TEXTILE RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONS - Ministry of Textiles

m i n i s t r y o f t e x t i l e s●Developed electronic gadgetry formeasuring important dimensionalcharacteristics of spinning ring.It provided guidance to a number ofginning and pressing factories of GujaratState, and they have been benefitedthrough implementation of upgradedginning technology in their units.Its powerloom service centres conducted13 seminars/workshops cumdemonstrations of modern shuttlelesslooms for creating awareness ofmodernisation in the decentralizedweaving sector.Eight booklets on various activities ofPowerloom Service Centre andGovernment Schemes in English as wellas in Gujarati have been published for thebenefit of powerloom industry.Consultancy was provided to 219powerloom units. About 19 majorconsultancies were carried out forimproving fabric quality, increasingproductivity, efficiency and damagecontrol.Training programme was arranged duringNovember – December 2003 on“Orientation to Textile Technology” forPowerloom Owners of Ahmedabad.Twenty HRD programmes for on-the-jobtraining was imparted to 378 powerloomweavers.Environmental audit for Schedule 1Industries (highly polluting chemicalindustries) is very important and highlyremunerative activity. Audit work wascarried out by ATIRA in 11 industriesduring the year.ATIRA was involved in the exercise ofissuing ‘No pollution load” certificate to theindustries which are interested in changingtheir product-mix as well as productivity.Such certificates help the industries inseeking clearance from Governmentauthorities for either getting permission tochange the product-mix or for productionof new chemicals or productivity.ATIRA organized the following seminarsfor disseminating R&D knowledge to theparticipants from textile industry:●●●●●Emerging scenario in clothingindustry of INDIA and ASIA;Energy Management in the IndianIndustry: A global perospective;Nanotechnology in Textile: The nextWave;Fuel savings through intelligentcontrol in manually fired boilers; andControlled sorption “Tool Box” forright first time dyeing.As many as 51 different training courseswere offered by ATIRA during the periodand over 200 textile mills/units tookadvantage of the same.Over 10,000 samples were tested duringthe year (including yarns, fabrics,accessories and instrument calibration)During the year 4 new developments werelicensed and 4 patents were filed (of these2 patents were sealed).162