MUMBAI, India, April 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641022202 A) filed by Dr M. Murali; Dr. M. K. Haridharan; Dr. A. Vallimanalan; Dr. Suresh Sethu; and Dr. A. Udhayakumar, Krishnankoil, Tamil Nadu, on Feb. 25, for 'single power source operated bamboo fiber extraction machine.'
Inventor(s) include Dr M. Murali; Dr. M. K. Haridharan; Dr. A. Vallimanalan; Dr. Suresh Sethu; and Dr. A. Udhayakumar.
The application for the patent was published on April 17, under issue no. 16/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Utilizing natural fibers in the mechanical applications is emerging trend. Bamboo fiber is one of the significant plant fiber used as reinforcement element in composite materials. In the introduced machine one power source element is used which is 1 hp motor. By using the belt, the power transmission is achieved to all the roller. Initially power is given to the lower roller which is rotating in the clockwise direction. Cross belt is used to change the direction of the upper roller as well as transmit the power from lower roller to upper roller. in this design totally 10 rollers are used. 5 rollers are placed in the lower position and 5 rollers are placed in the upper position. Each and all upper and lower rollers are parallel . . to each other. The distance between the upper and lower rollers are gradually decreased from 1st set of rollers to 5th set of rollers which is lOOmm to 20 mm. the end of the 5 set of rollers, the combing setup is constructed. Combing setup is used to separate the fiber from crashed bamboo stem. Gap between the twoadjutant comb is 1 mm. by using this machine we extract 50 to 80 kg fiber per hour."
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