Yarn & Fabric manufacturing facilities– Pilot Plant

The Pilot Plant is equipped with yarn manufacturing facilities for spinning worsted yarn, friction-spun and yarn, blends of wool with other natural and synthetic fibers. The facilities available with the pilot plant, including machinery of the Centre of Excellence–Sportech, is as mentioned below:

Technology & Application Center

A. For Long Staple Fiber: Fiber to Sliver Conversion

• Carding Machine
• Gill Box
• Combing Machine

B. Yarn Innovation Center – From Sliver/Top to Innovative / Functional Yarn

• Roving Frame
• Ring Frame
• Sliver to Yarn Ring Frame
• Friction Spinning System (DREF 2)
• Winding Machine (Cheese)
• Two for One Twister

The friction-spun yarn manufacturing constitutes a full-fledged six spindle friction spinning machine to spin homogeneous yarn from textile wastes and special technical fibers and engineered yarn for specifically technical textiles.

C. Knitted/Weaving Center – From Innovative Yarn to Fabric

• Sectional Warping Machine
• Weaving Machine (Rapier Loom)
• Circular Knitting Machine
• Direct Warping Machine
• Warp Knitting Machine (Tricot)
• Warp Knitting Machine (Raschel)

The knitting facility also includes hand-knitting and semi-automatic flatbed knitting machines. Miniature hand looms for developing woven fabric samples.

D. Coating & Laminating Facility

• Hot Melt Coating and Laminating Machine
• Fabric Rolling Machine (Fabric preparation for coating/lamination)

E. Lightweight Sport Goods Composite Center

• Heating Oven
• Cold Storage Chamber
• Degassing Unit
• Zero-grade Granite Surface Table
• Vacuum Pump

F. Facility Under Creation

• Braiding Machine
• Precision Winding Machine

G. Other Machines

• Compression Molding Machine
• Shoe-Stitching Machine
• Industrial Sewing Machine
• Ultrasonic Sealing Machine
• RF Sealing Machine
• Hank to Cone Winding Machine

These machines are being utilized for product development related to sport textiles and other technical textiles.