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BANGALORE, Aug. 23

THE Industrial Equipment Division (IED) of MICO-Bosch has developed endurance-testing equipment for Timken, which has been selected by National Instruments India for the "best application in the industry" award for 2001.

According to Mr K.G. Shashidhar, DGM, Industrial Equipment, "This will tie up the mechanical skills with electrical and electronic bearings."

The equipment comprises live testing equipment for bearings fatigue and a computerised data acquisition system. The applications software for evaluations and control involving several technical parameters has been developed for Timken's specific requirements, utilising software and hardware developed by the National Instruments US.

What is innovative about the product is that the capability of the bearings under test can be monitored online by Timken subsidiaries worldwide, 24/7.

Calling the IED a `one-stop technology solution for the automotive sector', Mr Shashidhar said the division, which had been set up mainly for captive utilisation had been increasingly looking outside the company for business. The IED had been the nucleus for developing several innovative manufacturing options for MICO's products and over the last 30 years, more than 2000 special purpose machines (SPMs) and equipment built by the division had supported MICO.

These SPMs were also exported to several Bosch plants worldwide. But now the division has several major customers from the automobile sector.

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