Over a Century of Leadership

Posted on 28 January, 2010 | Tags:

Dinshaw Iron works, one of the most well known polypropylene plates manufacturing units, celebrated its 125th anniversary. Dinshaw's have entered the arena of engineering services and offer turnkey plants and other infrastructure for filtration.  Dinshaw Iron works established in 1884 was engaged in manufacturing machinery for oil industry. The company made a breakthrough by introducing hydraulically operated cylinders with mechanical locking devices under Mr Ramesh B Patel's stewardship, who is the chairman of the company. In 1970s Hansen GmbH of West Germany introduced Polypropylene plates and they were the sole representatives of Hansen GmbH. The chief guest for the function Jasu Shah, Founder and Chairman, Chemtech Foundation said, " Ramesh Patel is not just leading Dinshaw, but leading with an IRON FISTED power, control and commitment".  Also Jasu Shah felicitated Ramesh Patel for the completion of 125 years and his contribution to the industry.   In the year 2000, the company commissioned a new factory at Hatkangale, close to Kolhapur, where compression polypropylene molding presses are designed, manufactured and installed. This factory manufactures high quality PP filter elements. Simultaneously it has also installed an induction furnace to produce alloy steel casting required for various components. Dinshaw has the manufacturing capabilities

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Enhancing Competitive Advantage

Posted on 28 January, 2010 | Tags: Brand Management

As the race to the top gets tougher, creating one's own brand identity is vital to survive. Albeit, the importance that is given to the materialistic assets, it is the intangibles that eventually help carve the niche

Globalization has played a critical role for the phenomenal progress of various businesses and economies exhibited worldwide.  In the current trade environment, businesses are already witnessing stiff competition, which is bound to get tougher during the years to come for the new entrants.  Each enterprise tries to have a monopolistic market control and tries to differentiate itself from its competitors through its Unique Selling Points (USPs).  In the present scenario, differentiation is becoming difficult in terms of product quality due to common inputs and cost becomes the deciding factor for a customer.  Thus lack of differentiation is ultimately resulting in price wars. Creating Your Own Identity For any marketing savvy enterprise to sustain in the current era of increased competition, it is imperative to enhance its competitive advantage. Tangible and intangible components are two significant aspects, which any business must look into discretely to have an edge over its competitors. Tangible competitive advantages such as machines, technology, manpower, finances, etc can be quantified and replicated. Thus competitors can have the same tangible strengths. On the other hand, intangible competitive advantages are subjective as well as qualitative and are difficult to quantify. Intangibles are the key drivers to develop an

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Leganomics Of Patents

Posted on 27 January, 2010 | Tags: Intellectual Property

The very idea of the patents came to be discussed as necessary offshoot of the profit oriented industrial revolution in the eighteenth century. Had it been only a matter of honor, the patents would not have attracted as much legal attention as they have been doing presently, with increasing intensity.

The perception of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) has two connotations, namely economic and legal. Although the legal connotation appears to be given a priority, what is often forgotten is that there would have been no legal dimension to it in the absence of the economic dimension. In fact, the very idea of the patents came to be discussed as necessary offshoot of the profit oriented industrial revolution in the eighteenth century. Had it been only a matter of honor, the patents would not have attracted as much legal attention as they have been doing presently, with increasing intensity. With the World Trade Organization (WTO) regime posing as a possible uniform global government, it becomes necessary to analyze the ingredients of IPRs and patent-laws as well as understand the intricate interplay between the law and economics of the patent laws world over. The real significance of the Agreement on Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights  (TRIPS Agreement) of WTO will then be understood more clearly. The study has now become most relevant for the industrial sectors, especially in the developing countries like India. While proceeding to discuss the leganomics, one presumes that the readers have a preliminary conceptual knowledge base in

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Calibration of Electronic Measuring Instruments

Posted on 27 January, 2010 | Tags: Precise Assessment

British scientist Lord Kelvin (1824 -1907) had said, "I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about and express it in numbers, you know something about it, but when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meager and unsatisfactory kind: it may be the beginning of knowledge but you have scarcely, in your thoughts, advanced to the stage of science, whatever the matter may be."

The adequacy of the quality functions is intimately associated with the quality of measurements. Therefore, the measurements made should not only be adequate but must be valid, accurate, dependable and reliable. In order to fulfill these essential requirements associated with Quality Assurance/Quality Management Systems, a well-structured Measurement System with International compatibility becomes the foremost necessity.Process converts Input to Output. Relation between Input and Output can be controlled. To control the process, we need to know the status of the process. Measurement gives information regarding this status. Control of a process can never be better than the measurements made on the process. The more accurate the data obtained from the process, with more accuracy can the process be controlled. By definition, Calibration is a set of operations that establish, under specified conditions, the relationship between values of quantities indicated by a measuring instrument and the corresponding values realized by reference standards.In practice, Calibration is essentially a comparison with a higher standard. A higher standard means higher accuracy and better resolution. For establishing higher accuracy, the minimum accuracy ratio of 1:3 (Reference standard: Unit Under calibration) is followed. For establishing better resolution, the normal thumb rule of 1:10 is followed.The grey

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Long Lasting Concrete and Masonry Protection

Posted on 27 January, 2010 | Tags: Silicone Chemistry

For several years, silanes and silicone resins have been successfully used to protect masonry and concrete constructions. They are not only highly water repellent, but also prevent the penetration of harmful salts, a problem which often affects concrete bridges and buildings along highways or close to the sea. The costs for this kind of protection pay off nicely as expansive maintenance and repair jobs can be avoided.

Concrete bridges age much faster than engineers would like, salt being a special threat. Depending on their location, bridges can be exposed to high levels of salt. Sea water, soil and air may contain a considerable amount of mineral salt which can penetrate the concrete surface and thus affect several parts of the bridge including its piers. Once the penetration begins, the salt attracts further moisture. Thus, water and salts gradually migrate into the pier. At a depth of 40 to 50 millimeters, the corrosive mixture meets the steel rods used to reinforce and stabilize the concrete. The steel starts to rust and in extreme cases may even compromise the structural stability. Due to the threat of salt to bridges, the German Automobile Association (ADAC) sponsored a study to investigate the state of German bridges. The results gave cause for concern of Germany's roughly 120,000 bridges, about 35,000 are in need of repair. But this would mean spending billions of euros! Besides the actual repair costs, the logistics, too, can be expensive, involving lane closures, redirecting traffic, for months at a time if, for instance, a highway bridge's center pier is involved. Protecting Bridge Piers Thus, the expense of

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