Efficient implementation of digital technologies across safety applications

Ajit Paralkar Director, ACD Machine Control Co. Pvt Ltd. In an interview with B2B Purchase. 

ACD’s product planning for Excon 

Excon is the premier exhibition of construction equipment in India. Visitors come with the expectations of finding new products for their industry. People aren’t aware about the products available for their application.

As Industrial Safety for machines and workers is still in the initial stage in our country. Exhibitions such as Excon provide a platform for introducing safety products to our clients. 

ACD is in the field of wind, air and vibration monitoring for the last 45 years. Understanding the requirements of safety, we developed, Wind Monitor/Switch for tower cranes / crawler cranes; Vibration Switches for the VSI crushers.

These switches act as safety switches in the construction industry and in the mining industry.

We would like to create awareness among the people about these safety switches available in the market and help them to implement these in their workplace thus increasing the workplace safety.  

Key product features 

We are constantly in touch with our clients, be it the OEM manufacturers or the end users to taking product feedback from them. We are constantly upgrading our instruments to include the customer requirements.

One of the main USP of our products is that they are completely designed and manufactured by us. This further allows us to customise our products as per the client requirements and expectations to further extend reliable and prompt support to our customer. 

Improving with changing client requirements

We have made improvements to our products. For Excon 2021, we are launching the wireless version of our wind monitoring switch. This will be especially useful for crawler cranes as it will eliminate the wire between the controller cabin and the moving crane Boom.

ACD at glance 

We are in the field of Wind, air velocity and vibration monitoring. Our products are mainly supplied in the Construction and the mining industries. 

ACD’s Wind Velocity Monitor / Switch was prompted by some serious crane accidents during erections of tall constructions, where wind conditions appear to have been a major contributing factor. This proves to be very useful device for Safety of Tower / crawler cranes.

ACD vibration switches can be directly installed in place of mechanical vibration switches and offer immense advantages. The basic sensor is Piezo Electric Accelerometer which has no moving parts. These electronically integrate the acceleration signal giving velocity signal. Vibration could be controlled very precisely with graduated controls. Built in electronic delay takes care of Startup and other spurious signals. Remote reset is another positive advantage. Some of the applications are Cooling Towers, Centrifuges, Large Motors and Generators, Compressors, VSI Crushers, Naval Vessels etc.