This document describes the development of an innovative barrel cleaning machine to recover sticking material waste in Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd (KNPL). The existing barrel cleaning method recovered only 85% of material and was labor intensive. A new machine was designed that uses horizontal and tilting motions to better clean barrels. Trials showed a recovery rate of over 90%, meeting the target. Implementation across KNPL units reduced sticking losses by over 93%, saving approximately 9 lakhs in 5 months. The machine also allows barrels to be recycled 6 times, improving sustainability.
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Innovative Award - Barrel Cleaning Machine - KNPL final - 14.09.2012
1. Recovery and re use of sticking material waste by using new
method of cleaning through
INNOVATIVE BARREL CLEANING MACHINE
Presented By
R.Rameshbabu, Works Manager, Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd, Chennai & Hosur
Date: 14.09.2012
Category Name for Award: Manufacturing Innovation & Design
2. My Name is R.Rameshbabu, 41 years, BE ( Mechanical), MBA ( Operation Mgt)
professional with 22 years of rich experience in different verticals of manufacturing &
support functions in following reputed industries
1.Binny Ltd (Textile processing)
2.Steel Tubes of India Ltd & Tube products of India Ltd (Steel processing)
3.Comcraft group Uganda Baati & Metecno India ( Steel & Chemical processing)
4.Graphite India & currently with Kansai Nerolac Paints ( Chemical processing)
My strengths are highly task oriented, very strong in problem solving & team building, expertise
knowledge in all kinds of machineries & equipments and also a good team leader.
My few significant achievements in the manufacturing functions are
1.Developed cyclone separator to collect fly ash in coal fired boiler.
2.Developed damper control mechanism for uniform raise in temperature throughout the furnace
(fuel saving)
3.Developed on line double end chamfering machine & abrasive wheel cut off mechanism (defect
elimination)
About Me
3. 4. Designed and fabricated vertical rack storage system (loading / unloading through EOT cranes) for
pre-painted steel coils
5. Manufactured World longest single PUF insulated Panels length: 20 mts exported to Vietnam by
way of modifying the machine & containers for shipment.
6. Developed / sourced low price fully automated mineral wool cutting & feeding machines and
integration with PUF insulated panel machine two category of products in one line (products
PU insulated panel and mineral / rook wool insulated panel )
4. Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd - A subsidiary of Kansai Paint Co., Japan
Company Gross Sale: Rs. 30199 million ( Mar 2012 end )
Indias second largest paint company.
Market leader in the Industrial & Automotive Coatings business in India.
Reputation for innovation, Superior Technology, Value Engineering , Quality and Service.
History:
1920 Established as Gahagan Paint & Varnish
1933 Acquired by Lead Industries Group, UK
1946 Name changed to Goodlass Wall Pvt. Ltd
1957 Name changed to Goodlass Nerolac Paints Pvt. Ltd
1976 Forbes Gokak (Tata Group) acquired a part of the foreign shareholding
1986 Kansai Paint Co. Ltd, Japan bought out the share of the UK partner.
2000 Forbes Gokak divested its holding in favor of Kansai Paint
2006 The name of the Co. changed to Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd.
About Company
8. Paint Manufacturing Process
POWDERS
RESINS RESINS
SOLVENTS SOLVENTS
DRIERS
STAINERS
SLURRY
THINNING MIXER
HIGH SPEED
DISPERSER
(PRE-MIXING)
FILTRATION
SAND MILL (DISPERSION)
FILLING MACHINE CONVEYOR
Lot of barrel
generation
9. PROJECT BACKGROUND
Recovery and reuse of Sticking Material Waste of the incoming High Viscous
hazardous Chemicals into the Prime Products by way of using new method of
cleaning thro Innovative Barrel cleaning Machine in KNPL unit.
10. Material Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 total
2300017 58828 64783 77100 70488 52961 63216 70454 79693 72157 72683 73120 66868 822352
2300021 65688 57216 70001 62059 62952 68763 61578 65134 50349 43147 50445 36048 693380
2300140 39578 36240 55432 44396 40833 44661 51742 59143 45281 49759 39548 46715 553329
2300150 7043 11453 15258 12758 6415 9376 10213 9342 7069 8072 10253 5278 112529
2181590
2300017 294 324 386 352 265 316 352 398 361 363 366 334 4112
2300021 328 286 350 310 315 344 308 326 252 216 252 180 3467
2300140 396 362 554 444 204 447 517 591 453 498 395 467 5329
2300150 70 115 153 128 32 94 102 93 71 81 103 53 1093
14001
2300017 45298 49883 59367 54276 40780 48676 54249 61364 55561 55966 56303 51488 633211
2300021 89993 78386 95901 85021 48473 94205 84362 89234 68977 59111 69110 49386 912159
2300140 55014 50374 77051 61711 31441 62079 71922 82209 62940 69165 54971 64934 743810
2300150 11409 18554 24718 20668 4940 15189 16546 15134 11451 13076 16610 8550 176845
2466026
All Plant - Material in consumption ( in Kg)
All Plant -Stick loss in qty ( in Kg)
All Plant Stick loss in value ( Rs.)
As is data ( all plants)
1. Total consumption of barrel item: 2181 ton per
annum & approx. 11000 barrels per annum.
2. Total sticking loss: 14 ton per annum & 24.66
lacks per annum
2300017POLYHYDROXY ACRYLIC RESIN -HV
2300021POLYHYDROXY ACRYLIC RESIN HIGH GLOSS
230014075% SOLUTION OF ARALDITE 6071
2300150ARALDITE G Y 250 / Epoxy Resin EPG 180
11. Material Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 total
2300017 42 1218 931 1481.1 548 379 412 460.9 1060 348.2 462.4 62.5 7405.1
2300021 2789 5389 4892 4733.8 2013.3 825 3343 5308 9444 4386 6259 5124.01 54506.11
2300140 11725 10559 15226 12935.9 11525 10070 12809 16990 14266 13075 12237 16375.001 157792.901
2300150 1292 4688 2677 1137.3 1394 1868 3625 2977 2311 1035 2297.14 991 26292.441
245996.552
2300017 0.21 6.09 4.655 7.4055 2.74 1.895 2.06 2.3045 5.3 1.741 2.312 0.3125 37.0255
2300021 13.945 26.945 24.46 23.669 10.0665 4.125 16.715 26.54 47.22 21.93 31.295 25.62005 272.53055
2300140 117.25 105.59 152.26 129.359 57.625 100.7 128.09 169.9 142.66 130.75 122.37 163.75001 1520.30401
2300150 12.92 46.88 26.77 11.373 6.97 18.68 36.25 29.77 23.11 10.35 22.9714 9.91 255.95441
2085.81447
2300017 32.34 937.86 716.87 1140.45 421.96 291.83 317.24 354.893 816.2 268.114 356.048 48.125 5701.927
2300021 3820.9 7382.93 6702.04 6485.31 1550.241 1130.3 4579.9 7271.96 12938 6008.82 8574.83 7019.8937 73465.3907
2300140 16298 14677 21164.1 17980.9 8874.25 13997 17805 23616.1 19830 18174.3 17009.4 22761.251 212186.632
2300150 2093 7594.56 4336.74 1842.43 1073.38 3026.2 5872.5 4822.74 3743.8 1676.7 3721.37 1605.42 41408.8544
332762.805
Chennai Plant - Material in consumption ( in Kg)
Chennai plant -Stick loss in qty ( in Kg)
Chennai plant - Stick loss in value ( in Rs.)
As is data ( Chennai Plant)
1. Total consumption of barrel item: 245 ton per annum & approx. 1229 barrels per annum.
2. Total sticking loss: 2.1 ton per annum & 3.32 lacks per annum
3. Expecting increase of Production and Hosur new operation Barrel consumption will be very
high.
12. PROJECT OBJECTIVE
Recovery and reuse of Sticking Material Waste of the incoming High Viscous hazardous Chemicals
into the Prime Products by way of using new method of cleaning thro Innovative Barrel
cleaning Machine in Chennai KNPL unit.
BUSINESS OBJECTIVE
Effective usage of Raw Materials by way of reducing sticking loss / recovery & reuse into the final
Paint products to gain the value and to save the environment by the way of reducing the waste
materials .
Rs. 24.66 lacks per annum material loss under sticking category in KNPL Factory
TECHNICAL OBJECTIVE
To obtain Innovative method & machines for the recovery & reuse of the sticking
materials close to 14 tons Per annum and also to avoid manual painful activity
of cleaning.
Target : 85% Reduction of sticking loss
Chennai plant Considered for this Project & based on the success same will be horizontally
deployed to all other units of KNPL.
18. Finalised RCA for less recovery of Materials based on Pareto & FMEA
Improper Wiping ( Positioning of Chain)
No Cyclic Rotation ( Top & Bottom surface contact with chain)
20. Brainstorming Session Output
1. Check the feasibility of existing method fine tuning
Team expressed fine-tuning existing method will not support RCA
2. Go with Market available Barrel cleaning Machine
Market available Barrel cleaning machine is not suitable for sticky material recovery.
Will be suitable for washing fresh barrels & non sticky materials.
3. Go with new Innovative Barrel Cleaning Machine with lesser cost
Best Idea
22. Specification of New Design
Diameter of drum used: 58cm
# Length of drum used: 87.5 cm
# Angle of tilt for cyclic motion: 30 deg
# Revolution of drum: 10 rpm
# Weight of the machine: 500 kg
# Cleaning chain: 1/4 inch link & 3 mts
# 1HP Motor with speed reduction Gear box.
Innovations:
Horizontal revolving motions of the drum through the plain rollers are converted into cyclic
( upside down, downside up & horizontal) to have better abrasion of metal chain link inside the barrel
and the chain link hinge position in the barrel to have effective cleaning of sticky material
Metallic
chain
Barrel
Cleaning
Machin chain
26. Trial Run / Demo of Innovative Barrel cleaning Machine..
Trial run carried out with innovative barrel cleaning machine and achieved 95 %
chain and barrel contact area. Recovery of the sticky material is 90 %, which is
more than the target of 85% recovery
Video Shoot
Horizontal cleaning Bottom cleaning Top cleaning
31. Benefits (all over plant):Benefits (all over plant):
1. Total sticking loss reduction from 5.8 ton to 0.42 ton for 5 month &
2. Cost saving approx. 9 lacks for 5 month
33. New Barrel Cleaning Procedure Ref No: KNPL /WI/EMS/35
Step 1: Weigh the Wt of the Individual
barrel
Step 2: Add the respective
solvent
in to the drum.
Step 3: Close the mouth with barrel using
iron chain lid.
Step 4: Place the barrel in to
cleaning machine.
Step 5:Close the barrel with
barrel locking key.
Step 6: Switch on the machine.
Step 7: Run the machine 3min in
Horizontal position.
Step 8: Run 3min in backward
tilting position.
Step 9: Add the respective solvent
in to the drum.
lid.
34. New Barrel Cleaning Procedure Ref No: KNPL /WI/EMS/35
Step 10: Switch off the machine in horizontal
position.
Step 11: Remove the barrel from locking
cover.
Step 12: Take the chain lid out.
Step 13: Place it in a respective collection
vessel & Allow the material to flow.
Step 14: Weigh the Empty cleaned
barrel and calculate the recovered
material.
Step 15: Mark the green Dot
in center of barrels.
35. On the environmental part, all the scrap barrels are taken up for
cleaning & to realize higher price on scrap selling.
Cost of cleaning Rs. 9.50 per barrel and the price realised Rs. 25
per barrel more .
Other Benefits: ( Eco Friendly )Other Benefits: ( Eco Friendly )
36. Other Benefits: KNPL new plant (Hosur)ProposalOther Benefits: KNPL new plant (Hosur)Proposal
Apart from the material waste reduction, this machine will used
for cleaning of used barrels to recycle / reuse for the sticky resins
like acrylic, alkyd, MF, Polyester etc., to the extent of 6 times in the
process
37. KNPL new plant (Hosur) machine layout proposalKNPL new plant (Hosur) machine layout proposal
Barrel washing Machine Jet cleaning
Barrel cleaning Machine 1
Stage -1 : Preliminary Cleaning - Line 1
Activity Minutes M/C Man
Weigh the empty barrel
2
0
2
Add Solvent 0
Close the barrel 0
Load the barrel in M/c 0
Lock the M/c 0
Switch-on the M/c 0
Run in Horizontal Position 3
8Run in Backward tilted Position 3
Run in Front Side tilted Position 2
Switch-off the M/c
1
0
Take-out the barrel 0
Remove the lid 0
Discharge material 1 0
Weigh the empty barrel
2
0
Calculate the recovery 0
Identify as Cleaned 0
14 8 2
Net cycle time = Total time -
load/unload time 8
Stage -1 : Preliminary Cleaning - Line 2
Activity Minutes M/C Man
Weigh the empty barrel
2
0
2
Add Solvent 0
Close the barrel 0
Load the barrel in M/c 0
Lock the M/c 0
Switch-on the M/c 0
Run in Horizontal Position 3
8Run in Backward tilted Position 3
Run in Front Side tilted Position 2
Switch-off the M/c
1
0
Take-out the barrel 0
Remove the lid 0
Discharge material 1 0
Weigh the empty barrel
2
0
Calculate the recovery 0
Identify as Cleaned 0
14 8 2
Net cycle time = Total time -
load/unload time 8
Barrel cleaning Machine 2
Stage -2 : Solvent Flushing / barrel washing ( for line 1 & 2 )
Fixing the barrel in spray M/c 1
2Solvent Spray 2 2
Remove & identify as cleaned 1
Total ( Stage 2) 4 2 2