ANTS Ceramics Pvt Ltd- Your Research Partner

Sabyasachi RoyDirectorANTS Ceramics Pvt Ltd

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• Be a state of art manufacturing house capable of complex , customized ceramic component

• Create an eco system for R&D in Material Science

• Create an IP driven culture

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Vision of Ants Ceramics

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Snapshot of the company• Founded in 2006• Team mentored by Prof. Parag Bhargava of IIT Bombay• Key products commercialized in last 5 years – Alumina Labware, Thermal Analysis

Crucibles, Porous and Dense Alumina Micro Spheres, Induction melting Crucibles, Porous Alumina Components, Zirconia labwares, Quartz components, Laboratory furnace, agate mortar and pestles.

• Current manufacturing capabilities: Gel Casting, Slip Casting, Pressing, Ceramic Machining and Grinding, Furnace manufacturing

• Key business lines: Lab-ware and Furnace • Key customers:

• Domestic - All IITs, Bhaba Atomic Research Centre (BARC), ISRO, Defense labs• International - National University of Singapore, PSI Switzerland, FERRO, Sannima

• Key Applications –Lab ware, Corrosion resistance application, Metal Melting application, Filtration, Catalysis

• Technology transfer from VSSC-ISRO for Di electric Ceramics for DRA in 2014

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Through our R&D and technical expertise ANTS provided many customized solutions which none has been able to offer. The list goes on..

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Customer ProductGE Bangalore Special shaped alumina trayHoganus, Pune Critical shaped alumina nozzleWaman Hari Pethe Fused silica based induction melting crucibleThermax Ltd Special SiSiK composition for Ni melting applicationGharda Chemical Ltd Porous DiaphragmSN Lal, NMRL Llithium based ceramic pugs for gas monitoring in marine application

Dr. A K Himanshu, VECC Special two layered crucible for thin film deposition technique

Dr. Ghanthayat, BARC Alumina special shaped spacer for plasma chamber

Dr. Anil Kumar, IIT Kanpur Porous alumina sphere for catalysis application

Dr. Mallika, IGCAR Porous alumina tube for recycling of nuclear wasteDr. Krishna Ramadurai, BARC

0.2-0.3 mm diameter alumina microsphere with good sphericity for catalytic bed application

2004: Conceptualization at IIT Kharagpur of ceramic manufacturing bringing innovation in protein coagulation casting from lab to commercialization, four patents granted

2005: 1st Prize at IIM Ahmedabad during Incbiz

2006 -2007: Incubation support from IIT Kharagpur and IIM Ahmedabad. Pilot plant set up

2008-2009: Trial marketing and building customer base

2010: Recognized for producing difficult to manufacture customized ceramic products

2010-2014: ISO Certification, Technology transfer from ISRO for manufacturing di-electric ceramic manufacturing

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History of the Company

New Coverage:National Coverage of Ants in The Economic Times 1National Coverage of Ants in The Economic Times 2

2004: Gelcasting Process developed and patented at IIT Kharagpur 2005: Near net shape agricultural nozzles manufactured and marketed at Nashik2006: Labscale development of slip casting technology 2007: Started production of Slip cast alumina labware2008: Scale up of Slip Casting Process in to Production with less than 5% rejection20009: Development of various complicated and critical shapes using Slip Casting2010: Development of various composition( 60% Alumina, Mullite, SiSiK etc)2011: Development of Pressing as a fabrication technique2012: Development of Porous and dense microspheres and porous ceramic Components2013: Pilot testing on injection molding processing technique and development of zirconia labwares2014: Scale up of Furnace manufacturing and Zirconia component manufacturing2014: Scale up of Injection molding as process technique for small intricate shapes

2015: Manufacturing of Alumina Tube through slip casting and extrusion

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Product and Process Capability Timeline

Ashwini Jain, MSc. Geophysics, IIT Kharagpur. He has an unbridled passion to innovate and research. Ashwini is currently responsible for research, new product development and marketing.

Sabyasachi Roy, B.Tech CCT(Ceramics), M.Tech. (Materials Science), IIT Kharagpur, along with Ashiwni takes products from lab to market. Roy is primarily responsible for manufacturing.

Prof. P. Bhargava, Professor, Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, IIT Bombay (B.Tech. IIT Bombay, M.S., Ph.D., Univ of Alabama). Prog Bhargava is the heart and soul behind the firm. He is not only a mentor but a constant source of inspiration for the team.

Vaibhav Nasery, B.Tech., M.Tech. (Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science), IIT Bombay. has decided to take the company in the forefront of ceramics process technology. Vaibhav is currently responsible HR, IT and other support functions.

Tushar Gothi, B Tech , is in charge of Admistration

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Ants Team and Present responsibilities

Industrial:

Arcelor Mittal (USA), Ferro Corp (USA), Sandvik (India)GE (India), TATA (India), BHEL (India), Crompton (India), Aditya Birla (India), Sterlite (India) etc.

Customers

R&D:

PSI (Switzerland), NUS (Singapore), Imperial College (UK),KTH (Sweden) IISc (India), IIT(India), Department of Atomic Energy (India), ISRO (India) etc.

Product ListLabware:Alumina, Quartz, Platinum, Zirconia

Furnace:Tube and Box Furnace upto 1400 C

Agate Mortar and Pestle

Furnace TubesAlumina Tubes up to 99.5%, Quartz Tubes

Powder Compaction Dies

Thermal Analysis CruciblesCustom Quartz and Alumina Components for OEM

• Slipcasting

• Gelcasting

• Powder compaction

• Machining in green and sintered state

• Quartz Blowing

• Agate manufacturing Set up

Processes practiced in manufacturing ceramic and quartz components

Products

Ants is currently manufacturing ceramic components based on

High Alumina (99.5%, 99.7%)Zirconia (> 99%)Fused Silica (99.99%)

for High Temperature Materials Synthesis (upto 1800oC), Thermal and Electrical Insulation, High pressure spraying applications, Catalysis, Analytical Instruments, Microwave devices, High Vacuum devices, Supports and Fixtures for High Temperature and corrosive applications.

Raw materials and their suppliers

Alumina – Almatis (Germany)Fused Silica Powder – Chettinad fused quartz, IndiaZirconia – Tosoh, Advanced Materials, Advance Materials, Imreys,Fused Silica Tubes – Inpu Quartz Co.,Ltd (Lianyungang)

Process Information• Slip casting

– is used to make thin walled components.– Components with extreme smooth surface finish for control in Process. – Control in grain structure to modify strength related properties.– Control in Composition for modification of properties.

• Gel casting – is used for creating complex shapes. – Variation in porosities and pore size can be achieved.

• Pressing – is used for simple components and high volume production

• Grinding and Lapping – is being carried out to provide high tolerance technical ceramic components

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Ants is soon going to introduce products based on injection molding and extrusion. For injection molded products Ants has developed its own feedstock formulations to match the best in the world.

Ants will utilize its expertise in slip casting of High Alumina and will introduce 99.7% High Alumina furnace tube in India.

Ants is working on utilizing proprietary technologies for manufacturing components with controlled porosity and pore size distribution components. Ants is already supplying such components in strategic sector and looking forward to developing more applications of the same..

Upcoming products and technology

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