Technology Wing

Technologies

          Since establishment of the technological wing of BJRI in 1966 the scientists engaged in the diversified products development and improvement activities of jute have had a wide range of achievements, which include the production or development of :

• Jute Novotex Blanket

• Novotex fabrics

• Improved Dyeing and Printing of Jute Textiles

• Fine Tex Yarn

• Jute Felt and Jute Stuffed Quilts

• Softening of Jute cuttings

• Chemical Modification of Jute Fiber

• Development of Dyeing and Finishing of Jute and Jute Products

• Rot Proofing Technology for Jute and Jute Product

• Fire proofing Technology for Jute and Jute Products

• Development of Thermal Conductivity apparatus

• Designing of a Fault finding apparatus

• Improving the existing weaker yarn irregularity tester

• Production of an improved Geo-textiles

• Development of an improved nursery sheet

• Preparation of a low cost fuel

• Development of Jute based sanitary napkins as absorbent cotton substitutes

• Deodorized jute for tea bag

• Jute plastic for furniture partition walls

• Jute pulp for paper production

• Micro crystalic cellulose and carboxymethyl cellulose for pharmaceuticals and other industrial uses

• Development of a mathematical relation between the tenacity of fiber and quality of yarn spin and mathematical relation ship between the variability or mass and strength of different counts of yarns

• Optimization of tuff square inch and pile height of the yarn in jute carpet for imparting maximum resilience in jute carpet.