Eri silk produced by the silkworm Samia ricini, Denovan, is an excellent natural silk due to its softness, thermal and dye absorption properties. It is obtained by adopting the following pre-spinning and post-spinning techniques, (i) Degumming (ii) Opening and (iii) spinning. Eri cocoon openers were developed at several stages by RuTAG-NE and the final version of the cocoon opener has enhanced the Eri silk spinning fibre productivity.
Salient Features of Eri Cocoon Opener:
In this opener a 0.5hp motor is used for rotating a 22 cm spike roller for extracting yearns from the cocoons
The machine is portable and can easily be movable
With this machine yarn can be produced in a single step
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati
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