Using Level Switches for Waste Water Management

Looking at the blueish tint of the globe, one might as well say, that water is everywhere, why so much fuss about saving it, preserving it, managing it? But, as per the statistics already established in our previous blog, the availability of fresh water is decreasing and the need for preserving water with applications such as waste water management is increasing.

Pune Techtrol Pvt. Ltd., the leading manufacturer and supplier of level measurement and control instruments, had figured out this importance of waste water management since its inception in 1984.

In reference to the importance of waste water management, Mr. Mayank Khatan, Director of Operations at Pune Techtrol Pvt. Ltd., says “If third world war is at all to going to take place in future, it will be ‘water war.’ War for ‘drinking water.’ Save water, treat and recycle water, to save human race.”

This is one of the main reasons why PuneTechtrol Pvt. Ltd. is contributing actively to the process of waste water management. Since the beginning of the company, it has time and again innovated and added on to the list of instruments which can be used in noble applications like waste water management.

A very useful feature of “Techtrol” instruments is that there is wide choice of Material Of Construction (MOC) for all the instruments to suit specific requirements of the medium or liquid whose level is to be measured, detected or monitored. Thus a wide range of level control switches is available, which can be used in various phases of waste water management at various places in the waste water management plant.

Pune Techtrol’s level measurement and control switches useful in waste water management include Float Guided Switch (FGS), Displacer Switch (DS), Cable Suspended Switch (FTS), Conductivity Type Switch (CNS), Float Pivoted Switch (FPS) and Miniature Float Switch (MFPS/MFGS).

Float Guided Switch (FGS) is single or multipoint level switch used for in clarifier and aeration tank. These switching contacts can be used for alarm indication or pump control. Displacer Switch (DS) is more suited for application in clear effluent and potable water. Switching points rated for 5A, 250VAC and can be adjusted at site as required. Cable Suspended Switch (FTS) is a simplest type switch and easy to install. These switching contacts are rated for 5A, 250VAC and can be used for alarm indication or pump control and are ideally suitable for application in settling tanks. Conductivity Type Switch (CNS) is used only for conductive liquids. It can be used for treated & potable water. More suitable in applications where the depth of tank is large. Float Pivoted Switch (FPS) is side mounted, single point switch rated for 5A, 250VAC. It is suitable for over ground tanks. Miniature Float Switch (MFPS/MFGS) is used for level detection in small /medium tanks.

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“India needs to concentrate on multiple ROIs to embrace automation” – Asim Behera

Asim Behera, COO and Board Member—Daifuku India, pointed out that Indian manufacturers should consider multiple results to move towards automating their operations. India is a price-sensitive market and has cheap labor availability. So, it’s extremely hard to justify the Returns on Investment (ROIs). Asim was airing his views as one of the leading panelists at the recently concluded Global Supply Chain Symposium organized by the University of Southern California Marshall Center and the Global DCM at St. Regis, Mumbai. He was speaking about the discrimination that Supply Chain Officers are facing in the industry for a long time.

Asim pointed out that the smallest project undertaken by Daifuku in India was worth more than USD 1.5 million. In the West or Japan, this cost can easily be justified by taking into consideration the fact that the system can replace more than 50 labors, which in maximum 2–3 years will pay off for the system. But in India, the labor is so cheap that it’s hard to recover the money even in 12 years. So, to sell any product of Daifuku, India needs to concentrate on more than one aspect to justify the ROIs. This is where a Chief Supply Chain Officer (CSO) comes into the picture and adds value to it.

The panel discussion was moderated by one of the leading experts in Supply Chain Management Mr. Sammi Dua, General Manager with GSK Consumer Healthcare. The panel members were high-profile executives such as Lt. Col. Vijay Nair, Head—Distribution and Logistics, Reliance Digital; Mr. Asim Behera, COO and Executive Board Member, Daifuku; Mr. Vishal Premchandani, Joint Managing Director, KD Supply Chain Solutions; Mr. Pramod Sant, Head of Exports, Imports, and Customs, Siemens Ltd.; and Mr. Bipin Reghunathan, Director Supply Chain, DHL.

The moderator and the panel members reached a consensus that the CSOs need to be taken seriously with the change in business dynamics and the importance that supply chain is gathering in today’s competitive market. Pramod Sant of Siemens believes that the reason behind the decimation faced by CSOs is the traditional belief of the society that the CSOs are low-profile workers and aren’t a must for the industry. Pramod strongly believes that the people working in the supply chain should get a say in decision making, and if required, they should market themselves so that the industry recognizes their importance. He also congratulated the organizers Raj Dias, Ajay Jhallani, and Augustine Chalassery for bringing an exclusive symposium on supply chain management and the changing focus towards the industry.

Lt. Col. Vijay Nair, Veteran, remarked, “The board of a company will be strong only when all the members of the company are strong. The value one brings to the board is with the experience of each employee, and it’s important that the skill sets of each individual are improved at this point of business evolution.” Bipin Reghunathan believes one of the major challenges for this situation is the Supply Chain Experts operate from 5 ft. to 5,000 ft. height, while the board members work at 50,000 ft. height. So, when a Supply Chain Officer comes on the board, he needs to understand these dynamics and should be equipped to provide the board with their expectations of building business strategy and global statistics.

The panel agreed that there is never an end to learning. It’s necessary for the businesses to learn about the evolving market conditions. The panel recognized that there is a need to bring in a strong Supply Chain Management person to the board, one who brings in value to the board with his vast career experience. The CSO must also have the ability to plan the strategies and work accordingly.

Overall, the event served its purpose to stimulate ideas and provoke conversations on a broad range of important topics in the Supply Chain industry.

Believe It to Do It

“Being a woman is only a strength and never a weakness. If you really have the aspiration to succeed, you can get rid of all the biases that exist in the society. Our biases based on faulty belief systems hold us back – there is no other force which can hold us back. If you believe that you can do it, then you can do it!”
- Debaleena Biswas

Ms. Debaleena Biswas was born in Kolkata, to Mr. Arunabha Biswas, a Corporate Legal Professional and a Company Secretary and Mrs. Krishna Biswas. Debaleena completed her Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering from Jadavpur University. She was never bound to societal biases towards women. She worked as a summer trainee in Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. during her Bachelor’s.

Debaleena went on to work as a Process Engineer at Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd., a fully owned ONGC subsidiary. Plant visits and onsite training were a part of her regular schedule at MRPL, and she, like any other GET, did face her share of difficulties, but she never felt it was specific to her being a woman. She never shied away from her responsibilities in this role. As a part of her training and inspection duties, she had to perform physically challenging tasks like climbing steep ladders that were 10-15 meters high and enter vessels like Separators and Distillation towers, which is something that isn’t taught at the college. It was her hunger for knowledge and her passion that kept her going. She says, “These difficulties were surely not stronger than my urge to learn in my career”.

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SAFEGUARD YOUR WOOD WITH TSP 99

Get Impregsealed!

Wood is a versatile material having applications in industries like Pharmaceutical industry (Packaging), Marine industry (Ship Building); and waterproof applications in industries like Building and Construction for kitchen and bathrooms.

Wood is a porous material and has a lot of crevices. Germs and bacteria are formed in these crevices and porosities. When water or moisture seeps into these porosities, the germs and bacteria lead to fungal growth and eventual wood decay. Thus, wood rots if exposed to water and humidity for extended amount of time.

Impregnation of wood using TSP99 Sealant can prevent this and makes wood usable in various applications.

Water resistance for Marine applications 
TSP 99 is used for Marine Plywood in Ship Building. Marine plywood is treated with chemicals to kill germs and thus to enable its usage in ships and bathrooms. As an alternative to this usage of chemical, wood impregnation process using TSP99 Sealant is done. Wood impregnation seals the crevices and porosities and entraps all existing fungi while preventing bacterial growth. Our sealant TSP99 is water resistant and is not affected by long exposures to water or moisture. It is the best way to give marine and water resistance to wood.

Improve machinability
TSP 99 is used for wooden door knobs. It is also used for improving machinability of wood and achieving smooth finish for objects and decorative pieces. It gives them body and solidity, along with enhancing the robustness and longevity of the showpiece. Impregnation provides a clean surface for wood, thus making it ready for high quality lacquering.

Avoid fungal growth for hygiene and health applications
TSP 99 is used in Pharmaceutical Industry for Wooden Palletization. Medicines which are exported over long sea travel are packed in wooden pallets, which must not have any contaminants such as fungus or bacterial matter. For safety and hygiene reasons, it is very important that the wooden pallet is free from fungi and bacteria. This purpose is served by the process of impregnation on the wooden pallet whereby all crevices and porosities are sealed using TSP 99 sealant which does not allow any fungal growth.

Applications in Home, Fencing and Ship Building
TSP 99 is also useful in Home Building and Construction. Marine plywood is generally used in modular kitchens and bathrooms. As it has a lot of moisture goes into the crevices which cause a fungal growth. We can impregnate this plywood to make it water resistant and thus prevent it from swelling. Thus it finds applications in building of ships, boats, canoes, oars, etc.

TSP 99 can be used as an effective replacement to Tanalith treatment for wooden fencing columns. As this impregnation material is not poisonous, using it in wooden fencing columns gives the required environmental resistance to wood, while preventing the probable hazards.

Thus, wood impregnation is an important and useful process in most of the applications of wood industry.

Using Level Transmitters for Waste Water Management

Campaigns for water preservation and saving water are running all across the world. People are being urged to take precautionary measures while using water.Is there really a need to make such hassle around a common thing called water? The answer is an obvious yes, the reason for which stands same as our previous blogs on waste water management.

Pune Techtrol Pvt. Ltd. believes in making a difference while running a company. Thus, this leading manufacturer and supplier of level measurement and control instruments customizes its products such that they serve useful in applications like waste water management.

The in-house motivation for the same can be seen when Mr. Ramesh Pabalkar, the General Manager at Pune Techtrol Pvt. Ltd. says, “The ‘water crisis’ will hit us much before the‘energy crisis’. Every opportunity for saving water and recycling treated waste water must be explored.”

The level transmitters by Pune Techtrol are instruments which prove very useful in the process of waste water management. The Techtrol Ultrasonic Transmitter (TUS) is a non-contact type level transmitter, generally used for measurement of flow in open channel or level monitoring in tanks. It is compact, non-contact, and easy to install, integral type transmitter for continuous level measurement of non-corrosive liquids and slurries. It is programmable through Keys.

Owing to its aforementioned characteristics, it proves highly useful in waste water management plants. It is used for various processes in storage tanks, filter beds, flotation cells, water / waste water/effluent treatment (WTP, ETP), etc.

For more information: http://www.punetechtrol.com/blog.php?id=1

Samina Khalid Journey From Glamour to Glory

The thirst for knowledge, the sheer confidence in her work, and the willpower to go against the traditional ways of the society and work have paved the way for a successful career in Ms. Samina Khalid’s life. Machine Maker is proud to showcase the story of this incredible woman who is doing her part in revolutionizing the manufacturing sector in a way which many believed, wouldn’t have been possible at all.

Samina studied BSc in Biotech from Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College after which with her alma mater as the University of Pune did MBA in International Business. She started off her professional life as an intern in the marketing department of United Breweries group and later worked for Yash Raj Films for almost a year. However, away from the glitz of glamour world, she found her true calling in the manufacturing industry.
 
She started her career in the manufacturing industry with CNC Servicing and Solutions, a part of HAAS Automation, a global leader in machine manufacturing. To prepare for the interview she had nothing but only a landing page of the company. Nevertheless, her ambition and determination helped her bag the job. On the second day itself, she was introduced to the massive machines and was left baffled by the thought that she now had to market these.
 
The role called for starting everything from scratch and raising an entire marketing team. Something that seemed like a challenge for any fresher out there looked like an opportunity for Ms. Khalid. She used this opportunity to sharpen her skills and prepare the grounds for handling tasks that are even more challenging. Throughout this process, she was pleased to have extremely supportive colleagues and boss like Ashish Lala. According to Mr. Ashish Lala, “Samina is a very goal driven person. As modern career women, she is very much focused, whatever work was assigned to her she did it very well and gave it her best”.

For more information: http://www.themachinemaker.com/machinemaker/-Samina-Khalid-Journey-From-Glamour-to-Glory

Innovations in Warehousing Published in Equipment India Magazine

Warehousing recently has grown on such a large scale that doing away with its challenges has become a challenge in itself. Innovation is the solution for such specific needs. @Equipment India (page 64&65), introduces to such foresighted innovations in the industry and featured Daifuku in its Guest Column. Asim Behera, COO, Daifuku India Private Limited throws light on the current scenario and how ASRS benefits industries to be an edge ahead with their material handling.

For more information: http://www.equipmentindia.com/DigitalEdition/2/

About Daifuku

Since 1937, Daifuku has been world-class Automated Materials Handling Company – conveying, storage, sorting, picking and controls. We have a global network of offices and subsidiaries that offer design, engineering, sales, installation and commissioning of an Automated Storage and Materials Handling System.