REPORT ON FIELD VISIT TO BOSCHE PACKAGING TECH. DIVISION AND INDIAN WASTE TREATMENT PLANT

Introduction:

Students from the ETC Department of Don Bosco College of engineering, Fatorda visited the Bosch Packaging Technology Division, Verna followed by The Indian Waste treatment plant, Saligao on 28^th Feb 2018 and were accompanied by Pro. D.S.Vidhya, Prof. Deron Rodrigues and Prof. Kimberly Morais.

Bosch Packaging technology division:

At Bosch, Verna at 10.30 am. The guide  Mr.Rahul  welcomed the staff and students and then divided the group into 2 batches before allowing them to tour the premises. He later explained the different stages involved in the manufacturing of different machinery that companies used to package products. The explanation included information on different stages right from assembly of machine parts to testing of the final product before shipping. The Bosch packaging technology division dealt with production of different machinery such as the vertical packaging and horizontal packaging machines used by various companies such as Mentos, Dark Fantasy, etc. He also explained the different product testing procedures which included different tests such as time effect tests, temperature tests and many more to test if the packaging had any adverse effects on the product inside.

Indian Waste treatment plant:

The group arrived at the Indian Waste treatment plant, Saligao at 3.30pm. On reaching the plant the group was shown a small video in the auditorium explaining the functioning of waste treatment plant as a whole. They explained how waste from the north Goan households is collected, segregated and treated before disposing it or sending it off for further processing.

Later on the students  got to see how waste was segregated into different groups (bottles, paper, Tetra packs, etc.). This was done by laborer’s who manually handpick waste and sorted it accordingly. An explanation on how bio degradable waste is converted into slurry and is used as manure for plants was given. Biogas produced in the plant as a byproduct is also used as an energy source for power generation. The guide Mr. Akash cleared queries related to the matter before the ending the session.

The field visit was great success.