Massive road building targets in shorter time has necessitated use of Technology
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Another new technology that Wirtgen sees has a huge potential in India is recycling which comes in two types— hot recycling and cold recycling. Palagiri says this technology does not add to cost factor, rather reduce the cost. “In case of recycling, saving can be anywhere between 15-30% compared to conventional way of doing the roads. Recycling is very successful worldwide. The real breakthrough I would say is the recycling where tremendous saving of money and natural resources,” Ramesh adds.
A relatively new entrant to the Indian market, JCB had launched its compaction range in 2008. “With great focus especially on roads, technological improvements will prove beneficial for the sector both from productivity and quality perspective. We at JCB are well aware and continue to launch India specific products. However, there is still a gap in the market in requirement and availability of technology which we are trying to reduce,” says Amit Gossain, AVP-Marketing & Business Development, JCB India Ltd.
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JCB says its 11.5 tonne roller has very prominent compaction boosting parameters like very high amplitude of 1.95 mm. It is equipped with 4 cylinder water cooled engine and latest world class hydraulics. Another JCB offering is the VMT 850 which is an 8.5 tonner with innovative features like dual amplitude and dual frequency to meet most of the requirements of asphalt and soil compaction, dual drum–both driven by hydraulic motors for superior traction and reduced rolling resistance for a perfect finish.
RS Raghavan, MD, Proman, says that earlier a lot of road equipments were being imported but now, we have many Indian manufacturers across various equipment range who make world class products in India. “As regards to crushing and screening, Proman is one of the few crushing equipment manufacturers who can offer international quality equipment (under manufacturing licenses from the world’s best) that are totally manufactured in India to cater to the road building and infrastructure industry,” he adds.
The Bangalore based company is involved in manufacture and supply of crushing and screening equipment which includes Lippmann range of Heavy Duty Jaw crushers, PROcone–Cone crushers, REMco Vertical Shaft Impact (VSI) Crushers, Ortner sand washing systems, Finedoor screens and feeders.
Moving forward, these players see huge potential in Indian market and they are very much getting ready for it. Wirtgen India is coming up with its new plant in Pune where it will manufacture compactors. “We have taken 25 acre land in Pune. Initially, the plant will start with compactor and later on we will be adding new products. We will be rolling out our first machine by October this year. I think, next ten years there will be big boom in road building equipment market,” he adds.
Raghavan of Proman says the road building market is quite huge and after a lull period of one and half year there is increase in government spending on the road projects which will continue in the next couple of years. “We are geared up adequately to cater to all of this. We have some of the best crushing equipment in the world and are up for many challenges,” he adds.
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