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Solar development
Azure Power, an independent solar power producer in India,
has announced its commissioning of a 100MW solar power
plant in Andhra Pradesh. The project was auctioned by
NTPC, the largest power utility of the government of India.
The Azure Power plant is located in Kurnool Ultra Mega
Solar Park, which has a total capacity of 1,000MW.
The park is under development by the Solar Park
Implementation Agency (SPIA) and Andhra Pradesh Solar
Power Corporation Ltd (APSPCL).
Azure Power – India
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Raising the bar
production
The bar mill at the IISCO steel plant at Burnpur recorded its
highest ever single day’s production on 3rd July 2017. The
mill produced 2,495 tons of 20mm TMT bars in FE 500D
EQR grade. The mill had previously peaked at 2,431 tons in
January this year.
Since its commissioning in 2015, the bar mill, with a top
production speed of 40m per second and an annual
production capacity of 0.9 million tons, has produced TMT
bars in 8 to 40mm sizes. The bars are thermo-mechanically
treated to make them resistant to earthquakes.
TMT bars produced from the mill are currently distributed in
the north east regions, West Bengal, Orissa, Punjab and
Andhra Pradesh.
IISCO chief executive officer Rajesh Kumar Rathi said that
in June the plant had recorded its highest monthly dispatch
of 280 blooms and produced 5,300 tons of 5.6mm to 6mm
wire rod coils. The monthly saleable steel production of the
plant also touched its best ever mark of 139,279 tons in the
same month.
IISCO Steel Plant – India
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India’s village
connection scheme
Ravi Shankar Prasad, the Indian government’s union
minister for electronics, IT and law and justice, has stated
that by mid-2018 around 150,000 gram panchayats (local
governing bodies) will be connected under a national optical
fire network programme. Of the targeted 250,000 gram
panchayats to be connected under the BharatNet
programme, around 100,000 have been connected.
Speaking at a meeting organised by the Indian Chamber of
Commerce (ICC), the minister said that the BharatNet
project has seen better optical fibre connectivity during the
Narendra Modi-led NDA regime.
In three years it has covered 210,000km, compared to the
358km previously covered since its announcement in 2011.
The scheme will see the launch of telemedicine, education and
skills training through digital technology in connected villages.
Bharat Broadband Network Ltd – India
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VNT nano dies – keep
production running
Ajex & Turner will be showing its range of upgraded
products at this year’s wire Southeast Asia, being staged in
Bangkok, Thailand, from 19th to 21st September. The
company’s stand is A25.
Produced in a modern facility, and using VNT technology,
the company’s VNT nano dies demonstrate an optimal
balance of mechanical properties making for a tough die
surface, low friction, no wear ring and wire breakage and
metal saving with economical prices.
Ajex & Turner also manufactures trapezoidal wire drawing
dies and sector shaped conductor dies to meet customer
requirements in all aspects. It is capable of serving
customers with any special tooling like shape drawing dies
(trolley, oval, trapezoidal, rectangular, square, triangle,
sector, etc) and sector shaped compacting dies for
bunching and stranding lines.
The company also makes wire dies in PCD/TC/pressure/
split/shape with extrusion tools, buncher bows and spiral
brushes. Its research and development team is continuously
engaged in finding solutions for optimal resource utilisation
to enhance wire and cable production.
Ajex and Turner Wire Dies – India
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❍ Nano die technology from Ajex and Turner