30 April 2019
ABOUT CASALE SA
Casale SA is a global licensor and provider
of multiple solutions
for the syngas-based industry,
thanks to its complete portfolio
of highly efficient and integrated technologies
overarching the entire production chain of
any N- and P-based fertilizers, plus
melamine and methanol,
from the natural gas feed up to the end products.
ABOUT GUJARAT STATE FERTILIZERS & CHEMICALS
Gujarat State Fertilizer and Chemicals (GSFC),
with operations in Vadadara (India),
is a leading producer or
caprolactam, urea, other fertilizers, methanol,
Nylon-6, Argon Gas,
and the only one of melamine in India,
with 3 plants on the same site.
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GSFC has two Melamine Plants having rated capacities of 5000 TPA and 10000 TPA. The main raw material is Urea.
GUJALAMINE is the trade name of Melamine pure chemical powder being manufactured by GSFC. Melamine is always reacted with formaldehyde and then made into resins or moulding powder for making innumerable products of beauty and utility. |
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Specifications |
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Test |
Specification |
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Rapid Test |
Clear to sight turbid |
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Shift during heating |
0.8% Max. |
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Colour Apha (after filteration) |
20 Unit Max. |
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Moisture |
0.1% Max. |
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Cold Water Insoluble |
W:43:0.05% Max. |
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Bulk Density |
800-1100 gm/Ltr. |
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Assay |
99.8% Min. |
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Properties |
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Melamine powder is tasteless, odourless and non-toxic. Melamine formaldehyde resins used for laminates offer good hardness, resistance to scratch, stain, water and heat. Laminates used in some industrial electrical applications possess high mechanical strength, good heat resistance and good electrical insulating properties.
Asbestos filled Melamine resins possess very high dielectric strength and high heat resistance. Besides the best dimensional stability, Melamine Formaldehyde moulding powder gives clear and bright colours, is easily mouldable and offers resistance to surface scratching. |
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Applications |
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Laminates
For table tops, kitchen shelves, platforms, wall cladding, bus bodies, interior of railway coaches, counters, deckings, instrument panels. |
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Consumer Moulded Goods
Bowls, trays, spatulas, mixer's base, crockery, cutlery items, launderable buttons, lamp shades. |
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Industrial Moulded Goods
Circuit breakers, television tube support, automotive ignition components, washing machine, agitators, soda fountain parts, switch gears, switch housings, connector plus inserts, wattmeter terminal block, junction boxes, fuse carriers, plating tanks. |
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Treatment Resin for Paper
For currencies, toilet paper, facial tissues, shopping and shipping bags, map papers, food wrappers, photographic paper. |
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Resin for Lacquer Paints
For motorcars, refrigerator cabinets, washing machines, kitchen equipment, typewriters, water heaters. |
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Adhesives
Melamine adhesives from Melamine resins are extra strong, extra tough, highly water resistant and colourless (veneered doors). |
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Melamine Resin for Textile Auxiliaries
For providing anti-crease treatment to cotton and other fabrics. |
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Leather Chemical
MF resins act as pre-tanning agents. |
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Packing |
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In 25 Kg. multiwall craft paper bag. |
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Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited,
P. O. Fertilizernagar-391750,
Dist. Vadodara,
Gujarat, India
Tel. +91-265-2242451, 2242651, 2242751
Fax. +91-265-2240966, 2240119
E-mail : info@gsfcltd.com
DETAILS
GSFC (India) and Casale SA (Switzerland)
are pleased to announce that
GSFC’s 40’000 MT/y new melamine plant
in Vadodara (India), based on
Casale’s Low Energy Melamine (LEM) technology,
has now smoothly reached its design capacity,
with specific consumptions in line with
the expectations and consistently delivering
a premium quality product,
in terms of colour and purity.
The plant achieved the mechanical completion early
in January this year
and was thereafter immediately commissioned.
Casale’s LEM technology was originally acquired
from Borealis in 2013 and quickly reached
a prominent position in the melamine market
as shown by 3 contracts already awarded since then.
GSFC’s melamine plant is the first one
which goes on stream.
Gujarat State Fertilizer and Chemicals (GSFC),
with operations in Vadadara (India),
is a leading producer or
caprolactam, urea, other fertilizers, methanol
and the only one of melamine in India,
with 3 plants on the same site.
Melamine, the basic ingredient
to produce high end plastic materials
with a wide variety of applications,
is produced industrially starting from urea
and as such represents
an interesting and fully viable alternative
when diversifying the product portfolio away
from fertilizers is key to beat
the commodity market cycle
and keep an edge over competition.
Few fully proven melamine processes
are available on the market
and LEM™ stands in the front
due to its outstanding features:
- Best energy efficiency
- High melamine conversion efficiency
- Simpler off gas integration
in the urea plant
- High quality of the product
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