Center for Excellence for Nano Applications at Trichy
TIRUCHI: The Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) Corporate Research and Development has proposed to establish a Centre of Excellence for nano applications at a cost of Rs.8.28 crore as nano technology is a new emerging area which facilitates study and manipulation of materials at the nanometer scale, said Ranjan Sahi, Group General Manager, BHEL, New Delhi, on Tuesday.
Addressing the valediction of the two-day workshop on ‘Manufacturing Technology – Realms Ahead’ organized by the BHEL, Tiruchi, in association with the Welding Research Institute, Indian Welding Society (southern zone) and the Indian Institute of Metals (Tiruchi Chapter) here, Mr. Ranjan Sahi said that nano materials had wide potential use in industries like power generation, process, aerospace, transportation, etc.
Referring to the national scenario in the energy field, he said that it was a challenging target set by the Centre for power plant capacity addition of about one lakh MW planned during XII five year plan. Coal will remain the dominant fuel and super critical technology is being introduced for higher rating (660 to 800 MW) thermal sets. Super critical sets are only envisaged in the XIII five year plan and there are talks about introduction of higher rating nuclear sets (1000 to 1200 MW) in the country, he said.
Private sector
Mr. Ranjan Sahi pointed out that there should be prominent role of private sector in capacity addition programme. Many companies joined hands with foreign manufacturers to set up manufacturing capacities in India. Therefore, there is major threat to BHEL not only from Chinese companies but also from within the country.
To counter this threat, apart from capacity augmentation to 20,000 MW that had been recently approved by the BHEL Board, BHEL has also taken up the capability building measures to meet the requirements of higher rating sets and super critical technology. BHEL will have to be more productive, cost effective, more quality conscious and punctual in deliveries, he said.
He said that the BHEL had formed a task force to introduce orbital pipe welding for mild steel at sites and the Welding Research Institute was working on introducing orbital MIG welding of pipes at Neyveli.
V. Ramakrishnan, Managing Director of Veesons Energy Systems Private Limited, Tiruchi, who presided over the function, said that there were projections indicating that India was likely to become a very important manufacturing hub for the world and pointed out that manufacturing industry had been shifting to developing countries and developed countries were concentrating on value-added sector.
A. Raja, Additional General Manager, BHEL, Tiruchi, spoke.
Addressing the valediction of the two-day workshop on ‘Manufacturing Technology – Realms Ahead’ organized by the BHEL, Tiruchi, in association with the Welding Research Institute, Indian Welding Society (southern zone) and the Indian Institute of Metals (Tiruchi Chapter) here, Mr. Ranjan Sahi said that nano materials had wide potential use in industries like power generation, process, aerospace, transportation, etc.
Referring to the national scenario in the energy field, he said that it was a challenging target set by the Centre for power plant capacity addition of about one lakh MW planned during XII five year plan. Coal will remain the dominant fuel and super critical technology is being introduced for higher rating (660 to 800 MW) thermal sets. Super critical sets are only envisaged in the XIII five year plan and there are talks about introduction of higher rating nuclear sets (1000 to 1200 MW) in the country, he said.
Private sector
Mr. Ranjan Sahi pointed out that there should be prominent role of private sector in capacity addition programme. Many companies joined hands with foreign manufacturers to set up manufacturing capacities in India. Therefore, there is major threat to BHEL not only from Chinese companies but also from within the country.
To counter this threat, apart from capacity augmentation to 20,000 MW that had been recently approved by the BHEL Board, BHEL has also taken up the capability building measures to meet the requirements of higher rating sets and super critical technology. BHEL will have to be more productive, cost effective, more quality conscious and punctual in deliveries, he said.
He said that the BHEL had formed a task force to introduce orbital pipe welding for mild steel at sites and the Welding Research Institute was working on introducing orbital MIG welding of pipes at Neyveli.
V. Ramakrishnan, Managing Director of Veesons Energy Systems Private Limited, Tiruchi, who presided over the function, said that there were projections indicating that India was likely to become a very important manufacturing hub for the world and pointed out that manufacturing industry had been shifting to developing countries and developed countries were concentrating on value-added sector.
A. Raja, Additional General Manager, BHEL, Tiruchi, spoke.
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