Book English 2011.p65 - Ministry of Textiles

annual report 2010-11of its kind. Its existing extrusion, drawtexturing and air jet texturing facilities arebeing availed not only by the nearbyindustry, but also by the industries as faras from Bangalore, Chennai, etc.In the wake of globalization of trade, thedecentralized textile industry of SouthGujarat is facing stringent marketcompetition. In order to serve the aboveindustry in a better way, TRA like MANTRAis ready to play a supporting and facilitatingrole.With great pleasure we would like tomention that MANTRA has beendesignated as Centre of Excellence inTechnical Textiles by the Government ofGujarat and Centre of Excellence inAgrotech by Government of India alongwith Navsari Agricultural University (NAU),Navsari, and IIT Delhi as knowledgepartner. These Centres of Excellenceswill be providing state-of-the-art facilitiesfor Testing, R&D, quality appraisal, productdevelopment (pilot plant) & HRD and onewindow information centre in technicaltextiles in non-woven, knitted and coated/laminating and Agrotech productsdevelopment. This will help parallel growthof textile as well as technical textileindustry in India in general and SouthGujarat in particular.(A)Centre of Excellence in TechnicalTextiles (Government of Gujarat)1. Pilot Plant Facilities Set-up atMANTRA Under COE in TechnicalTextiles will be as below:-(i)Cavitec Hot Melt coating &laminating Pilot Plant (CAVIMELTTSM) from M/s Santex, SwitzerlandHot melt technology offered by M/s Santexis eco-friendly and non-solvent based andenergy saving as no drying and curingare required. With the help of thistechnology new generation polymers andco-polymers of high value products, viz.,artificial leather, tri-layer and multi-layerlamination, etc., can be developed. Pilotplant machine is having very high precisecontrol on parameters. The coated andlaminated products suitable for spaceapplications, automotive, home tech,industrial filter, membranes, etc., can beproduced on this line.(ii)Multi-purpose coating & laminatingm/c (MULTILABO 900) (Roller width900 mm and working width 750mm) from M/s Matex, ItalyThe machine is versatile and can carryout solvent, aqueous, hot melt coatingand wet and dry lamination with viderange of coating chemicals, viz., PVC,Polyurethane, Acrylates, Silicones, etc.Woven, knitted and non-woven naturaland synthetic fabrics can be coated andlaminated. The machine has followingfacilities:-i) Knife over roll/Knife over air.ii) Impregnation.iii) Lacquering/printing, embossing.iv) Lamination, i.e., wet and drylamination.v) Hot melt.vi) Foam generator unit.vii) PUR drum melter.viii) IR heating facility at front & rear.ix) Smoothing calendar or embossingunit.x) Curing zone.These machineries are alreadycommissioned at MANTRA. PVC,polyurethane, acrylates coated andlaminated products, viz., artificial leather,shoes cover, filter fabrics, protectivefabrics, agrotech products, viz., soft coversfabrics, windshields, shade nets, cropcover and soft luggages, garments,213