PILOT PLANT FOR MAKING COMPOSITE BOARDS.

• Facilities like impregnator/drier, hydraulic press, Needle punching machine, Sheet cutter, Resin plant etc are available at this plant.

• Composite boards can be produced using natural fibres like jute, coir, banana fibre resins etc.
• In keeping with the Institute's efforts for the promotion of nature based packaging, coir composite boards and cushioning media for packaging applications, a joint project with the Coir Board of India, is being developed for cost-effective packaging applications.
  

WORKSHOP

• A workshop facility with lathe, shaper, milling machine, grinder, welding machine and wood working machines is available.

• Prototype packs and testing equipments are fabricated here.