Any manufacturing industry has a Research & development as its backbone for successful implementation and improvements of its products. HPF too has a strong Research team headed by Dr.Palaniswamy and is looking after introduction of new products, improving existing products and trouble shooting and eliminating different chemical problems which may occur in the industry.
To successfully complete these works HPF has various devices and instruments supporting the team in quickly completing their work. The activities, facilities, contributions, services available and the equipments used in Research & Development is as follows :
Activities :
- Research in Imaging Science and Technology
- Photographic Image Reproduction with Silver Halide as well as non-silver Digital systems
- New product development
- Product and process improvement
- cost reduction
- Import Substitution
- Technology Upgradation
- Processing Chemistry
- Image evaluation
- Polymer Research
- Fine Chemicals development
- Analytical and in-organic Chemistry
Facilities available :
- Analytical and Photographic equipments
- Pilot bar-Coater with floatation dryers for simultaneous three layer coating
- Organic Synthesis Unit
- Information Centre
- Potential Man power
Equipments:
- NMR Spectrometer (90 MHz#Z JEOL)
- HPLC
- Karl Fischer titrator
- Falling ball viscometer
- Surface interface tensiometer
- Ultrasonic cleaner
- Densitometer
- Conductivity meter
- UV-Visible spectrophotometer
- Automatic titrator
- Electrolytic grain size analyzer
- pH/mV meter
- Sensitometer - Kodak Type 7A
- Protec - Automatic Rapid access processor
- Colenta - Rotary processor
- IR Spectrometer
- Perkin-Elmer elemental analyser
- Flame photometer
- Polarography (Metrohm)
- Scanning Electronic Microscope
- Directing Exposing Contact printer
- Optical Microscop
- Abbe refractometer
- Centrifuge T-24
- Homogeniser
- Melting point apparatus
- Polarimeter
- Turbidity meter
Services available :
HPF's R&D not only is engaged in internal Research, but also is providing services in guidance and projects for college and University scholars, IR/UV spectrums for Chemical charecterization and other numerous parameter measurements using equipment listed.
Contribution of R&D in the development of HPF :
The Products developed in-house and commercialised by R&D :
Green Sensitive Medical X-ray film, Industrial X-ray film, Medical Imaging Film (Ortho), Medical Imaging film(Panchromatic), Graphic Arts Red Laser Scanner film, Digital Imaging Film, Inkjet printing Paper, Laser printing film, Improved powder Chemistry and liquid chemistry, Powder Chemistry for X-ray films, RC-Bromide paper, Mass Miniature Radiographic film(MMR), Speciality Chemicals, Dental X-ray film.
