Pallav Kumar Bhattacharyya
Director
"With its continuous focus on creating customer awareness and product positioning, bender has reached across the country and also established its footprints in neighbouring saarc countries"
Bender India is a subsidiary of Bender Group, Germany. Bender is a worldwide known technology expert and innovator of state of art Electrical Safety Solutions in terms of online condition monitoring of electrical power and distribution systems spanning various categories of industry and commercial establishments namely Power Generation & Distribution, e-Mobility, Oil & Gas, Mining, Shipping, Defense, Railways, Telecommunication, Process Industry, Hospitals &Medical Establishments, Core Manufacturing Industry covering Steel, Cement, etc.
Bender solution provides a complete range of electrical safety and support solutions for eMobility applications. "Our customers and users approach us for high quality, reliable and optimized eMobility solutions complying to global standards,"adds Pallav Kumar Bhatta charyya, Director at Bender India. Bender recruits technically qualified, experienced manpower and continuously trains its personnel to keep abreast with the latest technology and providing continuous high quality customer service.
Extensive & Continuous R&D
Bender with its extensive and continuous R&D has utilized the best and latest measurement and monitoring technology in its devices and equipment with user friendly programmable interfaces and elaborate communication system for the exchange of device and user data for logging, analysis and troubleshooting leading to a one-stop solution for all the customer needs keeping abreast with current and future requirements. With continuous market survey and user interaction and feedback Bender is striving to enhance its products and solutions to optimize the design and development keeping it up to date with current technology and future trending requirements in its field of expertise. The products and solutions are regularly updated to be commensurate with current and future trends in the industry to keep them ahead of all its competitors.
The company's skilled and experienced engineers in pan India provide successful technological, quality eMobility solutions to its clients. "Once clients use our products they return to us with added requirements," adds Pallav. Due to the high quality and reliability of Bender's products,there has been an exponential growth of customers.
In the last couple of years, there has been a perceptible increase in opportunity and business of the company's eMobility products and solutions particularly in e-
Vehicles e-cars, e-buses and hybrid vehicles, charging stations, and backend energy and customer management systems. The growth of the eMobility market in India is currently boosting the demand for Bender's products and solutions. Bender is popular with its customers and users which has thus allowed it to continually deliver high quality eMobility solutions.
Bender's E-Mobility Product Solutions
Bender in the last 75 years has and always is thinking ahead in a strategic and future-oriented manner to provide customer needs for tomorrow. Some of its flagship eMobility product solutions can be leveraged in eVehicles, AC/DC charging infrastructure and backend energy and customer management systems.
For e-Vehicle, there are various voltages that require careful coordination of protective measures to control them. Insulation faults in the Class B voltage system (on-board network) caused by, for example, contamination, humidity, faulty connections, etc. must be avoided or detected and remedied. Bender provides a permanent online insulation resistance monitoring solution with ISOMETER series IR155 or iso165C complying to global ISO 6469-3, UL-2231-1 and IEC 61557-8 standards.
At the charging station, the basic aim is to be able to charge electric vehicles from virtually any socket. This means different networks and protective measures can come together during the charging process. This requires careful coordination and implementation of all measures in order to guarantee comprehensive electrical safety for the user here too. The perfect solution is the monitoring of DC charging circuit using ISOMETER isoEV425 along with AGH-EV coupling device up to 1000V DC complying to IEC 61851-3 standard. For AC charging the electric vehicle is connected to a conventional socket (Mode 2) or a charging station (Mode 3) to charge the battery, the protective measures set out in the DIN VDE 0100 and DIN VDE 61851 series of standards must be complied with. A major element of the infrastructure is the use of type A residual current devices (RCD). A separate current circuit must be set up for each charging socket. In Mode 2, a mobile protective device (IC-CPD) is used to fulfill the safety requirements in the standards. Both the type A residual current device (RCD) and the mobile protective device switch off if an alternating or pulsating error current 30 mA occurs. In the event of an insulation fault, if a direct fault current greater than In DC 6 mA occurs in the charging current circuit, a type B residual current device (RCD) is required or other suitable measures must be taken. This leakage current monitoring is accomplished by Type B Residual Current Monitor series RCMB420EC and RCMB121 complying with IEC 61851-1, IEC 60364-7-722 and IEC 62020 standards.
In AC Charging installations on the other hand, the Charge Controller CC613 makes intelligent, small and cost-effective charging stations possible. To communicate with the Charge Controller, a backend system together with a well-known and reliable communication protocol is required. Since most of the backend device manufacturers use the OCPP communication protocol, the Charge Controller is compatible with OCPP-1.5 & 1.6 and with all-electric vehicles currently present on the market. The controller supports 4G, 3G and 2G UMTS mobile networks. For connection to online operation, a SIM card is required. User interaction is facilitated using an optional RFID module, which consists of an RFID card reader and LEDs. Charging is initiated by either holding a valid RFID card close to the reader or remotely by the backend system via OCPP. In offline operation, the charge controller can optionally allow charging without authorization or it can authorize users based on RFID and a local white list of authorized RFID cards. The charge controller CC613 is according to IEC 61851-1 Mode-3 charging.
Lastly, in building installations, the requirements for electrical safety in buildings are defined in detail in the DINVDE 0100 series of standards. To make sure that electric vehicles (EV) can be charged safely and reliably, both the necessary protective measures required for the building and those required for new installations must be complied with and the system set up in accordance with the normative requirements for the charging process.
Bender solution provides the aforementioned complete range of electrical safety and support solutions for eMobility application for eVehicles, AC/DC charging infrastructure and backend energy and customer management system. Further with technically qualified, highly trained and experienced technical marketing and service personnel Bender India has carved a niche in the Indian subcontinent eMobility market.
Recent Revenue Growth And The Future Roadmap
Bender was established in India in 2008. Since then, the company grew from less than INR 7 Million to currently about INR 125 Million annual revenue. With its continuous focus on creating customer awareness and product positioning, Bender has reached across the country and also established its footprints in neighboring SAARC countries.
Bender strives for new innovation and is currently working on developing solutions with new DC Charging Station Controllers in accordance with IEC 61851-23 & IEC 61851-24 for fast charging of onboard batteries of DC eVehicles. It will serve as front end and backend controller for charging eV and for energy and customer management systems. “There is a lag currently due to lockdown but we expect to grow in the future at the same pace of previous years once COVID situation eases and customers jump back to their pre covid business levels even with higher vigor and velocity,” concludes Pallav.
Bender's E-Mobility Product Solutions
Bender in the last 75 years has and always is thinking ahead in a strategic and future-oriented manner to provide customer needs for tomorrow. Some of its flagship eMobility product solutions can be leveraged in eVehicles, AC/DC charging infrastructure and backend energy and customer management systems.
For e-Vehicle, there are various voltages that require careful coordination of protective measures to control them. Insulation faults in the Class B voltage system (on-board network) caused by, for example, contamination, humidity, faulty connections, etc. must be avoided or detected and remedied. Bender provides a permanent online insulation resistance monitoring solution with ISOMETER series IR155 or iso165C complying to global ISO 6469-3, UL-2231-1 and IEC 61557-8 standards.
Bender in the last 75 years has and always is thinking ahead in a strategic and future-oriented manner to provide customer needs for tomorrow
At the charging station, the basic aim is to be able to charge electric vehicles from virtually any socket. This means different networks and protective measures can come together during the charging process. This requires careful coordination and implementation of all measures in order to guarantee comprehensive electrical safety for the user here too. The perfect solution is the monitoring of DC charging circuit using ISOMETER isoEV425 along with AGH-EV coupling device up to 1000V DC complying to IEC 61851-3 standard. For AC charging the electric vehicle is connected to a conventional socket (Mode 2) or a charging station (Mode 3) to charge the battery, the protective measures set out in the DIN VDE 0100 and DIN VDE 61851 series of standards must be complied with. A major element of the infrastructure is the use of type A residual current devices (RCD). A separate current circuit must be set up for each charging socket. In Mode 2, a mobile protective device (IC-CPD) is used to fulfill the safety requirements in the standards. Both the type A residual current device (RCD) and the mobile protective device switch off if an alternating or pulsating error current 30 mA occurs. In the event of an insulation fault, if a direct fault current greater than In DC 6 mA occurs in the charging current circuit, a type B residual current device (RCD) is required or other suitable measures must be taken. This leakage current monitoring is accomplished by Type B Residual Current Monitor series RCMB420EC and RCMB121 complying with IEC 61851-1, IEC 60364-7-722 and IEC 62020 standards.
In AC Charging installations on the other hand, the Charge Controller CC613 makes intelligent, small and cost-effective charging stations possible. To communicate with the Charge Controller, a backend system together with a well-known and reliable communication protocol is required. Since most of the backend device manufacturers use the OCPP communication protocol, the Charge Controller is compatible with OCPP-1.5 & 1.6 and with all-electric vehicles currently present on the market. The controller supports 4G, 3G and 2G UMTS mobile networks. For connection to online operation, a SIM card is required. User interaction is facilitated using an optional RFID module, which consists of an RFID card reader and LEDs. Charging is initiated by either holding a valid RFID card close to the reader or remotely by the backend system via OCPP. In offline operation, the charge controller can optionally allow charging without authorization or it can authorize users based on RFID and a local white list of authorized RFID cards. The charge controller CC613 is according to IEC 61851-1 Mode-3 charging.
Lastly, in building installations, the requirements for electrical safety in buildings are defined in detail in the DINVDE 0100 series of standards. To make sure that electric vehicles (EV) can be charged safely and reliably, both the necessary protective measures required for the building and those required for new installations must be complied with and the system set up in accordance with the normative requirements for the charging process.
Bender solution provides the aforementioned complete range of electrical safety and support solutions for eMobility application for eVehicles, AC/DC charging infrastructure and backend energy and customer management system. Further with technically qualified, highly trained and experienced technical marketing and service personnel Bender India has carved a niche in the Indian subcontinent eMobility market.
Recent Revenue Growth And The Future Roadmap
Bender was established in India in 2008. Since then, the company grew from less than INR 7 Million to currently about INR 125 Million annual revenue. With its continuous focus on creating customer awareness and product positioning, Bender has reached across the country and also established its footprints in neighboring SAARC countries.
Bender strives for new innovation and is currently working on developing solutions with new DC Charging Station Controllers in accordance with IEC 61851-23 & IEC 61851-24 for fast charging of onboard batteries of DC eVehicles. It will serve as front end and backend controller for charging eV and for energy and customer management systems. “There is a lag currently due to lockdown but we expect to grow in the future at the same pace of previous years once COVID situation eases and customers jump back to their pre covid business levels even with higher vigor and velocity,” concludes Pallav.
