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Manufactured in India, supplied in Ranchi

Ceiling baffles and clouds in Ranchi

We manufacture ceiling baffles and clouds at our own plant at Palwal in Haryana, India, and supply them into Ranchi. Ranchi is a state capital on a plateau, with mining sector offices and a growing institutional sector rather than heavy plant inside the city.

Material
100% PET non-woven, the panel family
Thickness
9 to 24 mm
Size
Made to the drawing, standard and custom
Exposure
Both faces work, which is why suspended area outperforms the same area laid flat
Test standard
ASTM C423
Lead time
Confirmed against the drawing
Minimum order
500 sq ft, about 46 sq m
  • ASTM C423
  • Made at our own plant, Palwal, Haryana, India
  • One batch across the order, no blending between runs

We are the manufacturer. There is no local office and we do not claim approvals we do not hold. What you get is factory pricing, one consistent batch across the order, and a straight answer on what the material will and will not do.

01 / Start here

What this is, and what it changes in a Ranchi room

PET felt suspended from the soffit, vertically as baffles or horizontally as clouds. It is how you treat a room with exposed services, where there is no ceiling to line.

Work reaching us from Ranchi is mostly government and institutional buildings, colleges, hospitals, corporate offices, auditoriums, hotels.

RC frame apartments and houses with hard floors, in towns built around mining and steel activity.

  • Vertical baffles Hung on edge in rows. Both faces absorb, so coverage figures based on plan area understate them.
  • Horizontal clouds Flat rafts over the occupied zone, which also reflect early speech energy back down where it helps.
  • Mixed with services Set out around ducts, trays and lighting rather than fighting them, coordinated from your reflected ceiling plan.
  • What it will not do Baffles are efficient, not magic. In a very tall volume the height above the baffle line still rings, and the honest answer is either more area or accepting a higher RT, not a denser panel.

Full specification

Thickness, density, NRC by frequency, fire class, standard sizes and build-up detail for baffles and clouds are on the main product page. This page covers what that means for a project in Ranchi.

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02 / Data sheet

One specification sheet, the same in every market

Nothing below changes by location. The decisions that do change are grade, thickness and how the material is mounted, and those are covered further down.

  • EchoCore 151500 GSM. Offices, retail, general
  • EchoPro 181800 GSM. Halls, atria, spaces with a target
  • EchoMax 222200 GSM. High volume and high occupancy
Ceiling baffles and clouds: published specification
Material100% PET non-woven, the panel family
Thickness9 to 24 mm
SizeMade to the drawing, standard and custom
ExposureBoth faces work, which is why suspended area outperforms the same area laid flat
Test standardASTM C423

Consultants get the raw data, not a sales sheet. That is the whole of our side of the job, and it is set out under working with acoustic consultants.

03 / On the ground

What decides the build-up in Ranchi

  • Corporate and regional offices

    Open floors with glass cabins where calls carry and meeting rooms sound hollow.

  • Rooms built for listening

    Assembly halls and lecture theatres in hard finishes defeat the speaker long before anyone calls the room echoey.

  • New institutional build

    Concrete and tile put up quickly, with the acoustic problem discovered at handover rather than designed out.

  • Three days by road

    A dedicated truck from Palwal, confirmed before dispatch, with samples sent ahead.

  • School and campus buildings

    Classrooms are concrete and tile with bare walls and high ceilings, and class sizes push levels up. Corridors act as reverberation chambers that feed every room off them.

If you are specifying for a Ranchi project, we can give you a section, a BOQ and the honest limits of each layer. See how we support architects.

04 / Durability

What the Ranchi climate rules in and rules out

Ranchi is hot summers, mild winters and a distinct wet season, and that narrows the sensible material list before acoustics is even discussed.

PET felt handles the wet months without absorbing moisture or feeding mould. Timber and wood wool want a ventilated cavity and a stable indoor RH.

The risk we design against here is wet-season humidity behind linings.

If the visual is fixed and the room still has to perform, that is a solvable problem and a conversation worth having early. See how we work with interior designers.

05 / Getting it there

What the route into Ranchi actually looks like

Supply into Ranchi
Made atOur own plant, Palwal, Haryana
Reaches site inthree days
Dispatch2 to 4 working days
To sitethree days
PackingFlat packed with fixings, sets labelled by row so the install sequence matches the drawing.
Lead timeConfirmed against the drawing. Standard sizes 4 to 7 working days.

Standard items dispatch in 2 to 4 working days from our plant at Palwal. Grooved panels and custom colours take longer, and we say so before you order, not after.

By road from Palwal, roughly twelve hundred kilometres, normally three days on a dedicated truck.

500 sq ft, about 46 sq m, across baffles and clouds together.

Minimum order, ceiling baffles and clouds
Baffles and clouds500 sq ft, about 46 sq m

Baffles and clouds are cut to the drawing, so the minimum is counted on finished panel area. Both faces of a hung baffle absorb, which is why coverage taken off a plan understates what the order actually does.

06 / Worth knowing

Where this goes wrong, said plainly

  • The wrong product for the problem

    Baffles are efficient, not magic. In a very tall volume the height above the baffle line still rings, and the honest answer is either more area or accepting a higher RT, not a denser panel.

  • A number chased without a measurement

    If nobody has measured the room or set a target, the specification is a guess with a decimal point in it. We will ask for the target before we quote the quantity.

  • A claim of being local to Ranchi

    We manufacture in India and supply here. We do not run an office in this city and we will not pretend to, because you would find out on the first site visit.

FAQ

Ranchi: questions we are actually asked

Where are the ceiling baffles and clouds you supply to Ranchi actually made?

No, and we will not say otherwise. We manufacture at our own plant at Palwal in Haryana, India, and supply into Ranchi as the manufacturer rather than through a dealer. Ranchi is a state capital on a plateau, with mining sector offices and a growing institutional sector rather than heavy plant inside the city. You buy at factory prices with one consistent batch across the order.

Why would a Ranchi build-up differ from anywhere else?

Assembly halls and lecture theatres in hard finishes defeat the speaker long before anyone calls the room echoey. Concrete and tile put up quickly, with the acoustic problem discovered at handover rather than designed out. Those two things move the build-up far more than the panel figure does.

Will this material last in the Ranchi climate?

Ranchi is hot summers, mild winters and a distinct wet season. PET felt handles the wet months without absorbing moisture or feeding mould. Timber and wood wool want a ventilated cavity and a stable indoor RH. The failure we design against here is wet-season humidity behind linings.

When would material land on a Ranchi site?

made at: Our own plant, Palwal, Haryana, reaches site in: three days, dispatch: 2 to 4 working days. Standard items dispatch in 2 to 4 working days from our plant at Palwal. Grooved panels and custom colours take longer, and we say so before you order, not after.

What will ceiling baffles and clouds not do?

Baffles are efficient, not magic. In a very tall volume the height above the baffle line still rings, and the honest answer is either more area or accepting a higher RT, not a denser panel.

What quantity do we have to order, and in what packaging?

500 sq ft, about 46 sq m, across baffles and clouds together. Baffles and clouds, 500 sq ft, about 46 sq m. Baffles and clouds are cut to the drawing, so the minimum is counted on finished panel area. Both faces of a hung baffle absorb, which is why coverage taken off a plan understates what the order actually does. Flat packed with fixings, sets labelled by row so the install sequence matches the drawing.

Next step

Drawings in, BOQ and a delivered date out

One drawing gets you a proper answer. Build-up, quantities, a delivered date, and an honest note on anything we think is the wrong approach.

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