GRAVITY AS A TEACHER FOR BOTH THE WORLDS -
MATERIALISTIC & EMOTIONAL
RENEWABLE
ENERGY
To reduce
our carbon foot prints we have planned to go green with energy harnessed from
wind, sun, tidal waves, and biogas/natural gas. But we forgot about the most
potent force of GRAVITY. When gravity is used in piecemeal or as an after
thought then it is not economical. It is now proposed to plan at corporate
level to use the power of gravity by design. Large complexes capable of
accommodating hundred or more, small to medium industrial plants is being
planned on wasted plateaus/hillocks’ instead of flattened individual plots of
prime land.
MAJOR COST
OF PRODUCTION IS MATERIAL HANDLING COSTS
Material
handling costs form a major component of the total cost of production. It can
range from 50% to 70% of the total cost, depending upon the type of product and
manufacturing route. The basic function of layout planning is to facilitate
movement of materials with the least cost. This function will now be full filled
by delivering and storing the raw materials up hill of the processing machines
and moving the in process materials and finished products by gravity, totally
free of cost.
THE BASIC
THEME
The theme
is to have the raw materials uphill of the industrial factories and use gravity
to move materials at every storage /processing point by choice and design. A very large
hill/plateau will be chiseled into ten basic steps measuring 5m high by
5m deep each all along the outer perimeter of the plateau/hill. In a nut shell
it will resemble a giant sports stadium in reverse, wrapped around the plateau.
Each industrial plant/factory will be allocated and laid out as a narrow strip
from top to bottom of the plateau. The top of the plateau will be connected by
a long meandering wide road to the bottom step of the plateau, and the in
coming highway to facilitate movement of materials just once, the first time
and never again.
TOP TO
BOTTOM APPROACH
The raw
materials arrive by road or rail directly on the top of the plateau, which is
large enough to accommodate such traffic. Special purpose cranes and unloading
equipment unload the raw materials directly on to the first and second steps.
Third to seventh steps house the processing machines which are inter linked by inclined
chutes, gravity rollers, slides, idler spirals, self moving stairs, over
lapping hoppers, self unloading turrets, and other special purpose conveyors
running on gravity, free of charge. Eighth and ninth steps will hold the
finished products ready for dispatch/shipment. The final tenth step will
accommodate the trucks or railcars for loading by telescopic conveyors under
the power of gravity alone. This is how higher productivity and lower costs are
achieved.
Each step
within the individual plant will be inclined instead of being leveled
horizontal to facilitate movement of materials from point A to point B under
the influence of gravity alone.
The
storage of raw materials and finished products will be palletized or unitized
and strategically positioned on inclined gravity conveyors for instant
retrieval and forward motion to the next point of use.
SIGNIFICANT
SAVINGS & VALUABLE ADVANTAGES
The
capital costs to set up industrial plants are drastically reduced on account of
compactness of design, use of air rights, overall cubic space utilization, and
minimum material handling equipments purchase cum installation, and site
development associated costs.
The cost
of production is significantly slashed because of non motorized material
handling systems running on gravity power alone.
The wasted
hilly terrains are utilized more profitably and the prime flat lands are left
alone for agriculture and township expansions.
The
industrial congestion and associated traffic is greatly reduced in the towns
and cities.
The
overall productivity goes up thus reducing the total cost of manufacture and
increasing the profit margins, or competing in the overseas international
markets.
The depth
of foundations for the building columns and structures will be minimized on
account of common elements/sharing and standardized design for all plants in on
the plateau.
Vertical
shaft giant wind turbines can be installed on the near by hills to generate
power for the complex, very conveniently and cheaply. Comparative analysis between the existing
and the proposed systems has been attempted to high light the advantages of the
gravity powered industrial complexes. The potential savings in cost of
manufacture are phenomenal 58% on an average.
MORAL OF
THE STORY
Gravity
holds us on to this planet firmly, even when the mighty Earth is spinning so
fast that we could easily be shot out in the outer space at the speed of light.
In the same fashion we tend to hold on to material things & our acquired
sense of Ego as if we are charged up with the power of Gravity. The sorrow in
our lives is self generated & the simplest solution is to LET GO. Learn to
use the power to let go like we are doing with gravity in the case study given
above.
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