All industries today use compressed air: KS Natarajan
In this interview, KS Natarajan, Managing Director, Trident Pneumatics, speaks on the rising demand for medical oxygen plants due to Covid 19 pandemic, and how they are meeting this growing demand.
KS Natarajan, Managing Director, Trident Pneumatics, speaks on the rising demand for medical oxygen plants due to Covid 19 pandemic, and how they are meeting this growing demand.
Give us a brief introduction of Trident Pneumatics and explain the journey so far.
We started in 1988. We have been working on areas of removing anything from air. We started with automatic drain walls in 1988, which removes liquid, water trapped in compressed air lines. Towards the end of 90s, we went into removing moisture from vapour from compressed air. We have a range of products in compressed air. Suppose you are sitting in your house in a humid room, and there’s a lot of moisture in the air. Air compressor comes in a pipeline that goes into machines and the moisture in that needs to be removed.
But the same compressor, same compressed air may not be fit for a textile machine. By mid 2000, we went into air filtration and started manufacturing micro filters. Those are 0.1, 0.0 micron filters, which will remove small particles in the air. Along with the particles, we also remove droplets.
These are the three core contaminants that needed to be removed from air. By 2010, we could deliver pretty much anything, any pressure of compressed air adding from seven bar to high pressures.
Then we started making air feeds for medical use. Our ventilators remove moisture and bacteria from air. When you feed a ventilator to a patient, you need to be sure that there is no bacteria going in. We are one of the big players in the US market for compressed air going into hospitals.
Due to Covid 19 pandemic, are you seeing a rise in demand for medical oxygen plants? How are you meeting this growing demand?
Covid-19 attacks the respiratory system. Patients that have recovered are the ones kept in a place and are comfortable. They are given oxygen, and are kept on the ventilator, if needed. Both the stages require oxygen. We have worked with the hospitals in many places, including the Northeast areas where there is less road connectivity. We have large installations in Northeast and are working with hospitals who find very difficult to transport cylinders.
We do well with our medical breathing air products. We have a exported a lot of products to the US market. We see a rising demand for medical oxygen plants and are meeting this growing demand.
Compared to other factories, our factory opened up pretty early. We got special permissions from the required authorities. Since our products are life saving one, getting required permissions were not tough. The State gave the permissions for our vendors too – fabrication vendors, valves vendors, etc.
We were all prepared, and we manufactured big machines in a matter of week’s time. We had a some installations in the last few weeks. We have a large network. We have trained all our vendors, and even they will be able to install, commission, and continuously support the machines.
How are you handling these challenges?
The challenge is still pertaining to transport. Employees not reaching offices were always a problem. Employees staying more than 40 km away from office faced difficulty in reaching office as there were no transport available.
Getting the required raw materials on time was a problem at start. There were certain logistical issues. We had some inventory so we could get going. We had US as an export market so getting containers were difficult.
Like other textile companies, we didn’t face any labour issues. We had an engineering unit where we had skilled workers and they are part of around 900 kilometer radius. We have salespeople all over the country.
Which industries are the major users of compressed air treatment products? What do you bring to the table for the customers?
All industries today use compressed air. Companies stand as a source of operating a machine for automation, as much as electricity today. If there is a machine and you need to plug it in somewhere, everything requires electricity. But when you step into a factory, almost all the machines requires combustion. So all of our customers would be the industries that have manufacturing. We have hospitals that are not manufacturing, but uses ventilators and patient feeds.
In several types of mobile vehicles like ships, locomotives, trucks, there are air brakes. We manufacture air brakes too. We have the power sector where most of our products are used. These are the major areas for us. The key would be textile.
The competition is global. What we bring to the table in the the Indian industry is fighting for competitiveness. When you look at textile, it is about how efficiently they convert the input into output. They are very sensitive towards energy and downtime. This is our key differentiator. Given our segmental approach as a company, we have multiple segments like standard products, which goes to general industry, and products for automobile, textiles, and so on.
Dear immortals, I need some wow gold inspiration to create.
I like the efforts you have put in this regards for all the great content.
There is some nice and utilitarian information on this site.
very satisfying in terms of information thank you very much.
best generic allergy pills allergy pills non drowsy antihistamine nasal spray canada
best medicine for acid indigestion buy lamivudine tablets
buy tizanidine medication tizanidine cheap buy tizanidine 2mg pill
Great website.ots of useful information here. look forward to the continuation.<a href="https://www.maps.google.sm/url?sa=t
order amoxil 500mg online cheap amoxil sale order amoxil
brand azithromycin 500mg azithromycin without prescription azithromycin 500mg for sale
prednisolone over the counter cheap omnacortil for sale buy omnacortil 5mg pills
I do not even understand how I ended up here but I assumed this publish used to be great .-voxup livestream
buy generic gabapentin for sale buy gabapentin sale order gabapentin 600mg pill
order lasix pill generic furosemide generic furosemide 40mg
buy acticlate for sale doxycycline 200mg canada brand vibra-tabs
order clarinex 5mg clarinex 5mg tablet clarinex canada
buy claritin online buy loratadine pills for sale loratadine 10mg brand
generic chloroquine 250mg chloroquine over the counter chloroquine for sale online
dapoxetine pills order priligy 30mg order misoprostol generic
This is my first time pay a quick visit at here and i am really happy to read everthing at one place .10 Pack Classic Plaid Cat Collars with Bells – Breakaway Kitten Collar and Adjustable 7-12inCute Kitty Collar for Girl Boy CatsPet GiftsAccessoriesSuppliesStuff – Hot Deals
buy norvasc generic order amlodipine 10mg without prescription purchase norvasc for sale
I do not even understand how I ended up here but I assumed this publish used to be great . – hey dudes for women
flexeril online buy how to get baclofen without a prescription lioresal online order
toradol canada buy generic ketorolac buy generic gloperba over the counter
money can t buy everything essay pay for essay writing uk write me a paper
methotrexate 10mg canada how to buy methotrexate oral coumadin 5mg
maxolon cost losartan 25mg oral losartan 25mg pill
order zofran 4mg online cheap buy ondansetron tablets where can i buy spironolactone
cheap imitrex order sumatriptan 25mg without prescription buy levofloxacin 500mg sale
dutasteride over the counter purchase dutasteride sale order zantac 150mg for sale
order propecia 1mg without prescription where can i buy propecia fluconazole cost
buy cipro generic – cheap keflex 250mg cost augmentin 375mg
purchase baycip generic – buy augmentin pills for sale order augmentin 1000mg sale
where to buy flagyl without a prescription – order zithromax 500mg oral zithromax 500mg
order ciplox 500 mg sale – purchase erythromycin pill brand erythromycin
ivermectin 12 mg tablet – buy sumycin generic order sumycin 250mg
… [Trackback]
[…] Information on that Topic: indiantextilejournal.com/all-industries-today-use-compressed-air-ks-natarajan/ […]
buy generic furosemide – buy candesartan 16mg generic cost captopril 25 mg
order glycomet without prescription – buy generic duricef for sale order lincomycin 500 mg pill
Highly energetic post, I loved that a lot. Will there be a
part 2?
seroquel 50mg drug – order luvox 50mg sale order eskalith
anafranil 25mg generic – purchase mirtazapine pills order doxepin sale
You made some good points there. I looked on the web for more information about the issue and
found most people will go along with your views on this website.
buy clindamycin without a prescription – buy generic doxycycline buy chloromycetin paypal
Greate pieces. Keep writing such kind of information on your page.
Im really impressed by your blog.
Hey there, You have performed a great job. I will definitely digg it and
personally suggest to my friends. I’m confident they will be benefited from this web site.
Very nice blog post. definitely love this site.tick with it!
buy clarinex pills – oral flixotide albuterol pills
order depo-medrol pills – medrol medicine astelin 10ml tablet
order glyburide 5mg pills – order glipizide 5mg without prescription dapagliflozin pill