Research & Development

Overview

Ongoing Projects

  • There are ongoing projects at the end of financial year 2023-24.
  • Antimicrobial Coating of fabric with the help of Herbs i.e. Pom Peel, Puspshankhi and Dragon Peel (In-House)
  • Laser cutting and Sealing Equipment.
  • Biodegradable Sanitary Napkins
  • Conversion of Parali in to Nano Cellulosic materials and Fiber Composition
  • High Performance Natural fiber (In-House)
  • Deduction of Lignin Content of Banana fibers with chemical and enzymatic treatment.
  • Making of different thermal sheet with the help of agricultural waste for low thermal Conductivity.
  • Composite making from high performance fabric with Petrotex (In-House)
  • Design and development of a sustainable, novel, Ready Made Embankment (RME) for river bank protection and flood control measures (IT Bhuvneshwar as lead partner) and ongoing SERB.

New R&D Project Proposals

  • New project proposals (To be Submitted in Ministry of Textiles under NTTM)
  • Mulching Net for Agriculture Purpose
  • Development of indigenous Dyeing with the help of super critical CO2 dyeing machine
  • Development of indigenous Air flow dyeing machine
  • Non-woven fabrics from Pineapple GLS Student Work
  • Development of solar cell fabric (under thought process)
  • 2 Machine development with Yamuna 1. Geo Grid, 2. Coating and Drying Trials
  • Biodegradable Sanitary Napkins

Conclusion

It has been concluded that
  • It was difficult to make Knitted fabric water resistant. The coated knitted fabric did not withstand much higher hydrostatic head pressure. Comparatively woven fabric achieved more hydrostatic head pressure.
  • Coated synthetic fabric did not respond to antimicrobial treatment. It was difficult to make coated synthetic fabric antimicrobial even with laboratory synthesized and commercial antimicrobial agent at higher concentration.
  • Woven coated fabric showed higher water resistant property. The fabric showed higher tear strength also.
  • Cotton/Lycra fabric showed higher air permeability compare to synthetic fabrics.
  • Cotton/Lycra fabric responded better in antimicrobial testing with laboratory synthesized and commercial antimicrobial agent also.
  • Field trial have been conducted successfully with farmers.

Staff

Sr. No. Name Designation Date of Joining Expertise Nature of Work Achievements Training Attended Specific Role Assigned
1. Murtuza Channiwala - - - - - - -
2. Dr. Shweta Doctor S.S.O. 11-09-2023 Textile processing + Nonwovens Technical textile Academics - ISO 17025:2017, Documentation, Measurement Uncertainty Quality Manager
3. Dipankar Das H.O.D. 01-05-2023 Textile Processing R&D Related, Sample Trial - Kaizen Wri Training to various Industry, Guidance Trial Realated
4. Dvij H. Mandviwala H.O.D (Environmental Engineer) 31-05-2024 Environment Management System Env. audit, NABL work - ISO 17025:2017 Technical Manager
5. Mahesh V. Baraiya H.O.D.
J.S.O.
01-03-2023 R&D R&D, Trial of Technical textile machine, Testing Quality Manager ISO 17025:2017,Kaizen,NABL Documents, Fire safety Technical Manager
6. Shivani S. Khatri J.S.O. 18-09-2023 - Testing, R&D Work - ISO/IEC 17025:2017, Kaizen, Fire Safety, Uncertainty Deputy Quality Manager
7. Shivani B. Prajapati J.S.O. 11-09-2023 Microbiology testing Laboratory work like testing - Lean(MSME) Scheme, Kaizen, Fire safety Microbiologist
8. Sejal R. Shirsath Lab Assistant 06-05-2024 Microbiology testing Laboratory work like testing - Lean(MSME) Scheme, Kaizen, Fire safety Microbiologist

Training

Sr. No. Staff Name Name of Training Date Details General / Inhouse / Training provided by MANTRA

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