Electrotherm (India) Limited ( Ltd.) is an Indian technology

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. Its operations span across many different segments of the

manufacturing Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer to a r ...

and

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industries, including

steelmaking Steelmaking is the process of producing steel from iron ore and carbon/or scrap. In steelmaking, impurities such as nitrogen, silicon, phosphorus, sulfur and excess carbon (the most important impurity) are removed from the sourced iron, and all ...

foundry A foundry is a factory that produces metal castings. Metals are cast into shapes by melting them into a liquid, pouring the metal into a mold, and removing the mold material after the metal has solidified as it cools. The most common metals pr ...

heat treatment Heat treating (or heat treatment) is a group of industrial, thermal and metalworking processes used to alter the physical, and sometimes chemical, properties of a material. The most common application is metallurgical. Heat treatments are also ...

, the design and manufacturing of

electric vehicles An electric vehicle (EV) is a vehicle that uses one or more electric motors for propulsion. It can be powered by a collector system, with electricity from extravehicular sources, or it can be powered autonomously by a battery (sometimes cha ...

, and the

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. Ranging from more energy-efficient alternatives to

renewable energy Renewable energy is energy that is collected from renewable resources that are naturally replenished on a human timescale. It includes sources such as sunlight, wind, the movement of water, and geothermal heat. Although most renewable energy ...

. It's also India's largest manufacturer of

induction furnace An induction furnace is an electrical furnace in which the heat is applied by induction heating of metal. Induction furnace capacities range from less than one kilogram to one hundred tons, and are used to melt iron and steel, copper, aluminum ...

s. Founded in 1983, the company began its initial operation with the sole purpose of assembling industrial furnaces used in the steel and metal industry. Today, Electrotherm is a conglomerate, with subsidiaries in many

engineering Engineering is the use of scientific method, scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad rang ...

fields. Their ventures include the manufacture of

transformer A transformer is a passive component that transfers electrical energy from one electrical circuit to another circuit, or multiple circuits. A varying current in any coil of the transformer produces a varying magnetic flux in the transformer' ...

s, raw steel production, ductile iron pipe production, the manufacture of battery-powered vehicles, renewable energy technology, transmission line technology, as well as education. To date, Electrotherm has supplied more than 5500 pieces of equipment to over 3000 customers in 58 countries. The company is best known for its YO Bykes range of electric vehicles launched in 2005.

Operating Segments

Engineering & Technologies Division

Engineering & Technologies is the oldest division of the company. The division manufactures capital equipment for the metallurgical industry, as well as handling the production of transformers. The company has also introduced the High Speed Modular Caster (HSMC) for direct rolling of billets which has substantially brought down the cost of rolling through a huge saving in fuel consumption and burning losses in the billet reheating furnaces.

Steel Division

Electrotherm has built a mini steel plant of 0.36 million TPA capacity. The plant consists of

sponge iron Direct reduced iron (DRI), also called sponge iron, is produced from the direct reduction of iron ore (in the form of lumps, pellets, or fines) into iron by a reducing gas or elemental carbon produced from natural gas or coal. Many ores are suit ...

kilns, induction melting furnaces, rolling mills, and a 30MW captive power plant. The plant also utilises LRF technology allowing it to produce low sulphur, low phosphorus steel grades for forging applications. There are 2 rolling mills – A TMT mill with a capacity of 180,000 TPA and structure mill with a capacity of 72,000 TPA. The structure mill is certified by Power Grid (PGCIL). The plant also makes use of the AOD process for stainless steel production with a total installed capacity of 120,000 TPA. Products include value-added stainless steel, TMT bars for construction applications, Angles for transmission line and wind mills application, as well as mild steel and carbon steel billets for forging applications

Ductile Iron Pipe Division

Electrotherm has emerged as the third largest player in the Ductile Iron Pipe market. Electrotherm's Kutch plant has a production capacity of 0.2 million TPA to manufacture pipes with diameters ranging from 80 to 1200mm. BIS certification for products with diameters up to 1200 mm have been received. The plant consists of 2 mini blast furnaces (200,000 TPA), a sinter plant (300,000 TPA) and centrifugal pipe casting and processing (1,92,000 TPA)

Electric Vehicle Division

Electrotherm makes

electric motorcycle Electric motorcycles and scooters are plug-in electric vehicles with two or three wheels. Power is supplied by a rechargeable battery which drives one or more electric motors. Electric scooters are distinguished from motorcycles by having a st ...

s under the brand YObykes, and was the largest electric two-wheeler manufacturer in India in 2013.

Products

Electrotherm produces: * Induction furnaces * Electric arc furnaces * Submerged arc furnaces * Ladle refining furnaces * Ductile iron pipes * Specialized steel * Power transformers *

Renewable energy Renewable energy is energy that is collected from renewable resources that are naturally replenished on a human timescale. It includes sources such as sunlight, wind, the movement of water, and geothermal heat. Although most renewable energy ...

Electric vehicle An electric vehicle (EV) is a vehicle that uses one or more electric motors for propulsion. It can be powered by a collector system, with electricity from extravehicular sources, or it can be powered autonomously by a battery (sometimes cha ...

s *

Continuous casting Continuous casting, also called strand casting, is the process whereby molten metal is solidified into a "semifinished" billet, bloom, or slab for subsequent rolling in the finishing mills. Prior to the introduction of continuous casting in the ...

machines *

Induction heating Induction heating is the process of heating electrically conductive materials, namely metals or semi-conductors, by electromagnetic induction, through heat transfer passing through an induction coil that creates an electromagnetic field within th ...

and hardening equipment * Super ductile TMT Bars

References

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