Company offers complete hydraulic kits
By N. Balasubramanian
Hypratek Fluid Power Pvt. Ltd., located in Attibele, Bangalore with latest CNC machines and an experienced team of engineers and technicians was founded by Mr. Sudhir Prabhu in May 2010. The company specializes in the design, manufacture and marketing of high quality and latest technology complete hydraulic kits for tipper trucks, tipper semi-trailers, tipper bulkers and garbage compactors. Hypratek is also an exclusive dealer and distributor for India of OFMB S.p.A for its hydraulic components which will be imported as CKDs from Italy.
The hydraulic cylinders are designed by Indian engineers to be tailor-made for local working conditions. The telescopic cylinders are offered in four basic types:
• FMEE – Front Mounted Eye-Eye (eye at the bottom and eye at the top): flexible and suitable for mining operations.
• FMET – Front Mounted Eye-Triunion: similar to conventional cylinders in the market.
• FMCT – Front Mounted Cover Triunion: has a cover with body lifting brackets and is suitable for heavy trailers and straight headboard tippers.
• UBC – Under Body Cylinders: for two-way and three-way tippers.
The built-in and overall dimensions of Hypratek cylinders are similar to the cylinders in the market so as to facilitate easy replacement. The cylinders are fully machined on the inside diameter by skiving and roller burnishing to achieve close fit. It also gives good control on the surface contact between the stop rings.
All stages of the cylinders are nitrided to give good surface protection against rust and it also gives 0.2 mm infused hard surface on the outside and inside diameter. This unique process results in a longer service life to the wear rings and seal kit.
In order to prevent the cylinder hose from bursting, Hypratek has designed a special control valve which can be mounted directly on the cylinder.
Says Mr. Sudhir Prabhu, Managing Director, Hypratek: “Our range starts from front-end tipper cylinders for 4X2 tipper trucks and goes up to 65 ton trailer cylinders. We have around 25 types of cylinders at present, with specially designed ones for mining applications. Currently with around 30 people, we have a capacity to produce 350 tipping kits per month.
Next year, we are expecting to expand our capacity to 700 tipping kits per month. With strong focus on the replacement market, we have installed over 300 cylinders which are performing very well.”
The company has made an investment of Rs. 15 crores and currently has dealers in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra. It is keenly exploring options of expanding its marketing network across the country.
Today, there are about 160,000 front-end tippers in the country and Hypratek is confident that the whopping market size would provide it a huge opportunity in the aftermarket. In addition to the cylinders, the company is also geared to supply several other tipping components like PTOs, quill shafts, control valves, cab controls, gear pumps and bent axis plunger pumps from its Italian partner OMFB.