Technology Portfolio of CSIR-NML

Sl. No. Name of the Technology Status
MINERAL PROCESSING
1 Column Flotation Technology Commercialized
2 Beneficiation of Tungsten Ores Developed
3 Beneficiation of Low grade Iron Ores Commercialized
4 Beneficiation of Low-grade Baryte Ores Developed
5 Recovery of Chromite value from Chromite ore beneficiation plant trailing / slimes Developed
6 Separation of Quartz & Feldspar Developed
7 Technology for dry beneficiation of non-coking coal for application in thermal power and DRI Developed
8 Beneficiation of Dumped Low-grade Iron Ore Fines for Iron and Steel Making Commercialized
9 Phosphate Concentrate Developed
10 De-ashing of high non-coking coal Developed
11 Copper Concentrate from Copper Ores Commercialized
12 Technology for beneficiation of low-grade limestone containing finely disseminated silica grains for utilization in cement making industry Developed
13 Technology for the production of tungsten metal powder from plant tailings/waste sample Developed
14 An apparatus and method for dry separation of materials based upon their density difference Developed
15 Preparation of coke from semi-coking and non-coking coals Developed
METALS, MATERIALS & ALLOYS
16 Highly pure Titanium-based Max phase Transferred
17 Development of High Carbon High Chromium White Cast Iron with Improved Wear Resistance for Grinding Media Applications Transferred
18 Indigenous Sodium Metal Production Technology Developed
19 Low cost work hardenable Hadfield steel for heavy impact gouging wear resistant application Developed
COATINGS AND LACQUERS
20 Anti-Tarnishing Lacquer for Silver and Copper-based Alloys Commercialized
21 Dip Cleaner cum Brightener for Gold and Diamond Commercialized
22 Dip Cleaner/Tarnish Remover for Silver Commercialized
23 Anti-Corrosive Chemical for Steel Sheet, Rebar and Wire Developed
24 Cyanide free process for leaching and recovery of gold Developed
25 Cyanide free alkaline electrolyte and electrochemical process for rust removal from plain carbon steel components Developed
26 Zn-Ni-Cu Coatings for Anti-Bacterial and Fuel Tank Applications Developed
27 Nano-composite Hard Coating Developed
28 Self-Healing Anticorrosive Coating For Steel Developed
29 Process to clear ball jam in ball pen tips Developed
30 Process to improve corrosion resistance of steel rebar Developed
IRON AND STEEL MAKING
31 Certified Reference Materials Transferred
32 Erosion Resistant Steel Developed
33 Graphene Coated Steel Developed
34 Synthetic Flux and a Process for Dephosphorization of Steel in Induction Furnace Developed
35 Ferrosilicon from BHQ, BHJ & Low Reactive Coal Developed
36 Production of Directly Reduced Iron (DRI) Developed
37 Highly metallised low Sulphur Directly Reduced Iron (DRI) from Iron Ore Slime and Rejected/Middling Coal Developed
38 A Process for Production of Highly Metallised Directly Reduced Iron Cylinders (DRIC) from Lean Grade Raw Materials Developed
39 Highly Metallised Directly Reduced Iron (DRI) from mill scale and lean grade non coking coal in Tunnel Kiln Transferred
40 Cold Bonded Carbon Composite Pellets for Utilization of Iron Ore Micro-fines and Carbon Bearing Fines Developed
41 Pellet-Sinter Composite Agglomerate (PSCA) of Iron Oxide Fines for use in Blast Furnace Developed
42 Fluxed Sinter through Micro-Pelletization Developed
43 Briquetting of Ore fines Developed
44 Know-how for preparation of hydrogen standard (CRM) in steel Developed
DEVICES & PROCESS INTERMEDIATIONS
45 Wide Metallic Glass Ribbon Processing Unit Transferred
46 MagStar: A Portable Magnetic Hysteresis and Barkhausen Emissions of Steel Structure/Component Transferred
47 MagSys: A Portable Giant Magneto-Impedance (GMI) based Magnetic Sensing Device for NDE Applications Transferred
48 Flaw Guard: A Cost Effective Device for Defect Detection in Wires during Cold Drawing Transferred
49 Ultra-B : A Portable Nonlinear Ultrasonic Device Developed
50 Ultrasonic Flow Gauge : A device for fluid flow rate measurement through a narrow tube. Transferred
51 Microwave-IR SORT: A rapid, reliable, non-invasive technology for iron ore compositional analysis Developed
52 PABI : Portable Automated Ball Indentation System Commercialized
53 Annealing Simulator Device Commercialized
54 Energy Efficient Coke Based Brass and Bell Metal Melting Furnace Transferred
55 "Closed loop corrosion test rig" Equipment for flow assisted corrosion stud Developed
56 Zincometer : A sensing device for real-time Zinc weight measurement in galvanised wire lines Transferred
57 Induction Active Sole Plate for Iron Press Developed
58 FOBOP : Fibre Optic based Break Out Prediction technology for Billet Caster Transferred
59 Magnetoimpedance (MI) based Array Sensing Device for Detection of Carburisation and Defective Welds: MagRays Transferred
VALUE ADDITION TO INDUSTRIAL WASTE & LEAN SOURCES
60 Geopolymer Cement Developed
61 Paving Blocks from Fly Ash, Blast Furnace Slag, Steel Slag, etc Commercialized
62 Yellow Tungsten Oxide and Tungsten Metal Powder from Heavy Alloy Scraps Transferred
63 Ferrite and Pigment grade high purity Monodispersed Iron Oxide from Waste Chloride Pickle Liquor and other Iron rich sources Transferred
64 Recovery of Lead from Zinc Plant Residue Transferred
65 Recovery of Nickel from Spent Nickel Catalyst Transferred
66 Production of Fe-Ni/Co-Mo Metallic Alloy & Saleable Alumina Rich Slag from Ni-Mo/Co-Mo Spent Catalysts Developed
67 Production of ferric sulphate from copper slag for arsenic removal Transferred
68 Recovery of Gold from Waste Mobile Phones and Scraps of various Equipment Commercialized
69 Recovery of Cobalt from Discarded Li-ion Batteries of Mobile Phone Developed
70 Recovery of Neodymium as a Value Added Product from Waste Hard Disk of Personal Computers Developed
71 Energy efficient production of low/medium carbon ferromanganese Developed
72 Conversion of hematite fines to magnetite using Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Developed
73 Recovery of vanadium as ammonium metavana date and vanadium pentaoxide from spent sulfuric acid catalysts Developed
74 Recycling of spent/used/discarded lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries for recovery of Lithium, iron and phosphorus Developed
75 Recovery of Lithium, Nickel, Cobalt, Manganese and Graphite from Spent/Used/Discarded Lithium-ion Batteries of mixed chemistries Developed