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Business Familiarization Report Trisul Batteries: B. N. Bahadur Institute of Management Science
Business Familiarization Report Trisul Batteries: B. N. Bahadur Institute of Management Science
INTRODUCTION
Business familiarization report is prepared to make the student understand about the working environment and
functions of the business. Business familiarization helps in-depth to understand the business, its product and
market exposure, and to identify the potential career opportunities. This study focuses on the entire business
organisation and its activities. Business familiarization helps the students to understand the real-world
implications of the knowledge gained in the college. In preparation of this report we have gained the real-
world exposure to the professional life and known the horizon of career opportunities in management. In this
report we are focusing on manufacturing and human resource management of the organisation.
Through this study we can picturize the authority, responsibility and hierarchy of the organisation.
This study not only fulfils the requirements of the course but has also developed us personally by getting
acquainted with how the companies regulate.
OBJECTIVES OF STUDY
To understand the business processes and get insight into the functions of the company.
To study various departments like, finance, human resource and know their employees working
process and methods.
To know the manufacturing process of the organisation.
To know their present level of performance.
To do SWOT analysis of the organisation.
To familiarise with the workers and their satisfaction.
To know their future prospectus of business.
METHODOLOGY
The methodology adopted for this study gives validity of the information and data for the study has been
collected from.
Primary
Secondary
PRIMARY DATA
It is the data gathered and assembled specially for the project. Most of the primary data is
collected through discussions with workers and executive’s information extracted through personal
observation.
SECONDARY DATA
The data collected for theoretical study from the internet and documents of the company.
TRISUL BATTERIES
B. N. BAHADUR INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT
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SCIENCE
BUSINESS FAMILIARIZATION REPORT TRISUL BATTERIES
Trisul Batteries was started by technically qualified entrepreneur Mr. K. S. Jayprakash in the year 1970. He
was born and brought up in Tamil Nadu, in a small town near Chennai. Later he moved to Mysore and set up a
battery manufacturing plant.
The company was earlier named as Prakash Batteries, but later it was changed to Trisul Batteries. After the
demise of K. S. Jayprakash in the year 2017, his son Abhishek Jayprakash has been managing the company.
Trisul Batteries is a popular name in Mysore for their well-known quality and reliability. Since its inception
Trisul Batteries has constantly evolved with changing technology, developing the most efficient and long-
lasting batteries to suit every need.
Trisul Batteries produces different types of automotive and customised batteries. Trisul batteries has achieved
international organisation for standardization 9001(ISO 9001) in the year 2008.
The mission of the company is to make different factories for industrial batteries, motorcycle batteries,
automotive batteries and appliance batteries and also to make their industrial network stronger to get the
leading position in the market.
PLANT CAPACITY
Trisul batteries produces automotive batteries and tubular batteries to meet the needs of the local market i.e.,
buyers in and around Mysore. Its capacity in automotive batteries is 15,0,000 units per annum. All the
products manufactured follow strict quality and environmental standards.
The manufacturing plant of the company produce a range of products –automotive batteries,
motorcycle batteries, tubular batteries, ups batteries and rectifiers.
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Trisul batteries maintains Quality Management System (QMS)
Sourcing
Planning and
Coordinating
Delivery or
distribution
Founder : K. S. Jayprakash
Vishveshwara Nagar
Industrial Suburb
Mysuru-570008
Fax : 0821-2480244
ORGANSATIONAL STRUCTURE
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Battery is an essential requirement to start electrically operating equipment, especially in electrically operated
vehicles. And also, in case of mains failures or interruptions in power supply, a standby or backup power is
necessary for critical applications. Therefore, a battery provides the necessary power to start-up as well as
standby depending on the type of application. Some of the applications of the batteries include automobiles,
railways, airlines, defence, telecommunication, power stations, industries, and so on. The battery
manufacturing process of each company has its own special technical patented and secret processes, which are
not bound to be revealed to masses.
A lead-acid battery is commonly used in automobile applications and UPS systems. These batteries provide
sufficient energy to start engines, and are maintenance free, and durable. Mainly 98 percent of these batteries
are recyclable, and therefore, they minimize environmental impact while being disposed off.
The lead battery is manufactured by using lead alloy ingots and lead oxide It comprises two chemically
dissimilar lead-based plates immersed in sulphuric acid solution. The positive plate is made up of lead dioxide
PbO2 and the negative plate with pure lead. The nominal electric potential between these two plates is 2 volts
when these plates are immersed in dilute sulfuric acid. This potential is universal for all lead acid batteries.
Therefore, a 12-volt lead acid battery is made up of six cells that are connected in series are enclosed in a
durable plastic casing.
The capacity of the battery depends on the amount of lead dioxide on the positive plate; sulfuric acid present
in the battery; and, the amount of spongy lead on the negative plate. During discharging process, the sulphate
ions in the electrolyte interact with the positive and negative plates and form lead sulphate on them. This
result in the reduction of specific gravity of the electrolyte in proportion to the charge delivered to the load.
During the charging process, the cycle is reversed, that is, lead sulphate and water are converted to lead, lead
oxide and electrolyte of sulphuric acid by an external charging source. This process is reversible, which means
lead acid battery can be discharged or recharged many times. The chemical formulas of charging and
discharging process of the lead acid batteries.
Batteries are manufactured using careful maintenance of equipment in an automated controlled environment.
The manufacturing process of these batteries can be divided into several stages as follows-
Lead oxide is obtained by masses of lead from melting furnaces either by Milling or Barton Pot process
methods. In the milling process, the tumbling action generated by the rotating mill on solid lead generates heat
and then the surface of the lead gets oxidized. The surface layers of the oxide are removed while the lead
particles roll in the drum. In Barton Pot process a fine stream of lead droplets is produced by blowing air on
molten lead. These droplets are reacted with oxygen and produce lead oxide.
Casting and stamping methods are generally used for making battery grids. In casting method, the lead alloy
slabs are melted in melting pot and this moulted lead is poured into the patterns of battery grids whereas
stamping operation produces on battery grids based on stamping on lead sheets. When these grids are cooled
after casting operation, these are passed to trimming machine where rough edges and casting gates are
trimmed.
Manufacturers consider the pasting material as a trade secret, and therefore not reveal this to public.
However, this paste material in general is made with oxide of lead, red lead, litharge, water and dilutes
sulphuric acid. These pastes are used to fill the grids, i.e., positive and negative grids; but, for both, the
pastes are not exactly filled with the same material, some expander materials are added for making
negative paste.
The paste is then forced or pressed on the interstices of the grids by a machine or by hand, and then these
are turned as plates. These pasted plates are cured in ovens under certain conditions of temperature near 32
degree centigrade for about 48 hours, with humidity nearing about 90 percent and are finally allowed to
dry condition at ambient temperatures.
PASTING GRIDS
PASTING INGREDIENTS
PASTING INGREDIENTS
In this process, all the parts are assembled into a battery case and covered with the plastic moulds plastic
moulding plant. This step involves the formation of positive and negative plate stacks, insertion of
separators, inter-cell connector and plate burning. In this step positive and negative plates are formed like
groups which are strapped to a suitable rack, slipped together and a separator is inserted in-between them.
This separator is made up of non-conductive material such as paper, plastic or a glass fibre.
During the burning operation each positive and negative plate tab is welded to lead to produce an element
and these are then welded to respective positive and negative posts on the battery’s case top. After keeping
this element in the jar or case, sealing compound is applied to make the space leak proof between the
battery jar and cover.
After the assembling, battery jar is filled with required amount of electrolyte through a filling or vent tube.
Then, it is ready for initial charging, which may require several hours of charging depending on the battery
size. Low charging rate is generally employed that may be nearly one day to several days. This charge
formation may either be dry or wet. In a dry-formation method, batteries are shipped as dry after the
positive and negative elements are fully charged or formed and dried in tanks or as an individual plate and
are connected to positive and negative terminals of the battery.
In a wet-formation method, a battery undergoes initial charging for several hours after plates are immersed
in an electrolyte battery case. And, in some cases, this acid is dumped and fresh acid is added after
forming it.
After the formation, batteries are subjected to high-rate discharge test for short duration to rule out any
defects before sending them out to the final charge. After discharging and recharging batteries for several
times to attain best working condition, these are inspected and tested with some measuring instruments.
Then finally these are recharged for certain backup hours and sent to the next level where additional
connections, labelling and caps are inserted to battery with sealed-cotton packing. At last, these are
dispatched to ordered places.
MANUFACTURING PROCESS
The manufacturing of batteries involves multiple levels each of which has to be carried out with utmost safety
and in a controlled and sterile environment. Sulphuric acid is the mainly used component and at times diluted
for different procedures with distilled water. Before the use of sulphuric acid, it is checked first to ensure the
acid is proper and suitable for the particular process.
FURNANCE SPOT
PASTING MACHINE
ASSEMBLING MACHINE
CHARGING
Quality can be defined in a narrow sense as “FREEDOM FROM DEFECT”. However, quality has a direct
impact on product performance and hence on customer satisfaction.
Quality control department directly reports to the general manager and also to the managing director about the
quality of the product.
Holding the product by raising NCPR, each product is failed to meet the standard
Passing the incoming material
Collecting the standard sample
Conducting different test of material or product
Providing batch number of material or product
Accepting and passing daily active note
2. SMELTING SECTION
Quality control department tests the melted lead of the smelting section and identifies the quality of pure lead
antimony lead OES test process is followed to identify the quality of lead.
3. OES TEST
OES test means optical emission. Spectrometer test this test is conducted by OES machine which is controlled
by computer. The sample of melted lead is takin and put into the OES machine the OES machine identifies
different molecules of the melted lead for different wave lengths the report can be seen in the computer.
5. FORMATION SECTION
In formation section the voltages of positive plate and negative plate are measured in the vat under electrolyte
by cadmium test.
6. ASSEMBLY SECTION
Quality control department tests small parts and also performs different tests in assembly section
Destructive test
Short and polarity test
Shear test and leak test
Finished battery testing
SUPPLIER
RAW MATERIAL
QUALITY CHECK
ON ARRIVAL
STORES
PRODUCT
FINISH
PRE-DISPATCH
INSPECTION
PACKAGING
SEALING
MAINTENANCE SECTION
At trisul maintenance section maintenance and solves all the problem of the machines. Besides this, it also
maintains the generator section and utility section.
CATEGORIES OF MAINTENANCE
The work of maintenance is done in three categories. they are discussed in the following section
Breakdown maintenance
Preventive maintenance
Conditional maintenance
BREAKDOWN MAINTENANCE
When a machine breaks-down suddenly during the time of running operation then a team of
maintenance section maintains. This type of break down problems, it is called breakdown
maintenance. This types of break down can occur at any time in any machine.
PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE
Preventive maintenance is done to keep the machines in their ideal position. On the basis of the
breakdown history of the last six months, maintenance section creates a check list on some topic which
can also collected from breakdown history. Then the maintenance section makes a schedule in the
beginning of the month to maintain or calibrate machines and this schedule is also sent to the planning
department and to the section of machines. This preventive maintenance is done in following
categories.
Weekly
Monthly
Quarterly
Half yearly
Yearly
CONDITIONAL MAINTENANCE
Conditional maintenance is done on the basis of duration which is given by equipment manufactures.
The maintenance is given in an ERP software which is called system application and products is data
processing. But it is rarely used.
The inventory management systems is furnished by the help of ERP and the system is designed to make the
store keeping process efficient. The inventory management system comprises of procurement process and
stores stock. The store management works on FIFO concept that is., FIRST IN FIRST OUT. The stepwise
working procedure of the inventory management systems is given-
Material issue
Material Manager
requisition
Receiving inspection
Vendor Supplier
report
For handling or working with a lead acid battery, vehicle and manual of battery owner should be consulted for
instruction and safety precautions. Lead acid battery contains hydrogen, oxygen gases that can be explosive
and sulphuric acid that can severe burn injury. So following precautions should be followed when handling or
working with a lead acid battery.
Safety glasses or goggles, mask and a face shield should be worn.
Proper clothing to protect face, hands and body should be worn.
Work area should be well ventilated.
Never lean on battery while boosting, testing or charging.
Cigarettes, flames or sparkles could cause a battery to explode.
Without proper instructions and training the battery should not be charged.
In the event of accident, the injured part should be flushed with water and a physician should be called
immediately.
MAINATENANCE OF BATTERY
Regular maintenance of the battery will ensure long life. The battery maintenance instructions can be followed
in the regard. These are simple and easy instructions to follow-
The battery should be tested on a regular basis. Battery should be also tested before driving for any
long trips or before or after car has been serviced.
Regularly the battery container and terminals should be cleaned.
Baking soda is applied to any corrosion and cover.
The electrolyte level of the battery should be checked before charging. It should always be within the
upper and lower limit of mark.
resource management in opinion of many authors is true management. So sometimes its told that management
means to manage human behaviour. Human resource management is that phase of management which deals
with the effective control of use of manpower as distinguished from other source of power.
The management includes all aspects of works such as recruitment, training, selection, medical check-up,
various types of training, transfer, welfare activities, union activities factory all provision and industrial
dispatch.
Manager
Superior
Machine Heads
The concept of markets finally brings as a full circle to the concept of marketing. Marketing means managing
markets to bring about exchanges for the purpose of satisfying human wants. Thus, we return to our definition
of marketing as a process by which individual and groups obtain what they need and what by creating and
exchanging products and value with others.
MARKETING ETHICS
Every company follows certain ethics in order to satisfy their customers. The ethics followed by Trisul are as
follows –
To provide good quality product.
To provide speedy and efficient service.
To give people knowledge about nutrition.
To create customers.
Factory Dispatch
Distributors
Dealers
Consumers
DISTRIBUTION LIST
BEML Mysore
COMPETITORS
Power Pack
Surya
Mark Batteries
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Finance is rooting of all industrial a trading activity. Finance is needed when the business is started. It is
required to keep the business going, and it is needed when the business expands.
According to Henry Fayol, “Finance is like an arm and leg either you use it or lose it. Thus, we can say that
the finance is considered as base for every business and business without finance is as a dead body.
The finance department of the organisation help the management to take decisions in all situations as follows -
In budgeting.
In site analysing.
In strategy making.
The costing.
In new product development.
In hiring human resource.
In future in come ascertaining.
In studying return on investment.
STRENGTHS
WEAKNESSES
OPPPURTUNITIES
THREATS
Other big battery manufacturing companies like Exide, Amaron offers higher performance and is
eating market share.
Growing perception of customers that bigger battery brands are better
Other few battery manufacturers offer lower price
Unfavourable government policies can effect operational efficiency.
Technology risk as the battery technologies are still being developed and tested, there is a risk of
performance of those technologies and also to procure that technology.
CONCLUSION
We feel lucky to be able to complete our BFR program at TRISUL which is a reputed battery manufacturing
company. Visiting Trisul has given us opportunity to apply our theoretical knowledge in future work. The
authorities of Trisul were very concerned about all kinds of safety. The friendly environment of
Trisul encouraged us to co-operate with industrial environment. We have learnt a lot and obtained
practical knowledge from our internship at Trisul.
We can say that the knowledge we gathered practically is very important for us. Before this
internship we had only theoretical knowledge about how a company works. We could relate our knowledge to
the practicality at Trisul. At Trisul we observed not only how a company works but also the full manufacturing
process of batteries.
We saw the different steps for preparing positive and negative plates such as grid casting, cylinder
casting, lead oxide preparing, paste mixing, pasting, curing, charging plates at formation and
plate parting. Then the assembly section uses parted plate to assemble battery. In assembly
section, we saw different steps of assembling a battery such as cutting separator envelope,
separating, group burning, positive plate indicating, cell inserting, polarity and short testing, inter
cell welding, shear testing, automatic heat sealing, pole burning, leak testing, aluminium foiling,
numbering, shrink wrapping and packing. We also saw the workings of quality assurance
department and how it passes a good product. We saw the workings of maintenance department
such as maintain and solving all the machines regularly, process of absorbing and filtering
natural air, oxygen filtering and making different types of molds.
As Trisul batteries is one of the leading battery manufactures. The present overview of the organisation shows
manufacturing is going smoothly because of the go management policy. The organisation basically
concentrates on quality of the batteries and customer satisfaction. The authorities are customer satisfaction.
The authorities are very concerned about all kinds of safety. Profitability of the organisation leads to transfer
amount of money to owners-fund have positive growth and also burden of long lenders.
RECOMMENDATIONS
The company is managing good industrial relations wherein is good relation between workers and the superior
managers is visible in terms of performance is the company. These are some recommendations about the
company and business familiarization report given by us.
The length of the internship duration was not sufficient to leave all the sections in details. We think the
duration should be scheduled bit longer.
We did not have any academic knowledge about the mechanical section of industry. So, we suggest everyone
should have knowledge or be aware about the precautions of battery manufacturing industry we need more
theoretical knowledge about power equipment.
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