BHARAT METAL CUTTING GAS

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.,

Mumbai, India
BPCL Profile: Company
A Fortune 500 company
 Primary business is refining and marketing of
petroleum products
 2006-07 performance stats:
√ Turnover : US$ 26 billion
√ Net worth : US$ 2 billion
√ Sales Volume : 23 MMT
 BPCL profile : Group
Refining
Group Share
12 MMTPA in Refining
at Mumbai 20 %
7.5 MMTPA
at Kochi

3 MMTPA
62.96% holding

Marketing Infrastructure

Major JVs
Retail Outlets 7,378 Group Share
Bharat Oman Refineries Ltd Installations 33 in Marketing
Indraprastha Gas Ltd Depots 63 22 %
Petronet LNG Ltd Tankage (mn kl) 3.05
Petronet CCK Ltd Aviation stations 20
Bharat Shell Ltd LPG Plants 48
Petronet India Ltd Pipelines (Kms) 3000
VI e Trans Ltd
Bharat Metal Cutting
Gas
Metal Cutting -
Conventional
 Traditionally, acetylene is used for cutting metals
 More than 250 TMT acetylene is used worldwide
every year for metal cutting
 Acetylene is :
 not environment friendly
 expensive
 has a tendency to backfire during usage
Metal Cutting – LPG based
 BPCL has developed a
LPG-based fuel gas
(BMCG) after consistent
R&D efforts
 BMCG is an ideal
substitute for acetylene
 It performs cutting and
brazing at low cost
 Credentials
• Welding Research Institute

• Evaluation report from Research Designs & Standards

Organisation

• Evaluation report from Naval Materials research

laboratory (DefenceResearch & Development

Organisation)

• Approval from Chief Controller of Explosives

• Purchase Order Copies / Feedback from segment

leaders
Heating Values of Fuel Gases
Bharat Cutting
LPG Acetylene
Gas

Neutral flame temp.

5400 4700 5700
deg. F

Neutral flame temp.

2983 2594 3149
deg. C

Heat Emission Kcal/m3

Primary flame 4164 2269 4512
Secondary flame 19080 19960 8570

Total heat value

12030 12030 11932
Kcal/Kg
 Bharat Metal Cutting Gas

• Suitable for Hand cutting, Semi-automatic(PUG)

and Automatic (profile) cutting

• Many users have put up BMCG manifold

installations

• Portable installation has been designed for to

facilitate usage for some customers
 Applications
• Component manufacturing on optical profile
cutting machine

• Component manufacturing on mechanical

profile cutting machine

• Cutting in repair shop

• Wheel cutting to reuse the axle / bearing -

Railways

• Edge preparation before welding (bevel

cutting) on PUG machines

• Cutting on CNC machines

• Hole Piercing
Main Sectors
1. Railway units
2. Steel plants
3. Shipyards
4. Power plants
5. Cement plants
6. Sugar factories
7. Fertilizer plants
8. Manufacturing units
9. Refineries and petrochemicals
10.Mining sector
11.Textiles Industries
12.Infrastructure Companies
13. Un-organized sectors like repair work
shops / auto mechanical sectors
BMCG Cutting Application
BMCG Cutting Application
Quality of Cutting with
BMCG
 Salient Features
 High Performance
 BMCG is superior, high temperature, high heat
content cutting gas that provides reliability for
Bharat Metal Cutting Gas

metal cutting, heating and brazing operations

with higher performance than acetylene at
lower cost

 High Penetration and Faster Pre-Heat

 BMCG exceeds the flame temperature of
ordinary LPGas. This results in faster pre-heat
and higher penetration. It also means faster
brazing, heating and metal working
 Salient Features
 Faster Cutting Speed
 It is capable of cutting metals at speed equal
to acetylene
Bharat Metal Cutting Gas

 Reduced Slag Formation

 BMCG has been specially formulated to inhibit
formation of molten slag, resultant is a
smooth surface with less slag and splatter
 Salient Features
 Capable to cut metals of Higher thickness
 Using ordinary LPGas it is difficult to cut metal
plates of higher thickness. BMCG tackles
Bharat Metal Cutting Gas

thickness up to 300 mm or more with ease

 Superior cutting - better surface finish

 Metal plate cut with BMCG have much better
surface finish as compared to other products
 Salient Features
 Consumes less Oxygen and offers overall
economy
 BMCG consumes 20% to 30% less oxygen
Bharat Metal Cutting Gas

compared to LP Gas, resulting in significant

lower overall cost per unit length of cutting
surface.

 Safe and operator-friendly

 Non-toxic, non-injurious to health, no-torch
back fire. It does not produce any dangerous
by-products. It does not produce any clogging
substance to foul the cutting nozzles.
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RDSO analysis:
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TRIALS AT Bharati Shipyard:
BMCG Marketing
 It has already captured 20% of the metal cutting
market in the organized sector in India
 Some of the esteemed BMCG users in India are:
 Indian Railways  Majgaon Docks Ltd.
 SAIL  Cochin Shipyard
 L&T  Hindustan Shipyard, Vizag
 Vizag Steel Plant  BHEL
 Mahindra & Mahindra  Navyeli Lignite Corpn
 Godrej Boyce & Mfg. Co.  Tata

 Recently, an arrangement has been finalized to

market it in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain
 Process is on for Muscat, Egypt, Libya, Dubai,
Sharjah, Ajman & Ras-Al-Kaimah, Malaysia,
South Africa, Nigeria
Thank you for your
kind attention