INDIAN RAYON AND INDUSTRIES LIMITED - Aditya Birla Nuvo, Ltd

Annexure to Directors’ Report
Information under section 217(1)(e) of the Companies Act, 1956 read with Companies (Disclosure of particulars in the Report of Board of Directors) Rules, 1988 and forming
part of the Directors’ Report for the year ended 31 st March, 2000.
A. CONSERVATION OF ENERGY
• Reengineering of solid core Insulators design resulting in
a) Energy conservation measures taken :
reduction of weight at Insulator.
• Development of Woollen knitting yarn using “Finest Micron
Wool” at Textiles.
• On farm trial in cultivation of flax fibre in India at Textiles.
• Use of high Alkali Pyro Phillite, Telsite and MDS Grade / HT-10
Grade low Soda Alumina for development of HVDC Insulators.
2. Benefits derived as a result of the above R & D:
• Improvement in the Quality of product, production efficiency
at low cost and development of new range of products and
new markets and improved customer satisfaction.
3. Future Plan of action
• Improvement in quality of products and process, achievement
of a better product mix, development of new application of
products, development of new products and reduction of cost.
4. R & D Expenditure :
Capital Expenditure : Rs. 20.00 lacs
Recurring Expenditure : Rs. 44.46 lacs
Percentage of Turnover : 0.05%
5. Technology absorption, adaptation and innovation:
i) Efforts in brief, made towards technology absorption,
adaptation and innovation:
• Development of Coning Machines, including better
design at Rayon.
• Incorporation of in-house reactor design and latest
dryer design at Carbon Black.
• Compressed firing cycle (10 to 18 hours per cycle in all
Kilns) resulting in increased loading capacity & fuel
efficiency at Insulator.
• Reengineering of metal hardware design to achieve
saving of Rs.2.3 Lacs / month at Insulator.
• Use of C9 in place of SKO and LDO in place HSD in
Thermopack for cost saving at Insulator.
• Installation of Ultra Filter on compress air line at
Textiles.
• Inter connection between Cooling Towers and
Humidification Plant at Textiles.
• Development of Dyeable Package on T.F.O. Machine to
offer value-added products in export market at Textiles.
• Replacement of single speed motor by double speed motor in
Viscose Dissolver at Rayon.
• Use of Light Diesel Oil (LDO) in place of High Speed Diesel
(HSD) in the DG Sets at Rayon.
• Installation of additional inverter / supermizer in process
pumps of Caustic Soda.
• Installation of 900 0 Air Preheater to decrease fuel consumption
and enrichment of tail gases at Carbon Black.
• Substitution of CBFS in place of LSHS as fuel oil in Carbon
Black.
• PGF timer replaced to reduce instair consumption saving 30
KWH/hr at Carbon Black.
• Motor driver agitator replaced with air agitator saving 4 KWH/
hr at Carbon Black.
• Modification of firing cycle resulted in saving of 2329 KWH/
month at Insulator.
• Optimisation of loading of motors in worsted spinning at
Textiles.
• Elimination of Indirect Cooling Humidifier at Textiles.
• Use of Cooling Tower water in Air Washery in place of
chilled water for 5 months in a year at Textiles.
• Stopping of 75 HP ELGI Compressor by full loading of ZR-4
compressor at Textiles.
• Stopage of Chiller Plant by modification of Humidification
Plant & Cooling Tower at Textiles.
b) Additional Investments & Proposals, if any, being implemented for
reduction of consumption of Energy.
• Use of Extraction-II Steam of Power Plant Turbine in
Continuous Spinning Machines at Rayon.
• Use of Electroflow Energy Saving Systems in Power Plant Load
Centres at Rayon.
• Replacement of 6.0 MW Turbine’s Rotor at Carbon Black.
• Seasonsal variation with inverter drive in Humidification at
Textiles.
• Heat Recovery Unit in Dye House at Textiles.
• To invest in Inverter Drive System for Auto Coner machines at
Textiles.
c) Impact of measures listed at (a) and (b) for reduction of energy
consumption and consequent impact on the cost of production of
goods:
The above measures have resulted/will result in energy saving in
the consumption of fuel and power and consequent decrease in the
cost of production.
d) Total Energy Consumption and Energy Consumption per Unit of
Production as per prescribed Form – A :
As per annexure attached.
B. TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION
Efforts made in technology consumption (Form – B)
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
1. Specific areas in which R & D carried out by the Company.
• Replacement of Zinc by Alum for Spinbath at Rayon.
• Use of purged lean Brine of Caustic Soda Plant in water
softeners at Rayon.
• Developing new grades at Carbon Black and to carry out all
requisite test for quality control.
• Development of 210 KN and 300 KN Disc Insulators high end
products at Insulator.
ii)
iii)
Benefits derived as a result of the above efforts:
• Improvement in quality of existing products,
development of new market segments, improvement
in process and cost control and improvement in
productivity.
Information regarding Technology imported during the last
5 years
• Membrane Cell Technology from M/s. UHDE GmbH,
Germany for manufacture of Caustic Soda.
• Caustic Flaking Technology from M/s. Bertrams,
Switzerland.
• Continuous Spinning Technology from M/s. Snia
Engineering, Italy for Continuous Viscose Filament Yarn.
• Airjet Spinning Machines from Japan, Autoconer from
Italy and Japan, Hara Cherry Draw Frame from Japan
and Cross Roll Cards from U.K. at Textiles.
C. FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNING AND OUTGO
The information on foreign exchange earnings and outgo is contained in
Note No. 20a and the annexure thereto.
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