Scientists at the Ginning Training Centre (GTC), a unit of the Nagpur-based Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology (Circot) has introduced a new technology using rubber in the roller machine for cotton ginning.
Called Rubber Roller Ginning Machine, it is an improved alternative to the traditional double roller ginning machine. The innovation has a rubber roller system and uses leather for its grooving system. It is expected to increase the grinning production by 15 to 20%.
The new ginning machine has been developed SK Shukla and VG Arude from GTC and commercialised by Thrissur-based Millennium Rubber Technologies Pvt Ltd . Circot was responsible for its patent. (RJA)