Technologies

Rural Technologies

Title:	Charka:Modified Bageshwari Wool Charka
Area:	Rural Technologies
Focus Area:	Textile Engineering
Developing Agency:	Rural technology Action Group(RuTAG),Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)Roorkee
Email:	rutag.iitroorkee@gmail.com, saini.rajeshwer@gmail.com
Principal Investigator:	R.P.Saini, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee
Associated NGO:	Collaborated NGO: Himalaya Trust, Bageshwar, Uttarakhand
Start Year:	2010
End Year:	2016
Funding Agency:	Ministry of Panchayti Raj.
Implementing Agency Link:	https://iitr.ac.in/Departments/Hydro%20and%20Renewable%20Energy%20Department/Activities/ruTag.html

Brief Description

Description :

The manual operated charkha has been motorized with speed control mechanism while its foot-paddle operation has been retained, and a reciprocating mechanism has been introduced for uniform filling of the bobbin. Salient Features of Modified Bageshwari Wool Charkha: Operate manual as well as electrically Ease in operation of modified motorized charkha for spinning Introduced foot operated speed controller while its foot-paddle mechanism retained Only 80 Watt power is required and speed can go upto 2000 rpm