Danfoss Showcases Mobile Hydraulics, Electronics Drives to Save Energy, Reduce Emissions

Danfoss India, the Indian subsidiary of Danfoss, a global evangelist for energy efficiency in the infrastructure, Energy, Climate and food sectors participated in the 8^th Edition of Excon, CII’s bi-annual event, bringing Indian & Global stakeholders across the infrastructure sector in India on a single platform. This year, Danfoss is showcased its varied mobile hydraulics solutions catering to Construction, Material Handling, Mining and Agriculture sectors.

Danfoss products & system solutions play   key role in saving fuel costs, reducing emissions and improving man-machine safety. In fact, many OEMs across the globe rely on Danfoss Power Solutions, to power, propel, control and steer their off highway machines efficiently, safely and reliably.

According to the Global Construction Outlook 2020 market research the global construction industry is projected to grow from US$7.4 trillion in 2010 to US$8.5 trillion in 2015 and to US$10.3 trillion in 2020. Emerging markets accounted for more than half of the world's construction output for the first time ever in 2012 (at 2010 US$) and by 2020 it is estimated to have a 56% share. Manufacturers of construction equipment are also focusing on cutting costs during manufacturing of their machinery, and a great part in which costs can be reduced is the assembly of machinery components.

Backed by vast experience in applying hydraulics to both mobile and off-highway solutions, Danfoss power solutions portfolio encompases applications for the entire construction industry. Danfoss Power Solution products are widely used by global OEMs on their Construction machinery, road machinery & mining machines. Danfoss pressure sensors and solutions are now widely used in excavator, cranes, concrete machinery, piling machinery, road machinery, trucks and other areas, while Danfoss temperature sensors are highly recognized in the industry for its outstanding performance.

“The construction sector is a major employment driver with many ancillary industries such as cement, steel, brick, timber and building material depending on it. Reports indicate that a unit increase in expenditure in this sector has a multiplier effect and the capacity to generate income as high as five times. With India’s ambitious development goals, the need for infrastructure will continue to increase and this gives ample growth opportunities for the construction vehicles industry too. Backed by intelligent automated solutions like those provided by Danfoss, the industry stands to gain in both efficiency and productivity. We look forward to the interaction with varied stakeholders at EXCON and are certain of our expertise being conveyed at the perfect forum for the industry,” said, Bharat Bhushan, Country Manager Sales, Danfoss Power Solutions.

Some of the products displayed at the exhibition include Hydrostatics closed circuit piston pumps and motors, Open circuit piston pumps, Orbital Motors, Steering Units & Systems, PVG Proportional Valves & electronic components in addition to newly launched products like Electronic Torque Limit Control pumps, and Telematic solutions. These part & components find applications inConstruction equipment, Road building machines, Material Handling equipment, Specialty equipment and Agricultural machines. High power VLT drives dedicated for Crane and Material handling application is also being showcased.

“With energy efficiency gaining increasing prominence given the government’s thrust on lowering dependence on conventional sources of energy, it is imperative that all industries work towards lowering their energy intensity. Building the necessary Infrastructure to help achieve our development goals will require all stakeholders from the industry to contribute their bit towards efficiency led productivity to ensure that the sector lowers its dependency on fossil fuels,” added Rajesh Premchandran, Vice President Refrigeration and A/c Division.

Bharat Electronics Pays Tribute to Sir M Visvesvaraya Through CSR

Navaratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) is, as part of its CSR activities, paying tributes to Sir M Visvesvaraya by providing various facilities to two government schools in Kandavara and Chikkaballapur near Bangalore, Karnataka, where this eminent engineer and statesman had done his schooling.

BEL has constructed a Digital Library, gate and compound wall for the Government Model Higher Primary School, Kandavara, where Sir M Visvesvaraya had studied from Class I to V. The school has been painted and the classrooms renovated. BEL has also provided solar lighting for the school, apart from furniture for the Digital Library, at a total cost of Rs.32 lakhs. The Government High School at Chikkaballapur where Sir Visvesvaraya studied from Class VI to VIII has been provided with separate toilet blocks for boys and girls, at a cost of Rs.18 Lakhs.

The new facilities for the two schools will be formally handed over to the Deputy Director of Public Instructions, Chikkaballapur, Department of Public Instruction, Government of Karnataka, by Amol Newaskar, Director (Other Units), BEL, tomorrow (December 1, 2015). Senior officers from BEL including G Raghavendra Rao, Executive Director (HR)/BEL Corporate Office, Veeresh D Bevinamarad, General Manager (HR)/BEL-Bengaluru, and Arunachalam G, General Manager, (Engineering Services)/ BEL-Bengaluru, will be present.

BEL took up the two projects on the request of the then DDPI, Chikkaballapur, in February 2015. The schools at Kandavara and Chikkaballapur were selected as they were close to Muddenahalli, the birth place of Sir Visvesvaraya. The BEL team visited the two schools and found them lacking in infrastructure and sanitation. The entire work in the two schools was completed in time without compromising on quality.

BEL sets aside 2% of its net profits towards Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects and activities, for the benefit of the poor and the marginalised sections of the society. BEL’s CSR policy broadly covers areas such as health care, education and skill development, rural development, sanitation and potable drinking water, environment sustainability and conservation of natural resources.

RLE Eyes 20 Million Euros Revenue and 4X Jump in Headcount India by 2020

RLE International, a global development, technology and consultation services provider, today announced its aggressive business expansion plans for India and said it expects its revenue in the country to reach 20 million euros by 2020. Likewise, the company is also looking to scale up its employee strength in India from 250 to 1,000 by 2020.

"The company's current revenue in India stands at 5 million Euros and is expecting to reach 20 million Euros by 2020," newly-appointed RLE India Private Limited Managing Director Vijay Machigad told reporters here. 

RLE International is planning to make significant investments on skill development and to set up several Centers of Excellence in the next five years in India which would support the RLE Group's overall business across the geographies, Machigad said.

"RLE India is creating two focused growth engines in India - Product Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering and is also planning to invest 10 per cent of its revenues annually towards expansion of its business portfolio," he added.

The company's focus in India lies in building innovative solutions in Lean Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Automotive Electronics, Light Weight Materials and Vehicle Safety, Machigad stated.

"We aim for RLE India to become a leading player in 2-3 niche segments in India, to become one of the top 3 players in transportation segment and to broaden its footprint into Indian market, adding more Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and tier 1 customers in transportation segment," said Darren Gowland, Group Vice President International Operations, RLE International.

Over the past 10 years, the company has strengthened business relations with key Indian Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and Suppliers and is now looking to scale up their business in the country with an expectation of 30 per cent YoY growth, he said.

RLE International MD and COO Robert P Rupa said the Indian market is challenging but the company has the right expertise, experience and investment strategy to grow further.

Speaking about the challenges in the Indian market, Machigad said there seems to be a lack of availability of high-end skill set and RLE plans to invest on skill development as well as leverage its global expertise to offer niche solutions in India.

Can LiFi Technology Really Offer 100 Times Faster Speed Than WiFi ?

A new technology, known as LiFi, could one day offer internet speeds one hundred times faster than the WiFi we use today. Scientists have achieved speeds in the lab of up to 224 GB per second. 

That's the equivalent of downloading 18 movies in the blink of an eye. LiFi, or light fidelity, is now moving to trials in the real world, with office tests in Tallin, Estonia achieving speeds of 1 GB per second, 100 times the speed of traditional WiFi. 

The world's ever-growing desire for more data at faster rates is pushing WiFi's capacity to its limits. WiFi is achieved by transmitting data through radio waves, but can only transfer so much at a time. By 2019, it is estimated that the world will be exchanging roughly 35 quintillion bytes of information each month. Because radio frequencies are already in use and heavily regulated, that data is going to struggle to find a spot in line. WiFi is simply running out of space. 

Capacity is only part of the problem. WiFi is not a terribly efficient solution. The base stations responsible for transmitting radio waves only function at about 5 per cent efficiency, most of the energy being used to cool the stations. For those transmitting sensitive data, security is also a problem, as radio waves travel through solid objects such as walls and doors. 

Like radio waves, visible light is part of the electromagnetic spectrum. The difference is that viable light has a spectrum 10,000 times larger than radio waves. This means LiFi has the potential for enormous capacity. Instead of transmitting information via one data stream, visible light would make it possible to transmit the same information using thousands of data streams simultaneously. 

LiFi works by flashing LED lights on and off at incredibly fast speeds, sending data to a receiver in binary code. It's essentially an ultra-fast version of turning your flashlight on and off to create morse code. The flashes occur so fast that they are not seen by the naked eye. 

All one need to do is fit a small microchip to every potential illumination device and this would then combine two basic functionalities — illumination and wireless data transmission. In In other words, the infrastructure is already there. We can use the LED bulbs we already have, with some tweaking. 

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Eram Scientific Solutions Launches eToilet Mobile App

Eram Scientific Solutions, the only manufacturer of electronic toilets in the country, recently unveiled a new eToilet mobile app for such toilets a day before the World Toilet Day on November 19. 

The app can be downloaded for free by android users from Google Play Store by typing keyword 'etoilets'. 

Its unique features include locating the nearest eToilets, besides understanding mode of operation and access, information on facilities such as napkin vending machine, incinerator and sharing feedback on user experience of eToilet. 

Through the app public can also suggest new places for setting up eToilets. 

K Anwar Sadat, CEO of the Thiruvananthapuram-based company, said it has set up over 1,300 eToilets across 18 states in India, and won numerous national and international awards. 

The Chennai Municipal Corporation has the most - 150-plus - eToilets in the country. 

The company has sought feedback from users and administrators to better the app and plans to bring out the final version on January 1, 2016. 

Rajiv Bansal Takes Charge as New Chief Finance Officer of Ola Cabs

Ola, India’s leading mobile app for personal transportation has announced the appointment of Rajiv Bansal as its Chief Financial Officer. Rajiv brings close to 21 years of experience in finance with over 16 years at Infosys, where he was the CFO and recently transitioned to being an Advisor to the CEO. Rajiv will be part of Ola’s core leadership team and joins the company in January, 2016. Mitesh Shah, who is currently the CFO, will lead Strategic Finance Initiatives as part of Rajiv’s team, going forward.

Bhavish Aggarwal, Co-founder and CEO, Ola said, “We are thrilled to welcome Rajiv onboard. He brings with him a wealth of experience from his long tenure at Infosys. Rajiv’s understanding and expertise in the finance domain is extremely valuable for us at this juncture of growth. His experience of being at the helm of finance for one of India’s most respected companies will help us in adopting best practices and in realising our mission of building mobility for a billion people. I’m looking forward to working with Rajiv as we scale Ola to newer heights in the time to come!”

Speaking about his new role at Ola, Rajiv Bansal said, “Ola has been growing at an extraordinary pace and has created tremendous value in the process, to customers, partners and other stakeholders under Bhavish’s leadership. As one of India’s most valuable startups, it carries with it a mighty responsibility of setting an example on corporate governance and best practices in finance. I am thoroughly excited about coming onboard with this amazing team to co-create yet another globally admired company out of India.”

More about Rajiv Bansal:

Rajiv Bansal is currently an advisor to the CEO at Infosys. In his prior role as the CFO at Infosys, his areas of responsibility included corporate finance, business finance, operations planning and assurance, investor relations and taxation for the whole group. Rajiv has over 21 years of experience and joined Infosys as Manager of Finance in 1999. Prior to becoming the CFO, Rajiv was Vice President and Head of Finance. As the Head of Finance, his key priorities included supporting the company’s growth, managing critical finance functions and adhering to regulatory and compliance requirements.

Before joining Infosys, Rajiv worked in different capacities at Tata Technologies, Cable & Wireless, and ABB. Rajiv is a chartered accountant and cost accountant by profession. He holds a bachelor’s qualification in commerce from Calcutta University, India. He is a gold medalist and stood third in the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India (ICWAI).

DJI’s Fully Integrated, Stabilized Handheld 4K Camera Now Available at Rs 70K Across India

DJI, the world leader in creative imaging technology, today officially unveiled the DJI Osmo. Using DJI’s signature three-axis gimbal stabilization technology, the Osmo eliminates the shake of traditional handheld devices, creating cinematic shots in an easy-to-use, easy-to-set up form factor.   

Marking its entry into the handheld camera market, the Osmo will be available through retailers in 10 key cities such as Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai, and also available to customers via direct shipping anywhere in India through DJI’s authorized distributor, SSTPL.

“DJI consistently refines the way cameras move in space – whether they are in the air or on the ground,” said Michael Perry, DJI’s Director of Strategic Partnerships at the Mumbai launch event. "With the Osmo, we have created a camera specifically designed to capture a smooth moving image regardless of filming conditions.”

The modular format of the Osmo makes it fully compatible with DJI’s Zenmuse camera series, but comes standard with a 4K, 12-megapixel camera with a 1/2.3” sensor and a 94° field-of-view lens. Intelligent controls built into the handle make changing between shooting angles, capturing photos or recording video effortless.

“Traditional handheld cameras are either shaky, or require bulky stabilizers that are difficult to set up,” Perry continued. “The Osmo moves the experience of handheld filmmaking from capturing what happened, to sharing expressive, smooth video that shows what an experience was like.”

Through the DJI GO mobile app, creators can view live images of what the camera captures, adjust camera settings and control smart filming functions including –

Panorama – Take a picture and the camera will automatically pan around 360°, taking and stitching overlapping photos to create a panorama.

Long Exposure – Make handheld long-exposures crisp using the camera’s stabilization technology

Slow Motion – Capture slow motion shots at 120 frames-per-second (fps) up to 1080p

Its onboard universal mount works together with an included smartphone holder in addition to other optional accessories including a tripod, a bike mount or an extension arm.

The Osmo handle comes equipped with an on-board stereo microphone, as well as a 3.5mm audio jack for recording professional-quality external sound.

The Osmo handle, which can be bought separately without a camera, is fully compatible with DJI’s existing Zenmuse series, making it the perfect accessory for everyone who already owns an Inspire 1 with a Zenmuse X3, a Zenmuse X5 Pro or a Zenmuse X5 Raw.

The Osmo is now available across India for Rs 69,990 (MRP) through DJI distributors and retail outlets.