Present
activities of the on-going Nationally Coordinated Research project
sponsored by the All India Council for Technical Education, AICTE,
MHRD, Govt. of India, at the Institute of Jute Technology (IJT)
are discussed in brief hereunder.
This Institute received grant-in-aid research project entitled "Development
of Jute-Based Technical Textiles" on 1st April, 2004 under NCP Scheme.
Dr. Debasish Das of this Institute has been acting as Chief Project
Coordinator with Prof. R.V.Chavan of Department of Textile Technology,
IIT Delhi as the Coordinator from the participating Institute. Under
this project, after completion of the basic research on jute based
coated textiles, the following products with commercial potential
have been developed in collaboration with M/s. Bengal Waterproof
Limited (Duckback), Kolkata.
i) Jute Fabric Supported Hospital Sheeting (Mackintosh):
Technology for manufacturing such a product has been developed and
the product appears to be more cost effective with longer service
life than the existing cotton based products. Field trial of the
product has been carried out at M/s. Peerless Hospital and B. K.
Roy Research Centre, Kolkata and performance of the product was
found to be satisfactory.
ii) Double Textured Rubberised Jute Fabric for Luggage and
related items :
It is produced by sandwiching a rubber composition between two sets
of jute fabrics. The product is waterproof and biodegradable.
iii) Flexible hood for automobiles :
It can be manufactured by coating both sides of an appropriate jute
fabric with chlorinated polyethylene. This product is fire retardant
and waterproof with better weather resistance than the existing
PVC coated polyester fabric used presently for the same purpose.
iv) Jute fabric-Aluminium Foil Laminate :
Under the same project IJT has also developed technology for producing
these items. The product appears to have potential to be the substitute
for presently used expensive Imported Kraft paper based aluminium
foil laminate for bulk packaging fo tea. Under the ongoing project
besides product development, the following rubber processing and
jute fabric coating machinery have been procured.
a) Laboratory Model Two – roll Mixing Mill – cum Calendering
Machine, where compounding of rubber and coating of jute fabric
of maximum 40 cm width can be done employing calendar coating technique.
b) One knife over – Roll Coating Unit with a padding mangle
and drying unit where, coating, finishing and application of chemicals
can be done on jute fabric and on nonwovens of maximum 100 cm width.
Project Coordinator : Dr. Debasish Das. |
