and demand with
plant capabilities at various locations, improve
inventory planning, optimize the scheduling of
field services and enable a quick response to
upcoming market opportunities.
With international standards not yet in place,
technology suppliers, engineering contractors
and end users all have a role to play in
interpreting the concept of IIoT. Even though
implementation of IIoT will be driven by the end
user, it is critical that the detailed engineering
contractor has sufficient knowledge to execute
the engineering design as per the end user’s
requirement.
Some of the key tasks in promoting IIoT
will include concept finalization, designing
architecture, employing open integration
protocols, defining methods to consolidate
the data, data mining, assigning measures to
mitigate risks and identifying the flow of work
across the organization.
The Industrial Internet of Things has the
capability to bring about a step change in
operational activities and business strategies.
However security and maintaining the privacy
of industrial networks are prime concerns and
will continue to remain so. Unless regulatory
standards are put in place and the means to
minimize security breaches are established,
the industry may face challenges in gaining all
the possible advantages from IIoT.
Author’s Details:
Shrirang Deshpande
Principal Engineer, Instrumentation
Aker Solutions
Shrirang.Deshpande@akersolutions.com
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Market Insight
‘Thermoplastics’ by LANXESS: Material to drive future mobility
L
A N X E S S h a s e s t a bl i s h e d i t s e l f
as leading specialty Chemicals
Company, globally present in 25
countries with over 74 production sites
worldwide. The company is identified as a
prominent manufacturer for the marketing
of chemical inter mediates, additives,
specialty chemicals and plastics. With a
constant focus on development geared
toward market requirements, the company
manufactures products with high quality
standards and strives to exceed industry
benchmarks with every new innovation.
The organization is equally active in
attaining its sustainable development
goals along with its business growth
objectives. With an endeavor to achieve
sustainability, LANXESS has purposefully
worked towards developing products to
ensure a safe and healthy environment.
Like for example, LANXESS has created
‘Thermoplastics’ which are used in the
automotive sector to reduce the weight
o f a c a r, m a k i n g i t mu c h m o r e f u e l -
efficient which consequently reduces
vehicle emission. While making a valuable
contribution towards protection of the
environment, utilization of Thermoplastics
in the automobile, also ensures greater
flexibility in usage and wider design
possibilities. Encouraged by the benefits,
companies in the automotive industry as
well as in the electronics and construction
industry have been progressively utilizing
these innovative materials in recent years.
Considering the future trends and needs
in the automotive sector, the company
has developed materials and technologies
for lightweight structures as well as heat-
dissipating, flame-retardant polyamides
LANXESS is globally present in 25 countries with over 74
production sites worldwide.
as a prominent manufacturer
chemical intermediates, additives, specialty chemicals
and plastics.
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and polyesters for ther mally stressed
electrical and electronic components.
G l o b a l m e g a t r e n d s l i ke a u t o n o m o u s
driving, electrification of vehicular power
trains and new logistic concepts are also
considered as important growth drivers
for the company’s polyamides, polyesters
and thermoplastic composites.
Numerous automakers and providers are
looking for extra lightweight materials that
can be utilized as adaptable substitutes for
metal components, without compromising
on the overall performance. One long-
established solution in this area is
the patented hybr id technology from
LANXESS. This technology efficiently
combines plastic and metal. It facilitates
weight reduction up to 20 percent
d u e t o i n t e gra t i o n o f p l a s t i c w i t h o u t
compromising on stability properties of
metal. Hybrid technology is already in use
today, in roughly 100 production vehicles
from leading automakers.
Taking a step further in development of the
hybrid technology, LANXESS innovated
‘Hollow Profile Hybrid Technology’, which
uses hollow metal profiles with round or
square cross-sections instead of sheet
metal. Due to the dimensional stability,
hollow profiles enable hybrid parts with
significantly higher torsional stiffness
and strength. There is an enormous
potential for structural components such
as cross car beams, which were not
resilient enough using conventional hybrid
technology.
Another initiative taken in the automotive
industry is the introduction of XTS2
thermo-stabilization which increases the
The company is identified
for the marketing of
CEW
thermal stability of polyamide 66 to up to
230 OC. This system shows no stabilization
gap between 160 O C and 230 O C and all
mechanical proper ties such as tensile
modulus, breaking stress or IZOD impact
strength are maintained at a high levels
even at constant temperatures of up to
230 OC.” It is ideal for the vehicles with high
efficient combustion engines and can be
used in production of air intake manifolds
with an integrated intercooler.
High tech plastics are likewise assuming
an undeniably essential par t beyond
t h e c a r a u t o m o t i ve i n d u s t r y, i n a n y
case. For instance, they can be found
in washing machine control panels and
lamp fixtures, in rotary and flip switches,
massagers and window frames, and even
sports equipment such as sport bows and
wakeboards.
As one of the leading manufacturers
of high-tech plastics, LANXESS is
a l l s e t t o t a ke a d va n t a g e o f m a r ke t
oppor tunities prevailing in the Indian
plastic market. High-tech plastics already
compr ise around ten percent of total
sales at LANXESS, and this percentage
will continue to rise. With the fur ther
investment in production site at Jhagadia
for processing and finishing of Durethan,
the company is looking forward to solidify
their strong position in the Indian growth
market .
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Is your smart factory secure?
A
larms, cameras, locks and fences are all
commonly recommended to keep burglars
out of homes. Obtaining clear guidance for
securing your smart factory isn’t quite as easy to
come by. In a connected factory, manufacturers
have access to a constant data stream from
the shop floor, commercial operations and
supply. The Internet of Things (IoT) generates
a huge amount of data, gathered from machines
and components, which can be accessed and
analysed remotely.
Though it brings a facility a number of advantages,
connectivity also introduces a vulnerability in terms
of cyber-security. With information technology
(IT) and operational technology (OT) more
closely connected than ever, systems are more
vulnerable to attackers. The risk is increased by
remote access or third-party access.
According to Dark Reading magazine, the
second most cyber-attacked industry after
healthcare is manufacturing. With high profile
ransomware attacks such as WannaCry
disrupting large companies such as Honda,
manufacturers know they must be vigilant.
Customers’ enthusiasm prompts decision to align Asset
Lifecycle Information Management solutions with CFIHOS
H
UNTSVILLE, Ala., June 12, 2018 –
Hexagon’s PPM division, the world’s
leading provider of asset lifecycle
solutions for design, construction, and operation
of industrial facilities, is proud to announce that it
is the first software provider to officially conform
to the new process industry standard, Capital
Facility Information Handover Specification
(CFIHOS) version 1.3.
CFIHOS was created by the process industry
community to offer a more useful and pragmatic
standard for data handover, resulting in reduced
overall project costs and improved operational
performance in the future. This could potentially
represent 2 to 4 percent of the capital cost of
owner operators’ projects, which are typically on
the scale of many millions or billions of dollars.
Owner operators can expect a similar
percentage reduction in costs with improved
safety and reduced operational risks in all areas
of their operation through faster access to the
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In the manufacturing industry, cyber-crime is
usually a type of data theft, ransomware or data
manipulation. Hackers can modify procedures
to disrupt production processes, gain access to
private patent data or cause system downtime, all
of which can cause serious losses to a company.
Engineering businesses must ensure that
their operations, data and valuable intellectual
property (IP) are protected. Businesses need
to understand the limitations of their own
capabilities and systems to form a well-rounded
cyber-security strategy.
For example, legacy equipment can be a target
for cyber-criminals. Old equipment was not
designed to be connected to the internet, which
means that cyber security was not a priority
during its design. Industrial control systems as
well as programmable logic controllers (PLCs)
have become targets as a result.
Securing operations
The first step to cyber security is to assess your
digital footprint, understanding what data you
collect and store. When updating or upgrading
your system, the entire footprint must be
precise data and documents needed to execute
work efficiently. This results in expedited and
better-informed decisions.
Hexagon made the strategic decision to
align its new cloud-based Intergraph Smart®
Digital Asset (SDA) platform of Asset Lifecycle
Information Management (ALIM) solutions with
CFIHOS based on customers’ enthusiasm for
the standard.
Mattias Stenberg, President, Hexagon’s PPM
division, said, “Hexagon is investing in Digital
Transformation and data standards are a key
first step to sharing information internally and also
across third-party lines. CFIHOS is the standard
that enables this, and we are thrilled to be first.
“By standardizing on CFIHOS, software
implementation costs can be reduced through
the removal of individual customization,
allowing development teams to focus on adding
significant business value.”
considered. This includes accounting for any
personal devices such as smartphones, tablets
and laptops that are authorised to be in your
network.
Manufacturing businesses must take a
proactive approach to cyber security. This
includes having a firewall, but also involves
network monitoring. By closely looking at
activity in the network, any unusual activity
can be marked as suspicious, helping you to
identify risks more quickly.
Companies should also consider segmenting their
networks, limiting access to the network unless
necessary. The more connection points, the
greater the risk, so a segmented network can limit
the damage done in the case of a data breach.
It’s not as simple as securing your home from
burglary but securing your smart factory from
cyber-criminals is just as important in keeping
operations safe.
Jonathan Wilkins
Marketing Director,
EU Automation
Hexagon’s PPM division will host a session
titled “A Digital Opportunity with CFIHOS” during
HxGN LIVE 2018, the premier cross-industry
technology conference, on Thursday, June 14,
in Las Vegas.
Hexagon offers consulting and best practice
guidelines to assist customers with the adoption
of CFIHOS-conformance company standards
and assist in the digital transformation of projects
and operations. PPM firmly believes CFIHOS is
the underlying foundation on which its clients can
develop their digitalization strategy and roadmap.
Hexagon Technical User Forum (TUF) LinkedIn
groups provide an online discussion forum
for year-round networking between users. To
learn more about Hexagon PPM’s Information
Management TUF group and network with
users, visit hexagonppm.com/technical-user-
forums.
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B&R India launches enhanced customer support

Dedicated hotline ensures high quality support and accelerated response times
B&R India has launched World Class Support – a dedicated support hotline that will serve as a single point of
contact for its customers nationwide. Customers served by B&R India headquarters in Pune and its six branch
offices will now have a single number to call, ensuring that they receive a consistently high level of support
with the fastest possible response times. “We are proud of the best-in-class service and support we offer our
customers,” says Jhankar Dutta, Managing Director of B&R India. “Our World Class Support hotline will further
enhance our customers’ experience, in turn enabling them to offer their customers faster service and reduced
machine downtime.”

B&R’s online Support Portal allows
customers worldwide to create and track
support requests and share support
documentation via the B&R website. With
the new hotline, customers of B&R India
also benefit from streamlined telephone
support from a local team of experts. “Our
highly qualified support team is commit-
ted to our customers’ success and has
the expertise it takes to help them gain
a competitive edge in their market,” says
Ravishankar Gawhade, head of national
support, B&R India.
About B&R
B&R is an innovative automation
company with headquarters in Austria
and offices all around the world. On
July 6, 2017, B&R became a business
unit of the ABB Group. As a global
leader in industrial automation, B&R
combines state-of-the-art technol-ogy
with advanced engineering to provide
customers in virtually every industry
with complete solutions for machine
and factory automation, motion control,
HMI and integrated safety technology.
With Industrial IoT communication
standards like OPC UA, POWERLINK
and openSAFETY as well as the powerful
Automation Studio software development
environment, B&R is constantly redefining
the future of automation engineering.
The innovative spirit that keeps B&R at
the forefront of industri-al automation is
driven by a commitment to simplifying
processes and exceeding customer
expectations.

For details Contact :

B&R Industrial Automation Pvt. Ltd.
Tel: +91 / 20 4147 - 8999
E-mail: office.in@br-automation.com
8, Tara Heights, Mumbai - Pune Road,
Wakdewadi, 411003 Pune
World Class Support hotline to enhance customer experience Website: www.br-automation.com

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Chemical Mixing

P
owder mixing is a critical process, in
chemical product manufacturing, ie,
micro nutrients, pesticide, herbicide,
coating chemical, metal powder, thermostat
regin, etc, as the desired final product is
purely dependent on the mixing of products
and its attributes.
Hence, the experts always suggest using
proper equipment for an optimum mixing.
Toshniwal upon analyzing the Indian
demand offers technological-based
paddle mixer, Norwegian technological-
based twin shaft fluidized zone mixer
and the Canadian single shaft Phlauer
mixers.
Twin Shaft Paddle Mixer
Toshniwal’s twin shaft paddle mixer of
Norwegian technology is a horizontal batch
mixer for homogeneous mixing of powders,
granules, extruded products, micro-
ingredients, liquids, with exactly the same
result. The mixer has two counter rotating
shafts with welded paddles.
Single Shaft Paddle Mixer
This horizontal single shaft batch mixer
of A&J Mixing Technology, Canada is the
most popular, ideal machine to guarantee
the perfect mix, high throughput and
economic operations. It is versatile and
ideal for adding shear.
The horizontal mixer can support bags with
ingredients, the operators does not lift the
bags. Hence, Toshniwal offers powder
transfer system (PTS) product.
Powder Transfer System
Toshniwal introduced vacuum conveying
system and offers solution for the transfer
of powders, granules and flakey ingredients
with expertise in vacuum technology more
than three decades back.
The innovative powder transfer system
can be used to transfer from almost every
receptacle or machine and be charged in
to any type of receiver. The system allows
powder to be charged directly into closed
hopper/vessels, etc, including those under
vacuum or pressure in a totally safe way
preventing the dust formation, the system
can be retrofitted/integrated into the
existing production line.
Automation
The concept of these mixer further
automated by providing
• Dumping station
• Feeding conveyer
• Collection arrangement
• Bagging
• Sensors
• Vibrator
• Flow meters, etc.
Application and Advantages
Toshniwal offers the mixer which is
capable in precision mixing and also
handling different characteristics and food
ingredients, ie, fat, oil, flavour, thickness,
etc, to get ultimate end product in high
degree quality levels.

The mixing equipment has proven

application such as
• Crop-care Nutrition
• Detergent Powder
• Powder Metallurgy

Conclusion
The proven Toshniwal mixer with integrated
PTS concept is very broad, with help of
automation can obtain unit that adjust
perfectly to the requirements of the most
demanding customers.

For details Contact :

Toshniwal
267 Kilpauk Garden Road
Chennai 600 010
Tel: 044-26448983, 26448558
Fax: 91-044-26441820
E-mail: sales@toshniwal.net,
Website: www.toshniwalindia.com

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B&R joins Huawei’s OPC UA TSN testbed

Practical testing for seamless smart factory communication
B&R has joined the OPC UA TSN testbed of Chinese network equipment vendor Huawei. The Austrian auto-
mation specialist is now participating in all three of the world’s most significant platforms for practical testing
of the new communication technology. The two other testbeds are those organized by the Industrial Internet
Con-sortium (IIC) in the USA and Labs Network Industrie 4.0 (LNI) in Europe.

The new OPC UA TSN testbed was introduced at the Hannover Messe. Source: Huawei

“Huawei’s testbed gives us the opportunity
to advance the standardization of
OPC UA TSN in Asia,” explained B&R
Marketing Manager Stefan Schönegger
during the presentation of the testbed at
the Hannover Messe. “In doing so, we’re
making another important contribution
toward globally harmonized industrial
communication.”
From the sensor to the cloud
Huawei’s testbed will feature an OPC
UA TSN network simulating all aspects
of smart factory communication – from
individual sensors to the ERP system
and on into the cloud. Data will be
transmitted exclusively via OPC UA
TSN – regardless of whether it is real-
time motion control data or aggregated
performance metrics for executive
management. There is no need for
communication interfaces of any kind.
About B&R
B&R is an innovative automation
company with headquarters in Austria
and offices all around the world. On
July 6, 2017, B&R became a business
unit of the ABB Group. As a global
leader in industrial automation, B&R
combines state-of-the-art technol-ogy
with advanced engineering to provide
customers in virtually every industry
with complete solutions for machine
and factory automation, motion control,
HMI and integrated safety technology.
With Industrial IoT communication
standards like OPC UA, POWERLINK
and openSAFETY as well as the
powerful Automation Studio software
development environment, B&R is
constantly redefining the future of
automation engineering. The innovative
spirit that keeps B&R at the forefront
of industri-al automation is driven by a
commitment to simplifying processes
and exceeding customer expectations.
For details contact:
B&R Industrial Automation
Corporate Communications
Tel +43 7748 6586-0
E-mail: press@br-automation.com
B&R-Strasse 1, 5142 Eggelsberg, Austria
Website: www.br-automation.com

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More efficiency, more communication
Process and factory automation: APROL R 4.2 offers numerous new software functions
B&R has published a new major release of its APROL process control system. APROL R 4.2 contains numer-
ous new software functions, including improved cloud communication via OPC UA and MQTT. It also offers a
modern new “Dark style” interface design option.
A
PROL R 4.2 includes additional
SSL/TLS communication options,
as well as numerous new
functions for optimizing the efficiency
of plants and processes. These include
asset performance monitoring, new
condi-tion monitoring features, an
extensive business intelligence solution
and optimized alarm management. B&R
has also expanded its advanced process
control solution with new features such
as a PID tuning block based on the finite
frequency method.
Plant status at a glance
The new “Dark style” design gives
the operator station a clean, modern
interface and makes operation easi-
er and more intuitive. It is now also
The new “Dark style” interface design and convenient radar chart ensure operators a quick and
clear overview of plant status.
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possible to view the overall state of a
process in a convenient radar chart.
Key process variables are displayed in a
pattern that makes the plant operator’s
job considerably easier.
Redundancy at every level
The full range of redundancy options
are now integrated as standard
APROL features. This makes high-
availability systems an attractive
option, even for smaller applications.
APROL supports redundancy at eve-
ry level. Operator bus, process bus,
runtime server and controllers can all
be laid out redundantly using standard
components. No expensive special
hardware is required.
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The new “Dark style” interface design
and convenient radar chart ensure
operators a quick and clear overview of
plant status.
About B&R
B&R is an innovative automation
company with headquarters in Austria
and offices all around the world. On
July 6, 2017, B&R became a business
unit of the ABB Group. As a global
leader in industrial automation, B&R
combines state-of-the-art technol-ogy
with advanced engineering to provide
customers in virtually every industry
with complete solutions for machine
and factory automation, motion control,
HMI and integrated safety technology.
With Industrial IoT communication
standards like OPC UA, POWERLINK
and openSAFETY as well as the powerful
Automation Studio software development
environment, B&R is constantly redefining
the future of automation engineering.
The innovative spirit that keeps B&R at
the forefront of industri-al automation is
driven by a commitment to simplifying
processes and exceeding customer
expectations.
For details Contact :
B&R Industrial Automation
Corporate Communications
Tel: +43 7748 6586-0
E-mail: press@br-automation.com
B&R-Strasse 1, 5142 Eggelsberg, Austria
Website: www.br-automation.com
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Resistotech Industries Private Limited

Eliminate your leakages in lined columns, tank vessels with seamless paste extruded PTFE liner.

C
hemical process industry commonly
uses PTFE lined piping however
non-availability of large bore
diameter seamless liners chemical industry
and processor go for other alternative like
Glass lining, PVDF / PFA melt process /
PTFE sheet welded or exotic metals like
titanium / tantalum /Hastelloy etc,

Glass-lining being fragile and can break

due to mechanical shocks come under
maintenance quickly, with temperature
and chemical applications limits it cannot
be used widely,

PTFE sheet welding / fusion with PFA rod

can qualify testing of strength sometime
however its weld joint, even at single
drop leakage not allowing same to run for
longer life,

PVDF / PFA lining have introduced due

to its little better weldable properties than
PTFE sheets,

It was industry needs to get developed

seamless paste extruded PTFE liners in
large bore diameter for column, tank and
vessels with maximum lengths to avoid
flange joints as source of leakage, theses
columns, tanks and vessels can be used
under full vacuum application with different
technology like as heavy-duty thickness
liners of 10-12 mm or mechanically
extracted nozzles which holds liner from
getting it buckle or inserting graphite /
ceramic sleeve inside,

Construction: - seamless PTFE lined

column is with single piece without any
weld joint of liners, lining of shell is done
as normal lined piping with flare at both
ends, nozzles are mechanically extracted
having uniform thickness all over neck and
flare areas, single piece construction of
nozzles helps for zero leakage chances,

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Comparative analysis of PTFE paste extruded seamless liners VS other techniques: -

Specifications Paste extruded Liner D 4895 Sheet Lining PTFE / PFA / PVDF PFA moulding

Liner Properties As per ASTM F 1545,
Nozzle Mechanically extracted as
single piece from liner without
affecting liner thickness
Anti-Vacuum M e c h a n i c a l ex t r a c t e d
Protection nozzles or higher thickness
liners to be used or Graphite
/ ceramic sleeve can be used
PTFE with PFA rod have poor weld
joints due to no parent material
welds, PVDF / PFA sheet has better
welds
Welded to sheet welded liner,
minimal strength at weld areas
No anti-vacuum protection
Degrades polymer due to long hours heating
at high temperatures (more than melt
temperature), hard in sealing which increase
chance of leakage, as per ASTM F 1545 melt
grades recommended up to 10”
Moulded single piece, may have thickness
variation
Steel net of 1.5 -2 mm used inside of lining
which gets damage during some operation
due to permeability creating big failure of
lining as swelling and blistering

Specification: - Painting: - 30 µm Zinc base primer or

Steel Housing: - A106 Gr.B Sch.40/A516 Epoxy or PU based primer.
Gr.60/70 / IS2062.
Lining: - Paste extruded PTFE seamless
Flanges: - IS2062 / A105 /A516 Gr 60/70, liners as per ASTM D 4895 with liner For details Contact :
SOFF/SORF dimensions as per ANSI / thickness 4 – 12 mm depending on Resistotech Industries Private Limited
DIN/JIS, applications, maximum length of segments C-11, MIDC, Sinnar, Nashik,
3 meter in large bore. Maharashtra - 422 113
Welding: - As per ASME Section IX.
M:- 0091 9820429054
Distributor: - PTFE.
Surface Preparation: - Surface prepared by E:- sales@ressitotech.com
shot blasting SA 2.5 to all steel parts. Support Plate: - PTFE, sandwich type. w:- www.resistotech.com

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Analytical Solutions Planetary Mixer

Depending on the measuring task Planetary mixers are available in
in question, Endress+Hauser offers standard cGMP and customised
customer-specific analytical solutions models with SS-304/316/316L
such as monitoring panels, cabinets contact parts. They are designed
or stations as well as automation exclusively for mixing of
systems. Their monitoring stations
ointments, pastes, creams, dry
are supplied in turnkey condition
powders and wet mass.
and contain all of the components
required from sample preparation Precision design favours
right through to the transfer of data to higher level systems. This intensive mixing, dispersing and
guarantees easy installation, operation and calibration. These kneading of products of any level
monitoring solutions are individually adapted to the customer’s of viscosity. They are specially designed agitator profile. Supplied
specific ambient conditions as well as communication and service as a complete unit, only requires levelling and connection to
requirements. Their automation solutions support you in optimizing electrical and air supply. They are applicable in pharma and
your processes, be this aeration control or phosphate dosing in a cosmetic industries and available in batch capacities ranging
wastewater treatment plant or the automatic cleaning and calibration from 50 to 1,000 kg, as per client’s requirements.
of pH measuring stations in the chemical or life science industries.
For details contact:
For details contact: IPEC Engg Pvt Ltd
Endress+Hauser (India) Pvt Ltd
Plot No: 5175, GIDC, Ankleshwar
7B, Godrej One, 7th Floor
Pirojshanagar, Vikhroli (E) Gujarat 398 002
Mumbai 400 079 Tel: 02646-221175
Tel: 022-30236100 Telefax: 91-02646-225175
Fax: 91-022-30236219 E-mail: md@ipecengg.com /
E-mail: info@in.endress.com marketing@ipecengg.com

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Vacuum Glass Lifter Vacuum Glass Lifter

Powered by compressed air the Powered by compressed
ruggedly constructed vacuum air this ruggedly
lifter AVGL P4 is suitable for lifting constructed vacuum lifter
glass sheets with a max weight AVGL P8 is suitable for
of 500-kg and then tilt the glass lifting glass sheets with
sheet. Features pneumatic vertical/ a max weight of 1,000-
horizontal tilting from 0 to 90o by a kg and then tilt the glass
pneumatic piston; SS vacuum tank sheet. Features pneumatic vertical/horizontal tilting from 0 to
ensures safe pickup in the event 90 o by a pneumatic piston; SS vacuum tank ensuring safe pickup
of a sudden power break to the vacuum pump; acoustic and visual in the event of a sudden power break to the vacuum pump;
alarm system; independently powered by a rechargeable battery; acoustic and visual alarm system; independently powered by
a rechargeable battery; slider valve with On and Off position
slider valve with On and Off position for the attachment of material to
for the attachment of material to vacuum pads and release of
vacuum pads and release of material from vacuum pads.
material from vacuum pads.
For details contact:
For details contact:
Aardwolf Material Handling Solutions
Aardwolf Material Handling Solutions
Harmara Road, RIICO Indl Area Harmara Road, RIICO Indl Area
Madanganj-Kishangarh, Dist: Ajmer Madanganj-Kishangarh, Dist: Ajmer
Rajasthan 305 801 Rajasthan 305 801
E-mail: gura.mathur@aardwolf.co.in E-mail: gura.mathur@aardwolf.co.in

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Roots Vacuum Pumps Water Purification System (Lab Scale)

The Roots Type pumps Water purification system (lab scale)
belong to the group of generates Type III and Type I water.
positive displacement Output of RO water is 99 per cent
delivery pumps. Two micro-organism-free and 95 per cent
symmetrical pistons ions are also removed.
having eight features, It has an in-built 20 litre tank
housed in the pump and requires less space for the
body, rotate in opposite installation of the system. Tank is
directions with no contact pressurised and ensures impurities
with the pump body, meshing continuously. will not enter the tank to maintain the
purity of water system. Recirculation feature avoids stagnancy
The pistons are driven by a set of gears with synchronised rotation,
of water. Conductivity cell used is of cell constant 0.01.Easy to
which guarantees friction-free movement. During rotation, a operate and maintain. Self-diagnostics ability in system (give
progressively growing space is created which corresponds to appropriate alarms). Low capital consumable and maintenance
the suction stage: phases 1 and 2 being gradually decreased, cost as compared to all available brands in water purification
phases 3 and 4 compressing the volume of gas. This cycle is system.
repeated four times each complete rotation of the drive shaft.
For details contact:
For details contact: Shreedhar Instruments
Toshniwal Instruments (Madras) Pvt Ltd 16 Shreeji Krupa Society
267 Kilpauk Garden Road Opp: MGVCL Circle Office
Chennai 600 010 Next to GMERS Medical College
Tel: 044-26448983, 26448558 Gotri Road, Vadodara, Gujarat 390 023
Fax: 91-044-26441820 Telefax: 91-0265-232041
E-mail: sales@toshniwal.net E-mail: sales@shreeedhargroup.com

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Gas Analyzer
LYONS, CO – AMETEK MOCON’s Baseline 9100 Gas Analyzer performs the analysis
of residual solvents in air p ethanol, isopropanol (IPA) and acetone—that are used in
semiconductor cleanroom environments, ie, solvent stations.
During semiconductor fabrication processes, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are
emitted primarily from diffusion and cleaning during wet-etching processes. The residual
presence of these solvents can be detrimental to production yields and to worker health.
MOCON’s Baseline 9100 Gas Analyzer combines the selectivity of gas chromatography
with the sensitivity of a photo ionization detector (PID). The analysis provides an interference free response to ethanol (if desired), IPA,
and acetone in air - no preconcentration necessary. Competitive analytical approaches that require preconcentration exhibit much longer
analysis times, are much more costly, more complex, and suffer from poor reproducibility.
The solvents are detected and accurately quantified to sub-ppb levels in under 3 minutes with ethanol producing no interference. The
instrument is sensitive to below 5 ppb for both IPA and acetone employing MOCON’s standard Baseline PID, and <0.1 ppb using MOCON’s
high sensitivity Baseline PID.
For details contact:
AMETEK Inc
1100 Cassatt Road, Berwyn
Pennsylvania 19312, U.S.A.
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Ribbon/Paddle Vacuum Mixer Dryer High Vacuum Pump

The ribbon paddle vacuum mixer Over three decades of expertise
dryer is suitable for mixing and in vacuum technology,
drying the material which cannot Toshniwal Instruments
operate at high temperature easily (Madras) Pvt Ltd offer
oxidised, poisonous in nature. It customized solutions ranging
operates at low temperature under from individual products to a
vacuum and used for drying and
complete system. Toshniwal‘s
mixing powder. They are available
direct drive high vacuum
in models 10 to 10,000 litre working capacity. U-shape jacketed
pumps, the 72-D Series double
and vacuumized container is available with ribbon or paddle
stirrer. Vacuumized closed system with condenser, receiver stage model is with ultimate vacuum. Beyond usual quality
for solvent recovery. Uniform mixing and drying process under and reliability of Toshniwal pumps the 72-D Series 120-1,000
vacuumizer is at low temperature. LPM portable pump offers improvement in the areas of quieter
operation, smaller size and easy maintenance.
For details contact:
Prism Pharma Machinery For details contact:
Plot No: 3713, Phase IV, GIDC Toshniwal Instruments (Madras) Pvt Ltd
Vatva, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 383 445 267 Kilpauk Garden
Tel: 079-29095204 Road, Chennai 600 010
Fax: 91-079-25841623 Tel: 044-26445626, 26448983
E-mail: mkt@prismpharmamachinery.com E-mail: sales@toshniwal.net

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Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)

The newly-released Thermo Scientific Prisma SEM platform incorporates extensive automation and a user-friendly
interface that make it easy to learn and operate in routine industrial applications, while preserving the flexibility needed
in a research or academic setting.
The Prisma platform features advanced automation; robust support for analytics; a large, precise and flexible stage; and
a wide range of optional accessories. Its configurability makes it an ideal solution for many different types of customers.
Labs with narrower dedicated needs will value its speed and simplicity, while multi-user, multi-application facilities
will appreciate the broad selection of optional imaging detectors and analytical tools available on a single integrated
platform.
The Prisma’s sample chamber readily handles large, heavy samples and accommodates advanced energy-dispersive
x-ray spectroscopy (EDS) configurations that deliver fast, accurate elemental micro-analysis. The system can operate over a wide
range of vacuum conditions, permitting observations of nonconductive, wet, dirty or outgassing samples in their natural states without
cleaning, drying, coating or risking damage to the instrument. Environmental SEM (ESEM) mode and heating or cooling stages open new
experimental pathways for innovative in-situ investigations.
Guided workflows make the system easy to learn and operate, for example, a convenient undo/redo feature enhances productivity. The
MAPS package can create large-area composite maps from multiple images and spatially correlates the data.
For details contact:
Thermo Fischer Scientific India Pvt Ltd
102, 104, Delphi ‘C’ Wing
Hiranandani Business Park
Powai, Mumbai 400 076
Tel: 022-67420404
Fax: 91-022-67429495
E-mail: sagar.chavan@thermofisher.com

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Pumps and Compressors

Blackmer offers STX Series transport pumps ideal for loading and unloading corrosive and non-corrosive
liquids – sulfonic acids, specialty chemicals, solvents, latex paints, liquid sugars and vegetable oils – that
are not compatible for use with cast iron pumps. These pumps offer the best combined characteristics of
sustained high-level performance, energy efficiency, trouble-free operation and low maintenance costs.
Blackmer ML Series pumps are ideal for liquid-terminal operations that require high-capacity product
transfer, top or bottom loading/unloading and blending at the rack. ML Series pumps offer tremendous
self-priming and high-suction capabilities that enable them to clear tanks of product more effectively and
efficiently than competitive models. ML pumps can handle fluid viscosities from 30 to 500,000 ssu (1.0
to 108,000 cS) with flow rates up to 600 gpm (136 m3/h) and at operating temperatures as high as 400oF
(206oC). S Series screw pumps with or without external timing gears and bearings are self-priming double-ended positive displacement pumps
that offer outstanding performance in the most demanding liquid-storage terminal applications. Blackmer twin and triple screw designs provide
complete axial balancing of the rotating screws and their timing technologies eliminate metal-to-metal contact with the pump. S Series pumps are
also ATEX-certified for use in explosive or dangerous environments. Blackmer HD Series reciprocating gas compressors provide quiet, efficient
transfer of a wide range of liquefied gases. HD Series compressors also have been designed to handle the vapour recovery of gases that are
common in terminal applications. The vapour recovery aspect of this application captures vapours before they are released in the environment,
allowing terminals to be more environmentally responsible and compliant while ensuring the most complete product transfer possible.
For details contact:
Dover India Pvt Ltd - PSG
40 Poonamallee By-pass
Saneerkuppam, Chennai 600 056
Tel: 044-26271020, 26271023
E-mail: sales@psgindia@psgdover.com

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3D Measurement Software Platform

FARO offers FARO CAM2 2018 software platform, specifically designed to enable users
to realize the highest value and level of performance with all FARO metrology products
across the automotive, aerospace, machine tools and metal fabrication industries (http://
www.faro.com/cam2/in). CAM2 2018 elevates the end user experience through a seamless
integration with FARO portable coordinate measuring machine products, an advanced
user interface that streamlines and simplifies most inspection activities and new reporting
dashboards that facilitate short cycle, actionable intelligence.
CAM2 2018 now includes Repeat Part Management (RPM) functionality for easy production
implementation and minimum training. This smart tool enables a specific inspection process to be designed once and then repeated and
executed by anyone on the factory floor. Accordingly, this ensures resource efficient, consistent oversight and quality control of inspection
routines without the need to have highly skilled metrology professional’s drive and manage the process.
CAM2 2018 features integrated web-based dashboard reporting that delivers real time inspection results and insightful trend analysis in
a user-friendly set of adaptable visual reports. The RPM Control Center information can be shared across the organization in real time
and accelerate the ability to take immediate corrective action as required.
For details contact:
FARO Business Technologies India Pvt Ltd
E-12, B-1 Extension
Mohan Co-operative Indl Estate
Mathura Road, New Delhi 110 044
Tel: 011-46465664, 46465644
E-mail: india@faro.com / amrita.gokhale@faro.com

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Octagonal Blender Water Meter

The operation of the water flow
Octagonal blender
meter is a simple user-friendly way
available in standard
to operate easily. The water flow
cGMP and customised
meter is an impeller multi-jet type
models with SS-
flow meter with measuring inserts
304/315/316L contact
made up of engineering plastics. The
parts.
water meter has a provision for fixing
It is most suitable for dry of external digital pulse sensors
mixing of materials in suitable for remote and digital pulse
granular form. Gives best transmissions for monitoring through
result for granules due to slow RPM and the octagonal shape. BMS systems and batching purposes with PLC, etc.This flow meter
It is provided with limit switch for operator’s safety. Bigger batch is used to measure the water consumption in apartment/flats, IT
size at low power consumption. park area, hospitals and malls. Features cold (50oC) and hot water
(130oC); removable/interchangeable element; sealed register water-
It has a modern PLC with manual operating system. proof (IP 67); corrosion-free powder coated body; EEC pattern
Available in batch capacities ranging from 50 to 3,000 kg as per approval; unaffected by external magnetic fields; and pulser’s coated
client’s requirements, depend on bulk density. body fitted without breaking the seal for remote flow totalisation and
flow-rate indication.
For details contact:
IPEC Engg Pvt Ltd For details contact:
Plot No: 5175, GIDC, Ankleshwar Toshniwal Hyvac Pvt Ltd
Gujarat 393 002 267 Kilpauk Garden Road, Chennai 600 010
Tel: 02646-221175 Tel: 044-2644 8558, 26448983
Telefax: 91-022646-225175 Fax: 91-044-26441820
E-mail: md@ipecengg.com / marketing@ipecengg.com E-mail: sales@toshniwal.net

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Shutoff & Divert Valves Mixproof Valves

Cipriani Harrison’s pneumatic valves are Cipriani Harrison’s mixproof valves are made
made from forged SS-316L/SS-304L are from forged/bar stock AISI 316L and 304L.
highly polished and come standard with Double seat valves are used in automated
PTFE and FDA EPDM seals. These valves multiple routing systems with absolute
have self-draining machined bodies with confidence. Modern production processes
a round shape that allows for a minimum demand simultaneous operation of product
resistance to flow. The valve body, yoke and cleaning cycles in order to maximise
and actuator are assembled with clamps productivity and optimise operations. The
enabling quick and easy assembly and construction of the valve guarantees that
disassembly. Available in sizes 1-4” with sanitary clamp and all products and cleaning liquids, in complex routing systems,
Butt-weld and connections as standard. Multiple body styles and remain separated, even in the event of seal failures. Available
electrical control tops are available for varying applications. These sizes ranges from 1-4”. Electronic control caps are available for
are 3A authorised and user-friendly. Electronic control caps are communication/automation.
available for communication/automation.
For details contact:
For details contact: Cipriani Harrison Valves Pvt Ltd
Cipriani Harrison Valves Pvt Ltd
Sub Plot No: 2, B/s Margin Impex Ltd
Sub Plot No: 2, B/s Margin Impex Ltd
Nr Phase IV, GIDC Estate Nr Phase IV, GIDC Estate
V U Nager, Anand, Gujarat 388 121 V U Nager, Anand, Gujarat 388 121
Tel: 02692-235082, 235182 Tel: 02692-235082, 235182
Fax: 91-02692-236385 Fax: 91-02692-236385
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Electro Magnetic Meter

The instrument works on the principle of Faraday’s law of Electromagnetic Induction. A magnetic field
is generated by the instrument in the flow tube. The fluid flowing through this magnetic field generates
a voltage that is proportional to the flow velocity. This voltage is measured by the electronics and a
corresponding output provided. Universal power supply accepts any voltage from 90 to 265 V AC.

Bi-directional flow measurement measures the flow in both forward and reverse directions. Built-in
totaliser provides a separate totalized volume value for flow in each direction.

Remote monitoring is easy monitoring of the process even in hard to reach places.Conforms
to International Standards - designed to meet global requirements and available with
international approvals.

For details contact:

Toshniwal Hyvac Pvt Ltd
267 Kilpauk Garden Road,
Chennai 600 010
Tel: 044-26448558, 26448983
E-mail: sales@toshniwal.net

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Connected Drives
NORD DRIVESYSTEMS offers drive solutions for digital factories of the future. These include
NORDAC LINK decentralised field distributors, smart drives with Cloud links for predictive
maintenance, as well as LogiDrive - the efficient drive solution for intralogistics that offers a
reduction of the number of versions. A PROFIsafe interface module ensures even greater safety
in production.
The NORDAC LINK Series field distributor for applications in modern, networked intralogistics
systems for flexible close-to-the-motor installation is available as a frequency inverter (up to 7.5
kW) or a motor starter (up to 3 kW) and enables rapid commissioning, simple operation and
maintenance. Thanks to an integrated PLC and compatibility with all common bus systems, the
freely configurable field distributor can be easily integrated into all modern automation systems.
Networked NORD drive units communicate their status data via the control system or directly into a secure Cloud communication. Among
other things, this enables predictive maintenance – from conveyor drives up to industrial gear units. Recording of the performance data also
enables optimal dimensioning of the system as well as continuous condition monitoring of the drives. With this, NORD supplies intelligent
drive technology for digitalised production in Industry 4.0. With its LogiDrive systems, NORD provides efficient and maintenance-friendly
plug&play technology. This consists of standardised versions with IE4 geared motors at rated powers of up to 5.5 kW, a two-stage helical
bevel gear unit and a frequency inverter - a combination that ensures optimisation of processes and costs. A further important element
in modern production is the functional safety of plant and machinery. With the SK TU4-PNS PROFIsafe interface module, NORD provides
even greater safety. The optional module meets the most stringent safety requirements, enables flexible integration of various safety
components and ensures secure communication in PROFINET environments.
For details contact:
Getriebebau NORD GmbH & Co KG
Getriebebau-Nord-Straße 1
22941 Bargteheide/Hamburg, Germany
Tel: +49 45 32 / 2 89 -0
Fax: +49 45 32 / 2 89 -22 53
E-mail: Joerg.Niermann@nord.com / pl.muthusekkar@nord.com

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Brushless Motor
Portescap a globally ISO 9001:2008 certified and their production site in India is also ISO 13485, ISO 14001:2004
and OHSAS 18001:2007 certified is proud to announce the expansion of the Ultra EC range of brushless DC slotless
motors with the introduction of the new 30ECT motor. This 4 pole motor offers ultra high torque and power (up to 245
W, max continuous) from Portescap’s brushless slotless motors. The new 30ECT motor is available in two lengths: the
30ECT64 and the 30ECT90. The 30ECT64 and 30ECT90 motors feature their patented Ultra coil technology which
provides unparalleled torque and power density with limited core losses over a wide range of working speeds without
friction and brush wear. These motors feature their patented high-speed rotor design as well to sustain speeds up to
30,000 rpm. The 30ECT90 is unique and opens new areas for slim/long package with impressive torque capabilities, while the 30ECT64 bridges
the gap in terms of torque between the 22ECT82 and 30ECT90 allowing high speed capabilities. The 30ECT can sustain peak torque during 2s up
to 1.3 Nm (30ECT64) and 2.4 Nm (30ECT90).The new 30ECTs are an ideal choice for applications such as battery-operated hand tools, including
industrial tightening devices and drills, factory automation equipment such as electric grippers, humanoid robots and automation actuators and for
applications where there are diameter constraints.The new 30ECTs feature a laser welded front flange to ensure the strongest housing to sustain
high torque reaction. A temperature probe on the coil head ensures an optimized control of motor performances in heavy duty applications. These
motors are offered with hall sensors and a total of 6 different coils to match your speed and voltage requirements.
For details contact:
Portescap
Unit No: 2, SDF-1
SEEPZ-SEZ
Andheri (E), Mumbai 400 096
Tel: 022-42006200,Fax: 91-022-42004036
E-mail: sales.asia@portescap.com

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Ultrasonic Sensors for Measuring Storm Water Runoff

Ultrasonic level transmitters, on the other hand, are a widely recognized alternative to hydrostatic
pressure level measurement for storm water applications. AMETEK Drexelbrook’s USonic-R level
transmitter is a perfect choice for storm water measurement.
USonic-R is FM and ATEX approved. It has a patented SmartGain feature that eliminates the issue of
false echoes. SmartGain quickly recognizes pumping station obstructions, such as ladders and pipes
in sewage wells, helping ensure accurate level readings. USonic-R picks up data from two separate
ultrasonic sensors placed at different locations. Data is logged, flow calculated from weirs or flumes
and signals can be sent to emergency pumps. The transmitter also can deliver crucial data, showing
the state of sewage wells, basins, drilling mud and fluid in tanks.
USonic-R incorporates a converter and a datalogger. Data is delivered either as a 4-20 mA or Modbus signal, which allows for easy
integration into the most common SCADA systems. The instrument works seamlessly with RTUs, simple pump controls or PLCs. This
is important for remote installations in which intelligent or autonomously operation is required for level measurement, flow calculation
or pump activation when necessary. The versatile USonic-R even allows two individual ultrasonic sensors to be connected, enabling
users to calculate the sum or differential of pumped volume by measuring each side of two basin walls. The unit is weather proof, IP66/
NEMA6-P rated and UV protected, meaning that, in general, the device requires no additional protection. Drexelbrook offers a full range
of level measurement solutions, including RF Admittance/Capacitance, TDR/GWR, Radar, Ultrasonic, Magnetostrictive, Hydrostatic,
Vibration, Conductive and Float Devices.
For details contact:
Drexelbrook
(A Unit of AMETEK, Inc)
205 Keith Valley Road
Horsham, PA 19044, U.S.A.
Tel: 215-674-1234 , Fax: 215-674-2731
E-mail: jim.mckinley@ametek.com / drexelbrook.info@ametek.com

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Microbial Enumeration Test System Quantek Head Space Oxygen Analyser

HTY micro-organism Quantek is an expert for analysing
limit test systems adopt various gases especially oxygen
membrane filtration method in vials. Model 905V is one of
composed by HTY-100 the most successful and robust
micro-organism test device models in the industry. Pharma
and S60 incubation kits. preperations packaged in vials
HTY-100 micro-organism are often gas flushed to provide
test device has equipped a specific atmosphere in the vial, with defined levels of oxygen,
an in-built vacuum pump, which makes inside and outside nitrogen or other gases. Depending on the product, these vials
vacuum power available. can range in size from 1 to 250 ml or larger. Small vials present
some difficulty for oxygen analysis because the sample volume
It can be directly poured with solid medium and cultured without
available is often quite small. A 1-ml vial, eg, may have only 0.5-
transferring membrane; relieve the operations of preparing
dishing and sticking membrane. Larger diameter with a 60 mm ml of headspace gas. For direct analysis with a pharma oxygen
membrane is more convenient for counting the bacterial colony analyser, the instrument must be capable of analysing very small
of samples with more of them. The whole machine is anti-rust volumes. Their pharma oxygen analyser is designed for this
and easy to clean. process. Used for vials, blisters and bottles. It is ideal for IP QC or
QC laboratory requirements and runs on battery.
For details contact:
Shreedhar Instruments For details contact:
16 Shreeji Krupa Society Shreedhar Instruments
Opp: MGVCL Circle Office 16 Shreeji Krupa Society
Next to GMERS Medical College Opp: MGVCL Circle Office,
Gotri Road, Vadodara, Gujarat 390 023 Next to GMERS Medical College
Telefax: 91-0265-232041 Gotri Road, Vadodara, Gujarat 390 023
E-mail: sales@shreeedhargroup.com Telefax: 91-0265-232041

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Sight Glasses & Level Gauges Q Exactive Plus Hybrid Quadrupole Orbitrap MS
Cipriani Harrison’s sight glasses The Thermo Scientific Q
and level gauges are made from Exactive Plus benchtop LC-MS/
SS-304L and SS-316L and are MS combines high-performance
highly polished. The sight glasses quadrupole precursor selection
are used inline, come standard with high resolution, accurate-
with clamp, Butt-weld or I-line mass (HRAM) Orbitrap detection
end connections and have PTFE/ to deliver high performance and
Silicone seals as standard. An acrylic safety guard is available to tremendous versatility. From
prevent damaging the inner glass.
protein characterisation to
The upper and lower level gauges come with clamp or targeted or DIA-based quantitation and confident DMPK qual/
MNPT connections, FDA EPDM and silicone seats and they quan screening studies, this system enables you to screen,
accommodate either 5/9” or 7/8” dia sight tubes. identify, and quantify compounds in complex samples rapidly.
For details contact: For details contact:
Cipriani Harrison Valves Pvt Ltd Thermo Fisher Scientific India Pvt Ltd
Sub Plot No: 2, B/s Margin Impex Ltd 102, 104, Delphi ‘C’ Wing
Nr Phase IV, GIDC Estate Hiranandani Business Park
V U Nager, Anand, Gujarat 388 121 Powai, Mumbai 400 076
Tel: 02692-235082, 235182 Tel: 022-67429494
Fax: 91-02692-236385 Fax: 91-022-67429405
E-mail: info@harrisonengineers.com E-mail: sagar.chavan@thermofisher.com

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Telescopic Lip Dock Levellers Edge-of-Dock Levellers

Telescopic lip dock levellers Edge-of-Dock leveller is
are more flexible type of dock developed in compliance with
leveller which generally proves the latest European Safety
more versatile in being suited to Standard EN 1398.
a wider range of vehicle loading
It has a capacity of 6,000 kg
bay applications.
and is suitable for use with all
Telescopic lip dock levellers are types of loading equipment
ideal for connecting vehicles from manual pallet trucks to
unable to drive near sea fork trucks. The open hinge lip construction carries a lifetime
containers, side loading railway wagons, etc. guarantee and has a solid-welded connection between the lip
Once the platform has been raised, the telescopic lip 500 mm or plate and the beams under the deck to ensure the lip angle of
1,000 mm long is continuously extended to the required length 7.5 o will be maintained.
and is then lowered on the vehicle deck. It is extremely important when loading/unloading vehicles with
The truck can be loaded right up to the very last centimeter as bed heights above dock level, to ensure that the lip always lays
the telescopic lip can be positioned with pinpoint accuracy. flat on the vehicle floor to avoid the tripping hazard.
For details contact: For details contact:
Gandhi Automations Pvt Ltd Gandhi Automations Pvt Ltd
Chawda Commercial Centre Chawda Commercial Centre
Link Road, Malad (W) Link Road, Malad (W)
Mumbai 400 064 Mumbai 400 064
Tel: 022-66720200, 66720300 Tel: 022-66720200, 66720300
Fax: 91-022-66720201 Fax: 91-022-66720201
E-mail: sales@geapl.co.in E-mail: sales@geapl.co.in

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Tank Vents Orbitrap Fusion Lumos Tribrid MS

Cipriani Harrison’s tank
The new Thermo Scientific
vents are made in SS-
Orbitrap Fusion Lumos Tribrid
304L and SS-316L are
Mass Spectrometer expands
highly polished and have
performance in advanced
FDA EPDM O-rings and
proteomics, biopharma and
Delrin bushings. These
metabolomics applications,
tank vents are designed
including quatitation using isobaric tags, low level PTM analysis,
as breather valves to
data independent acquisition (DIA), and top down proteomics.
avoid vacuum or over-
The new instrument features enhanced sensitivity resulting in
pressurisation inside a tank or piping system. These valves are
3A authorised. The optional purge port version is available for improved analyte detection, characterisation and quantitation,
purging the inert gas. enabling scientists to perform more comprehensive sample
analysis faster and with better accuracy than ever before.
For details contact:
For details contact:
Cipriani Harrison Valves Pvt Ltd
Thermo Fisher Scientific India Pvt Ltd
Sub Plot No: 2, B/s Margin Impex Ltd
102, 104, Delphi ‘C’ Wing
Nr Phase IV, GIDC Estate Hiranandani Business Park
V U Nager, Anand, Gujarat 388 121 Powai, Mumbai 400 076
Tel: 02692-235082, 235182 Tel: 022-67429494
Fax: 91-02692-236385 Fax: 91-022-67429405
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Industrial Sliding Doors Mini Flow Loop System

Chandler Engineering Model 6500-M Mini Flow Loop™ System

Doors are constructed Chandler Engg has

of 100 per cent CFC- expanded its Model 6500
free polyurethane high Friction Flow Loop line
density insulated steel with the addition of the
sliding doors of 80, 120 Model 6500-M Mini Loop,
or 150 mm thickness a patent-pending benchtop
with protection against unit designed to measure
corrosion or corrugated the friction pressure created
PEB cladding sheet. by different slick water fracturing fluids. The unit determines the
Minimum headroom required and is best suited for temperature effects of friction reducers on fracturing fluids over a wide range
controlled areas. Top rollers made of self-lubricating nylon of pressures, flow rate conditions and pipe diameters. The Model
which ensures smooth and noise-free movement of the door. 6500-M Mini Loop circulates fluid through a single test section and
Hot galvanised material treated with primer and polyester uses custom software to record and analyze the test data. Chandler
resin offer optimum protection against adverse effects of the Engg’s proprietary software allows for total operator control over flow
environment. It is equipped with CE Certified rugged and rate, test time and temperature for each individual test. The software
powerful drive unit, integral electronic control unit and built-in is designed to be easy to use and powerful enough to collect and
contact-less magnetic limit-switch. calculate all required data during the test cycle. The low volume,
For details contact: compact design and custom software make this instrument ideal for
Quality Control Testing.
Gandhi Automations Pvt Ltd
Chawda Commercial Centre, Link Road For details contact:
Malad (W), Mumbai 400 064 Chandler Engg
2001 N Indianwood Ave
Tel: 022-66720200, 66720300
Broken Arrow, OK 74012, U.S.A.
Fax: 91-022-66720201 Tel: +1-918-250-7200
E-mail: sales@geapl.co.in E-mail: chandler.sales@ametek.com
Chandler Engineering • 2001 N Indianwood Ave. • Broken Arrow, OK 74012 U.S.A.
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Design Water Treatment Systems

The specialty chemicals corporation LANXESS has made further enhancements to its LewaPlus software for designing water treatment
systems. With this 2.0 release, users now have the unique ability to combine per drag and drop different technologies in one design.
The intuitive design software LewaPlus is a comprehensive tool for planning and designing an industrial water treatment system and
allows the dimensioning of ion exchange- and reverse osmosis systems for a wide variety of unique system configurations, including
several one-of-a-kind process configurations that can only be achieved with Lewatit and Lewabrane product technology.
Numerous modules are available for the calculation of every step of the water treatment process. As a result, users can precisely plan
important factors such as operating costs, power consumption, and water quality. One module can even be used to model a CCRO system
(closed circuit reverse osmosis). This helps to enhance the ecobalance of water treatment through the use of either ZLD (zero liquid
discharge) or MLD (minimal liquid discharge) treatment processes.
Extensive information about LANXESS water treatment products and services can be found at http://lpt.lanxess.com/. The LewaPlus
design software can be downloaded there at no charge.
For details contact:
LANXESS India Pvt Ltd
LANXESS House, Plot No: A 162-164
Road No; 27, MIDC
Wagle Indl Estate, Thane (W)
Mumbai 400 604
Tel: 022-25871000
E-mail: s.prakash@lanxess.com

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Liquiline System Guarantees Precision Measurement Continuous Mixer

Analysers do not need to be The single shaft continuous paddle
complicated. Here again, plug and mixer blender is designed for
play with Memosens Technology uniformly wet and dry mixing and
and the user-friendly Liquiline blending technology provides the
operating concept make for easier ideal environment for effectively
commissioning and operation. In optimum mixing a wide distribution
addition, the analysers offer advanced of particle size and bulk densities
diagnostic options that can be availed without segregation of powder,
of easily by remote access. In Sum granules, short fibered, moist solids
parameters, to assess the organic and liquids together with pasty substances up to and including
load in water and wastewater, the four main parameters measured highly viscous mass in the chemical, herbal, cosmetic, food,
are TOC, SAC, BOD and COD. In Nutrients, modern wastewater pesticides, detergents and plastics industries. The mixer produces
treatment plants remove not only carbon but also nitrogen and high quality intermediate and end product with homogeneity.
phosphate. Online measurement of nutrient parameters plays a Available models from 2 to 12 tonne per hour working capacity.
key role here.In metals and other waste-treatment parameters, Specially designed paddles have special mixing effect with
the requirements vary between industrial sectors. However, most axial and fluidization movements of materials to homogeneous
process water is softened and almost all manufacturing processes mixing independent of large range of particle size, shape or
require corrosion-free water that does not exhibit turbidity, has no density. Minimum heat generated and high particles movement.
colour and does not contain iron or manganese. Fast, even liquid and ingredients addition and coating with spray
For details contact: system.Optional features include VFD, liquid spray system, FLP
Endress+Hauser (India) Pvt Ltd and PLC controls.
7B, Godrej One, 7th Floor For details contact:
Pirojshanagar, Vikhroli (E) Prism Pharma Machinery
Mumbai 400 079 Plot No: 3713, Phase IV, GIDC, Vatva
Tel: 022-30236100 Ahmedabad, Gujarat 382 445
Fax: 91-022-30236219 Tel: 079-29095204, Fax: 91-079-25841623
E-mail: info@in.endress.com E-mail: mkt@prismpharmamachinery.com

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Trace Hydrocarbon Analyser Liquid Filling Machine

Incorporation of the latest Pharma Chem Machineries offers
advances in gas sensing liquid filling machine. This machine
technology and signal is clean, sturdy, elegant and easy to
processing methodology, operate which is suitable for filling oral
the new SERVOPRO liquids, oils, chemicals, pesticides,
NanoChrome revolutionises etc. Features output from 1,200 up to
ultratrace purity measurements for the semiconductor industry. The 3,600 bottles per hour depending on fill
new PED sensor technology enables sub-ppb measurement of H2, capacity; easy to operate, user-friendly;
CH4, CO, CO2 and NMHC; no consumables or fuel gas required; and filling range from 1 to 1,000 ml; designed as per cGMP standard.
enables unique total servomex solution for UHP gas analysis. The machine is attached with ROPP capping machine, bottle
inspection machine or labelling machine.
For details contact:
Spectris Technologies Pvt Ltd For details contact:
Plot No: A-168 MIDC Pharma Chem Machineries
Thane-Belapur Road, Khairane 311/2484, Motilal Nagar No: 2
Navi Mumbai 400 710 M G Road, Goregaon (W), Mumbai 400 090
Tel: 022-39342700 Telefax: 022-28735321
E-mail: MEI_Sales@servomex.com E-mail: pharmach@gmail.com / pharmach79@gmail.com

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High Speed Door Silicone Endless Gasket (Autoclave)

Prime King is oversized design for Shree Gaurav offers wide range of
large openings - unique folding silicone autoclave gasket in various
design and strong lifting belts, shapes and designs. Also offer soft
constructed of polyester, wear and silicone/sponge gaskets and solid
traction-resistant can operate in endless gaskets.
the most diverse situations even in
windy conditions. Resistance to wind These gaskets are made from food
load is according to EN 12424 Class grade silicone rubber. It withstands
2/3, and size up to 15,000 x 10,000 a temperature range of -80 oC to
mm (W x H). Integrated motorisation 240 oC. These gaskets are available
for very heavy duty use: 400 V three phase, opening speed up in square cross-section like 20
to 2.0 m/s. It has a galvanised steel structure as Standard, SS x 20 mm, 19 x 19 mm, 12.7 x 12.7 mm. These gaskets are
structure, which integrates traction unit, rapid wirings and safety mainly available in red and white colour or any colour as per
photocells. customer’s requirement.
Reinforced flexible curtain in self-extinguishing material fitted with For details contact:
strong tubes to ensure proper door functioning in large openings Shree Gaurav Rubber Products
and wind exposed areas. 112-B Marudhar Indl Estate
For details contact: Opp: Old Syndicate Bank
Gandhi Automations Pvt Ltd Goddev Road
Chawda Commercial Centre Bhayandar (E)
Link Road, Malad (W), Mumbai 400 064 Dist: Thane
Tel: 022-66720200, 66720300 Maharashtra 401 105
Fax: 91-022-66720201 Telefax: 91-022-28197355
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Air Cleaner
Camfil offers CamCleaner 300 an energy efficient air cleaner. This CC300 can cater to
an average air purification area of up to 1,000-sq ft, controlling 0-10V Potentiometer, with
adjustable speed. CC300 is best suited to perform across varied indoor comfort requirements
ranging from small or medium spaces.
CC300 is even well-suited to perform efficiently in an open ceiling environment offering clean
ambiance at home and a healthier work environment. CC300 has an air flow capacity of 0-400
m 3/h, controlled by 6 stage controller-card, which ensures safety by controlling and reducing
the impact of ambient air formaldehyde and VOC concentrations. With a reduced height of
only 300 mm, this can be installed in the ceiling (built-in). Camfil CC300 also comes fitted with an electronically controlled motor that
reduces the operational noise and also drives energy efficiency.
CC300’s smooth interior helps the filters to slide smoothly, with new simple side access. The hard-wearing and protective coating
on CC300 ensures the long life of its filters, protecting them against corrosion. The unit also has inlet and outlet with standard Spiro
connection with 250 mm, easing the operations and maintenance tasks.
For details contact:
Camfil Air Filteration India Pvt Ltd
62, IDC, Mehrauli Road
Gurgaon, Haryana 122 001
Tel: 0124-4874101
Fax; 91-0124-4082405
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High-speed Doors Conta-bin/Container Tumbler Blender

Prime conveyor specially developed Bin blenders or container
to work in combination with the tumblers are used mainly for
conveyor system for continuous blending of dry powder for tablet
operation in galvanised steel on production and capsule, which
standard, aluminium or stainless facilitates better flow for tablets
steel structure which integrates and capsules.
traction unit and rapid wirings.
They are available in Model 5
It has flexible curtain in to 1,000 litre working capacity
self-extinguishing material with different size of container. Bin shape product container is
complete with anodised aluminium extrusions for holding
ideal for dry mixer for lubrication of granules and homogenization
the interchangeable sections. Modular sections permit easy
mixing of multiple batches into single batch.
replacement in case of accidental damage. It has heavy duty
motor consisting of 400-V, 3-phase, opening speed up to 2.0 It has interchangeable bin with different capacity; closed and
m/s with inverter system, advance control device, with option of contained system for blending, storage and transfer; hydraulic
integration with PLC system. system for lifting of product container for mixing.
They are available in sizes up to 4,000 x 4,000 mm (W x H). Optional features include PLC controls and FLP.
For details contact: For details contact:
Gandhi Automations Pvt Ltd Prism Pharma Machinery
Chawda Comml Centre Plot No: 37/13, Phase IV, GIDC, Vatva
Link Road, Malad (W) Ahmedabad, Gujarat 382 445
Mumbai 400 064 Tel: 079-29095204
Tel: 022-66720200, 66720300 Fax: 91-079-25841623
Fax: 91-022-66720201 E-mail: mkt@prismpharmamachinery.com
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Septa and Bottle Stopper TSQ Quantum Access MAX Triple Quadrupole MS
Flexible seals for glass provides Applications such as environmental and
internal as well as external secure food safety testing, clinical research
grip to avoid risk of spillage while and forensic toxicology demand robust
opening or closing glass stoppered analytical sensitivity and specificity
chemical containers, offers even when budgets are constrained.
convenience of drawing or injecting
The Thermo Scientific TSQ Quantum
small quantity of samples using
Access MAX Triple Quadrupole Mass
syringe and needle.
Spectrometer is an outstanding LC-MS/
For stronger chemicals options of MS value, providing excellent sensitivity, specificity and flexibility
fluropolymer septa and for repeat autoclaving in sterile applications that is also more affordable.
option of silicone rubber available are B14, B19, B24, B29, silicone
For details contact:
septa for fermentators and autoclaves are available.
Thermo Fisher Scientific India Pvt Ltd
For details contact: 102, 104, Delphi ‘C’ Wing
Shree Gaurav Rubber Products
Hiranandani Business Park
112-B Marudhar Indl Estate, Opp: Old Syndicate Bank
Goddev Road, Bhayandar (E), Dist: Thane Powai, Mumbai 400 076
Maharashtra 401 105 Tel: 022-67429494
Telefax: 91-022-28197355 Fax: 91-022-67429495
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Rapid Mixer Granulator Extruder

The RMG is a rapid mixer and
granulator with specially designed
Z Type impeller and high shear
chopper blades for efficient
dry mixing and wet granulation
enclosed bowl with GMP
compliance - R&D Models: 1, 2, 3,
5, 10 and 15 litres; and Production
Models 30, 60, 150, 250, 400, 600,
800, 1,200 and 1,600 litres.
For details contact:
Sunsai Pharma Equipments Pvt Ltd
Plot No: 1, Survey No: 77
Nr Laxmi Indl Estate
Sativali Road, Vasai (E), Thane
Maharashtra 401 208
Tel: 0250-3200130
E-mail: sunsai.pharma@rediffmail.com
The extruder is a self-contained
compact machine for the special
purpose of making pallets. The raw
material is introduced axially from
the feed hopper into screw housing
where it is exposed to rotating
screw which conveys the material
towards rotor. Rotor forces the
material to pass through the mesh with the effect of scraping impact
resulting in formation of cylindrical extruders - R&D Models: single
screw EXT-20, EXT-30, EXT 60; and Production Models: twin screw
TSEXT-100, TSEXT-130.
For details contact:
Sunsai Pharma Equipments Pvt Ltd
Plot No: 1, Survey No: 77, Nr Laxmi Indl Estate
Sativali Road, Vasai (E), Thane
Maharashtra 401 208
Tel: 0250-3200130
E-mail: sunsai.pharma@rediffmail.com

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Monitoring and Controlling Brakes Intelligently

Brake technology 4.0 stands for intelligent monitoring modules, by which mayr power transmission sets new
standards. The modules such as the ROBA-brake-checker and the ROBA-torqcontrol monitor safety brakes easily
and quickly or facilitate the even and smooth deceleration of machines and devices. The ROBA-brake-checker
module operates without sensors. Instead, it analyzes current and voltage and recognizes the movement of the
armature disk. In addition to the switching condition, the module can also deduce the temperature, wear and
tension path or tensile force reserve, ie, whether the magnet still has sufficient force to attract the armature disk.
On reaching the tensile force reserve, the ROBA-brake-checker emits a warning signal, early enough so that a
defined operating time of the brake is still possible. Within this time, the machine operator can undertake specific
maintenance in coordination with their work process. The ROBA-brake-checker is now available in a design for AC
voltage. Another version of the module will also in future take on the supply of the brake, and as a result, replace
the rectifier. Switching condition monitoring and brake control are therefore combined in one device.
For applications, which require braking torque control in addition to status monitoring, mayr power transmissions provides ROBA-
torqcontrol. It shares the features of the ROBA-brake-checker and can also change the level of the braking torque in operation through
purposeful influencing of current and voltage. As a result, devices and machines can be evenly and gently decelerated. The ROBA-
torqcontrol module permits the development of control loops and brakes movements intelligently. Another module to continuously monitor
the switching condition of the brakes is the safe brake control ROBA-SBCplus. This module has been developed in collaboration with the
company Pilz for the protection of people according to standards regarding functional safety. The ROBA-SBCplus module must reliably
interrupt the current in the magnetic coil when the brake is switched Off. The module operates with wear-free electronic semi-conductors,
and as a result achieves practically unlimited switching frequency and switching reliability. Furthermore, an integrated plausibility check is
conducted through the evaluation of the release monitoring signals. The evaluations of the switching states and the return signal therefore
permit reliable error diagnostics. This permits creep errors which influence on the switching times, eg, increasing wear, to be detected in
due time. The reliable ROBA-SBCplus brake control unit is type-certified by TÜV Süd (Technical Inspectorate, Southern Germany) and
can be used up to the highest Performance Level PLe and Safety Integrity Level (SIL) 3.
For details contact:
National Engg Co (NENCO)
J-225 MIDC Bhosari, Pune, Maharashtra 411 026
Tel: 020-27474529, Fax: 91-020-27470229
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Foam Control & Monitoring System

Level measurement experts Hycontrol offers a new SureSense+ foam control and detection system.
Foam causes issues across a wide range of industries from wastewater treatment to food production.
Problems caused by foam include pollution, contamination, product loss and downtime, and clean-up
costs. Excess foam can also damage equipment such as pumps, compressors and filters on applications
such as AD digesters in energy from waste. Anti-foam agents are effective in reducing or removing
foam but are expensive and hard to dose correctly as foam is a varying process and a constantly
changing substance. The traditional solution to this has been to constantly dose anti-foam chemicals
in high quantities, whether foam is present or not. This overdosing is not only wasteful but extremely
costly. To overcome this, Hycontrol’s SureSense+ system utilises patented IMA (Intelligent Multi-Action)
technology to monitor and reactively control foam levels in a process. This purpose-designed system
is reliable, accurate and is not adversely affected by product build-up or contamination on the probe.
SureSense+ can have up to three foam probes connected to one controller with independent dosing control. Liquid detection capability
also provides greater process control and a proportional dosing algorithm further reduces unnecessary anti-foam usage to cut expensive
waste to the absolute minimum. Probes can have up to three sensor points, across a length of up to 3 metres. Additional features include
additional relay outputs and a clear LCD interface which provides a simple menu-driven set-up.
For details contact:
Hycontrol Ltd
Larchwood House, Orchard St
Redditch B98 7DP, U.K.
Tel: +44 (0)1527 406800
Fax: +44 (0) 1527 406810
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PC-based Control
Beckhoff offers its open PC-based control technology for all vertical process
industry markets. PC-based control enables the user to implement holistic
solutions for barrier-free system integration through to Zone 0/20 with
integrated communication capabilities from the sensor to the cloud. With PC-
based control, even distributed systems can be connected with little effort
while enabling access to centralised and therefore highly efficient analysis and
process control capabilities. Because of its interoperability, openness and integrated support of cloud-based services, the Beckhoff
automation system is also ideal for implementing connectivity in production environments in line with current Industrie 4.0 and Internet-
of-Things concepts. The user benefits across the board – from horizontal integration, even beyond enterprise boundaries, and vertical
integration with connected production systems to consistent engineering over the entire equipment life span.
In addition to standard automation components, a broad portfolio of products for use in hazardous areas is available. These include: ELX-
Series EtherCAT Terminals with intrinsically safe inputs and outputs for the direct connection of field devices located in Ex Zones 0/20,
1/21 and 2/22 (without separate intermediate barriers); ELX-Series EtherCAT Terminals with additional TwinSAFE SC technology; Multi-
touch Control Panels and Panel PCs of the CPX Series for use in Zone 2/22; and TwinCAT as the software platform with special interfaces
and libraries for process technology, cloud communication via TwinCAT IoT, and cycle-synchronous data analysis via TwinCAT Analytics.
For details contact:
BECKHOFF Automation Pvt Ltd
Suite 4, Level 6, Muttha Towers
Don Bosco Marg, Yerwada
Pune, Maharashtra 411 006
Tel: 020-40004802, Fax: 91-020-40004999
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 PackPlus Delhi India Chem 2018
Dates: 25-28 July 2018 Date: 4th – 6th October 2018
Venue: Pragati Maidan, New Delhi Venue: Bombay Exhibition Center, Mumbai
Event: PackPlus 2018 is emerging as a business platform for both Event: The largest event of Chemicals and Petrochemical Industry in
visitors and exhibitors. It is a total packaging, processing and India, in its 10th edition i.e. India Chem 2018 would be organized from 4-6
supply chain event providing solutions from package conversion, October 2018 jointly by the Department of Chemical and Petrochemicals,
printing, primary and secondary packaging, automation, material Government of India and FICCI. The Indian chemical industry is at the
handling and supply chain integrations. Key personnel from the top threshold of rapid growth with the Government of India providing an
and middle management responsible for package development, atmosphere of support and encouragement. India’s vibrant chemical and
procurement, production, IT system and quality control and from petrochemical industry plays a significant role in the economic development
other industries will be visiting the exhibition to explore a galore of our country. In terms of volume, the Indian chemical industry is the 6th
of opportunities related to packaging converting, processing and
largest in the world and the 3rd largest in Asia with the size worth USD
supply chain industries. 108.4 Billion.
For details contact:
For details contact:
Print-Packaging.com Pvt Ltd
Girish Ahuja
F 101, Tower No: 7
International Infotech Park Senior Assistant Director, FICCI
Vashi Railway Station, Vashi Tel: 91 11 2335 9734
Navi Mumbai 400 7057 Email: Girish.ahuja@ficci.com

China International Robot Show

Dates: 04-07 July 2018
Venue: National Convention & Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China
Event: This event showcases products like Promote the leaping
development of robotics, Leed the deepening transform of manufacture,
to build the communication platform for robot industries and enormous
Chinese market, education service robot, household service robot,
environmental cleaning robot, etc, in the automation and robotics
industry.
For details contact:
CMEPO Exhibition Co Ltd
Rm 202, Bldg C, 28 Lane
463 Jinhui Rd
Shanghai 201103, China
Chemspec Europe 2018
Dates: 25-27 September 2018
Venue: Telus Convention Centre, Calgary, Canada
Event: This event is aiming to showcase the latest innovations and
modern technology of pipeline products and services. Exhibitors from
the top pipeline companies are engaged in showcasing the products
to the global market from this renowned event. International Pipeline
Exposition involves the best 200 exhibitors from the whole world, who
showcase the products that are approved by high skilled professionals.
The event is also best known for its economical products, which the
visitor find very helpful and also this factor increases the demand and
popularity of the event.
For details contact:
DMG: Events London
25th Floor, Millbank Tower, 21-24 Millbank\
London, U.K.
Tel: +(44)-(1737)-855474/761941
Chemtech World Expo 2019
Date : February 20th - 23rd, 2019
Venue : Bombay Convention & Exhibition Centre,
Goregaon (East), Mumbai, India
Event : CHEMTECH World Expo 2019 will create a common
platform to bring the entire ecosystem of the chemicals
manufacturing and the allied services providing sectors
for 27th time in India. The event is for equipment, services
or developing processes for the Chemical and Process
industries. The evolution and the growth of Indian chemical
and related industries has been both reflected and catalyzed
by CHEMTECH.
The interactive Exhibition and Trade Fair pioneered by
Chemtech has become the event that the chemical industry
comes together. Concurrent events include EPC World Expo,
Industry Automation & Control World Expo, Bio Pharma,
Pumps Valves & Fittings World Expo; and international
conferences on Refining & Petrochemicals and Specialty
Chemicals.
For details contact:
Vaishali Pednekar
Senior Executive – Conference
Tel: +91-22-4037 3619
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New Contracts/Expansions/Revamps
The following list is a brief insight into the latest new projects by various companies in India.
CHEMICALS
Coal India is planning a ` 10,000-crore joint venture along with GAIL
India, Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers (RCF) and The Fertilizer Corpn
of India Ltd (FCIL) to set up a urea and ammonium nitrate chemicals
complex that will run on gasified coal. Coal India has appointed
Projects and Development India (PDIL) to conduct a feasibility study
on the project. The plan is to use around 6-million tonnes of coal from
coalfields at Talcher in Odisha and manufacture about 3-lakh tonnes
of urea annually and around 300-400 tonnes of ammonium nitrate per
day. Ammonium nitrate is the principal ingredient for making explosives
used as blasting material at coal mines. The country is facing a crunch
in the supply of ammonium nitrate and explosive suppliers often jack
up prices, resulting in higher input costs for the company.
Songwon Industrial Co Ltd of South Korea has launched its new pilot
plant in Panoli (Gujarat), thereby strengthening the organisation’s overall
specialty chemicals development capability. Built on Songwon’s Indian
site with all the necessary main unit operations, the new plant is equipped
with the most up-to-date technologies and materials for producing a
wide range of chemicals for a broad spectrum of applications - from one
kilo up to several hundred kilo samples. To reinforce the organisation’s
position in existing areas of business and enhance its ability to enter
new areas, the new pilot plant will be supported by the Songwon’s strong
local R&D team in Panoli, as well as its central technology innovation
center located in Maeam, Korea.
AkzoNobel a Dutch specialty chemicals company and Atul Ltd have
agreed to jointly set up a manufacturing plant for monochloroacetic
acid (MCA) at Atul’s facility in Gujarat. Each partner will hold a 50 per
cent stake in the venture. The partnership will build on Atul's status
as a leading global supplier of the herbicide 2,4-D (which uses MCA
as a key raw material), and AkzoNobel’s leading global position in
MCA market, with plants in the Netherlands, China, Japan and the
US. The investment is subject to regulatory approvals and signing
of final agreements. The partnership will use chlorine and hydrogen
manufactured by Atul to produce the monochloroacetic acid, taking
advantage of both Atul's existing infrastructure and the leading eco-
friendly hydrogenation technology supplied by AkzoNobel. From an
initial annual capacity of 32-kilotonnes (KT) at start-up, the plant has
been designed for future expansion to 60-KT. The plant will produce
enough MCA to meet the captive requirement of Atul; AkzoNobel
will market the rest of it, primarily in India. Monochloroacetic acid
is an essential building block in the chemical industry and is used
in a wide variety of chemicals. For example, AkzoNobel customers
use MCA to produce thickening agents for the food, oil, mining,
personal care and detergent industries. The product is also used
in agrochemicals, adhesives, pharmaceuticals, thermo-stabilizers,
surfactants and cosmetics.
Camlin Fine Sciences Ltd, which offers shelf-life solutions (anti-oxidants
and intermediates), performance chemicals and aroma chemicals, has
received environmental clearance from the State Level Environment
Impact Assessment Authority of Gujarat for setting up a manufacturing
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facility for hydroquinone (HQ) and catechol and their down-stream
products at Dahej SEZ. The Dahej plant will expand capacities and
provide CFS with a base to manufacture hydroquinone and catechol
in India. The plant will also help Camlin Fine Sciences to add capacity
for manufacturing of vanillin, for which catechol is a key raw material.
The company expects to commission the Dahej plant in FY18. The
plant will have capacity to produce 9,000-metric tonne per annum
(MTPA) and 6,000-MTPA of HQ and catechol, respectively. Currently,
food grade anti-oxidants account for approximately 56 per cent of CFS
revenues in FY16, performance chemicals (PC) contribute about 22
per cent, diphenols (HQ and catechol) constituting 18 per cent while
aroma chemicals (vanillin) accounting for 3 per cent.
SRF is planning to invest ` 3,500-crore over the next four years, 70
per cent of which would go into its fast-growing chemicals business,
to cater to rising global demand. SRF, which exports 90 per cent of its
chemicals and counts global biggies as its clients, has over the years
steered its focus away from technical textiles to chemicals, where it has
witnessed a rapid revenue growth and fat operating margin.
LyondellBasell, one of the world's largest plastics, chemical and
refining companies, on April 7, 2016 completed the previously
announced acquisition of the polypropylene (PP) compounding assets
of Zylog Plastalloys Pvt Ltd. The company entered into a definitive
agreement to acquire Zylog’s PP compounding assets in November
2015. LyondellBasell has supplied the Indian market through imports
and tolling arrangements since 2009. In October 2015, LyondellBasell
acquired SJS Plastiblends Pvt Ltd’s PP compounding business which
is located in Aurangabad, Maharashtra. With the acquisition of Zylog’s
manufacturing operations in Sinnar, Maharashtra, and Chennai, Tamil
Nadu, LyondellBasell is now the third largest producer of PP compounds
in India with an annual capacity of 44,000-metric tonnes. In addition to
the already existing product lines offered at these sites, LyondellBasell
will produce its Hostacom glass fibre-reinforced, mineral filled and
unfilled coloured grades as well as Hifax high impact thermoplastic
olefins. These compounds are used to manufacture automotive parts,
home appliances and other products. The manufacturing facilities in
India are owned and operated by Basell Polyolefins India Pvt Ltd, a
wholly-owned subsidiary of LyondellBasell.
Bodal Chemicals of Ahmedabad has received environmental
clearance (EC) from the Ministry of Environment, Forests &
Climate Change for the expansion of dyes and dyes intermediates
manufacturing facility located at Vadodara, Gujarat. The company is
expanding its dyes and intermediates manufacturing capacity from
2,200-metric tonne per month (MTPM) to 6,000-MTPM, and set up
a co-generation power plant (5-MW) in Gujarat. Bodal Chemicals,
one of the leading manufacturers of dyes and dyes intermediates in
the country, has the capacity to manufacture over 25 varieties of dye
intermediates and around 150 variants in dyestuff which are mainly
used as raw material in textile, leather, paper and other dye consuming
industries. Out of the total production, the company exports about 40
per cent to more than 35 countries across the world.
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Perstorp a Swedish specialty chemicals firm is planning to set up a
manufacturing facility for pentaerythritol (penta) in Maharashtra. To
evaluate the opportunity to invest in a new world scale production plant
for penta in India, the company has signed an MoU with Maharashtra
Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC). Pentaerythritol, a white
crystalline polyhydric alcohol containing four primary hydroxyl groups,
is used as building blocks in alkyd resins for coatings, radiation curing
monomers, polyurethanes, rosin esters, synthetic lubricants and
explosives. Perstorp currently manufactures producing penta in three
different production plants in Germany, the US and Sweden. The related
market for coatings in India is growing fast in the country. Building a world
scale production plant will be yet another important part of Perstorp’s
ambitious plan to strengthen the position in the Asian market. In July
2015, Perstorp acquired the penta business from Koei Chemical Co
Ltd, a Japanese chemicals producer.
IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd (IOLCP), a producer of active
pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), has increased the production capacity
of ibuprofen to 6,200-tonnes per annum (TPA) at Barnala plant in
Punjab. Expansion follows a de-bottlenecking project undertaken by the
company at an estimated cost of ` 24-crores. IOL Chemicals already
exports ibuprofen, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID)
used as painkiller, to regulated and emerging markets, ie, Europe, Latin
America, Middle East, etc. With the recent approval from US FDA, the
company is expanding its ibuprofen business in the US as well. Being
the only integrated ibuprofen player globally, IOL Chemicals aims to
build and sustain the growth of its APIs business in coming years by
exploring the higher value regulated markets.
MINING
Singareni Collieries Co Ltd (SCCL) the State-owned coal mining
giant has initiated preparations to start Koyagudem Opencast Project-III
(KOC-III) in Lingala Koyagudem coal belt of Godavari valley coal-field
in Tekulapally Mandal soon. The extractable reserves in the KOC-III
are estimated to be around 111.98-million tonnes as against the
estimated geological reserves of 146.81-MT. The KOC-III project is
expected to produce around 3.6-million tonnes per annum, SCCL
sources said. In pursuit of its aggressive growth strategy, the SCCL
has drawn up ambitious plans to open 31 coal mines including 20
OCPs and 11 underground mines in the next five years. It presently
has 30 underground mines and 16 OCPs spread across the vast
Godavari valley coalfield spanning Bhadradri-Kothagudem, Khammam,
Karimnagar, Adilabad and a few other districts in the State. The
company has set a coal production target of 66.06-million tonnes
for the current fiscal. The company is aiming to set new benchmarks
in coal production, dispatches and overburden removal besides
enhancing the coal production capacity to around 900-lakh tonnes by
2020-2021. The SCCL has reportedly obtained the mandatory forest
clearance from the Central government agencies concerned for the
KOC-III. The project envisages use of 1,158-hectares of forest land
and 448-hectares of non-forest land. The upcoming KOC-III, which is
surrounded by the Koyagudem OCP-II, is expected to augment coal
production in Yellandu area of the SCCL. The project is likely to be
opened in the first week of July this year.
GVMC has initiated a process to take up bio-mining of the accumulated
waste renewing its efforts to re-mediate the solid waste dump-yard at
Kapuluppada. To begin with bio-mining is proposed to be taken up in five
acres of the dump-yard. GVMC has sought the involvement of private
companies under corporate social responsibility (CSR) or by investing
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money to salvage the dump yard to which garbage is being transported
for nearly two decades and piled up there. About 60 of the 100 acres
in the dump yard has been filled up, according to officials. The cost of
bio-mining is roughly put at ` 400 a tonne going by the experience
of other civic bodies. With the city generating about 1,000 tonnes of
garbage the cost comes to a whopping ` 4 lakh a day. Spending ` 1
crore a month on fuel alone to transport the solid waste to the dump-
yard, GVMC has recently come out with plans to set up organic waste
converters at six Rythu Bazars and Poorna Market and asked bulk
generators like hotels to go in for OWCs. Also separation of waste in
72 colonies of as many wards has also been taken up. The Solid Waste
Management Rules 2016 lay down that local bodies should investigate
and analyse all old open dump-sites and existing operational dump-
sites for their potential of bio-mining and bio-remediation. The rules also
specify that only non-usable, non-recyclable, no-biodegradable and
non-reactive inert waste and pre-processing rejects and residues from
waste-processing facilities should go to sanitary land-fill. In bio-mining,
the waste is levelled first and recyclables removed from it. The waste is
then sieved and material useful for compost is again separated from it.
The remaining waste goes to the landfill.
NTPC Ltd the State-owned power generator hopes its captive coal
production will reach 100-million tonne (MT) as soon as its five coal
blocks commence operations, aided by faster regulatory clearances
and the part-privatization model of Mine Development and Operator
(MDO). The success of the plan would determine fuel security of the
operations of India's largest power producer.
KIOCL will revive mining after a decade in Karnataka, after the State
granted the company a lease of over 474 hectares at Devadaru hills
in Ballari. Once approvals are given, it would invest ` 1,500-crore in
a pellet plant and also a unit to enrich iron ore from the mines. After
suspension of mining, KIOCL had shifted to operating 3.5-million tonne
per annum pellet plant in Mangaluru. Last year, it produced 1.46-million
tonnes, utilising half its capacity, as against almost nil production in the
previous year. The company's blast furnace Unit having a capacity of
216,000 tonnes of pig iron is ready for operation for producing foundry
grade pig iron adding towards its profitability in the coming financial year.
Western Coalfields has received the environment clearance for its
` 263-crore expansion project in Nagpur district, Maharashtra. The
proposal is to enhance the production capacity of the Gokul open
cast mine to 1.875-million tonnes per annum (MTPA) from the existing
1-MTPA. The mine, located in 767.17 hectare, has a mineable reserve
of 14.50-million tonnes. Among the conditions specified, the company
has been asked to get 'Consent to Operate' certificate from the State
Pollution Control Board for the existing production capacity of 1-MTPA
and also the 'Consent to Establish' for the proposed capacity of
1.875-MTPA prior to enhancing the production capacity. With regard
to transportation of coal, the company has been asked to carry out by
covered trucks and take mitigative measures to control dust and other
fugitive emissions all along the roads by providing sufficient numbers of
water sprinklers. The company has been informed to adopt controlled
blasting techniques to control ground vibration and flying rocks. It has
also been told to implement a progressive afforestation plan covering an
area of 376.04 hectare at the end of mining. Of the total quarry area of
231.73 hectare (on floor) and 291.21 hectare (on surface), the backfilled
quarry area of 115.39 hectare should be reclaimed with plantation and
there will be no void left at the end of the mining operations. The land
after mining should be restored for agriculture purpose.
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CEW INTERVIEW Interview CEW

Covestro – Making
Sustainable Choices

Avers Mr. Ajay Durrani, Managing Director, Covestro (India) Private Limited, By 2025,
we want to spend 80 per cent of our research and development expenditure in areas that
contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals. Currently, Covestro is providing full
support for the second year of the Young Champions of the Earth competition, a global
competition sponsored by Covestro that aims to identify, support and celebrate outstanding
individuals aged 18-30 who have big ideas to protect or restore the environment.

What is your view on the government’s
‘Make in India’ initiative? As a key player
in specialty chemicals, how you think
this initiative catapulted India into
top manufacturing economies? What,
according to you, are key hurdles in the
path of ‘Make in India’ initiatives?
Make in India has been a great initiative
from the government. It has not only
given the required impetus to various
sectors, but is going to help India in
the long run having benefitted various
sectors like aerospace, biotechnology,
food processing, FDI, chemical, tourism,
railway, textile and many more. It has also
helped the industry in getting seamless
& quick support from the government by
eliminating old irrelevant obstacles in the
manufacturing sector.
Make in India created a platform and a
welcoming environment for commercial sectors
from all around the world, to engineer their
products in India and sell them anywhere they
wish. Due to this fact companies from across
the globe making a huge investment in this
project, and have thrived successfully, making
India a hub for the manufacturing companies.
Lack of skilled labour, access to easy credit
and regulatory compliance stands as one
of the biggest impediments to the Make
in India scheme. A major section of the
manufacturing sector comprises of MSME.
These companies have faced some issue
with respect to funding and operation due to
the twin impacts of GST and demonetization.
Credit continues to be a key issue for
them, and India’s banking system is not in
a position to lend much unless its balance
sheets are cleared. Though things are
improving now, the government would need
to provide adequate support.
One of Make in India’s motto is to provide more
and more employment. The gap between
employment and employability has widened
in the past few years due to lack of proper
training and up-skilling schemes. In addition,
many sectors need stringent and pragmatic
regulations that will aid the Make in India
initiative. However, the utmost aim should
be to enforce industries to move towards a
sustainable and eco-sensitive growth.
What are your thoughts on sustainability
and green chemistry?
A: Green Chemistry and sustainability is
at the core of all our operations. True to
Covestro’s purpose to make the world a
brighter place, sustainability has always
been firmly anchored in its strategy. In
addition to this commitment, Covestro has
integrated the Sustainable Development
Goals of the United Nations in its strategy.
By 2025, we want to spend 80 per cent of
our research and development expenditure
in areas that contribute to the Sustainable
Development Goals. Currently, Covestro
is providing full support for the second
year of the Young Champions of the Earth
competition, a global competition sponsored
by Covestro that aims to identify, support
and celebrate outstanding individuals
aged 18-30 who have big ideas to protect
or restore the environment. As one of the
world’s leading contributors of materials for
sustainable development, we’re honoured
to partner with UN Environment to inspire
and motivate young people across the
world to contribute to the UN Sustainable
Development Goals.
Apart from the Solar Impulse project, in which
a plane travelled across the world using zero
fuel, we have also used our materials to help
farmers with cold storage and solar dryers. We
are also working in cross-industry consortiums
on methods to make carbon dioxide and waste
flow of other industrial sectors usable as raw
materials for our products.
Covestro has developed CO2 based
polyurethane foam. Please explain to
us how this going to help in Covestro’s
commitment to conserve resources
and reduce energy consumption and
emissions of greenhouse gases?

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CEW Interview
A: Yes, it has been done by replacing a
proportion of the petrochemical precursors
otherwise used here. We have already
achieved a breakthrough in this direction with
our cardyon technology. The material (polyol)
produced using this technology contains 20
per cent CO2 and is a precursor for foam
used in mattresses and upholstered furniture.
Covestro brought the first industrial-scale
production plant for this polyol on stream in
2016, and in the future, we are expecting to
increase the share of CO2 to up to 40%.
This reduces energy consumption and
emissions of greenhouse gases. Covestro
brought the first industrial-scale production
plant for this polyol on stream in 2016.
How receptive are end-users towards
adopting such new sustainable
technologies and solutions? It may not
be viable in terms of cost. What kind of
resistance you usually receive from the end
users while implementing such solutions?
A: Change inertia is a reality every industry
exhibits whenever a new technology or
solution is introduced. Our sustainable
solutions and materials help companies
to not just make better products but it also
contributes to the overall sustainability
objectives of these companies. In markets
where there is an absence (or lack of clarity)
in regulations, we find consumers take time
to understand the importance of adopting
sustainable solutions. Often the discussion
pan towards explaining the long-term
benefits of sustainable solutions. Cost used
to be a key factor a few years ago, now the
discussions are mostly on the RoI, where a
long-term perspective also plays a key role.
Recently, Covestro and BASF have signed
up for China’s 1688.com B2B shopping
platform, part of Alibaba. Please explain
to us the rationale behind this?
A: The digitalization strategy of Covestro
opens up new possibilities for doing business.
Being a customer-centric company, it was
imperative for us to adopt digitization and
be as close to our customers. With the
cooperation with Alibaba, our goal is to offer
customers a reliable, official channel with a
simple and efficient purchasing experience.
The platform is the biggest online business-
to-business marketplace in China. The
Chinese economy shows tremendous
progress also in innovation and digitalization
over the recent years to which Covestro is
contributing. With the launch of an online
store on Alibaba we follow our strategy by
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innovating our business models in close
cooperation with our customers. However,
with a maximum quantity order, the flagship
store is more tailored to the needs of small
and medium-sized customers. Therefore,
transactions will be of relatively small
volume. This will allow Covestro to listen,
learn and continuously improve its offering.
How would you describe the current
scene of global specialty chemical
market? What is the standing of Indian
specialty chemical Industry in the
international market?
A: After receiving a positive average annual
growth of 3% in the past couple of years,
the present and future are poised for strong
growth. The world is moving towards fulfilling
the growing domestic needs for higher-value
downstream products. Especially, Chinese
and Indian manufacturers have become key
players in several specialty chemical markets.
The Indian specialty chemicals industry is
worth USD 28bn which is amongst the top
3 countries in the world. India’s per capita
consumption of polymers is at a nascent stage.
Thus, the growth rate will be much faster.
What are the biggest bottlenecks in
your view for the specialty chemical
manufacturers in India to compete at a
global level? What are the challenges for
Indian companies?
A: As a specialty chemical expert company,
we face a lot of obstacles that need constant
redressal. The demand for continuous
product innovation and competitive pricing
does affect the industry. On top of this, the
prices of raw materials keep on fluctuating
and it proves to be a big challenge for the
manufacturer. However, the importance
of adequate and clearer regulations will
definitely help the industry in the long-run.
What steps has the Covestro undertaken
to bring research and innovation together
to maintain the growth momentum in the
field of R&D?
A: Covestro has research and development
facilities around the world, where it is constantly
seeking new possibilities for industry-specific
solutions, as well as for the longer term. In
2016, Covestro spent about €259 million on
research and development, corresponding to
roughly 2.2 per cent of total sales.
About 1000 of Covestro’s 15,600 employees
work in three global innovation centres
developing new ideas for applications using
high-tech plastics, foams and coatings in the
areas of mobility, construction, information
technology and renewable energies.
The bandwidth and efforts that Covestro
puts in R&D help us recognize where exactly
there is a need for innovative materials and
application solutions. This helps not only
in maintaining the growth momentum but
also in achieving significant environmental
and industry goals. A number of Covestro’s
researchers and innovative projects have
won awards and accolades.
In India, we are currently planning a
brownfield expansion of our R&D centres
with a focus on developing more Made ‘for’
India products and solutions.
One of the challenges we always talked
about is lack of indigenous innovations.
What are your thoughts on it?
A: Innovation is vital for the growing economy
and environment. The research and study
that goes behind every breakthrough is
tremendous. Indigenous innovations are
complementary to the pace at which the
industry is moving. Covestro has always
been an innovative company. We understand
that different markets and industries may
need solutions which are crafted specifically
for them. Hence, Covestro has always
been at the forefronts of promoting such
technologies. There is a slew of innovations
that we have introduced in the market since
our inception. Thus, we were also honoured
among the top 50 most innovative companies
of 2017 by Technology Review magazine.
Any suggestions for change in any Govt.
policy in relation to your industry?
A: The government has been showing
encouraging signs by creating a favourable
ecosystem to support long-term growth for
both domestic and global players. The result
of such actions is conspicuous in the way
global rating agencies and organizations
have praised the economic growth of
India. There is a sense of optimism which
the improvement in the ease of business
ranking also highlighted. However, to
continue the growth momentum, there is a
need for speedy implementation of proposed
initiatives/policies and looks at making India
a favoured manufacturing destination.
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