Electronics Corporation of India Signs Pact with FAIR and Bose Institute
Electronics Corporation of India Signs Pact with FAIR and Bose Institute
Electronics Corporation of India Ltd (ECIL) is now a signatory to the tri-partite contract with Bose Institute and FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research) from Germany. Oliver Kester who is the Head of FAIR All Accelerator Boards is a signatory to this contract. Other signatories of this contract are the Chairman and MD of ECIL, P. Sudhakar and Bose Institute’s T.K.Ghorui. Several government representatives also signed the contract in their official capacity.
This is the first of numerous tripartite contracts for 600 converters valued at € 9 million. This is the biggest contract that ECIL has received for supplying electronic equipment to a foreign nation. It will make its deliveries over the next 4 years.
The convertors produce stable magnetic fields within super conducting magnets. The product has been developed by ECIL for FAIR specifically. FAIR is an international science centre which will be set up in Darmstadt at Germany. It has come about for examining the building blocks of matter and the manner in which the universe has evolved. This acceleratory complex will provide high energy ion beams which are precisely tailored.
FAIR is the result of an international collaboration between many nations of the world. Leading partners of FAIR include Austria, China, France, Finland, Germany, Greece, Great Britain, Poland, India, Italy, Romania, Sweden, Spain and Slovakia. India is contributing up to 36 million Euros in kind for this program. It is a good opportunity for India’s scientists and professionals to work in an international technology project of this magnitude.
The convertors which will be supplied by ECIL to FAIR are highly stable. They have a current rating up to 600A and the power rating of around 150 KW. These convertors have been designed to meet international specifications. ECIL will be manufacturing, supplying, installing and commissioning the convertors to Germany.
Bose Institute in Kolkata has been designated as the Indian shareholder in FAIR. It will be the nodal institute for the management of the FAIR program within India. The signing of the contract was witnessed by the Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology. Certain dignitaries from the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre as well as the VECC (Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre) were also present on this occasion.
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