The Chinese dominance in the sewing technology is well known and India-China standoff amidst widespread COVID-19 pandemic in the early quarters of 2020 made things difficult for the manufacturing business in the country, which is largely dependent on the Chinese players.
That was the time when PM Narendra Modi called for ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ mantra and urged the industries across India to reduce dependency on overseas players.
As PPE (especially face masks and body coveralls) was the product which kept apparel manufacturers engaged and survived particularly in the second quarter of 2020, it was a necessity for the country’s manufacturers to step up and support the industry with the locally made technologies.
Not just PPE, the industry also opened doors for many areas where technology and innovations could be applied for better outputs. Team Apparel Resources has made a list of these indigenous developments.
- A number of domestic launches in ‘Hot Air Seam Sealing Machine’ for PPE products
India came up with its own engineered hot air seam sealing machines amidst rising demand of PPE kits in the domestic medical industry.
- One of the first to develop this machine was Vardhaman Nissinbo under the brand name Reliable.
- Another development done was from Abhishek Industries which designed and produced its first hot air seam sealing machine called Panther in-house in just 15 days.
- 4 Tirupur-based firms developed hot air seam sealing machine – Sealking
Details of Sealking: https://in.apparelresources.com/technology-news/manufacturing-tech/4-tirupur-based-firms-develop-hot-air-seam-sealing-machine-boost-make-india-project/
- Rajkot-based firm introduced Macpower CNC
Details of Macpower CNC: https://in.apparelresources.com/business-news/manufacturing/manpower-launches-hot-seam-sealing-machine-ppe-production/
- In-house development of Mask Making Machines was too taken care of by the Indian companies
- Pelican’s ‘Made in Rajkot’ machine is a major techno feat…First-ever indigenously developed N-95 mask machine!
Gujarat has been one of the worst pandemic-hit states in the country and that’s why one of the leaders in technology – Pelican Rotoflex – joined hands with Raju Engineers Pvt. Ltd. (both Rajkot-based) to develop an automatic mask machine domestically in their endeavour towards ending India’s dependence of such machines on other countries, to certain extent.
This machine is by far India’s first fully automatic machine for N-95 masks which has been conceptualised, designed and built within a short time of just 3 weeks! All the components used to assemble machine have been manufactured by Pelican in-house. This is a major push ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ concept has got especially in N-95 mask manufacturing.
- MaskJet: A ‘Made in India’ Product offered by ColorJet
Already a known name in digital printing and one of the first ‘Made in India’ promoters, ColorJet has always stayed ahead with its locally developed technologies. When COVID-19 hit India, the company indigenously developed MaskJet which is a mask making machine and is used to manufacture non-woven disposable face masks.
The machine is suitable for non-woven fabric, activated carbon and filter material from 3-4 layers. MaskJet is also able to finish all the processing from the feeding to nose-clip fixing, edge sealing to cutting the finished products. The production capacity is 60 pcs per minute while it runs on optimum speed.
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- Ramsons leads the way with indigenously produced disinfectant equipment
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- Apparel factories’ working ‘spaces’ get a ‘reboot’
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- Morgan Tecnica’s Indian subsidiary focuses on ‘Make in India’ cutting room allied equipment
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