{"id":20550,"date":"2021-05-03T08:01:07","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T02:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plyinsight.com\/?p=20550"},"modified":"2021-05-22T11:07:14","modified_gmt":"2021-05-22T05:37:14","slug":"vaidyanathan-hariharan-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plyinsight.com\/hi\/vaidyanathan-hariharan-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaidyanathan Hariharan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mr. Vaidyanathan Hariharan<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The article is part of a multi-part series which will lead to final discussion on a practical approach to creating an all-weather standard process towards manufacturing commercial grade plywood in India<\/em><\/p>\n

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Wastage of Resources in the Indian Plywood Manufacturing Sector<\/strong><\/span>
\nA Socio-Ecological Violence due to ignorance?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

COVID-19 has created a scenario of real struggle, difficulties and loss of economies worldwide. Plywood manufacturing sector too has not had any immunity against the Covid consequences. As we try to race ahead in order to survive, sustain and grow businesses, it is very much the right time to start thinking on the lines of glitch-free standards of production\/process & manufacture of defect-free plywood for our own growth benefits.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Commercial Plywood Production \u2013 Scenario<\/strong>
\nThe Indian commercial grade plywood manufacturing is currently characterised by a phase of panic, hurry, race and stress. Why? In order to replicate a \u201csuccess\u201d achieved in another factory by adding a few things into the resin and obtaining (seemingly) \u201cbetter\u201d results in strength\/bonding\/boiling. The person, who brought in this ‘technology’ from another factory, obviously becomes the master in his new arena of operation. He is rightly a hero for the current situation and the ‘benefits’ he has brought into the factory. A person who can colour a lighter face veneer into gurjan colour (with the most toxic chemical combinations), who can provide 2 hours of boiling resistance in plywood with minimum melamine addition (thereby ‘reducing’ resin cost), who can provide non-delaminating edges in plywood, who can colour the light core veneers into gurjan colour and help the factory sell as gurjan hardwood (must be rock-hard and feel like a ton of weight) plywood \u2013 is, rightly, the most sought after production man in the industry (most of the factories in the industry).<\/p>\n

The Liquor Ammonia Syndrome \u2013 A New Psychological Disorder<\/strong>
\nThe current consideration is such that a person who does not use liquor ammonia in commercial plywood manufacturing simply does not know how a plywood is manufactured. Period.<\/p>\n

The effects of Nitrogen toxicity in atmosphere is a known and established fact due to various other reasons such as uncontrolled fertiliser use, emissions from water and soil etc. In addition, the industry too extensively uses liquid ammonia in the concentration ranges of 28 to 35%. Uncontrolled use of liquid ammonia by the industry can add significantly to nitrogen toxicity further. A factory uses anywhere between 20 to 50 Litres of liquor ammonia in a day. Say 30 Litres (60 Litres during 24 hours production). In addition to this, many units have started indiscriminate use of liquid ammonia at immeasurable levels for the so-called ‘smoking’ of face veneers, and even for darkening core veneers in some places. At roughly around 3500 units across the country, I would like to put the daily average use of liquid ammonia at not less than 350,000 Kg per working day. That’s a contribution of a whopping 122,500 Kg of ammonia gas a day by just one of the industry sectors. What for? To avoid the so-called ‘dry-out’ of resin, and to smoke face and core veneers in order to satisfy an ignorant market.<\/p>\n

The effort put into ‘darkening’ of face veneers and core veneers of general purpose plywood may as well be utilised in order to ensure proper preservative treatment-dipping which would be of much higher benefit and a win-win situation for industry and the market.<\/p>\n

The Green Dipping Syndrome<\/strong>
\nAny set of green coloured plywood sheets stacked up beautifully is ‘marine’ plywood. The green comes from deadly chromates (sometimes with Arsenic too) handled effortlessly by unassuming and ignorant workers. The ecological and biodiversity effects from effluents of these are only a wild guess even to an averagely educated reader, in addition to the risks posed to the worker(s) handling these. Again, calculations of usage of these toxic chemicals would run into hundreds of tons. Mostly just to show the plywood as green coloured ‘marine’ grade plywood. The cumulative chemical-use wastages are enormous in the sector \u2013 considering the fact that they do not help in long term protection too.<\/p>\n

Water Resource Misuse<\/strong>
\nWe all are very happy and proud to spread banners and pictures about saving water to each other on WhatsApp messenger and other prominent social media. When it comes to resin plants, cooling towers, & other water use areas in the plywood\/panel industries sector, water is one of the most misused resources. Leaking\/overflowing tanks and storages, excessive wastage of condensed water and resin kettle jacket water, unscientific management of cooling towers, misuse of water used for making ‘treatment’ solutions… Wastage can be observed almost everywhere. Effluents may be simply ejected out of factories with total disregard to surroundings and ground pollution. Genuine water audit may be made mandatory for all units under the plywood\/panel sector.<\/p>\n

Reducing\/avoiding wastage contributes a lot to profitability, stress-free manufacturing, and defect-free plywood. Let us evolve into a standardised manufacturing sector. Let us create a mindset of stability and prosperity, by retaining peace of mind, thereby also saving on material resources.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Keep looking into these columns for more… [Continued in the next issue…]<\/em><\/p>\n

Vaidyanathan Hariharan (Vaidya), is a self-made expert in plywood, panels and natural fibre composites manufacturing, moldings and ultra-low emission resin technologies. Vaidya currently serves as technical advisor to few companies, in addition to projects initiating the manufacture of No Added Formaldehyde (NAF) Plywood at Karnataka & Gujarat in India.
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