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NCTS
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The Institute of Indian
Foundrymen (IIF) (www.indianfoundry.com)
with its Head Office at Kolkata, has around 3000 Members
all over India and has established four Centres of
Excellence in Endeavour to serve the Members.
A Centre for Excellence -
National Centre for Technical Services (NCTS) with its
office at Pune plays a very important and useful role in
meeting this objective. |
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Mission
Statement
"Prosperous
Foundries Delighted Foundrymen" |
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Offer Technical Services and
Expertise to Indian Foundrymen to become globally
competitive, through apt technologies, quality systems,
cost competitiveness, quick response time and
environmental and safety issues of all operations. |
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most important resource of NCTS is its Panel
of technical experts. These experts
have very large combined experience and are willing to
share their valuable knowledge to meet the technical
needs of the foundry industry. |
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Various
regular activies of NCTS are: |
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Information
Sheets:
These contain practical
hints for practicing Foundrymen. These are written by an
Expert and reviewed by other Experts before publishing. |
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Technical
Data Base:
Technical articles from various journals and
magazines are collected and data is stored. |
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CDs:
NCTS has produced 9 CDs on foundry technology
topics and with collaboration of National Institute of
Technical Teachers’ Training and Research (NITTTR),
Bhopal has produced seven CD’s on Castings Defects and
Solutions. |
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Replying
to the queries of practicing Foundrymen. |
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Other publications: |
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1. Recommendations for
"Efficient cupola design and Operation" under Indian
Conditions. This project work is completed and report
published by R&D Centre IIF.
2. Green Sand preparation and Control by A. R.
Krishnamoorthy. |
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Foundry upgradation projects
are undertaken. |
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