Successful Servo Mining Meet 2016
Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL) called an all India SERVO® Mining Meet 2016 on February 26. It was held at Hotel Radisson Blue in Ranchi. Themed “Driving Efficiency and Productivity in Mining Industry through the use of latest lubrication practices”, the program shared newest mining technology trends and consequent challenges in the development of lubricants.
The successful meet was well attended by some 100 official participants from the mining industry both public and private. It included CIL and subsidiaries of CIL, TATA Mines, NMDC and UCIL. Other sectors were represented by OEMs as from the heavy earth moving machinery sector.
After welcoming the delegates R S Dhaiya, (GM Bihar & Jharkhand) of IOCL focused on recent mining by Gopal Singh, CMD Central Coal fields operation advances and related need for improved lubricant and fuel use. He noted that SERVO® Mining Meet 2016 was due to usher in lubricant product and service trends with bench marking in the mining sector.
K L Murthy, Executive Director (Lubes- HO in New Delhi) at IOCL delivered the key note address to elucidate the front role of the company and particularly in tribology lubrication technology. On hand are IOCL Lube expertise in tailored, specialty applications.
Chief Guest Gopal Singh, Chairman & Managing Director-Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) graced the occasion to mention IOCL initiatives required to organize SERVO® Mining Meet 2016. He endorsed that it would lead to productivity improvement for the industrial sector with emphasis Limited, Ranchi on requirements to amalgamate outstanding ideas that arise for task force creation.
Senior IOCL personnel among attendees included R. Suresh and Dr S. K. Majumdar of Indian Oil R&D, and T.S.R. Gopalarao. Talks were deliberated with presentations on up and coming technology lubrication needs. Information and interaction led to one plenary and three technical sessions.
Speakers and focus papers were drawn from Indian Oil R&D Centre and VAS Tribology, actively associated with the US Noria Corporation, described as Lubrication Enabled Reliability. Also at hand were the German concern Evonik Industries, mining industry experts and BEML, TIPL and Cummins in India
