National Innovation Foundation Jodhpur, Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Specifications low cost can be mounted on a tractor and digs very fast and uniformly. Product:  The trench digger developed by innovator is tractor-mounted machine that makes trench with sharp edges rapidly. The machine has a long arm having a rotator chain over it and sharp edged blades mounted over the chain. These blades cut the soil and throw it out as the chain rotates continuously. This chain is supported by a large wheel at the rear end of the arm and two mini wheels framed up on the main frame slot. The arrangement consists of a planetary gear system and motion converter unit to deliver power from the tractor, a chain gear and roller system and a belt with sharp trench digging blades of high carbon steel. An additional gear drive system is mounted within the wheel of the tractor to convert the 550 rpm of the tractor wheel to the desired 90 rpm speed of the shaft.       Technical specifications: Mounted on a 45 hp tractor. Roller Chain- 27 feet long, 108 links mounted on 74 blades. Rear Wheel - 20 inch diameter Lower Chain Gear- 11 inch diameter with 13 teeth Chain Gear - 22-inch diameter with 32 teeth Mini Rollers - 2 rollers each 8-9 inch diameter and 11-12 teeth   Key   Competitive Advantage:    It is an optimized and cost effective solution, dig narrow and deep channels evenly, on hard and soft soil conditions. In one hour, it can dig a pit 65 meter long, 6 feet deep and 14 inch wide while consuming only 2.5 liter of diesel per hour. Affordable machine for laying cables & pipes

Specifications . When the tractor moves forward, the fertilizer metering mechanism gets the drive to release the fertilizers in the tubes. Product:     It is a tractor drawn semi - automatic Onion transplanter. It can perform three functions at a time viz. transplanting the onion, applying the fertilizer and making the irrigation channels. When the tractor moves forward, the star wheel type metering mechanism gets the drive to release the fertilizer in the tubes. The seedlings are delivered manually in the delivery chutes for planting. The inter-row and inter-plant spacing can be adjusted in the machine to a finer level. Two depth controlling wheels fitted on either ends of the equipment maintain the uniform depth of onion planting, which is kept at 1 cm. A channel forming ridger plough is mounted offset to the right end of the transplanter to form the irrigation channel simultaneously   Technical  Specification:   Power required: More than 25hp tractor Working width: 1.5 metres (includes 8 furrow openers) Plant Spacing: 18 x 9 cm & Depth of plantation: 1 cm Transplants 5, 55,950 seedlings per ha. (as against 420000 to 470000 in conventional planting) Manpower Requirement: 5 labours (1 driver + 4 labours) Capacity: 1 hectare per day (of 8 hours) Weight:  300-350 kg  (with fertilizer drilling arrangement) Weight: 3.5 ton (with fertilizer drilling arrangemen Key   Competitive Advantage:    Uniform Planting ( maintain row to row and plant to plant spacing) It gives 100 % of plant emergence Facilitates the mechanical weeding and harvesting It can also be used for drilling the cereals and pulses        

Specifications The machine is for removing buds from the sugarcane sticks Product:  The machine is for removing buds from the sugarcane sticks. These buds are used for sugarcane plantation in horticulture.   Technical specifications: Conventionally, either the whole cane or sets are sown The device includes a hemispheric knife actuated by a hand operated lever. One needs to place the cane on the platform and press the hand lever. After every stroke the cane needs to be rotated by 180 degree by the other hand, The chipped buds can be shown directly in the field or may be grown in nurseries One can chip 250 buds/hr (average). The experienced labor can even chip 400 buds/hr One can work for about 4 hours without much fatigue and after getting rest of 1 hour again work for about 4 hours It reduces cost of plantation by over 90% If nurseries are raised the field can be used for growing other crops in that period.   Key   Competitive Advantage: Portable and Easy to use Low cost One can easily transport seed from various place Due to this technology, the sugarcane setts can be pretreated before sowing.

Specifications It makes the use of the smell from the septic tank to attract the mosquitoes. Product: The main specialty of this device is its scientific and eco friendly nature that makes it different from other machines. The strategy used in this machine is making obstructions for the reproduction of Mosquitoes. Hawker indirectly destroys 45000 mosquitoes by simply killing one single female Mosquito. Hawker is the most effective way to combat your existing Mosquito problem without any application of pesticides or chemicals. Thus, it helps to avoid the use of insect repellents that contain the toxic Allethrin.   Technical specifications : The smell from septic tank attracts mosquitoes and once the mosquitoes get trapped they cannot escape The transparent plastic tubes act as a solar furnace  and kills the mosquitoes Weight: 1.25 kg, Expected life: 5-6 years Quick to deploy and simple to manage The variation of climatic change does not affect its functionKey Compititive Advantage: It is completely safe for human beings as opposed to mosquito repellents which can cause health problems such as eye irritation, breathing problem and bronchial irritation It can be used with Biogas sources like Septic tank, Gober gas tank, Slurry tank, Drainage tanks, Water tanks etc. It is an outdoor device and is highly portable. No external energy is required for the operation. Quick to deploy and simple to manage. Independent of  variation of climatic change  

Specifications The machines are easy to operate and maintain. Problem addressed: Sanitary napkin, a universally needed product, has very low penetration in India and other developing countries, partly due to its high price and partly due to the tradition of using cheaper but unhygienic old cloth piece. As a result they become the host of many infectious diseases. This is due to lack of awareness and economic inability for adopting better precautions like use of good sanitary napkins during menstruation period. Usually different varieties of sanitary napkins are found available in the market but they are very expensive and are not affordable for rural & under-privileged women and girls.   Product:   Muruganantham has developed a set of four different small machines namely de-fiberation unit, core forming unit, sealing unit and UV sanitizing unit, which reduce the cost of production making products affordable to all. The production rate using manually operated machine set is 900 to 1000 napkins/day while with semi automatic machine set it is 3000 napkins/day (production efficiency may vary depending upon the skill & speed of operators). The machines are easy to operate and maintain.  In the first stage, by using deliberation unit, the raw material in the form of wood fiber is de-fibred to produce soft pulp. In second stage, de-fibered pulp is given required shape of the napkin in core forming units operated by a foot pedal.  The third stage involves sealing the pads. The fourth stage involves passing the sealed pads through a dedicated Sterilization unit. Once the sterilization is complete, the pads are ready for the finishing operations consisting of trimming, position strip fixing, packing and dispatch.    Technical specifications :  It requires manpower of 3 to 4 to operate the machine set.   Five step procedure for manufacturing a sanitary napkin Production rate: o    Model 1 - Manually operated machine set - (900 to 1000 napkins /day) and o    Model 2 - Semi Automatic machine set (3000 napkins/day)  (Note: Production efficiency may vary depending upon the skill & speed of operators.)  Sanitization is through UV lights De-fibered unit is powered by 1 HP Motor and sealing units requires 40 watts power.  De-fibred size of wood pulp filament: 1-1.5 mm.   Key   Competitive Advantage:   Easy to operate and maintain.  Innovator is providing one day training to operate the machine.  This machine set produce sanitary napkins @ Rs. 1.50 per pads approximately.  This machine heralds a new revolution in personal hygiene, for women across all sections of society. It creates potential perennial revenue stream for small scale entrepreneurs, and self help groups by deploying a self sustaining micro-enterprise model.

Specifications It is used to produce the chick in the firm Product: The incubator ismade up of plywood in the exterior and plain sheet in the interior. Its wall is about 10 cm thick and thermocole is used to make it insulated. The whole device is divided into two chambers, upper and lower. The upper chamber houses the main component of the incubator i.e. the egg tray and source of humidity. While the lower chamber houses the thermal source, the speaker and the switches.Here the innovator uses electric lamp as the source of heat when electric current is available and in case of power failure the source of heat would be kerosene lamp. Both the light and the lamp heated the floor of the upper chamber (ceiling of the lower chamber). There is a regulator (same as that used in fan) by which the intensity of the light can be altered. This partition is made up of two-plane sheet and nothing is there in between, so the heat can easily be transfer. For the humidity a plate is placed below the egg try. From the try water gets evaporated due to heat and makes the chamber humid. In this incubator air is feed from four holes in the bottom which are connected with the upper chamber by four hollow pipes.    Technical specifications: Weight:  The weight of the incubator is about 125 kg. Dimension: Length is 1.5 m (approx.), breadth is 0.80m (approx.) and height is 1m (approx.) Source of temperature: Electric bulb and Kerosene lamp Capacity:  Regular model - 500 eggs Success rate:  85%     Key   Competitive Advantage: Cheaper as compared to the one available in the market. It cost about Rs. 36500/- for regular model of 500-egg capacity as compared to one available in the market is Rs. 96000/ of 500-egg capacity. It produces alarm in various emergency events like, opening of door, current failure, high / low temperature, high / low humidity. Can be operated by using Kerosene oil lamp in case of current failure so it saves the cost of running dynamo during power failure.    

Specifications Innovator has developed a reversible reduction gearbox and a manually tiltable Z-drive system for small capcity diesel engine. Product:   Innovator has developed a reversible reduction gearbox and a manually tiltable Z-drive system for small capacity diesel engine. The use of this system reduces the daily fuel consumption and thereby the cost by about 60 to 70% (as compared to kerosene run marine engines) by enabling them to shift from a kerosene run outboard engine system to a diesel powered inboard engine system. It is absolutely pollution free as compared to the conventional kerosene/petrol engines.      Technical specifications    Manually tiltable Z- drive propeller Speed: 17-18 km/h for 34 feet fishing boat Four types of gearboxes ranging from 1.5 hp to 30 hp Saves 60 to 70% fuel consumption compared to kerosene run marine engines Key   Competitive Advantage: Manually tiltable Z- drive propeller Speed: 17-18 km/h for 34 feet fishing boat Four types of gearboxes ranging from 1.5 hp to 30 hp Saves 60 to 70% fuel consumption compared to kerosene run marine engines Absolutely pollution free as compared to the conventional kerosene/petrol engines Smooth power transmission, reduces loss of power through horizontal shaft power transmission and better maneuverability The reverse gears acts as brake & helps in parking and facilitates in taking short curve while turning. 

Specifications we can drink expresso coffee at home Problem addressed: Coffee is not an available option at majority of the places and most roadside tea stall owners provides tea only. The electric coffee making machines were very costly (more than Rs.5000) and out of reach for most road side vendors   Product:   The innovator has modified the normal pressure cooker and made it into a coffee making machine. A simple attachment of a metal pipe along with  pressure releasing valve has been provided in the cooker lid. Cooker with water is heated over stove. Once steam is formed, it is released through the metal pipe and collected in a jar containing mixture of coffee powder, milk and sugar. After  allowing sufficient steam into the jar, in a few minutes, frothy  and tasty coffee is ready.     Technical specifications:  Capacity - 2 lit to 5 lit or more A pressure releasing valve The product is completely safe to use as it is having pressure safety valve attached.   Key   Competitive Advantage:   Low cost, easy to use and operate, provide choice of making espresso coffee. Useful to roadside tea stalls, small dhabas,guesthouse and other places, where as choice coffee can be offered along with tea. It can be used to make a variety of hot beverages as well, including Cappuccino, Lattes, Tea, Hot Chocolate, and of course espresso.

Specifications innovative stove is a double-chambered efficient portable stove Problem addressed: To meet their cooking energy needs, large numbers of households in the country’s poorer, rural areas use traditional chulha/ stoves, which consume firewood and other biomass as fuel. The fuel efficiency of traditional chulha’s is very very low and burning solid fuels indoors results in high levels of toxic pollutants, a major risk factor for lung cancer, and cardiovascular and respiratory disease.    Product:  Jayprakash’s innovative stove is a double-chambered efficient portable stove. It can use coconut shell or wood as a fuel. Innovator has improvised the stove by incorporating a secondary combustion chamber for burning the un-burnt bio mass and hydrocarbons coming out with the smokes/exhaust. As a result, the thermal efficiency of the stove has improved while the pollution has reduced.   There are two layers of ceramic materials having 2 inch gap between it. The outer wall also has two openings for air inlet and the inner wall has secondary holes that facilitate the burning of smoke that enhances the fuel efficiency.  The air enters through the outer wall gets heated in the annular chamber, and it enters through the holes through the combustion chamber and hence provides full combustion.      Technical specifications:   This stove is transportable and has high burning efficiency 37.6% against an efficiency of 17% with other stoves. Different kinds of fuel woods, bio mass can be used.     Key   Competitive Advantage:    Very less smoke & and thereby reduced pollution  Very less harmful gases and thereby improved health impact Good insulation. portable and easy to use, suitable for traditional cooking system   Besides the portable wood stove, he also manufactures and sells “Community stoves” & “Domestic stoves.” Community stove is made of bricks, cement, clay, cast iron and can cook food up to 100 kg. Domestic stove is a miniature of the community stove. This stove is fixed on the platform in the house and can cook food for household needs.  

Specifications thresh the pepper berries both mechanically and manually.  Problem addressed: Pepper is usually manually threshed, which a cumbersome and time-consuming job is done by women. During threshing, the berries may get damaged and the threshing percentage is also low. This machine is used to thresh the pepper berries both mechanically and manually.   Product Innovator has developed the thresher which is used to thresh the pepper berries mechanically as well as manually.  The thresher consists of a feeding hopper made of an iron sheet, a rotating wire-loop type threshing drum and a concave metal sheet with a perforated bottom, all of which are mounted on the main frame. Power from an electric motor is transmitted through the V-belt and pulleys to the threshing drum. The machine also has the facility of manual operation.  The harvested pepper spikes are directly fed to the hopper through the rotating drum. The threshed pepper passes down through the perforations and gets collected at the berry outlets.     Technical specifications:   The machines are available in two models; in the first model, about 150 kg of pepper can be threshed in one hour using half HP motor and in the second model, 300 kg of pepper can be threshed in one hour. Key   Competitive Advantage:   Can be operated automatically and also manually Threshing capacity: 150 kg/hr - 900 kg/hr Continuous feeding possible Threshing efficiency - 95 % White pepper could be prepared in the same machine

Specifications clay tawa with food grade non-stick material Product:  Non-stick clay tawa is a combination of traditional and modern technology. The clay tawa is coated with food grade non-stick material, which prevents food from sticking to the tawa. Clay also adds a unique natural taste to the food.      Technical specifications: Simple is provided to release the extra pressure. Pressure inside the vessel is slightly higher than atmospheric pressure, so there is no chance of blast.  Capacity - 3 Litres Clamps made from stainless steel for ensuring proper closure of the lid while cooking and Bakelite handles are provided for firm gripping.   Key Compititive Advantage: Non-stick coating provides low oil cooking facility. Non-stick surface prevent to sticking of food at bottom. Food grade Non Stick gives healthy food. Clay generates a unique taste to the foods. Life of Non Stick is equal to conventional coated tawas. Cheaper cost makes it affordable.  

Specifications The technology has tremendous potential in dry and hot climatic conditions (i.e. tropical) and where electricity is not availabl Product:  The Natural Water Cooler is a low cost, energy efficient, environment friendly water cooler that is based on the principle of heat exchange. It cools water naturally according to the external temperature and humidity. Water passes through cotton string covered copper coils, which are continuously being moistened by a dripper. A small DC fan operated through solar panel mounted on roof top facilitates the air circulation and evaporation of water from the cotton string on the coil cools the water inside. It reduces the temperature of input water by 8 to 10 degree centigrade depending upon the external temperature and humidity. It also has an in-built filter that provides clean and hygienic water. The external casing of copper coil is made of steel with sufficient ventilation. The use of copper tubes for flow of water has health benefits too. It has to be located in an area where there is sufficient ventilation and should not be directly exposed to sunlight.   Technical Specifications :  Water Storage Capacity: 100lt, 150lt Water Cooling capacity: 65 to 70 lt/hr Weight: 65 kg (150lt) Overall Dimensions:  30”×30”×80” Structure made of Stainless Steel 304 Blower with solar panel: 12 V DC Key   Competitive Advantage:  External power source is not required for operation and thus it has almost no operational or maintenance expenses (i.e. no recurring cost). The copper coil provides two-fold benefit to its users; one, due to the medicinal properties of copper and second, because of its higher efficiency. Best suited for use in public places such as bus depots, roads, gardens, parks, colleges, hostels, etc It can also be of great value in rural households where electricity supply is low and erratic. This technology has tremendous potential in hot and dry climates.  

Specifications Useful for climbing tree Product:  There are three variants – Coconut Tree Climber, Multi Tree Climber and Tree Walker. Upper frame is operated by hand and lower frame is operated by leg. By up and down movement of upper and lower frame, one can climb on the tree.Multi Tree Climber Equipment is suitable for climbing coconut, palmyra, teak, and rubber, silver oak & similar trees.       Key   Competitive Advantage:      Eco –friendly Manual Operation Easy Handling Safety Harness for Climbers’ Safety Women can operate easily Low Weight Easy Transportation Climbing  Height  - no limits Addresses labor shortage Long Life \ Zero Maintenance

Specifications cooking vessel having two compartment for making sambhar as well as rice separately Product: Modern rice cooker don\'t facilitate the draining of starch  water, which contains more carbohydrates that cause blood sugar and high BP  Innovator has developed a cooking vessel having two compartment for making sambhar as well as rice separately but simultaneously. For cooking rice, in one compartment, innovator provided perforated plate and outflow pipe at the bottom  so that one can easily drain starch water once cooking is over.   Technical Specification: It has two pressure valves, aluminum filter, a bowl with compartments that separate the sambar and rice.  The tap is provided at the bottom to drain the residual water after boiling of rice. Takes about 40-45 minutes to cook both rice and sambhar Key Compititive Advantage:   It helps in cooking pot boiled rice and filters the residual starch water which gives the custom-taste of rice.  It easily drains the excess water from rice after cooking It can cook \'sambhar\' and rice simultaneously Rice prepared in this way has a lower starch content and thereby helps diabetic patients to have rice It saves time and gas (LPG)

Specifications Handle multiple crops including Groundnuts Product: The innovator has developed a versatile thresher that can meet these needs. It is a high capacity thresher, which can handle multiple crops (cereals, pulses etc.) including groundnuts with minimum machine adjustments. Threshed grains are cleaner and do not need further cleaning before bagging up, which saves time and energy. The switch over time for setting it up for different crops is less than 15 minutes. It contains an initial cutter that cuts the straws into pieces thereby reducing the power consumption required for threshing.   Technical Specification: The thresher is divided into three main sections a) The feed in unit b) The cutting & threshing unit and c) The grain separation chamber. The feed mechanism has a gearbox, which is used to rotate five cylinder of the feed mechanism with different speeds to enable effective feeding to different crops requiring different rate of feed. Overall Dimensions L – 3900mm, W – 1092.2 mm, H -2-3.2mm Gear Box - Five Cylinders, Different Dimensions Threshing Drums – 3 Wheels and have Bolted Blades in between them Threshing Unit – Two Pneumatic Tyres Threshing capacity: Wheat – 18 to 25 quintals, Gram – 14 to 18 quintals, Barley – 25 to 30 quintals, maize -18 to 22 quintals, Soyabeen -15 to 20 quintals, Groundnut – 20 to 22 quintals, Corn – 8 to 10 quintals.    Key   Competitive Advantage: Food cooked in this clay vessel retains its natural taste. Makes Tasty Food, Keeps Food Sweet, Keeps body healthy The cooker adds to the kitchen, a different style and ethnic touch 

Mitticool is a natural refrigerator made entirely from clay Product:  Mitticool is a natural refrigerator made entirely from clay to store vegetables, fruits and also for cooling water. It provides natural coolness to the stored material without requiring any electricity or any other artificial form of energy. Fruits, vegetables and milk can be stored fresh without deteriorating their quality for 2 to 3 days retaining their original taste. It works on the principle of evaporation.  Water from the upper chambers drips down the side, and gets evaporated taking away heat from the inside, leaving the chambers cool. The top upper chamber is used to store water. A small lid made from clay is provided on top. A small faucet tap is also provided at the front lower end of chamber to tap out the water for drinking use. In the lower chamber, two shelves are provided to store vegetables, fruits and milk etc.    Technical specifications: About 20 liters of water, 5 kg of vegetables, fruits and 5 litres milk or any liquid material can be kept inside the refrigerator.  Dimensions  (inches)– Height – 18.5, Width – 11, Depth – 11 Weight – 20 kgs Key   Competitive Advantage: Very good option to store drinking water, food, vegetables and even milk It does not require any electricity or any artificial energy and therefore no recurring cost Better preserves the original taste of the fruits and vegetables, can be stored fresh without deteriorating the quality for 2 to 3 days. Very good alternative for the rural people who cannot afford the conventional refrigerator Weight – 20 kgs    

Specifications manually operated as well as a power-driven milking machine  Problem addressed:   Safe milking of cow/buffaloes is a requirement across rural India. In rural area, availability of skilled labor for milking is also a problem now days. Adding to this is the fact that milking by hand is not considered healthy or hygienic anymore. Power operated milking machines are available in the market which are very expensive, suitable and affordable only for large cattle farms.    Product:    Innovator has made a manually operated as well as a power-driven milking machine that helps small farmers to milk animal hygienically and reduce the drudgery in the process. It is a very simple machine and can be easily operated by women as well.    Technical Specifications:    The machine is available in four variants – 1) Manually operated (Hand Driven) 2) Semi Automatic Single cluster AC motor driven 3) Semi Automatic Double AC Motor Driven and 4) Semi Automatic 12 V DC battery operated.  All these models are made from Food Grade Stainless Steel material and equipped with Cluster assembly with four teat adapters with silicon rubber teat liners, transparent milk, and vacuum pipe. 100-gram vacuum grease and two O-rings are provided as spares. In this entire model, the vacuum level required for milking is 350 mm Hg. The model wise technical details are as below.    Key   Competitive Advantage:  The average time for milking is 4 to 6 minutes per cow. Easy to operate , Saves time and effort in milking (1.5 litre to 2 litres per minute) Hygienic and complete milking Machine is easily adaptable and gives soothing feeling to the cow Machine runs smoothly for 8 - 9 years.

Specifications Product: This windmill has unique design. It is not aerodynamic but it is a DRAG TYPE low height windmill for lifting ground w Problem addressed: Use of wind turbine is one of the oldest methods of harnessing energy from wind to pump water. However, majority of the windmills available in the market are Aerodynamic windmills. These types of windmills require high cut-in speed (minimum wind speed requires for starting, i.e. about 12 to 15 km/hr) and this is a major limitations for majority of the Indian geographical area except coastal area. It also requires high maintenance and very expensive also.     Technical Specifications:   The windmill structure is made from MS. The structure is divided into three main components viz; Base structure, intermediate structure and head assembly (Rotor, crank and tail assembly). For the conversion of rotary motion to reciprocating motion, crank and connecting rod mechanism is used. The crank mechanism with the rod, which in turn is connected to the cylinder at the bore. Turbine blades are made of lightweight material and are given the proper angle so that the higher wind power can be harnessed and thereby can pump the water from greater depth. Furling tail mechanism and manual brake system has been incorporated in the windmill to safe guard it against the high wind velocity. The tail is being offset to the central axis in proportion to the offset of the rotor from the same. The tail is mounted on the inclined shaft in such a way that it gets restored as the wind speed comes down. Key   Competitive Advantage: This is very useful for pumping water from the depth of about 50 feet. The water discharge capacity is about 1200 -1500 lit / hr at wind speed of 10–12 km/hr. The performance may decrease while lifting water from depth more than 50 ft. It can be fitted to a tube well or open well for light irrigation and potable water too. It is an environment friendly product with low initial cost and zero operating cost.

Specifications low cost motorized machine for threshing paddy without breaking the straw. Product:  The straw, chaff, grains are separated and thrown separately, thus reducing labor and drudgery.Using this machine threshing can be done even in rainy days under a shade. The thresher can be operated by a 5 hp electric motor or tractor PTO. It requires only two people to thresh. The thresher is consisting of feeding chute, threshing cylinder, blower, straw outlet and grain outlet. The body is made of high quality steel and sheets to withstand maximum wear and tear. These threshers can be operated both with electric motor and diesel engine. The paddy crop's straw is separated from grain in the threshing cylinder. The straw is thrown out from the machine with the help of blower, and the paddies are thrown out through other outlet. The special feature of this machine is that it does not chop the straw and hence we get it in full length.   Technical specification: Overall dimensions (in mm) :  L – 1660 , W -1580 , Height -1650 Weight  - 250 kg       Engine power requirement - 5 hp Diesel Engine or Electric Motor Thresher cylinder Speed (rpm) - 510 Cleaning system – Blower  Feeder capacity - 900 kg /hr (789 kg / lit) Grain output - 444 kg /hr (370 kg / lit) Thresher efficiency (%): 96.5 - 96.8 Key Compititive Advantage: It can thresh paddy without chopping the straw of the moist crop Low cost and high power threshing machine The straw, chaff, grains are separated and thrown separately thus reducing drudgery.    The device is easy to install and maintain. It does not chop the straw and hence we get it in full length.

Specifications It can be used by any Food Processing Industry Product:  The innovative machine can be effectively used by any Food Processing Industry such as pickles or masala manufacturers. Large quantities of lemon to the required shape and size can be cut in a continuous fashion. Better quality of slices produced- slices of fruit produced are of a uniform nature and are neatly and conveniently collected and recovered.   Technical specifications: Height – 40″ – Breadth – 30″ – Length – 40″ Weight – Approximately: 350 Kgs Power – 220V – AC (2 HP) – 3 Phase or Single Phase Each piece of lemon is cut into 4,8,16 slices as per the choice Very Low Power Consumption.   Key   Competitive Advantage:  The machine is capable of cutting lemons ranging in size from 0.75 inches diameter to 2.5 inches diameter with the help of a spring loaded mechanism. The cutting capacity of this machine is 160 lemons/ minute or 450 kg per hour. The slices of fruit produced by using this machine are of a uniform size, and can be neatly and conveniently collected and recovered. Well optimized power transmission ensures less consumption of electricity (7-8 units in 8 hours of operations). It is labour saving -only one person is required to operate it. There is minimal wastage of the lemons in the cutting operation i.e. 100% of the yield is utilized. The machine is compact and made of stainless steel, which makes the process hygienic.

Specifications The device suits best for mixed cropping and saves labour and time consumed in clearing seed containers for next seed sowing.     Product:  It is a seed drill system having a unique seed metering mechanism. It enables farmers to carry out multi-seed sowing either simultaneously or separately. The automatic seed drill having a cup and cone type seed metering mechanism, has been designed for mixed cropping especially for small seeds. The machine consists of a taper worma and taper brush fitted around the taper worma. When the tapper worma rotates at the operating end then the crop seeds come from seed hopper with the help of screw worma and these pass through the taper brush. Now these seeds pass on to the distributor through which seeds are distributed uniformly in all directions.  A handle, which is attached to the main shaft helps in lifting up the machine. This handle lifts the shaft and prevents wastage of seed crops at the sowing time.

Specifications generating electricity where a continuous flow of water is available Problem addressed: Electricity is the basic necessity and there are number of places where electricity is not easily accessible due to difficult terrain. Mr. G.K Ratnakar of Jayapura village of Karnataka designed a modified hydro turbine to generate electricity which can be simply installed in a stream of flowing water.   Product:   Modified hydro electric turbine is an innovation which can be used for generating electricity through flowing water. It is primarily designed for remote areas where it is not possible to supply electricity through conventional electricity transmission lines. The number of such locations is quite enormous in hilly & forest areas of the Western ghats, North-east, etc. The modified hydro turbine is an environmental friendly & cost effective measure for generating electricity where a continuous flow of water is available. The major components of this turbine include alternator, balance wheel & belt pulley, V-belt & V-pulley. The novelty of this innovation is that it can be also installed in the stream of running water & the design of the turbine can be customized according to the requirements.   Technical specifications : Water crush by force through nozzle, peloton wheels tarts rotating on customized RPM level. The peloton wheel so connected to alternator generates the power. Such power is distributed for transmission through wires for various appliances. The minimum height of the water reservoir should be 30 ft.   The average lent of the pipe from the reseriour should be 300 ft. Key   Competitive Advantage:    Use of renewable source of energy. The water is not exhausted and it can be used for agriculture & other activities, Minimal maintenance (after 2-2.5 years). Pollution free.

Specifications mechanically digs out the left over pods from the soil Product:  The innovator has developed a tractor operated machine, which mechanically digs out the left over pods from the soil. It consists of elaborate system of crankshafts, flywheel, connecting linkages and rotating vanes on a shaft. A sieve is provided with a vibrating mechanism to filter the groundnut from the soil. As the tractor moves forward, the vanes rotate and dig into the ground, scoop and drop the soil-groundnut mixture into a vibrating storage unit with a sieve base. The system of linkages and drives vigorously vibrate the entire unit to shake the soil loose and the groundnuts stay trapped at the top in the central storage unit as the soil gets sifted out onto the ground. A window hatch is provided at the back that can be lifted and the groundnut taken out by a person into a basket   Technical specifications: Traction vehicle:- A tractor (35HP or more) Length – 6 feet, Height- 1 feet Sieve – 5 feet x 5feet Gear Box to rotate PTO Shaft. It weighs 300-400 kg  Key   Competitive Advantage:  It consume 4 liter of diesel/hr and digs out groundnuts pods of about 400 kg from one hectare per day, compared to manual method which would take 75 labours to finish in day. The units can also be run on uneven terrain and can be used to shift out small stones, solid residue and garbage from field and country roads.  

Specifications It is designed for peeling garlic in bulk quantity Product:  Innovator has developed garlic-peeling machine, which peels garlic while maintaining the original property. It is fully automated machine, made from food grade quality material. It is designed for peeling garlic in bulk quantity, is energy efficient, and saves labour. It economizes operating cost and removes capacity constraints caused by shortage of human labourers in peak seasons for pickle industry. The peeling effectiveness is very high at about 90% while the damage to the peeled garlic is very low at about 2%. This machine is maintenance free and requires only labor during operation to feed the garlic.   Technical specifications: Peeling Capacity: 200 kg/hr Manpower requirement: 2 laborers Dimensions: 48” x 30” x 54” Motor Power Required: 2 HP Shaft rotating speed: 620 rpm Feeding capacity: 3 kg Weight: 250 kg Body material: Food grade steel and MS steel Neatly and conveniently collected and recovered  Key   Competitive Advantage:  High productivity and Capacity – 200 kgs/hr Better quality of peeled garlic, peeled garlic are of a uniform nature and are neatly and conveniently collected and recovered It has wider application in pickle industry for preparing garlic paste and garlic powder Energy efficient, labour efficient and higher productivity Easy in operation and maintenance. Significant for industry where women are employed in huge numbers