About the Practice
Problem Statement:

In Imphal, mostly women are involved in silk reeling. Manihar realized how difficult it was for the women to judiciously balance the available time between household activities and silk reeling. His desire was to reduce the drudgery involved in the work and developed an automated silk reeling system, which did not require constant monitoring. This would help the women to simultaneously carry out their household work and silk reeling task with optimum output. Since all places in Manipur do not have access to electricity, he powered the device with solar panel. His machine is so simple that an untrained person can also operate it.

Detail:

This is a portable user friendly machine, which can simultaneously carry out the reeling as well as spinning for different varieties of silk like Mulberry, Muga, Eri and Tasar without any arduous human effort. The salient features of these machines are its compactness, easy portability and strong durability. The machine can use both solar energy and electricity. Solar energy makes it environmental friendly and appropriate for rural interiors where electricity is not available or is erratic. It performs effectively even in cloudy weather and at night through a DC battery, the use of which reduces the chances of accidents considerably. The machine can be operated twenty four hours thereby increasing productivity. Compared to the existing local or traditional methods of reeling this machine produces superior quality of threads in less time and with reduced labor. The machine is ideal for women who strive to manage household activities along with silk reeling process.


About the Innovator

Knowledge Provider / Innovator: M Manihar Sharma
Address: Imphal East 795001
City: Imphal
State: Manipur
PIN Code 795001

Practice Details

Link: The salient features of these machines are its compactness, easy portability and strong durability The machine can use both, solar energy and electricity. It performs effectively even in cloudy weather and at night through a DC battery. The machine can be operated twenty four hours thereby increasing productivity Compared to the existing local or traditional methods of reeling this machine produces superior quality of threads in less time and with reduced labor. The machine is ideal for women who strive to manage household activities along with silk reeling process
Manufacturing Capacity: e) Franchising
Problem Scale: 2) Around the world
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GIAN Reference: GIAN/UAL/187
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