Sristi Innovations

Name of the product : Cotton Stripper Machine
Application / Use : Mansukhbhai Patel, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Brief description and salient features of technology
A variety of cotton, Kalyan (V-797) - known as "Kala Kapaas", grown in semi - arid regions of Gujarat has a very tedious post-harvesting process of removing the lint (Cotton fiber with seeds) from the shells of the cotton balls.. This process was done manually where women folk do the job with hands by breaking the pods and separating cotton from it. This machine eradicates this drudgery and the work can be carried out more efficiently.

The innovator of the device, Sh. Mansukhbhai Patel, is a self trained electrical engineer, having keen interest in electrical and mechanical appliances. His sensitivity towards poor and the underprivileged can be gauged by his innovation Cotton Stripper.

Salient Features

• Efficient & effective machine to separate the cotton lint from the shells
• Saves cost involved in manual labor and reduces drudgery of women & children
• Processes 400 kg / hr of Cotton
• Staple cutting has been completely eliminated
• Available with automatic suction feed as auxiliary attachment

IPR status

• Patent application has been filed in India and the USA
• Patent was granted in USA (US 6,543,091 B2 )

Current status of Technology
The technology has been commercialized in India by M/s Chetak Industries Ltd, Viramgam, Gujarat. GIAN invites entrepreneurs interested in commercializing the technology outside India.

Approximate ex-factory price of the product
Rs. 1.5 lacs (processing capacity - 300 kgs per hour) to Rs. 4.0 lacs (1800 kgs per hour)

Achievements
Awarded by National Innovation Foundation Received "NRDC Technology Award " for the year 2003

Name and address of technology transfer agency, if different from above.
GIAN
(Gujarat Grassroots Innovations Augmentation Network)
Bungalow No: B-1, Satellite complex, Opp. Satellite Tower
Premchand Nagar Road, Bodakdev , Ahmedabad : 380015
Tel : 079-26879468 Fax : 079-26760398
Web : www.gian.org