Flowserve Microfinish Valves Pvt Ltd [FMVPL], Hubli

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION

INDUSTRY PROFILE:

Heavy Engineering Industry is one of the largest segments of Industrial production. It occupies a whole range of industries such as Heavy Electricity Machinery. Turbines, Generators, Transformers, Switchgears, Textile Machinery etc. The Index of Industrial Production figures of 8 of the 16 major industry groups show substantial growth with the rates ranging from 6% to 28%.

              Thought there were some signs of recovery in the third quarter of 2002-2003 the stimuli seem to have dissipated quickly.  The problem with the cotton textile sector has also continued to perform badly in the last two years. The only positive development is the measures announced for the textile industry in the recent budget.

              Trends across major sectors show that growth in the two lead sectors-capital goods and consumer non-durable goods-have decelerated but still remain at the double-digit levels. This has, however, been compensated by the strong recovery in the intermediate goods segment. A major concern is the lackluster performance of the consumer durable goods segment over the last year with production declining for the first time since the med-nineties.

Process Control Application:

             The term Process is used to describe the collective functions performed in and by the equipment in which one or more variables are to be controlled. Process variables are physical or chemical quantities, the variations of which affect the operation of a manufacturing process. Process Control is the application of automatic control theories and hardware to operations found in process industries.

                                                                                                         

APPLICATION AREAS

              Process control is the application of automatic control theories and hardware to operations found in process industries. These industries handle three types of materials-fluids, bulk solids and sheeted and welded materials. The most important variables measured and controlled in the process industries include temperature, pressure, vacuum, flow, liquid level, bulk solid level, density, vibration, electrical parameters, specific gravity and chemical composition including pH, oxidation-reduction potential and many forms of spectrometry and spectrophotometer.

AN ORIGIN OF THE INDUSTRY

               The development of control and instrumentation sector has undergone transformation in phases. Early processes were relatively simple and plant size small. Measuring instruments were mounted directly on the process lines. Monitoring and recording of measured values were performed by plant Operators.

                 As the plant size and process complexity increased, the number of critical parameters that needed to be measured and monitored also increased. This led to the requirement for a centralized monitoring of process variables, and the introduction of signal transmitters and transmission techniques. The first system employed pneumatic transmitters of the forced balance type. Manual control gave way subsequently to automatic control implemented through pneumatic controllers. Later electronic controllers began to gain ground.

GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDUSTRY

The domain of primary sensing elements comprises of measurement of flow, level, temperature, pressure, vibration, electrical parameters and analyzers. Development in flow elements is targeted towards reducing pressure loss and increasing accuracy.

The demand for the valve business is going to increase by 30-40% and pump business would increase proportionately.

           Pumps & Valve Manufacturing Industry in India is growing at the rate of 10-12% per annum. 500 large, medium & small-scale manufacturers in India manufacture approximately 6,000 pumps & 20,000 valves per day in India.

            All core sectors of industry namely power, oil & gas, water & infrastructure projects, metal and mining, chemicals, drugs & pharmaceuticals & food and beverages require various types of pumps & valves and each of these industries are growing at a exorbitant rate today in India.

           

PRESENT STATUS OF THE INDUSTRY

Indian Scenario

Following industrialization India has established over the years reasonably sound technological base in many industries including process oriented industries like steel, power, cement, fertilizers, petrochemicals and refineries. In developing these needs for process control instrumentation was apparent.

 BUSINESS ENVIRONEMENT OF THE INDUSTRY

Indian market for Industrial Pumps and Systems has been a mature market since years. India has been a reliable, technically competent, competitive and enterprising outsourcing option for many multinational companies in the field of Industrial Pumps and Systems for outsourcing to countries such as USA, Germany, Holland etc for

- Pumps
- Systems
- Pump Components and sub-assemblies – cast and machined, fabricated   and finished, molded, customized and/or mass-produced

- Basic and Applied research and analysis employing also CFD techniques.

A Valves & Pumps industry deals with the Business Marketing. They are widely used in Chemical & Process industries, Refineries, Petrochemicals & Fertilizer plants, Pharmaceuticals, Oil Exploration, Thermal & Nuclear plants, Food & Beverage industries, Effluent Treatment & Sewerage plants, Water Treatment, Cooling Water & Water Supply plants, mining industries etc.

FUTURE OF THE INDUSTRY:

           Valves & Pumps are tremendous growth opportunity in the areas of Chemical & Process industries, Refineries, Petrochemicals & Fertilizer plants, Pharmaceuticals, Oil Exploration, Thermal & Nuclear plants, Food & Beverage industries, Effluent Treatment & Sewerage plants, Water Treatment, Cooling Water & Water Supply plants, mining industries etc.

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