An organization has tangible and intangible assets. Tangible assets are those that are used to produce finished goods, such as plant and machinery, land and buildings etc. Intangible assets are discoveries and inventions, patents and intellectual property rights. These are the vital basic needs as they contribute to the production and operation of a company.

But the REAL ASSETS, without which, these tangible and intangible assets cannot be converted to usable products, are its PEOPLE.

In our organization where we manufacture incinerators and other allied pollution control equipment, a lot of dedication, imagination and hard work are required from our people. The products are mostly custom-built and are supplied world-wide. This means, over and above the design and engineering, considerable imagination and skill are  called for from the design, project and production teams to convert these into reality both during manufacture of an incinerator as well as during shipment and installation and commissioning at the final destination.

What happens during incinerator manufacture?

To give an example, while refractory lining the secondary chamber of our LRD model incinerator, provision had to be made in the lining for multiple orifices (without causing any heat damage to the body)  and for this a special mould had to be made. When completed, this would facilitate flue gas entering the secondary chamber in several streams and mixing with combustion air and the secondary burner flame, contributing to considerable turbulence and effective burning of the products of combustion. If making this mould was challenging, imagining its configuration was even more difficult, because of the mirror imaging that was required. This was accomplished by our Design, Project and Production teams satisfactorily after many days of hard work.

What about shipment?

A Regenerative Thermal Oxidiser was made for an overseas client and after inspection and clearance, was dispatched to Chennai Port by road for shipping. We were fully aware of the main bottleneck on the road, viz. an overhead railway bridge which has a maximum height restriction. This was taken into account while designing and fabricating the thermal oxidizer. The RTO could not be dismantled and shipped because of design constraints. We made sure that the height of the assembly was at least 200 mm less than the permissible maximum height at the bridge. What happened was that the trailer that brought the flat rack container was not a low bed trailer as we planned it and there was no time to organize this special trailer because of the imminent ship`s sailing schedule.

The RTO was loaded on the trailer and near the bridge we arranged for a mobile platform with wheels and a crane. The RTO was transferred to the platform and the whole thing was moved under the bridge to the other side. The crane then lifted the RTO from the platform and placed it securely once again on the trailer. From here on it was transported to the Chennai Port without any hitch.

These last minute issues were handled admirably with a lot of imagination by our staff and those of the freight handler.

What happens during incinerator installation?

We generally provide the GA drawing of the complete incinerator assembly as well foundation drawings for the fans, stack, etc.  There occurs sometimes a difference at the customer`s end either in the height or distance of the foundations. This requires modification to the connecting duct or provision of a bellow at the required spot to counter the difference. There are other instances of pipelines requiring modification or the distance from ash door to wall being less, etc. all of which our installation and commissioning team has to rectify in the best possible manner, depending on the problem at site and complete it to the satisfaction of the client.

These are but a few examples of what our team does at home and at client`s end all the time.

We have quite a few engineers and technicians working with us for more than 10 to 15 years and they welcome challenges, which according to them, are the ones that make work and life interesting. They are a dedicated lot without whom we would not be able to perform difficult tasks at various stages. They have received rave comments of appreciation from clients the world over but they never allowed these to go to their head. They are only motivated by these appreciations to face more challenges.