| Anupam loom, a pneumatic
semi-automatic loom was designed and fabricated in the year 2006
by the Coir Board. The loom can produce all types of coir
products like mats, mattings, and carpets etc. It has been
designed especially for women workers to operate
conveniently. The first prototype was subjected to
performance trials in the Hindustan Coir and a second prototype
was fabricated with further improvements.
The initial cost of fabrication of
Anupam loom was around Rs.165,000/-. However, due to
sudden increase in the prices of raw materials the cost of
fabrication of Anupam loom will be now around 250,000/-
The National Coir Research and
Management Institute (NCRMI), Govt.of Kerala has decided to take
the technology from Coir Board on payment of Rs.50,000/- for
popularization in the state of Kerala, where there are an
estimated number of 20,000 handlooms. National Research
Development Corporation has provided an amount of Rs.500,000/-
for fabrication of 3 Anupam looms, however, they have been
informed that due to escalation of costs of raw materials, it
would be possible to fabricate two Anupam looms only. The
looms will be transferred within 3 months and put for
performance trials at CCRI, subsequently; those will be
transferred to two clusters as per the decision of the Board.
A comparison of production on 3' wide
Anupam loom and conventional handloom is given below |
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