Product & Machinery Development
- Woven arterial prosthetic graft for human implantation
- Two-for-one twister
- Decorticating machine
- Kapas purifier
- High speed reels
- Six – spindle mini ring frame
- 12 testing instruments
- Break – through in production of yarns from Pineapple leaf fibre
- Jute cotton yarn
Development of Decision Tools
- A single composite index expressing fibre properties of cotton (FQI)
- Equations to predict yarn quality from cotton properties
- Methodology for productivity assessment in spinning mills
- Criteria for capital investment
- Mathematical expression relating operational parameters to costs and profits
- Indicators of health and sickness of spinning mills
- Norms for quality and productivity
- Development of mobile apps for textile machinery audit, testing services (LIMS) and SITRA Norms
General
- SITRA’s contribution in productivity has enabled universal adoption of 7 days a week and 24 hours a day working in SITRA member mills
- SITRA member mills record the highest spindle utilization in the world
- Introduction of concepts for the industry like HOK, OHS, OHSAM, UKG, PI and MPEI
- International training programmes for foreign nationals (68 programmes completed with a total of over 1700 participants)
- 72 patents
- Implementation of double hank plain reeling (DHPR)
- 766 publications comprising research reports, mill control reports, focus, trends, Books and monographs
- Over 1000 research papers published in International and Indian journals
- Over 50,000 copies of norms for productivity and quality sold
