TECHFLOW AT IFEX INDIAN FOUNDRY CONGRESS 2026 — MUMBAI

About IFEX — Indian Foundry Congress 2026

IFEX, organised under the Indian Foundry Congress, is the flagship event of India's foundry and casting sector — one of the country's most critical manufacturing industries, supplying precision castings to automotive, aerospace, railway, infrastructure, and defence sectors. The 2026 edition at Bombay Exhibition Center, Goregaon, Mumbai, gathered foundry professionals from across India and international visitors keen to explore the latest technologies in melting, moulding, casting, and — increasingly — environmental compliance.

India's foundry industry operates under growing pressure to manage its environmental footprint. Foundries are among the most air-pollution-intensive manufacturing operations — generating metallic fumes from furnaces, fine silica and metallic dust from moulding and shake-out, and particulate-laden exhaust from grinding and fettling operations. IFEX 2026 served as the ideal platform for TECHFLOW to demonstrate exactly why foundries across India trust it as their one-stop solution for air pollution control.

TECHFLOW — One Stop Solution for Foundry Air Pollution Control at IFEX 2026

The defining strength of TECHFLOW's presence at IFEX Indian Foundry Congress 2026 was the breadth of its offering. Foundries deal with air quality challenges at virtually every stage of the production process — and TECHFLOW's Stall A5 demonstrated, for the first time to many visitors, that all of those challenges can be addressed by a single, experienced, and accountable technology partner.

The exhibition booth was organised to walk visitors through the foundry process — from the melting shop and furnace area through moulding, casting, shake-out, and finishing — highlighting the specific TECHFLOW solution deployed at each stage. This process-flow approach resonated strongly with foundry engineers, who rarely see a single supplier address their air quality needs so comprehensively.

Fume Extraction Systems for Foundry Furnaces and Melting Operations

Of all the air quality challenges in a foundry, furnace fume management is arguably the most critical — both for worker health and for regulatory compliance. Induction furnaces, electric arc furnaces, and cupola furnaces release complex mixtures of metallic oxides, carbon monoxide, fine particulates, and other combustion by-products that are hazardous to workers and strictly regulated by the Central Pollution Control Board. TECHFLOW's Fume Extraction Systems were among the most-discussed solutions at Stall A5 throughout IFEX 2026, drawing sustained attention from foundry managers across grey iron, ductile iron, steel, and aluminium casting sectors.

Canopy Hoods, Extraction Arms, and Integrated Filtration

TECHFLOW designs furnace fume extraction systems with a source-capture philosophy — capturing fumes at the point of generation rather than relying on dilution ventilation after the fact. The system architecture — combining overhead canopy hoods or side-draft extraction units with high-temperature ductwork and integrated bag filter or ESP units — ensures that furnace fumes are collected, filtered, and discharged at compliant emission levels before they reach the working zone.

Dust Collection and Dedusting Systems for Every Foundry Process Stage

Beyond the furnace area, foundries generate significant quantities of dust at every downstream process stage — and TECHFLOW's Dust Collection Systems and Dedusting Solutions are engineered to address each one. At IFEX Indian Foundry Congress 2026, visitors from ferrous and non-ferrous foundries alike explored how TECHFLOW designs integrated dedusting networks that bring the entire foundry floor under effective air quality control — without the complexity of managing multiple vendors and systems.

Shake-Out and Sand Handling — The Hidden Dust Challenge

Shake-out operations — where solidified castings are separated from their moulds — release large volumes of fine silica sand dust, which poses serious silicosis risks to workers if not controlled at source. TECHFLOW's shake-out dedusting systems use high-velocity local exhaust ventilation (LEV) combined with high-capacity bag filter units to capture fine silica dust before it becomes airborne. Sand handling, reclamation, and preparation areas present similar challenges, and TECHFLOW's systems are designed to serve multiple process points from a single, strategically located filter unit.

Fettling, Grinding, and Finishing — Fine Dust at Every Operation

Fettling and grinding operations generate fine metallic and abrasive dust that is both a health hazard and a housekeeping challenge. TECHFLOW's compact, high-efficiency dust collection systems for fettling shops offer downdraft benches, extraction hoods, and portable suction arms — all connected to central filtration units that ensure compliance with ambient dust standards in the working environment.

Industrial Centrifugal Fans for Foundry Ventilation and Air Handling

Every fume extraction and dedusting system in a foundry depends on reliably specified, correctly sized industrial fans to move air, fumes, and dust-laden airstreams efficiently through the system. TECHFLOW's Industrial Centrifugal Fans — engineered for high-temperature, abrasive, and continuous-duty foundry conditions — provide the backbone of dependable air handling across the full foundry air pollution control infrastructure.

Purpose-Built for Foundry Conditions

Foundry environments impose demanding conditions on fan equipment — high flue gas temperatures from furnace exhaust, abrasive particulates from sand and metallic dust, and the need for round-the-clock operational reliability during production shifts. TECHFLOW's centrifugal fans for foundry applications are designed with abrasion-resistant impeller materials, high-temperature bearing arrangements, and precision-balanced construction that ensures vibration-free, long-term performance in these conditions. At IFEX Indian Foundry Congress 2026, visiting foundry engineers were particularly interested in TECHFLOW's track record of fan reliability in operational foundries across India.

Industry Interaction and Visitor Engagement at IFEX Indian Foundry Congress 2026

Hall 3, Stall A5 at IFEX 2026 attracted a rich cross-section of India's foundry community across all three exhibition days at Bombay Exhibition Center. Visitors included foundry owners managing small and medium grey iron casting units, quality managers from large integrated steel and automotive casting plants, EHS managers responsible for achieving and maintaining emission compliance, and engineering consultants designing new greenfield foundry projects.

A consistent theme throughout visitor interactions at IFEX Indian Foundry Congress 2026 was the gap between regulatory requirements and the actual state of emission control in many foundries — particularly smaller and mid-sized units that have historically operated without structured air pollution control infrastructure. TECHFLOW's ability to offer scalable, practically designed, and cost-effective solutions for foundries of all sizes made a strong impression on visitors who had previously assumed that compliant air quality management was only achievable for large-scale operations.

Prominent Topics from IFEX 2026 Visitor Discussions

TECHFLOW's engineers engaged every visitor with site-specific thinking — not generic product pitches. That consultative depth, backed by real installation references in operational Indian foundries, built immediate credibility and generated strong enquiry momentum throughout all three days of IFEX 2026.

Successful Completion of IFEX Indian Foundry Congress 2026 — TECHFLOW's Foundry Promise Delivered

TECHFLOW's participation at IFEX Indian Foundry Congress 2026 concluded on a strong note on 14th February 2026. The three-day event at Bombay Exhibition Center, Goregaon, Mumbai delivered everything that makes an industrial exhibition meaningful — genuine technical conversations, specific project enquiries, new industry relationships, and a clear validation that TECHFLOW's positioning as the one-stop solution for foundry air pollution control is well-earned and well-recognised by India's casting community.

The foundry industry is an essential pillar of Indian manufacturing — supplying the castings and components that underpin automotive, infrastructure, and industrial growth. Keeping that industry clean, compliant, and efficient is a challenge TECHFLOW has been meeting since 1979. From fume extraction systems and dust collection systems for every foundry process stage to industrial centrifugal fans that keep everything running reliably, TECHFLOW remains India's most trusted partner for foundry air quality management.

From Stall A5 in Mumbai to foundries across India, TECHFLOW continues to stand by one promise: Healthy Air-vironment, Always… Anywhere.