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               Generally in electric lines porcelain insulators are used from so many years.Recent incidents have prooved that porcelain insulators are inefficient.This is due to the continous snow fall and pollution in north Indian states which resulted in tripping of Power grid.As a result it interrupted the power flow and people from Delhi, Uttaranchal, Jarkhand , Gurgaon & Ghajiyabad have suffered a lot from almost 12hours of power cut.As we know the importance of electricity in our daily lives it has disturbed the smooth run of public life.Some of its consequences were interruption of Railway services & water supply.Keeping  these factors in mind Secretary of Central Electricity Board Anil Rajdhan called an emergency meeting and confirmed to replace porcelain insulators with polymer insulators after technical approval. 

                   First let us know what is a polymer and how it is formed.Polymerisation is a process in which simple molecules join to form large molecule with or without elimination of small molecules.The single unit participated in the Polymerisation is called monomer and the product is called polymer.For example Ethylene undergoes Polymerisation in the presence of oxygen at 200 degrees centigrade and 1500-2000 atmospheres pressure forming polyethylene or polythene.Generally polymers formed from Polymerisation of substituted ethylene CH2=CHX [X=Cl,CN,CH3COO etc) are used industrially.

     (PORCELAIN INSULATORS)

            It is quite interesting to see that just for insulators in India they have got a market value of 800 crores,Generally State Electricity Boards,Power Grid Corporation, Suzlon,Jyothi structures etc like firms will buy these insulators.Out of these 800 crores ,porcelain insulators only constitute the major part i.e, more than 95%. Due to the gradual growth in the usage of polymer insulators,the market value of polymer insulators is rapidly increasing.At the same time CPRI(Central Power Research Institute) also recommended the usage of polymer. 

                So capitalizing  on this situation Goldstone Infratech group of companies is preparing polymer insulators for electric lines of all capacities ranging from 11kv to 400kv.At the same time its CEO N.K.Ravel is trying to extend his business to manufacture of jointing kits suitable to oil-gas pipe lines,Electricity generation&manufacturing of Photo Voltaic Modules required for solar electric generation. 

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