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a n n u a l r e p o r t 2 0 0 5 - 0 6 CHAPTER XIII TEXTILE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONS (TRAs) COTTON TEXTILE RESEARCH Testing, from the National Accreditation ASSOCIATIONS Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories, Department of Science and There are eight Textile Research Technology, India. Associations (TRAs) receiving financial support from the Ministry of Textiles, of ATIRA during the year worked on 23 these the following are the Cotton Textile different projects/studies (12 projects in the Research Associations (CTRAs)- core areas i.e. Spinning, Weaving and Processing, 2 in Environmental l Ahmedabad Textile Industry’s Engineering, 4 in Machinery Development, Research Association(ATIRA), 4 in Electronics and Information Technology Ahmedabad and 1 in Management areas), of which 6 l Bombay Textile Research Association have been completed successfully while the (BTRA), Mumbai. rest are in progress. These projects have been sponsored by various agencies like l South India Textile Research Ministry of Textiles, Ministry of Association (SITRA), Coimbatore Communications & Information Technology, l Northern India Textile Research Government of Gujarat, Defence Research Association (NITRA), Ghaziabad. and Development Establishment, and the Industry. Out of 23 different projects, 3 have Like other TRAs, these TRAs are textile been sponsored by the industry. industry promoted private bodies, set up and promoted by the textile industry of the Consultancy Areas respective region for carrying out research and providing them various services l ATIRA provided guidance to more including consultancy, testing, training and than 60 units for the implementation research etc. Their main sources of of upgraded ginning technology. In earnings include government grants, addition, training was offered to 397 subscriptions from member-mills, fees from members of 77 ginning units on the services etc. Since these have various ginning aspects. renowned industrialists as their elected Chairmen in overall in-charge of their l Technical consultancies were functions, Government provides full provided in improving yarn quality autonomy in their functioning. parameters like neps, classimat faults, yarn strength and elongation. Performance of ATIRA It was observed that improvement of the order of 25 to 40% in neps During 2004-05 ATIRA obtained and classimat faults and 5% in accreditation for its two laboratories (i) strength and elongation was Chemical Testing and (ii) Mechanical achieved. 183 m i n i s t r y o f t e x t i l e s l Fabric realization and fabric defect l Workshop on “Modernisation of analysis were the major Textile Industry” consultancies offered in the weaving l ATIRA Powerloom Service Centre area. inaugurated at Indore on 27.10.2004 l Technical consultancy in the areas followed by a Technical Seminar for of spinning, weaving, processing, Powerloom Owners. energy conservation and l Lectures held at ATIRA by the officials environmental engineering were from the Society of Dyers and provided to the industry. Colorists, UK l Studies on ‘technical viability’ were l Workshop for Handlooms conducted carried out by a multidisciplinary by ATIRA-CATD Centre at Indore team of experts from spinning, (M.P.) weaving, processing, costing and finance. During the year, the team Glimpses has carried out technical viability for l five mills. ATIRA scientists visited 67 units and paid 272 visits on consultancy as well as project work. Application for patents on the following subjects l 33 reports were prepared for various units who sought ATIRA consultancy services. l Cotton Contamination Analyser (complete specification accepted) l 13508 different samples were tested at ATIRA, Ahmedabad and 657 at l “Biodegradable Hydrogen” ((patent ATIRA Regional Centre at Indore. filed jointly by ATIRA and GSFC Science Foundation has been l The newly set calibration laboratory accepted). took up 370 calibration assignments during the year covering 2800 l Rotation Ring/Fixed Yarn Guide instruments from textile and other System for Ring Frames and like industries. Machines l ATIRA training programmes were in l Instrument to Assess Frictional good demand during the year. In Behaviour of Spindle Bolster all 303 mills sponsored their staff for Assembly for Ring Frame and like the 49 ATIRA training programmes. Textile Machine Total number of trainees participated l ATIRA Pneumatic Cleaning System are 1617. for Comber Half-Laps Machine l Thirteen papers presented by ATIRA scientists during the year and Events held fourteen papers were published by ATIRA staff during the year. l 46th Joint Technological Conference held at ATIRA on 12-13.03.2005. BTRA l Seminar on “Indian Textile Industry in the WTO Regime” In 2004-2005, research and development activities at BTRA were directed towards l ATIRA Celebrated Sixth National developing cost effective techniques, Technology day on 11.05.2004. product innovation, improving product (yarn/ 184 a n n u a l r e p o r t 2 0 0 5 - 0 6 fabric) quality, ensuring utilities (energy and Performance levels of Modern Blended water) conservation, improving productivity Yarn Spinning Mills in India’, (iii) Quality and machine maintenance. During the year, Parameters for Home Textiles and (iv) six technical reports on sponsored projects Norms for Chemical Processing. These four were submitted to the concerned publications were well received by the sponsoring agency. Also, BTRA completed industry. three sponsored projects and three in- house projects. The number of on-going Projects sponsored projects is eight out of which one project is newly initiated during the year In the field of Nonwovens and Technical under review. Textiles, BTRA has set-up a technical textiles laboratory. BTRA has developed National Recognition needle-punched nonwoven from viscose fibre with different parameters. It has also BTRA has successfully developed modified handloom to be operated by a handicapped developed nonwoven from cotton waste. person. This development has received national recognition by getting two awards In the field of Microbiology / biotechnology, viz., (i) National Award 2004 for ‘Adaptability BTRA has undertaken three in-house of Innovation to Provide Cost-effective projects viz., efficacy anti-fungal activity of Technology Category’ and (ii) NCPEDP- treated fabrics, development of microbial Shell Helen Keller Award 2004 for suspension for increasing soil fertility with ‘Individuals who have been active in extended shelf life and mosquito repellency promoting the cause of employment for of furnishing fabrics. persons with disabilities’ Joint Technological Conference Projects for Defence Labs Forty-sixth Joint Technological Conference Under a project on ‘Optimisation of heat set was jointly organised by ATIRA, BTRA, conditions for narrow fabrics’ sponsored by NITRA and SITRA on 12th and 13.03.2005 ADRDE (Aerial Delivery Research & at ATIRA, Ahmedabad. BTRA staff Development Establishment), Ministry of presented the following six research Defence, BTRA has completed the work of optimisation of heat set conditions to papers- achieve minimum level of permanent set, low elongation and higher strength without l Evaluation and Requirement of Raw deteriorating other properties. Material and In-process Material for producing World Class Yarn Under a project on ‘Anti-fungal finishing of l Application of IT Systems in selective cotton textile using commercially Chemical Processing available finishes’ sponsored by ADRDE, Agra, BTRA has carried out optimisation of l Effect of Enzyme and Silicon the formulation and the treatment condition. Finishing Treatments on Physical Properties on Jute/Cellulosic Publications Blended Textiles l Cost Reduction in Chemical BTRA has released four publications viz. Processing – Few Case Studies (i) ‘Global Challenge vis-à-vis performance levels of Modern Cotton Spinning Mills in l Role of Lubricants in Weaving India’ ,(ii) ‘Global Challenge vis-à-vis Machines 185 m i n i s t r y o f t e x t i l e s l Total Quality Management with SITRA Special Reference to Textile Industry During 2004-05, SITRA was involved in 34 Research Projects and 141 Consultancy Consultancy Services Studies in the areas of Product Development, Process Control, Chemical BTRA has undertaken extensive liaison and Processing, Machinery Development, consultancy services to solve problems of Energy Conservation, Instrumentation and quality, maintenance, productivity, water / Finance and Productivity. In the area of Human Resource Development, 16 energy conservation, etc., at various levels. different training programmes were Also special studies [such as techno- organised benefiting 798 managerial and economic viability, valuation of fixed assets, technical mill personnel; about 1,411 vetting out revival proposals, equipment workers participated in labour training verification, control panel valuation, etc.] for programmes conducted at shop floor level the mills are undertaken. at their own mills. Under international training programmes, 64 trainees from 21 BTRA has undertaken quality audit in different developing countries attended spinning for 6 mills, maintenance audit in these courses. spinning for 4 mills and maintenance audit in weaving for 3 mills during the year. SITRA’s Powerloom Service Centres offered a wide range of services, including ISO-9000 group of BTRA assisted six units 1,400 technical consultations, around 2,200 for ISO 9000 (2000) revision and new designs, 119 training programmes to certification. It has helped one testing around 1,123 persons, around