DRDO Completes the Technology-transfer of its Proprietary

[Water Car Engineer]

New Delhi,Hyderabad,India (Business Wire India) July 6:- DRDO recently concluded a technology-transfer process for its indigenously developed Copper-Titanium technology to Pahwa MetalTech Private Limited (PMTPL), a Pune-based startup founded by industry veteran, Mr. Lalit Kumar Pahwa. The technology transfer exercise was completed under the aegis of the DRDO-FICCI Accelerated Technology Assessment & Commercialization (ATAC) initiative. Coinciding with the launch of the ?Startup India? initiative by the Hon?ble PM of India on the 16th January 2016, a MoU was exchanged between DRDO & PMTPL to start the technology transfer process.

The technology has been developed at the Defence Metallurgical Research Lab (DMRL), Hyderabad, premier DRDO lab on metallurgical research domain, and relates to a process of manufacturing of Copper Titanium alloy, using air induction and vacuum induction melting. The alloy thus made has non-sparking characteristics and possesses high strength and electrical conductivity comparable to existing Copper Beryllium (CuBe2) alloy alternatives. The application areas of the alloy are diverse and range from industrial machinery to aerospace. The successful completion of the technology transfer process shall enable an Indian startup to manufacture the alloy for the first time in India for a global customer base.(MORE) BusinessWire AKG

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/...ogy-transfer-of-its-proprietary/1/709203.html

 

[Nilgiri]

New Delhi,Hyderabad,India (Business Wire India) July 6:- DRDO recently concluded a technology-transfer process for its indigenously developed Copper-Titanium technology to Pahwa MetalTech Private Limited (PMTPL), a Pune-based startup founded by industry veteran, Mr. Lalit Kumar Pahwa. The technology transfer exercise was completed under the aegis of the DRDO-FICCI Accelerated Technology Assessment & Commercialization (ATAC) initiative. Coinciding with the launch of the ?Startup India? initiative by the Hon?ble PM of India on the 16th January 2016, a MoU was exchanged between DRDO & PMTPL to start the technology transfer process.

The technology has been developed at the Defence Metallurgical Research Lab (DMRL), Hyderabad, premier DRDO lab on metallurgical research domain, and relates to a process of manufacturing of Copper Titanium alloy, using air induction and vacuum induction melting. The alloy thus made has non-sparking characteristics and possesses high strength and electrical conductivity comparable to existing Copper Beryllium (CuBe2) alloy alternatives. The application areas of the alloy are diverse and range from industrial machinery to aerospace. The successful completion of the technology transfer process shall enable an Indian startup to manufacture the alloy for the first time in India for a global customer base.(MORE) BusinessWire AKG

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/...ogy-transfer-of-its-proprietary/1/709203.html

Welcome back bro!

http://www.totalmateria.com/page.aspx?ID=CheckArticle&site=ktn&NM=242

Cu–Ti alloys are now receiving a great deal of attention as ultra-high strength conductive materials for applications such as conductive springs, interconnections etc. essentially displacing the conventional Cu–Be alloy series. This move away from Cu–Be has been catalyzed to a large extent by the full recognition of serious health hazards associated with the Be-based metallurgy in production.

 

[Water Car Engineer]

DMRL is one DRDO's performing labs.

Titanium sponge, ERA/NERA panels, composite armor for Arjun and IFVs, helicopter composite armor for Rudra(etc), war ship grade steel, several other grade steels that otherwise had to be imported have been produced and ToT given to local industry.

 

[Nilgiri]

DMRL is one DRDO's performing labs.

Titanium sponge, ERA/NERA panels, composite armor for Arjun and IFVs, helicopter composite armor for Rudra(etc), war ship grade steel, several other grade steels that otherwise had to be imported have been produced and ToT given to local industry.

Does India have an equivalent of ITARS governing further transfer of this technology by the companies that acquire it from the research lab (esp concerning international operations)?

 

[Water Car Engineer]

Does India have an equivalent of ITARS governing further transfer of this technology by the companies that acquire it from the research lab (esp concerning international operations)?

Not sure.

 

[Nilgiri]

Not sure.

India should get on that (if it hasn't already), we cannot 100% rely on private companies doing the absolute right thing eternally with national interest in mind (for critical things especially in active use by the military like say the Kanchan armour formula etc). For non-lethal matters, there is also the commercial side to look at...RnD is a big investment and its flow must be monitored and controlled as far as the defence industry especially goes.

@PARIKRAMA your thoughts?

 

[Kraitcorp]

DMRL is one DRDO's performing labs.

Titanium sponge, ERA/NERA panels, composite armor for Arjun and IFVs, helicopter composite armor for Rudra(etc), war ship grade steel, several other grade steels that otherwise had to be imported have been produced and ToT given to local industry.

OLD news : Indigenous Titanium Sponge Plant at Kerala Minerals and Metals Ltd , Chavara

http://www.isro.gov.in/indigenous-titanium-sponge-plant-operational

 

[Nilgiri]

OLD news : Indigenous Titanium Sponge Plant at Kerala Minerals and Metals Ltd , Chavara

http://www.isro.gov.in/indigenous-titanium-sponge-plant-operational

He was just giving examples of other instances. The new news now is the Cu-Ti alloys in the OP.

 

[Kraitcorp]

Guys if you guys have contacts with DRDO research labs, try getting in touch with this guy. He is a God of Metallurgy. He works with GE and Airbus . Presently hes working on laser shock peening on Titanium based alloys. His website is not updated though. His area of Interests are in fatigue and creep in metal alloys.

http://homepages.uc.edu/~vasudevk/
http://www.ucri.org/about-us/news/2015/05/14/UC_Airbus
http://www.asminternational.org/web...col_id=column-2&p_p_col_pos=1&p_p_col_count=2

 

[#hydra#]

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