TECHNICAL ARTICLES PUBLISHED

DURING
2005 IN THE LEADING INDIAN
JOURNALS

INDIAN FOUNDRY JOURNAL( MAY )

A) Mechanism & Non-destructive Assessment of Modification of Al-Si – A Review – Girish

Kumar, Sathyapal Hedge, K. Narayan Prabhu.

B) Improvement in Quality of Castings of Trimount Co-Co-Bogies – M. K. Mukhodadhay, P.

K. Chatterjee.

C) Electrolytic Surface Hardening of Steel, Cast Iron and Aluminium Bronze – S. K.

Paknikar.

D) Standardisation in the Field of Foundry - S. K. Panja

INDIAN FOUNDRY JOURNAL( APRIL)

A) Rapid Casting Development Using Reverse Engineering, Rapid Prototyping and process
Simulation – D. K. Palavi, L. S. Bhargava, U. Chandrashekhar.

B) Computer Simulation of Solidification of Castings Processes in Metallurgical Foundries –

T. H. Vijayaram.

C) Green Sand Mould System Modelling Through Design of Experiments – M. B.

Parappagoudar, D. K. Pratihar, G. L. Datta

D) Multi Objective Optimisation of Spray Cooling in an Industrial Thin Slab Casting Machine
Using Genetic Algoritm – Modelling And Application – K. Mitra, S. Ghosh.

INDIAN FOUNDRY JOURNAL (MARCH)

A) Selection of Process Parameters for Mechanical Properties of Aluminium Alloys by

Centrifugal Casting Using Taguchi Method Approach – P. Shailesh, S. Sundarrajan, M.
Komaraiah.

B) Pig Iron Scenario in India - Harsh Kumar, Rajesh Misra

C) Global Opportunities for Indian Foundries – Rajinder Malhan

FOUNDRY ( MAY/JUNE)

A) Structure and Properties of Squeeze – Cast LM 25 Alloy – Ms.

Padmaprabha, Prof. S. Seshan.

B) From the Dairy of a Foundry Consultant – Prof. S. N. Iyengar

C) Cold Setting Resin Binders for Mould and Core Making - Upendar Pandel, Ashok
Sharma, D. B. Goel.

D) How to Practice Six Sigma in a Foundry – Rupesh Kumar Pandey.

E) TPM – The Need of the Competitive Edge – Davesh Agarwal

FOUNDRY (MARCH/APRIL)

A) Potential and Prospects of the Indian Foundry Industry – Supriya Das Gupta.

B) Pig Iron Scenario in India - Harsh Kumar, Rajesh Misra

C) Do’s and Don’t’s in Al Foundry Operation - S. P. Kasi

D. Melting – Past, Present & Future – Mike Brown

FOUNDRY ( JANUARY/FEBRUARY)

A) Application of Adaptive Thermal Analysis System (ATAS) on Grey and Ductile Iron
Production – Yaylalu Gunay and others.

B) The Fundamentals of Green Sand Preparation and Control – Scott Strobl

C) Strategic Marketing Management - B. V. Anvekar

D) Properties & performance of Continuous Casting Mould Fluxes – Upendra Pandel, Ashok
Sharma, DB Goel.

MINERALS AND METALS REVIEW ( APRIL)

A) Advancements in Titanium Extraction – RVS Nagesh, C. S. Ramachandran

B) Secondary Processing of lead and zinc – Amitava Bandopadhay, Rakesh Kumar, R. P.

Goel, S. P. Mehrotra.

C) The Sound Management of Solid Waste in Lead Industry – Brian Wilson.

IRON & STEEL REVIEW (APRIL)

A) Innovative Cooling Suystems in Hot-Roling Mils - Dr. Jian Chen, Theo Nijhus

B) Recent Developments in Refractories Technology – Subrata Banerjee

C) Steel Planner HCS Scheduler – a solution for direct charging scheduling optimization –
Luc Van Nerom.

JPC BULLETIN FOR IRON & STEEL (FEBRUARY)

A) Broadening the scope of branding - A focus on Cold Rolled Steel – Anand Sen, Anup
Sahay, J. Govindswamy.
B) Development of “ Extra Deep Drawing Steel Sheets” for autobody Applications – V. R.
Sharma

D) Cold Rolled Steel Sheets/ Strips – Technology and Quality Aspects – B. V. Raja, N. Pal

STEELWORLD (FEBRUARY)

A) Status of Sponge Iron Industry in Jharkhand – V. D. Manjrekar

B) Usage of Oxygen as Chemical Energy input in Electric Arc Furnace B. V. Raja, N. Pal, P.
L. Talwar, N.P. Jayaswalsa.

STEEL & METALLURGY ( JANUARY)

A) Auto Ignition of Sponge Iron – A Review – Krishna Kant Prasad

B) Long Term Viability of Sponge Iron Industry – S. K.Chakrabarti

C) Sponge & Steel - A linked Feature – Rajesh Jha, Bhaskar S. J.

D) Indian Forging Industry 0 Challenges Ahead - N. Pal, B. V. Raja

E) Steel Concrete Composite Construction in Housing & Infrastructure – T. K.

Bandopadhay.

F) An Overview of Product Development Activities in Coaster Product – R. N. Chattopadhay,

Avtar Singh, S. Bebtora, A. Charan.

G) Emerging Low Cost Metallic Feeds in Electric Arc Furnace - B. V. Raja, N. Pal, P. L.
Talwar.

STEEL & METALLURGY ( FEBRUARY)

A) The Study of Kettle Failure in Continuous Hot Dip Galvanising Lines – G. D.Patange

B) Modern Technology for Improved Product Quality and Productivity for the Promotion of
Rebars in Rod Mills - Paul Riches.

C) Development of Steel Concrete Composite Members for the Construction of Buildings – S.

Jha, S. K. Ghosh, D. Karmakar, P. K.Maini.

MATERIALS MANAGEMENT REVIEW

A) Cost Reduction Through activity based costing – Madhav Kshirsagar.

B) E-Procurement – A Bane or a Boon ? Jayalakshmi Subramaniam.

C) Development of Technical Standards for ECO-MARK and their Implementation – P

Mukhopadhay.
 TRANSACTIONS ( IIM)

A) Optimisation of Workability and Control of Microstructure during Deformation Processing

of various Grades of Austentic Stainless Steels – An Overview – S Venugopalan, P.
V.Sivaprasad, S. L. Mannan.

B) Deformation Behaviour of Cold Upset Forged Aluminium Iron Cylinders – N Selvakumar,

R. Narayanswamy.

C) Simulation of a Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor under Pressure leaching conditions –

M. K. Ghosh, R. P. Das, A. K. Biswas.

D) A method of Relating Laboratory Test data with Performance of Actual Reactor – Hem
Shankar Ray.

E) Some Microstructural aspects of Melt-Spun D2 Steel – A. K. Bhargave, A. N. Tiwari.

F) Study of Microstructural and Abrasive wear of Hardening Deposits on Cast Iron – S.

Chatterjee, T. K. Pal.

G) Phase Evolution in Quartermary Zr. Cu- Ni-Al and Quinary Zr. Cu-Ni Al- Pd Bulk Metallic
Glass Forming Alloys – Joysurya Basu, G. K.Dey, S. Dey, S. Ranganathan.

H) Analysis of Fatigue Failures in Pharmaceutical Plant – H. Shaikh, A Poonguzhali, H. S.

Khatak.

I) Influence of Fluidized bed Nitrocarburising on Tribiological and Mechanical Properties of

EN 8, EN-19 and EN 24 Steels – G. V. S. Nageswar Rao, Hanumanth Rao, Sambasiva
Rao.

J) Microstructural Characteristics of Spray Formed Al-SiCP Composites – V. C. Srivastava,

A. Schneider, V. Uhlenwinkel, S. N. Ojha.

K) A Study on Dynamic Stability of Medium in Air Dense Fluidised Bed Seperator – A. K.

Sahu, S. K. Biswal, P. S. R. Reddy, A. Paria, V. N. Misra.

L) Improvement in Spot Weld Properties of Steel Sheet by Welbonding Using Particulate

Composite Adhesive – P. K. Ghosh, M. Balaram.

M) On relating Thermodynamic Diffusion Co-efficients with Phenomenological Coefficients in

Binary Systems – A. Laik, G. B. Kale.

N) In- Site Cr2Nb Pecipitation Cu Alloys by a Powder Metallurgy Route – Kedar Bhide, N. B.
Dhoke

STEEL SCENARIO ( JANUARY ~MARCH )

A) Application of Nobium to Steel Wire Rods and Bars – Shunichi Hasimoto

B) Chemical Energy introduction in Modern EAF Operations – Val Shver

C) Overview of Stainless Steel Industry – Its Growth Trends and Potential

D) Indian Stainless Steel Flat Products Industry – Growth Prospects and Challenges in
coming Decade – B. V. Raja, N. Pal, P. L. Talwar, N. P. Jayswals.

E) Non-Cooking Coal for Sponge Iron Sector – Future Availability and Right Quality Coal –
Captive Coal Blocks - N. K. Patnaik

F) Coal & Coke for Iron making - A. K. Mathur

G) Iron Ore Quality Enhancement - A key to Cost Reduction - M. P. Srivastava, S. K. Pan, M.

Jain.

H) Using Manufacturing Agility to Respond Rapidly to Growth and Changing market

conditions within the constraints of existing plant equipment – Sanjeev Dhinda.

I) India’s Steel Scenario – Advantage Orissa – B. K. Mohanty, A. K. Saha

J) What China and India can learn from the mistakes made by the American Steel Industry

K) The scarcity of Raw Materials for the production of Steel – Some Stray Thoughts – A. K.
Dastidar.

L) Perspective of Indian Steel in Global Market – With reference to Flat Products – Lalji
Dwivedi.

JPC BULLETIN FOR IRON & STEEL ( JANUARY )

A) Steel Industry in India : Present Status and future Prospects - B. D. Ghosh

B) Alternative ironmaking Technologies – Dr. Amit Chatterjee

C) Alternative fuels in blast furnaces to reduce coke consumption - Dr. S. K. Bhattacharya.

D) Iron & Steel making at New Zealand Steel - Steve Hobhouse.

IRON & STEEL REVIEW

A) DRI- Past, Present & Future - Dr. Ignacio Alvarez

B) TMT Defination – Myths & truth - G. P. Singh

C) Sponge Iron Industry in India – Problems, Prospects & Perspective - S. N. Swamy

D) Evolution of Sponge Iron Industry in India

INDIAN FOUNDRY JOURNAL ( AUGUST)

1. Microstructural evolution of AZ 91 D Alloy during partial remelting.

2. Influence of microwave Irradiation on preparation of novolac resin for shell process
3. Improved Iron Casting Quality through application of advanced coating technology
4. Effect of Grain Refiner and Modifier on the wear behaviour of Al-125-Alloy.
 INDIAN FOUNDRY JOURNAL ( SEPTEMBER)

1. Working with hot and warm box system – Klaus Lochte

2. Effect on chill position and size during solidification of Aluminium Castings.
3. Elimination of surface sink defect in skin Forming Alloy Castings by providing Sink
Allowance.
4. Production of casting by Evaporative Pattern Casting ( EPC) process.

JPC ( JUNE)

1. Scrap if forever
2. Recycling of Ferrous scrap scenario
3. Steel Scrap : A global outlook.
4. Availability of metallics for induction melting furnace industry in 2005.
5. Status of steel scrap trade and regulations.
6. Alternative charge/reductant for Indian Blast Furnace to reduce coke rate.

JPC ( JULY)

1. International trade in Steel.

2. Global Steel Trade.

JPC ( AUGUST)

1. Changing mindsets on increasing the usage of steel in construction.

2. Steel reinforcements – their demand, quality and new applications in India
3. Cooperative market development – A sound strategy for growth.
4. Promotion of stainless steel consumption in India.

INDUSTRIAL HERALD ( SEPTEMBER)

1. Substantial growth in Foundry industry output and exports.

2. Thermometric India offers advanced furnaces for Aluminium melting.

STEEL SCENARIO ( JULY ~ SEPTEMBER)

1. Acceptance of Thermo – processed Rebars - A field Test

2. Role of Technology in the Steel Industry.
3. An International Treaty on Global Warning.
4. Spherodisation techniques of carbon steel.
5. Indian Sponge Iron Industry – The World Leader
6. World Iron Ore Industry & Role of Indian Iron Ore Sector

FOUNDRY ( JULY ~AUGUST)

1. SG Iron Technology Conclave – Production, Practice & Applications

2. Competitiveness through a competence protocol
3. Improving refractory lining life in Aluminium Die Casting
4. Defect Analysis in Bake Drum Castings
 FOUNDRY (SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER)

1. Quality in ethical teaching of Foundry Technology

2. Investment Casting – A potent Shaping Route for aluminium matrix
composites components.
3. Defect reduction in sand castings – A practical Approach.
4. Silica lining in an Induction Furnace

IRMA – STATISTICS JOURNAL ( VOL. 3)

1. Considerations in Optimum performance of Refractories in Steel Ladles