" Rocketory " a international conspiracy to sabotage the indigenous Development of the Cryogenic engines.

[madhav kapdi]

 

                    Sub. : " Rocketory " a international conspiracy to sabotage the indigenous Development of the Cryogenic engines.

 

                    Background. : 

 

                    The movie narrates about the international conspiracy to sabotage the indigenous Development of the Cryogenics engine a Hardware, while the Cryogenic treatment, is a proven operational software is widely available across the world, but we have failed to exploit, on account of the sabotage by the Indian lobbies of the overseas Tool-steel material suppliers.

 

                    Around 15 years back, the Indian Government struck a deal with the Russian Government for the supply of 7 numbers of Cryogenic engines for Rs.6,000 Crores, which amounts to Rs.860 Ceores / engine. I have seen the image of the said engine, a Circular in shape with Dia. of 6 feet, which at today's price should cost around Rs.1500 Crores a piece minimum.

 

                    It is an expensive piece of hardware because it has a tremendous capacity to boost the payload of higher capacity in orbit. Very few countries in the world have mastered this Technology, and each one of them wanted their monopoly to remain unchallenged.

 

 

 

                    On this backdrop, let me take you back by 50 years, to my college days for a minute.

 

                    When I joined engineering in 1969, more than 50 years ago, there was only one page devoted to Die-casting in our prescribed book, but when my son joined engineering in 2004 [35 years later] there were 21 pages devoted to Die-casting. In 1969, only one paragraph was allocated for the Cryogenics, but 35 years later, again only one paragraph was devoted to the Cryogenics.

 

                    In nutshell, justice has been done to the Die-casting industry, but being denied to the Cryogenics, which has a direct bearing on the PDC Tooling performance.

 

                    01] What is the origin of Cryogenics.?

 

                    In 60s, American U2 Spy Planes flying at very high altitudes over Russian territories, to take the images of the Russian defence installations, it was found that, the components of engines, were not only performing better, but were also lasting longer and overall performance of the engines was also found better, in comparison to the conventional planes. The root cause was the components were exposed to very low temperature for a prolonged period of time, and were undergoing the Cryogenic treatment in operation, hence performing better.

 

                    02] What are the parameters responsible for better performance. ?

 

                    01] Reduction in Retained Austenite [R/A] 

                    02] Improved Atomic-structure.

                    03] Formation of the Lambda-carbides, similar to the Secondary-carbides in Tool-steels.

 

                    Of the above, I have decided to focus on the Retained Austenite [R/A] You may plz refer to my following articles for the finer details.

 

                    01] Nuisance value of the Retained Austenite [R/A] a Metallurgical Non-Conformity in PDC Toolings.

                    02] Retained Austenite [R/A] & Un-Tempered Martensite [UTM] The primary obstacles for the poor performance of the Indigenous Toolings
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                    03] In-Situ Metallography for the Tooling Life excellence.[Metallurgical-perspective]

                    04] Unexplored potential of Tool-steel Metallurgy, for the PDC application.

                    05] Metallurgical Non-Conformity Diluting the indigenous Tooling performance.

                    06] Tooling Life Improvement [TLI] to the International standards.

 

                    03] Has anybody in India worked on the subject.? If yes, what is the outcome.?

 

                    A Metallurgist from IIT Mumbai, with subsequent Doctorate from USA, came back to India to serve his motherland. He worked with the reputed Swedish Tool-steel unit & a Cryogenic unit from Bombay, and the comparison he has forwarded me as a Metallurgist, is being shared as under,

 

                    Material       Overseas performance.         Indigenous performance.

 

                       D2                    Up to 800%.                          Up to 400% Maximum.

                      HDS                 150 to 200%.                             50% Maximun.

 

                    04] Why the performance of D2 & HDS are different, for the similar treatment.?

 

                    Cryogenic treatment is undertaken at very low temperatures, hence any operations conducted at higher temperatures are bound to perform poorly, since it is against its constitution. D2 is used for the sheet metal applications, hence operating at lower temperature, while the HDS is operated at 560 Degrees, hence performing poorly. That apart, the excessive amount of R/A in our Tooling, is also responsible for the poor performance, which needs course correction.

 

                    05] Why is Cryogenics not gathering momentum in our country.?

 

                    If the Metallurgy of Tool-steel is religiously studied by the PDC Tooling Designers, then that will improve our Tooling performance, which in turn will reduce our imports of Tool-steels, and that will hurt the business of Indian traders. If the Tooling performance is improved by say 50%, and the yearly imports are say Rs.1,000 crores, then there will be net reduction in the import by Rs.500 crores, and a commission of say Rs.150 Crores, at 30% of Commission, a standard practice.

 

                    In such a case, the Indian lobbies won't mind sharing a couple of crores with the local agencies who provide the Marketing platform for freelancers like the writer. If the ISRO scientist Dr.Nambi Narayanan can be silenced for the Decades then i will be a Cake-walk. Plz check if your nodal agencies namely Alucast & GDC-Tech fall in that Category. I can forward you my pleadings with both, for the marketing platform, if you so desire.

 

                    06] What is the solution then.?

 

                    We have to keep the mischief mongers [Indian lobbies] on their toes, and it is now the time for the victims [affected Die-casters] to take the lead for their own benefit. Leading Diecasters, holding the regional forts, should identify & Ignore mischief mongers, and organize themselves, to implement the project of national importance.

 

                    You should also take the cognizance of point number 19 of my article " Plunging-system in a package format, a Template for the Tooling Life improvement. "  for the implementation.

 

                    Point to ponder. 

 

                    The Government organizations are known for their lethargy, while the private organizations for the Swiftness with which they work. but bhere the Government organizations [ISRO] have beaten you [Die-casters] hollow. Now it is the time for you to resort to the course correction. Abundant Metallurgical inputs are available in the public domain, written by the writer, for the assistance.

                    
                    Madhav Kapdi.
                    [9860081951]

 

 

 

 

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[madhav kapdi]