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WRaring to grow

EditorialAdvisory Board

M Lokeswara RaoPresident, IMTMA &

MD, Lokesh Machines Ltd

Vikram SirurVice President, IMTMA & Executive Vice Chairman, Miven Machine Tools Ltd

N K DhandPast President, IMTMA & CMD,

Micromatic Grinding Technologies Ltd

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elcome to the 8th Anniversary Edition of MODERN MACHINE TOOLS! As we raise

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the growing focus on the metalworking sector in India. On one hand, there are

several challenges to overcome and on the other, many of these have tremendous

potential to unlock a plethora of opportunities in the marketplace.

The present time could be an inflection point in the annals of the manufacturing industry

and in particular, the metalworking segment. Taking the latest global developments into

consideration, the clouds of economic uncertainty are still looking ominous from a short- to

medium-term perspective. Europe, USA and some other industrialised economies are yet to

fully recover from the grip of the recent economic downturn.

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(Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) allies, seems to be a shade

better from the viewpoint of economic growth and foreseeable future

prospects. However, the big question before the machine tool builders

today is about the way forward. Although there is no simple and

straight answer to this, one approach (to hedge against such an

unfolding scenario) could be to expand the end-use areas and

cater to a multitude of industry verticals, rather than being bound

to just a few ones. Of course, the core competency of the

organisation need not be compromised in this endeavour.

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to new raw materials, based on the 8th Anniversary theme)

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also on the future prospects and pitfalls.

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Contents



Highlights of Next Edition:

Special Focus: Micromachining

Insight & Outlook: Electrical

Discharge Machining

Cover photo illustration: Chaitanya Dinesh Surpur

Harry Ehrenberg,

President,

VARGUS Ltd...................

Editorial 31

National News 36

World News 38

Events 254

Product Update 264

International Products 284

Product Index Engineering Expo 290

Product Index 292

Advertisers’ List 299

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Industry Update Mechanical transmission systems: Providing momentum to the industry .................... 226

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Facility VisitHaas Automation Inc: Engineering excellence in machine tools .................... 234

Factory Fundamentals PCBN grades facilitate complete process revamp ........... 246

Curtain Raiser Engineering Expo Ahmedabad 2011: Celebrating a decade of excellence ......................................... 250

Report HIMTEX 2011: Expanding the scope of regional investment ................... 260

Aerospace ...........................47

Automobiles .......................71

Consumer Durables ........... 97

Electricals and Electronics......... 117

Energy..............................137

Infrastructure................... 161

Medical ............................181

New Raw Materials ..........201

Leaders Speak

National News



CARL BECHEM India conducts technical seminar on cutting fluidsThe technical seminar aimed at the metal

working and allied industry was titled

‘Cutting Fluids for Profitability, Safety

and Quality in Machining Process’.

The two hour long seminar saw active

participation from 76 odd participants

representing 30 companies from the

departments of maintenance, production

and research & development.

Harry Hofmann, Head Forming

Technology and Metalworking, CARL

BECHEM GmbH elaborated on

the types of coolant, importance of

lubrication and cooling as characteristics

of a coolant and possible scenarios

encountered during various machining

process. He also discussed the perfect

cutting fluid to realise the best result.

“The objective of these forums is to

empower customers by educating them

on technicalities and characteristics of

cutting fluids thereby allowing them to

derive more value from a consumable

category that is traditionally viewed as

a sundry cost,” said Hofmann.

Timken appoints General Sales Manager for IndiaTimken India Ltd has appointed Brian

T Strunck as General Sales Manager

for process industries in India. Strunck

has a bachelor’s

degree in mechanical

engineering from

Lehigh University,

and a master’s degree

in administration

from the University of

Michigan. He joined

Timken in 1996 as a design engineer in

automotive customer engineering and

has held various positions of increasing

responsibility in sales, marketing and

engineering, most recently serving

as marketing manager for the off-

highway and heavy truck segments for

North America. In his new role, he

will lead both the original equipment

and aftermarket businesses for the

company’s process industries segment

in India. He will also be responsible

for managing the services business,

as well as marketing and new

business development.

Komet India launches technology newsletter As a means to

share KOMET’s

innovation with its

customers, KOMET

India has launched

its quarterly news

letter ‘KPLUS’. This

newsletter brings out

latest developments

in cutting technology

for productivity

improvements in the area of hole

machining solutions. The newsletter

highlights recent machining trends,

new cutting solutions from KOMET

Group and success stories supported

by live cases and illustrative examples

that KOMET has achieved for its

customers. The newsletter also brings

to the readers table drilling, reaming

and threading solutions that are in its

standard product range.

Speaking on the launch of KPLUS,

S Ravishankar, Managing Director,

KOMET India, said, “The newsletter

showcases next generation cutting tool

solutions offered by KOMET India.

This first edition is dedicated to our

core product, the drills’ family which

includes solid carbide or indexable

drills starting from diameter 3 mm

to 155 mm.”

IMTMA to organise Regional Productivity SummitIndian Machine Tool Manufacturers’

Association (IMTMA) which has

been in the forefront of championing

a productivity movement in Indian

metalworking industries will conduct

the ‘Regional Productivity Summits’

on 10th, 15th and 21st October 2011

at Chennai, Pune and New Delhi

respectively. Regional Productivity

Summits 2011 will showcase the

best productivity improvement

projects in metalworking industries

which have excelled in achieving

superior performance. The summit

will offer a unique opportunity

to understand and learn from the

experiences and best practices of other

companies. The Summit will address

and demonstrate a wide variety of

productivity improvement projects in

metalworking through live case study

presentations and keynote sessions.

It will bring together productivity

‘Gurus’, champions and aspiring

leaders on a common platform to

share experience, ideas and will be an

unmatched forum for networking with

decision makers, customers, peers and

suppliers of productivity aids, experts,

academia & researchers in the

field. The must-attend event will

witness participation by CEOs,

senior executives, practising

engineers, R&D specialists, industry

experts, technologists and middle

management personnel from

automotive & auto components, tool

rooms, machine tools, aerospace,

defence & railway units, consumer

durables, general engineering

and other metalworking

manufacturing industries.

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Brian T Strunck

National News


Arvind Kapur is new ACMA PresidentAutomotive Component Manufacturers

Association of India (ACMA), the

apex body representing India’s auto

component manufacturing industry, at

its 51st annual session on September

6, 2011 announced the change in

guards with Arvind Kapur, Managing

Director, Rico Auto Industries Ltd

taking over as the new President

and Surinder P Kanwar, Chairman

& Managing Director, Bharat Gears

Ltd as the Vice President for the term

2011-12. Speaking on ACMA’s work

priorities for the coming year Kapur

said, “It is a matter of great pride to be

the President of ACMA at a juncture

when the auto component industry in

India is gearing up to take head-on

the multiple challenges it faces, owing

to the dynamics of the global and

domestic markets.” Vinnie Mehta,

Executive Director, ACMA said, “We

are pleased to have Arvind Kapur on

board as the ACMA President, an

industry veteran, with vast exposure

to the auto industry. We are also

delighted to have Surinder P Kanwar as

our Vice President, another respected

leader from our industry. Further, the

new ACMA Executive Committee

comprises some of the prominent

leaders from the auto component

sector. We look ahead to their active

engagement and contribution.”

MTE enters into JV with EscofierMTE Indsutries Pvt Ltd, the country’s

leading manufacturer of thread

rolling machines and Escofier, the

world leader in the manufacture of

gear rolling machines, spline rolling

machines, thread rolling machines,

thread rolling dies, are now starting a

Joint Venture (JV) for the manufacture

of incremental spline rolling dies and

rack rolling dies in Hyderabad. MTE

has set up a world class infrastructure

required for the manufacturing of

these products over 9 acre of land in

Dundigal. All the required machinery

and inspection equipment installed at

the facility is set to take the products to

the international market. The name of

this JV is ‘MTE ESCOFIER Forming

Technologies Pvt Ltd.’ Presently

no manufacturer is manufacturing

these products in India. This newly

formed JV will contribute to import

substitution. There is a lot of potential

for these products in India as almost

all the automotive companies are now

importing these products. The shares

are equally distributed between both

the companies.

Electrotherm to double steel-casting machine production by 2012Electrotherm (India) Ltd, which offers

customised steel-making machinery

to secondary steel industry, expects

to produce 100 units of its newly

developed continuous casting machine

(CCM) by 2012. Twenty projects

based on the machine are already

underway, and around 30 more would

be completed by the end of the year.

The CCM would be suitable to small

manufacturers as its cost is relatively

lower (` 1.5-2 crore) compared to

existing options, which costs around `

2-4 crore. The company also expects

to export 30 per cent of the machines

to markets in Africa, West Asia and

SAARC countries. The company’s

equipment are used in 3,400

installations, accounting for 16 million

tonne of steel production capacity.

(L-R): Arvind Kapur, Vinnie Mehta, Surinder P Kanwar

(L-T): Jayasimha Reddy, CEO & S Reddy, MD, MTE Industries; R V Chandravadan,

Director, Rajiv Mission, AP Govt; Eric Michoux, President, Escofier SAS,

France

World News



Summer inauguration for METAV 2012 METAV 2012, the International Trade

Fair for Manufacturing Technology

and Automation, will open its doors in

Düsseldorf, Germany from 28 February

to 3 March. The latest innovations and

solutions will once again be on show for

a broad-based trade public.

“The preparations for METAV

2012 have been in full swing for several

months now. The METAV team has

taken on board many and varied topics

in their efforts to make the event a

genuine highlight in the 2012 diary for

metalworking trade fairs,” said Martin

Göbel, Project Manager at METAV.

The trade show is organised by VDW

(German Machine Tool Builders’

Association). The exhibitors’ showcases

will once again be complemented by

attractive complementary programme.

Together with various partners,

special events will be held on subjects

like medical technology, composite

machining, sustainability in the

production process, and recruitment

advertising. Service support has also

been improved and now exhibitors for

the first time can register online.

Siemens claims top spot in China’s PLM marketThe company’s PLM Software

was recognised as market leader in

Computer-aided Design (CAD), digital

manufacturing and collaborative product

definition management. A business unit

of the Siemens Industry Automation

Division, the company was awarded

second year in a row as the number

one PLM solution supplier in China

based on 2010 overall market presence,

according to leading independent

global PLM management consulting

and research firm, CIM data Inc. This

recognition, based on in-depth data and

analysis of the PLM market in China,

is detailed in CIM data’s 2011 China

PLM Market Analysis Report.

In addition to being named the

overall market presence leader, Siemens

PLM Software was also ranked number

one in the multi-discipline CAD and

digital manufacturing segments.

US manufacturing technology orders increase by 102.9 per cent Technology orders for the country

totaled $ 506.97 million according

to the American Machine Tool

Distributors’ Association (AMTDA),

and the Association for Manufacturing

Technology (AMT). This total, as

reported by companies participating

in the United States Manufacturing

Technology Orders (USMTO)

programme, was up 7.3 per cent

from June and up 92.7 per cent when

compared with the total of $ 263.14

million reported for July 2010. With a

year-to-date total of $ 2,975.10 million,

2011 is up 102.9 per cent compared

with that of 2010.

“The manufacturing beat goes on!

Machine tool sales continue to exceed

forecasts for 2011. The stock market’s

volatility and the traditional summer

slowdowns as budgets are depleted was

no match for the ongoing demand to

get new machines into production as

soon as possible. This pace will slow;

but for USMTO 2011 so far, there are

no signs of what we hear on the nightly

news,” said Peter Borden, President,

AMTDA.

The report, jointly compiled by

the two trade associations representing

the production and distribution of

manufacturing technology, provides

regional and national the US orders

data of domestic and imported machine

tools and related equipment. Analysis

of manufacturing technology orders

provides a reliable leading economic

indicator as manufacturing industries

invest in capital metalworking

equipment to increase capacity and

improve productivity.

Fendi and Maserati launch the Maserati Grancabrio Fendi at the Frankfurt Motor Show 2011The Frankfurt Motor Show held from

13th to 25th September 2011 witnessed

the collaboration of two of Italy’s

iconic luxury houses - Fendi and

Maserati, based on common values of

craftsmanship and traditions. The JV

proudly showcased its first joint creation

Maserati GranCabrio Fendi.

Crafted at the historical Maserati

headquarters at Modena, Italy using

materials and colours produced for this

project was designed by Silvia Fendi.

The car has a three-layered dark grey

body colour named Grigio Fiamma

Fendi, developed specially for the

Maserati GranCabrio and has a gold

finish on the surface. Fendi’s famous

selleria leather has been used for the gear

lever and the profiles of the floor mats.

A silver oval plaque with engraving of

the Maserati trident, the Fendi logo and

the 5 digit series number (five being an

iconic number for Fendi) is located on

the dashboard and on both sides of the

cloth folding roof. Powered by 4.7L V8

engine with automatic transmission and

20 inch Trident design alloy, the car

represents a prefect blend between the

art of a handmade craftsmanship and

cutting edge technology.

World News


Mapal bags its largest contractGermany-headquartered precision

machining expert Mapal has been

awarded its largest contract till date for a

wind power project. The contract covers

the tooling required for machining three

different components that are used

in wind turbine gearboxes, all of the

components being manufactured from

GJS, a form of cast iron incorporating

spheroidal graphite.

The tools supplied by the country

will be used in USA, where the wind

turbine gearboxes are being produced.

The scope of supply of this important

contract extends from bridge tools for

finish boring and fine boring to helix

milling cutters and very large facing slide

tools that are used in conjunction with

Mapal’s tooltronic mechatronic system.

“We are very excited about this contract,

and about the close relationship we have

developed with our customer, a leading

manufacturer of gearboxes with specialist

expertise in developing products for the

most demanding applications,” said

Gregor Baumbusch, Sales Manager,

Mapal Germany.

Honda plans massive push for hybrids in China The Japanese automobile manufacturer

plans a new push to make and sell

hybrid cars in the country as it looks

for ways to revitalise its brand as the

industry faces tough new fuel-economy

requirements.

“Honda is likely to start producing

electric-gasoline hybrid cars in China

in two to three years if its sales push

succeeds,” said Seiji Kuraishi, Chief

Operating Officer, Honda Motor

(China). Honda plans to launch five

hybrid models next year: the Insight,

the CR-Z, a hybrid version of the

Fit, a significantly redesigned hybrid

version of the Civic and a hybrid model

for Honda’s upper-scale brand Acura.

Current green-car technology efforts

in world’s largest automobile consumer

market are largely focussed on electric

cars rather than hybrids, which use both

electricity and gasoline.

Most hybrid cars in China are

too expensive for consumers because

they are imported, resulting in hefty

duties and taxes. Honda’s current Civic

hybrid costs about $ 42,200 compared

with $ 24,000 to $ 27,000 in the US.

Currently, it sells only about 200 to 300

Civic hybrids a year.

Mitsubishi Motors may expand alliance with Malaysia’s ProtonJapan’s Mitsubishi Motors Corp

(MMC) is in talks with Malaysia’s top

car maker Proton about expanding their

partnership. The two companies are

discussing jointly producing engines

in Malaysia as well as exchanging

technology on electric vehicles.

Proton may also make cars under the

MMC brand. Proton, Malaysia’s national

carmaker, currently manufactures

Proton Inspira four-door sedan models

based on Mitsubishi Motors’ Lancer

after they formed a partnership in

December 2008.

A statement released by MMC

stated, “We aim to expand our business

in the Asean region through these new

projects while this will help Proton

increase its product line-up and help it

better utilise production facilities.”

Rockwell eyes more revenues from outside US marketsThe US-based Rockwell Automation

Inc, an over $ 4.5 billion company

dedicated to industrial automation and

information, is focussing on further

expanding its global footprint in

emerging markets and expects 60 per

cent of its global revenues to flow in

from outside of the US by 2013-14.

“We are clearly focussed on the

biggest emerging markets like India,

China and South East Asia. If you

look at these markets today, they

have very good Gross Domestic

Products (GDP). With the entire

mass of people continuing to move

up to what we call the new middle-

class, we see a continued opportunity

for growth in these markets in the

long run,” said Robert A Ruff,

President (Asia-Pacific), Rockwell

Automation. The company employs

over 20,000 professional globally,

with around 600 based out of India

including 100 at its R&D centre

at Bengaluru, currently derives

22 per cent of its revenues from the

Asia-Pacific region. According to

Ruff, the industrial automation sector

was seeing convergence between

various disciplines like controls,

automation, information and safety.

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Industry InsightsIndian aerospace: On a new high............... 48InterfaceBernhard EisenschinkProject Manager,OPEN MIND Technologies AG................... 50T K RameshChief Executive Officer, Micromatic Machine Tools Pvt Ltd ............. 54Market TrendsAerospace machining software: Solutions with uniform user interface......... 56Practical TipsAerospace: What the industry needs to fly high? ......... 60Future ForecastNext aviation hub: Opening doors for global investment........ 68

AEROSPACE


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AEROSPACE

With aspirations high and potential higher, this is probably the most exciting decade for the Indian aerospace industry as the entire world is looking towards the Indian terrain. Looking at this growth with anticipation that the industry would expand further in the next couple of years, the government is slowly opening its gates for investments to pour in.

From being the chosen

outsourcing destination

for low cost manufacturers

of precision components

to being one of the major

aerospace hubs on the world map,

India has traversed a long way into this

industry. Year 2001 saw the opening

up of the Indian aerospace industry to

private participation. But today, with

more and more foreign companies

setting a base in the Indian market, the

players are hoping for the gates to open

wider for unhindered investments.

This is surely the age of the BRIC

nations - Brazil, Russia, India and China

but after Russia and China, all eyes are

on the growth potential that India has

to offer. While the automotive industry

ruled the roost in the last decade, it has

also turned into the launch pad for the

Indian aerospace industry to make a

bigger flight for manufacturing higher

precision and supreme quality products.

Growing market The Indian aviation industry alone has

grown almost three folds over the last

five years. While the country’s economy

is seeing a stable growth with almost

124 million air passengers recorded last

year, the air way is seeing a growth rate

of around 12 per cent.

Judging the potential, Airbus and

Boeing has already made significant

forays in to the Indian aerospace

sector. More foreign companies

are now making their way into the

industry as well. Taking a cue, the

Indian companies have also begun

taking a lead into the sector from being

component manufacturers to building

aircraft. The country has seen some

recent joint ventures and investments

in this sector. TATA Group recently

tied up with Augusta Westland

for assembling helicopters with an

investment of $ 30 million aiming at

mainly the Indian defence sector and

civil markets. Mahindra and Mahindra

(M&M) stepped into aerospace

components and aircraft manufacturing

by acquiring Australia-based Aerostaff

and Gippsland Aeronautics with an

investment of ` 1.75 billion.

The pace at which the country is

growing and the rise in the standard

of living, the need for a robust civil

aviation has seen a rampant growth.

Aviation industry has become as much

a necessity as automobile.

“People are flying a lot and the

demand will only increase in the future.

Given that the government focuses

on offset programmes, this segment

is picking up. But compared to other

countries, it is still a very nascent

industry. Lot of foreign players are

setting up their shops here. Although this

industry has taken the first few steps, it’s

growing very fast. There will be nothing

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sky. It is a good time for the industry,”

points out Santanoo Medhi, Managing

Director, Kennametal India Ltd.

Seeking help Although the Indian government holds

the reins of the aerospace industry,

the industry is optimistic about easing

the norms for companies to flourish.

With the new Defence Procurement

Procedure-2011 (DPP), the government

aims to change the way the Indian

aviation industry functions. The players

in this industry are hoping for simpler

procedures and easy availability of

finances. The DPP, this time also

intends to widen its vortex by including

various verticals of this industry so as to

bring them all on the same page.

While Hindustan Aeronautics

Ltd (HAL) has held the reins of the

aerospace industry, it is now opening

up to collaborations with various

Indian and foreign players. As part

of the government’s offset policy,

substantial investments are expected

in this sector by HAL, uplifting its

capacity to supply parts, assemblies

and components worth 30 per cent of

India’s $ 25 billion defence orders. At

the same time, more than 95 per cent

of Indian manufacturers in the sector

depend on subcontracting to HAL.

Recent acquisitions by Indian defence

forces have generated $ 5 billion worth

opportunities for Indian manufacturers,

given the 50 per cent offset obligations

on current orders.

“With government support, more

and more companies with specialised

aeronautical services will come up.

Earlier, there was lack of avenues but

now actual manufacturing of aeronautical

parts will grow in this country. While

the automotive revolution happened

in 20 years, the aerospace revolution

will take just 10 years because we have

already reached a particular level and

we need to take off from there. In the

next eight to ten years, we would be a

strong tier 1 supplier to the aerospace

industry,” reflects T K Ramesh, Chief

Executive Officer, Micromatic Machine

Tools Pvt Ltd.

Challenges to meet With more and more companies taking

up machining of aerospace components,

technological advancements and skilled

manpower to deftly handle high

precision machining of hard to machine

materials continues to be a major

hurdle. After titanium, the industry

is now seeing a growing demand for

composite materials.

“Initially aluminium was the king,

now we are moving from titanium to

composites. We also need to undertake

rapid technological advancements as

the technology used in the aerospace

industry is changing everyday. Highly

sophisticated machines and tools required

for machining such materials are not

available locally. The Indian industry has

to depend on imports. A country cannot

grow on imports. We need to build our

own capability,” explains Medhi. The

industry also needs adequate qualified

workforce to handle highly sophisticated

machines and materials.

Moving aheadAmidst all the challenges, the fact

goes uncontested that India does enjoy

an edge over the emerging economies

in some quarters. The increasing

joint ventures and collaborations

with foreign players and those

within domestic players are opening

the path for technology and knowledge

transfer. “When companies from

Europe and the USA outsource

product manufacturing and services

to India, the requirements and

regulations are laid in advance.

So, the manufacturing happens

according their regulations and work

instructions. This has helped the

Indian aerospace industry to evolve. We

have become more professional,

deliverable and ready to accept

zero-tolerance type of challenges

now,” avers T V Sridhara,

Business Development Manager,

India operations, Measurement

Specialities.

Although this industry has taken the first few steps, it is growing very fast. There will be nothing less than 1000 civilian aircraft in the next 10 years hovering over the Indian sky. It is a good time for the industry.

Santanoo Medhi, Managing Director, Kennametal India Ltd

While the automotive revolution happened in 20 years, this time the aerospace revolution will take just 10 years because we have already reached a particular level and we need to take off from there. In the next eight to ten years, we would be a strong Tier 1 supplier to the aerospace industry.

T K Ramesh, Chief Executive Officer,Micromatic Machine Tools Pvt Ltd

When companies from Europe and the USA outsource product manufacturing and services to India, the requirements and regulations are laid in advance. This has helped the Indian aerospace industry to evolve. We have become more professional, deliverable and ready to accept zero-tolerance type of challenges now.

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India is emerging fast in the aerospace industry. Elaborate on the reason behind the same.This country has highly educated and

qualified people in the market which

makes this a good place for this kind

of industry to grow. Sound knowledge

in this field adds to the potential for

this industry to grow and contribute

to the world market. Some of the

key players are showing their interest

in the Indian market as the country

is reciprocating to their interest by

giving standard quality products.

Tell us about the latest in the CAD/CAM solutions offered to the defence and aerospace sectors.This market is designing complexities

and manufacturing complexities. New

inventions are been made in solutions

like hyperMILL, which has shape level

machining which is able to rough and

finish complex structures like turbine

housings or curved structural parts

based on a so called drive surface.

Many improved functionality are being

incorporated in flank milling which

is able to mill the walls of structural

parts including the vertical edges. With

the recent invention in strategies of

machining in solutions like hyperMILL,

the machining time is also bound to

reduce considerably.

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Where does India stand in terms of Research & Development and technological innovation? What needs to be done to optimise resources and reach global level of excellence?There is considerable amount of

research and inventions happening

in India. But we still have a long

way to go. Many foreign companies

are now coming into India to set up

their base in the Indian market and

manufacture their products here.

Looking at the organisations here, I

don’t think there is much difference

in the level of research compared to

other countries.

There are also many Indian

engineers working in foreign

countries like the USA or Germany.

I think effort has to be taken to

encourage them to return to India

and bring in their gained experience

to develop Indian products of

high quality and technical

standards that meet the demands of

international markets.

What are some recent trends in the aerospace industry? The shapes of many parts, especially

the turbines are becoming more

complex which is bring in more and

more challenges in terms of materials,

geometry shapes, standardisations

etc. However, India is growing in

this regard by producing parts for

all kinds of planes from Dornier to

Sukoi.

With the advancement in the technology worldwide, do you feel India is poised to contribute to the global aerospace industry and give the required standard of quality?I recognise a strong pragmatic

attitude in India, which is a good

thing to get short time results. India

is on its way to reach its goal and

step into the global market. Even

small companies are contributing to

the global companies, which in itself

is a good sign.

However, to match the required

international standards, the

focus has to be directed towards

methods like process management,

quality management and constant

improvement. Japan is a good

example to learn from about these

topics. Failing is a part of the

process but we need to learn from

our mistakes and experiences and

improve upon it.

The global economy just saw the Greece bailout. The US economy has also seen a downturn recently. In what direction is the global economy heading towards and what precautionary measures are being taken this time?I consider it as a big problem

that stock market prices are not

related to the real worth of the

companies represented there. The

currency exchange rates have been

affected in a big way and causing

major issues in exports.

I can only hope that the industry is

prepared to face the crunch if we see a

repeat in a recession like situation. There

are a lot of gamblers that make things

even worse. Considering this, there

is no safe way to handle with this

kind of circumstances. Action has

to be taken so that gamblers are not

able to make things worse than

they are.

With all eyes on the BRIC nations, what kind of competition does India face from the global market?The competition is the same like

every industrial nation face. There

are however, some passionate people

in this market and this passion

can make a big difference in the

industry. Everything revolves about

the price factor. This brings us to

incorporating process management

and quality management to make the

products more cost effective.

New materials like titanium and composite materials, are making way into the aerospace industry. What are the latest in the market to machine such difficult to machine materials? Special tools are needed for

machining these kinds of materials.

Machining strategies and inclination

strategies for materials like titanium

is also an important aspect.

However, hyperMILL includes

everything that is necessary to

be able to cut this kind of materials.

What are the challenges that you encounter in the Indian market? What are the strategies in place to combat them?India is a support centric market,

and the market is very wide in terms

geography of this country. Regional

operations are important to enhance

our role in Indian Market.

What kind of support do you sought from the government?As of now the support from

government, for CAD/CAM

solutions are friendly in India. But,

It is imperative to form a consortium

to cater to materials standardisation

needs of aerospace sector. Also, while

the country is geared up with high end

technology, the government should

facilitate the companies to grow by

providing proper infrastructure.

How do you forsee the future of this vertical? The business is growing and

the industry is prepared to

learn. We are also looking

forward to more and more research

and development programmes

coming from India, in the

aerospace arena.

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Tell us about the current scenario of aerospace industry. It is a fast growing nascent industry.

Aerospace is growing today and

there is a lot of activity taking place

in this sector. Markets drive the boom

and companies like Airbus and Boeing

are beginning to find that there is a

huge market potential in this country.

These aerospace companies are able to

see the kind of value that we offer in

terms of availability of engineers, the

work being done with cost effectiveness

with a less turn around time. They

have also realised that processes like

metal cutting, forming, plating etc can

be done here in India in much faster,

better and cheaper way. Also, there is a

lot of government support.

On the other hand, the local

market is also expanding. More

and more low cost airlines are

coming up. The largest orders for

Airbus and Boeing for commercial

aircraft are coming from India.

The Indian manufacturing industry

is growing and there is an availability

of good level of engineering

talent and white collar productivity

in which we are better, superior and

cost-effective that other countries

like China.

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How would you define India’s position in the global aerospace technology? From a technology point of view, a lot of work needs to be

done to upgrade our technology, in terms of availability of

machines and equipments made locally instead of depending

on imports. The rise of aerospace industry will give an impetus

to the local metalworking industry to grow as well. In the

next eight to ten years, we would be a strong tier 1 supplier to the

aerospace industry.

India is currently the tenth largest defence spender in the world but we still import 70 per cent of equipment. How can we minimise this dependence? We still depend on other countries for some of the key

components of machine tool industry. But with the aerospace

industry growing, there is a hope that we will grow in this

area. The dependency might not disappear but it would

at least shrink. Just like we grew in the automobile sector,

similar changes will be seen again.

With advanced and new technologies, difficult-to-machine materials are finding their way in this sector. How has it brought a change in the machining operations? There has been a dearth in the machining and tooling industry.

But, now the demand for such machines are going up,

we will be upgrading ourselves in these areas to meet the

needs and develop machines which can withstand the force

and work at high speed required while machining such

difficult-to-machine materials. More emphasis and resources

will be poured in this area. This will be the first phase

of the transition towards aerospace which will happen in the next

five years.

India is presently the hot spot, with major global industries entering this market. Do you think this will lead to stalling of growth for the domestic companies? It will not stall the growth but the question would be whether

you are good enough to survive and grow. There will of

course be some companies who will be affected, irrespective

of whether they are Indian or foreign. It will be a game of the

survival of the fittest.

What is the most important requirement of this sector currently that would help fasten its growth?Aerospace is a high tech, high knowledge sector. It is purely a

knowledge-based industry. The limitations here are not going

to be availability of assets or availability of investments. It will

all depend on the management of the available knowledge and

putting to use right way with right people.

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Weight, quality, manufacturing time and costs are paramount in the manufacturing of structural parts for aircraft construction. Extremely high quality demands for the manufactured parts and absolutely reliable, reproducible processes are pitted against growing cost pressures. As a result, tried and tested component structures and manufacturing processes are being called into question, despite the high concerns for safety in this sector. Aerospace machining software has emerged as a solution to reduce costs and minimise enviornmental impact.

Wherever possible,

designers are looking

to reduce the weight

of structural parts.

This is reflected

both in the materials used as well

as in the construction itself. After

using a great amount of composite

materials in recent years, the

branch is now looking ever more to

special aluminium alloys. Today’s

monolithic structural components had

previously been welded assemblies of

many simpler components.

The spectrum of structural

parts ranges from external airframe

components to internal structural

components and fittings. These parts

may have simple surface, such as plates

with many holes, grooves and openings,

all the way through to complex parts

with thin, sometimes high walls, small

corner radii and increasingly, undercuts.

The rising number of integral

components with a complex geometry

and undercuts shows that, today, all

possibilities are being exploited in order

to save in terms of material and weight,

as well as to utilise new and more

effective processes.

Changes in manufacturingWith structural parts, often an

extremely large proportion of the

raw material must be cut away. In

the past, it was possible to achieve a

high volume of roughing jobs under

time constraints by using large milling

tool diameters. Modern machines can

also achieve this with high working

feeds and high spindle rotations

using smaller tool diameters. The

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smaller tools allow a more effective,

close-contoured roughing, and can

thereby create higher quality finished

components.

Cooling lubricant is a significant

cost factor in production. In order

to reduce costs and minimise

environmental impact, effort is being

made to use only a minimal amount of

lubricants. Changes to tool technologies

are therefore indispensable. With new

tools, for example, changes to vibration

conditions can be taken into account,

in order to make sure that the material

properties of the part are not altered

by surface pressure or heat build-up,

as well as ensuring the safe removal of

the chips. In CAM programming, the

goal is to account for the multiplicity

of modified demands with optimal

milling strategies.

Flexible CAM solutionCAM products that offer 2D, 3D and

5-axis machining strategies within a

single user interface are the most flexible

solutions. One software application

employed in this field is hyperMILL

by OPEN MIND Technologies AG.

In addition to the well-engineered

5-axis technology, CAM software

offers innovative solutions in 2D and

3D areas. And the standardised user

interface across the entire spectrum

of machining strategies simplifies its

use. Once learnt, users can programme

milling tasks reliably, even when they

only use the strategies in question from

time to time. A number of intelligent

functions assist the user in order to

allow the individual optimisation of

machining jobs and ensure that the

desired high feed rates are achieved

during the milling of structural parts.

These include, for example, slope-

dependent machining, HSC functions

and 5x shape level roughing etc.

Trouble-free programming Time can be saved with efficient

CAM programming. It lowers input

times by intelligently processing

geometry data from CAD. With

feature and technology macros, which

can be saved in a database, standard

operation sequences can be applied

quickly and reliably to comparable

geometries. Here, 2D features can

either be imported as solids through

the direct interfaces of the CAD

system or determined from surfaces

and curves/lines via definable filters.

Freely definable features also allow any

characteristic geometry to be defined,

to which a standard sequence of 2D,

3D and 5-axis machining tasks can be

assigned. In this way, 3D pockets, a

variety of which are found in structural

parts, can be programmed efficiently.

The sophisticated postprocessor

technology helps utilise controller

functions such as machining cycles,

local coordinate systems, subroutines or

programme part repetitions to achieve

streamlined machining.

Optimised CAM strategies for thin wallsHigh, thin walls with thicknesses of

1.5 to 4 mm (0.06~0.16 inch)

and heights of 150 to 180 mm

(6.0~7.2 inch) are a special challenge

for manufacturing and CAM systems.

The cycle ‘Roughing any stock’ in

hyperMILL, for example, allows users

to complete machining of bottom

surfaces while leaving material for

the finishing of the walls. The

basis for this is the automatic plane

level detection as well as the option of

defining horizontal stock allowances.

In this way, bottom planes can simply

and easily be machined to completion

during roughing. The job list-oriented

stock tracking and management

reliably detects the remaining

material following operations

using various tools and carried out

from various sides. Remaining material

areas can thus be roughed precisely

with shorter tool paths and

machining times.

Flexible undercutsWith the help of undercut geometries,

structural parts are optimally adapted

to their function and weight is

minimised. For production, these

undercuts pose a challenge. Depending

on whether three or 5-axis milling

is being performed, reliable CAM

strategies with reliable collision

checking and avoidance as well as the

relevant tools are required. Several 3D

cycles can also be used for lollipop or

woodruff cutters. If, for example, a

lollipop cutter is employed for 3D rest

material machining, undercut areas can

be machined without problems. Often,

5-axis machining proves the more

elegant solution, allowing a reduction

of machining times.

Five-axis on the riseToday, structural parts are still often

milled with three-axis processing.

Five-axis machining is used for an

increasing number of applications, and

likewise new components are designed

with 5-axis machining as an intended

manufacturing process. The 5-axis

machines already in use are employed

to reduce fixture costs. The ‘onboard’

capacity for simultaneous machining also

offers additional possibilities to optimise

milling processes. If a very high-quality

surface finish is required, then the

practice of milling with various fixed tool

positions rapidly reaches its limits. And

the surface has to be reworked as well.

The continuous machining by means

of 5-axis technology is the alternative,

which often offers better surfaces in

addition to minimised machining times.

Examples of this are 5-axis drilling,

which mills complex holes including

threads with a variety of tool positions

in one operation, as well as the 5-axis

swarf cutting, which in practice has

proven to be more effective than step-

wise 3D machining. In comparison

to 3D machining, 5-axis top milling

can also save a considerable amount of

milling time. Five-axis contouring is

useful for milling grooves with a fixed

orientation to the surface. Components

can be trimmed, deburred or chamfered

with this machining strategy, during

which the automatic collision avoidance

automatically corrects the orientation of

the tool.

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Practical Tips

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What the industry needs to fly high?

This is the era of aviation. While this industry is expanding at an unimaginable pace, challenges faced by the industry are increasing as well. However, the industry is brimming with the determination to make a mark on the global map. Many hope that the road-blocks would clear helping the Indian aerospace industry to become a credible name in the global arena. However, others believe, that the change needs to come from within. We spoke to some of the connoisseurs of this industry to know what this nascent aerospace market needs to grow beyond recognition. Here are the eight practical tips offered by the experts for the industry to adopt.

The ‘do-all’ attitude: Dependence on imports

in today’s scenario is a big no-no for the Indian

industry. The Indian machine tool industry

still depends heavily on imports to meets its

domestic needs. Accordng to a recent survey,

the manufacturing industry falls short to meet

almost 60 per cent of the local needs. While

exports forms the backbone of the survival of

the industry, the experts of this industry feel

that it is time now to turn the tables. “We

cannot depend on imports any more. If we

need anything, instead of sourcing it from

other countries, we should see how we can get

it done here itself,” says T V Sridhara, Business

Development Manager, India operations,

Measurement Specialities.

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Jack of all trades, master of one: Long known

for being one of the low cost manufacturing

bases, the country has been providing an array

of solutions to the industry. However, to carve

its credibility, the industry needs to create its

own niche. This is the age of specialisations,

which the Indian industry lacks. Instead of

foraying into various verticals, the companies

need to put in more effort to evolve in a specific

segment in the market. “Earlier, specialising

in a single vertical was apprehensive for the

industry due to the risk factor involved. But

the situations have changed now. Substantial

progress is happening in well-defined sectors.

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Cumulative growth: Ancillary parts form

the backbone of the industry and no industry

can grow without the support of the smaller

ancillary segments. While the aviation sector

is booming with bigger players in the aircraft

manufacturing industry setting higher goals,

equal amount of support needs to be extended

to various other segments associated with

it. India has established itself as a strong

outsourcing destination for manufacturing

and machining precision components. The

domestic market would benefit from this

booming phase if enough support is provided

to this segment.tricks&3tips

Policy support: No industry can grow without

the support the government. Right from

the inception, the aerospace segment has

been under the domain of the government.

However, judging the magnitude of growth

potential of this industry, the government is

slowly opening up, encouraging public and

private partnerships. However, the industry

players are looking forward for better policies

to aid the growth of this sector. Right from

registration, land acquisitions procedures and

investments in the Indian market, the industry

is hoping for faster, hassle-free process with

less paper work.tricks&4tips

Answerability quotient: With the amount

of investments pouring into this industry,

experts feel that there should be a degree

of answerability maintained for it to grow.

Decisions and policy measures by the

government should be faster. With millions

at stake, the industry cannot afford to be

stalled at various levels for getting government

clearances and decisions. Industry experts

feel that the projects taken up under public-

private partnerships should entail to similar

answerability on deliverables from both ends.tricks&5tips

Professionalism: There was a time when the

Indian industry was known for its slipshod

attitude towards its deliverables. While the

arrival of global players in India has brought

in competition for the domestic players, it

has also changed the way the Indian industry

functions. Experts agree that the laxity in the

attitude of the domestic players in terms of

promptness in delivery and quality standards

has seen a paradigm shift over the years. The

industry today is aware of the global market

needs and has been adaptive to mould its

working methods. While meeting cut-throat

competition from the global market, the

industry needs to take a deeper plunge into

being more professional in its approach.tricks&6tips

Thinking big: The sky has opened up and it is

time for the Indian industry to think big and

beyond the conventional lines. As the avenue

is getting saturated already, the market needs

to imbibe the risk-taking ability to provide

futuristic solutions. The industry is still far

behind the technological advancements that is

ruling the global market. Even as the market

is gearing up to incorporate the advancements

on their shop floors, it needs to reach up

to the level to provide similar solutions to

the market.tricks&7tips

Getting the right people: This is possibly the

most unanimously agreed point by industry

experts. With high-end machines at disposal,

the industry requires the right people on the

job. A concerted effort from the industry and

government is required to tackle effectively

dearth of qualified engineers.. “What the

industry needs today is people. We need good

machinists to run the high-end machines, we

need good engineers to manage and produce

consistently good components, people who

can sell ‘Brand India’ to the world and people

in the government who can put together policies

that will encourage investment,” says Santanoo

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With a plethora of aviation companies strengthening their base in India, there is no stopping this industry. Global expectations from the Indian industry and the increasing competition in this segment are surpassing each other. The history of automotive success is sure to be repeated at a much higher scale in the aero sector.

India today forms the ninth

largest aviation market in

the world with over 75 per

cent of the domestic aviation

market ruled by the private

airlines. The Ministry of Civil

Aviation predicts that the number of

international passengers will touch 50

million by 2015.

With the availability of skilled

manpower, an encouraging business

environment, and rising government

support, the country is well positioned

as an attractive investment destination.

According to a latest report released

by the International Air Transport

Association (IATA), the country’s

aviation market has tripled in the past

five years.

The domestic airline alone has

carried over 24.5 million passengers

between January and May 2011,

recording a growth of 17.6 per cent.

With investments pouring in from all

quarters, it clearly gives an insight to

the amount of development that will

take place in this segment.

Although machining of precision

components forms our forte, the

domestic industry has to plunge

deeper to take up complex projects to

prove its mettle in the global

competition. The industry has to

venture into newer domain and

explore other avenues.

Maintenance, Repair and

Overhaul (MRO) forms the next big

thing in the aerospace industry. With

an estimate of over 900 commercial

aircraft traversing the Indian sky

over the next 20 years, MRO services

forms the key service requirement for

the maintenance of the fleet.

“There will be more planes and

more airports in the country for sure.

The only challenge in this segment is

the longer gestation periods. For many

years, our planes and engines have been

going out for MRO activities. But now

the situation is changing with business

coming into the country. The key in

this segment is the ability to innovate.

MRO is a growing industry in India.

There are MRO hubs coming up in

Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai,

Kolkata, Hyderabad and Trivandrum.

We have huge potential and

opportunities in this sector,” points out

N Sriramulu, President, ITW Chemin.

To establish itself as credible name in

the global arena, the Indian industry also

has to prove its potential in the sector

and deliver high quality meeting global

standards. “It is not just about quality,

but about maintaining consistency.

That is where we lag. However, we are

definitely moving towards it as the global

market does not make excuses on

this front,” clarifies Santanoo Medhi,

Managing Director, Kennametal

India Ltd.

Nevertheless, the Indian aviation

sector forms the major economic driver

of this decade and the domestic market

is charging towards it.

Opening doors for global investment NEXT AVIATION HUB

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Automobile industry is the largest in the world with revenues of about $ 1.8 trillion and at times referred as ‘industry of industries’. The Indian automobile industry has demonstrated phenomenal growth and has become the seventh largest manufacturing market in the world. It can play a major role in enabling India to attain global leadership.

During the initial stages of

its development, Indian

automobile industry

heavily depended on

foreign technologies.

However, over the years, the

manufacturers in India have started

using technology that is developed

indigenously. Today, the Indian

automobile industry offers models to

meet all possible expectations. The

growth of the Indian middle class

with increasing purchasing power

along with strong growth of the

economy has attracted a number of

automobile manufacturers, including

some of the reputed global leaders to

establish themselves in the country to

enhance their profile and prospects.

The automobile sector of India

is currently the seventh largest in the

world. The year-on-year growth rate

in vehicles production achieved by the

Indian automobile industry has been

outstanding as compared to the growth

rate achieved by the global automobile

industry. The country manufactures

about 2.6 million cars contributing

significantly to the world’s annual

production. The country is the largest

manufacturer of motorcycles and the

fifth largest producer of commercial

vehicles. The figures published by the

Asia Economic Institute indicate that

the Indian automobile sector is set

to emerge as the global leader in the

near future. Over the years India has

emerged as the fourth largest exporter

of automobiles following Japan, South

Korea and Thailand. Engine parts

accounted for the bulk of production in

the Indian auto components industry,

followed by transmission and steering

parts. By the year 2050, India is

expected to top the car volumes of all

the nations of the world with about

611 million cars on the Indian roads.

Indian automobile manufacturers like

Maruti , TATA Motors, Mahindra and

Mahindra and Hindustan Motors have

established themselves firmly in the

global automotive industry.

The growth trendEconomic reforms and deregulation

have transformed the Indian

automotive market.

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The country offers competitive

advantages in energy, manpower and

emerging technology and is rapidly

emerging as a preferred manufacturing

destination for automobiles. The

development and upgradation of

infrastructure and the existence of

a good number of manufacturing

plants are aiding the development

of the Indian automobile market.

The Indian automobile component

industry is emerging as a world-class

outsourcing destination for global

auto majors. It has continuously

improved the manufacturing process to

embrace automation, robotics and new

management techniques.

The Indian automobile industry

is currently witnessing another phase

of re-engineering. It can seamlessly

integrate several small units in

engineering, automotive components

and consumer electronics. It can thus

fully explore the production value

chain and achieve higher productivity

and deliver greater value to consumers.

The Indian automobile industry

can deliver compelling value to the

world in engineering and component

manufacturing with its numerous small-

scale units and a vibrant information

technology industry.

ChallengesThe changes in design and adaptation

of international technologies have

enabled the Indian automotive industry

to compete globally. It has also exposed

the Indian industry to global challenges.

The increasing environmental pollution

has become a concern for manufacturers

and all associated with the industry. The

industry is struggling hard to come up

with a holistic and integrated approach

to reduce carbon dioxide emission.

Car manufacturer like Maruti has

already introduced the new concept

of using recyclable substance for car

production. The company strives to

apply the same concept in all its future

car models. This growing industry is

on the search for more advanced

ways and measures to meet stringent

environment norms.

The rise in oil prices will also

impact the growth of the automotive

industry. Unless the use of alternative

fuels increases, it is very unlikely that

the situation will change for the better.

To sustain competitiveness in the

automotive industry and to improve

productivity, continuous innovation by

the companies is required. This would

necessitate more investments towards

R&D and establishing mechanisms to

translate R&D results into products and

their efficient manufacturing.

Similarly the rise in input cost of

vehicles like steel, non-ferrous metals

and rubber, have grown over the last

few years, which in turn has increased

the production cost of vehicles.

Such cost escalation in input prices

has impacted the growth of the Indian

auto industry.

Another major challenge is the

creation of highly skilled human

resource required for the auto

industry. Auto industry, like many

other industries is facing shortage of

skilled technical as well as managerial

manpower. Though India has a vast

pool of professionals, the country needs

initiatives and support to nurture these

resources to excel in all areas of the

industries. Therefore, the Society of

Indian Automotive Manufacturers

(SIAM) has introduced new strategies

to optimise the skills and also support

proposals to train youth across the

country including the rural areas.

Ministry of Rural Development,

National Skills Development

Corporation, Indian government, and

the Indian automotive industry, are

working in synergy to generate a vast

pool of skilled manpower for the Indian

auto industry.

The road aheadIndian automotive industry holds

significant scope for expansion.

Indian companies need to increase

their penetration in the domestic and

global markets. Similarly, the auto

components industry that adopts

global quality management procedures

should capitalise on the European

and US market by increasing the

number of outsourcing businesses from

these regions.

Indian economy, which benefits

from strong fundamentals and sound

regulatory framework, will help the

automotive industry to increase the

product offerings and absorption of

newer technologies. India’s reasonably

priced and technology-oriented

workforce, together with strengths

gained by the country in IT and

electronics, will provide momentum to

the Indian automotive industry.

Segment wise market share in 2010-11

Passenger vehicles16.25 per cent

Commercial vehicles 4.36 per cent

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The automotive machining has witnessed exponential growth over the years. With growing demands for speed and productivity, tell us about the changes on the shop floor. There have been a number of

advancements in automotive

manufacturing. Right from the

design stage, rapid prototyping,

CAD, has helped in perfecting the

design. Software’s like moldflow,

pro-Engineer, CATIA, Unigraphics,

Industrial Graphics (IGS), Speos/Lucid

shape, have reduced the design time.

CAM has cut down the machine time

in mould-making.

Automation tools have ensured

that the products manufactured have

Conformity Of Products (COP) and

human errors have been eliminated.

These tools have helped in speedy

product development, reduced

wastages, increased productivity and

reduced inspections stages.

These developments have also

caused corresponding improvements in

shop floor management and the shop

floor inventories have come down.

Today’s shop floors appear far

less cluttered and much cleaner. The

ambience is more pleasing.

With evolving consumer preference, brief us on the

upcoming trends in the automotive industry.The increased concern for controlling

the environmental pollution has caused

the automotive industry to look for

higher fuel efficiency, alternative

fuels, lower weight of vehicles and

environmental-friendly materials.

Safety has always been the focus of

the automotive industry. In automotive

lighting segment, use of Light Emitting

Diodes (LED) in stop and signal

application is fast replacing incandescent

bulbs because of quick response time,

long life and better shock resistance.

With development of high lumen white

LEDs, it is a matter of time when it

may find application in head lamps

…says Amit Mahipal Gupta, Director, Autolite (INDIA) Ltd. Established in the year 1982, the company has to its credit various awards from the government and industry bodies for its excellent services and manufacturing expertise. In a conversation with Swapnil Pillai, he illustrates the changing landscape of auto industry in India.

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too, for added advantage of low power

consumption. Dynamic bending lights,

cornering lights, day time running lights

etc will find more and more use.

How has Autolite (INDIA) Ltd been leveraging on the booming Indian automotive sector? Not only is the Indian automotive

industry experiencing a boom, the

Indian auto component industry has

also established itself in the world

market with major acquisitions overseas.

Indian auto components industry has

proven its commitment to quality while

competing internationally with low

cost manufacturer like China. Indian

manufacturers have always strived for

perfecting the quality.

Autolite (INDIA) Ltd is known for

its commitment to customer delight.

Our company has been recognised by

the Government of India as ‘Star Export

House’. It has been the preferred

supplier to many OEMs and has been

actively fetching the increased business

of OEMs. The company is planning

substantial investment in capacity

expansion, modernisation and quality

upgradation to meet higher demands.

Elaborate on the challenges that need to be addressed by the industry.The industry is faced with challenges of

increased cost of fuel, lowering weight

of the vehicle while increasing safety

and upgrading quality aspects of the

product. Some of the other countries

are also catching up on the quality and

cost parameters.

The inflation in the country

with increased cost of raw materials,

transportation, and finance for buyers

as well as for companies is also affecting

the industry. External factors like

global economic meltdown, foreign

exchange fluctuations are cause of

concern for the industry.

How can the regulatory framework be strengthened to ensure sustainable growth of the industry?

For the sustainable growth of the

industry, the biggest challenge is

the spurious products available in

the market. Industry together with

regulatory bodies has to find a solution

to this problem. The government should

consider reduction in interest rates,

which will help the buyers as well as the

manufacturers for maintaining healthy

domestic demand. Further, attractive

export incentives to compete with global

players to increase the export business

should be considered.

It is also pertinent to mention

here that government should create an

automotive hub having all infrastructure

facilities like cheap developed

land, availability of power, roads,

transportation, water etc to attract

investment in automobile sector.

What are the R&D and quality assurance initiatives of the company? The company is having various quality

system certifications like the ISO

9001, ISO 14001, TS16949. We have

taken initiative to fulfill our mission

of total customer delight by making

the experience of association with

Autolite (INDIA) Ltd an enjoyable

one. All the products meet conformity

of product requirements and have

approvals of the certifying agencies in

the country of export like CE mark for

European countries, DOT for USA,

etc. Company’s R&D is well equipped

with latest equipments and highly

qualified professionals working for new

developments of innovative products.

Elaborate on the green initiatives undertaken by the company.The company is ISO 14000 certified for

environmental protection and has OSHAS

18000 certification for occupational

safety and health. We regularly monitor

energy consumption and conducts energy

audits. These environmental-friendly

measures have been supplemented by tree

plantation drives.

The company is also concentrating

on weight reduction for better fuel

efficiency of automobiles which would

reduce environmental pollution.

Autolite (INDIA) Ltd is also

developing low power consumption

LED-based lighting systems for greener

environment.

How do you rate the talent pool available in India with respect to global standards? What are the training initiatives undertaken by the company?Though Indians are quite talented,

our education system needs a complete

overhaul for developing quality education.

The industry also has to conduct in-

house training programme to become

up to date with the latest technological

developments in the world.

The company conducts training for

two hours every week for every staff and

worker even for senior management.

The company also conducts on-the-

job training on the shop floor for the

senior executives.

How can the Indian machine tool industry cater to this fast evolving sector? It is high time that Indian machine

tool industry took note of the fact

that most of the capital goods are

imported. In the field of tool and

mould development, China has

created a hub. In case of China, it

has been mainly government efforts,

but in India, machine tool industry

probably has to take lead to develop

such industry cluster or hubs.

How do you foresee the Indian automotive industry? Elaborate your future plans.Indian automotive industry has a bright

future. However, recent high interest

rates have dampened the growth. But

these are minor hiccups and we are

going to have more exciting times.

Autolite has plans for major investment

for substantial capacity increase,

modernisation and quality upgradation.

Company plans to increase export

business considerably in new markets

across the globe.

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What are your views on the current scenario of the Indian automobile sector?Presently, the Indian automobile

industry seems to be taking a marginal

dip. But, we believe this is a short-

term phenomena because of the high

domestic inflation, rising interest cost

and weak global demand. However, in

our view, the medium and long term

scenario is optimistic because India is

one of the emerging economies and

also has the critical mass to support and

sustain recovery and growth.

What is the need of the hour to optimise the quality and efficiency of the product offerings?Globally, India including, the

expectations of the customers on

quality front have risen significantly and

continues to rise. Therefore, embracing

quality on product offerings has become

vital and absolutely necessary for

survival and to stay ahead in global

competition. We also believe that

when we take care of quality across the

breadth of our business in all operations,

wastages get eliminated and efficiency

improves. Towards this, we are in

the process of institutionalising Total

Quality Management (TQM) process

in our plants.

What are the various R&D and quality assurance initiatives undertaken by your company? We believe that by integrating design

and manufacturing, we can provide our

customers with cohesive engineering

solutions. Thus, R&D is of immense

...avers R K Behera, Founder and Chairman, RSB Group. The company presently has 12 manufacturing plants spread over six locations in India and manufactures a diverse range of automotive components and systems. In conversation with Swapnil Pillai, he illustrates the need of the hour for rapidly growing Indian automobile market.

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importance to us. With this in view,

our subsidiary i-Design Engineering

Solutions Ltd provides our customers,

whenever required, with design and

testing functions for some of their

products. i-Design provides services,

including conceptualisation, design,

prototyping, testing and eventually

validating products. i-Design offers

designing and engineering services

internally as well as to third party

customers, thereby enabling us to

develop stronger relationships with our

customers on multiple fronts.

Brief us on the initiatives to be undertaken to meet the requirement of qualified workforce for the industry.There is a great need to increase the

number and quality of manufacturing

/ shop floor manpower. There is huge

shortage of workforce which also leads

to high attrition. The government in

cooperation and collaboration with

the private industry players should

embark on a programme to have more

industrial technical institutes to churn

out well qualified production personnel

in different manufacturing disciplines.

Are the policies of government facilitating sustainable development for automobile companies?All-round infrastructure development

is the key to achieve sustainable

development, particularly in the

automobile sector. In this aspect, it is

our view that, while the government’s

policies on infrastructure development

are laudable, the translation of these

into implementation is not quick enough

to reap the desired benefits. Greater

acceleration in implementation of the

various infrastructure projects would help

the automobile sector to deliver better.

The government is certainly

working towards controlling and

softening the macroeconomic

environment of high inflation and high

interest regime. Once this is achieved,

we hope the industry will bounce back

from its temporary slowdown.

How can the Indian machine tool industry cater to this fast evolving sector? Indian machine tool industry is known

for producing quality products and

has the required knowledge, both

technical and managerial, to produce

and deliver. The industry needs to

align with the emerging global trends

in terms of complexity, automation

and high level of performance. The

machine tool industry needs to absorb

the fast changing technology quickly

and offer these products in the Indian

market almost simultaneously as

they are unveiled in the developed

countries. It needs to enter into

technical collaboration with the leading

machine tool companies of the world

so that machines of global standards

are available in India at lower and

competitive price. If this happens, the

automotive industry may not have to

import such machines with high cost

and lead time. Service facility may

also become available at lower cost and

quicker time.

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Competitive necessities are driving manufacturers to become more customer-focused. Without the proper tools the constantly evolving consumer preference and the technically advanced raw materials will be difficult to manage. Besides, this can trigger steady margin erosion and market share loss.

Manufacturing processes

play a major role not

only in the attainment

of high product quality,

but also in the reduction

of manufacturing and consequently

also product costs. By using modern

production technologies, significant

potential for the reduction of costs can

be exploited. The tools used are of major

importance in this respect, as it is their

job to convert the speeds and spindle

outputs provided by the machine into

metal cutting performance.

Car body file bladesThis unique invention is still one of

the best tools available today to level a

brazed joint in automotive applications.

The unique profile of file blades makes

it amazingly aggressive yet offering

the finest surface finish, which in turn

makes the joint ready for painting

without further surface preparation.

These files are ideal for any

type of sheet metal work requiring

a particularly smooth and scratch-

free finish. Since the file leaves no

scratch marks, the filed surface can

be painted immediately, without any

prior polishing. The milled car body

files provide exceptional stock removal

rates and unsurpassed surface quality

due to positive rake angle, uniquely

convex surface, unsurpassed sharpness

of teeth.

Essentials of a good car body filesIdeal tooth geometry: The teeth of

ideal car body files should be milled

from the solid metal, as distinct from

the usual cutting process. Each tooth

should be designed to ensure that

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the chip rolls up before the rounded

tooth face and is forced into the large

chip space.

Convex shape to prevent formation

of scratch marks: One key advantage

of car body files is their convex cross

section. This special feature prevents

the edges of the file from coming

into contact with the work piece, thus

preventing undesired scratches in the

product surface. The ergonomic holder

permits convenient tensioning of car

body file blades to match the surface

contour of the work piece. Light

weight but rugged die-cast aluminium

structure, available in two sizes. The

file bending radius can be adjusted via

the tensioning system.

Tanged car body files: Rectangular,

curved longitudinal and transverse

(convex) files, tanged, cut on one side,

and available in different cuts. These

files require no file holder, they can be

used with a handle.

HSS antenna cutterThe unique antenna cutter is used

extensively for enlarging holes in

automotive panels with minimum

burr and vibration. Conical cutter in

special cut with shank dia of 8 mm.

High Strength Steel antenna cutter

for stepless milling, enlarging bores

and holes, for eg mounting holes in

car bodies

Recommendation for use: Speed

range 200-500 rpm to be used for

smallest burr diameter, eg sheet edge

work max 9.000 rpm.

Fine grinding and polishing toolsLatest abrasives like ceramic oxide

and compact grain ensures 30 per

cent less grinding time, higher tool

life, better surface finish and results in

minimum 25 per cent lower cost per

component.

Nearly all types of material

surfaces can be worked on

with coated abrasives. Coated

abrasives, depending on the

type, can be used for wet or

dry grinding. Coated abrasives

consist of the following

components: backing material,

basic bond, covering

bond, abrasive grit and

abrasive layer.

Abrasive grit Choosing the correct

product strongly influences

the surface finish

and the economic value of a

process.

Ceramic gritSintered aluminium oxides

are divided into sintered

bauxite aluminium oxides

and sol-gel aluminium

oxides. Sol-gel aluminium oxide is

mainly used for coated abrasives. This

highly modern abrasive has become

increasingly popular through its

toughness and its good self-sharpening

property. The ceramic abrasive leads

to an increase in productivity with

simultaneous improvement of surface

quality and outstanding stock removal.

Due to the continuous self-sharpening

the highest level of stock removal, an

extra-long service life and hence an

economical grinding are realised. At

the same time they achieve an improved

surface quality. For applications

involving the dry machining of

stainless and high-temperature steels it

is recommend. using top size products.

Their additional lubricating layer

provides increased stock removal rates

and significantly reduced temperature

in the grinding zone, which prevents

work piece structural changes.

The ceramic abrasive is particularly

suitable for applications requiring low

and medium operating pressure and

even for low-power cornering grinders.

Wide abrasive surface, constant wear,

continuous exposure of new grit, high

and even cutting performance. The

fibreglass backing does not damage or

foul the surface worked in the case of

accidental contact. It provides good

strength while maintaining a satisfactory

degree of flexibility. The recommended

applications are deburring, removing

welding seams and spots, removing

scale, rust and oxidation of any kind.

The ceramics series are ideal

for aggressive but cool grinding.

The use of these series lead to

an increase in productivity with

simultaneous improvement of

surface quality and outstanding

stock removal.

Compact grain productsDue to uniform stock removal they

achieve a consistent surface finish

during their entire service life.

Compared to conventional abrasives,

compact grain products achieve a

more consistent surface with less set-

up time. The compact grain products

are special tools for continuous

grinding applications. Due to uniform

stock removal, they achieve a consistent

surface finish during their entire

service life.

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Realigning business to stay on top gear

The Indian automotive industry after de-licensing has grown at a spectacular rate of 17 per cent on an average for last few years. The industry has now attained a turnover of ` 165,000 crore and an investment of ` 50,000 crore. This has opened up huge business opportunities for the machine tool industry in India. To make the most of the opportunities presented and to stay on top of the business, the following best practices can be adhered to.

Know-how is not enough: Being an expert in

the field doesn’t guarantee business success.

Efficient marketing and administration play

a key role in ensuring the prolong stability

of the business. Making relevant machinery

to meet the industry requirement is not

enough. Targeted customers should be

made aware of the features and applicability

of the machine. Marketing for business

is very important as it aids the growth and

profit objective of the organisation. Marketing

plays a crucial role in arousing customers’

needs and expectations to the point of

consumption and in creating a loyal stream of

satisfied customers who continue to patronise

the brand.

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Hire the right people: Hiring an employee is

one of the most important business decisions.

While getting a very suitable candidate can make

a huge difference to business success, the cost of

hiring a wrong or unsuitable candidate can be

very high. Most companies often do not place

much importance to this function and hiring is

often done in an unprepared manner without

much planning. It is very important that each

employee meets the expectation of the business

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Consistency in service delivery: Customers

prefer a reliable business partner. Consistency is

critical for business success. The clients should

be delivered the same quality and services that

he expects from the brand. The consumer’s

confidence can be gained by ensuring that they

get the same quality every time. Consistency

makes it easy for customers to choose the service,

and results in repeat orders for the client. A loyal

client base and repeat business cannot be created

with discrepancies but with dependability and

consistency.tricks&3tips

Implementing quality control system: Quality

control system enables an organisation to achieve

the goals and objectives set out in its policy and

strategy. A fully documented system will ensure

that the customer’s confidence in the ability of

the organisation to deliver the desired products

and services consistently meeting their needs

and expectations. Similarly, the organisational

objectives can be met at an optimum cost with

efficient use of the available resources like

materials, human, technology and information.

These requirements can only be truly met if

objective evidence is provided, in the form of

information and data, to support the system

activities, from the ultimate supplier to the

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Focus on innovation: Firm-level innovation is

very low in India. Indian machine tools firms

source technology, but very few of them improve

upon it. The research spending as a percentage

of sales amongst Indian firms is low when

compared to the R&D spends of companies in

developed nations. Today, business environment

has become very dynamic with more demanding

customers and intense market competition. To

meet this, firms have to create new products,

solutions and services that provide a radically

better experience for the consumers. In the ever-

changing world, innovation is the only key which

can sustain long-run growth of the company.

Companies have to engage themselves in various

innovative activities, ranging from manufacturing

processes, product improvement, and brand

building initiatives to customer satisfaction.

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Resolve issues as quickly as possible: Issues are

big problems. The manager should manage open

issues diligently to ensure that they are being

resolved. If there is no urgency to resolve the issue

or if the issue has been active for some time, it

may not really be an issue. It may be a potential

problem, or it may be an action item that needs

to be resolved at some later point. Real issues,

by their nature, must be resolved with a sense of

urgency. It can be envisaged as a ‘wedge’ that both

holds the gains achieved along the quality journey,

and prevents good practices from slipping.tricks&6tips

Reuse and recycle waste: It takes a lot of valuable

energy and materials to create and manufacture

products and the resulting industrial waste can be

difficult to manage. Reducing and recycling waste

becomes imperative. Capturing and recycling waste

during the manufacturing process can save money.

An audit can identify very simple ways to easily

capture and reuse waste without extensive capital

investment. Through better waste management,

companies can even enhance their public image

by understanding the impact of their use of the

precious resource on the community at large.tricks&7tips

Branding: It defines precisely how the customer

perceives the brand now, and in future. It must

be referred to, when making all decisions large

and small, by everyone in the organisation. The

exact brand the company desires will, thereby, be

communicated to all stakeholders, internal and

external. Branding facilitates a company to get an

identity of its own which further allows it to compete

in tough marketing conditions and to bond a strong

relationship with the customers. In many cases the

customer is unaware of the services and quality of

products a company is manufacturing. Branding will

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The automotive industry forms the core of India’s manufacturing economy. On account of its huge market potential, low base of car ownership in the country estimated at about 25 per 1,000 people and a rapidly surging economy, the nation is firmly set on its way to become an outsourcing platform for a number of global auto companies.

India is among the few countries

that is showing a growth rate

of 30 per cent in demand for

passenger cars. This accompanied

by the de-licensing of the sector

and subsequent opening up of 100 per

cent Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)

through automatic route have been

some of the major reasons for multi-

million dollars investment by global

auto majors into the country. Cities

like Chennai are likely to see about

` 8,000 crore or more of investments

flowing into the sector followed by a

slew of new automobile projects. The

proposed units are likely to raise the

city’s total auto output by 5 lakhs in

a year. Similarly major investments by

auto behemoth like TATA Motors,

Ford in Gujarat is a proof of the auto

investor-friendly atmosphere in India.

India is among the most competitive

manufacturers of auto components in

the world. Auto component industry

in India has potential to grow at

a Compounded Annual Growth

Rate (CAGR) of 13 per cent to reach

$ 40 billion by 2015.

Various tax incentives, as well as a

fast-track approval process will enable

India to become one of the world’s

most attractive automotive markets for

both manufacturers and consumers. The

announcement of ‘Automotive Mission

Plan’ for the period of 2006-2016 is

a major step towards this objective.

The plan aims to make India the next

big destination for design and

manufacture of automobiles and auto

components, with output reaching a

level of $ 145 billion.

The long-term potential for growth

of the auto industry is very favourable,

on account of low vehicle penetration in

the country. As income levels rise and

easy finance is available, the industry

will continue to see a healthy growth

rate. Society of Indian Automobile

Manufacturers (SIAM) estimates that

the growth of the auto industry in FY12

will be around of 12-15 per cent.

According to a recent report by

SIAM, the size of the Indian automotive

industry by the year 2016 varies between

$ 122-159 billion, including $ 35 billion

of exports. The resulting benefits

to society such as economic growth

increased jobs would be significant.

According to Amit Mahipal

Gupta, Director, Autolite (INDIA)

Ltd, “Indian automotive industry has

a bright future ahead. However, recent

high interest rates have dampened the

growth but these are minor hiccups

and we are going to have more exciting

times ahead.”

On the right track

Swapnil Pillai

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Industry InsightsConsumer durables: Building an ecosystem of growth .................................... 98InterfaceT V SridharaBusiness Development Manager, Indian operations, Measurement Specialities ..... 100Market TrendsMapping success: On a path towards sustainable growth...................................... 104Practical TipsConsumer first: Ensuring quality delivery ... 111Future ForecastIndian consumer durables industry: Carving a niche ........................................... 114

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CONSUMER DURABLES

No longer can consumer durable products be classified as just day to day essentials. Today, with the transition that every product has undergone, luxury and necessity have been amalgamated in the same package. The market is being ruled by a plethora of brands and products, each offering a unique design and feature. However, only time will tell how much market share can be captured by the Indian industry.

Broadly classified into the

white and brown goods,

the industry as a whole

is booming in the Indian

market. New brands and

products are making way into the

market every month. The industry has

taken a huge leap over the last decade

and is still expected to grow at an

unimaginable rate. The customer base

also is ready to accept innovations.

Over the years, the demand for

consumer products has seen a huge

surge in the growing economies of

India, China and Brazil and the

market is ready to incorporate the

technological advancements which are

being introduced by the global market.

This has also encouraged the industry

to come up with severalinnovations.

The strong competition in this segment

has also led to price war among major

brands to offer better quality products

at lower cost.

Even with the constant reduction

in prices, the industry has portrayed an

impressive growth graph. While China

has been ranked as the second largest

market in the world for consumer

electronics, India too is fast picking up

to become one of the major markets for

the industry.

Market boomFor the global market, India no doubt

stands to be one of the largest consumer

bases. The transition in the lifestyle

of the common man has come in as

an impetus for the Indian populace to

accept global brands and technology.

The consumer durables market is

estimated to be ` 300 billion and is

expected to reach ` 500 billion by 2015

with the urban market growing at the

rate of 9 to 12 per cent annually.

According to reports by the

Consumer Electronics and Appliances

Manufacturers Association, the industry

has grown by 12 to 13 per cent as

compared to last year. Products like

high-definition televisions have been

in vogue while split air-conditioner

has seen a growth of 60 to 70 per cent.

Similar growth has been recorded in flat

panel displays like LCDs and plasma

display panels which rose by 45 per

cent this year. On the other hand, the

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sale of home appliances has surged by

nearly 23 per cent. The market size of

refrigerators is projected to grow to 12

million units in 2011 while the market

for washing machines is anticipated to

be no less than six million units.

Market switchAlthough India forms one of the major

markets for the global players, rural India

today is the rising consumer durables

market in the country which itself is

growing at the rate of 30 per cent. With

major brands making their way into the

rural segment, market leaders predict a

growth rate of 40 to 45 per cent in the

next fiscal in the rural segment alone.

This is due to the boost in the lifestyle

among the rural population.

Mobile phones, televisions,

music systems, air conditioners and

refrigerators are the most sought after

products in the present time. However,

with the technological advancements

which the population has adapted to,

the trends is moving towards multi

utility products like iPods, tablets etc.

As the rural and semi–urban market

is witnessing a faster growth than the

urban market, the latter is now largely

becoming a product replacement

market. This has led to stiff price

competition between the market players

to attract customers. Being among the

fastest growing economy in the world,

the consumer durable sector contributes

around 8 per cent in the Index of

Industrial Production (IIP) providing

jobs to professionals, skilled, semi-

skilled and unskilled workers, in rural

and semi-urban areas.

According to the Associated

Chambers of Commerce and Industry

of India (ASSOCHAM) that the

penetration level of consumer durables

in the country is about 5 to 7 per cent as

compared to other countries. It foresees

further penetration in the rural sector in

the coming years.

Indian brands vs global playersEven as India forms a huge consumer

base, the country is yet to become

a manufacturing hub. The industry

is dominated by global players like

Whirlpool, LG, Samsung, Sony, Nokia

among others. However, there are not

many home grown players venturing

into the industry. At one point of time,

Indian companies like BPL, Godrej,

Videocon etc ruled the domestic market.

However, with the growing competition

and the integration of newer technology

in the available products, the home-

grown companies are struggling to keep

pace with the developments.

The major challenge faced by the

Indian industry is to keep pace with the

rampant upgradation of technology and

assimilating high-end quality products

at a lower cost to be competitive enough

in the market.

However, of late, the Indian

companies have transformed their

product portfolio in terms of product

design and sophistication in the features

to be at par with the global market.

But more needs to be done in this area.

While the home-grown brands are yet

to grow in the domestic market, the

industry is a long way from stepping

onto the global stage.

Indian machine tool marketWith more and more foreign brands

coming into the country and the

growing market in this segment, the

Indian machine tool industry should

invariably benefit from the surge.

However, that has not been the case.

Although the IT industry has proven its

mettle in the segment, the machine and

tool industry is still trying to bargain a

bigger piece of pie in the growth of

the market. According to experts,

the country still heavily depends on

imports, leaving the Indian machine

tool industry in a lurch. While most

of the foreign-made brands find it

convenient to have their own service

centres in India, they still hesitate

to shift their tool room activities to

India. The home-grown companies

still largely depend on importing the

moulds for their production.

However, with the steady growth

of the home-grown companies and

the change in the attitude among

the manufacturers in this sector,

the Indian machine tool industry

remains optimistic of making it

big in the upcoming years with

reduced dependence on imports and

increased reliance on Indian machine

tool providers.

Beating the oddsAdding to the competition from the

foreign-made goods, the other major

challenge faced by the home-grown

industry is the distribution pattern

and availability of infrastructure which

hinders their growth.

The industry still needs a well-

developed distribution networks so as

to build a brand image of their own

and penetrate fastest into the growing

market. The industry is also seeking

better policies from the government

which would give an impetus to the

growth of the Indian companies.

While the mergers with foreign

brands is making way for the Indian

companies to incorporate advanced

technology in their products, the

industry today however needs to have

an extra edge over the foreign made

products to survive and grow in this

booming industry.

What the Indian industry now

needs is a fresh perspective to restart

its journey again where the soaring

competition from global brands needs

to be seen as an opportunity to come

up with better product offering to the

customers. More and more in depth

product research needs to be put in for

new items to hit the stalls and beat the

global offerings.

The brand image which companies

like BPL and Godrej had once instilled

in every household needs to be created

again. With a perfect presence and

penetration in the domestic market,

there is no stopping the Indian

companies to foray into global market.

The future remains optimistic

for the market as a whole to grow,

making ground for the Indian populace

to be at par with the latest and

advanced technology being used across

the globe.



CONSUMER DURABLES

Tell us about the present market scenario of the consumer durables industry. India has been growing in the white

goods industry and there are a lot of

new brands, models and equipments

which has come into the market.

This was certainly not the scenario a

decade back. Today, there are more

foreign brands in the market. Indian

companies are entering into foreign

collaborations. The market is filled with

foreign brands and Indian companies

are also making their presence felt in

the manufacturing sector. However, for

the manufacturing of Indian equipment,

critical components and parts are still

being heavily imported in the form of

knock-down kits or sub-assemblies.

This is preventing component-level

selling in India. It would take almost

five to ten years to bring in a change

in this attitude of Indian manufacturers

and bring down the dependence on

imports.

The increasing demand in the consumer durable products,

has invariably increased the demand from machine tool industry for high precision machining of the products. Is the machine tool industry able to meet the requirements of the industry in terms of volume and technological advancements? The Indian machine tool industry is

equipped for the surging demand but

the consumer durables manufacturers

have to depend on them and lower the

imports. The demand in this industry

…points out T V Sridhara, Business Development Manager, Indian Operations, Measurement Specialities. Talking to Debarati Basu, he discusses the need for home-grown consumer durables companies to minimise their dependence on imports.

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is ever growing and if a home-grown

brand has to cater to this demand,

they have to meet the challenges from

the foreign brands and reach their

standards.

Tell us about the kind of competition that the market faces currently. There are many brands coming into

the market but not many Indian

brands are entering this segment.

Those already into the market are

entering into joint ventures and are

tagged with a foreign brand to survive

in the market now.

Number of home-grown companies

has to increase but there also needs to

be a change in the attitude of the

customer.

An India-made product is as good

as any other foreign brand but given a

chance and the budget, people always

tend to lean towards buying foreign

brands. The manufactures have to

deliver what they promise and people

have to accept it as well. This has to

go hand in hand.

What are the challenges faced in this segment? And what all is being done to overcome the hurdles?The major challenge comes in with

facing stiff competition from foreign

brands.

We still lack in delivering what we

promised. We have to meet the global

parameters, quality sustainability,

understand the consumption pattern.

Also, the life span of the products

needs to be longer. Our products

lack the finishing and aesthetics that

foreign brands provide and we loose

our customers on this ground as our

products look less attractive than

foreign counterparts.

However, with time, we have

certainly changed. We are trying

to make our products aesthetically

appealing so as to be in line with the

global trends.

In what ways does the industry need to change to survive in the market?To survive we have to be in line

with the global brands. We have to

provide similar quality, aesthetics and

technology that the foreign brands

provide. And all this has to be within

the stiff price competition that the

market today offers.

There is also a need to have faith

in our home grown brands so that

more investments can be made in this

sector. The demand in this market is

surging everyday. We only have to

create our image in the market which

would generate credibility among the

consumers.

How has been the growth trajectory of the industry? Given the kind of lifestyle that the

India is leading, the demand for white

goods will increase but the demand for

home grown products might stagnate

or grow marginally.

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CONSUMER DURABLES

Today the consumer durables industry in India is growing at the rate of 20 per cent while the rural market itself is growing rapidly at almost 35 to 40 per cent building a market worth ` 300 billion. We are one of the major markets of the world. However, it is now time for the home-grown industry to take the next step forward and become a name to reckon with globally.

What happened in the

automobile industry

will also happen in

the Indian consumer

durables industry.

From a sales point of view, this is a

big and growing market. However,

in terms of basic tool making or

product development, apart from very

few Indian companies, this industry

is dominated by the global market

leaders like Samsung, Nokia, Sony,

LG among others.

However, what brings us business

from this industry is mould making.

The machine tool industry looks

at the machining requirements

of high-end products like mobile

phones, LCD TVs, digital cameras

where the complexity of the parts is

higher. Moulds of these products by

itself are complex and require high

perfection, surface finish and high end

technology.

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By nature, the product life cycle

of this industry is very short. Any

new model or product survives in

this industry for not more than six

months. Therefore, the challenge for

this industry is to have a good design

house and a good back-end tool

room support which can churn out

new designs continuously on a steady

basis. The Indian tooling industry is

yet to catch up with the global level

of competency in terms of design

and delivering high-end tools. So,

while the latest developments in high

end technology is still dominated by

countries like China and Korea, India

still focuses more on die maintenance

or repeat die casts.

The market for machine tools

industry in the consumer durables is

very small. We are still largely catering

to the automotive industry. Even

though there is a huge growth here

in terms of end user consumption, we

have not yet been able to make a big

impact in this industry.

Meeting requirements Bigger brands in consumer durables

industry do not have their tool room

in India. They still import the dies

from countries like China, Taiwan

or Korea. The maintenance of the

dies or duplication of some proven

products is however done in India

for saving costs. The home-grown

companies work on their own design,

but to make the process quicker and

to launch the product in the market

sooner, they find it easy to import the

moulds. This way, 50 per cent of the

moulds are still imported. The Indian

industry is still slow on investing on

advanced technology as it involves a

lot of money and talented people.

But the future of this industry

looks very positive. In the next four

to five years a lot of ‘Indianisation’

is likely to take place. Many tool

rooms in India are upgrading their

technology by adding good design

team and adding more facilities like

painting technology etc. We are

seeing a trend where India and China,

which has a huge consumer base, are

the future markets.

Growing competition The prime mover of this industry is the

consumer demand. The consumers are

now exposed to the global quality and

design level and want the best product

at a lowest possible price. So, the rise in

the foreign brands is forcing the Indian

companies to upgrade their quality so

that they can compete with them in

terms of product design, product quality

and cost. While the Indian companies

are upgrading themselves, foreign

companies find it viable to set up

manufacturing facilities in India to give

backend support to their production

facilities. The die mould industry has a

good potential in India in this segment

but is yet to explore its true potential.

We are still watching the growth and

the trend looks good, but a lot depends

on how the die mould industry grows.

Automotive industry, over the

years, has grown in terms of quality

and price. But in consumer durables,

there are certain areas which require

huge technological upgradation but

most of the products require highly

sophisticated product design capability

which has not yet come to India. Even

for China, which is a huge production

house, the basic product design comes

from Europe or US. India has proved

itself in the software know-how, but

we are yet to prove our capability in

hardware, electronics and electrical

product design.

The high-end machining capabilities

require high investments and skilled

manpower. For this, we require a

global base to justify the investments.

Countries like Korea, Japan, Taiwan are

already catering to the global market.

For us, it is proving to be a challenge

as our products still needs a global

branding and proven capability. But

since the demand is swelling in India,

the market will respond positively.

Beating the odds The material cost is going up and

equipment are getting expensive day

by day. But in terms of increasing

productivity and capabilities, this

is an investment that needs to be

done. Making a mould takes a lot

of skill, investment and time and

in this industry the design of the

products change rapidly, thereby

raising the need for new moulds.

Most companies find it cost effective

to import the moulding machines and

moulds instead of investing in making

new moulds. Just like the automobile

industry, the government needs to

support this industry in a bigger way

for more companies to invest in R&D

and advanced technologies.

Areas of opportunitiesToday, lot of devices are getting

merged into multifunctional

equipments. The best example is

that of a digital camera and mobile

phone. The industry is now working

towards producing multifunctional

devices in refrigerators, mobile phone,

televisions etc. The Indian industry

also has to think on similar track and

come up with intelligently integrated

products. We are forced by our end

users to improve on quality. They

are appreciating our products and are

considering buying our machines. But

the numbers are still small.

Future growth This industry is certainly going to

grow, but how much will the die

and mould industry catering to this

industry grow depends on various

factors. But with the number of joint

ventures and newer companies coming

into the market, this industry will

certainly make it big.

S Subbarayan is

the Deputy General

Manager of the

Die Mold Division of

Makino India Pvt Ltd. He

garners a

huge experience in the

die and mold sector.

Email:[email protected]


Practical Tips


The sleeker-than-the-sleekest mobile phone models and laptops with the latest feature will always be in vogue. The Indian consumer, today, has a good taste of the best in the market. The market cannot pull wool over the Indian populace with goods of conventional quality. With a tough competition from the global brands, the onus is now upon the Indian manufacturers to meet customer expectations. We spoke to some of the market leaders to know what the Indian industry needs today to make their mark. Here are the eight practical tips suggested by them to bring in a change.

Deliver what is promised: Gone are the days

when glitz and glamour was all it took to sell

a product. The consumer today is smarter than

ever. They know what they need and also know

how to compare and assess the products with

global products. The Indian manufacturers

cannot underestimate the knowledge base

of the Indian customers. Indian products

fall short, in terms of providing the promised

features, quality and technology. This only

pulls down the brand value of the Indian

made products.

Debarati Basu

tricks&1tips

Do not undermine Indian brands: Consumers

have shown tendency to overlook the Indian

brands when compared to the foreign-made

products. The customer base as well as the

machine tool industry needs to value the

home-grown products as these products are

competitive enough with knowledge and

quality consciousness. They should get support

from the Indian populace to prove their mettle

in the industry.

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Ensuring quality deliveryCONSUMER FIRST


Practical Tips

Invest in local brands: With the recorded growth,

consumer durables industry is one of the driving

forces of the economy today. However, there is

still a hesitation in the Indian market to pour in

investment into the home-grown brands. The

industry and the market should have faith and

take lead to invest in Indian companies. Along

with government support, the market should

also pass on the confidence to this segment with

investments for this industry to grow.tricks&3tips

Transformation in attitude: The Indian industry

still believes that the customer would use what is

being offered to them. However, the consumer

tendency has changed. Keeping a track of the

global trends, they ask for more than what is

available on the platter. The Indian manufacturers

have to be ready to face this demand to provide

them with innovative solutions and features in

the products even before they ask. Consumers

today create the demand.

tricks&4tips

Invest on efficient technology: This is one

of the fundamental requirements today for

the Indian industry. Most companies try to

minimise the cost by cutting upon investing

on efficient technology. But the consumers

want the best technological product at lower

cost. So, while the Indian market is not able

to produce a high quality mobile phone at low

price, there are global players who are able to

do so. Other countries are able to do it because

they invest on high-quality technology. The

market needs to understand that efficient

technology will ultimately bring down the cost

in the long run.tricks&5tips

Upgrade knowledge: The solution is not just

in buying high-end equipment but the industry

also needs to invest in upgrading the knowledge

base to use the available technology efficiently.

Bridging the knowledge gap is very important

for taking the industry to the next level. This

can be done by educating people about the

quality systems and the overall manufacturing

process or by working with strategic partners

who can bridge these gaps.

tricks&6tips

Study the market need: The reason global brands

have an upper hand in the market is because of

their thorough research of the industry. Also

many foreign brands have failed miserably

because of selling the wrong product to the

wrong market at the wrong time. Home-grown

companies have an added advantage of knowing

the soul of the consumer base. They need to

make better use of this and provide solutions as

per the demographics of the market.tricks&7tips

Perfect the perfection: The home-grown

companies are finding ways to survive in

the market with mergers and joint ventures.

While this is bringing in new technology

and advancements in the industry, the Indian

companies need to perfect their art. The

Indian companies should not just upgrade

the technology but also evolve the products

aesthetically so as to be in line with the latest

in the market. The industry first needs to create

a brand image of its own in the country itself

before venturing out into the global terrain. tricks&8tips



CONSUMER DURABLES

The growth of the consumer durables industry is unstoppable. It is not just the surge in the number of brands entering the market but the increase in the retail industry which has made highly sophisticated products accessible to the consumers. The Indian consumer has grown not just in terms of numbers but also in terms of product preference and technological understanding, giving a stiffer competition to the industry.

A healthy competition can

yield better results and

this is what the consumer

durables industry is

undergoing today. The

Indian consumer today is aware of

the technological advancements in

this segment. The market is surging

with demands for LCD televisions,

refrigerators, high-end mobile phone,

air conditioners etc.

However, global players hold an

edge over the Indian counterparts

in terms of superior technology and

bigger investments which makes them

the trends-setters of the market. Now,

to grow in the industry, most Indian

companies are collaborating with foreign

brands. So, while the home-grown

brands are incorporating the latest

technological developments into their

products, the global players are finding

it easier to enter the Indian market.

The Indian consumer durables industry

has witnessed a considerable change over

the last decade. Changing lifestyle, higher

disposable income along with greater

affordability and a surge in advertising

has been instrumental in bringing about a

sea of change in the consumer behaviour

pattern. Apart from steady income gains,

consumer financing and hire-purchase

schemes have become a major driver in the

consumer durables industry. The rampant

transition in the lifestyle of the rural and

the semi rural population has made it the

most promising and sought after market

for the industry today.

Challenges metWith competition comes challenges.

Currently, the biggest challenge that

the consumer durables industry faces is

in terms of availability of raw material,

proper distribution pattern and potential

government support to boost the home-

grown market. Adding to this is the high

preference of the customers for foreign

products and devices over Indian-made

goods with similar features and quality.

Most Indian companies in this segment

are yet to create a brand identity of their

own to remain ahead of competition.

India is on a path to become a

manufacturing hub and gets major

competition from countries like China,

Korea and Japan.

Growth potential The growth of the industry remains

robust and unhindered. The surge in

the industry is also opening the doors

for the machine tools industry to

benefit. With the entry of the industry

in the rural and semi rural populace, the

technical know-how in the segment is

also getting an equal leverage. It goes

without saying that the industry sees a

huge potential in the coming years.

Carving a nicheINDIAN CONSUMER DURABLES INDUSTRY

Debarati Basu


Industry InsightsIndian electricals and electronics industry: Powering next phase of growth................ 118InterfaceVimal MahendruPresident, Indian Electrical and Electronics Manufacturers’ Association (IEEMA). ....... 120Market TrendsE&E sector: On an upward swing............. 128Practical TipsE&E arena: Electrifying business opportunities........... 132Future ForecastPowering the economy: The future is bright..................................... 134

ELECTRICALS AND ELECTRONICS



ELECTRICALS & ELECTRONICS

The Indian electrical equipment manufacturing industry is witnessing a sustained growth momentum, with the industry registering a double digit growth in the financial year 2010-11, in spite of sustained imports, especially from China and South Korea.

The domestic electrical

equipment manufacturing

industry clocked a 16.6

per cent growth during

the first quarter of 2011-

2012, the same as in the previous

year, according to industry estimates.

The Indian Electrical and Electronics

Manufacturers’ Association (IEEMA),

an industry association of manufacturers

of electrical, industrial electronics

and allied equipment, has based

these growth figures on the production

and sales data collected from its

member organisations.

The electronics industry in

India took off around 1965 with an

orientation towards space and defence

technologies, which was initiated and

controlled by the government. This was

followed by developments in consumer

electronics mainly with transistor radios,

black and white TV, and other audio

products. In 1982, the government

allowed thousands of colour TV sets to

be imported into the country to coincide

with the broadcast of Asian Games in

New Delhi. The year 1985 witnessed

the advent of computers and telephone

exchanges, which was succeeded

by digital exchanges in 1988. The period

between 1984 and 1990 was the golden

period for electronics during which

the industry witnessed continuous and

rapid growth.

From 1991 onwards, there was first

an economic crisis triggered by the Gulf

War which was followed by political

and economic uncertainties within the

country. Pressure on the electronics

industry remained though growth and

developments have continued with

digitalisation in all sectors, and more

recently the trend towards convergence

of technologies. After the software

boom in mid 1990s, India’s focus

shifted to software. In recent years, the

electronic industry is growing at a brisk

pace. It is currently worth $ 10 billion

but according to estimates has the

potential to reach $ 40 billion by 2011.

The largest segment is the consumer

electronics segment, which is also the

largest export segment of components.

Sector overviewDue to increased focus on power

quality and energy efficiency by

utilities, Discoms and user industries,

demand for capacitors surged by

35 per cent in 2010-11. Rising demand

from Power Grid, Independent Power

Producer (IPP) and some utilities for

High Voltage (HV) and Extra High

Voltage (EHV) switchgear including

products like Automatic Identification

System (AIS), Geographic Information

System (GIS) resulted in a 28 per cent

growth. Pent up demand of medium

voltage breakers for substation projects

resulted in huge growth of more than

30 per cent.

Powering next phase of growthINDIAN ELECTRICALS AND ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY

Hema Yadav

Industry Insights


A positive high is the increased

participation from organised sector

visible due to BEE (Bureau of Energy

Efficiency- star labelling programme), R-

APDRP (Restructured Accelerated Power

Development and Reform Programme)

and CEA’s (Central Electricity

Authority) recent recommendations for

utilities to procure minimum three-star

rated distribution transformers.

Presently, Indian exports of

electrical equipment are less than 1

per cent of the global trade. With the

electricity sector being a sunrise sector

across the entire developing world,

there also exists a significant export

potential for the domestic industry.

Industry experts believe the ideal

way forward to sustain the growth

momentum would be faster Goods and

Services Tax (GST) implementation,

creation of level playing field,

increased focus on exports and SME

development. This will lead to further

acceleration in the industry’s growth

process and contribute significantly

reducing the power demand-supply

gap in the country.

Challenges to growthWhile the electrical equipment industry

was geared with production capacity,

procedural delays in releasing tenders

and contracts, and runaway cost

escalation due to price of commodity

inputs are holding back electrification

of the country. Coupled with these,

the challenges of land acquisition,

environment clearances, non-availability

of domestic coal and the cost of

imported coal are further weakening

the sector.

Experts believe that land acquisition

and availability of fuel are the main

reasons for the shortfall, but there are

several other problems which also need

to be tackled urgently. These include

inadequate domestic Engineering,

Procurement and Construction

(EPC) abilities, which is delaying

erection and commissioning of power

plants, weak project management and

execution, including civil construction,

competencies, inordinate delays in

commissioning of Balance of Plant

(BOP), shortage of domestic supply

of skilled manpower, delays in

environmental and other clearances and

poor logistics infrastructure, including

access roads to projects sites, etc.

The small and medium industry

could for the first time get credit at lower

rates through an interest subvention

scheme which the government is

considering for the sector.

Small and medium enterprises

selling both in the domestic and

foreign markets would be eligible for

the subsidised loans, according to a

commerce department proposal. The

Department is discussing the proposal

with the Finance Ministry and hopes

to get a favourable decision on the issue

soon. If these issues remain unaddressed,

the industry may have to look at captive

plants to meet its requirements, which

would entail huge investments and

hamper its growth.




Although India is on a growth trajectory, what are the challenges that the Indian electrical and electronics sector is facing?First, the infrastructure needs to come

up to global standards at the earliest.

While we see a lot of investments in

infrastructure yet the pace of change

and development of infrastructure

is far below expectations. India’s

infrastructure (road network, sea ports,

sanitation, water resources etc) is the

least developed compared to other

BRIC nations. A direct outcome of

poor infrastructure is an appalling

14 per cent cost being borne by Indian

companies for logistics and supply

chain. This may be compared to 2.5 per

cent for those countries which have a

well developed infrastructure set up.

Secondly, availability of right talent

is a major concern. We take pride having

the largest number of engineers in the

country, and that Indian institutions

churn out largest number of engineers

every year. However, the quality of

knowledge and training these young

minds have before they enter the work

arena is not of global standards. Our

syllabi are woefully outdated and not in

sync with the emerging world. There are

numerous stories of electrical engineers

seeking jobs who have never seen inside

of a power plant, a transformer or even

a basic switch.

There is an urgent need to develop

skills and talent in line with the

emerging world. For the development

…ponders Vimal Mahendru, President, Indian Electrical and Electronics Manufacturers’ Association (IEEMA). It is the national representative organisation of manufacturers of electrical, industrial electronics and allied equipment. Discussing India’s potential in the electrical and electronic sector with Hema Yadav, Mahendru is positive about the potential in this field.

How can we even begin to think of ourselves as a developed nation if we cannot provide adequate stable electricity to our citizens

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of these skills the way we operate our

IITs and engineering colleges needs

a relook. Students must be exposed

to a system of learning and syllabus

which is contemporary and pedagogical.

Emphasis needs to be on innovation

and application, rather than on rote

regurgitation of bookish text.

Last but not the least; we have

tremendous faith in the Indian SME

sector and the Indian entrepreneur.

The Indian entrepreneur is as sharp

and visionary as the best in the world.

However, entrepreneurship, enthusiasm

and innovation are compromised in the

face of vicissitude in government policy

and taxation framework. The Indian

entrepreneur does not need protection

or sops from the government. We need

a consistent and steady policy and tax

framework for the entrepreneur to

unleash his/her potential.

What has been the growth of the electrical equipment manufacturing industry in the first quarter of 2011 taking into consideration the mandate ‘Electricity for All’ by 2012 and do you believe that this target can be achieved? ‘Electricity for All’ is a huge task and

the government is putting all efforts in

this direction. To coordinate generation,

transmission, distribution along with

last mile connectivity will be a huge

challenge for our country.

India embarked on an ambitious

journey of Electricity for All by

2012 when the Government of India

triggered the power reforms through

the Electricity Act in 2003. Since then,

India has come a long way. Our per

capita electricity availability has almost

doubled from approximately 400 Kilo

Watt Hours in 2003 to approximately

734 Kilo Watt Hours today. By

any stretch, this can be considered

commendable.

However, if we look at the

consumer demand and expectations,

we are way behind global average and

are definitely lagging in any comparison

with developed nations. How can

we even begin to think of ourselves

as a developed nation if we cannot

provide adequate stable electricity to

our citizens? Personally, I think it will

take at least another 25 years to reach

that goal.

Recently it was reported that the government has missed the target of ramping up generation capacity, meeting only 36% of the goal set for quarter ended March 2011. How will this impact the Indian electrical equipment segment?Naturally, IEEMA is concerned that

in the absence of adequate new power

generation capacity enhancement, there

is already a slow down in the off take of

equipment. We remain concerned at the

lesser number of new contracts being

finalised by the various procurement

agencies.

What according to you are the reasons for the shortfall? What are the other problems that need dire attention from the government and what has been IEEMA’s role in addressing some of these concerns?The shortfall in power generation

capacity enhancement is due to several

reasons, including delays in contract

finalization, land acquisition, financing

as well as procedural delays. Due to

this slowdown it is obvious that the

summer has been quite a strenous one

for the consumers. Power availability

has been low when the demand has

been at peak in the summer months. All

of this has added to the cost of power

that a consumer pays because of seeking

alternatives to grid electricity.

IEEMA has been interacting with the government on policy issues. As the President of IEEMA, what are your recommendations or

suggestions to the government to improve the country’s power generation capacity?IEEMA has been interacting with

the government in the last one year

to contribute in meaningful ways and

assisting the government in bringing

electricity to all.

One of the most important projects

in which IEEMA is engaged with the

government is the development of the

electrical equipment industry mission

plan – 2012-2022. This is an extremely

critical document which will bring

together requisite government agencies,

regulatory bodies, utilities and industry

in having a comprehensive view of

the challenges and a joint approach to

ensuring success. Further, IEEMA is

actively engaged with the government

in promoting standardisation of

equipment and establishing national

standards for various equipments used

in the network. It is inevitable that

while India is putting a grid in place, we

also need to focus on Smart Grid. This

shall enable us to manage our precious

energy resources better.

What is India’s share in global exports of electrical equipment? Currently, Indian power electrical

equipment industry has exported goods

of approximately $ 4 billion. Presently,

Indian exports of electrical equipment

are less than 1 per cent of the global

exports which currently stands at

approximately $ 425 billion.

How do you view the role of SMEs in the electrical equipment segment? SMEs are the backbone of the

electrical equipment industry. Over,

70% of IEEMA members are SMEs.

We strongly believe that the SMEs

will continue to play a major role in

providing ancillary services to the

electrical and electronics industry

as well as creating niche market for

their products. I believe there is a lot

of innovation available in our SMEs,

which we need to tap.

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An important feature of the slowdown of 2008-10 was not lost on the machine tool industry. While orders for machine tools declined dramatically from the auto sector, no such decline was seen in demand from the power equipment, infrastructure and other heavy engineering sectors. In fact, machine tool companies primarily dependent on the auto sector saw a steep decline in orders whereas companies serving the other sectors were not so badly affected. Two lessons learnt from this: one, not to depend heavily on any one sector for orders, and two, not to neglect the heavy engineering sector for machine tool orders.

The heavy engineering sector

is mainly composed of the

power equipment sector

dominated by earthmoving,

mining and metals, ship

building, process plant equipment and

strategic sectors like defence, atomic

energy etc. The requirement of these

sectors is largely for heavy duty machine

tools. Most of the companies in these

sectors have farmed out the machining

of smaller components to other units.

Therefore the demand from these users

will be only for machines for the larger

components.

The types of components that are

machined by the heavy engineering

sector are:

� Large motor/generator stator housings

� Turbine casings

� Gearbox and transmission housings

� Wind turbine blade housings and

gear boxes

� Motor, generator and turbine shafts

� Large transformer parts

� Gears and pinions of large module

and diameter

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� Pressed and forged components

� Sheet metal cut and rolled parts

� Large diameter pipe bending,

tubing

� Process plant components

� Boilers, heat exchanger components

Typically, the machine tools that

are required for these machining

applications are:

� Milling & boring machines (spindle

160 mm and above)

� Floor boring, travelling column

machines

� Plano-milling machines

� Heavy duty turning and grinding

machines

� Presses typically 2000 T and above

� Vertical turning machines typically

2000 mm and above

� Press brakes of large size

� Heavy duty coordinate drilling/deep

hole drilling machines

� Heavy duty sheet rolling machines

� Pipe bending machines for large

diameter

� Sheet metal and structural

fabrication machines

The machine tool requirements of the

major companies in these sectors run

into thousands of crores. As the Indian

machine tool industry is not strong in

the manufacture of large and heavy

duty machine tools, the requirement of

machine tools by these sectors is largely

met by imports.

Traditionally, Italy, Spain, Germany,

Czech Republic, Romania have been

strong in the manufacture and supply

of these machines worldwide. Machine

tool companies in these countries have

met the Indian demand. It is also

encouraging to see that one Spanish

company is setting up manufacturing

facilities for heavy duty machines in

India. Others may follow soon.

Domestic demandThis area represents a large opportunity

for Indian machine tool companies

to meet domestic demand for such

machines. So, indigenous development

is to be taken seriously. However,

the cost of R&D and product

development for such machines is

very high and no single company can

absorb this expenditure. Instead of the

conventional route, the R&D for such

machines must be supported through

risk sharing ‘Development Contracts’

from users to suitable machine tool

companies. This can be facilitated by

setting apart an amount equal to say 5

per cent of the machine tool budget to

award contracts for the development of

such sophisticated machines.

Over a period of time, this approach

will enable the development of these

machines indigenously. Suitable policy

initiatives like allowing a higher

depreciation of say 50 per cent to

companies using machines developed

through such contracts will help them

recoup the expenditure faster. Innovative

measures are required to spur R&D in

areas where our companies would not

otherwise venture.

Technology transferWith the free market era in place

there is not much scope for a

traditional collaboration/technology

transfer from foreign companies to

Indian manufacturers. Nevertheless,

the association of foreign companies

with Indian counterparts through

Joint Vanture (JV) or Joint Working

Arrangements (JWA) can be of benefit

to both, and also to the customers

in India. By transferring a part of

the manufacture to Indian companies,

the price of the machines can be

brought down.

The Indian partner can provide

efficient, quick technical support to

the customers both during installation,

commissioning and prove out, as

well as after sale support. Indian

engineering talent can be used to

design the fixtures, tooling, process

planning and application engineering

content of these supplies. Here the cost

benefit can be substantial when

compared with engaging foreign

engineers and technicians.

Large buyers of such machines in

the government and private sector may

be asked to insist on a measure of local

content/participation while ordering

such machine tools from foreign

suppliers. This will encourage such

JV/JWA to come up.

It is time for Indian machine

tool companies to engage in a serious

dialogue with foreign manufacturers

of such machine tools to explore JV/

JWA tie-ups for their own and the

users’ advantage. During the 1990s

when foreign exchange was scarce,

such arrangements worked extremely

well in executing large orders for the

users segments needing heavy duty

machine tools.

In the present era, although foreign

exchange is not a factor, cost/price

reduction and availability of qualified

local technical support and service are

important factors. This must persuade

foreign and Indian companies to

come together to exploit the relatively

large demand for such machine tools

in India. This demand is not likely

to dry up anytime soon, given the

ambitious targets in power generation,

transportation, infrastructure and

strategic sector over the next decade

and beyond.

The raising of manufacturing

GDP from the present 16 per

cent to 25 per cent by 2025 can

come about only through the

implementation of these projects

which in turn require large and heavy

duty machine tools and manufacturing

equipment. This is an opportunity the

Indian machine tool industry must not

let slip.

PJ Mohanram is the

Director - Technology

Division at Indian

Machine Tool

Manufacturers’

Association (IMTMA).

He has been an active

member of the machine tool

industry in India and has taken on

the task of improving the level of

technology implementation under

the aegis of the association.




Practical Tips


Electrifying business opportunities

The coming decade will witness the emergence of Indian electrical and electronics arena in the global domain. To capture maximum market share and lead the competition, Indian manufacturers need to display business acumen and foresight. A sneak peek at the top eight acumen.

Business sophistication: This is conducive to

higher efficiency in the production of goods

and services. This in turn, leads to increased

productivity, while enhancing a company’s

competitiveness. Business sophistication

concerns the quality of a company’s

overall business networks including operations

and strategies.

When companies and suppliers

are interconnected in geographically

proximate groups, efficiency is heightened,

opportunities for innovation are created, and

barriers to entry for new firms are reduced.

Individual firms’ operations and strategies

all lead to sophisticated and modern

business processes.

Hema Yadav

tricks&1tips

Design and development: An integral part

of business operations, a company needs to

continuously evolve in its design and development

of products. In today’s contemporary market,

customers are spoilt for choices and to garner

more sales, a company requires a good

design and development team backing it. To

develop reconfigurable, scalable, cost-effective

manufacturing processes, equipment, and plants,

a proper design needs to be in place. To develop

custom-tailored products or services rapidly, a

company can draw knowledge or capability from

outside the company as well. A well-defined

design and development strategy can help

company to respond to ever changing market

trends-locally as well as globally.tricks&2tips

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Manufacturing infrastructure: This involves a

wide spectrum of services, right from concept

to execution of a process. Now-a-days customers

are looking for complete solutions under one

roof for their needs. Companies are privy to

the fact that productivity improvements and

lower product and process costs are not enough.

To remain competitive they must provide better

value for their customers, increase customer base,

and develop new business areas. Companies

need to identify and supply each customer’s

unique requirements with an integrated set of

products and services that fit cost, timeliness, and

functional requirements that are flexible.tricks&3tips

Marketing goods efficiently: Companies with

dynamic marketing strategies are well positioned

to produce the right mix of products and services

given their supply-and-demand conditions. This

ensures that the goods can be effectively traded in

the economy. Healthy market competition, both

domestic and foreign, is important in driving

market efficiency and business productivity, by

ensuring that the most efficient firms, producing

goods demanded by the market, are those

that thrive. The best possible environment for

the exchange of goods requires a minimum

of impediments to business activity through

government intervention. tricks&4tips

More quality less cost: An advantage that the

South Asian continent possesses over its Western

or European counterparts is availability of cheap

labour. Customers expect delivery from the sub-

continent to deliver high quality products at less

cost. Companies need to find ways to improve

efficiency and lower cost. Although China is the

leader in delivering low cost products, India is

known for its quality. Indian companies need to

leverage this to their advantage.

tricks&5tips

Quality workforce: For any company to succeed,

a well-qualified dedicated workforce is a must.

Nothing can replace trained/skilled manpower.

Companies need to invest in training programmes

and cultivating genial working atmosphere, so

that employees feel a sense of belonging towards

the company. With attrition rate high in the

field, creating job satisfaction for its employees,

should be a priority for any company. Also, to

regulate a steady flow of dependable workforce

for the future, companies need to partner with

institutions and government authorities to

develop industry-oriented curriculum. Only

high-quality education and training can produce

highly motivated individuals and teams that can

take a company forward.tricks&6tips

R&D investment: This forms the backbone

of success. All major companies in every field

invest heavily in R&D. Even during the global

downturn, companies who contributed this way

are reaping its benefits today. A prime example

is Apple-the company released around 12 new

products during the time of economic gloom. A

complete R&D centre helps prepare a company

to prepare for the future and tap potential market

segments before its competitors.tricks&7tips

Technology upgradation: Technology

upgradation is critical for improving productivity,

efficiency and competitiveness. Cost advantages

are being replaced by technology-related factors

like zero-defect product quality and international

certification of firms’ quality assurance systems.

Technological capabilities can be described in

terms of three levels: the basic level involves ability

to operate and maintain a new production plant

based on imported technology, the intermediate

level consists of the ability to duplicate and adapt

the design for an imported plant and technique

elsewhere in the country or abroad, while an

advanced level involves a capability to undertake

new designs and develop new production systems

and components. tricks&8tips




The Indian electrical equipment manufacturing industry registered a growth of 16.6 per cent during Q1 of FY 2011-2012, maintaining almost the same growth as Q1 of 2010-2011 which stood at 16.73 per cent. The electronics market in India is forecast to touch $ 125 billion by 2014 from the present market of $ 45 billion. The industry will be one of the key sectors to look out for in the coming decade.

The Indian electronics

industry is at a nascent

stage but the government

mandate-’Electricity for All

by 2012’ is acting as a power

booster. Although, a significant jump

in market demand, rise in production

of semi- conductors, liberal government

policies, vast pool of industrial expertise,

lucrative investments, conducive business

environment, and finest manufacturing

facilities are also some of the factors

behind this industry’s upward graph.

India’s semi-conductor market alone is

expected to reach $ 7.59 billion in 2011.

The consumption of electronic gadgets

valued at $ 28.2 billion in 2005, is expected

to touch $ 363 billion by 2015. Indigenous

production of electronic equipment in

India was $ 10.99 billion in 2005, but is

touted to be $ 155 billion in 2011.

Considering, the growth graph, India

will soon emerge as the preferred destination

for consumer electronics. Presently, China,

Japan, North & South Korea, Singapore

and India are the top manufacturer of

electrical and electronic products.

Contributing to economic growthThe contribution of Indian electronics

and electrical industry to the country’s

GDP has been quite substantial and

the industry offers varied opportunities

for manufacturing. Electric equipment

industry contributes over 2 per cent of

GDP which is expected to rise to around

12 per cent in 2015. A study conducted

by Frost & Sullivan, reveals that

consumption of electrical equipment is

estimated to go up from over $ 28

billion now to $ 363 billion in the

coming decade. Industry experts believe

that during 2010-2015, the Indian

electrical equipment manufacturing will

grow at 5.5 times the growth rate of

global electronic equipment production.

Growth in exports have also

assisted the growth of some sectors

like transformers, switchgear, cables,

capacitors, energy meters, transmission

line towers and conductors. In the last

year of 11th plan, about 15,000 MW of

addition to power generation is expected

to be commissioned and most of the

transmission and sub-station projects

at 400 KV and below are likely to be

completed despite the fact that most

of the High Voltage Direct Current

(HVDC) and 765 KV projects are likely

to spill-over to the 12th plan period.

All the above indicators signal a

prosperous prospect for the electrical &

electronic industry in India.

The future is brightPOWERING THE ECONOMY

Hema Yadav


Industry InsightsEnergy industry: Switching on India’s green power ........... 138InterfaceKlaus LudwigVice President, Hwacheon Machine Tools Co Ltd ............ 142Market TrendsAutomated solutions: PLM for the energy and utility industry.... 148Practical TipsIndian energy sector: Making a ‘power’ful nation........................ 152Future ForecastEnergising the nation: Fuelling sustainable growth....................... 160

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ENERGY

With a steady rise of Indian population, the overall energy consumption is set to grow. Most of the energy requirement is bound to come from the urban sector due to industrial growth and rapidly increasing population. With most countries adopting environment-friendly energy solutions to serve the demand efficiently, the time has come for Indian energy sector to shift from conventional to renewable sources.

The Indian government

is aiming to achieve an

economic growth rate

of over 8 per cent in the

next two decades in order

to meet its development objectives.

However, rapid economic growth

would also entail the need for structural

changes in the economy as well as

induce shift in the demand patterns. To

meet the needs of the Indian consumer

in the most effective manner, it is vital

to chart out the energy demand and

supply dynamics in the country. Having

plans for rapid economic growth, it is

evident that the country’s requirements

for energy and supporting infrastructure

would increase rapidly as well.

Current market scenario Being the fifth largest energy consumer

in the world, India’s energy sector

is increasingly drawing international

attention. One of the primary

reasons for this is the government’s

initiative towards stepping up efforts

to convert interest into actual dollars

of investment.

Surjit Lahiri, Practice Head

– Energy, Semiconductor Manufacturing

and Storage Verticals, Mindteck, says,

“Today, India has one of the highest

potentials for the effective use of

renewable energy. India is the world’s

fifth largest producer of wind power

after Denmark, Germany, Spain, and

the US. There is a significant potential

in India for generation of power from

renewable energy sources such as small

hydro, biomass, and solar energy. The

country has an estimated small-hydro

power potential of about 15,000 MW.”

New wind power capacity significantly

increased worldwide in recent year, and

surprisingly, majority of that new capacity

Switching on India’s green power

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Industry Insights

was in developing countries and emerging

economies, driven mainly by the booming

wind sectors in China and India.

Indian companies are extensively

focusing on research and technical

development programmes in

collaboration with developed European

countries and US research entities

on emerging technologies such as

integrated gasification humid air

turbines, integrated gasification, etc.

Conventional to renewableAs going green has become the motto

globally, Indian energy sector is also

encouraging renewable energy and

making a shift from conventional to

renewable sources. Clean power like

wind, solar, bio gas and small hydro

provides the biggest opportunity to

reduce emission and lower India’s

dependencies on coal and petroleum for

meeting its power needs. Currently, clean

technology accounts for huge growth of

global venture funding, with solar and

wind energy receiving the maximum

investor interest. Of the entire renewable

energy source, wind energy has emerged

as the star performer, surpassing the

nearest competitor solar and hydro,

due to technological advancements

and government’s incentives to attract

investments in this sector. Wind power

has the potential to be sufficient for

the future energy needs of the country,

as companies are concentrating on its

growth and expansion. Thus, wind

power generation sector is changing

rapidly and reaching new horizons

despite global recessionary trends.

According to Lahiri, “Currently

about 16 per cent of global energy

consumption comes from renewables,

with 10 per cent coming from

traditional biomass, which is mainly

used for heating, and 3.4 per cent from

hydroelectricity. Renewable energy

provides 18 per cent of total electricity

generation worldwide. Renewable

power generators are spread across

many countries and wind power alone

already provides a significant share of

electricity in some areas.” Presently 18

of the 25 State Electricity Regulatory

Commissions (SERCs) have issued

feed-in tariffs for wind power. Around

17 SERCs have also specified state-

wide Renewable Purchase Obligations

(RPOs). The Ministry of New and

Renewable Energy (MNRE) estimates

that there is a potential of around 90,000

MW for the country, including 48,561

MW of wind power, 14,294 MW of

small hydro power and 26,367 MW

of biomass. In addition, the potential

for solar energy is estimated for most

parts of the country at around 20 MW

per square kilometer

of open, shadow

free area covered

with 657 GW of

installed capacity.

Many studies and

projections about

the future energy

mix indicate that

coal would continue

to be the main

source of energy,

but renewable energy

will also play a

pivotal role. “There

is a need to focus

energy R&D on achieving higher levels

of efficiency, reducing costs for end-

consumers, minimising environmental

damage and easing dependence on non-

renewable sources.” avers Lahiri.

Policy framework The power sector ranked sixth among

the leading sectors of the Indian

economy, attracting huge Foreign

Direct Investment (FDI). The

Government of India has an ambitious

mission of ‘POWER FOR ALL BY

2012’. This mission would require

India’s installed generation capacity to

be at least 200,000 MW by 2012 from

the present level of 114,000 MW. To

meet this demand, the government

has initiated many investment friendly

policies. According to the policy, up to

100 per cent FDI with unlimited amount

is allowed for most projects relating

to electricity generation, transmission,

and distribution, except the nuclear

power plants. In the renewable-

energy sector too, 100 per cent FDI

is permitted and a generation-based

incentive scheme has been put in place

for wind power projects.

In December 2009, the MNRE

approved a Generation Based Incentive

(GBI) scheme for wind power projects,

which stipulated that an incentive

tariff of ` 0.50/kWh would be given

to eligible projects for a (maximum)

period of ten years. This scheme is

currently valid for wind farms installed

before 31 March 2012. As India

continues to develop, it has choices on

how to accomplish its twin objective of

sustainable development and inclusive

growth. Choosing to increase its focus

on clean and efficient energy source to

meet this objective will be the most

appropriate choice.

There is a need to focus energy R&D on achieving higher levels of efficiency, reducing costs for end-consumers, minimising environmental damage and easing dependence on non-renewable sources.

Surjit Lahiri, Practice Head – Energy, Semiconductor Manufacturing and Storage Verticals, Mindteck

Energy mix of India

Coal41 per cent

Oil24 per centNatural Gas

5 per cent

Hydro2 per cent

Nuclear1 per cent

Renewable27 per cent

Energy mix of India (Source: IEA)Source: IEA



ENERGY

What are your views on the current scenario of the Indian energy sector?The booming economy and industry

in India is stretching the supply of

uninterrupted power supply to the

limits. Most of our customers are

facing frequent power cuts, resulting

in loss of production time, damages

to tools, work pieces and sometimes

also to the equipment and expensive

machines as the electronic units

cannot take this frequent breakdowns..

Some bigger companies, of course, are

trying to use generators to ensure a

smooth power supply. However, this is

costly and still requires re-starting

of the machines once the power had

been shut.

India, we all hope, will not just

result into building blindly nuclear

plants as other big nations doing.

Instead, India should set an example

of how to use green technologies

and other effective energy producing

methods. The technology is available,

the know-how is also present in

abundance. All that is needed is a

leader to give the right direction. This

would establish India’s position as a

true modern and future orientated

industry nation, which is not repeating

the wrong done by other nations.

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Renewable energy like wind and solar are fast becoming a necessity as the traditional energy sources and demand become scarce. Elaborate.These are some of the modern and

available technologies India should

go for to produce more energy. India

should not only focus on production on

an industrial scale, it has to look at the

adoption of these technology in every

household too.

Germany, I believe, is one of the

leading countries where energy saving is

being taught to school children already.

High cost of electricity and water

consumption is a major challenge. In

other parts of the world, particularly

Asia, these costs have not yet reached

the level that would prompt people to

start save automatically. India has the

chance to play a leading and effective

role due to its high population. Each

and every little effort will make a

difference in the long run.

How can the Indian machine tool industry and automation solution provider cater to its one of the biggest and fastest growing sector significantly? One way is optimising the equipment

as best as possible. Another option will

be to use modern equipment which uses

lesser energy as older once. Educating

operators and engineers about how to

save energy will also do be very helpful.

Automation is fast becoming

another sector, where not only labour

cost is being saved but equipment

and factories is being better utilised.

However, if the power supply is not

stable and frequently interrupted, the

efficiency will remain low.

The Indian energy sector is growing rapidly. How can the machine tool companies optimise this?As mentioned before, new equipment

and machines in general are now using

lesser energy and utilising energy more

efficiently. The machine tool industry is

also trying to make the machines more

efficient in power consumption. Latest

drive systems using lesser energy by

providing better specification is proving

to be a great help. Cutting tools and

new cutting methods are also using

lesser energy.

What techniques can machine tool sector provide to the energy segment?Instead of the machine tool industry

helping the energy sector, it makes more

sense if the energy sector pitches in to

improve the machine tool sector By

providing stable power supply, machines

and equipment will operate at a higher

and more efficient level. This needs

to be addressed urgently. Every power

cut costs the manufacturing company

additional money, along with loss of

production damages and time.

In terms of technology, what are the measures adopted by your company to serve the growing energy sector?The machine tool industry has actually

limited means to help on a bigger and

wider scale. However, every reduction

in energy consumption of course will

help. And a large country like India,

will be able to save massive amount.

At the recently concluded EMO

exhibition in Hanover Germany,

Hwacheon displayed a number of

newly designed machines to the

customer and industry. All new

machines have been designed based on

the demands and requirements from

industries operating in the field of

renewable or new energies.

New materials used, higher

tolerances required and more complex

and bigger parts setting the specification

for new machines. Hwacheon has been

key-supplier to companies in the

Wind- and Solar panel industry since

many years. For example, our VT-series

has already proven his capabilities to

companies manufacturing parts for

windmills or high tech water pumps.

The Hi-Tech series has seen many

installations within the oil & gas as

well as mining industry. Providing a

machine to customers where they can

rely on it for many years and achieving

highest efficiencies even under extreme

conditions.

Our multi-axis machining centres

are a further part of Hwacheon’s

growing presence in the field of high

precision equipments.

Brief us on the initiatives undertaken to meet the requirement of qualified workforce for the industry.India has a workforce comprising

talented engineers. Apart from their

technical knowledge, their dedication

and working attitude makes it

extremely easy to work with them.

The manufacturing industries in Asia

and specifically India are relying on

this workforce who will prove to be

the future of this industry. New

technologies, automation and smart

ideas on how to produce parts on

modern machines will be the key to

stay ahead in the competition. Not

just reducing prices but working smart

and efficient is important and need of

the hour.

The educational sector will,

therefore, play a very important role.

The institutes need to upgrade the

training doled out to provide a suitable

platform for new engineers to step into

the manufacturing world well prepared.

If institutes lack funds and operate

with 30-year-old equipment, what level

of knowledge can be passed on to the

young engineers?

The government will need to

increase the spending to ensure

institutes and training centres are up-

to-date so that engineers coming out

to the industry have all the knowledge

required. This will increase efficiency

and manufacturing will be more

cost effective and save more energy.

Smart machines need smart operators.

New technologies in machining

will need to be utilised. New

materials and designs will require new

manufacturing methods.

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Energy and utility companies incur huge capital expenses as they procure the resources and improvements needed by their supply chains. With Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), organisations can digitally manage a product’s complete lifecycle from concept to retirement, gaining a higher business value from the product as a result.

Demographic change,

resource scarcity and

an increasing focus on

environmental protection

by leading nations are

three of the largest trends affecting

the energy and utilities industry.

These opposing dynamics place

enormous pressures on companies

engaged in this industry. In order to

explore, find and leverage this planet’s

hydrocarbon, air, wind, geothermal,

ocean and solar resources, innovation

is required on a scale that has never

been attempted before.

Challenges galoreThe challenge is to meet the industry’s

current business needs without

compromising the needs of future

generations. A company’s teams are tasked

with making complex decisions every day.

But the company needs a structured and

systematic way to harness the information,

knowledge and new ideas that are dispersed

across and beyond the enterprise. With

this in mind, PLM software provides

powerful innovation solutions to help you

master these challenges while allowing

them to sustain a pattern of predictable

business growth.

The industry faces the overarching

challenge of meeting today’s never

ending global demand for energy while

delivering its products in a safe, reliable

and cost-effective manner. Innovation

is essential for mastering these

complexities and enabling the company

to grow top line revenue, safely

deliver products along their supply

chain, connect globally distributed

teams and ensures quality and regularity

compliance with traceability to

internal specifications.

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utility companies must be able to

efficiently manage the innovations that

they initiate. These innovations will

almost always require these companies

to manage multiple processes,

coordinate the participation of disparate

disciplines and facilitate collaboration

between their own operations and

outside vendors. Management must

have total visibility into the status

of their innovation initiatives to

facilitate accurate market alignment,

reduce risks and provide on-time

product delivery. In addition,

managers need to be able to fully

understand the impact of rising

changes in order to identify

potential bottlenecks before they

pose insurmountable problems.

Optimisation of the innovation process

is essential for managing the risks that

arise in a globally distributed business.

Today’s energy customers demand

a greater say over how much and what

kind of energy they consume. So it is

important for the companies to have

a more close loop communication

with their customers. Collaboration

between the company and an informed

customer base has the potential for

profoundly impacting the shape of the

industry. Therefore, it is increasingly

important to understand the customer

requirements.

Energy and utility companies incur

huge capital expenses as they procure

the resources and improvements needed

by their supply chains. Because many

of these innovation projects are off-

schedule, off-budget or non-compliant

with established specifications,

profitability carries a risky price tag.

A lifecycle collaboration solution is

needed to enable the companies to

squeeze inefficiencies out of one’s

supply chain innovations. This solution

should provide total visibility into

all supply chain’s operational stages

to ensure optimal performance and

maximise profitability.

A plethora of regulations govern

the operations of this industry. In

addition, economic and governmental

pressures are driving one to find more

sustainable sources of energy. Changing

regulations and compliance standards

clearly affect the ability to meet

these challenges. To facilitate

sustainable business practice, one need

a digital solution that comprehensively

manages regulatory compliance while

enabling one to meet long term

sustainability goals.

Innovation lifecycle for energy and utilities PLM Software’s digital platform for

the energy and utilities industry delivers

a single source of plant, product and

process information that can be used to

manage the innovation lifecycle across

all its stages.

PLM benefits for energy and utilities companies Manage risk

Risk management is key to ensure that

costs remain low. Bringing innovations

rapidly to market enables a company to

establish brand leadership and a higher

price point ahead of their competitors.

Increase profitable growth

The key to profitable growth is

to keep costs low and accelerating

project delivery while meeting project

specifications.

Cost reduction

Concurrent product and production

design leads to lower material

and operating costs. In addition,

rationalising specifications on a global

basis reduces complexity and further

decreases cost.

Extended returns

In an industry where the lifecycle of a

product or plant can last for 60 years,

it is imperative that owners/operators

have a platform to ensure the safe

operation and maintenance of their

long life assets

Re-use best practices

Companies can leverage PLM’s digital

deployment capabilities to and rapidly

replicate successful business processes

across their disparate geographies,

business units and supply chains.

Deliver the right product and deliver the product rightThe PLM platform and related

solutions address the challenges by

providing total visibility into the

workflow and decision making process

that empowers every stage of the

business lifecycle. So PLM provides

opportunities for a company to:

� Maximise innovation throughout

the business

� Transform the company’s decision

making process

� Increase the value of the enterprise

business knowledge

� Minimise lifecycle cost

With the energy and utilities industry

at a cross roads, the demand is expected

to double in just the next 20 years

alone. This will place a tremendous

pressure on the industry’s infrastructure

and supply chain resources. Innovation

on a scale not previously seen in this

industry will be required to meet the

needs. Successful innovation requires

open technologies that enable you to

access all your enterprise’s knowledge

resources, facilitate seamless

collaboration both inside and outside

one’s organisational borders and instill

discipline across all of one’s operations.

A PLM software solutions company

like Siemens PLM, can help the

industry to master the complexities

inherent in their business so that they

can safely deliver the right product and

deliver the product right.

PLM solutions for the energy and

utilities industry include a complete

set of end-to-end applications

that accelerate new product and

processes that improve productivity,

lower operational risks and facilitate

environmental and safety compliance.

With these solutions, energy and

utility companies can connect people

and processes – creating, capturing and

sharing knowledge across their globally

distributed value chain to power

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ENERGY

Various modes of energy producers like wind, solar, nuclear, oil & gas are witnessing a huge demand in India and planning to increase their capacity. Looking at the growth of Indian energy sector, companies will be sourcing components from local manufacturers. Now, the time has come for Indian machine tool builders to grab the growing opportunities and the make most of them.

Increase R&D investment: Innovation starts

from a constant desire to be out front, exploring

new territories, striking out in new directions.

R&D has become the pillar of success, which

has forced companies from all sectors to increase

investment in this area. Indian machine

tool manufacturer have also realised the

importance and are investing on R&D, but

still need to fill the gap. With India is on its

way to become a global manufacturing hub,

machine tool manufacturer, too, need to invest

spend more in R&D to provide best technology

to the customers. The investment in this field

would determine Indian machine tool

manufacturer’s competitiveness as compared to

other developed countries.

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Work on T&D: Human capital is one of the most

vital assets in any organisation for its efficient and

effective functioning. As a result, companies are

increasingly interested in Training & Developing

(T&D) to attain competitive advantage and

drive company’s value. Introducing training and

development processes in metalworking industry

is significantly and positively associated with

immediate operation benefits. This is so because

companies have come to understand that the

investment in human capital is the key to the

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Design and development: In a fast-changing

marketplace, developers and designers need access

to the latest technologies to remain competitive

and win new business. Investing in design and

development helps companies effectively develop,

design and test new products and solutions. The

product must appeal to its users at different levels

such as function, usability, cost, reliability, etc.

This is why it is important to study the design

problem so carefully.tricks&3tips

Extra marketing effort: The marketing plan is

used as a tool by organisations to check whether

the strategies that have been put into record

are being implemented. It also works as a tool

to determine or measure the performance of

certain product or service. Since many machine

tool manufacturers have setup their base in the

country, it becomes very important for companies

to put extra effort in marketing and make the

presence in the market.tricks&4tips

Global collaboration: One of the attributes that

makes Indian companies so effective in serving

many of the world’s technology needs, is its

willingness to collaborate. As the machine tool

manufacturer began to take root in India, some

global companies explored opportunities of

collaboration with Indian company, which not

only helped them gaining foothold in the country,

but also was beneficial for their Indian counterpart

in terms of technological advancement and global

reorganisation. Collaboration with global players

will be helpful for Indian machine tool builder in

terms of technological advancement and explore

the opportunities worldwide.tricks&5tips

After sales service: When a customer makes repeat

purchase of products or services from a company,

it shows his loyalty towards it. This happens only

when a product or a service delivers consistent

value for the money spent by the customers.

After sales service helps in keeping the customers

satisfied. Customer service promotes proper

communication of customers needs and wants

to the product or service provider. This helps

the companies to know what their customers

want and expect from them. Thus, they can offer

their customers products that will meet their

requirements.tricks&6tips

Technology upgradation: Technology upgradation

is a continuous process in the energy sector,

which helps the companies to get recognised in

the market. Liberalisation of industrial policies

and deregulation of controls have led to greater

competition from both the domestic as well as

international companies. This has reinforced

the need for technology upgradation to attain

international levels of competitiveness and to be

able to offer contemporary levels of technology.

The demands of the user sectors play an

important role in selection of technologies and

introduction of new products. In order to meet

these objectives, the need to put development

effort towards the technology upgradation is the

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Networking: In this rapidly growing world of

business when customers have become more

demanding and competition has increased,

one has to be willing to network. Networking

can help companies improve their business

performance, products and staff skills.

It can also help them develop knowledge and

skills and update in current industry scenario.

For machine tool builder, it becomes very

important to network with the companies

from energy sector in exhibitions, conference

and seminars. Networking with the respective

sector will help them to know about their

demands, which also help them to increase

their presence in the industry and increase

market capitalism. tricks

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ENERGY

Ever since the process of liberalisation which was initiated by the Government of India in 1991, there has been global interest in India’s energy sector. Being one of the fastest growing economies in the world, India is witnessing growing energy demand that is being fueled by an ever-increasing rate of industrialisation.

India’s enormous potential

for energy production and

consumption has enhanced

investment prospects in this

field. The opening up of this

sector to global players have created

immense opportunities for investments.

Today, the country has lot of promise

as far as renewable energy is concerned.

There is a significant potential in India

for generation of power from renewable

energy sources like wind turbine, hydro

power, biomass and solar energy. India

is the world’s fifth largest producer of

wind power after Denmark, Germany,

Spain, and the USA. The wind

energy sector has great potential to

grow in the country along with other

renewable source like solar, biomass

and hydropower.

Demand drivers The key demand driver for the

energy industry is rapid growth

in manufacturing sector and robust

residential consumption. The recent

shift in dependence on renewable energy

sources offers economic, social and

environmental benefits, will increase

the demand for renewable energy in

the country. McKinsey&Company’s

analysis suggests that if India continues

to grow at an average rate of 8 per cent

for next ten years, country’s power

demand is likely to climb from around

120 GW at present to 315 – 335

GW by 2017, 100 GW higher than

the current estimates. To meet this

demand, the country will require

a five-fold to ten-fold increase in pace

of capacity addition.

Government initiatives Government initiatives like concessional

import duty on specified wind turbine

parts, 80 per cent accelerated depreciation

in the first year, excise duty reliefs, etc will

further help country’s energy sector and

attract global players to setup base here.

As on March 2011, 14157 MW wind

energy has been installed. The Ministry

of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)

is aiming to have additional 6,000 MW

of wind power capacity installed by

2012. Moreover, companies as well as

individuals will get tax breaks for investing

in green energy, especially wind farms.

The noticeable fact is that coal, oil & gas

will continue to be the predominant form

of energy in future. However, renewable

source will register an exponential growth

in coming decade.

Fuelling sustainable growth

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Industry InsightsBuilding blocks: A strong backbone of a developing nation....................................... 162InterfaceRamesh ChandakPresident and Chief Executive Officer, Infrastructure Sector, KEC International... 164Market TrendsInfrastructure insight: Developing a sustainable future ............... 172Practical TipsInfrastructure development: Cementing future success ......................... 174Future ForecastIndian infrastructure: Creating an ecosystem of growth............. 178

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The fast growth of the economy in recent years has placed increasing stress on infrastructure such as electricity, railways, roads, ports, airports, irrigation, urban & rural water supply and sanitation. High transactions costs arising from inadequate and inefficient infrastructure can prevent the economy from realising its full growth potential, regardless of the progress achieved by other sectors.

Infrastructure is an important

component for industrial and

overall economic development

of a nation. It is considered as

the yardstick to measure the

investment viability of a nation. In

India, there is a wide gap between the

potential demand for infrastructure

and the available supply. To minimise

this gap, an investment of around

$ 445 billion is required over the next

five years. It will also have to grow

at a Compounded Annual Growth

Rate (CAGR) of 15 per cent over the

next five years to support the growing

requirements of every other sector of

the economy.

Current scenario India has a good network of rail, road,

coastal shipping, and air transport. It

has one of the largest road networks in

the world. In terms of rail, the country

has a broad network of railroad lines

measuring around 63,000 km out of

which 13,000 km is electrified. There

are major ports in Kolkata, Mumbai,

Chennai, Vishakhapatnam, and Goa

which handle about 90 per cent of

sea-borne trade. When it comes to air

transport, a comprehensive network of

air routes connect the major cities and

towns of the country. But the present

infrastructure setup is insufficient to

meet the growing requirements of the

country and this has initiated huge

investments in brownfield and greenfield

infrastructure projects. The country

currently has only 12 per cent of the

national highways that are four-laned.

This is quite dismal considering the

fact that roads carry about 70 per cent

of the freight and about 85 per cent of

passenger traffic. The Indian rail network

carries around 14 million passengers and

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1.5 million tonne of freight daily. The

countries major airports which account

for 65-75 per cent of passenger traffic

need urgent expansions to meet the

increasing influx of passenger and cargo

traffic. Similarly, energy production of

the country is far behind the industrial

and household needs.

Growth avenuesThe expansion and maintenance of

existing facilities mandates consistent

and huge investment into the sector.

Public sector plays a dominant role in

building infrastructure. However, the

total resources to meet the deficit in

infrastructure exceed the capacity of the

public sector. It is, therefore, necessary

to attract private investment through

appropriate forms of Public-Private

Partnerships (PPP). The twin objectives

of accelerating urban infrastructure

investments and quickly scaling-up

new performance-based management

models can be achieved through well

conceived, structured and transparently-

executed PPP. The encouragement of

PPP has created a positive impact on

the inflow of foreign capital into the

country. According to a World Bank

report, India is amongst the top ten

developing countries to receive private

participation in infrastructure projects.

Major investments like increasing

the rural infrastructure development

fund corpus to ` 18,000 crore from

` 16,000 crore and setting up a

corpus of ` 2,000 crore for creating

additional warehousing capacity have

been initiated. Similarly, the Foreign

Institutional Investment (FII) limit in

corporate bonds in infrastructure has

been raised. The government will also

issue tax free bonds of ` 30,000 crore

for infrastructure development. There

are targets set for various infrastructure

sectors to address the gaps in quantity

and quality. These strategies would

entail strengthening and consolidating

infrastructure-related initiatives, such

as Bharat Nirman for building rural

infrastructure, and sectoral initiatives

such as the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vikas

Yojayana (RGGVY), Accelerated Power

Development and Reform Programme

(APDRP), Accelerated Irrigation

Benefit Programme (AIBP), National

Highway Development Programme

(NHDP), National Maritime

Development Programme (NMDP) and

the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban

Renewal Mission (JNNURM).

Roadblocks The Indian infrastructure suffers from a

substantial deficit in terms of capacities

as well as efficiencies in the delivery of

critical infrastructure services. Supply

bottlenecks of the critical infrastructure

services can severely hamper growth

and development.

The absence of strong long-term

debt market and corporate bond

market is a major drawback. The only

sources of funding for the project

are the banks that charge very high

interest rate. The required investment

in infrastructure would be possible only

if there is a substantial expansion in

internal generation and extra budgetary

resources of public sector, in addition

to significant rise in private investment.

There is a need to create a more

attractive business climate for private

investment. Liberalising financing

guidelines and increased access

to international debt markets and

development of corporate debt market

will help the Indian infrastructure

sector. Also, government approval and

support in terms of land acquisition,

regulatory and environment clearances

are the other crucial areas that require

urgent attention.

Infrastructure: Deficit and Eleventh Plan physical targets

Sector Deficit Eleventh Plan Targets

Roads/Highways 65590 km of NH comprise only 2 per cent of network; carry 40 per cent of traffic; 12 per cent 4-laned; 50 per cent 2-laned; and 38 per cent single-laned

6-lane 6500 km in Golden Quadilateral; 4-lane 6736 km NS-EW; 4-lane 20000 km; 2-lane 20000 km; 1000 km Expressway

Ports Inadequate berths and rail/road connectivity New capacity: 485 m MT in major ports; 345 m MT in minor ports

Airports Inadequate runways, aircraft handling capacity, parking space and terminal buildings

Modernise 4 metro and 35 non-metro airports; 3 greenfield in NER; 7 other greenfield airports

Railways Old technology; saturated routes; slow speeds (freight: 22 kmph; passengers: 50 kmph); low payload to tare ratio (2.5)

8132 km new rail; 7148 km gauge conversion; modernise 22 stations; dedicated freight corridors

Power 13.8 per cent peaking deficit; 9.6 per cent energy shortage; 40 per cent transmission and distribution losses; absence of competition

Add 78577 MW; access to all rural households

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What are your views on the current state of the Indian infrastructure sector?The Indian infrastructure is traversing

through one of its most interesting

phases today. While the world over

many economies is facing a slowdown in

their economy, it is expected that India

will continue to have a growth of over

7 per cent on a continuous basis. The

infrastructure sector is pivotal for India

to achieve its expected growth rate.

Over the years, what have been the key trends in the infrastructure space in India? Firstly, with the Indian economy

expected to maintain its Gross

Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate,

this will translate into the infrastructure

sector also continuing to have consistent

growth. Secondly, the government

has set ambitious targets for the

infrastructure sector. The Planning

Commission envisions doubling the

investment in infrastructure sectors to

$ 1 trillion (about ` 45, 00,000 crore)

during the 12th Five-Year Plan.

What have been the key growth drivers for the industry? Elaborate.In the Twelfth Five Year Plan, one

expects to see one third investment from

the private sector. The Public-Private

Partnership (PPP) model will be a key

growth driver. It will be a vehicle for

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driving the infrastructure industry, be it

in power, road, port, airport etc…. Most

of the companies in the infrastructure

space have indicated a good order book

position which indicates strong revenue

visibility in the near future.

Please comment on issues

and challenges facing the Indian

infrastructure sector.

There are several challenges that

could affect growth for the sector,

such as execution delays, delay in

land acquisition, delays in securing

environmental and other regulatory

clearances, lack of long-term financing

to support PPP projects and poor

availability of skilled or trained labour.

The power sector is plagued by delay in

fuel linkages for generation and right

of way issues in transmission. There is

need for providing long-term debt for

financing infrastructure projects that

typically involve long gestation periods.

Debt finance for such projects should be

of a sufficient tenure that enables cost

recovery across the project life. Indian

capital markets, however, are deficient

in long-term debt instruments.

In your views, what steps should be undertaken by the government to address the issues affecting the infrastructure sector?Many of the challenges outlined are

related to requirement of government

approval and support in term of land

acquisition, regulatory and environment

clearances. The Land Acquisition Bill

will soon come up in Parliament and

should hopefully address the difficulties

faced in land acquisition. Rapid

clearance of key infrastructure projects

needs to be fast-tracked.

There is a need to reconcile existing

infrastructure financing approaches

with the country’s need for better

governance and a more attractive

business climate for private investment.

Liberalising financing guidelines

and increased access to international

debt markets and development of

corporate debt market will help the

infrastructure sector.

Do you think that a sustainable future can be developed while meeting the infrastructure needs of the country?Infrastructure development on a

sustainable basis is imperative for

India’s economic growth. When we

talk of sustainable development in

future, it must be environmentally

and economically sustainable as well

as all inclusive in the Indian context.

Today, we are witnessing negative

environmental impacts like climate

change, resource degradation, pollution

etc. To tackle these problems, we need

to have cutting-edge, cost-effective

and cleaner technologies adopted and

investments should be inclusive so that

even the poor people can participate in

the growth process.

How can the Indian machine tool industry and automation solution providers serve this sector efficiently?The Indian machine tool industry

and automation providers have

an important role to play in the

infrastructure sector. They can develop

solutions to achieve better quality with

better safety standards. Higher accuracy

and better interfaces are the trends that

can help India along with intelligence

and remote diagnostics that automation

processes offers today. This must not

be restricted to large manufacturers,

but must be made possible by medium

& smaller units as well. Today, the

availability of skilled manpower

is a constraint in the construction

segment and if better technologies and

automation requiring lesser manpower

can be developed, it would be useful.

The Indian composite or material sector is growing rapidly. How can the machine tool companies leverage this to serve the infrastructure sector?The material requirement of cement,

structural, reinforced steel, stainless

steel etc for the infrastructure sector

will be required in large volumes and

these needs to be geared up in terms

of capacity and available at competitive

prices to cater to the demand of

the industry.

How did the year 2010 pan out for KEC International Ltd? What were some of the company’s major milestones?One of the major milestones for KEC

was the acquisition of US-based SAE

Towers, a leading manufacturer of

steel lattice transmission towers in

the USA with an annual production

capacity of 100,000 metric tonnes.

The acquisition of SAE Towers will

strengthen KEC’s global leadership

position in the large and growing

markets of North America and Latin

America. We have also acquired Jay

Railway Projects which will enable

us to undertake turn-key signaling

contracts in the railway business.

The year 2010 was good in terms

of the order booking with the order

book crossing the ` 8, 000 crore

mark. We were awarded high value

orders that we are in the process

of executing. We also got a sub-

station order in Kazakhstan worth

` 942 crore, tower supply order worth

` 735 crore from Canada; First 765 Kv

order by state utility Rajasthan Rajya

Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Ltd worth

` 313 crore.

Elaborate on your future plans for the Indian market.We are executing a number of projects

in diversified infrastructure segment

of transmission, distribution, railways,

telecom & water in India. More than

50 per cent of our order book is

from India and this market is very

important to us. While we have a

leadership position in the power

transmission segment, we are now

focusing on the power distribution,

railway and water infrastructure and

want to become significant players in

these segments.

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The Indian manufacturing sector is on its way to a promising future. The country is increasingly getting recognised for high value goods requiring a fair amount of engineering precision and quality. The machine tool sector is diversifying due to favourable market conditions, prompting global players to make substantial investment in the country.

India is aiming to increase the

share of manufacturing in

the country’s Gross Domestic

Product (GDP) to 25 per

cent by 2025 from the present

16 per cent. This is considering the

present infrastructure requirement in

the country.

This indicates substantial potential

for machine tool companies in

Infrastructure, to grow and expand

business with the current surge in

Indian economy. The manufacturing

industry serving the infrastructure sector

in India is believed to have the potential

of improving the economic condition of

the country.

In an attempt to make India

a manufacturing powerhouse, the

government is mulling creation of

manufacturing hubs that will offer

infrastructure, facilities and incentives

to manufacturers.

Government initiatives The Department of Industrial Policy

and Promotion (DIPP) has put on

fast track the national manufacturing

policy, which seeks to create National

Manufacturing and Investment Zones

Developing a

sustainable future

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Parag Alekar

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(NMIZs). Spread over 2,000 hectare,

or about 8 sq km, these zones will be in

line with the model adopted by China

to boost its manufacturing sector.

The DIPP is seeking sops such as tax

incentives, flexible labour laws and easier

exit norms for foreign investors and

refinance facility for overseas debt for

these zones. The government hopes to

get around the land issue through state

procurement, unlike in case of special

economic zones where companies are

required to buy land on their own.

Budget impactWith the Union Budget

projecting GDP to be

` 8980,860 crore in 2011-12,

the size of India’s economy is

now poised to touch $ 2 trillion

in near future. If one assumes

the current exchange rate of

` 45 per US dollar to hold in

2011-12, the size of the Indian

economy would be $ 1,996 billion at

dollar rates. But the budget estimate,

which assumes a 14 per cent growth in

GDP at market prices, is likely to be an

underestimate.

If one assumes a 9 per cent GDP

growth, and assume an inflation rate

of around 7 per cent, GDP at market

prices is more likely to grow at 16 per

cent, which would ensure that the size

of India’s GDP would be ` 91,38,419

crore or $ 2,031 billion in 2011-12.

But really impressive is the pace at

which the size of the economy has

doubled from $ 1 trillion to $ 2 trillion.

India’s GDP touched the first trillion

in dollar terms in 2007-08, when the

size of the economy grew from $ 949

billion in 2006-07 to $ 1,241 billion in

2007-08. And now, in just four years,

the economy is projected to touch

$ 2 trillion.

In a recent report, the United Nations

Industrial Development Organisation

(UNIDO) has put India among the top

10 manufacturing nations in the world.

The report, however, pointed out that

India’s production was far less efficient

than that of other leading manufacturers

such as Japan.

Machines for the sector Technologies like special heads have been

developed for particular applications.

These heads can be used in combination

on the machines through attachment

changers. For eg, Railway crossing is

a component made from manganese

steel. Heavy spindle power & machine

construction is necessary for

machining of this component.

But there are very few customers in the

world who will buy machine only for

machining of crossings. So, heads have

been developed which can be utilised

for not only crossings, but also for other

components like bogie frames, railway

switches, etc. Medium & large size

machines with more flexibility needs to

be manufactured and promoted to this

industry, which in turn can lead to low

manufacturing costs maintaining high

standards of quality.

Challenges aheadThe infrastructure deficit in India is so

critical that it could prevent the country

from achieving the prosperity that finally

seems to be within its grasp. Without

smooth transportation network, reliable

power and water India’s potential for

growth can not be fully utilised.

Presently considering the industrial

growth, industries working for railways,

power sector, construction machinery,

etc are doing extremely well. Industries

like BHEL, L&T-MHI, SIEMENS,

etc are finding it difficult to cope with

the orders in hand and are investing

to increase their capacities. Especially

railways’ will continue growing if,

ministry starts releasing funds for

increasing capacities which was planned

two years back.

To cater to these demands

in infrastructure, companies are

investing in new technology so as to

reduce the machining time of the

components resulting in increase

in production. The universal

heads, high rapids, flexible

manufacturing solutions help

in achieving this.

Proper knowledge related

to available technology for this

industry needs to be shared. Also

the exact need of the industry

should be analysed, to provide more

economical solutions to maintain

quality. Also trained manpower is a

must. More flexible & high productivity

solutions are the need of this market.

R&D should focus to upgrade the

available technology to satisfy this

requirement.

Along with the heavy investment to

develop infrastructural facilities, the aim

should also be to improve the utilisation

rate and operational efficiency

of existing resources. The importance

of infrastructure sector also follows

from the fact that foreign investors

are now looking at infrastructural

development as a yardstick for

directing their investments. In India,

infrastructure sector itself is becoming

an attractive investment area for foreign

direct investments.

Parag Alekar is CEO

of Nicolas Correa SA

India Branch. He is an

engineering graduate,

having experience of more

than 18 years in machine

tool industry.


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infrastructure deficit

in India is so critical that

it could prevent the country

from achieving prosperity.

Without smooth transportation

network, reliable power and

water India’s potential for

growth can not be fully

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Infrastructure development has a crucial role to play for India to sustain its growth, which must become more inclusive as the country matures. Considering the present state of the Indian infrastructure, the manufacturing industry working for this sector is believed to have immense potential to grow. For this potential to be realised, the machine tool companies need to adopt the best practices available globally to stay on top of the business and serve the industry efficiently.

Investing in R&D: Research and development

(R&D) is a process intended to create improved

technology that can provide a competitive

advantage at the business or industry level. The

process through which R&D promotes economic

prosperity is complex and multi-faceted. There

are direct benefits to companies from their

R&D investments. Also, other companies derive

benefits from R&D of the innovating company.

The feedback from R&D improves products,

processes, and distribution networks. Investing

in R&D provides competitive advantage while

meeting customer requirements. It also facilitates

entry into new markets and increases the revenue.

It enhances brand value and the company gains

the reputation of being innovative.

Swapnil Pillai

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Imparting proper training: Training for a

manufacturing job is extremely important,

and so is retraining. Being employed in the

manufacturing industry can necessitate working

in various areas that are going to require special

skills and knowledge. If proper training is not

imparted to employees, they will be unable to do

the job safely or correctly. Proper Training will

make them more valuable to the organisation.

It will create more valuable employees who will

have the experience and training needed to be

promoted from within the company. tricks&2tips

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Enhancing brand visibility: Isolating the business

from competition and restricting it only to the

existing customers can be unhealthy. It can deprive

the company from valuable industry information

that can hinder progress. Participating in

industrial trade show and exhibitions will broaden

the understanding of fellow competitors, learning

their strengths and weaknesses. With all this

newly attained information, companies can stay

on top and plan the future strategies accordingly.

Also a good portion of the target audience learns

about new products to be launched. The second

gain is through the direct sales that happen at

these trade shows.tricks&3tips

Introducing project management: The Indian

machine tools industry needs to invest heavily

in project management because of quality of

out put and the time to the market are two

deciding factors for achieving success. Project

management is a competency that leaders

can use in their organisations to handle

increasing complexity with higher success

rates and acceptance, and lower uncertainty

and costs. Project management also differs

from traditional management in that it brings

in cross-functional collaboration, governance,

execution-discipline, responsiveness and

alignment of organisational elements and

procedures with features of end-products of

projects. It can help companies to bring in

agility in innovation, growth and response to

changes in the external environment.

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Technology collaboration: The Indian machine

tool companies should enter into technical

collaboration with the leading machine tool

companies of the world so that machines

of global standards are available in India at

lower and competitive price. Companies can

remain in the forefront of supplying leading

technology to the end user by collaborating

with industry leaders in the control technology,

software development and machine design

areas. The collaboration can also include

activities that may like production, purchasing

and the development of machines, as well as

sales and services.tricks&5tips

Developing portable machine tools: Portable

machine tools which are easy to assemble, set

up, and operate, and have the power to remove

material quickly are finding wider application

in the infrastructure industry. They can also

be utilised to correct problems which occur

during the development phase of infrastructure

projects. Machine tool manufacturers in the

country should focus on developing such

portable solutions.tricks&6tips

Implementing IT in manufacturing: Information

Technology (IT) plays a crucial role in modern day

business. It ensures the smooth functioning of all

the departments in a company such as the human

resource, finance, and the critical manufacturing

department of the company. With the help of

information technology, the company can get rid

of any sort of errors or mistakes in the proper

functioning of the tools used for designing and

manufacturing purposes. tricks&7tips

Well defined strategies: The machine tool

companies should develop its marketing

abilities in line with other sectors of the capital

goods industry. To be successful, companies

should have strategic planning programmes

in place and have well chalked out business

strategies at all levels. In order to enhance

their market share, companies need to improve

quality and service followed by reduction in

costs, increase in product range and finally

adopt more aggressive marketing strategies.

The competitive edge lies in satisfying

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With the advent of India as a major commercial and cultural hub in South East Asia, pressure has been mounting on the government to develop world class infrastructure. Until recently, India had been creating infrastructural facilities at snail’s pace mainly by employing public resources. But an accelerated economic growth can be maintained only when India builds infrastructure at a faster rate.

The existence and growth of

market, abundant resources

and global competitiveness

has driven investment

opportunities in the country.

Growth TrajectoryWater, transport, housing, electricity,

health & sanitation and education are

some of the areas that have immense

potential for improvement. A recent

India Infrastructure Report estimates

the annual investment need for urban

water supply, sanitation and roads to

be about $ 6.67 billion in the next ten

years. The goods traffic in the country

is expected to rise by 15 per cent per

annum by the year 2015.

Investment opportunitiesA well-knit and coordinated system of

infrastructure plays an important role

in the sustained economic growth of

the country. Developing sustainable

infrastructure would require huge

investments and thoughtful planning.

To ease the pressure on the existing

resources, the government has initiated

various programmes to upgrade the

existing infrastructure. Under the Rajiv

Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojna

(RGGVY), additional power generation

capacity of about 90,000 MW would

be added to provide electricity to

rural households.

Similarly upgrading and developing

major road projects like the Golden

Quadrilateral, North-South and East-

West Corridors, developing 1000 km of

expressways, constructing 1, 65244 km

of new rural roads, and renewing and

upgrading existing 1,92464 km are in

various stages of execution.

The rail ministry plans to construct

dedicated freight corridors between

Mumbai-Delhi and Ludhiana-Kolkata.

It also plans to construct 10,300 km

of new railway lines, modernise and

redevelop 21 railway stations and build

metro rails in all the major cities of

the country. All these would further

strengthen and widen the reach of one

of the world’s largest and most reliable

rail networks. To optimise the potential

of India’s huge coastline, additional

capacity of 485 million Metric Tonne

(MT) in major ports and 345 million

MT in minor ports have been planned.

The Indian airports have witnessed

huge passenger traffic in the recent

years. Substantial investment is required

to make the airport ecosystem strong

and reliable. On a priority basis, four

metro and 35 non-metro airports have

to be modernised and redeveloped.

There is need for seven new airports

along with training, maintenance repair

& overhaul facilities.

The creation of world-class

infrastructure would require large

investments in addressing the deficit in

quality and quantity. With well planned

and properly monitored investments,

India’s infrastructure would equal the

best in the world.

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Industry InsightsMedical machining: Scaling new heights .... 182InterfaceRafiq SomaniArea Vice President, PTC India ..................................................... 188Market TrendsMedical marvel: Risk management in medical devices .......................................... 194Practical TipsTech edge: Need for micro-precision strategies......... 197Future ForecastMedical applications: The hen with golden eggs ........................ 200

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Medical parts manufacturing is a rapidly growing market. The high demand for medical procedures, including joint replacements, heart catheterisations, abdominal surgery, liposuction, colonoscopies, etc has generated an increased need for precision instrumentation. These have given rise to opportunities for machine tool manufacturers to cater to this emerging sector.

Machining of medical parts

or devices is different

and more complicated

than any other sector

as it requires precision

at micro level. Reliability and quality

are critical in the medical instruments

industry. Therefore, manufactures of

these precision instruments are focused

on finding quality products that will

streamline costs and efficiency without

forfeiting quality.

Component machining for the

ultimate machine, the human body,

involves high-grade stainless steels,

titanium and chrome alloys and demands

for qualified application solutions and

sound cutting tool engineering. When

tapping medical parts, two words are

critical: small and challenging. Small is

for the tiny size of many medical parts

and challenging is for the difficult-to-

machine materials from which the parts

are often made. Developing strategies

for tapping medical parts, involves

many factors, including the cutting

tool geometry, machine capability,

tool-holder, metalworking fluid and the

parts themselves. Medical parts that are

tapped include implants, such as hip

and knee replacements and surgical

instruments. The medical device

segments that are expected to have high

growth include:

� Implantable devices like pacemakers,

drug pumps, stents and joint

replacements

� Diagnostic testing devices, including

clinical blood, urine and tissue

testing

� Home healthcare products and

electronic monitoring devices

Computer controlled machiningAs the population ages, more joints are

being replaced. Orthopaedic devices

for joint replacements are benefiting

from new materials, including metallic

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alloys, ceramics and biocompatible

plastics. New coating materials and

application technologies that improve

orthopaedic device performance

and longevity are also improving

patient outcomes.

Manufacturing processes for these

devices are now being automated

through the use of CAD/CAM

systems that communicate with CNC

milling and grinding machines as

well as 5-axis Electronic Discharge

Machines (EDM). These are used for

production of medical devices such as

orthopedic implants, which are made

of conductive metals, like stainless steel

and titanium. EDM uses an electric

arc to sculpt intricate geometries on

conductive materials to a dimensional

accuracy to the order of ± 0.0001 inch.

Widely viewed as a reliable and precise

machining technology, EDM provides

burr-free, multi-axis machining of parts

that, because of hardness or shape, may

be difficult or impossible to machine by

other methods.

Other manufacturing technologies

that are used for micro-sized

components used in the medical device

industry include:

� CNC milling, which uses computer-

controlled cutting tools to sculpt

materials to tolerances of ± 0.0002

in.

� Metal injection moulding, which

produces complex shapes, multiple

wall thicknesses and surface detailing

in a single component to tolerances

of ± 0.004 in.

� Photochemical etching, which

creates 2-D profile geometry on

thin, flat parts to tolerances of

± 0.001 in. on materials that may be

as thin as 0.002 in.

� Precision metal stamping, for

producing complex shapes and

intricate geometry through a series

of stations in a progressive die to

tolerances of ± 0.001 in, at speeds of

hundreds of parts per minute.

� Swiss screw machining, for

production of seamless cylindrical

components with capability for

cross-drilling and slotting.

High growth driversHigh-tech medical products addressing

health issues in aging population is

touted to be a big revenue generator for

the future. Manufacturers and suppliers

of lower-tech products to hospitals,

outpatient centres, and other medical

facilities might witness slow growth

as these products tend to be

vulnerable to flat health insurance

reimbursement rates that restrict

purchases and profit margins.

Device segments that are expected

to have high growth include:

� Implantable devices, such as

pacemakers, drug pumps, stents,

and joint replacements as well as

devices related to minimally-invasive

surgery

� Diagnostic testing devices, such as

those used for blood, tissue and

genetic testing as well as optical

devices for glaucoma and macular

degeneration screening

� Home healthcare products, such as

diabetic tests, liver function tests,

and electronic monitoring devices

International competitionTill now, the US looms big in the

field of medical machining. Its close

competitors include Germany, Japan,

the Netherlands and Italy in high

technology products. It is interesting

to know that most of these foreign

companies manufacture a significant

amount of their products in the USA.

However, with the recent economic

global downturn and a recent scare in

world markets, these high-quality, high-

priced nations are being challenged by

numerous lower-cost producers in

China, Brazil, Korea, Taiwan and

India, countries which are building up

their domestic industries and also

compete globally.

Also aiding India in its quest for

gaining dominance in this field is

medical tourism. The country is a

hotspot for cheap but qualitative medical

procedures. According to a study by

McKinsey and the Confederation of

Indian Industry, medical tourism in

India could become a $1 billion business

by 2012. The report predicts that, “By

2012, if medical tourism were to reach

25 per cent of revenues of private up-

market players, up to ` 10,000 crore

will be added to the revenues of these

players.” According to government

estimates, India’s $ 17-billion-a-year

healthcare industry could grow 13

per cent in each of the next six years,

boosted by medical tourism, which

industry watchers say is growing at 30

per cent annually. Close competition is

faced by countries such as Greece, South

Africa, Jordan, Malaysia, Philippines

and Singapore.

Powered by the above, the scope

for Indian manufacturers in this field

is immense.

� Diagnostic testing device: In 2007 the testing device market was valued at $ 34 billion in sales. It currently represent about 10 per cent of the total worldwide market for medical devices. The fastest growing segment within diagnostic testing is In-Vitro Diagnostics (IVD).

� Ophthalmic devices: Representing over $ 17 billion in annual revenues globally, this segment is expected to continue growing because of the increased incidence of eye diseases, such as glaucoma and macular degeneration in an aging population.

� Home health and remote patient monitoring: Currently a $ 5.6 billion segment, it is forecast to grow at close to 70 per cent annually for the next several years. Devices for monitoring chronic diseases, such as blood glucose testing for diabetics, as well as screening devices, such as pregnancy and fertility tests, are included in this category.

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How has CAD/CAM/PLM evolved in the use of medical machining?With the surge in the demand

for innovation, complying with

strict environmental and regulatory

requirements, shrinking price

premiums, and the intense competition

which demands faster times-to-market,

medical device manufacturers are

confronting some extremely tough

challenge.

The complexity of today’s products

and the rise of outsourcing have made

design solutions like CAD and PLM

solutions systems and the management

of data and knowledge critical to

medical machining.

What are the specific requirements and needs in medical machining?To facilitate compliance, medical

device manufacturers today need a

truly closed-loop, integrated change

control and quality management

system, which will help ensure

proper traceability between quality

events and engineering activities

such as engineering changes and risk

assessments.

By substituting disparate, standalone

product development applications with

a cohesive product development system,

manufacturers can ensure that the right

version of the product data is available

to the right people at the right time.

This efficient and convenient storage

of product information, coupled with

the ease of its retrieval, and the ability

to better manage changing information,

are few of the advantages of an

integrated platform for product

development and quality.

As the field of medical machining is quite niche, how do you foresee its growth in India?We foresee an optimistic growth of

medical machining industry in India.

The medical devices market continues

to grow, driven by the aging population

in India and technological innovations

in diagnostic and therapeutic medical

devices. The present lifestyle and the

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increase in the aging population has

made people vulnerable to a number

of diseases. To assist the populace

to lead a healthy life and to increase

the longevity, the medical machining

industry is highly depending on the

application technologies that has

significantly improved the performance

of the medical devices. Manufacturing

processes for these devices are now

being automated through the use of

CAD/CAM systems.

Computer-based manufacturing and

design manufacturing industry facilitate

the medical device manufacturers to

test, design and produce different

devices. These systems also maintain

documentation history that the

regulatory authorities can refer to. CAD

solutions like Creo, that are compatible

with the equipment, are one of the

most sought after software which helps

in improving the over all economic

efficiencies through reduced inventory

requirements, production errors and

also reduce time to market.

Where does India stand compared to its global counterparts in terms of technology adoption ?The technology adoption in medical

manufacturing in India has been

consistent, but slow, largely due to the

dominance of developed countries in this

space. Having said that, India definitely

is the R&D hub for this sector, and

most of technology being adopted

globally in this space, is developed

in India. The Indian government

has put in significant effort in last

50 years to develop the scientific and

technical infrastructure of the country.

The combination of state-of-the-art

infrastructure and highly qualified

manpower ensures that India is poised

to be the global R&D hub for medical

machining. This is increasingly being

observed in industry as large MNCs

have opened their R&D centres in India

– a first outside the United States for

most of these companies. For example,

Jack Welch Research Centre in

Bengaluru is conducting research

for GE Medical Systems. It is the

company’s largest research outfit outside

the United States.

How is the business outlook for machine tool manufacturers catering to this sector?The last 50 years have seen a consistent

growth in medical device technology,

making this industry, one of the fastest

growing customer groups across the

globe. The composition of the industry

changed during the 1990s as a result of

consolidation and foreign investment in

US machine tool companies.

With the global economic expansion

since 2000, the machine tool industry

has enjoyed an increase in exports due

to the benefit of a falling US dollar.

In spite of being an industry with

moderate concentration, the business

outlook for machine tool manufacturers

catering to medical device industry, is

definitely looking good.

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What are the challenges in medical machining and how can manufacturers tackle them?Some of the challenges that

manufacturers of medical machinery

face are listed below –

Penetration of new markets: As

medical device manufacturers

introduce products into new markets,

it’s critical that they receive the

marketing support of local doctors

and scientists, particularly in the

case of personal health care devices.

For example, in the area of medical

diagnostics such as blood glucose

measurement, technology has moved

from specialist hospital labs to the

hands of the patient.

Over time, devices like the blood

glucose meter, heart rate monitors,

pedometers, etc., have become

commodity products in many markets.

Often, however, medical device

manufacturers who are not from the

same geography don’t have access to

local doctors, scientists, and patient

communities. However, outsourcing

partners have easy access to these

communities and are able to bring

them together to influence new buyers,

thereby benefiting the manufacturer.

Access to these new communities

creates a larger pool of influencers and

support for the product, providing more

marketing mileage.

Region and race specific disease isolations: In

India and other South Asian countries,

disease physiologies related to the heart

and diabetes are different from those

in the US or Europe. Understanding

these intricacies requires knowledge

related to local culture, food habits,

genetic makeup, etc, which can present

a challenge to foreign medical device

manufacturers.

Collaboration with local researchers

and the scientific community can

produce demographics and profiling

related to local communities. This

data can help improve the design

of equipment and its diagnostics

capabilities. Local partners can help

manufacturers participate in conducting

clinical trials with new technology.

If the trial is race or region specific,

they can participate together in global

staging of trials and market launches

(also validating the technology).

Software as a differentiator in medical

devices: Software is becoming

one of the key differentiators for

medical device manufacturers as

software is more adaptable and easily

customisable. The ease and speed

at which software applications can

be changed for different use cases,

prototyped, and readied is far superior

when compared to hardware.

In addition, one of the larger

challenges faced by manufacturers these

days are the distributed team structures.

In the new, global workplace, teams

involved in the manufacturing process,

work from various parts of the world.

It is important for manufacturing

organizations to have a seamless

solution to ensure that every team that

is a part of the process has access to

most updated data from various teams.

This makes PLM adoption very critical

in manufacturing.

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In the design and development of safe, effective medical devices, reducing risks and ensuring reliability are a manufacturer’s primary responsibilities. Not only are these dimensions of product quality mandated by agencies and organisations such as the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centre for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), and recommended as best practices by the Global Harmonisation Task Force (GHTF) and International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO), product quality and efficacy are the moral and ethical imperative of all medical device manufacturers.

Due to the significant

impact that a new medical

device technology can

have on human lives, every

aspect of its development

– from design and prototyping through

manufacture, distribution, disposal and

decommissioning – must adhere to strict

quality standards that are documented

and traceable to functional and safety

requirements. These standards may

apply not only to manufacturers, but

also to vendors, suppliers, contractors,

Original Equipment Manufacturers

(OEMs), third parties, and others in

product development and distribution.

According to various regulations,

each of these complex dimensions of

medical device safety and reliability

must be systematically analysed in

an accurate, documented fashion.

When risks are discovered, they

must be evaluated for their severity

and probability of occurrence, and

eliminated or mitigated as appropriate.

Then, medical devices must be

monitored throughout their useful lives

to ensure that no new or unexpected

risks arise; and, if they do, additional

risk analysis and control measures must

be implemented. Methods for risk

analysis and risk control often vary by

company, device type and application,

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but all methods must address the

standards and manufacturers must

fully document compliance measures.

Finally, because the ramifications of not

strictly adhering to these regulations

can include serious legal and ethical

liabilities, medical device manufacturers

must have the tools in place to

accurately and efficiently manage the

risks associated with their products.

Dimensions of medical device riskAssessing and reducing the risks

associated with medical devices also

helps to reduce the total impact of

wide-ranging product recalls, including

financial costs as well as reduced

customer satisfaction and a damaged

company reputation. Most importantly,

companies are morally and ethically

obligated to know the impact that a

product will have on human safety and

wellbeing before the product is released

to the public. Several commonly used

analysis techniques address the risk

management requirements of medical

device systems. These methods are

used to identify, analyse, control and

monitor medical device safety and risks

across the product lifecycle.

Methods to evaluate and mitigate sources of riskWhen tracing the possible risks inherent

in medical device software or systems,

Failure Modes and Effects Analysis

(FMEA) and Fault Tree Analysis

(FTA) are often used.

� FMEA: An FMEA is a bottom-up

analysis method used to identify

each potential failure mode for all

of the parts in a system and traces

these effects up through the system’s

hierarchy to identify negative effects

at the subassembly, assembly, and

system levels

� FTA: An FTA is a top-down

analysis method, wherein the

undesirable end event is identified

first and all contributing factors

or events are identified next to

determine which component or

process failures are most critical

When part failures contribute to system risksTo evaluate and mitigate part failures

that contribute to risks, reliability

prediction analysis and advanced system

modeling techniques are often used:

� Reliability prediction: During a

reliability prediction analysis, the

likely failure rate of a system may

be predicted in the design phase.

Reliability prediction establishes

system performance metrics using

information about the parts that

comprise the system. This part

information is gleaned from

extensive libraries of electronic and

non-electronic components and how

they react to various environmental

stresses. Reliability prediction can

also provide insight into alternative,

more reliable system designs through

trade-off studies that analyse the

effects of alternate part designs on

overall system reliability.

� Advanced system modeling: When

more complex systems are analysed

for reliability, advanced system


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modeling techniques, including

Reliability Block Diagrams (RBDs)

and optimisation and simulation

analyses are used to model and

predict system behaviour. Complex

system designs supporting parallel

redundancy or part dependency can

demonstrate improved reliability,

helping to mitigate risks due to

system failures.

Using an FMEA processAn FMEA is a systematic method for

identif ying all of the potential failures

throughout a system and developing

controls to minimise or prevent their

occurrence or effects. An FMEA is

a bottom-up approach that identifies

each failure mode, beginning with

the lowest-level components in the

system, and examines the effects of

their failures on higher levels of the

system. In this way, an FMEA can

trace the end effects of part failures

through to system-level failure and

the risks or hazards it can cause. An

FMEA can also include an analysis of

the criticality of each failure mode; an

analysis method often referred to as an

Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality

Analysis (FMECA) whereby potential

failure modes are classified according

to their severity y or risk.

FMEA is an extremely flexible

analysis tool, as it may apply to the

product itself or to the process of using

the medical device. Its flexibility makes

this method ideal for meeting the

standards imposed by medical device

regulations.

Using fault tree analysisUsing a top-down approach, FTA

begins at the system level by identifying

the failure or undesired event, and then

systematically identifies the lower-level

factors or events that contribute to the

top-level event.

An FTA offers the distinct

advantage of an event-oriented

methodology for evaluating the

likelihood of occurrence of a system

or component failure. As an extremely

flexible analysis methodology, fault

tree allows for the incorporation of

a number of different contributing

events, including a combination of

software or hardware failures, human

errors and environmental influences all

within a single fault tree.

By using a logic tree to graphically

represent the contributing events, Fault

Tree Analysis can employ quantitative

or qualitative analysis to determine the

criticality of each contributing factor,

identify the minimum combination of

contributing factors that can lead to the

failure, and assist in the development

of control measures that would prevent

or mitigate the circumstances leading

to the top-level failure or event.

Additional quantitative techniques

available in FTA use failure and repair

data about lower level components

to calculate the likelihood of the

top-level event. FTA also incorporates

importance measures, which help the

analyst determine which contributing

factor to improve by identifying the

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Despite India’s relatively low per capita expenditure on healthcare, India’s market for medical devices is in the world’s top twenty - in 2007 India’s medical equipment market was estimated at about $ 1.56 billion. The market is expected to grow about 8 percent annually and approach $ 2.3 billion by 2012. Although India has a growing domestic medical device manufacturing sector the country still imports more than half of its healthcare equipment, in particular high technology products. There is immense opportunity for Indian Machine Tool Builders (MTBs) to build potential and cater to this booming sector.

After-sales service: India has both government

and private healthcare providers, however most

growth in recent years has occurred in the private

sector (which currently contributes about 80 per

cent to growth in the healthcare delivery market).

Medical equipment distribution in India is through

regional distributors who have networks of sub-

distributors, and the use of a local, well-qualified

distributor helps in establishing good relationships

influencing buying decisions. Smaller medical

electronics manufacturer may find it difficult

to compete with the larger, branded medical

electronics manufacturers unless the product has

niche applications. Regardless of the electronics

equipment being imported, a rigorous after-sales

servicing is the key to gain more market share.

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Contract manufacturing: Contract manufacturing

is a process that establishes a working agreement

between two companies. As part of the agreement,

one company custom produces parts on behalf of

their client. In most cases, the manufacturer also

handles the ordering and shipment processes for

the client. As a result, the client does not have to

maintain manufacturing facilities, purchase raw

materials, or hire labour in order to produce the

finished goods. The basic model used by contract

manufacturers translates into different industries.

Since the process is essentially outsourcing

production to a partner who privately brands

the end product, there are a number of different

business ventures that can make use of a contract

manufacturing arrangement.tricks&2tips

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Foreign collaboration: Countries like US

and Germany are in the forefront of medical

machining. Indian companies can gain much

by knowledge-sharing with companies from

these countries. The field of medical machining

requires high-precision manufacturing, and

high level of risk assessment. This requires

technology upgradation and advancement on

a regular basis. Tie-ups and collaboration with

foreign partners will help local manufacturers

to take advantage of the experience and

technology of sector leaders.tricks&3tips

Investing in people: For any business to grow, a

solid workforce is the backbone of such success.

With increasing gap in demand and supply of

skilled labour, hiring efficient people and retaining

existing quality employees is a big challenge for

any management. A company needs to invest in its

people by providing ample growth opportunities,

training and motivational programmes etc.

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Medical tourism: This is a growing sector in

India and is expected to experience an annual

growth rate of 30 per cent, making it a ` 9,500

crore industry by 2015. Estimates of the value of

Indian medical tourism is estimated to be around

$ 2 billion a year by 2012. An estimated 150,000

of Westerners travel to India for low-priced

healthcare procedures every year.

India is fast emerging as a strong

contender in medical tourism. With the

demand in procedures such as laser, cosmetic

surgery, alternative medicine, bone-marrow

transplant, cardiac bypass, eye surgery

and hip replacement etc increasing,

manufacturers have a whole range of avenue

to cater to.tricks&5tips

R&D: The world of medical machining is a rapidly

changing one. Procedures are updated and new

technologies replace old ones. Only companies

who have access to state-of-the-art R&D facilities

and capable of catering to this sudden change in

demand can survive in the high-end field of medical

machining. The Indian government has put in

significant effort in the last six decades to develop the

scientific and technical infrastructure of the country.

It has allocated a significant amount of budget

for Scientific and Technological (S&T) activity

under a R&D fund. Companies need to avail such

government initiatives and facilities to develop their

capabilities and products.tricks&6tips

Technology adoption: Technological

innovation has long been central to

improvements in healthcare. Whether in

the form of new products, procedures and

treatments, the optimal adoption of innovative

medical technologies, integrated within system

and service solutions, offers companies great

opportunities to deliver improved healthcare.

However, there are certain challenges in

adopting these technologies such as financial

matters, time constraints, project leaders

and champions; staff training and education,

employee resistance, external relationships and

infrastructure. The rationale for improving

rates of technology adoption has a number

of strands. Replacing outdated practices with

more effective innovations will help companies

deliver ‘world class’ products.

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Visionary leadership: Leadership is an important

function of management which helps to maximise

efficiency and to achieve organisational goals.

A dynamic and visionary leader can steer the

company on the path of success. A good eye

for opportunities, seizing them, problem-solving

capabilities and inspirational individual are some of

the qualities of an ideal CEO or MD.

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The global medical devices market continues to grow, driven by the aging worldwide population and technological innovations in diagnostic and therapeutic medical devices. Estimates place the current global market at $ 336 billion in annual revenues.

The field of medical

machining is witnessing

an unprecedented growth,

which is here to stay.

Hectic lifestyles, modern

way of living and longer life expectancy

are some of the factors that have given

birth to complicated health problems,

which in turn require sophisticated

machines and operating procedures to

cure them.

Manufacturing opportunities The following verticals will provide

immense opportunities for the Indian

manufacturers in terms of growth and

business expansion.

Orthopaedic implants: The orthopaedics

market is experiencing record growth

with estimated Compounded Annual

Growth Rate (CAGR) projected at

12 per cent through 2011 by Frost &

Sullivan.

Ophthalmic devices: The eye-care

industry has experienced growth from

both treatments for age-related vision

disorders such as presbyopia, cataracts,

macular degeneration, and glaucoma;

and cosmetic surgeries such as laser

vision correction and implantation of

refractive intraocular lenses. Carl Zeiss

Meditec reported that the ophthalmic

systems and devices segment of this

market was at $ 2.2 billion in 2006 and

was growing at approximately 10 per

cent year-on-year.

Diagnostic devicesDiagnostic instruments are the key

tools for ophthalmologists and eye-care

professionals. Many diagnostic devices

in this category are considered to be

capital equipment due to their selling

price and long useful life.

Healthcare products: With growing

awareness about health, the home

healthcare market will command a major

share in the coming years. According

to a new strategic report published by

Insight and Intelligence, a Mary Ann

Liebert Company, the home health and

remote patient monitoring market is

currently close to a $ 5.6 billion and will

continue to grow at close to 70 per cent

for at least the next three to five years.

Electronic Medical Device Connectivity

(EMDC): A relatively new information

systems technology, this niche field

supports remote data collection

and analysis as well as workflow

improvements through Electronic

Health and Electronic Medical Records

(EMR) systems.

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The Indian manufacturing industry has recorded remarkable performance in recent years. Understanding the demand from high-end sectors such as aerospace, energy, infrastructure and transportation, the material sector has now realised its potential and is capable of producing high quality materials to stringent international specifications for these applications.

Today, the material industry

is on an upswing world

over. Indian metal producer

and steel making units, both

in private and public sectors,

remain upbeat about their improved

volume of turnover, capacity utilisation,

sales and profit margins. A number

of Memorandum of Understandings

(MOUs) have been signed by major

steel producers, both domestic and

international, with the mineral rich

states signifying possibilities of marked

increase in both greenfield and

brownfield production capacities.

India’s economic growth is dependent

upon the growth of the steel industry.

Consumption of steel is considered to be

an indicator of economic development.

While steel continues to have a

stronghold in traditional sectors such

as construction, housing and ground

transportation, composites and other new

raw materials are increasingly used in

engineering industries such as aerospace,

power generation, petrochemicals and

fertilisers.

Importance of composites The high cost of raw materials, non

availability of many essential metals,

import restrictions and the lack of

mechanised production methods have

affected the production of composites

in large volumes. As a result, Indian

composite industry could not compete

with steel, aluminium or timber. But

now the situation has changed and

all manufacturing sector have realised

the importance of composites, which

eventually has forced government to

give relief in import.

A composite combines two metals

with individual characteristics to

create something with new and unique

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properties. With a rapid growth in

the manufacturing sector and heavy

investments in infrastructure, the

Indian composite industry is expected

to grow at a rate of around 25 per cent

in the next 4-5 years. The key drivers

of this growth will be automobile,

infrastructure, wind energy and oil &

gas industries in India.

The Indian composite industry

has a strong manufacturing base with

automated processes combined with

robust design and development skills.

Global companies have entered in the

Indian market and have established a

strong base not only for local demand

but for export as well. Several companies

are investing in newer technologies to

improve productivity and quality to

meet increasing demands of this growth

market. The engineering industry is

beginning to experience a higher degree

of composite adoption, one of the most

important enabling technologies is high

speed, proven manufacturing processes

to turn raw materials into finished parts

more efficiently and cost effectively.

This includes all aspects of the value

chain from raw materials to finished,

inspected and installed structures.

The composite industry is at a

pivotal point in time. The industry is

at the cross roads between an emerging

industry benefiting only a few players and

a high impact industry benefiting many

applications. The challenges associated

with this historical shift of composites

usage on more applications than in the

past can be met by expanding the ability

to produce and support development

of higher volume applications and

advancing the performance, quality and

supply stability simultaneously.

Composite machining Machining composite materials gives

completely new set of hurdles when

compared to conventional machining

of metals. In fact, working with one

specific composite can often differ

significantly from working with another.

All this factors have pressurised machine

tool manufacturers to produce parts

that gives high removal rate, increases

accuracy and efficiency and provide

longer tool life. When a new composite

comes to the production floor, a shop

pursuing process optimisation must be

willing to seek out the tools that offer

the best approach to machining.

The composites was identified as

a potential material for its application

in the Indian Railways in early 80s

for many passenger coach components

such as window sill & frame, trays for

battery boxes, roof ceiling and flooring.

Composites behave much differently

than metals when they are machined.

The ingredients in any composite

can present contradictory machining

demands, while any attempt to cut

them poses the real and costly danger of

damaging the part. Machine shops need

to have the right equipment and skills in

place to machine these parts effectively,

and many shops are rapidly developing

these capabilities.

Machine tool builders are constantly

developing new tool geometrics and

technologies, various tool geometries are

available to address the varied nature of

composite materials. Hole quality,

tool life, and tool cost all significantly

impact overall productivity in composite

machining.

Demand driversAs Indian economy accelerates rapidly,

the country is witnessing significant

growth, with the manufacturing

sector clocking exceptional progress.

Many global players have set up

manufacturing facilities in the country.

Industries such as automotive,

energy, engineering and infrastructure

are ahead in the race. The reflection

of this can also be seen in

metal sector.

There is a huge potential for use

of composite in Indian automobile

industry especially for catering to

the transportation needs of growing

middle class population. India has

made tremendous progress in wind

power sector wherein composite

consumption has exceeded China &

Japan. There would be a good market

for hoods, cabs, frames, and cargo

containers that could be used as part

of these locally built vehicles.

The Indian material industry

has made marginal additions to its

capacities in last decade. Looking

forward the new green field

projects and the massive expansions

announced by leading producers may

increase the country’s production

capacity significantly. Removal of

infrastructure bottlenecks in railway

and road transportation, speedy

upgradation of infrastructure and

supply of uninterrupted power with

consistent frequency will help the

industry grow at a rapid space.

Overall consumption of composites

S No Sector 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

1 Wind energy 15.79 20.27 25.96 33.20 42.46

2 Industrial 26 29.10 32.59 36.51 40.92

3 Railways 8 9.60 11.52 13.82 16.59

4 Automobile 20.69 22.67 24.9 26.3 28.1

5 Oil& Gas 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9

6 Building & Construction 35.00 39.50 44.65 48.92 55.40

7 Marine 1 1.4 1.8 2.30 3

Total 107.98 124.14 143.12 162.85 188.37

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Elaborate on the latest technology design trends and market developments impacting the composite segment. What are the growth drivers in the sector?Environmental concerns are increasingly

becoming an important issue, not

only in composites but in the overall

industrial material supply chain. Resins

and additives — both key components in

composites engineering — are dependent

on non-renewable resources and energy to

produce. Over the last decade, major resin

and additive manufacturers have strived

to develop a more environmental-friendly

range of products that are completely

renewable. In the fibre industry,

composites engineers and researchers

are constantly working at improving the

mechanical properties of the material.

In terms of market momentum, the

composites market is developing rapidly

and sustained growth in the global

composites sector will continue to be

fuelled by industrial developments in

Asia. And while the scale of growth in

the Asia Pacific region is significant, new

technological developments in Europe and

North America, from advanced machines

to new material resins, will remain a

key driving force for innovation in the

composites field, as Asian companies

are seeking new composite solutions that

provide the same level of performance as

traditional materials.

Indian composites sector is growing rapidly. How can

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machine tool companies contribute further to support this growth?In India, market penetration for

composites used to be very low, more

than ten times less that the global average

due to several reasons, one of these being

import measures. But growth in the

Indian composites market has picked

up quite significantly over the past few

years. Annual composites growth rates

are estimated to be between 18-20 per

cent over the past three years, and this

impressive growth is expected to continue.

In 2011, the volume of the composites

output is expected to reach around 3

per cent of the worldwide composites

volume, which is also equivalent to about

6 per cent of Asian volume. The rapid

pace of industrial developments in

India is driving up demand for the

use of process automation to improve

manufacturing processes, especially for

high value-added applications. Indian

tooling firms have an integral role to

play in helping manufacturers to achieve

cost optimisation, enhanced productivity

and improved product quality by

introducing the latest automated solutions

into the market.

What are the physical properties of composites that have been well received by the aerospace industry?Weight reduction and improving fuel

efficiency remain the most significant

issues for global aviation Original

Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), the

ability to develop new fibre reinforced

materials that help manufacturers address

these concerns would be crucial for

future composites penetration in next-

generation aircraft. Aerospace companies

are, therefore, increasingly pressured to

utilise more technically advanced

manufacturing techniques. From

a material perspective, carbon

fibre-reinforced composites

are strong and yet light

weight, making it the choice material for

companies such as Boeing and Airbus

as well as Asian manufacturers, such

as COMAC to adopt advanced,

environmental-friendly technologies in

large volume production.

What is the future of composites?Driven by strong economic growth and

urbanisation across the emerging markets

in the Asia Pacific region, the demand for

advanced composites materials is expected

to continue growing at a rapid rate over

the next five years. In 2010, global

composites production expanded by nearly

5 per cent to reach 8 million metric tonne

with the Asia-Pacific region accounting

for 38 per cent of the total production

volume, driven mainly by unprecedented

market growth in China and India. We

see that the market demand for composite

materials in the electrical and electronics,

automotive, aviation and wind energy

industry segments have been growing

steadily in Asia. According to the

annual survey of the composites market

conducted by JEC, Asian production is

projected to make up 43 per cent of the

global composites manufacturing output

by 2015.

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The push for larger, lighter and more fuel efficient aircraft creates real opportunities for aviation supply-chain manufacturers to do a better job machining titanium, including the new titanium-5553 grades. These trends are causing a logjam in airplane parts manufacturing. This can translate into a viable business opportunity in an ever-evolving economy.

In the new 210-330 passenger

Dreamliner, the ratio of titanium

to steel and aluminium is three

times higher than in earlier

generation aircraft. High tensile

steel in the landing gear has been

replaced by titanium. Where once you

saw aluminium airframes, you now find

composites and titanium. Bogey beams

and sliders made from high tensile

steel 300 M have given way to Ti 5553

or Ti 10-2-3. And that is not all.

Wherever composites or plastics were

used, adjoining members in titanium

family are being used predominantly,

because of their closer match in thermal

expansion characteristics and better

bond strength.

These trends are already causing a

logjam in airplane parts manufacturing.

Even under the best conditions, the

more familiar titanium alloys take ten

times longer to machine than aluminium

and perhaps four times longer than high

tensile steel. Usually, it requires more

horsepower per unit of metal removed

and a machine with higher torque. The

new titanium-5553 (5Al, 5V 5Mo, 3Cr)

grades, 20-35 per cent is stronger than

mainstay Ti 6Al, 4V, but even more

difficult to machine by a factor of 4 to

1. As the use of Ti 5553 grows, which

it inevitably will, so will the machining

logjam in aircraft production.

This can become a viable business

opportunity which can translate into

revenue in future. Titanium is well

known as the ‘go-to’ metal due to its

high strength to weight ratio. This

means weight savings, which translates

directly to higher fuel efficiency at a

time of rising concern over fuel costs

and supplies and lower greenhouse gas

emissions amid worldwide concerns

over about global warming. Small

wonder that use of titanium is growing

faster than any other metal, with no

real end in sight. Market demand

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for titanium machining capacity is definitely on

the rise. Moreover, the market and political drivers favouring

titanium in aircraft are here to stay. Therefore, if a company

masters titanium machining and market it well, the future of the

company will be made secure.

Mastering titanium machining Now, how to master titanium machining? First, understand its

machining characteristics, both good and bad and then select

tooling and machining practices specifically tailored to it.

Titanium is more difficult to machine than aluminium or

stainless. The reasons for its lower machining rate are many.

Its high strength means more power is required to produce the

chip. With a relatively low modulus of elasticity, titanium tends

to deflect away from the cutting edge more than aluminium or

steel, and thus needs a sharper cutting edge to hold tolerance.

The metal also tends to crater upon tool entry and exit unless

the cutting edge remains sharp. Its low co-efficient of thermal

conductivity means more heat build-up in the cutting zone,

which leads to smearing, welding and built-up edge, all of

which undermine the tool and workpiece.

ISCAR has developed a line of milling, turning and hole

making tools specifically optimised for titanium work. It’s no

exaggeration to say that these tools can improve your material

removal rates in all popular titanium alloys by more than

40 per cent on average.

Anatomy of a good titanium tool The common attributes of these advanced tools include very sharp

edges with honed flanks to delay built-up edge, helical cutting

edges to ‘ease’ the insert into the workpiece; as well as heat-

resistant coatings, internal coolant directed right at the cutting

zone. A choice of substrates enables you to optimise either wear

resistance on tight machines and optimal cutting conditions

(IC 380), or toughness to withstand impact loads and chatter in

less-rigid cutting systems, long overhangs and interrupted cuts

(IC 328 or 330). In both cases, the emphasis is on predictably

long life, so the tool runs securely over machining cycles measured

in days rather than minutes. One aerospace fabricator reports

double the edge life on both Titanium and other super alloys

by switching to the IC380 grade, with no other changes made

to the process.

Two of the typical characteristics of cutting edge wear that

occur while milling titanium are chipping and cracks on the

cutting edge, which reduces the insert life.

In order to prevent the cutting edge from chipping,

ISCAR’s R&D division developed a very tough reinforced

carbide substrate.

When it comes to rough and tough milling applications in

titanium, the tougher carbide substrate exhibits longer tool life.

In some applications, when compared to any other available

carbide grade, the tool life is made even three times longer.

This is very important for the production of parts demanded

by the aerospace industry.


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Contributing to that extra reliability

is the SUMO TEC coating treatment,

introduced by ISCAR in 2007,

which improves tool performance

by smoothing out the coating and

reducing friction in the cutting zone.

Most ISCAR milling, turning and hole

making inserts for titanium work now

feature that treatment. Early users in

the airframe fabrication business report

25-40 per cent better tool performance

in titanium, due to that coating

treatment alone.

Composite materials in aerospaceComposite materials have gained

popularity (despite their generally high

cost) in high-performance products that

have a need to be lightweight, yet strong

enough to battle harsh conditions. Many

new types of aircraft have composite

material structures which include the

wing and fuselage parts.

Composite materials provide

distinctive advantages in the

manufacture of advanced products

because of attractive features such

as high strength and their being

lightweight. They are easily damaged

unless machining is performed

properly. By their nature, composite

materials are non-homogeneous,

anisotropic, and reinforced with

abrasive components. Because of their

structure and component properties of

high abrasiveness, composite materials

are much more difficult to machine than

metal alloys and fall under the category

of difficult-to-machine-materials.

The composite material workpiece

can easily suffer intolerable damage

during cutting and the tool wear rate

can turn out to be unacceptably high.

ISCAR’s ongoing research conveys

widespread knowledge to its customers

for machining composite materials

and on the mechanisms governing

the chip formation and tool

wear development.

Cutting composites may incur

more damage to the workpiece (like

de-lamination of bottom layers when

drilling) if not done carefully or

correctly. ISCAR’s new highly advanced

milling and boring tools provide

complete solutions for machining

composite materials. ISCAR’s

PCD (polycrystalline diamond)

tools have become the popular

choice, as they wear less, in particular

when cutting advanced composite

materials and thus providing

unprecedented productivity solutions.

Moshe Goldberg is

Manager Marketing

–Training and

Engineering support

at ISCAR Ltd, Tefen,

Israel. He is an active

member of various

international committees

working on metal cutting fi eld.

He is a highly acclaimed authority

in innovative metal machining

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Practical Tips

NEW RAW MATERIALS

It is projected that India will become the largest steel producer by 2013. Sensing the demand from aerospace, automobile and energy sectors, the country’s material industry is anxious to churn out services cost-effectively. This demand has given immense opportunities to machine tool builders too. Now, the time is ripe for the industry to reap benefits from the rapid growth registered by the material sector. Here are some tips that will expedite the growth of this industry.

Focus on R&D: When it comes to machining

titanium, magnesium and other composites,

high precision machining methods such as

laser cutting, plasma cutting, waterjet, etc, that

does not affect the material shape and property,

becomes the necessity. This factor has made it

imperative for machine tool builders to continue

investments in R&D and fulfill the needs of

customers. Any company which will update

its technology will see the growth in terms of

market share and revenue. Results of R&D

investment will help companies to respond to

customers demands more efficiently and witness

more breakthroughs in the industry.

Nishant Kashyap

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Customer interaction: Increasing emphasis

on business awareness has become the key

business strategy to interact with customers.

Effective customer communication boosts

customer loyalty, ensures brand and

regulatory compliance and help companies

to know what customers are demanding.

With customer interaction, a company

can develop the know-how about the current

scenario of the industry and customers demands,

which will eventually help them to develop

innovative products accordingly.tricks&2tips

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Environment-friendly solutions: Ever since

going green and save environment have become

new mantra, the customers are demanding

machines which are more environments

friendly and reduce waste. Currently, materials

and alloy industries are looking out for

machines which are less hazardous and reduce

wastes in applications like cutting, bending,

punching and casting. Adopting eco-friendly

products not only increase the life of machines

but also benefits in terms of overall revenue.tricks&3tips

Global collaboration: The main aim of

collaboration with foreign companies is

development of high-end technology. Efficiency

and productivity of Indian industries can be

increased with use of improved technology

through foreign technology collaborations.

These collaborations induce the required amount

of technological development and promotion

of technologically-advanced industries.

The technology tie-ups with foreign companies

will not only help Indian manufacturers in

advancement of technology but also will

open the door to the global market. To

improve the efficiency and productivity, foreign

technology collaborations will be the need of the

hour for Indian industries.tricks&4tips

Skill development: The rate of technological

advance has accelerated at an unprecedented

pace. Accordingly, the development of skills

through training should be the strategic response

to technological change, globalisation and other

forces affecting labour markets. This growing

sector is witnessing numerous developments,

which is forcing companies to effectively work

on employees training and development to keep

them updated with changes happening around

the world. Introduction of new technologies has

reduced the demand for unskilled labour and

raised the value of advanced skills and

competencies in the industrialised economies

that shows skill development should be viewed as

a lifetime endeavour.

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Excellent service: In recent time, after sales

services has become critical business strategy

to retain customers. Most of the companies are

focusing more and more on providing excellent

service to grab a bigger share of customers and

retain the existing ones. The market situations

are competitive as every brand and company

wants to make profits. An efficient after sales

service not only ensures increased sales returns

but also enhances customer maintenance. Putting

some extra attention into customer support is

critical toweards devloping business. A set of

happy customers makes it easier for the company

to grow. Many companies are now concentrating

on implementing the right strategy and hiring

the right customer service team.

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Technology advancements: There is need for

better technique and sophisticated machines

when it comes to machining composites like

titanium, magnesium and other alloys. Now

aerospace, automobile and energy sectors are

demanding new raw materials which are light

in weight and hard. This new difficult-to-

machine materials demand for high precision

machines, especially for applications like cutting,

drilling and milling. Machine tool builders need

to provide high precision machining

technologies, taking the latest technology

into account, to cater to the demands of the

materials sector. tricks&7tips

Enhance brand visibility: Branding is the most

important aspect of any business; beyond product,

distribution, pricing, or location. A company’s

brand is its definition in the world, which eventually

helps it in making a presence in the industry. For

metalworking, which is a business to business

industry, a different branding strategy is needed.

the strategy must give the company opportunities

to directly focus on potential customers and increase

brand visibility. To remain competitive in the next

decade, the industry must focus on branding

strategy to grab the customers’ attention. tricks&8tips



NEW RAW MATERIALS

With various kinds of manufacturing activities being practised in the country, consumption of the material sector has increased. Impressive performance of the manufacturing sector, which has grown significantly in recent years, has largely contributed to this performance.

The Indian material industry,

which is dominated by

steel producers, seems to be

concentrating on new raw

materials and ferro alloy

production. Alloys are one of the vital

inputs required for producing special

types of steel and used as additive

inputs, especially, in the production

of special steels. But despite the

increase in steel production, the alloy

industry has not got the support it

requires from the government to

make their prices competitive in the

international market.

Machine tool industry’s response In recent times, titanium and

magnesium are becoming more

popular with sectors like aerospace,

marine and medical industries.

However, due to their reputation

of damaging tools and high prices

of machine involved, manufacturers

shy away from machining these

materials. Today, the key challenge

in machining these materials is

high metal removal rate and

accuracy alongwith a reasonable

tool life.

Machine tool industry has also

responded well to the booming

demand with superior technologies

like cutting, milling, boring, drilling

tools and bending & punching

machines, especially for the sheet metal

working industry.

Going forwardThe scope for new raw materials

industry is huge and industry estimates

indicate that it will continue to grow

at a healthy rate in the coming years

with increasing demands for new raw

materials, alloys and stainless steel in

the aerospace, automobile, energy and

construction of new airports and metro

rail projects.

The government is planning massive

upgradation of the steel production

capacity along with modernisation

of the existing steel plants in India.

Demand for light weight vehicles

and aircraft has ensured that the

requirement for new raw materials

and alloys are on a steady rise and will

continue to do so in the future.

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Machines across all verticals of the industry are undergoing a transition to become smaller, sleeker and smarter. The transmission systems which drive the machines are also undergoing a facelift to achieve this result. New technologies in the mechanical transmission systems are making way for the new age machines to be more productive and efficient.

Automatic is the word that

is driving the industry

today. And to automate

technology, the pulse of

the machine needs to beat

faster. Mechanical transmissions over the

years have been rapidly changing to make

the entire process more efficient and

expedite production. Gears are becoming

more compact with high precision

designing to be sustainable, cost-effective

and deliver better production potential.

With newer technology coming

in, most shop floors are replacing the

older forms of mechanical transmission

systems with the newer efficient and

more sophisticated gear and gear drives

to proliferate production capacity.

“Gears and mechanical transmission

systems would always be an ever-

growing market as they form the core

and the prime mover of any mechanical

device. The growth of this technology is

directly proportional to the growth in

manufacturing of automobile or general

engineering. And these are sectors

which would never dry up,” points out

R Seshagiri, CEO & President, Gear

and Gear Drives (India) Pvt Ltd.

Changing timesIt goes without saying that the major

motivator for this industry is the

rampantly changing automotive industry.

With new automobile models rolling

into the market, the functionality of

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gears and gear drives is also undergoing

colossal change.

From manual transmission to

automatic transmission, even though

the primary job remains the same, the

transmission system uses gears to make

more effective use of the engine’s torque

and to keep the engine operating at a

much higher speed.

With the increased speed, there are

chances of gears to burn out. However,

new age transmission system eliminates

this setback. Transmission systems

today have the capability to run at hot

conditions at high speed and also are

durable enough to sustain wear out.

Also, automation on the Indian shop

floor is changing the way the industry

functions. “There are different types of

gears for transmission that is entering

the market. And over the years they

have got more and more sophisticated.

The progression of mechanical

transmission systems has brought in

change where the machine itself plays

a more important role than man.

Automation on shop floors has brought

about change in the role of mechanical

transmission systems. Today, business

depends on volume and automation is

the answer to it. More robotic arms in

the process add on to the way power

transmission functions,” avers Sulaiman

Jamal, Managing Director, Bevel Gears

(India) Pvt Ltd and Board Member

of American Gear Manufacturers

Association (AGMA).

With this, the conventional gears

are being replaced by servo technology

and controllers. The result is simply

faster, accurate added with lesser cost

and more precision.

“Mechanical transmission has

always been a part of the system. But it

is in the last 25 years that this area has

seen the major part of the transition.

Manufacturing of high accuracy

machines with high cutting speed and

a complete shift in design has improved

the accuracy of the gears. Today, they

are compact in size with the capability

to run in hot conditions at high speed

with high durability. The progress has

been phenomenal,” says Seshagiri.

Avenues of opportunityGears cannot be eliminated from

mechanical device. However, the

role of mechanical transmission is

becoming more prominent with the

rise in automation in other sectors.

For the Indian industry, agricultural

mechanisation today forms the most

promising segments for the industry.

Being an agriculture-centric country, the

industry is now optimistically looking

towards high end mechanised farming

to replace the conventional pattern.

In the last decade, that the country

has seen a slow but gradual shift in the

farming sector where farmers are making

the transition towards mechanising their

fields. Different types of machines,

right from land preparation, sowing

to harvesting are making way into the

market making farm activities faster

and better. Although mechanisation

in farm lands has not yet reached its

peak, farmers today are more open to

adopting and investing in agricultural

machinery. And with this, the

mechanical transmission system sees a

better prospect in this segment as well.

“Farming is the biggest area where

mechanical transmission systems

can play a big role. The day farming

becomes mechanised to the level of

foreign countries, Indian would be a rich

country. The trend is already picking up.

Many farmers from the north are now

showing interest in mechanising their

field operations. This has to be initiated

by tractor manufacturers by bringing in

latest cost effective mechanised farm

attachments and equipment,” points

out Jamal.

Along with this, the general

engineering sector is also seeing

a big leap, with the demand for

most industries like petroleum,

food production, construction, etc

experiencing a big boost. The challenge

here is to make the production

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process faster and sustainable. Better

transmission system provides all these

perks were the machine never stops.

The segment is now looking

towards the emerging avenues with the

defence, aerospace, atomic and nuclear

and wind energy being the upcoming

market. With these in the row, the

transmission systems is expected to see

a huge transition in way the system

functions and take it to a different level

all together.

Improvements to incorporate The industry today needs the best in the

market. And to provide the best, one

need to start right from the first stage ie

procuring clean raw material. However,

the unavailability of pure raw material is

increasing the dependence on imports.

Most companies are entrusting a lot of

effort on assuring that the materials are

clean and without any inclusions. The

purity and quality of the raw materials

used has become a matter of concern to

the manufacturers so as to have better

precision gears ensuring better and

faster performance and leading to lesser

quality issues in the process.

With newer materials entering the

industry, the quality of the material

being used has an important role to play.

The trend in the industry is towards the

use of exotic materials. Conventional

materials are being amalgamated with

the exotic and composite materials to

make it more durable, wear resistant and

increase the strength of the material.

In the entire process, heat treatment

is one of the most crucial parts of the

entire process. However, quality heat

treatment is still a growing area in the

industry. “Heat treatment process is

necessary for giving material strength

and is a critical process. But in India,

we have only a handful of metallurgists

who have the adequate knowledge in

this field to provide heat treatment

that meets global standards. However,

we should be in the global league of

quality in the next five years. We need

to build similar confidence among

the customers that we have in Swiss

watches and German cars. It needs

tremendous commitment on the part of

the manufacturers,” says Jamal.

Handling hurdles The country has a huge market for

low cost gears and gear drive products

We need to build similar confidence among the customers that we have in Swiss watches and German cars. It needs tremendous commitment on the part of the manufacturers.

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which compromises with the quality.

Most manufacturers in the gear industry

face similar predicament to brining

in awareness among the industry

manufacturers on the quality of the gear

and gear drives which would directly

affect the production process. There is

still a huge market which needs cheaper

products sans quality.

The industry is also facing the

problem of the low quality gear cutting

machines which is ruling the sector.

There is a dire need for better machines

to manufacture high precision gears for

the growing market.

Growth pathThere is a huge transition that is taking

place in this sector. The process of the

mechanical transition system is turning

up to be more sophisticate in terms of

design capability and performance so as

to match the transition that most of the

other sectors are undergoing.

“The scope for growth is tremendous

as India has fantastic designers. The

industry is driving towards automation

and there is a lot of things that man

can do in engineering. This is all the

game of reducing cost and deskilling so

that machines can take over. These are

the two main objectives of technology

today,” says Jamal.

With the rapid changes in the market,

the industry is not far from achieving

the level of automation required and

with it mechanical transition system will

only see a transition that would match

global parameters.

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….opines Harry Ehrenberg, President, VARGUS Ltd. The company has been at the forefront of the tooling industry for more than 50 years and is a world-leading manufacturer of high-quality cutting and deburring tools for the metals and plastics industry. In conversation with Swapnil Pillai, Ehrenberg talks about the fast evolving consumer preference and the buoyant Indian market.

How lucrative is the Indian market with the Asian economy witnessing significant double-digit growth?The Indian market is indeed witnessing

dramatic growth. At the same time,

Indian customers have become

increasingly demanding and price

conscious, therefore to remain lucrative

in these circumstances it requires long-

term commitment and focus on the

unique needs of the Indian market.

Brief us on the upcoming trends in the cutting and deburring tools. We find that both in cutting tools and

in deburring tools, the customer is

looking more for service and solutions

than for product. Therefore our focus

is on adding more technical support

and service than ever before – we need

customer ready 24/7. In addition to our

technical staff, we also have developed

our signature software, TT GEN and

TM GEN which are state-of- the art

The customer should not have to look for us; we should be ready with customer-centric solutions

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tool selectors and CNC programme

generators. These programmes have

been received enthusiastically by our

customers and are downloadable from

our company website.

What are the major end-user segments that are driving the demand for cutting operations in India?The major segments that are driving

demand for threading tools in India,

which are our main focus, are the oil

and gas industry, valves and fittings,

automotive, defence and general

engineering.

What is the competitive advantage offered by Vargus to its customers?Our competitive advantage is offering

a premium product of high quality

and reliability that is guaranteed to

increase productivity and efficiency

every time.

VARDEX provides thousands

of thread turning and thread milling

tooling solutions, available from stock

or tailor-made special tools. In addition,

VARDEX tools provide solutions

for the machining of small-diameter

parts, with a large range of cutting

tools for boring, grooving and milling

applications.

The SHAVIV line of hand-

deburring tools offer professional

solutions for the finishing of metal

and plastic components with a full

range of ergonomic handles and

blades of different shapes and sizes.

SHAVIV products are the choice of

leading companies in the die & mold,

automotive, aviation, plastics, electronics

assembly, piping and other industries.

VARGUS Ltd is a customer-focused

organisation, committed to providing

premium products of the highest

quality, excellent value, top service and

technical support. These key values

have helped VARGUS Ltd remain

the market leader in threading and

deburring solutions and will continue

to guide our approach to business in

the future.

What are the industry verticals that you cater to? Brief us about your product offers for the same.The following are some of the unique

products which VARGUS offers to the

various industry verticals:

Oil & Gas: Multi-tooth high

performance thread turning inserts

Valves: MiTM multi-flute for fast

thread milling applications to replace

the traditional tapping technology

Fittings: High performance thread

turning inserts for extended tool life

and better productivity

Automotive: HTC thriller thread

milling tools (combination of drilling,

threading and chamfering in one

tool), new TMSD gear milling

solutions and also the V6 6-cornered

inserts economical solutions for mass

production

Defence: Solid carbide thread milling

cutters for hard materials and special

profile thread turning inserts for unique

threading requirements.

General engineering:VARGUS

provides a very large offering of Thread

Turning, Thread Milling and Grooving

tools for all types of general engineering

applications, as well as hand deburring

tools for high quality surface finishes.

Elaborate on the R&D facility at the company.For over 50 years, since our

establishment in 1960, R&D has

been at the heart of VARGUS. We

are continuously investing in our tech

center that develops our proto-types as

well as recruiting young engineers that

will strengthen the present and build

the future of VARGUS. For us, at

VARGUS, R&D is not only ‘research

& development’ it is also ‘re-think &

dream’. We challenge ourselves with

re-thinking our product and looking for

‘the next big thing’.

Tell us about the latest breakthrough technologies developed in your organisation.VARGUS is in a state of continuously

looking to offer new and improved

solutions in areas of threading and

hand deburring. I am happy to

announce that we have decided to

breakthrough to other important

areas of the cutting tools market.

At EMO Hannover September

2011, we plan to launch

our new Groovex line which represents

a major breakthrough in the area

of grooving.

In addition, the TMSD range of

indexable carbide insert tooling offers

manufacturers of gears, splines and

racks a range of unrivalled advantages

compared with conventional hobbing

and other gear production routines.

TMSD can slash machining and

set-up times by at least 50 per cent

while also generating superior quality

finished machined components.

This is due to the higher cutting

speeds than possible with HSS tooling

and the elimination of subsequent

finish grinding or shaving routines.

TMSD is suited to the machining

of both straight and helical teeth

gears, and gear modules from

1 mm to 6 mm. All materials can

be accommodated, from very soft to

hardened steels of 60 HRC.

Each insert profile in the TMSD

portfolio is supplied with the

appropriate module shape and with

one, two or three cutting corners

– special forms can be supplied

– and a full profile can be achieved in

accordance with Class 7 DIN 3962.

Finally, because the tooling focuses

on carbide inserts located in ‘standard’

tool bodies for end, shell and disk

milling on three-axis CNC milling

machines (the cutting edge is subject

to relatively low loads), TMSD is

an affordable solution for companies

of every size across a wide range of

industrial segments. VARGUS is

branching out and will no longer be

considered a single niche player.

Brief us on the green initiatives at the company.For many years now, VARGUS has

taken extensive measures to expand

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its use of recyclable materials and to minimise its energy

consumption whether in the production processes,

corporate offices or company vehicles. We regularly

monitor our ecological impact in an effort to minimise

our carbon footprint. We believe that this is an important

part of being a good corporate citizen.

What are the training & development activities for your engineers to meet the high quality standards?We typically recruit engineers with outstanding

credentials, both in academics and practical experience.

Attending professional seminars, tradeshows and visiting

customers is how we assure that our engineers remain ‘on

top of the game’.

What is the quality approach adopted by the company to enhance efficiency?The name VARGUS is synonymous with quality. As

an industry leader we do not compromise on issues of

quality. This is something that has been handed down

from generation to generation and which every VARGUS

employee is well aware and proud of. We are all partners

in quality.

What are the challenges that the industry is facing, and how should companies try to address these?We need to be more pro-active and try to preempt the

customers’ needs. We must figure out where the customer

needs is going and meet him there. This is the big

challenge: the customer should not have to look for us,

we should be ready with customer-centric solutions.

Elaborate on your future plans to tap new opportunities in India. I am happy to announce the establishment of

our newest subsidiary, VARGUS India Plc. We

have been active in the Indian market for over

15 years with a close network of very

professional and reliable channel partners.

We have now decided to upgrade our

presence and deployment in India by establishing

our own subsidiary which will offer greater

support and service to both end-users and

channel partners.

VARGUS has taken extensive measures to expand its use of recyclable materials and to minimise its energy consumption whether in the production processes, corporate offices or company vehicles

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What all does it take to offer one of the best value propositions in the machine tool industry globally? The answer to this lies in seeing in action the manufacturing facility of a world leader. Haas Automation Inc’s Oxnard facility in California, USA is a class apart in many aspects, be its scale of operation, seamless process flow from design to dispatch or future-readiness. Here’s a walk through this world-class facility.

The story of America’s

leading machine tool builder

goes back to 1983, when

its founder Gene Haas

developed the industry’s first

programmable rotary indexer to position

parts for machining in his own shop.

From the very first product that Haas

Automation Inc rolled out to well beyond

1,00,000th CNC machines as of now,

the company’s philosophy – Build the

best products possible for the broadest

market and offer them at competitive

prices – has paid rich dividends over the

years and across geographies. Today, its

1-million sq ft design and manufacturing

facility at Oxnard is a testimony

to Haas’ continuing commitment to

help its customers succeed in their

respective domains.

Ground zero: Oxnard The 86-acre facility at Oxnard (about

90 minute drive from Los Angeles

International Airport) has state-of-the-

art CNC machine tool manufacturing

capability with an installed capacity of

about 1,500 machines per month. This

is not only one of the single largest

and highly sophisticated manufacturing

facilities for CNC machine tools across

the globe, but also boasts of outstanding

economy-of-scale and highly developed

systems. At the centre of these operations

lies an advanced SAP platform,

which enables seamless manufacturing

and distribution of Haas products (that

include high quality, high technology

CNC machining centres, turning centres

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and rotary products) at affordable prices.

In addition to the Oxnard facility,

Haas Automation has marketing and

service support offices based in Belgium

(Europe), Shanghai (China) and Navi

Mumbai (India). All its products are

distributed and supported through one-

of-its-kind Haas Factory Outlet (HFO)

network, which executes the sales, services

and supply of spares to end-customers

via smooth integration with the Oxnard

facility by using the SAP system.

Seamless process flowWith a product range of around a

dozen main machine groups comprising

toolroom mills and toolroom lathes (and

their diminutive ‘office’ versions), turning

centres, and the vertical machining

centres & horizontal machining centres,

Haas Automation manufactures and

assembles over 160 variants that form the

total product portfolio.

At the centre of this plethora of

models is the SAP system, which acts

as the backbone of all Haas operations

linking vendors and HFOs, right from

taking orders to making the final delivery.

Once an order is placed for a particular

model from anywhere in the world,

through the HFO, the same is transmitted

to the factory where it is converted into a

SolidWorks model with each and every

parameter accurately mapped. Once the

virtual model, an exact replica of the real

thing is ready, it is time for assembly.

Based on the virtual model, it is now time

for ‘kitting’ – different kits are prepared

for each assembly process, with every

single part accounted for, down to the

last bolt and cable tie. “What we ensure

by kitting is that experts in the inventory

are putting parts together, and experts in

assembly are building machines,” says

Robert Murray, General Manager, and a

Haas veteran. The kitting process ensures

that the assembly is perfect, with no

scope for that assembler’s nightmare – a

missing bolt or a loose cable. The tool

crib is automated with vending machines

as the interface.

Best practices in action Haas Automation has been at the

forefront of machine tool manufacturing

technology, creating innovating products

such as the EC-400PP horizontal

machining centre with 6-station pallet

pool system and its unique robot ready

interface that makes interfacing part

loading robots on a Haas machine,

simple and cost-effective.

Some of the salient features in

manufacturing excellence of the Oxnard

facility include:

� There are 25 robotic cells with high

speed robots that move at up to

2 metre per second are used on the

shop floors to manufacture major

parts of machines.

� Robotic welders are used for welding

coolant tank bases, GR bases and

SMTC mounts.

� All parts, including bed, column,

slides etc are machined in a single set

up to speed up production and ensure

high accuracy.

� Advanced tools and programming

techniques are used for 5-side

machining at almost half the cycle

time compared to normal machining.

� Spindle assembly is done in two clean

rooms. Spindles are balanced and run-

in on temperature controlled stands.

� Electrical assembly is done in a

20-step process with each taking

9 minute. Completed electrical

assembly is fully tested, independently

on the test stand, before being

assembled on the machine.

� Machine specific kits are assembled

in the kitting area and delivered to

� Auto power-off setting turns the machine off after a specified number of idle minutes

� Power-off at M30 sets the control to start a 30-second timer that turns off all

power unless interrupted

� Sleep mode puts the machine into a low-power mode for a programmed length

of time

� Screen saver setting and LCD backlight off setting blanks the LCD after a

specified number of idle minutes

� Conveyor off setting automatically turns off the chip conveyor after a specified

number of idle minutes

� Servos and hydraulics off setting automatically turns off the servos and hydraulic

pump after a specified number of idle minutes

� Reduced tramp oil coolant contamination with the new minimal lubrication system

Haas’ energy conscious innovations

State-of-the-art inventory management Multi-purpose robotic cells A view of the production line

Facility Visit


the production area just in time. SAP helps in doing the exact

kitting and delivering it at the right time. Kitting helps the

operator from losing time looking for parts or forgetting to

assemble some part.

Quality measures Haas machine tools and rotary products are built as

per exact specifications to deliver superior accuracy,

repeatability and durability. Before leaving Oxnard

facility, the typical Haas CNC machine is subjected to

more than 300 quality-assurance tests, including up to

168 (24x7) hour of actual running time while in assembly. In

fact, whenever a machine is not physically being worked on, it

is running pre-programmed tasks to check operational tolerances

and performance parameters.

Quality assurance follows each individual part from initial

fabrication through subsequent installations. Static and operational

testing continue as each component sub-assembly is added to

the main assembly, thus providing a paper trail of certification

through the entire assembly, testing and shipping process.

Haas Automation uses a state-of-the-art ball bar system from

Renishaw to check not only linear accuracy, but also machine

geometry. This ensures the three-dimensional squareness and

accuracy of every machine.

World-class innovation Haas Automation invests a significant part of its turnover, nearly

15 per cent, on research and development (R&D). About 120

engineers, out of a total of 850 Haas employees at the Oxnard

facility, are engaged in R&D. “Design, safety and simplicity are

at the heart of all our R&D initiatives,” says William Tandrow,

Director, Mechanical Engineering, Haas Automation Inc. This year,

the focus of all R&D efforts for Haas (it receives just about

one service call on an average during the warranty period) is

on ‘Reliability’.

What we ensure by kitting is that experts in the inventory are putting parts together, and experts in assembly are building machines.

Robert Murray General Manager

Design, safety and simplicity are at the heart of all our R&D initiatives.

William TandrowDirector, Mechanical Engineering

Facility Visit


The transition from an idea to production with the

prototype in between is a matter of time and consideration

of internal and external factors. “The time taken from

conceptualising a machine to its production depends on

the complexity of the product but we generally get from an

idea to a prototype cutting metal in about a year. Obviously

moving to a production version of a prototype takes

longer,” says John Roth, Director, Customer Service, Haas

Automation Inc. He further adds, “During this process, ideas

come from all sides, customer & dealer inputs, trends we see

in the market, and our own experience in making parts. We

use several design tools ranging from SolidWorks to Cosmos

FEA to SAP”.

Service support Haas Automation through the Oxnard facility and its local

HFOs supports about 1,15,000 machines starting from the

first machine supplied in 1988. With the goal to ensure

better service, spares worth $ 3 million are stocked at the

central warehouse in Oxnard and spares worth $ 16 million

are stocked in consignment across the world.

The Haas global footprint spreads over 100 countries

– the entire American continent, and all of Europe and

Asia, also Australia and New Zealand. With the exception

of large parts of Africa and some areas in the Middle East,

Haas Automation has customers all across the world. It is

now moving into Kenya and Morocco, with an eye on the

future. Today the average waiting period for a Haas machine

varies between 8-10 weeks, a number that the company is

not very happy about. “We have our production schedules

decided in advance for each quarter, and for the next, we

are scaling up,” says Murray. The company has the capacity

to scale up monthly production to 1,500 machines, which it

achieved once in early 2008.

Summing upHaving taken an elaborate tour of Haas Automation’s

sprawling Oxnard facility, one cannot help but wonder

about the few key decision makers here who are taking

the machine ‘ideas’ and putting them into a larger global

context. Although at present the manufacturing capabilities

of this facility are adequate enough considering the existing

volumes, it has the wherewithal to cater to the next level of

growth by further expansion, if needed.

We generally get from an idea to a prototype cutting metal in about a year. Obviously moving to a production version of a prototype takes longer.

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Faced with a difficult thread-machining operation in extremely hard material, this pump manufacturer turned to its cutting tool supplier for help. A new combination of PCBN insert grade and geometry improved part quality, reduced cycle time and eliminated the need for annealing, pre-machining and heat treating.

Two videos are available

under ‘editor’s picks’ in

the upper right corner of

this page. One depicts the

machining of the internal

thread, and the other depicts the

interpolated drilling routine with the

Jabro end mill.

The term ‘supplier’ can seem

inadequate to describe the role of

equipment manufacturers that have no

qualms with leveraging their own resources

to help customers improve efficiency

and competitiveness. Such companies’

relationships with customers might be

described more aptly as partnerships.

Collaboration to meet challengesA case in point is the collaboration

between pump manufacturer A R

Wilfley & Sons and cutting tool supplier

Seco Tools to address a bottleneck

that represented uncharted territory

for both. The challenge: efficiently

machining Acme

2 internal threads

in material with a

hardness rating of

70 Rc. Extensive

testing at Seco’s

Troy, Michigan

tech centre led to

the development

of a new PCBN

grade and geometry

that enabled A R

Wilfley to reliably

cut the threads when

the material was in

its hardened state,

eliminating the need for pre-machining

and heat treating. Thread quality also

improved. This success further led A

R Wilfley to explore tooling options

on an unrelated application, resulting in

the elimination of secondary operations

there as well.

Based in Denver, Colorado,

A R Wilfley & Sons specialises in the

manufacture of centrifugal pumps with

advanced seal technology for abrasive

and corrosive applications. Abrasion

resistance is essential to achieving

sufficient operating life and reliability

for these pumps, so the company

commonly works with materials that

range in hardness from 60 to 65 Rc.

The typical process is to pre-machine

these cast materials in a ‘soft’ state with

solid carbide tooling. Then, components

are sent out for heat-treatment - a

process that can take about two weeks

- before returning to the shop floor for

final machining with ceramic inserts.

Although not entirely efficient, this

method had been employed effectively

for many years. Recently, however,

one tough job caused the company to

PCBN grades facilitate complete process revamp

Wilfley employs Seco’s PCBN350 grade inserts for finish turning this white iron component

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reevaluate. To meet the required tight tolerances and to reduce costs, the

company sought to machine this particular series of pumps in the hardened

state, as opposed to casting, annealing, pre-machining and heat-treating

followed by final machining to bring the part to spec.

However, the design of these pumps depended on the use of chilled white

iron that was even harder than the varieties of that material typically machined

at A R Wilfley. A particular barrier was the machining of an internal ACME

2 thread in the 70-Rc material. Tools wore out quickly, and the thread’s depth,

pitch and stringent surface finish requirements added to the difficulty. “When

we found that this area would be a bottleneck in our product development

and production, we were determined to find a quicker and more cost-effective

operation,” says Link Wilfley, Owner and General Manager.

Wilfley’s machine shop supervisor Jeff Haugen contacted local Seco sales

representative John Mattos to inquire whether the supplier had experience in this

area. Mattos, in turn, contacted Chad Miller, Seco’s product manager of advanced

materials. After conducting a productivity-cost analysis, Seco suggested that

PCBN tooling would be the best bet for improving the quality and effectiveness of

the thread milling operation. Compared to the ceramic and hard carbide tooling

A R Wilfley had first considered, a PCBN grade would enable faster, longer

machining and reduce part costs. According to Seco, those benefits result

primarily from the insert material’s hardness, which improves tool life and

enables machining at more aggressive parameters.

Improving qualityAfter conducting a productivity-cost analysis, Seco suggested that PCBN

tooling would be the best bet for improving the quality and effectiveness

of the thread milling operation. Compared to the ceramic and hard carbide

tooling A R Wilfley had first considered, a PCBN grade would enable faster,

longer machining and reduce part costs. That’s primarily a factor of the insert

material’s hardness, which improves tool life and enables machining at more

aggressive parameters.

However, with support from Seco’s global product development team,

Miller discovered that although the cutting tool supplier had machined Acme

threads in white iron, it had never produced an Acme 2 thread this coarse

using PCBN. So he arranged for a world-wide conference call with Seco

experts, including Troy-based threading and turning Product Managers Don

Halas and Don Graham, to discuss how such an application might work.

After considering the various ideas and theories, the Seco team in Troy set

out to discover the right combination of PCBN grade and geometry as well as

the optimum cutting conditions for creating the thread.

The team created a number of inserts for testing at its Troy technical

centre on an Integrex turn-mill from Mazak (Florence, Kentucky). With

no published cutting data to suggest which feeds, speeds and cutting depths

would be successful, Seco had to rely on its own knowledge base. Failure

analysis study of the inserts and surface analysis of the part helped determine

which parameters worked best. In the end, after a half dozen trials and re-

machining the boring bar toolholder with a deeper pocket to improve stability,

the cutting tool manufacturer felt it had developed a successful process.

Seco started with PCBN350, a tough grade developed specifically for

white cast iron applications, to turn the component’s OD. For the more

demanding threading operation, it employed PCBN200 at 330 sfpm and an

0.003 inch cutting depth. According to the company, the advantage of this

latter grade lies in its binding material. Whereas most PCBN grades use

ceramic as the glue that holds the grit together, PCBN200 features a tougher

A R Wilfley employed Seco’s Jabro end mill to generate tapered holes via helical interpolation at an 0.5-degree ramp angle in this white iron part. That operation is followed by internal threading with Seco’s 1/4x18nPTF-16R5 thread mill

The shop’s previous cutters wore out quickly during initial attempts to machine this Acme 2 thread in 70-Rc chilled white iron. The thread’s pitch, depth and surface finish exacerbated the bottleneck. The solution, a new grade of PCBN developed by Seco Tools, not only lasts longer in the cut, but also runs at more aggressive parameters and produces a higher-quality thread

A R Wilfley & Sons manufactures centrifugal pumps with advanced seal technology for abrasive and corrosive applications. The company’s product line includes canned motor pumps, chemical pumps, chemical slurry pumps and others for a variety of industries



metal binder that is less susceptible

to chipping.

Good news became even better

after tests performed by A RWilfley’s

metallurgist George Calboreanu, Ph D

showed that the threads were higher

quality than those produced by the old

method. “Not only was this a better

part, but we reduced our lead time by

about two weeks, and we have a more

reliable process,” says Wilfley.

Seco’s Graham adds that many

people tend to get “sticker shock” when

they see PCBN insert prices. “However,

with PCBN we can run the machine

faster and more predictably. From this

perspective, it was actually cheaper than

ceramic,” he explains.

Measuring efficiencyThe success of this operation led

A R Wilfley to wonder whether it could

achieve similar efficiency gains on other

products. The company decided to let

Seco experiment with one of its most

complex parts to see if the supplier could

develop a process for thread milling

holes as small as 0.25 inch in hard iron.

If successful, that process would result

in significant cost savings.

Several trials at the cutting tool

manufacturer’s technical center led to

a two-stage process involving a Jabro

solid carbide end mill and a solid

carbide thread mill—both standard,

off-the-shelf tools. In the first stage,

the Jabro end mill generated a tapered

hole via helical interpolation at a 0.5-

degree ramp angle, 100 sfpm and 24

ipm. In the second stage, the company

employed a 1/4x18NPTF-16R5 thread

mill, compensating 0.002-inch per side

to properly gage the internal threads.

The Jabro produced more than 30

holes per tool, while the thread mill

lasted through 24 holes. The cutting tool

manufacturer notes that an important

component in this process was the use of

heat-shrink technology, which provides

higher rigidity and concentricity than a

standard connection. At A R Wilfley,

the resulting improvements in tool life,

surface finish and dimensional control

has more than justified the additional

cost. In fact, since that initial test, the

company has used this technique on

materials as hard as 70 Rc.

Through close collaboration with

its cutting tool supplier, A R Wilfley

has simplified its manufacturing

operations. Rather than the previous

five-step process (casting, annealing,

pre-machining, heat treating and final

machining), many of the company’s

most critical parts can now be produced

in two (casting and final machining).

This has also eliminated some inspection

steps, handling and paperwork.

However, for this quality-minded

company, the fact that finished parts are

now higher-quality and more reliable is

even more important than cost and cycle

time savings. “Seco has gone the extra

mile and found a true breakthrough,”

says Wilfley. “Thanks to their

efforts, we will continue to push the

level of the quality and dependability of

our product offerings.”

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Celebrating a decade of excellence

Gujarat has achieved impressive economic growth rates over the last ten years with the quantum of investment increasing manifold. With manufacturing industry booming in the state, there is a need for a forum to provide opportunities for gaining trade benefits and developing a long-term business relationship. Providing an ideal interactive platform is Engineering Expo Ahmedabad, which will be completing its 10th year in the state. To be held from October 14-17, 2011, it will enlighten the manufacturing community about a variety of products, which will help enhance the industry’s efficiency and will surely act as a nodal point to generate fruitful business leads.

The recent announcement

of PSA Peugeot Citroën,

France’s largest carmaker

and Europe’s second-

largest, to invest ` 4,000

crore to build a factory at Sanand near

Ahmedabad is yet another example of

how Gujarat – which already houses

Tata Motors, Ford and General

Motors – is slowly emerging as an

automobile hub. As Jayesh Ponda,

Managing Director, Vijay Enterprises

Pvt Ltd, observes, “We always felt that

Maharashtra and North India are doing

well, but now with the coming of Tata

and other major auto manufacturers, we

are positive. The growth rate is good.

Our customers are mainly from the

engineering and automobile industry.”

Such big bang investments have

attracted many companies to venture

into Gujarat. “We are looking towards

the ever flourishing machine tool and

engineering industry in Gujarat. The

state’s machine tools industry, which

is technology-oriented, has played an

important role in the development

of this sector in the country,” says

Aniruddha Ketkar, Partner, Precimac

Solutions, which offers machine

automation solution and represents

Siemens for new V60 Servos and

Alfred Jaeger GmbH for high

performance spindles.

Commemorating success The state’s economy and overall

development has gathered momentum

over the past few years. Snehal Mehta,

Director - Marketing, Energy Mission

Machineries (India) Pvt Ltd, observes,

“In last ten years, Gujarat has grown

as a favourable place for industry.

Even before that Gujarat was known

for engineering industry skills, but

recent developments have provided

more growth opportunity for small-

and medium-scale manufacturers.

I personally believe that the same

growth will definitely make the state

a hub to serve the world market with

better products.”

Rakesh Rao and Avani Jain

AhmedabadOct 14-17, 2011Gujarat University Exhibition Hall

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Jagdish Panchal, Managing Director,

Jekson Machinery Pvt Ltd, adds, “In the

last few years, there has been a strong

growth in the industrial sector with

number of projects being launched in

solar and automobile segments. These

days, companies want more productivity

and highly productive machinery;

so the manufacturer needs to focus more

on R&D.”

Helping companies tap these

emerging opportunities over the last

decade, Engineering Expo Ahmedabad

is providing a platform to foster

business and trade. “Participating in

the Engineering Expo has been a good

experience. We have been getting good

responses and that is why we continue

to participate. It has helped us grow,

renew our old contacts and get new

customers,” opines Ponda, a regular

participant at the Expo.

Seconding his view, Panchal says,

“We have participated in previous

Engineering Expos. We got a good

response as well as high rate of

genuine visitors who helped us convert

enquiries into orders. Even this year,

there will be an increase in number

of genuine visitors, thus providing us

the opportunity to grow our business

further. We are going to launch a high

precision CNC plasma cutting machine

at the exhibition.”

As Engineering Expo achieves

another milestone of continued success in

its 10th year in Ahmedabad, an ebullient

Sandeep Khosla, CEO - Publishing,

Infomedia 18 (the organisers), puts

this in perspective, “Engineering Expo

taking birth in Ahmedabad in 2002 has

come a long way today by becoming

one of India’s largest multi-location

(other places include Pune, Chennai,

Indore, Rudrapur and Aurangabad)

SME meeting points. Over the years,

it has successfully delivered its goal of

a preferred destination for SMEs and

manufacturing & engineering companies

to connect, transact, and leverage

ideas to foster growth of individual

organisations as well as that of the

industry at large. As we look forward

with further value-additions for even

better experience and reach to the target

audience, we welcome large, medium

& small industries in manufacturing &

servicing sector to be a part of the Expo

in this exciting journey.”

Fostering business tiesThe Expo has been serving as a

platform for companies to exhibit their

products and services; interact with

potential buyers; get new business leads

and forge new partnerships. Ketkar

avers, “There is always a requirement

of regional level exhibitions to reach the

local market. Engineering Expo satisfies

this. Apart from being one of the major

cities of Gujarat, Ahmedabad has good

connection with Vadodara and Rajkot

– the engineering hubs of Gujarat.

We feel it will give good access to

surrounding market destinations.”

Known for its strong technology-

based industries, the state has large

number of SMEs offering a wide range

of products & services. Mehta observes,

“Ahmedabad is one of the fastest

growing mega cities in the country,

which has a strategic location benefit

also. This city has good infrastructure,

connectivity by air and road, availability

of manpower resources and space to

grow more. This is a right location for

small- and medium-scale manufacturing

industry’s growth, as many allied

industries are also located in the city.”

Over the years, Engineering Expo

has been providing opportunities for

SMEs, which are critical for the growth

of emerging markets like India, to

display their products as well as witness

some of the latest technologies that

could help develop their business. The

2011 edition will offer similar growth

avenues.

Arun Vijay, Marketing Director,

Autotech CNC, opines, “We offer

state-of-the-art technologies with

advanced features to supplement needs

of industries such as automobile,

heavy engineering, iron & steel, power

generation, etc. We are focussing on

SMEs, which are increasingly looking

at modernising their production

facility to meet the growing demand

from automobile industry. Our aim

is to bring in high-quality, affordable

technology to Indian industries in the

metal-cutting field.”

The mega show The Expo will provide good exposure

to companies that want to reach out to

the original equipment manufacturers

(OEMs). Vijay opines, “We are

participating for the second time in

Engineering Expo Ahmedabad. Our

aim is to generate awareness about

our products & services among the

visitors, which will help the company

expand its business in the region. We

will be showcasing Autotech CNC’s

latest offerings and our main focus

will be on Pinnacle vertical machining

centre (VMC) and Vision Wide double

column VMC at the Expo.”

Dinesh Malvi, Director, Yashwant

Industries, adds, “Since Gujarat is the

manufacturing hub of India, exhibitions

like Engineering Expo hold high

importance here. Previously, we got

good response from the customers, who

took our catalogue and approached us

later for placing their orders. We expect

the same this time also and are looking

for more orders than before. This has

helped us to grow in the past.”

In addition, it will provide exhibitors

an opportunity to target their products

at the right customers. “We are capital

260+Participants

15,000+Expected visitors

15,000+Products & services on display

Spread over more than

1,00,000 sq ftExpected business worth more

than ` 45 crore

Vital stats of Engineering Expo Ahmedabad

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equipment manufacturers and our

purpose of attending any show is

mainly brand-building of product and

generating immediate business leads.

We have succeeded in our purpose in

both aspects. Ahmedabad is a base

location for us. We expect more buyers

to visit the show, whom we can take

for a plant visit and demonstrate our

enhanced manufacturing facility. This

will generate more confidence and

respect for our products,” says Mehta.

Being a part of one of the leading

media houses in the country also

provides an added advantage for the

Expo. “Exhibitions like this give

us a platform to not only showcase

our products but also establish good

network with the customers as well as

other business houses. Moreover, it will

help us to reach the niche and right

customers. What makes Engineering

Expo strong is the Network 18

brand, which ensures right number of

footprints and best onsite facilities,”

opines Major (Retd.) Amitava Mittra,

Chief Operating Officer, BGI Engitech

Pvt Ltd, which provides customised

protection against intrusion attempts

by installing its anti-ramming bollards,

crash resistant barriers and gates.

A platform for innovationsLarge, medium and small industries

from the manufacturing and services

sector will be showcasing their latest

products & technologies. Falgun

Pandya, Managing Director, Saimona

Airmech, avers, “For the industrial

growth, the industrial exhibitions are

vital. We are looking for maximum

visitors from the industrial sector in

Gujarat. We are manufacturers of air

compressors and PET bottling high

pressure compressors for the industrial

use. We will be displaying wide range

of compressors at the Expo.”

Besides, visitors will get an

opportunity to witness the performance

of novel technologies live. “We have

already launched some new products

last year. Now at this Expo, our focus

is to make buyers more aware about

new products, such as plate bending

machines, section bending machines

and busbar units. We will have live

demonstrations of these machines

with upgraded automation solutions,”

informs Mehta.

The Expo will also showcase some

of the latest innovations from across

the globe. Ketkar informs, “We are

introducing Alfred Jaeger make high

performance spindles into Indian

market. We are expecting immediate

attention towards these products from

the technology-oriented manufacturing

industry of Gujarat.”

Local companies can expect to forge

new business tie-ups during the course

of the event. As Ponda elaborates,

“Ahmedabad is our base, so expectations

are always high from this Expo. We

expect to meet all the new industry

players, who are establishing their

plants near Ahmedabad as it will ensure

direct one-to-one contact with the new

customers. We are going to introduce

low bake powder paint in Ahmedabad.

Our product will be ready by then.”

Ponda’s company Vijay Enterprises

manufactures powder paint, which is

widely used in engineering/automobile

and allied industries.

Similarly, new entrants can use

this opportunity to introduce their

latest offerings. As Mittra points out,

“Being a new company, we want to use

this Expo to tell our customers, both

government and corporate, that we

have arrived in Gujarat and now they

do not have to move out to other states

for fulfilling their demands for security.

We are launching three products at this

Expo, which include complete range of

industrial security solution; industrial &

residential gate automation and parking

management solution, which can serve

the burgeoning shopping malls of

Ahmedabad.”

See you at Ahmedabad Over the years, Engineering Expo

Ahmedabad has been playing an

important role in the industrial growth

of the state by bringing together

suppliers and buyers on an interactive

platform. Being an all-inclusive

engineering show, allied sectors can

use this opportunity to reach out to

a number of industries. “Engineering

Expo provides the platform to meet

buyers and industry professionals.

This is a good opportunity to build a

brand name for capital equipment as

well as to generate immediate business

leads and their conversion to orders.

We are happy with the organisers

of Engineering Expo for continuous

improvement in show management in

terms of better exhibits, more publicity

to focussed industrial segment, reach

to identified buyers and overall

performance of the show. We would

like to continue our participation in

coming years also,” says an elated

Mehta, one of the many regular

participants at the Expo.

As demonstrated during the last nine

editions, Engineering Expo Ahmedabad

has all the prerequisites – participants

and visitors who mean business,

excellent infrastructure, organiser with

a repute, vast media coverage, etc

– to make it a thumping success even

this year.

Engineering Expo Ahmedabad is an excellent example of starting humble

and achieving an enviable feat over the years. Year-on-year, it has gained the

confidence and trust of the Indian manufacturing industry. The 2010 edition

witnessed overwhelming response from the industry with over 250 exhibitors

(43 per cent more than 2009) and about 13,290 visitors (up by 18 per cent from

2009). It generated a business of around ` 38 crore (an increase of 25 per cent

compared to 2009). In 2011, over 260 exhibitors and more than 15,000 business

visitors are expected to take part. With opportune times ahead, this edition of

Engineering Expo is likely to further boost vendor confidence of this region.

Brimming with prospects


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ELECRAMA - 2012Held biennially since 1990, the event has

become the world’s largest confluence of power transmission and distribution community; January 19 – 22, 2012; at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai

For details contact:501, Kakad Chambers132, Dr Annie Besant RoadWorli, Mumbai Tel: +22 2498 4226, Fax: +22 2497 5140Email: [email protected] Web: www.elecrama.com

IMTEX Forming 2012 & Tooltech 2012International exhibition focussing on the exhaustive range of forming technologies in engineering applications. The concurrent event – Tooltech 2012 is dedicated to cutting tools, tooling systems, machine tool accessories, metrology and CAD/CAM; January 19-24, 2012; Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC), Bengaluru

For details contact:Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers’ AssociationBangalore International Exhibition Centre, 10th Mile, Tumkur Road Madavara Post, Bengaluru Tel: +91 80 6624 6600, Fax: +91 80 6624 6661Email: [email protected]: www.imtex.in

Modern Machine ShopThe event offers an ultimate platform to demonstrate potential and futuristic technologies in the product segment to a large cross-section of business visitors, from the entire engineering industry; April 5-8, 2012; Auto Cluster Exhibition Centre, Pune

For details contact:Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers’ AssociationBangalore International Exhibition Centre,10th Mile, Tumkur Road, Madavara Post,Bengaluru Tel: +91 80 6624 6600Fax: +91 80 6624 6661Email: [email protected]: www.imtma.in

India’s premier industrial trade fair on products and technologies related to Machine Tools, Hydraulics & Pneumactics, Process Machinery & Equipment, Automation Instrumentation, Packaging

& Auxiliaries, IT Products, Electrical & Electronics, Material Handling and Safety Equipment.

For details

Infomedia 18 Ltd, Ruby House, 1st Floor, J K Sawant Marg, Dadar (W), Mumbai 400 028.

Mob: 09819552270 Fax: 022 3003 4499 • Email: [email protected]• Web: www.engg-expo.com

PUNEMaharastra

Nov 18-21, 2011Auto Cluster Exhibition

Centre, Pimpri-Chinchwad

INDOREMadhya Pradesh

Jan 6-9, 2012Poddar Plaza, Nr Gandhi Hall

CHENNAITamil Nadu

Dec 8-11, 2011Chennai Trade Centre,

Nandambakkam

AHMEDABADGujarat

Oct 14-17, 2011Gujarat University

Exhibition Hall

RUDRAPURUttarakhand

Sept 23-26, 2011Gandhi Park

AURANGABADMaharashtra

Feb 17-20, 2012Garware Stadium

Chikkalthana


Events - International


The Advanced Manufacturing & Technology Show (AMTS)An excellent platform to showcase technologies, trends, products and solutions in the metalworking industry. The event offers opportunity to network with industry, buyers, professionals, influencers and potential partners; October 19-20, 2011; at Dayton Airport Expo Center, USA

For details contact:Dayton Tooling and Manufacturing Association240 West Fifth Street,Room 13-125,Dayton, Ohio, USATel: +1 937 512 3862Email: [email protected]: www.dtma.org

Machine Tools Vietnam 201120th Vietnam International Industrial fair will showcase a variety of machine tools; October 19-23, 2011; at Vietnam Exhibition and Fair Centre, Vietnam

For details contact:Vietnam Exhibition Fair Centre (VEFAC)148 Giangvo Road, HanoiVietnamTel: +844 3834 5655Fax: +844 3831 1228Email: [email protected] Web: www.vietnamindustrialfair.com

BLECH Polska 2011This expo will see numerous exhibitors from different countries presenting an array of latest technologies and innovations related to metal-forming and bending solutions and sheet metal manufacturing process; October 25-27, 2011; Kielce Trade Fairs Conference Centre, Kielce, Poland

For details contact:Mack Brooks Exhibitions LtdRomeland HouseRomeland HillSt Albans, HertsAL3 4ETUnited Kingdom

Tel: +44 01727 814400Fax: +44 01727 814401Email: [email protected] Web: www.blechevents.com

MWCS 2011The leading metalworking show in East China will showcase latest CNC machines, precision machine tool and industrial automation; November 1 - 5, Shanghai New International Expo Centre, China

For details contact:Hannover Milano Fairs Shanghai LtdRm 301, B&Q Pudong Office Tower393 Yinxiao Rd, PudongShanghai 201204, PRCTel: +86 21 50456700 222/284Fax: +86 21 68862355 Email: [email protected] Web: www.metalworkingchina.com

FABTECHNorth America’s largest metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing event anticipates 30,000 visitors and over 1,200 exhibiting companies covering more than 410,000 net sq ft of floor space; November 14-17, 2011; at McCormick Place, Chicago, US

For details contact:Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International833 Featherstone roadsRockford, IL 61107Tel: 815-399-8775Fax: 815-484-7701Email: [email protected]: www.fabtechexpo.com

EuroMold 2011The 18th EuroMold, World Fair for mold making and tooling, design and application development will showcase 1500 exhibitors from 45 countries and approximately 60,000 trade visitors; November 29 – December 02, 2011; at Frankfurt Exhibition Centre, Germany

For details contact:DEMAT GmbHCarl-von-Noorden-Platz 5,

60596 Frankfurt am Main, GermanyTel. +49 6927 4003, Fax +49 6927 4040 Email: [email protected]: www.demat.com

Machine Tool Indonesia 2011The 25th international machine tool show will showcase latest technology in metalworking and allied industries; November 30 - 3 December; at Jakarta International Expo, Indonesia

For details contact:PT Pamerindo Buana AbadiDeutsche Bank Building13th FloorJakarta 10310IndonesiaTel: +62 021 316 2001Fax: +62 021 316 1981E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.machinetoolindonesia.com

MTA VIETNAM 2012 The 10th exhibition will serve as a platform to network with pioneers from machine tools, precision engineering and metalworking technology sector; July 3 – 6 July, 2012; at Saigon exhibition & Convention Centre, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

For details contactSingapore Exhibition Services Pte Ltd1 Jalan Kilang Timor09-02 Pacific Tech CentreSingapore 159303Tel: +65 6233 6638, Fax: +65 6233 6633Email: [email protected] Web: www.mtavietnam.com

The information published in this section is as per the details furnished by the respective organisers.

In any case, it does not represent the views of

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Expanding the scope of regional investment

HIMTEX 2011

New avenues are opening up and the Indian machine tool industry is making a foray into different sectors. Creating newer machine tool hubs and experimenting with unexplored avenues for growth, the machine tool industry, today, is at its best. Considering this, Hyderabad is all set to be the next best choice for the manufacturing fraternity for which Hitex International Machine Tool Expo (HIMTEX) is providing the boost that the city requires.

Giving leverage to the regional

machine tool industry,

HIMTEX organised the

third edition of its Machine

Tool Expo in Hyderabad

in September.

The three day event, which began

in line with the festive season between

September 1 and 3, had over 60 exhibitors

from various parts of the country

and overseas.

The event was inaugurated by Shankar

Rao, Minister of Small Scale Industry,

Public Enterprises and Textile, Andhra

Pradesh. Bringing in a ray of hope to the

industry, Rao, at the inaugural said, “We,

in Andhra Pradesh are doing everything

possible to boost the industry growth in

the state. We have been closely studying

the industrial growth pattern of various

states and will soon come up with a

cumulative policy that will ensure growth

and progress and encourage investment

in the state. We are also encouraging

various companies to come ahead and give

us their suggestions on subsidies, land

acquisition and various other aids that

they need. We will extend our full support

to the industries.”

Providing opportunities The Indian machine tool industry has been

on a steady growth path over the years

with exponential increase in the demand.

However, the increasing domestic demand

is not being met by the production,

thereby, leading to dependence on

imports. A favourable market condition,

availability of raw material, manpower and

support from the government is expected

to increase the investment in this sector.

Many players keen in this sector are

looking to increase their capacity. With

improvement in R&D, design and product

development capabilities, India has the

potential to improve its global presence

and the quantum of growth is expected to

grow multi fold over the next decade.

The huge domestic demand alone has

created an immediate need for capacity

enhancement and most of the existing

players in this segment are either increasing

the capacity of their existing units or

are setting up additional production

facility. Even the Public Sector Units

(PSU) dominated sectors are witnessing

a revolution in the form of major private

business houses vying with each other to

make their presence felt. International

collaborations are becoming the norm and

latest technology and expertise from across

the globe is being ushered into the country

in a big way.

The various sectors of the industry

are spread widely across the length and

breadth of the country. However, giving

access to this industry for the small and

medium manufacturers as well as service

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There is a lot of development that is happening in Hyderabad and we are expecting better business here in future. We feel that this is the right time to create awareness about our product and participate in the event.

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role by providing a platform to the

industry leaders and small scale industries

to interact and showcase their mettle in

their respective segment.

Next stop: Hyderabad The machine and tool industry is seeing

a gradual shift from its already existing

hubs across the country to new terrains -

Hyderabad, being one of them. With the

growing infrastructure and government’s

intent to encourage industrial development

in this region, Hyderabad is growing to be

the next industrial hub in India.

The expo got an encouraging response

from participants from 18 cities of the

countries alongwith several international

players from China, Singapore and

Germany. The objective of the expo and

conference was to provide a platform to

the equipment manufacturers, dealers and

service providers to showcase their products

to the industry and decision makers of the

process industry for reliable and alternative

suppliers to work with them in their quest

to find viable optimum solutions in this

competitive scenario. “With the kind of

growth and development which is coming

in, Hyderabad serves as one of the future

destinations for the industry. The city

is projected to grow at a better pace

than any other city. With the growing

infrastructure and an urge to have the

best quality products, Hitex International

Machine Tools show in Hitex Exhibition

centre will serve as a perfect platform for

the machine tool companies to open new

ventures in South Indian market,” said

Sanjay Kapoor, COO, HITEX.

The event provided much-needed

impetus to a wide range of players

from Southern India to generate the

country’s interest in this growing

segment of the market.

This is the first time that I am visiting India and this is also the first expo that I am attending. My company plans to enter the Indian market and exhibit in future expos. We are basically trying to assess the crowd and the kind of market in India.

Liu Qiujun, Sales Executive, Jinan Tianchen Machine Group Co Ltd

The expo has been able to showcase a wide range of products this time. I feel this expo will help me find the products which can be useful for my company.

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Product Update



This section gives information about the national and international productsavailable in the market

Cassette tool cabinets Basic Engineers offers a wide range of tools trolleys for various types of applications. The range includes tool-trolleys for VMCs, HMCs, CNC machines, automobile workshop trolleys, maintenance trolleys, wiring trolley, etc. Also offered are specific tools cabinets to serve as cassette type tool cabinets for safely storing press brake tools. Unique, user-

friendly and safe designs set these products apart from others.

Salient features include: safety of costly tooling, space economy, durability at par, convenient for process, easy to access punch/die, height adjustment as per tool size, provision of scratchproof movement of devices, cassette movement smooth & quite, tooling arrangement in desired sequence, helping operator saving of valuable downtime & setup time, state-of-the-art/user-friendly/smart & self-appealed tool cabinets, return of money value, cost-effective, front access draw for each tooling, and accident prevention.

Basic EngineersAhmedabad - GujaratTel: 079-2583 1575, Mob: 09825344527, Fax: 079-2583 1575Email: [email protected]

Portable weldersVulcan manufactures various types of models in various capacities in arc welding transformers, spot welding machines, welding rectifiers, MIG/MAG welding machines, TIG welding machines, electroplating rectifier equipments and step-up transformers offered by Canary Electricals. All these machines

are strictly manufactured and conform to International Standards, incorporating latest technological developments and controls with highest order of quality & performance. Salient features include: modern looks, novel design concepts, lightweight & compact; real portability for one person to do welding at odd places, like civil worksites, etc; sturdy belt provided for carrying & hanging; made from high-grade materials; protection against overload by thermal cutout; work even on domestic power line; reliable & durable; epoxy powder-coated body for long life; and coil varnishing by vacuum pressurised impregnating varnishing system.

Canary Electricals LtdMorbi - GujaratTel: 02822-250431, Fax: 02822-250433Email: [email protected]

Tool systemsSamtec Tools & Accessories offers tool systems from Cogsdill, UK. Modular boring tools are the ultimate solution in terms of productivity, flexibility, and accuracy for machining large parts that require multiple operations. A tool change is normally required to produce different diameters or to machine a different feature (such as a face). These systems can perform a variety of precision machining operations on horizontal boring mill. They can also perform operations, such as boring, facing, contouring, taper boring, deep cavity boring, grooving, back-spot facing, chamfering and bottle-boring. All the dimensions of the operation can be controlled or changed just by changing the CNC program. All these operations can be done with a single tooling setup, which in turn eliminates number of tool changes. The internal actuation mechanism in each tool provides precise response to the cutter movement. The CNC control on the machine precisely determines radial cutter movement.

Samtec Tools & Accessories Pvt LtdPune - MaharashtraTel: 020-2551 1026, Fax: 020-25549752Email: [email protected]

Force-feed lubricatorsZenith Hydromatic manufactures and offers force-feed lubricators in high-pressure and low-pressure range up to 24 feed pumps. Each feed pump produces discharge up to 0.30 CC/stroke, working pressure up to 1000 kg/cm^ with different type gear reduction from 1:2 to 1:400 with ratchet drive, handle drive, etc. The lubricators are ideal for air & gas compressors, reciprocating plunger pumps, rubber & plastic machinery, and are also used in similar other industries. Standard feed unit interchange/replacement parts are available for major brand of compressors in the field. Also manufactured are hydraulic cylinders, hydraulic power-packs, pallet pumps, grease pumps, auto bike lifters, double plunger hydraulic hand pumps, etc. Special-purpose lubricators, hydraulic cylinders, hand pumps & lifting jacks, as per customers’ specifications can also be developed (claims the company).

Zenith HydromaticAhmedabad - GujaratTel: 079-2281 2945, Fax: 079-2281 2945Email: [email protected]

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Permanent magnetic chucksChampion Industries offers permanent magnetic chucks that are efficient holding devices used for surface

grinders. The close pole pitch of 11 mm is ideal for holding the job. Evenly spread magnetic field helps to hold even small jobs in quantity to obtain maximum out put and fast production. There is no gap between the magnetic poles, hence small jobs can be holding throughout the surface. The poles extended till the end of surface provide maximum magnetic area that also increases the output. Low magnetic field on the chuck surface keeps the upper surface of the chuck non-magnetic and helps in removing swart easily with the force of coolant. It can also be used on shaping, milling machines for light accurate machining. The permanent magnetic chucks are available in rectangular as well as round shapes, in sizes ranging from 150 mm diameter, up to 600 mm diameter; and in rectangular shapes ranging from 150 mm x 200 mm up to 750 mm x 250 mm. Dimensions can be modified according to customers’ requirements.

Champion IndustriesSurendranagar - GujaratTel: 02752-231741, Mob: 09898166908Email: [email protected]

Hydraulic cylindrical grinding machinesUniversal hydraulic cylindrical grinding machines (model UC-600) manufactured by Devco Industries are available in eight models. Casting are close grained and well ribbed, with minimised vibration and distortion. Wheelhead

spindle runs in bush bearings and workhead spindle runs in taper roller bearing. Tailstock, wheelhead and workhead spindles are heat-treated to achieve dimensional stability; and performance roundness <0.005 mm. Optional accessories are: mechanical/hydraulic/self-feeding/internal grinding attachment with two-point steady rest, three-point steady rest, wheel balancing stand, balancing arbour & wheel flange, rapid approach. Also available are mini grinders (smallest grinder) with specifications of model UC-150, such as: distance between centre 160 mm, height of centre 102 mm, swivelling angle ±9-degrees, traverse speed 140-260-370-700 mm/min, infeed of handwheel 0.01 division, grinding wheel size as 250 mm (D) x 25 mm (W) x 76.2 (B) mm, grinding wheel speed at 2300 RPM, workhead spindle speed 90-210-360 RPM (three range), and spindle in taper MT-3.

Devco IndustriesWadhwancity - GujaratTel: 02752-243997, Fax: 02752-240926Email: [email protected]

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Cylindrical grinding machinesCNC cylindrical grinding machines (model SWIFT-500) offered by Hi-Life Machine Tools are designed to cater to customer requirements of high accuracy, productivity and reliability of

performance. These machines are suitable for production as well as tool room applications. Features include: machines with Siemens 802D CNC system, 2-axis and single spindle controlled; specially designed heavy-duty machine bed made of single-piece close grained graded casting; digital AC servo motors for X-Z axes; linear motion guideways for cross slide & better response; universal work head with CNC controlled constant surface speed of workpiece; separate oil filtration/re-circulation unit for grinding wheel head; straight/angular wheel configuration available; CNC control permits multi-diameter external grinding in plunge or traverse, taper, radius, profile grinding; manual pulse generator provided; menu-driven grinding cycles with screens; colour monitor with graphic simulation; and air-conditioning unit for control panel.

Hi-Life Machine Tools (P) LtdAhmedabad - GujaratTel: 079-2282 1615, Fax: 079-2282 2800Email: [email protected]

Universal grinding machinesHitesh Engineering Works manufactures and offers hydraulic cylindrical grinding machines (model HEW 450 mm) that are light and heavy-duty for high-precision grinding of gauges dies & punches dies for toolroom application with accuracy on diameter 0.002 micron. The one-piece machine body is made from closed grain casting with maximum grinding length of 450 mm and height centre of 130 mm. Tables are flat on one side and V on the other side. Turcite-B linear materials coated are precision hand-scrapped to match corresponding surfaced of the guideways. The grinding wheel spindle is made from EN-24 bush for smooth running of grinding wheels. Grinding wheels sizes are 350 mm x 38 mm x 127 mm. Grinding wheel heads are swivelled to a 45-degree movement through racks and pinions. The workhead spindle has an angular contact bearing match pair having 8-speed extra equipment. Also manufactured are 300 mm, 600 mm, 800 mm, and 1000 mm grinding machines.

Hitesh Engineering WorksWadhwancity - GujaratTel: 02752-241926, Fax: 02752-241036Email: [email protected]

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Hydraulic angle shearing machinesJekshine hydraulic angle shearing machines offered by Jekson Machinery are used for angle cutting works, which demand accuracy, quality and productivity. These angle shearing machines are used for shearing of angles used for various purposes. Capacity of the machines ranges from 100 tons to 250 tons. The machines consist of main drive motor and electric control panel with inch & single cycle auto operation. Stroke adjustment rod is available with limit switch. Punch and die adapter is used for angle shearing. Also manufactured are machineries like CNC/conventional hydraulic press brakes, hydraulic presses, CNC waterjet cutting machines, transmission tower making machines, such as angle shearing, angle punching, angle stamping, angle flange cutting, plate punching, CNC plate punching & horizontal bending presses, etc.

Jekson Machinery Pvt LtdAhmedabad - GujaratTel: 079-2290 1850, Fax: 079-2290 1851

Torque sensorsKistler Instruments India offers model 4503A dual torque sensors and digital telemetry. The version with a second measuring range (option) is ideal for applications with a high peak torque but moderate operating torque. The dual range sensors offer the advantage of range switching, which allows highly accurate measurement of both the peak and particularly the operating torque. Power is supplied and the measurement signals transferred between the rotating shaft and the case without contact. Type 4503A torque sensors with built-in speed sensor operate on the strain gauge principle. These are universal in application, being suitable for the development laboratory, production or quality assurance. They are typically used for testing of electric motors, generators, drive performance, measurement of transmission or spindle drive friction, at a manual workstation or in networked, automated production cells. The torque sensors find applications in automotive & vehicle engineering, aeronautical industry, mechanical & process plant engineering, and in electric motor manufacture.

Kistler Instruments India Pvt LtdFaridabad - HaryanaTel: 0129-4113555, Fax: 0129-4113551Email: [email protected]

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Press brakesMechanical and pneumatic press brakes offered by Weldor Engineering are available in the capacity of 20 tons to 350 tons and length ranging from 1525 mm to 4000 mm. These press brakes are widely accepted in industries for continuous production runs and

also in areas requiring accuracy and repeatability coupled with high production. Double-geared motorised ram adjustment, motorised reversing mechanism, manual back gauge, manual lubrication, one multi groove, V-block and V-punch are standard features. Frame ram and bed, drive system, ram adjustments, clutch & brake are well constructed accurate and reliable. The mechanical and pneumatic press brakes find their applications in steel furniture industries, door frame & slotted angles, refrigeration, door frame manufacturers, automobile industries and control panel manufacturers. Also offered are mechanical/hydraulic & pneumatic press brakes, guillotine shearing machines, power presses/trimming & blanking presses, double-action deep-drawing hydraulic presses and CNC turret punch presses.

Weldor Engineering Pvt LtdRajkot - GujaratTel: 0281-2360242, Fax: 0281-2360466Email: [email protected]

Keyless transmission elementsN M T G M e c h t r a n s Techniques offers keyless transmission elements that entirely eliminate shafts/hub keyways. This method is very simple. By expansion of the outer and shrinkage of inner rings of the elements, shaft and hub frictional connections are established. These transmission elements have great absorbing capacity of kinetic energy by elastic radial deformation of tapered rings. They are available in a wide range from 10 mm dia to 400 mm dia and in various models. Features include: no keyway, no extra machining, no notch effort; perfect true running; high fatigue strength under alternating torsional stress; free from wear; overload protection effect; easy adjustability; easy mounting and removal; and maintenance-free. The keyless transmission elements are used for connection of gear wheels, chain sprockets, levers, cam plates, belt pulleys, brake drums, flywheels, couplings and clutches, shaft-mounted gearing, flanges, track wheels, impellers, etc.

NMTG Mechtrans Techniques Pvt LtdAhmedabad - GujaratTel: 079–2282 1527, Fax: 079-2282 0214Email: [email protected]

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Radial drilling machinesAll-geared radial drilling machines (model RD-40/1000) offered by Poly Kraft Machines have base in one-piece casting of heavy proportion and rigidly cross-ribbed on the underside to prevent any bowing effects under heavy loads. A reservoir for coolant is cast integrated with the base. The T-slots on the surface is hand-scrapped. Column is of high Brinell hardness number suitable for its purpose. Automatic vertical movement of arm is provided with direct coupled flange motor on the bracket, as the lead screw will not rotate even while automatic movement is in operation. Automatic feed mechanism is provided for vertical traverse of the quill. The toughened spindle made of high grade alloy steel is carried in preloaded taper roller bearings to absorb reverse trust and radial loads produced by drilling and boring. The radial drilling machines are supplied with two electric motors, coolant pumps, pipe fittings, tables, etc. Electricals are suitable for 440 V, 50 cycles, 3-phase AC supply.

Poly Kraft MachinesAhmedabad - GujaratTel: 079-2274 3639, Fax: 079-2274 3639Email: [email protected]

Lathe machinesPremier Lathe Manufacturing Co offers lathe machine that are rigidly designed and suitable for bulk production. These machines combine all the features, which are expected in heavy-duty production lathes with great efficiency and are ideal for all sliding, surfacing and screw cutting operation. Various special features of the machines include: lathe hardened & ground bedways; raw materials used are selected and grade quality raw materials are used; main spindle is hardened & ground with double grinding; and all screws made from bright steel with gun metal screw nut. Some of the technical specifications are: length of bed available from 1675 mm to 6100 mm, admit between centre 555 mm to 4950 mm, centre height available at 330/380 mm, spindle bore available at 55/80/104/130 mm, etc. The lathe machines also have a variety of attachments, like fully or semi Norton gearbox, taper turning attachment, rear tool post and coolant pumps, etc.

Premier Lathe Manufacturing CoRajkot - GujaratTel: 0281-238 7556, Fax: 0281-238 9248Email: [email protected]

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Hydraulic cylindrical grindersPitroda Utility Industries manufactures and offers hydraulic cylindrical grinders (model PUI-500) with base made of close-grained and heavily ribbed casting for high rigidity in one-piece body. All guideways are

carefully handscraped to ensure high accuracy and V-flat table guideways have continuous lubrication. Longitudinal hand travel of the table is by rack & pinion arrangement and automatic travel is by hydraulic mechanism. The hydraulic system consists of hydraulic pump, valves, levers, piping, etc; and all conveniently housed in the base as well as separate powerpack. Rapid approach can be provided hydraulically with separate slide. The wheel head spindle is made of case hardened nickel-chrome alloy steel ground & microfinished and runs in adjustable phosphorous bronze metal bush bearings to achieve high accuracy adjustable and long life. Drive to the wheel head is transmitted by two V-belts. Workhead spindle is made of special alloy steel and runs in taper roller/angular contact bearings.

Pitroda Utility IndustriesWadhwancity - GujaratTel: 02752-243795, Fax: 02752-243167Email: [email protected]

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Surface grinding machinesPinnacle Engineering Enterprise offers horizontal surface grinding machines with manual table drive. Model GSM-4520 is available with table size of 450 mm x 200 mm whereas model GSM-4525 comes with table size of 450 mm x 250 mm. Model GSM 6030 has table size of 600 mm x 300 mm. These surface grinding machines are designed with new concept having linear guideways for easy table movements with wire rope drives to avoid pitch marks usually observed in racks and pinion drives (chatter) on the job ground. With this arrangement the flatness accuracy and grinding finish are achieved as achieved in hydraulic drive precision surface grinding machines. The horizontal surface grinding machines are tested as per IS test chart. Flatness accuracy of within 10 micron and surface finish of within 0.4 to 0.8 micron RA are standard features.

Pinnacle Engineering EnterpriseSurendranagar - GujaratTel: 02752-231167, Fax: 02752-231913Email: [email protected]

Hydraulic power unitsShashwat Systems specialises in manufacturing of standard as well as custom–built hydraulic power units. Utmost care is taken to ensure that quality standards are maintained throughout the manufacturing process. The entire ranges of hydraulic power units are painted with polyurethane paints, to avoid corrosion, effectively. This ensures quality performance of the power units under all climatic conditions, even in coastal areas, where the salt content is high in the atmosphere. Only standard accessories, such as suction strainers, filler breathers, pressure gauges, gauge isolaters and return line fillers, etc are used during the manufacturing process and high-quality pumps and valves of world-renowned brands like Atos, Rexroth, Vickers, etc, are used in these hydraulic power units, always ensuring excellent performance. This commitment to maintaining quality standards ensures longevity and reliability of our systems. With such adherence to quality standards, the range of hydraulic power units have already made a name for themselves in this highly competitive field, claims the company.

Shashwat Systems Pvt LtdAhmedabad - GujaratTel: 079-6521 4825, Mob: 09824051536Email: [email protected]

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Power shearing machinesM e c h a n i c a l power shearing m a c h i n e s offered by G o d s o n B e n d i n g Systems are c o n s t r u c t e d sturdily and

designed for accuracy & dependability by employment of the latest technology and experience. Sidewalls are designed from mild steel to take heavy loads. Beds and upper beams are fabricated from mild steel to withstand and absorb heavy loads designed specially to adjust the blade clearance as required. Pressure plates are fabricated from mild spring loaded. Clutches, brakes and drives include revolving key clutch, linked with the main gear that engages every time when the foot pedal is pressed. Back gauges in GSH-1-2-3-4 are screw-driven whereas in GSL1-2-3-4 and GSL1-2-3 they are of rack pinion type designed. Blades are generally four-edged and grade-I with single segment. Lubrication oil cups provided are connected with various pipes rendering supply of oil. The power shearing machines are only used for cutting mild steel. Standard equipments include: back gauge, front gauges, wheel & gear guards, foot pedal and pulley.

Godson Bending Systems Pvt LtdRajkot - GujaratTel: 0281-2361467, Fax: 0281-2361873Email: [email protected]

Radial drilling machinesUniversal radial drilling machines (model SER-I) offered by Sahyog Enterprise have drilling capacity of 38 mm, spindle stroke of 220 mm, with 8 speed and working table of 380 mm x 300 mm x 300 mm size. Salient features include: main spindle made from EN steel with 6 slots in machined by hobber machine and Morse Taper bore provided internally grinded, spindle sleeve properly guided in honed drill head bore on 6 ball and roller bearings for

smooth and accurate running. The main asset is rigid quality inspection methods combined with skilled workmanship. The radial drilling machines are very simple to install and operate requiring no skilled labour. They have sturdy built up and are designed for both production and tool room job. Also offered are pillar and radial drilling machines in different models and sizes.

Sahyog EnterpriseBhavnagar - GujaratTel: 0278-2446848, Fax: 0278-2447316Email: [email protected]

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Euro gearboxesEuro Gears are specialised in production of various reduction gearboxes with the edge of research and development in transmission technology. The ongoing process of R&D has made it possible to introduce advance technology and continuous developments to meet market requirements. Euro Gear aluminum alloy housing gearboxes are totally dustproof and oil-tight with attractive esthetical look. The silver grey paint on the body protects the housing from oxidation. Longer and higher number of cooling fins on all faces provides maximum surface area exposing to atmosphere for more capability of heat dissipation, thus improving efficiency, which makes it ideal for hot ambient temperature conditions. Features like robust & compact construction, easy interchangeability of input flanges with standard fasteners, perpendicularly machined matching surfaces makes these gearboxes suitable in all operating conditions of almost every industry by means of right selection. Case carburised and grounded alloy steel worm shaft ensure a positive oil film.

United TransmissionAhmedabad - GujaratTel: 079-2546 5715, Mob: 098253 25367Email: [email protected]

Pillar drilling machinesShree Shaktivijay Engineering Works offers 38 mm capacity heavy-duty (model 38TPD) pillar drilling machines. The streamline and robust construction of manual drilling machine gives a trouble-free service up to an entire satisfaction of the user. Different parts of the machines, like spindles, backgears, rams, etc, all are made of mild steel. The tooth of the gears is cut helically to improve the transmission efficiency. High quality bearings are used to increase the life of transmissions. The locking devices are provided at appropriate places to increase the safety factor. Well-finished working table and base plate is provided with T-slots. The working table can be adjusted vertically by rack & pinion system. Stock of each and every part is well maintained (claims the company). Technical specifications include: 38 & 40 mm drilling in steel & CI respectively, 25 mm tapping in steel, spindle travel 175 mm, number of spindle speeds 8 mm, range of spindle speeds 80-2600 mm, etc.

Shree Shaktivijay Engineering WorksAhmedabad - GujaratTel: 079-2562 0703, Fax: 079-2562 0703Email: [email protected]

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Circumference gaugesKristeel Shinwa Industries offers precision measuring stainless steel rulers & engineering gauges. These gauges are made specifically to check the outside diameter and circumference of pipes, wooden blocks, big

size tanks, etc, that have least count of 0.1 mm. The rugged gauges, fabricated in imported stainless steel by permanent etching graduations and riveted with buckle/vernier scale are useful in pipe manufacturing industries, cylinders, heavy fabricator, round tanks, woodworking industry, etc.

Kristeel Shinwa Industries LtdMumbai - MaharashtraTel: 022-4225 6666, Fax: 022–4225 6690Email: [email protected]

CNC turn mill centresFemco India offers twin spindle double disc turret CNC turn mill centres (model Femco HL-35 DMSY) with Y-axis. The double-disc power turret improves process efficiency and work piece accuracy

with its 23 station tools capacity. The turret performs milling, drilling, and tapping for both primary as well as sub-spindle.

Femco IndiaPune - MaharashtraTel: 020-40147870, Mob: 09822310454Email: [email protected]

Lathe machinesBalaji cone pulley medium-duty lathe machines (series VM) offered by Vinit Engimech have different heights of centre ranging from 215 mm to 250 mm, with length of bed ranging from 1370 mm to 1830 mm, and admit between centres

ranging from 450 mm to 1000 mm. The main spindle hollow ranges from 40 mm to 50 mm. Main spindle nose is threaded type. Dynamically balanced spindles enable them to run at vibration-free motion at 700 RPM. The Norton gearbox is able to cut any of the metric modules and pitch (DP). Bed is made from graded cast iron and flame hardened up to 400 BHN diametric. The lathe machines are maintenance-free and easy-to-use. Parts of the machines are interchangeable and available in stock at the regional dealer’s office.

Vinit Engimech Pvt LtdRajkot - GujaratTel: 0281-2312091, Fax: 0281-2311935Email: [email protected]

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Vacuum pumps & compressorsMinivac side channel vacuum pumps and compressors (turbine blowers) offered by Shree Siddhivinayak Industries are designed to suck or to compress air, gases, non-explosive air mixtures, etc. These are absolutely oil free with air flow capacities ranging from 42 m³/hr to 1100 m³/hr, with maximum vacuum up to 500 mbar and maximum pressure up to 550 mbar. Salient features include: lightweight due to aluminium construction and have 100 per cent oil free non-pulsating continuous airflow. The vacuum pumps and blowers require practically zero maintenance and have silencers on both suction as well as discharge ports. These are useful in many applications like pneumatic conveying systems, industrial vacuum cleaners, electroplating industries like hot dip galvanising, oxy-generation in aquariums/fisheries, air feeds to industrial ovens and burners, printing and paper handling, air pollution monitoring equipment, dental suction equipment, etc.

Shree Siddhivinayak IndustriesDist Thane - MaharashtraTel: 022-2845 8372, Fax: 022-2845 7073Email: [email protected]

Hydraulic pressesDowel Engineering Works offers power-operated hydraulic presses ranging from 15 tons to 300 tons capacity in mild steel robust construction. The crown, column and bottom are solid without bend and welded. Table is vertically operated by worm winch gearbox and rests on load pins placed in holes in columns at desired height. There is also an option to operate bed-by-bed lifting attachments that are electrically-operated. Rollers are provided with the bed for easy handling of heavy jobs. The cylinder is made from honed tube. Hardchrome plated ram is made from mild steel, operated by double-acting cylinder. Good quality seals assure long working life. The ram is provided with replaceable socket to facilitate attachment of dies and tools, on customers’ requests. The hydraulic presses are quipped with high-pressure hydraulic pump, DC valve, pressure relief valve, etc, of Bosch Rexroth make; and electric motor of three-phase 440 V of reputed make, like Kirloskar, Crompton or Siemens.

Dowel Engineering WorksRajkot - GujaratTel: 0281-2362465, Fax: 0281-2362465Email: [email protected]

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Pneumatic impact wrenchesChicago Pneumatic offers CP7749 ½-inch pneumatic impact wrench to feature side-to-side (S2S®) forward/reverse functionality. This wrench is well-balanced, lightweight at only 1.98 kg (4.37 pound), and packs a punch with 980 Nm (725 ft lbs) of torque. This is a tool that reduces the strain on wrist and forearm common with the

use of typical impact wrenches when changing direction of rotation. The exclusive S2S technology allows user to effortlessly change between forward and reverse with one hand in any position. The three-position power regulator in forward provides control and helps to prevent over-tightening, while full power remains constant in reverse to ensure technicians have maximum power to remove fasteners without changing the setting in the forward position. The CP7749 is also available with a two-inch anvil (CP7749-2) for tyre removal applications when accessibility is an issue or the use of ‘flip’ sockets. In continuation to S2S series, Chicago Pneumatic plans to launch more variants in 3/8”, ½”, ¾” and 1” square drive categories.

Chicago PneumaticThane (W) - MaharashtraTel: 022-3998 2731, Fax: 022-3998 2725Email: [email protected], Website: www.chicagopneumatic.co.in

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Tungsten carbide rod blanksBlood tungsten carbide rod blanks manufactured by Robin Precision Products are

available in comprehensive range of best quality in ground and unground form. These carbide rod blanks are also available in both metric and inch sizes with diameters ranging from Ø3 to Ø 25 mm (Ø1/8” to Ø 1”), imported from Europe. The blanks are highly precision ground and polished to H6/H7 tolerance. Intermediate sizes are also available as per requirements. The tungsten carbide precisely ground rods are widely used for plug/pin gauges, carbide punches, precision V-blocks, jigs, etc. Cobalt composition in the tungsten carbide material tends to oxidise in the atmospheric air, which results into leeching. This is specially being taken care of in the rods, thereby offering worldclass quality.

Robin Precision Products Pvt LtdRajkot - GujaratTel: 0281-2371722, Fax: 0281-2388431Email: [email protected]

gearbox and hardened gears give very long life to the machine. Auto feed gears are also hardened. All gears in the machines are supported through good quality bearings and not the bushes. The machines are supplied with complete electrical panel boards with five pushbutton switches and one limit switch along with two ISI electrical motors. Rotation and easy sliding of gears in bearings give very high reliability. Steel ram and pinion with 9 DP heavy-duty teeth with 250 mm spindle travel enables greater loading capacity.

Prakash Mechanic WorksBhavnagar - GujaratTel: 0278-243 8241, Fax: 0278-243 8241Email: [email protected]

Press brake machinesShailesh Machine Tools has introduced both, mechanical and hydraulic versions of press brake machines for sheet metals pressing industries. These machines come with sizes varying from 1500 mm to 4000 mm length and bending thickness ranging from 1.6 mm to 8 mm. The machines offer several standard and optional accessories to enhance their productivity, such as auto lubrication systems, motorised ram adjustment, hydraulic hold-down clamping systems, quick die changing systems, pneumatic or hydraulic clutches, manual or motorised back gauging systems, independent electrical control panels as also PLC CNC based systems to suit customers’ most demanding requirements.

Shailesh Machine Tools Pvt LtdRajkot - GujaratTel: 0281-246 1102/62, Fax: 0281-246 1665Email: [email protected]

Radial drilling machinesAll-geared auto feed radial drilling machines (40 mm capacity) from Prakash Mechanic Works have gearbox of 9 speeds with all 9 gears of EN-9 steel hardened up to 50 HRC. Oil bath

Light-duty drillsNippon Electrical Industries have further modified and developed the most rugged of its kind of 13 mm light-duty drills (model B6D). These drills are metal bodied meant for years of use with absolutely least maintenance. They are almost similar to other nationwide company make with all the spare parts interchangeable and easily available (claims the company).

Nippon Electrical IndustriesAhmedabad - GujaratTel: 079-2282 2750, Fax: 079-2280 0119Email: [email protected]

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Pillar drilling machinesSiddhapura Engineering Works manufactures and offers pillar drilling machines (model SEW/P-1) that are used for drilling, tapping and boring applications. These machines have drilling capacity of 25 mm, tapping capacity of 20 mm in mild steel and drilling capacity of 32 mm in cast iron. Quill spacers are made from steel while main spindles are made of EN steel with 6 slots. Spindle nose is of MT-3, spindle travel is 250 mm and spindle speed of 8 gears is made from best quality material and helical teethed for smooth & noiseless running. The pillar drilling machines attain standards

of IS:2425. They are very useful for every toolroom and maintenance purpose.

Siddhapura Engineering WorksBhavnagar - GujaratTel: 0278-242 8054, Fax: 0278-251 1961Email: [email protected]

Pillar drilling machinesP Parmar Machine Tools manufactures and offers pillar drilling machines (model PMT P-1) that have drilling capacity of 19 mm and pillar diameter of 75 mm. The

technical specifications of these drilling machines are: distance of spindle nose to the table at 600 mm; distance from table to base at 360 mm; distance from spindle centre to pillar face at 200 mm; table travel 310 mm; taper in spindle MT-2; 8 nos of speed; range of speed 80 PPM to 3300 PPM; table size 265 mm x 265 mm; machined area base size 400 mm x 230 mm; overall base size of 450 mm x 290 mm; spindle travel at 130 mm; pillar length of 915 mm; overall height with pulley guard at 410 mm; V-belt section A-38”; weight approximately 100 kgs; and 0.5 HP motor of 1440 RPM, 3-phase, 440 V.

P Parmar Machine ToolsBhavnagar - GujaratTel: 0278-2447409, Fax: 0278-2446564Email: [email protected]

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Tool changer systemsColombo Filippetti Torino manufactures tool changer systems, focusing on collaboration with customers in design and development and constant product innovation. The main characteristics of these products are the high exchange speed that the systems realise, using cams, with precise and silent movements. Low maintenance and reduced costs are added to the efficiency of these mechanisms, making them an economic advantage. CTM is the classic tool magazine suitable for installation on vertical and horizontal work centres. CTM is manufactured in different sizes according to the type of tool holder and it is assembled with magazine having different capacity of 12-20 or 30 tools (standard versions) and 24-40-48 or 60 tools (special versions). The CTM is composed of a cam exchanger, a completely mechanical rapid gripper arm and a ring tool magazine. The exchange time varies from 0.8 to 3 seconds, depending on the tool weight and on the exchange distance.

Colombo Filippetti Torino SrlTorino - ItalyTel: +39-11-3972211, Fax: +39-11-3497863Email: [email protected]

Horizontal machining centresStarragHeckert WMW CWK series machines are globally renowned for long-term accuracy, long-term performance and long-term reliability. These are 4-axis compact horizontal machining centres that have many unique features for high-performance and reliability. The rigidity of the bed and column construction, the hydraulically driven chain magazine, the NC rotary table with special braking, pressurised air curtain around rotary table avoids contamination. Cartridge-type spindle with 2-stage gearbox and inline motor having power of 50 kW with torque of 1210 Nm, this feature is specifically suitable for heavy-duty machining of titanium, stainless steels and other exotic difficult to machine materials. Construction of pallet changer is robust and has unique wedge mechanism to lock pallet dovetailed coupling mechanically. LM guides having four side line contacts with cylindrical rollers for high accuracy, rigidity and long term accuracy in heavy-duty machining. Hydraulic counterbalance for Y-axis prevents drop during power failure, improves accuracy in Y stroke/interpolation. Rugged hydraulic motor operated ATC and magazine are designed to carrying high weight capacity up to 35 kg, 600 mm long tools.

StarragHeckert AGRorschacherberg - SwitzerlandTel: +41-71-8588111, Fax: +41-71-8588122Email: [email protected]

International Products


Hydraulic angle lock vicesJin Year Precision Co offers MC pressure-constant hydraulic angle lock vices (back tension) that are available in various models, like JHV-100, JHV-130, JHV-160, JHV-160(A), and JHV-200. The hydraulic system device is the front part that results in force to prevent the workpiece tilt. Down thrust with semi-sphere prevents workpiece lift. Pressure constant and clamping force can be preset by repeating and using the same clamping force. Mechanical and hydraulic are two operating methods. The vice body is made of ductile iron FCD-60. Vice bed is hardened to HRC45 and maintain accuracy for long. The vice bed height-size and the guide block side are all made with full control can 2, 3, or 4 vices to perform a job at a time is available. The vices have four ways of clamping for users to choose from.

Jin Year Precision Co, Ltd Taiwan - ROCTel: +886-4-25232817, Fax: +886-4-25151230Email: [email protected]

Horizontal machining centresYou Ji Machine Industrial Company offers HMC series horizontal machining centres (HMCs) that are available with high rigidity, high accuracy and high efficiency. These

HMCs adopt box in box frame type design for the machine column. This design greatly increases the stability of the machine; parallel X axes ball screw with servo tandem control key feature that has excellent performance when the axes move or feed rapidly.

Additionally, the capacity of heavy-duty cutting increases by 15 per cent approximately. The machine structure is analysed through finite elements analysis (FEA) to ensure the best design for achieving of rigidity and capacity of anti-vibration. In contrast with conventional single column design, this feature prevents machine from resonance when cutting, greatly increase surface, contour machining accuracy and life time of tools. The B axis has remarkable positioning performance. Rotary and swing type automatic pallet changer systems (APC) are able to save job loading and unloading time, increase desired machining efficiency.

You Ji Machine Industrial Company LtdKaohsiung Hsien - TaiwanTel: +886-7-6983068, Fax: +886-7-6983071Email: [email protected]

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Rudrapur23-26 September 2011Gandhi Park

Ahmedabad14-17 October 2011Gujarat Univesity Exhibition hall

Pune18-21 November 2011Auto Cluster Exhibition Centre

Chennai8-11 December 2011Chennai Trade Centre

Indore6-9 January 2012Poddar Plaza, MG Road

Aurangabad17-20 February 2012Garware Stadium

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Astha Heat techProducts: Industrial heaters, Tubular & finned air heaters, Mica & ceramic band heaters, Hot runner coil heaters, Casted heaters, Heat tracers, Flexible heating padsW: www.indiamart.com/asthaheattech

Auto Service EquipmentProducts: Air compressors, Dryers, Air receivers & filters, Pneumatic tools, Automobile garage equipment

Ashok LeylandProducts: Gensets, Generators, Diesel enginesW: www.ashokleyland.com

Asian PublicationsProducts: Industrial news magazinesW: www.productbureau.in

Aqua ServicesProducts: Gaseous chlorination plants, Bleaching powder dosers, Chlorine solutions, Chemical dosing pumps, Empty chlorine gas cylinders/toners, Water treatment plant sparesW: www.aquaservicesindia.com

Anand Engineering Pvt LtdProducts: Greases, Antiseizes, Thread compounds, Silicon compound oils, Conveyor chain oils, Gear oils, Gear oil additives, Hot forging lubricants, Dry soild lubricants, Dry bonding coatings, Rust preventive oils, Cleaners & degreasers, Anti-spatters, Metal forming fluids, Crack detection kits, AerosolsW: www.molygraph.com

Airtech Cooling Process Pvt LtdProducts: Refrigeration plants, Cold rooms, Walk-in cold rooms, Chilling plants, Cooling units, Cooling towers, Bulk milk coolers, Ammonia plantsW: www.airtechengineers.com

Allied Power SolutionProducts: Advance lightning protection systems, Surge protection devices, Chemical gel earthing, HT/LT panels, Substations, Transformers, Generators, UPS systems, Servo stabilisers, Isolation transformers, VFDs, PLCs, Automatic transfer switches, Industrial & commercial valvesW: www.alliedpowersolutions.com

Airflic CorporationProducts: Refrigaration air dryers, Auto drain valves, Compressed air filters, Dust filtration units, Heatless air dryers

Delair India Pvt LtdProducts: Refrigeration compressed air dryers, Heatless adsorption compressed air dryers, Engineered adsorption dryers, Air filters, Air receivers, Aftercoolers, Moisture separators, Auto drain valvesW: www.delairindia.com

Elind Induction Furnaces Pvt LtdProducts: Induction heating equipmentW: www.elindinduction.com

Coatec IndiaProducts: Surface coating techonology, CNC profile cutting solutions, Industrial automation & roboticsW: www.coatecindia.com

Cosmos Tapes & Labels Pvt LtdProducts: Self-adhesive tapes: Masking, Fine line, Tissue, Foams, Acrylic foam, Butyl foam, Mono/cross filament tapes, Holding tapes, Electrical polyester, Kapton, Glass cloth, PVC, Aluminum foil tapes, Slicone polyester, Thermally conductive Tapes, etc; Die-cuts: Masking profiles, EPDM, Nitrile, EVA, EPE, PU, XLPE, Polyesters, etc; Lubricants: Paint shop conveyor oils, Heavy load greases, Food grade greases, etc; Paint repairing products: Waterproof emery papers, Tools, Polishes & accessoriesW: www.cosmostapes.in; www.cosmostapes.com

Chicago pneumatics salesProducts: High-performance air & gas compressors, Refrigerated & heatless dryers, Filters, Air receivers, Genuine parts, Airnet pipings, Quality & proactive servicesW: www.cp.com

Brasstech Engineering Pvt LtdProducts: Brass electrical parts, Transformer parts, Air-conditioning parts, Pipe fittings, CNC turned/milled & forged partsW: www.beplindia.com

Bharat Machinery AgenciesProducts: Power tools, Taparia hand tools, Cutting tools, Grinding wheels, Air toolsW: www.in.bosch.com

Brahmadevi Engineering ProductsProducts: Ejector pins, Ejector sleeves, HSS punches, Die buttons, Nitrogen gas springs, Die springs, Parting locks, Taper interlocks, Guide pillars, Guide bushes, Shoulder punches, Jector punches, Oil-less products, Mould counters, Water stoppers, Latches, Spring plungers, Date-marked pin sets, Straight block sets, Taper block sets, Camunits, Balllock punches, stripper boltsW: www.diespares.com

Best Quality FastnersProducts: Machine screws, Stell screws, Hex bolts, Hex weld nuts, Hex nuts, Nylock nutsW: www.rktrades.com

Basant IndustriesProducts: Power presses, Industrial process machines, Lathe machines, Grinding machines, Cutting machinesW: www.basantinc.com

Hazel Infotech LtdProducts: SoftwaresW: www.hazelinfotech.com

HI Tech AutomationProducts: Control panels, Leakage testing machines, Reconditioning of PDC machines, SPMsW: www.indiamart.com/hi-tech automation

Global Cooling Tower & EquipmentsProducts: FRP cooling towers, Chiiling plants, Water treatment chemicalsW: www.globalcoolingtowers.com, www.gcte.tradeindia.com

H P Singh and MachineryProducts: Lathes & grinding machines, Hydraulic shearing machines, Centreless grinders, Cylindrical grinding machines, All-geared radial drilling machines, Milling machines, Heavy-duty belt-driven lathes, All-geared lathes, Hydraulic press brakes, Power presses, Shaping machinesW: www.hpsmachines.com

Forging machineryProducts: Belt drop hammers, Power presses, Anvil blocks, Billet shearing machines, Power press H-frames, Power press C-frames, Friction screw presses, Forging hammers, Froging presses, Forged componentsW: www.nkh.co.in

Ferreterro India Pvt LtdProducts: Webbing slings, Ratchet buckles, Rubber tarps, Cargo bars, Cargo planks, Chimti buckles, Ratchet assy, D-shackles, Bow shackles, Forgings, Dunnage bags, Steel hooksW: www.ferreterro.com

Essae Technologies Pvt LtdProducts: Checkpoint products, Datalogic scanners, Unitech scanners, Unitech terminals, Zebra printers, Zebra ribbons, LabelsW: www.essaetec.com

FARO Business Technologies India LtdProducts: Arms, Laser ScanArms, Gauges, Laser trackers, Laser scanners, CAM2 softwareW: www.faro.com

Essae Digitronics Pvt LtdProducts: Electronic weighbridge, Weigh-in-motion, Rapid loading system, Machined components, Rail-in-motionW: www.essae.in

Engineering HindustanProducts: Electromagnetic cluches & brakes, Electromagnetic clutches/brakes & clutch-brake combinations, Electromagnetic clutches, AC-DC brakes, Mechanical & hydraulic cluthches & brakesW: www.engineeringhindustan.com

Rudrapur23-26 September 2011Gandhi Park

Ahmedabad14-17 October 2011Gujarat Univesity Exhibition hall

Pune18-21 November 2011Auto Cluster Exhibition Centre

Chennai8-11 December 2011Chennai Trade Centre

Indore6-9 January 2012Poddar Plaza, MG Road

Aurangabad17-20 February 2012Garware Stadium

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Jekson Machinery Pvt LtdProducts: Hydaulic press brakes, Shearing machines, CNC plasma cutting machines, CNC oxyfuel cutting machines, Transmission tower making machines, Speacial-purpose machinesW: www.jeksonmachinery.com

Jindal RectifiersProducts: Automatic voltage controllers, Silicon controlled rectifiers, Special-purpose transformersW: www.jindalrectifiers.com

Insel Rectifires (India) Pvt LtdProducts: Semiconductor devices, Selenium rectifiers, Surge supressors, Power diodes, Thyristors, Power modules, Bridge rectifiers & IGBTsW: www.rectifierindia.com

J K IndustriesProducts: Guillotine shearing machines, Power presses, Press brakes, Straightening machinesW: www.ferreterro.com

Indo-air Compressors Pvt LtdProducts: Air compressors, Multi-stage high-presurre rotary screws, Compressors, Vaccum pumps, Screw Compressors, Heavy-duty water-coated vertical compressorsW: www.indoair.com

Indian HarvestersProducts: Shot blasting machines, Shot peening machinesW: www.indianharvesters.com

Engineering HindustanProducts: Electromagnetic cluches & brakes, Electromagnetic clutches/brakes & clutch-brake combinations, Electromagnetic clutches, AC-DC brakes, Mechanical & hydraulic cluthches & brakesW: www.engineeringhindustan.com

Ind-Chin EnterprisesProducts: Velding machine, CNC cutting automation, Welding automation, Shearing machines, Rolling machines, Welding & inverter based press brakes, Power generators, Power tools & abrasive, Drill bits, H-beam weldingW: www.indchinenterprises.com

Igus India Pvt LtdProducts: Cable drag chains, Flexible cables, Polymer bearingsW: www.igus.in

I.Q Enterprises (I) Pvt LtdProducts: Q-Manager, Ropes & posts, Barricading posts, Flexible & multi-purpose barrier systems, Security barriersW: www.q-manager.com

Kamtron System Pvt LtdProducts: Testing & measuring instrumentsW: www.kamtrononline.com

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E1 AC-DC brakes............................................288, 289E2 Acrylic foam .......................................................... 287E3 Advance lightning protection systems................... 286E4 Aerosols ................................................................. 286E5 Aftercoolers............................................................ 287E6 Air compressors .............................................286, 289E7 Air filters ............................................................... 287E8 Air receivers ........................................................... 287E9 Air receivers & filters ............................................ 286E10 Air tools................................................................. 287E11 Air-conditioning parts ........................................... 287E12 Airnet pipings........................................................ 287E13 All-geared lathes.................................................... 288E14 All-geared radial drilling machines ....................... 288E15 Aluminum foil tapes.............................................. 287E16 Ammonia plants .................................................... 286E17 Antiseizes............................................................... 286E18 Anti-spatters .......................................................... 286E19 Anvil blocks ........................................................... 288E20 Arms ...................................................................... 288E21 Auto drain valves ...........................................286, 289E22 Automatic transfer switches .................................. 286E23 Automatic voltage controllers................................ 289E24 Automobile garage equipment .............................. 286E25 Balllock punches................................................. 287E26 Barricading posts ................................................... 289E27 Belt drop hammers ................................................ 288E28 Billet shearing machines........................................ 288E29 Bleaching powder dosers ....................................... 286E30 Bow shackles.......................................................... 288E31 Brakes & clutch-brake combinations ............288, 289E32 Brass electrical parts .............................................. 287E33 Bridge rectifiers & IGBTs .................................... 289E34 Bulk milk coolers................................................... 286E35 Butyl foam ............................................................. 287E36 Cable drag chains ............................................... 289E37 CAM2 software..................................................... 288E38 Camunits ............................................................... 287E39 Cargo bars ............................................................. 288E40 Cargo planks.......................................................... 288E41 Casted heaters........................................................ 286E42 Centreless grinders ................................................ 288E43 Checkpoint products ............................................. 288E44 Chemical dosing pumps ........................................ 286E45 Chemical gel earthing ........................................... 286E46 Chilling plants ...............................................286, 288E47 Chimti buckles....................................................... 288E48 Chlorine solutions ................................................. 286E49 Cleaners & degreasers ........................................... 286E50 CNC cutting automation ...................................... 289E51 CNC oxyfuel cutting machines ............................. 289E52 CNC plasma cutting machines ............................. 289E53 CNC profile cutting solutions............................... 287E54 CNC turned/milled & forged parts ...................... 287E55 Cold rooms............................................................ 286E56 Compressed air filters............................................ 286E57 Compressors .......................................................... 289E58 Control panels ....................................................... 288E59 Conveyor chain oils ............................................... 286E60 Cooling towers ...................................................... 286E61 Cooling units ......................................................... 286E62 Crack detection kits............................................... 286E63 Cutting machines .................................................. 287E64 Cutting tools.......................................................... 287E65 Cylindrical grinding machines............................... 288E66 Datalogic scanners.............................................. 288E67 Date-marked pin sets ............................................ 287E68 Die buttons............................................................ 287E69 Die springs............................................................. 287E70 Die-cuts ................................................................. 287E71 Diesel engines........................................................ 286E72 Drill bits ................................................................ 289E73 Dry bonding coatings ............................................ 286E74 Dry soild lubricants ............................................... 286E75 Dryers .................................................................... 286E76 D-shackles ............................................................. 288E77 Dunnage bags ........................................................ 288E78 Dust filtration units ............................................... 286E79 Ejector pins ........................................................ 287E80 Ejector sleeves........................................................ 287E81 Electrical polyester................................................. 287E82 Electromagnetic cluches & brakes ................288, 289E83 Electronic weighbridge .......................................... 288E84 Empty chlorine gas cylinders/toners ..................... 286

E85 Engineered adsorption dryers................................ 287E86 Filters................................................................. 287E87 Fine line................................................................. 287E88 Flexible & multi-purpose barrier systems ............. 289E89 Flexible cables ........................................................ 289E90 Flexible heating pads ............................................. 286E91 Foams .................................................................... 287E92 Food grade greases ................................................ 287E93 Forged components ............................................... 288E94 Forging hammers................................................... 288E95 Forgings ................................................................. 288E96 Friction screw presses ............................................ 288E97 Froging presses ...................................................... 288E98 FRP cooling towers ............................................... 288E99 Gaseous chlorination plants................................ 286E100 Gauges ................................................................... 288E101 Gear oil additives................................................... 286E102 Gear oils ................................................................ 286E103 Generators ............................................................. 286E104 Gensets .................................................................. 286E105 Genuine parts ........................................................ 287E106 Glass cloth ............................................................. 287E107 Greases................................................................... 286E108 Grinding machines ................................................ 287E109 Grinding wheels .................................................... 287E110 Guide bushes ......................................................... 287E111 Guide pillars .......................................................... 287E112 Guillotine shearing machines ................................ 289E113 H-beam welding................................................. 289E114 Heat tracers ........................................................... 286E115 Heatless adsorption compressed air dryers............ 287E116 Heatless air dryers ................................................. 286E117 Heavy load greases................................................. 287E118 Heavy-duty belt-driven lathes ............................... 288E119 Heavy-duty water-coated vertical compressors ............................................... 289E120 Hex bolts ............................................................... 287E121 Hex nuts ................................................................ 287E122 Hex weld nuts........................................................ 287E123 High-performance air & gas compressors............. 287E124 Holding tapes ........................................................ 287E125 Hot forging lubricants ........................................... 286E126 Hot runner coil heaters ......................................... 286E127 HSS punches ......................................................... 287E128 HT/LT panels ....................................................... 286E129 Hydaulic press brakes ....................................288, 289E130 Hydraulic shearing machines................................. 288E131 Induction heating equipment.............................. 287E132 Industrial & commercial valves ............................. 286E133 Industrial automation & robotics .......................... 287E134 Industrial heaters ................................................... 286E135 Industrial news magazines ..................................... 286E136 Industrial process machines ................................... 287E137 Isolation transformers ............................................ 286E138 Jector punches .................................................... 287E139 Kapton ............................................................... 287E140 Labels................................................................. 288E141 Laser ScanArms..................................................... 288E142 Laser scanners........................................................ 288E143 Laser trackers......................................................... 288E144 Latches................................................................... 287E145 Lathe machines...................................................... 287E146 Lathes & grinding machines ................................. 288E147 Leakage testing machines...................................... 288E148 Lubricants .............................................................. 287E149 Machine screws .................................................. 287E150 Machined components .......................................... 288E151 Mechanical & hydraulic cluthches & brakes 288, 289E152 Metal forming fluids.............................................. 286E153 Mica & ceramic band heaters ............................... 286E154 Milling machines ................................................... 288E155 Moisture separators ............................................... 287E156 Mono/cross filament tapes .................................... 287E157 Mould counters...................................................... 287E158 Multi-stage high-presurre rotary screws................ 289E159 Nitrile ................................................................ 287E160 Nitrogen gas springs.............................................. 287E161 Nylock nuts............................................................ 287E162 Oil-less products ................................................ 287E163 Paint repairing products ..................................... 287E164 Parting locks .......................................................... 287E165 Pipe fittings ........................................................... 287E166 PLCs...................................................................... 286E167 Pneumatic tools ..................................................... 286

E168 Polishes & accessories ........................................... 287E169 Polyesters ............................................................... 287E170 Polymer bearings ................................................... 289E171 Power diodes ......................................................... 289E172 Power generators ................................................... 289E173 Power modules ...................................................... 289E174 Power press C-frames............................................ 288E175 Power press H-frames ........................................... 288E176 Power presses.........................................287, 288, 289E177 Power tools ............................................................ 287E286 Power tools & abrasive.......................................... 289E287 Press brakes ........................................................... 289E288 Q-Manager ........................................................ 289E289 Quality & proactive services .................................. 287E182 Rail-in-motion ................................................... 288E183 Rapid loading system............................................. 288E184 Ratchet assy ........................................................... 288E185 Ratchet buckles...................................................... 288E186 Reconditioning of PDC machines ........................ 288E187 Refrigaration air dryers.......................................... 286E188 Refrigerated & heatless dryers............................... 287E189 Refrigeration compressed air dryers ...................... 287E190 Refrigeration plants ............................................... 286E191 Rolling machines ................................................... 289E192 Ropes & posts ....................................................... 289E193 Rubber tarps .......................................................... 288E194 Rust preventive oils ............................................... 286E195 Screw Compressors ............................................ 289E196 Security barriers ..................................................... 289E197 Selenium rectifiers ................................................. 289E198 Self-adhesive tapes: Masking ................................ 287E199 Semiconductor devices........................................... 289E200 Servo stabilisers...................................................... 286E201 Shaping machines.................................................. 288E202 Shearing machines................................................. 289E203 Shot blasting machines.......................................... 289E204 Shot peening machines.......................................... 289E205 Shoulder punches .................................................. 287E206 Silicon compound oils ........................................... 286E207 Silicon controlled rectifiers .................................... 289E208 Slicone polyester .................................................... 287E209 Softwares................................................................ 288E210 Special-purpose transformers................................. 289E211 SPMs .............................................................288, 289E212 Spring plungers...................................................... 287E213 Steel hooks............................................................. 288E214 Stell screws ............................................................ 287E215 Straight block sets ................................................. 287E216 Straightening machines ......................................... 289E217 stripper bolts .......................................................... 287E218 Substations............................................................. 286E219 Surface coating techonology .................................. 287E220 Surge protection devices ........................................ 286E221 Surge supressors..................................................... 289E222 Taparia hand tools.............................................. 287E223 Taper block sets..................................................... 287E224 Taper interlocks..................................................... 287E225 Testing & measuring instruments......................... 289E226 Thermally conductive Tapes ................................. 287E227 Thread compounds................................................ 286E228 Thyristors............................................................... 289E229 Tissue..................................................................... 287E230 Tools ...................................................................... 287E231 Transformer parts .................................................. 287E232 Transformers.......................................................... 286E233 Transmission tower making machines .................. 289E234 Tubular & finned air heaters................................. 286E235 Unitech scanners ................................................ 288E236 Unitech terminals .................................................. 288E237 UPS systems .......................................................... 286E238 Vaccum pumps................................................... 289E239 Velding machine.................................................... 289E240 VFDs ..................................................................... 286E241 Walk-in cold rooms............................................ 286E242 Water stoppers....................................................... 287E243 Water treatment chemicals.................................... 288E244 Water treatment plant spares ................................ 286E245 Webbing slings ...................................................... 288E246 Weigh-in-motion .................................................. 288E247 Welding & inverter based press brakes................. 289E248 Welding automation.............................................. 289E249 Zebra printers..................................................... 288E250 Zebra ribbons ........................................................ 288


Product Index


1 3D modelling .................................................. 2722 3D printing systems.....................................................2453 Abrasive pneumatic tools............. 190, 191, 1934 Abrasive systems...........................................................2915 AC drives ..........................................................................2176 Accelerometers ................................................................ 737 Accessories ............................................................238, 2398 AC-DC drives..................................................................... 219 Adapters ...........................................................................23610 Adhesives .........................................................................21511 Aerosols .............................................................................. 7912 Aerospace materials................................. 190, 191, 19313 Air purifiers ......................................................................11314 Air treatment systems................................................... 8815 Air-conditioners ............................................................... 1816 Air-cooled servo stabilisers ......................................... 1817 Airline fluids ...................................................................... 7918 All-geared autofeed pillar drilling machines ................................................................168, 21019 All-geared autofeed radial drilling machines ....16820 All-geared radial drilling machines ........................16821 Aluminium processing equipment ........................22422 Aluminum extrusion equiment ...............................27023 AMS integrated..............................................................19224 Angle encoders..................................Back inside cover25 APFC panels ...................................................................... 1826 Application/precision component machining..............................................................238, 23927 Aqueous cleaners..........................................................27828 Assembly & high temperature greases .................. 7929 Auto tool presetters....................................................... 3430 Auto-diff machine simulation .................................... 6731 Auto-feed radial drilling machines.........................21032 Automated guided vehicles .....................................21333 Automatic back spot facing tools ..........................11934 Automatic grinding machines .................................26935 Automatic lathes ...........................................................12336 Automation controllers ..............................................25737 Automation ............................................ 21, 69, 166, 21938 Automobile workshop trolleys ................................18939 Automotive lubricants ................................................22040 Back-geared auto-feed radial drills.............. 16841 Back-geared fine-feed machines ............................16842 Bags bailing presses....................................................... 8943 Balancing machines .....................................................21144 Balancing systems for grinding.......... Back gatefold45 Ball bearings ...................................................................24146 Ball screws .............................................................141, 27147 Band saw blades.............................................................. 6648 Bearings ...............................................106, 144, 183, 24149 Bellow couplings...........................................................27150 Belt grinders....................................................................13951 Bench drilling machines.............................................27652 Bench grinding machines..........................................13953 Billet shearing machines .............................................. 1654 Blanking lines .................................................................22455 Boring ................................................................................23356 Brine chillers....................................................................27557 BTA/ejector counter boring machines ................... 2458 BTA/ejector drilling machines.................................... 2459 Building automation....................................................16660 Cable carriers ..........................................144, 27161 Cable conduits ................................................................. 1762 Cable connectors ..........................................................14463 CAD.....................................................................................27264 CAD/CAM software ........................................................ 2965 CAE .....................................................................................27266 Cam followers.................................................................27267 Cam grinding..................................................................16568 Cam works .......................................................................273

69 Carbide end mill tools.................................. Back cover70 Carbide end mills ............................................................ 6371 Carbide rods...................................................................... 4372 Carbide tools............................................... 203, 204, 23673 Carbide..............................................................................23674 Carrier oils ........................................................................27875 Cash management .......................................................22576 Cassette tool cabinets.................................................26477 Cast iron cutting.............................................................. 8178 Casting .................................................Front inside cover79 Center drills ....................................................................... 4480 Centerless grinding machines ......................... 27, 27481 Centerless.........................................................................16582 Centre drills .....................................................................23683 Centreless grinding machines .................................27184 Ceramics ..............................................190, 191, 193, 30385 Cermets.............................................................................30386 C-frame power presses ................................................. 1687 Chain oils............................................................................ 7988 Chain pulley blocks ......................................................25589 Chain wheels ..................................................................24890 Chains................................................................................14491 Chillers................................................................................. 2892 Chuck jaws.......................................................................21993 Chucks ...............................................................................23694 Circumference gauges ................................................27595 Clamping solutions ........................................................ 4696 Clamping tools................................................ Back cover97 Clamps...............................................................................27598 Cleaners ............................................................................16799 Close-frame hydraulic presses ................................... 89100 CMMs.................................................................................297101 CNC angular cylindrical grinding machines ......... 27102 CNC cutting machines ................................................166103 CNC double column machining centres.........14, 22104 CNC equipment ............................................................... 19105 CNC grinding machines .............................................269106 CNC guillotine shears .................................................... 41107 CNC horizontal borers.................................................149108 CNC horizontal boring/milling machines.............. 14109 CNC horizontal machining centres ............................... ........................................................ Front inside cover, 14110 CNC horizontal turning centres................................. 14111 CNC hydraulic press brakes ........................................ 41112 CNC laser cutting machines................................41,166113 CNC lathes ............................ 22, 42,123, 149, 180, 199114 CNC machine probing .................................................. 67115 CNC machine simulation ............................................. 67116 CNC machine tools................................... 107, 238, 239117 CNC machines ......................... 8, 9, 15, 59, 61, 93, 306118 CNC machining centres..................................15, 22, 59119 CNC milling machines....................Front inside cover120 CNC multi-tasking centres........................................... 14121 CNC oxyfuel cutting machines ................................166122 CNC plasma cutting machines ................................166123 CNC precision lathes...................................................... 53124 CNC punch presses ........................................................ 41125 CNC rotary tables ...................................... 190, 191, 193126 CNC tap chucks & tap adapters...............................179127 CNC tap holders & pull studs ...................................179128 CNC tapping centres ..............................................25, 26129 CNC toolings...................................................................236130 CNC tools holders & pulley studs ...........................179131 CNC tools ........................................................................... 69132 CNC turn mill centres ..................................................275133 CNC turning centres ...............................................15, 59134 CNC turning machines................................................165135 CNC turn-mill centres.................................................... 14136 CNC turret punch presses..........................................253137 CNC vertical machining centres.....................................

..........................................Front inside cover, 14, 15, 59138 CNC vertical turning lathes ......................................... 14139 CNC/VMC machines .................................................75-78140 CNCs...........................................................7, 15, 20, 59, 70141 Coating machines.........................................................166142 Coating plants................................................................166143 Coating systems ............................................................166144 Cold chamber pressure die casting machines .... 22145 Cold forming machines ..............................................177146 Collet chucks.............................................................53,236147 Collets................................................................. 10, 11, 236148 Complex machining applications............................. 34149 Composite applications................................................ 67150 Comprehensive smoothing algorithm ................... 34151 Compressor oils ............................................................... 79152 Cone pulley heavy-duty lathe machines ............... 95153 Cone pulley light-duty lathe machines.................. 95154 Cone pulley medium-duty lathe machines .......... 95155 Connection cables ........................................................159156 Connectors .............................................................. 83, 144157 Control cabinets .............................................................. 83158 Control panels...........................................................17, 83159 Control system machines ............................................ 34160 Control systems ............................................................... 83161 Controlling machine tools.............Back inside cover162 Conventional precision lathes .................................199163 Converter planomillers ...............................................119164 Coolant purifying systems.........................................175165 Coolant separators .......................................................196166 Coolants.................................................37, 105, 187, 223167 Cooling towers................................................................. 88168 Coromills ....................................................Front gatefold169 Corothread ................................................Front gatefold170 Corrosion preventives .................................................167171 Counters & power supplies......................................... 87172 Countersinks .......................................................12, 13, 33173 Crabs ..................................................................................255174 Cranes................................................................................255175 Crank pin grinding machines...................................165176 Crush blades ..................................................................... 65177 Cutting fluids ..................................................................167178 Cutting heads.................................................................291179 Cutting machines..........................................................166180 Cutting oil .............................................37, 105, 187, 223181 Cutting speed optimisation........................................ 67182 Cutting systems.............................................................291183 Cutting tools carbide metal working tools.........303184 Cutting tools ....................................... 35, 43, 51, 63, 65, 116, 131, 153, 156, 203, 204, 231, 238, 239, 244, 245, 306185 CV joint machines.........................................................177186 Cycle time reduction/programming software...221187 Cylindrical grinders ......................................................143188 Cylindrical grinding machines .......................267, 271189 Cylindrical machines...................................................... 61190 Cylindrical roller bearings..........................................183191 Cylindrical/ internal grinding machines...............147192 Deburring solutions ....................................... 145193 Deep-hole drilling machines ...............................24, 39194 Deep-hole drilling sub-contracts .............................. 24195 Demagnetisers ...............................................................196196 Design ...............................................................................272197 Desktop printers............................................................245198 DFMPRO............................................................................273199 Diamond lapping/polishing systems Back gatefold200 Diamond tools ..........................................................12, 13201 Diamond tools ................................................................. 33202 Didactic equipment for training ............................... 83203 Die coaters......................................................................... 65204 Die/mould machines ...........................Cover-on-cover205 Differential pressure transmitters...........................171


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206 Distribution transformers ............................................ 18207 DNC system for networking CNC machines.......221208 Double-column milling machines (5-faces).....................................................Cover-on-cover209 Drawer cupboards ........................................................189210 Drawing & forming compounds .............................167211 Drill chuck arbours .......................................................236212 Drill mills...........................................................................236213 Drill tap centres ........................ Front inside cover, 22214 Drill tap machines........................................................... 34215 Drill tools ........................................................... Back cover216 Drilling machines ............85, 168, 210, 263, 276, 306217 Drilling tools................... 12, 13, 33, 51, 203, 204, 245218 Drilling-cum-milling machines .................................. 85219 Drilling-cum-tapping machines ..............................276220 Drilling-cum-vertical milling drill machines .......267221 Drills ........................................................................... 63, 210222 Drive technology...............................Back inside cover223 Drives........................................................ 20, 21, 108, 257224 Dual column design....................................................... 34225 Dual sone machining centers .................................... 34226 Duplex deburring tools ..............................................119227 Dust collectors ...............................................................139228 EDM accessories & consumables . 190, 191, 193229 E-drawings publishers.................................................273230 Electric motor lamination systems.........................224231 Electrical & electronics ............................ 190, 191, 193232 Electro magnets.............................................................270233 Electrolifting magnets.................................................270234 Electromagnetic chucks .............................................196235 Element shrink discs ....................................................272236 Encoders ................................................................... 87, 159237 End mills ................................................................... 44, 236238 Energy projects................................................................ 18239 Engineering services....................................................272240 Engineering tools..........................................................116241 EngineeringExpo exhibitions ...... 242, 261, 286-289242 Engineer’s files ................................................................. 44243 EOT/HOT cranes ............................................................255244 Euro gearboxes..............................................................274245 Exhibitions .................................242, 261, 266, 286-289246 Exposed linear encoders ................Back inside cover247 Extra duty lathe machines.........................................267248 Extra heavy-duty lathes..............................................267249 Extra hi-cut lathes .........................................................267250 Facing & contouring heads ........................... 233251 Factory automation......................................................166252 Fast drill reshareung machines ........... 190, 191, 193253 Ferrous casting...............................................................270254 Fine & auto feed radials ............................................... 85255 Fixtures..............................................................................275256 Flame proof hoists........................................................255257 Flange flacers..................................................................119258 Floating holders.............................................................179259 Force-feed lubricators .................................................264260 Forged components ....................................................270261 Forging presses ............................................................... 16262 Forging rolls ....................................................................228263 Freewheel-oneway-clutches.....................................272264 Friction drop hammers................................................. 16265 Friction screw presses ................................................... 16266 Frictionless slides ..........................................................192267 Fully automatic ................................................................ 22268 Gantry & NC boring/milling machines ........... 42269 Gas springs ............................................................258, 259270 Gauges ..............................................................................268271 Gear couplings...............................................................248272 Gear cutting machines........................Cover-on-cover273 Gear hobbing machines............................................... 64274 Gear milling machines ................................................145275 Gearboxes ............................................................... 248,255276 Geared radial drilling machines ................................ 85277 Geared drilling machines ............................................. 85278 Geared-head heavy-duty lathe machines ............. 95

279 Geared-head medium-duty lathe machines ........ 95280 Gears ..................................................................................248281 Geomcalipers..................................................................273282 Glass ...................................................................................127283 Goliath cranes ................................................................255284 Goods lifts ........................................................................255285 Greases & specialities ..................................................220286 Greases................................................................................ 79287 Grinding machines .............................................................. .......... 27, 61, 115, 127, 139, 165, 180, 269, 271, 284288 Grinding tools for hard materials .................115, 127289 Grip pliers.........................................................................275290 Grooving & parting tools ............................................. 43291 Gudgen pins ...................................................................183292 Guillotine shear................................................................ 41293 Gun drilling machines............................. 12, 13, 24, 33294 Gun reaming machines ................................................ 24295 Gyratory screens............................................................270296 Hammers ........................................................... 16297 Handling system modules........................................... 83298 Hard cut end mills .......................................................... 63299 Heavy job turning/boring machines .....................267300 Heavy-duty all-geared head lathe machines ....... 22301 Heavy-duty drill machines.........................................263302 Heavy-duty lathe machines ......................................284303 Heavy-duty lathes.........................................................267304 Heavy-duty precision machine vices.....................195305 Heavy-duty radial drill machines ............................263306 Helical gears....................................................................248307 H-frame power presses................................................. 16308 Hi-cut lathes....................................................................267309 High-precision surface grinding machines.........284310 High-precision tool holders ........................................ 23311 High-pressure hydraulic clamping systems ........................................................................ Back Gatefold312 High-pressure pumps..................................................291313 High-pressure tubes ....................................................291314 High-speed centerless grinding machines ........... 27315 High-speed drill tap centres .....................................149316 High-speed machining centres (3-/5-axes)........... 15317 High-speed machining centres ................................. 59318 HMC/VMC machines ....................................................103319 HMIs .........................................................................217, 257320 Holdbacks ........................................................................272321 Hole-making tools .......................................................... 65322 Hollow bars .....................................................................129323 Horizontal boring machines .....................................177324 Horizontal boring mill .........................Cover-on-cover325 Horizontal handle clamps..........................................275326 Horizontal hydraulic presses ...................................... 89327 Horizontal machining centres......................................... ......................................................15, 25, 26, 59, 149, 177328 Horizontal machining centres.............................7, 284329 Horizontal milling machines.............Cover-on-cover330 Horizontal pipe & tube bending machines .......... 91331 Horizontal screens ........................................................270332 Horizontal turning centres ........................................177333 Hot forging lubricants.................................................278334 HSK ................................................................................10, 11335 Hydraulic & gear oils...................................................... 79336 Hydraulic angle lock vices .........................................284337 Hydraulic angle shearing machines ......................268338 Hydraulic cylindrical grinders...................................271339 Hydraulic cylindrical grinding machines .............265340 Hydraulic forging hammers......................................228341 Hydraulic machine vices ............................................195342 Hydraulic power units.................................................272343 Hydraulic press brakes.................................................. 41344 Hydraulic presses (4-column)..................................... 89345 Hydraulic presses .........................................91, 228, 276346 Hydraulic shearing machines ..................................... 91347 Hydraulic surface grinding machines ...................269348 Hydroforming machines ............................................224349 Hypercad ............................................................................ 29

350 I/O junction boxes .......................................... 171351 Imaging & vision systems ..........................................166352 Import/export financing.............................................225353 Indexable tools ...................................................... 63, 277354 Induction motors ..........................................................257355 Inductive proximity switches ..................................... 17356 Industrial control & sensing devices........................ 87357 Industrial coolers............................................................. 88358 Industrial cooling systems.........................................275359 Industrial lubricants .....................................................220360 Industrial robots ............................................................157361 Industrial vacuum cleaning solutions ...................277362 Inner/outer race grinding machines .....................165363 INTEC-2012 exhibition ................................................124364 Internal grinding machines......................................... 27365 Internal thread grinding machines ........................165366 Iron & steel parts ............................................................. 65367 Iron workers ...................................................................... 41368 ISO & milling inserts....................................................... 63369 ISO turning inserts.......................................................... 63370 Isolation transformers ................................................... 18371 Jib cranes ........................................................ 255372 Jigs ......................................................................................275373 Junction boxes...............................................................171374 Keyless transmission elements .............269, 272375 Large size horizontal machining centres..... 306376 Large size machining centres ..........Cover-on-cover377 Laser cutting machines................................................. 41378 Laser shaping ........................................................ 115,127379 Laser systems..................................................................224380 Laser tools........................................................................125381 Lathe chucks ...................................................................219382 Lathe machines............. 7, 22, 95, 267, 270, 275, 284383 LEDs...................................................................................... 17384 Length gauges rotary encoders ..Back inside cover385 Lens mould........................................................................ 65386 Letters of credit .............................................................225387 Level controllers .............................................................. 87388 Light-duty drills .............................................................278389 Light-duty lathe machines ..............................267, 284390 Linear guideways ..........................................................192391 Liner bearings.................................................................192392 Liners .................................................................................192393 LM guideways ................................................................271394 Load break switches ...................................................... 17395 Loans..................................................................................225396 Lubes .................................................................................105397 Lubrication systems .....................................................106398 Machine lamps................................................ 293399 Machine measurements.................Back inside cover400 Machine simulation multi-axis................................... 67401 Machine tool accessories ....................... 116, 179, 265402 Machine tool protection systems ...... Back gatefold403 Machine tools accessories .........................................271404 Machine tools ......................................69, 116, 159, 180405 Machine vices............................................ Back gatefold406 Machined components.....................................209, 270407 Machining & grinding fluids .....................................167408 Machining centres (5-axis) ........................................149409 Machining centres (5-face)........................................306410 Machining centres .......................................................... 64411 Magnetic equipment...................................................270412 Magnetic grill & housing............................................270413 Magnetic head pulleys................................................270414 Magnetic modular encoders ........Back inside cover415 Maintenance trolleys ...................................................189416 Masonry drills ................................................................... 44417 Material handling solutions ......................................213418 Measured value acquisition ..........Back inside cover419 Measurement instruments .......................................... 73420 Measurement systems ................................................265421 Measuring & monitoring relays................................. 87422 Measuring instruments...............................................211423 Measuring systems.......................................................192


Product Index


424 Mechanical shears .......................................................... 41425 Mechanical/hydraulic press brakes.......................... 91426 Mechanical/hydro-mechanical section bending machines.......................................................... 91427 Mechatronics ..................................................................106428 Metal cutting systems.................................................291429 Metal cutting technology .....................................10, 11430 Metal cutting tools ........................................ 10, 11, 185431 Metal forming technologies .....................................102432 Metal scrape baling presses ....................................... 89433 Metal working technologies.....................................102434 Metrology instruments & solutions .......................297435 MGM brake motors ........................................................ 57436 Micron drills ...................................................................... 65437 Milling centres.....................................................................7438 Milling cutters ...................................12, 13, 43, 33, 151439 Milling grades...........................................Front gatefold440 Milling heads ..................................................................306441 Milling machines ....................Front inside cover, 306442 Milling solutions ............................................................126443 Milling tools ...........................65, 203, 204, Back cover444 Milling................................... 51, 245, Back inside cover445 Milling-cum-drilling machines .................................168446 Mini scales........................................................................192447 Mobile cylinder hydraulic presses ............................ 89448 Mobile drawer systems...............................................189449 Mobile robotics..............................................................213450 Modbus I/O junction boxes ......................................171451 Model export interfaces ............................................... 67452 Modmachine simulation multi-axis ......................... 67453 Modular tooling systems ...............................12, 13, 33454 Mold components .......................................................... 65455 Monitoring of grinding systems ........ Back gatefold456 Monorail trolleys ...........................................................255457 Motion controls ............................................................... 20458 Motor protection circuit breakers ............................ 17459 Motorized chain pulley blocks.................................255460 Motors ................................................................................. 20461 Multi-angle right-angle universal milling attachments ....................................................................119462 Multi-functional tools.................................................... 43463 Multi-media unions.............................................258-259464 Multi-spindle drilling heads ......................................276465 Multi-spray aerosols....................................................... 79466 Needle bearings ............................................. 183467 Non-ferrous casting .....................................................270468 Oil coolers ......................................................... 28469 Oil/coolant coolers .......................................................275470 Online b2b marketplace.................................... 249,292471 Optipath ............................................................................. 67472 Overband magnetic separators...............................270473 Overdraft facility............................................................225474 Oversize lathe machines ............................................284475 Panel air-conditioners.................................... 275476 Panel coolers..................................................................... 28477 PCB drills............................................................................. 65478 PCD & CBN tools............................................................303479 Peel grinding machines................................................ 61480 Permanent lifting magnets .......................................270481 Permanent magnetic chucks..........................196, 265482 Photoelectric sensors .................................................... 87483 Pillar drilling machines .......168, 210, 263, 274, 283, 484 Pillar-type hydraulic presses....................................... 89485 Pilot lights .......................................................................... 17486 Piston pumps..................................................................285487 Plaining machines ........................................................274488 Planetary gear heads...................................................271489 Planomillers.....................................................................274490 Plasma cutting machines............................................. 41491 Plastic machined components ................................209492 Plates-sheets ...................................................................209493 PLC operated hydraulic presses................................ 89494 PLCs....................................................................................217495 Plugs & sockets ................................................................ 17

496 Pneumatic & hydraulic accessories........................136497 Pneumatic automation...............................................109498 Pneumatic impact wrenches....................................277499 Polishing machines ......................................................139500 Polymat.............................................................................209501 Portable turning machines........................................119502 Portable welders ...........................................................264503 Post processors................................................................ 29504 Power conditioners ........................................................ 18505 Power presses................................................................... 91506 Power savers ..................................................................... 18507 Power shearing machines .........................................273508 Power sources ................................................................169509 Power supplies...............................................................159510 Preci chucks ....................................................................101511 Precision bearings ........................................................274512 Precision fabrication works.......................................275513 Precision gear cutting tools..............Cover-on-cover514 Precision grinders .........................................................143515 Precision lock nuts........................................................271516 Precision measuring instruments ...........................268517 Precision roll turning lathe machines ...................267518 Precision steels.....................................................115, 127519 Precision switches........................................................... 17520 Press brake machines..................................................278521 Press brakes............................................................. 41, 269522 Pressure sensors .............................................................. 73523 Process automation &control equipment............. 83524 Process monitoring sensors......................................125525 Process oils ......................................................................220526 Product assemblies ......................................................270527 Product design...............................................................272528 Productivity tracking systems..................................221529 Profilers & gantry machines......................................177530 Program verification ...................................................... 67531 Projects (energy) ............................................................. 18532 Propeller hub.................................................................... 45533 Proximity sensors............................................................ 87534 Pull action clamps.........................................................275535 Pull studs..........................................................................236536 Pulleys ...............................................................................248537 Punch presses.......................................................180, 253538 PVC flexible braided hoses........................................136539 Quick fit machines.......................................... 195540 Quick-change tapping chucks/tap adapters......179541 Race pins ......................................................... 183542 Radial drill machines................................ 168, 210, 263543 Radial drilling machines ......................... 270, 273, 278544 Reamers .....................................12, 13, 33, 44, 231, 236545 Reaming & tapping machines..................................179546 Receivables finance solutions ..................................225547 Reverse engineering....................................................272548 RH & temperature transmitters ...............................171549 Robots ...............................................................................157550 Rods-tubes-blocks ........................................................209551 Roll forming machines.................................................. 91552 Roller bearings .....................................................183, 241553 Rolling oils .......................................................................167554 Rotary dampers ...................................................258, 259555 Rotary feed backs ........................................................... 20556 Rotary indexing tables ........................... Back gatefold557 Rotary joints & unions.......................................258, 259558 Rotary switches................................................................ 17559 Rotary tilting vices ..............................................130, 195560 Rotary .....................................................................................7561 Rotary-cum-dividing/indexing heads ...................195562 Rotating unions ...................................................258, 259563 Rust preventing .............................................................167564 Safety lights ...................................................... 87565 Safety protection devices ............................................ 17566 Saws ..................................................................................... 66567 Screw presses .................................................................228568 Sealants & surface treatment ...................................215569 Sealed linear encoders....................Back inside cover

570 Sealing solutions ...........................................................106571 Security systems............................................................113572 Self-adhesive tapes ......................................................222573 Servo stabilisers ............................................................... 18574 Servomotors....................................................................257575 Shafts .................................................................................271576 Sheet metal forming machines ...............................224577 Shock absorbers ..................................................258, 259578 Shrinkfit machines .................................... 190, 191, 193579 Shrinking technology ..................................................211580 Side lock adapters ........................................................236581 Single limit switches ...................................................... 17582 Sinking EDMs..................................................................303583 Siphon systems....................................................258, 259584 Sirius..................................................................................... 21585 Slant/flat beds ................................................................149586 Sleeves .........................................................................10, 11587 Solenoid valves ..............................................................285588 Solid carbide drills/mills .............................................185589 Solid carbide reamers..................................................185590 Solid carbide special drills/mills ..............................185591 Solid carbide special reamers ..................................185592 Solid carbide tools........................................................306593 Spare parts.......................................................................291594 Special hydraulic expansion technology.............219595 Special induction hardening machines................169596 Special machines...........................................................177597 Special purpose machines.... Front inside cover, 64598 Special refrigeration equipment .............................275599 Special tools ....................................................................236600 Spherical bearings ........................................................183601 Spindle nose tooling systems .................................... 43602 Spindle probes...............................................................125603 SPMs....................................... Front inside cover, 24, 64604 Spur gears........................................................................248605 Standard induction hardening machines............169606 Standard mobile drawers ..........................................189607 Standard pyramid-type plate bending machines91608 Stationary work holding systems ...........................219609 Steep-taper machines ............................................10, 11610 Stock shapes ...................................................................209611 Straightening machines .............................................274612 Straight-line action clamps .......................................275613 Super power hydraulic vices ....................................195614 Surface & profile grinding machines.....................147615 Surface grinders...................................................149, 269616 Surface grinding machines .............................269, 272617 Suspension magnets ...................................................270618 Switching relays............................................................... 87619 Tagma exhibition ........................................... 266620 Tap holders......................................................................121621 Taper bearings ...............................................................183622 Taps .......................................................12, 13, 33, 44, 135623 Telecom equipment....................................................... 18624 Temperature controllers............................................... 87625 Tensioner nuts ...............................................................272626 Thermal imaging cameras.........................................237627 Thread gauges ...............................................................101628 Thread milling & turning machines .......................145629 Thread whirling tools ............................Front gatefold630 Threading solutions .....................................................145631 Threading tools..................................Back inside cover632 Timers .................................................................................. 87633 Timing belts ....................................................................248634 Timing pulleys drives ..................................................248635 Timing pulleys................................................................248636 Toggle action clamps ..................................................275637 Toggle presses ...............................................................275638 Tool bits .............................................................................. 44639 Tool changer systems .................................................284640 Tool design......................................................................272641 Tool grinding machines .............................................147642 Tool holders ..................................................... 10, 11, 211643 Tool holding systems ..................................................219


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644 Tool logistics systems..................................................211645 Tool monitoring sensors ............................................125646 Tool monitoring systems ...................... Back gatefold647 Tool path simulators....................................................221648 Tool presetting machines...................... 190, 191, 193649 Tool setting systems....................................................265650 Tool systems ...................................................................264651 Tooling systems.............................................. Back cover652 Tools trolleys...................................................................189653 Tools...................................................................................236654 Tool-trolleys for VMCs & HMCs................................189655 Top drills......................................................................10, 11656 Torque sensors....................................................... 73, 268657 Touch probes......................................Back inside cover658 Track rollers .....................................................................272659 Trade show organisers.................................................. 55660 Transfer trolleys .............................................................255661 Transformer oils.............................................................220662 Transparent gels.............................................................. 79663 Tubing accessories ......................................................... 83664 Tungsten carbide rod blanks ...................................278665 Turbine blades ................................................................. 45666 Turbine shafts................................................................... 45667 Turned components ....................................................270668 Turning centres..............................................................306669 Turning holders ............................................................... 43670 Turning tools ............................................ 65, Back cover671 Turning................................. 51, 245, Back inside cover672 Turnkey solutions............................................................ 18673 Turret punch presses........................................... 41, 253674 Twin spin bearing reducers ......................................271675 Twin-spindle compound grinding machines....... 27

676 Twist drills (parallel & taper shank).......................... 44677 Twist drills ........................................................................236678 Ultra-high pressure apparatus........................ 65679 Universal ball vices .......................................................195680 Universal cutter grinders..........................190, 191,193681 Universal cylindrical grinding machines................ 27682 Universal dividing heads............................................195683 Universal grinding machines....................................267684 Universal quick change chucks/adaptors............179685 Universal radial drilling machines .....................85, 95686 Universal vices 100.......................................................195687 UPS systems ...................................................................... 18688 Used CNC turret punch presses ..............................253689 Used machine tools .....................................................180690 Vacuum cleaners ............................................ 113691 Vacuum pumps & compressors...............................276692 Value engineering ........................................................272693 Valve sensors ..................................................................159694 Valve terminals ................................................................ 83695 Valves................................................................................... 83696 Vane pumps....................................................................285697 Velocity & feed controllers ..............................258, 259698 Ventilators........................................................................222699 Vertical & horizontal machining centres................ 42700 Vertical handle clamps................................................275701 Vertical machining centres (3-/5-axis) ..................177702 Vertical machining centres.................... 7, 25, 26, 186703 Vertical machining centres-single/double columns ............................................................................149704 Vertical turning centres ..............................................177705 Vertical turning machines ........................................... 64706 Vertical turnmill centres ............................................... 64

707 Vertical turret lathes ....................................................295708 Vibrating equipment ...................................................270709 Vibratory motors ...........................................................270710 Vision sensors................................................................... 87711 VMCs .................................................................................165712 Water chillers.................................................. 275713 Water purifiers................................................................113714 Waterjet cutting systems ...........................................291715 Wear parts.......................................................................... 43716 Wear-resistant tools ....................................................... 65717 Wire rope hoists ............................................................255718 Wirecut EDMs .......................................................186, 303719 Wired connection .........................................................171720 Wireless receivers..........................................................171721 Wireless.............................................................................171722 Wiring trolleys ................................................................189723 Work holding solutions ......................... Back gatefold724 Work holding technology..........................................283725 Work shop tables ..........................................................189726 Worm gears.....................................................................248727 Yashawa servodrives ..................................... 217

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Siemens Ltd 21E: [email protected]

SKF India Limited 106T: +91-22-66337777E: [email protected]: www.skf.com

Smwautoblok Workholding Pvt Ltd 283T: +91-2137-616974E: [email protected]: www.smwautoblok.in

Sreelakshmi Traders 222T: +91-44-24343343E: [email protected]: www.sreelakshmitraders.com

Sunil Enterprises 284T: +91-281-2926239E: [email protected]

Superslides & Bushes Corporation 229T: +91-22-61567567E: [email protected]

Supreme CNC Machines Pvt Ltd 22T: +91-44-26285075E: [email protected]: ww.supremecnc.com

Surya Marketing Corporation 293T: +91-20-25694455E: [email protected]: www.suryamarketing.com

Taegutec India Ltd BCT: +91-80-27839111E: [email protected]: www.taegutec-india.com

TAGMA 266T: +91-22-28526876E: [email protected]: www.tagmaindia.org

Takamatsu Machinery Co Ltd 53T: +81-76-2741403E: [email protected]: www.takamaz.co.jp

Techno Industries 255T: +91-79-25830742E: [email protected]: www.technoind.com

Techtronics India Limited 304-305T: +91-124-2370555E: [email protected]: www.techtronics.in

Teknic 17T: +91-22-26592392E: [email protected]: www.teknic.co.in

The Jaws Mfg Co 101T: +91-20-26877842E: [email protected]: www.jawsindia.com

Trident Tools Pvt Ltd 207T: +91-22-28847191E: [email protected] W: www.magicut.net

Tungaloy India Pvt Ltd 65T: +91-22-61248888E: [email protected]: www.tungaloy.co.jp.in

Tussor Machine Tools Ind P Ltd 199T: +91-422-3200183E: [email protected]: www.pinachoindia.com

Tyrolit India Superabrasive Pvt. Ltd 115T: +91-80-40953259E: [email protected]: www.tylolit.com

Universal Corporation 136T: +91-22-23422238E: [email protected]: www.samson-grp.com

Vargus Ltd 145T: +91-9899073393E: [email protected]: www.vargus.com

Vinit Engimech Pvt Ltd 95T: +91-281-2312091E: [email protected]: www.balajilathe.com

Vinit Performance Polymers 209T: +91-22-28204120E: [email protected]: www.polymatindia.com

Weldor Engineering Pvt Ltd 253T: +91-2827-252038E: [email protected]: www.weldorpunchpress.com

Wendt India Ltd 127T: +91-4344-405500E: [email protected]: www.wendtgroup.com

Werner Finley Pvt Ltd 275T: +91-80-23289889E: [email protected]: www.wernerfinley.com

Wexper India Ltd 303T: +91-124-2210020E: [email protected]: www.wexper.com

Yamazaki Mazak India Pvt Ltd 75-78T: +91-2137-668800E: [email protected]: www.mazak.com

YG Cutting Tools Corporation Pvt Ltd 12-13T: +91-80-43543636E: [email protected]: www.yg1.co.kr

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