Cluster profile

Rajkot bearing industries

Gujarat
Rajkot
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TERI. 2016
Cluster Profile Report – Rajkot bearing ind ustries
N ew Delhi: The Energy and Resources Institute 12pp.
[Project Report N o. 2014IE15]

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Contents
A CKN OWLEDGEMENTS
Overview of clu ster ...............................................................................................................................1
Prod u ct typ es and p rod u ction cap acities ...........................................................................................2
Raw m aterial u sage in clu ster ..............................................................................................................2
Energy scenario in the clu ster ..............................................................................................................3
Prod u ction p rocess ................................................................................................................................4
Technologies em p loyed ........................................................................................................................6
Energy consu m p tion .............................................................................................................................8
Energy saving op p ortu nities and p otential .......................................................................................9
Major stakehold ers ..............................................................................................................................11
Clu ster d evelop m ent activities ..........................................................................................................11
Acknow ledgements

TERI places on record its sincere thanks to the Sw iss Agency for Developm ent and
Cooperation (SDC) for supporting the long -term partnership project focusing on energy
intensive MSME clusters in Ind ia.

TERI team is indebted to Rajkot Engineering Association (REA), GIDC (Lod hika) Ind ustrial
Association (GLIA), AJI (GIDC) Ind ustries Association and Shapar -Veraval Ind ustrial
Association for provid ing support an d inform ation related to bearing units in Rajkot. TERI
also places on record the support provid ed by Mr Sri N H Kantesaria (Chief Manager,
GLIA), Mr Bhavesh Patel (Presid ent, REA) and Mr H aresh H advani (Partner, ISK Bearing
Ind ustries) for their support and cooperation in organizing field visits and interactions w ith
m anufacturers of cages, rolling elem ents and bearings d uring the stud y for preparation of
the cluster profile report. TERI extend s its sin cere thanks to Mr Jignesh Patel (IIF Secretary
w estern region) and Mr Dilip Sarkar (Executive Secretary, REA) for facilitating field visits.

Last but not least, our sincere thanks to MSME entrepreneurs and other key stakeholders in
the cluster for provid ing valuable data and inputs that helped in cluster analysis.
Rajkot bearing industries
Overview of cluster
Rajkot is one of the prom inent bearing clusters in the country. Rajkot is largely know n as an
ind ustrial hub situated in Saurashtra region of Gujarat state. The Rajkot d istrict located in
south-w est region of Gujarat state has m ore than 23,000 ind ustries spread ing over an area of
around 25 square kilom etres in 15 d ifferent ind ustrial estates.

The m anufacturing activities are concentrated in three m ain ind ustrial estates – Aji, Metod a
and Shapar. The current trend of ind ustrial grow th is tow ard s engineering and auto
ancillaries. The d istrict has various m anufacturing units for m achine tools, ind ustrial
equipm ents, lathe m achines, m etallurgical industries, electronics, engineering and auto
ancillary sector. The small and m ed ium ind ustries are d om inated by found ries, bearings,
engineering & autom obile w orks, textile related units, gold & silver jew ellery, handicrafts,
spices, m ed icines, and w all clocks.

The Indian bearing ind ustry is estimated at Rs 100 billion. The d om estic ind ustry caters to
the 74% of total d emand for com m on varieties and sizes. The organized sector units
contribute 1 around 53% of the ind ustry sales. The im ports are about 26% of the total d em and
of the ind ustry. The bearing ind ustries in Rajkot generate around 15,000 d irect or ind irect
em ploym ent. A m ajority of them is associated w ith bearing assembly units, roller and cage
m anufacturing ind ustries.

There are about 150 bearing ind ustries operating in the cluster. Most of these ind ustries are
registered und er m icro, sm all and m ed ium categories. Majority of the units are either sm all
or m icro type. The total turnover of bearing ind ustries in Rajkot is estim ated to be around Rs
1500 crores w ith the annual turnover of m ajority of ind ustries in the cluster (50%) are
around Rs 2-10 crores. The d istribution of the bearing ind ustries based on typ e and annual
turnover are show n in the figures.

D istribution of bearing units as D istribution of bearing units

per category based on annual turnover

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Source: Technology study report on bearing industries, M SM E DI, Government of India

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Product types and production capacities

The p rod ucts from bearing ind ustries in Rajkot
cluster are used m ainly in d ifferent sectors starting
from autom obiles, light & heavy m achine tools,
com pressors, stationary d iesel engines, earth
m oving equipm ent, m aterial hand ling equipment.
The bearing ind ustries cater to Original Equipment
Manufacturers (OEM), replacem ent m arket and
general engineering. The prim ary prod ucts
m anufactured in Rajkot bearing cluster are as
follow s.
 Ball bearings
 Taper roller bearings
 Cylind rical roller bearings Product types from Rajkot
 N eed le roller bearings bearing cluster
 Thrust bearings

Above prod ucts of Rajkot bearing cluster could be grouped prim arily in to three kind s of
prod uct m anufacturers nam ely (1) cage m anufacturers, (2) rolling element m anufacturers
and (3) bearing assem bly units. Around 60% plants in Rajkot are bearing assem bly units,
w hich take cages, rolling elem ents from outsid e
vend ors and assem ble bearings. A prod uct-w ise
d istribution of bearing ind ustries in the cluster is
provid ed in this figure.

The prod uction and installed capacity of the sim ilar

ind ustries in the cluster varies unit to unit and even
prod uction of a unit is also not constant d uring the
year. The nature of the cluster and th e type of prod ucts
m anufactured is such that the prod uction is record ed
in form at of the num ber of pieces manufactured of a
particular type of prod uct. Based on interactions w ith
entrepreneurs, ind ustrial bod ies and governm ent bod y
in the cluster, the estimated prod uction of bearings, Product-w ise distribution of
rolling elem ents and cages are show n in the table. bearing industries

Annual production by bearing industries

Product category N umber Production
of units (lakh pieces/year)
Bearings 90 1.8 to 40
Rolling elem ents 35 20 to 840
Cages 25 10 to 36
Source: Collective directory data of Rajkot Engineering A ssociation, GIDC Lodhika Industrial A ssociation, A JI (GIDC)
Industries A ssociation and Shapar-V eraval Industrial A ssociation

Raw material usage in cluster

The raw m aterial used in the m anufacturing of bearing races is SAE 52100 high carbon

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chrom e bearing steel, w hich has com position sim ilar to EN -31 (100 CR 6 as per BIS
specifications). The raw m aterials for bearing races are in the form of rod s and seam less
hollow tubes w hich are spherod ised annealed steel. Alloy steel w ire rods are used for the
m anufacture of rollers and balls. The cages and retainers are mad e out of plain carbon steel
of 1008 & 1015 grad e. Other m aterials like stainless steels are also used as per the custom ers

Cages: The m aterial used for m anufacturing cages is CRC strips of C2015 bearing grad e steel
having carbon percentage at 0.08% (m axim um ) and m agnesium ranging from 0.25% to
0.45%.

Rolling elements: Steel balls/ rollers of grad e 20, 16 & 10 w ith close tolerance sm ooth
surface m ad e using SAE 52100 high carbon chrom e bearing steel w ire rod s m ad e up of
ferroalloy containing carbon.
The sources of major raw m aterials are provid ed below .
Ind ian Seam less Metal Tube, Pune
Ind ian Seam less Steel & Alloy, Pune
Mahind ra Ugine Steel Com pany Khopoli
Jindal Steel Works Ltd
Diad o Stell Com pany Ltd , Japan
Ascom etal Ind ustries, France

CRC sheets for cages Wire rod for rolling Forged rings for
element bearing races

Energy scenario in the cluster

Electricity and diesel are the m ajor sources of energy for the pum p -set units. Electricity is
supp lied by Paschim Gujarat VIJ Com pany Ltd (PGVCL) and d iesel is procured from local
m arket. Electricity is used for running all machinery and d iesel is used in DG -set in case of
em ergency d uring unsched uled pow er outage. The d etails of m ajor energy sources a nd
tariffs are show n in table.

Prices of major energy sources

Source Remarks Price
Electricity HT Rs 8.00 p er kWh (inclu sive of energy, d em and charges,
other p enalty/ rebate and electricity d u ty)
LT Rs 9.00 p er kWh (inclu sive of energy, d em and charges
and electricity d u ty)
D iesel From local m arket Rs 55 p er litre (p rice su bjected to m arket flu ctu ations)
NG GSPC RS 34 p er scm (p rice su bjected to m arket flu ctu ations )

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Production process
The bearing m anufacturing ind ustries in Rajkot im ports the assem bly com ponents of
bearing from local vendors. The com ponents includ e inner and outer races, cages, rolling
elem ents and rivets. The heat treatm ent and super finishing of rolling elem ents are d one
before final assem bly of bearing. The generic process steps of m anufacturing bearing
prod ucts are explained below .
Raw material: Raw materials for bearing manufacturing ind ustries are d ifferent
com ponents of bearing that is inner and outer races, cages, rolling elem ents and rivets .
These com ponents are procured from local vend or as per specifications.
Assembly of races and rolling
elements: At first inner and outer races
are assem bled and then rolling elem ents
are inserted m anually or using press for
taper roller bearings.
Riveting and w ashing: Riveting is d one
on ord er to ensure com plete assem bly of
bearing com ponents. Washing in oil is
d one rem ove any burs and foreign
particles from bearing surface.
Filtering and demagnetizing:
Contam ination, if any from the batch
com position is rem oved using both
filtering elem ent and d em agnetiser.
Clearance testing: Clearance testing is
d one in the lab using feeler gauge to
check the alignm ent of the assem bled
com ponents.
Packaging and dispatch: The final
m arketable prod ucts are packed as per
m arketing and d espatch requirem ent.

The generic p rod u ction step s for bearing

p rod u cts are show n in figu re. Generic process flow chart

The prod uction process for each bearing

com ponent in the cluster is m entioned below :

(i) Rolling elements manufacturing process

Rolling elem ents are mad e from steel w ire rod s of
d ifferent sizes. Steel w ire rod s are cut to required size
by cold forging operation in head er m achines. H eat
treatm ent of rolling elem ents is carried out in heat
treatm ent furnaces. It is follow ed by super finishing
in super finishing m achines. After quality and visual
inspection, oil w ashing is d one in batches before final
d ispatch.

Process flow chart for rolling elements

manufacturing

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Cylindrical roller Tapper roller Spherical roller Taper roller

(ii) Races manufacturing process
All bearing assem bly units procure races from ring
rolling forging units and carry out only finishing
operations like in house grind ing of face, OD (outer
d iam eter)/ ID (inner diam eter) and inner race w ays.
Forged rings are used as raw m aterial for
m anufacturing of races. Turning of forged rings is
d one after w hich they are sent for centre-less
grind ing. H eat treatm ent of the rings is d one to
achieve required hardness. Both turning and heat
treatm ent operations are generally outsourced . After
testing the hard ness levels achieved in heat
treatm ent process, rough and finish grinding is d one
on the rings. After super finishing and w ashing
operations, visual inspection is d one before final
Process flow chart for races
assem bly of bearings.

Ball bearing N eedle roller

(iii) Cages manufacturing process

The m anufacturing process of cages is
show n in the figure. Cold roll carbon
(CRC) sheets are used as a raw m aterial in
the m anufacturing of the cages. Blanking
and form ing operation s are d one on the
cut pieces of CRC sheets. Bore cutting is
d one to m ake a hole in the centre after
w hich finishing operations like facing,
notching, spread ing and expand ing and
d rum m ing are carried out to achieve
required finishing specifications. In the
Process flow chart for cages

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end shot blasting is d one to achieve surface finish. Visual inspection is d one before final
d ispatch of cages.

Bearing cages

Technologies employed
Bearing ind ustries in the Rajkot cluster use conventional m achines like lathe m achines for
rough turning and CNCs m achines for finished turning operations of races. Grinding
m achines like centre-less grinding, face grinder, d uplex grinding and super finishing
m achines are used along w ith air com pressor, heat treatm ent furnaces, head er m achines and
presses in the m anufacturing of com ponents of the bearings. Som e of the prim ary process
technologies are explained below .

(i) Machineries for rolling elements

H ead er m achines are used for the cold forging i.e. w ire-cutting and shaping operations of
rolling elem ents. H ead er m achines continuously d raw w ire rod s and cut into pred efined
length to cold forge into balls or any other required shape of rolling elem ents . N atural gas
(N G) fired or electrical heat treatm ent furnaces are used for hard ening and tem pering
operations. Tum b blast m achines are used for w ashing of the rolling elem ents in batches.
Super finishing m achines are used to m eet required quality stand ard s of the rolling
elem ents.

Header machine Ball Grinding machine

(ii) Machineries used for races

For races m anufacturing, conventional machineries like lathes, surface finish m achines are
used as w ell as CN C m achines. Other auxiliary system s used in the unit includ e electrical
heat treatm ent furnaces and air com pressors. Grind ing is an im portant operation and inner
d iam eter (ID), outer d iam eter (OD) and face grind ing is d one using d uplex grind ing and
centre-less grind ing m achines.

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Race finish turning on CN C Rollers super finishing machine Rolling element heat
machine treatment furnace

Centre-less grinding machine for race O.D grinding

(iii) Machineries used for cages

Most of the operations in cage m anufacturing are d one in
m echanical or pneum atic presses. Conveyor belts are
used on the m anufacturing line to transfer the jobs. Shot
blast m achines are used in the last operation of surface
finishing of cages.

(iv) Assembly of bearings

Most of the units d o m anual assem bly of the bearing
com ponents like inner and out race, insertion of rolling Mechanical press
elem ents and riveting. Press is used in case of insertion of
taper rolling elem ents.

Bearings manual assembly line

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Energy consumption
Electricity is the m ain source of energy for m ost of the bearing
units in the cluster. These units are d epend ent on grid to m eet
their electricity need s. The average connected load of a bearing
ind ustry is d epend ent on kind of prod ucts and installed
capacity. A m ajority of the u nits have LT connection, about
20hp to 40hp . The bearing assem bly units of m ed ium size have
H T connection about 150 kVA to 700 kVA.

The other form s of energy use in the cluster includ e natural

gas (N G) and high speed d iesel (H SD). N G is m ainly used by a
few rolling elem ents manufacturing plant if they h ave N G
fired heat treatm ent furnaces. H SD is used in gen-sets to meet
electricity d em and s d uring pow er failure, w hich is how ever
not very com m on in the cluster. H ence the consum ption of
Share of energy sources
H SD is insignificant at cluster level.

Unit level energy consumption

The unit level energy consum ption of bearing units vary betw een 4.6 toe per year for a m icro
unit to 137.8 toe per year for a m ed ium size bearing unit as show n in the table.

Unit level energy consumption of bearing manufacturing units

Bearing Thermal energy Electricity Total energy
manufacturing units (toe/year) (kWh/year) (toe/year)
Micro 0 54,024 4.6
Sm all 0.29 237,726 20.7
Med iu m 33.4 1,228,411 137.8

Cluster level energy consumption

The total energy consum ption of the cluster is estim ated to be 3903 toe per year. Electricity
accounts for about 91% of total energy consum ption in the cluster.

Annual energy consumption of bearing industries in Rajkot cluster

Type Annual Energy Equivalent CO 2 Annual energy
emissions (tonne/yr) bill (million
consumption equivalent IN R)
(toe/year)
Electricity 41.3 m illion 3,555 40,511 296
kWh
N atu ral gas 0.4 m illion SCM 326 671 13
H SD 23.6 kilo litre 22 68 1.3
Total 3,903 41,250 311
source: Energy data collected from individual units in Rajkot

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The breakup of estim ated energy consum ption of

d ifferent categories of bearing ind ustries in the cluster is
show n in the table. Bearing assem bly ind ustries account
for about 53% of energy consum ption in the cluster. It is
follow ed by rolling elements m anufacturing units, w hich
is about 34%.

Category-w ise energy consumption of bearing units

Industry sector Energy consumption
(toe/year)
Bearing m anu factu ring 2,095

Rolling elem ents m anu factu ring 1,333

Cages m anu factu ring 475 Category-w ise
distribution of energy
Total 3,903 consumption

Energy saving opportunities and

potential
Som e of the m ajor energy-saving opportunities in the Bearing units in the cluster are
d iscussed below .

(i) Application of variable speed drives

Motor-d riven system s are often oversized and inefficiently controlled . The „variable speed
d rives‟ (VSD) can provide a m ore cost effective method for varying load s and to m atch w ith
the requirem ents. Energy savings in VSD applications usually range from 8-20%. Som e of
the potential applications of VSDs in bearing industry are m entioned below .

H ead er m achine m otor

The head er m achines are used in the m anufacturing of rolling elements. They operate
continuously d raw ing w ire and cold forging the cut parts to required specifications. Load on
head er m achines varies as pert the w eight and d iam eter of the steel w ir es. H ence use of
variable frequency d rive in place of constant speed w ill red u ce of pow er consum ption upto
15%.

Super finishing m achine m otor

Super finishing m achines are used for final finishing processes, w hich are carried out as per
custom er‟s requirem ents of profile, roughness, cylind ricity and round ness. Motors of super
finishing m achines can run w ith VSDs, w hich can result into significant energy savings upto
8 %.

(ii) Compressed air

Savings of m ore than 40% can be realized through im proving the supp ly and red ucing
d em and in com pressed air system s. Opportunities can be found in the supply sid e by
installing new or optim izing existing equipm ent and red ucing the system pressure. Dem and
can be red uced through im proving end uses and repairing leaks. Blow -off nozzles can be
upgrad ed to high-efficiency engineered nozzles or replaced w ith a low -pressure electric
blow er. Som e of the potential areas of compressor system w ith specific option are
m entioned below

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Retrofitting air com pressor w ith variable frequency d rive

During norm al operation, screw air com pressor operated on unload ing position for m ore
than half the tim e. Installation of variable frequency d rive (VFD) to such com pressors w ill
m inimize the unload pow er consum ption resulting in energy savings of 20-35%.

Arresting the com pressed air leakage

Com pressed air is an expensive utility in a plant. H ow ever, in m ost cases, air leakages in
piping system are quite high (m ore than 20%) and go unnoticed . The compressed air leakage
can be red uced to about 5% by ad opting best operating practices (BOP). The ind ustry can
red uce significant energy consum ption by controlling com pressed air leakages w ith no or
m inim um investm ent.

Red uction in pressure setting of air com pressor

The pressure setting of air com pressors ar e often m uch higher than the actual air pressure
requirem ent at the point of use in the plant. The typical unload and load pressure settings
are 8.5 and 7.5 bar respectively. Red ucing the com pressed air pressure as per end -use
requirem ents w ill result in h igh-energy savings. Red uction of generation pressure by one
bar can lead to energy saving of 6%.

(iii) Replacement of rew ound motors w ith energy efficient motors

„Rew ind ing‟ of m otors results in a d rop in efficiency by 3-5%. It is better to replace all old
m otors, w hich have undergone rew ind ing tw o tim es or m ore. The old rew ound m otors may
be replaced w ith EE m otors (IE3 efficiency class). This w ould results into energy savings of 3
to 7% w ith sim ple payback period of 1.5 to 3 years.

(iv) Heat treatment furnaces

H eat treatment furnaces are used to carry out processes like hard ening and tem pering. Box
type furnaces are used w hich use either n atural gas or electricity.

Recuperator for w aste heat recovery from hot flue gasses of natural gas fired furnace
The roller elem ents m anufacturers use N G fired or electrical heat treatm ent furnaces. The
exit flue gas tem peratures of natural gas fired furnaces used in th ese units are in the range of
450-600 oC and there are no w aste heat recovery system s available w ith furnaces. The w aste
heat available w ith high tem perature flue gases can be recovered in a m etallic recuperator
system to preheat com bustion air that can result in significant im provem ent in furnace
efficiency (over 10%) substantial red uction in fuel consum ption. Energy savings of 8-15%
can be achieved d epend ing on the type of process, process cycle tim e and flue gas
tem perature.

Insulation for furnace

H eat treatm ent furnaces used are m ostly built w ith sim ple refractory brick lining w hich are
prone to heat losses w ith continuous usage over a period resulting in fuel losses. There is a
huge potential in using ceram ic insulations in box type furnaces , w hich enables low er fuel
consum ption d uring cold starts as w ell as less heat up tim e. Energy savings 4-6% can be
achieved by im proving insulation of the furnace.

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Thyristor control for electrical heat treatm ent furnaces

Electrical heat treatm ent furnaces used are of resistance heating type. N orm ally on -off
control is used for controlling the heating cycle. In on -off control d ue to continuous
sw itching, life of heating coil red uces d ue to therm al shocks and frequent failure occurs.
Thyristor control system can be used instead of on -off control, w hich can provid e around 7-
15% energy savings and can enhance life of coils d ue to sm ooth sw itching w ith the precise
tem perature controls.

(v) Lighting
T-12 tube lights (of 52W includ ing choke) and halogen lam ps (150W and 250W) are
generally used by bearing units in the cluster. These inefficient lightings can be replaced
w ith energy efficient LED lighting (LED tube lights of 10W and 20W) and flood lam ps and
high bay lam ps (20W, 40W and 80 W) w hich w ould provid e better illum ination and energy
savings. Since a large num ber of lam ps are used in the units, the existing lighting m ay be
replaced w ith EE lighting in a phased manner.

Major stakeholders
The prim ary stakehold ers in the cluster are the manufacturing units based in Rajkot and the
lead ing ind ustry association of the region –Rajkot Engineering Association (REA), GIDC
(Lod hika) Ind ustrial Association (GLIA), AJI (GIDC) Ind ustries Association and Shapar -
Veraval Ind ustrial Association . The other key stakehold ers includ e Central Manufacturing
Technology Institute (CMTI), N ational Sm all Ind ustries Corporation (N SIC), District
Ind ustries Centre (DIC), MSME-DI (Rajkot), SIDBI, Ind ian Institute of Found rym en, Rajkot
chapter m achinery supplier, etc.

Out of these stakeholders, REA is the m ost proactive in the region. It has about 1000
m em bers d raw ing from all categories of ind ustries in Rajkot. The association ad d resses the
issues related to the w elfare and grievance red ressed of their mem ber ind ustries. Presently
there are no ind ivid ual ind ustry associations for bearing ind ustries.

Cluster development activities

There are not m uch of d evelopm ent activities in the bearing cluster because of the absence of
association. Som e of the bearing ind ustries have collaborated together to form a cluster to
take ad vantage of “Lean m anufacturing” cluster program offered by the Central
governm ent.

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Ind ia since 1961. In 1991, SDC established a Global Environm ent Program m e to
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