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World's
largest aluminium rolling company |
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One
of the biggest producers of primary aluminium in Asia |
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One of the lowest-cost producers of aluminium in the world
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Over
58 per cent of sales in value-added products |
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Fully
integrated aluminium plant at Renukoot, UP |
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Aluminium
wheels plant at Silvassa, in Dadra & Nagar Haveli |
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Foil
plants at Silvassa and Kalwa. Foil unit of Indal at Kollur |
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ISO
9001:2000 and 14001 certified |
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| Copper |
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India's
leading copper producer |
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India's
largest copper smelting and refining plant at Dahej, Gujarat,
with two copper mines in Australia
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Smelting
and refining capacity 500,000 tpa, the largest single
location smelter in the world |
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Captive
jetty (Dahej Harbour & Infrastructure Limited, a wholly
owned subsidiary) |
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ISO
9001,14001 and OSHAS 18001 certified |
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Registered
on London Metal Exchange as Grade A Copper Brand |
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| about
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research and development |
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Taloja
Research and Development Centre (TRDC) started
as an oil and lube laboratory for improving the
surface quality of aluminium rolled products through
tribology. It has now become a stand-alone analytical
laboratory for aluminium processing oils, engineering
oils/lubricants and metallurgical services related
to aluminium. TRDC has been accredited in accordance
with standard ISO/IEC 17025:1999 by the National
Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration
Laboratories (NABL), New Delhi, in the field of
chemical and electrical testing of oils and lubricants.
Major
achievements of TRDC include the development of
Heavy Normal Paraffin (HNP) based sheet/foil cold
rolling oil and import substitution of non-staining
hydraulic oils for sheet/foil rolling mills for
which the company was given the National Award
for R&D efforts — 2002 in processing
industries by DISR.
Other
achievements include defect characterisation in
semifab products through SEM/EDX analysis and
the establishment of the Technology Information
Centre for semifabricating operations. TRDC played
a significant role in building a knowledge bank
for semifab operations in connection with the
use of aluminium alloy semifabricated products
as material for the construction of railway freight
wagons. TRDC has also acquired seven patents so
far for new oil and lube formulations for semifabricating
operations.
TRDC's
future plans include expanding its scope to include
environmental analysis for semifabricating plants
and pre-treatment of aluminium rolled products.
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TRDC's
capabilities
Since
its inception 26 years ago, the scope of
TRDC's work has widened. Currently, TRDC
activities are in three areas: oil and lubricants,
metallurgical services and technology information.
Oil
and lubricants
Product
development:
- Import
substitution
- New
application development
- Performance
enhancement
- Customer
support
Analytical
services:
- AQC
and QA of industrial oil and lubricants
- Infrared
spectroscopic analysis
- Gas
chromatographic analysis
- Residual
oil analysis on Al strip
- Transformer
oil analysis
- Wear
debris analysis of machinery oils by ferrography
- Analytical
method development
Special
oils:
- Blending
and supply oils and lubricants are developed
in-house at plants as per plant requirements.
Lubrication
system audit:
- Appropriate
lubricant application
- Developing
alternative lubricants for exigencies
- Rationalisation
of lubricants
- Reprocessing
of lubricants, wherever possible
- Finding
eco-friendly ways of disposing used lubricants
- Development
of better and cheaper lubricants
Metallurgical
services related to aluminium
- Defect
characterisation for identification of
cause of defects in Al semifab products
using SEM/EDAX for facilitating corrective
actions.
- Optical
metallography for microstructure structural
analysis in semifab products for product
development, process development and customer
complaints.
- Testing
of mechanical properties of aluminium
semifab products.
- Optical
emission spectrometric analysis for chemical
composition of aluminium alloys.
- Rolling
model study for simulations of rolling
process including rolling lubrication
for improving quality, output and productivity.
Technology
Information Centre
- Technical
library which offers books, reports, periodicals
related to aluminium semifabrication operations
- Documents
classified as per Dewey decimal system
- User-friendly
Lotus Notes based programme providing
access to all
concerned technical personnel
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