Everest Transmission, pioneers in Vacuum boosters and blowers, is perhaps the country’s largest manufacturer of twin lobe rotary air & gas blowers and mechanical Vacuum boosters. Its pioneering role in the Vacuum boosters and blower technology is evident from its number of landmark achievements. Some of them being – it is the first to introduce boosters in the Indian Chemical Industry; first to introduce aqua series blowers specially crafted for fish and prawn culture; first Indian manufacturer to take up customer education through regular technical documents, write-ups and application notes; first blower manufacturer to receive Quality Management System certified to ISO 9001:2000 standard; first to introduce dry vane pumps in the country and probably the only manufacturer exporting blowers and boosters to advanced countries like US and UK.

Broad product line

Everest commenced manufacturing of twin lobe rotary air blowers, way backing 1980; since then the company has consistently strengthened its technology base, producing a wide range of products. This broad product line includes air blowers, water cooled blowers, gas blowers, mechanical Vacuum booster pumps, aqua series air blowers, dry vane pumps, acoustic hoods and enclosures. These wide-ranging products and technical expertise gained over the years have enabled Everest to serve various segments of industry such as water treatment plants, effluent treatment plants, cement plants, aquaculture plants, chemical plants, paper plants, Vacuum plants and systems and pneumatic conveying systems. Some of its prestigious clients include Indian Space Research Organization, Centre for Advanced Technology, Mishra Dhatu Nigam, NTPC, Maruti Udyog, Honda Siel, Hero Honda, Grasim, Cadbury, LG Polymers, Ion Exchange (India) Ltd., Thermax, Aurobindo Pharma, KLJ, Wockhardt, Heinz India, Vam Organics, SmithKline Beecham etc.

The blowers find wide use in applications requiring medium pressure air such as aeration in sewage treatment & effluent treatment plants, filter backwash, agitation of electrolyte, pneumatic conveying, regeneration of dryers & molecular sieves, maintaining BOD of water for prawn and fish culture, paper plants, etc. Dry Vane Pumps find use in small chemical mixing plants, STP’s, electroplating plants, swimming pool filtration units, fluidized bed furnaces, etc. The mechanical Vacuum booster, a sophisticated piece of machinery developed by the company, finds use in chemical & pharmaceutical processes, bulb & tube light production, roll & object metallising, vegetable oil deodorization, solvent recovery, Vacuum drying, tray drying, Vacuum distillation, thin film deposition, molecular distillation, Vacuum furnace, transformer oil dehumidification, chemical laser, evaporative cooling, etc.

Manufacturing facilities

Everest has two state-of-the-art production facilities in New Delhi and Bahadurgarh (Haryana) manufacturing blowers, boosters and pumps. Both the units are ISO 9001:2000 certified and operate independently. While the unit at New Delhi manufactures blowers from 15 HP onwards and mechanical Vacuum boosters, the unit at Haryana produces small blowers up to 15 HP and dry vane pumps. The facilities include in-house design, manufacturing, quality control, inspection and after sales service. A lot of emphasis is imparted to training since the organization believes in its personnel as its most valuable asset. As a result, every individual undergoes atleast 36 hours of training every quarter, which is also one of the quality objectives of the company. The other two being enhancement in turnover by atleast 20% per annum and two new developments related to products or applications every year.

Global presence

Everest is committed to total customer satisfaction in terms of quality and services for the entire range of its products. This commitment has contributed to the company’s market leadership in its field of business. Due to Everest’s quality consciousness, its blowers have received approval from leading national and international consultants such as Bechtel, Daelim, Mitsubishi, NTPC, BHEL, Tata Projects and BSES – to name a few, for their various projects. Also in international markets, the company’s products have received remarkable recognition. Everest exports its products to various countries like USA, Singapore, UK, Australia, UAE, Iraq, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh. Furthermore, the company is in the process of appointing stockists in USA, UK, Singapore and Australia.

Engineering expertise

Everest’s core competence lies in custom manufacturing special air blowers and boosters by alloying and cross-linking diverse designs to suit specific requirements and import substitutes. It has built an expert technical team that has years of application associated experience and has developed capability to help serve the customers with effective solutions. As the company ably serves the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM’s), it has gained in-depth knowledge of the critical requirements of OEM applications, in terms of power, space, noise, airflow, vibration, cost and more. With reference to standard models of air blowers and Vacuum pumps, the company, through its unique design and engineering expertise, can develop a completely new model, or modify the existing design. The outcome is a custom air blower or Vacuum pump that meets the exact requirements of OEM application at lowest possible cost.

Over the period of two decades, application engineering has been the cornerstone of Everest’s success. Its strength has been to work on new application areas and modify existing areas so as to reduce energy consumption, optimize performance and increase efficiency. On account of many such new developments and applications, the company has carved a niche for itself in the equipment industry, offering customized solutions. Some of the developments include:
• 100% Oil free aqua series blowers for fish and prawn culture. Modifications have been made to ensure 100% oil free air supply even under worst conditions of oil seal failure.
• Development of Vacuum boosters with PTFE seals for nitrobenzene and ortho- nitrobenzene vapour handling in solvent recovery application. The use of modified boosters has resulted in process time reduction by almost 50%.
• Development of dry rotary vane blowers for low capacity, medium pressure applications, which were long time demand of small ETP plants.
• Development of SS blowers with special sealing for mechanical vapour compression for heat recovery resulting in substantial energy saving.
• Engine driven blower package units developed to meet the demands of Indian Railways, which are used for thermit welding of railway tracks.
• Menthol distillation process improved by installation of Vacuum booster resulting in higher yield and product purity. The modification received an impressive response and today practically all menthol distillation units have Everest boosters as an integral part of the plant.

Expanding the horizons

Everest’s application oriented R&D has made it possible to cover wider areas of application offering cost effective and energy efficient solutions thus creating larger market demands for its product. As a result, even during the period of recession, the company has posted consistent growth rate. This year it expects a growth of not less than 25-30%. Buoyed by the success in the domestic industry, Everest now plans to capture international markets. “International penetration is the current target. All resources are being mobilized to ensure standardization, product reliability, and inter-changeability to make product of internationally acceptable quality,” says Yash Pal Kapur, Managing Director of the company.

Through innovative designs and high quality products, Everest has exemplified a noteworthy workmanship in the equipment industry. The increasing demand for environment-friendly and energy efficient products with customized designs will surely put Everest, with its application engineering expertise and international acclaim, in good lead!