What We Offer
End-to-End Engineering Solutions
Maknan provides complete Consultancy and Engineering Services in varied fields which include:
Major Field of Activity
- Coke Making : Recovery & Non-recovery type
- Iron Making: Beneficiation, Pellet Plant, DRI & HBI Plant, Blast Furnace, Sintering Plant, Hot metal Pre-treatment plants etc.
- Steel Making: BOF, EOF, EAF, IF etc.
- Secondary Metallurgy: LRF, VD, AOD, IRUT, VOD, VAD, RH etc.
- Continuous Casting: Billet, Bloom, Beam-Blank, Slab, Thin Slab caster etc.
- Rolling: Flat and Long products and tube mill
- Foundry: SG, CI, Steel
- Forging Technology
- Ferro-Alloys: LCFC, FeMn, SiMn, FeSi etc.
- Material Handling Systems
- General Engineering: Mine Infrastructure, Lime Calcining Plant, Air Separation unit (ASU–Oxygen Plant), Refractory Plant, Building Materials Plant etc.
- Power Plant: WHRB, AFBC etc.
- Non-ferrous: Vanadium Recovery, Sand beneficiation, Chrome ore beneficiation etc.
- Mechanical Design of Static & Rotary equipment
- Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation using ANSYS Suite software
- Piping and Pipeline engineering, including stress analysis using CAESAR II software
- Building Information & 3-D Modelling of Structural/Mechanical/Civil/PID/Architectural/Construction project parameters using Tekla, AutoCAD Plant, Autodesk Revit, AVEVA E3D, SP3D software
Project Report & Feasibility Studies
We carry out feasibility studies and prepare techno-economic reports (TEFR) for new projects, including Detailed Project Report (DPR) for Bank financing purposes. Strategic Reports typically include:
- Site Selection
- Product Mix
- Process Route with Flow-sheets and Process Flow Diagrams (PFD)
- Plant Infrastructure, including :
- 1)Major production units, including DRI Plant/IF/EAF/LRF/CCM/Rolling Mill etc.
- 2)Plant auxiliary facilities, including office buildings, workshops, stores, laboratories, electrical rooms, pump house, overhead water tank etc.
- 3)Plant electricals, including main receiving sub-station, transformers, MCC, PCC etc.
- 4)Instrumentation and Automation
- 5)Utilities, including water systems, piping, compressed air and gases etc.
- 6)All other Balance of Plant (BOP) facilities, including EOT Cranes
- Manpower Requirement
- Construction Management
- Project Implementation Schedule
- SWOT Analysis
- Financial Analysis, including
- 1)Estimation of CAPEX
- 2)Estimation of OPEX
- 3)Fund Flow statement
- 4)Computation of Maximum Permissible Bank Finance for Working Capital requirements
- 5)Operating Statement (Annual)
- 6)Working Capital Requirements
- 7)Break-even Analysis
- 8)Simple Payback Period – post tax
- 9)Internal Rate of Return (IRR Analysis) – post tax
Basic Engineering
Basic Engineering is the first stage of an engineering activity prior to commencement of project implementation. As part of Basic Engineering studies, the following activities are carried out:
- Soil Testing Specification
- Conceptual Process Design
- Basic Design of Overall Plant Layout
- Process Flow Diagrams (PFD)
- List of Plant & Machinery
- Sizing of major Process Equipment
Detail Engineering and 3-D Modelling
We use modern techniques, calculations and design tools to guarantee quality engineering and shorter delivery time. Detailed Engineering activity will include:
- Engineering Services in all disciplines, including
- 1)Civil Engineering, including Design and Foundation Drawings for Sheds, Buildings, Equipment & Tanks
- 2)Structural Engineering, including Shed, Conveyor systems & support structures, Fabrication Drawings
- 3)Mechanical, including EOT Cranes & Electrical Hoists
- 4)Electrical Systems, including MRSS design, Power Evacuation, Trafo, HT/LT Panels, Harmonic Filters, APFC Panels, Earthing, Illumination etc.
- 5)Plant Instrumentation & Control systems
- 6)Plant Automation, including Level-2 systems
- 7)Water System & Utility Services, including Piping, Pumps, Valves, Cooling Towers, Heat Exchangers etc.
- 8)Pollution Control, including Fume Extraction Systems (FES), Dedusting, GCP etc.
- 9)Raw Material Handling systems, including Mechanized DRI Feeding system and FAFA
- 10)Laboratory Equipment, including Spectrometer, Hot Metal Temperature Measuring systems etc.
- 11) Waste Management systems, including STP, ETP etc.
- 12) ACVS, Fire Fighting systems etc.
- 13) AI Applications and Tools in steelmaking
- Material Balance Diagrams
- Approval of drawings & data sheets from OEM
- Electrical & Piping drawings
- As-Built drawings
- 3-D Modelling using Tekla, AutoCAD Plant, Autodesk Revit, AVEVA E3D, SP3D software
Procurement Assistance
- Preparation of Technical Specifications
- Evaluation of Technical offers
- Recommendation to Client
- Co-ordination with Vendors for technical queries
- Equipment Inspection services at manufacturer’s factory
- Health Study of equipment
Project Management
Designer’s Supervision and Monitoring services at Site, including the following:
- To ensure that the work is being carried out in accordance with the design and drawings and in the sequence required to complete the work within the time schedule
- To approve bolt hole locations and giving clearance of grouting of anchor plates/base plates
- To attend progress review meeting with contractors and to provide solution to engineering problems at site in consultation with design office
- To establish procedure for overall quality control and monitoring of quality of work at site
- To review performance of various construction agencies on weekly basis against schedules/targets for information and necessary action by Client
- To interpret drawings, specifications and code of practices to concerned agencies
- To modify design, if necessary, to suit site conditions and suggest design variations by way of substitution of sections
- To formulate safety plan and procedures to be observed by site contractors
Commissioning Services
- Supervision of Cold Commissioning activities in consultation with main equipment suppliers. Main activities include:
- 1)Energizing systems and equipment
- 2)Running motors to check rotation
- 3)Initial tuning of systems and electrical controls
- 4)Checking instrument functioning
- 5)Operating hydraulic and lubrication supply systems
- 6)Checking valve stand operation
- 7)Checking operation hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders
- 8)Checking lubrication systems
- 9)Operating equipment / systems under no-load condition
- 10)Coupling and operation of mechanical equipment along with associated electrical, automation, hydraulic and pneumatic systems
- Supervision of Hot Commissioning, including Performance Guarantee (PG) tests, including:
- 1)Calibration of equipment under hot condition
- 2)Adjustment of drives and controls for load settings
- 3)Checking computer controls
- 4)Verifying computer report accuracy
- 5)Adjusting co-ordination of all controls
- 6)Identifying faults, if any and correct malfunctions
- 7)Performing time and motion studies, if necessary for performance demonstration
- 8)Finalising procedures for PG tests with equipment supplier/s
- 9)Compilation of PG results. In case of deviations, procedure for retests to be defined
- Supervision of Cold Commissioning activities in consultation with main equipment suppliers
- Supervision of Hot Commissioning, including Performance Guarantee (PG) tests