An Investigation on the Performance of Modified Coir Spinning Machine

Coir fibre is a non-conventional fibre extracted from the husk of coconut fruit and is abundantly available in tropical countries. Coir yarn is produced in the decentralised cottage industry. Increase in the demand for the coir fibre yarns for value-added applications has forced the coir yarn manufacturers to improve the existing coir spinning machine in different ways. In this study, the working principle of the existing coir spinning machine has been studied from the perspective of further improvements in production rate, yarn quality and spinning performance. Modifications have been made in the existing coir spinning machine in fibre feeding, opening and cleaning. There is improvement in the production rate of up to 20% with significant improvements in the yarn quality and spinning performance

Structural Constructs and Ease Reduction Treatment Interface Related to Cling Fit

Garment cling fit is a proximal fit that emphasizes close clinging contour lines of the apparel maintained by it on the human body in regular postures and while performing primary movements. To understand the nature of interface between ease reduction treatments and structural constructs, three-dimensional (3D) modeling of human body using body mapping concept and ease reduction treatment’s role in explaining the garment strain patterns in cling fit conditions were investigated. We report the impact of ease reduction treatment that defines the proportions and measurements of the cling fit pattern with reference to human body surface profile

Aktywność przeciwdrobnoustrojowa Gloriosa superba, Cyperus rotundus i Pithecellobium dulce z różnymi rozpuszczalnikami

Nowadays, antimicrobial finishing is a primary requirement for cotton apparel products. Many synthetic antimicrobial agents were used previously, but due to the non-ecofriendly nature of synthetic antimicrobial agents, natural herbal based antimicrobial agents are used these days. The various herbs used in Indian ayurveda medicines, which possess antimicrobial properties, are often applied to textile materials to impart functional properties required for microbicidal effects. In this work, Gloriosa superba, Cyperus rotundus and Pithecellobium dulce were used as antimicrobial agents. The herbs were extracted with different solvent sincluding methanol, ethanol, benzene and water to analyse the influence of these solvents on the efficacy of antimicrobial activity. These extracts were applied on cotton fabrics by the exhaust method and the degree of antimicrobial activity analysed by the zone inhibition method. All the herbs listed in this paper showed good antimicrobial properties against various microbes. However, not all the solvents used in the extraction showed good results in antimicrobial activity against all the microbes. Methanol extracts showed better antimicrobial activity in all three herbs due to their inherent antimicrobial properties. Thus, it is proposed to use methanol as a solvent for the extraction of these herbs to obtain concentrates suitabe for antimicrobial activity in cotton fabrics.Obecnie wykończenie przeciwdrobnoustrojowe jest podstawowym wymogiem dla produktów z bawełny. Wcześniej stosowano wiele syntetycznych środków przeciwdrobnoustrojowych, ale ze względu na ich nieekologiczny charakter, obecnie stosuje się naturalne środki przeciwdrobnoustrojowe na bazie ziół. Różne zioła stosowane w indyjskich lekach ajurwedyjskich, które mają właściwości przeciwdrobnoustrojowe, są często nakładane na materiały tekstylne, aby nadać im właściwości funkcjonalne wymagane do działania bakteriobójczego. W pracy jako środki przeciwdrobnoustrojowe zastosowano Gloriosa superba, Cyperus rotundus i Pithecellobium dulce. Zioła ekstrahowano różnymi rozpuszczalnikami, w tym metanolem, etanolem, benzenem i wodą, aby przeanalizować wpływ tych rozpuszczalników na skuteczność działania przeciwdrobnoustrojowego. Ekstrakty te nałożono na tkaniny bawełniane metodą czerpaną, a stopień aktywności przeciwdrobnoustrojowej analizowano metodą hamowania strefowego. Wszystkie zioła wymienione w artykule wykazały dobre właściwości przeciwdrobnoustrojowe przeciwko różnym drobnoustrojom. Jednak nie wszystkie rozpuszczalniki użyte do ekstrakcji wykazały dobre wyniki w działaniu przeciwdrobnoustrojowym przeciwko wszystkim drobnoustrojom. Ekstrakty metanolowe wykazywały lepszą aktywność przeciwdrobnoustrojową we wszystkich trzech ziołach ze względu na ich nieodłączne właściwości przeciwdrobnoustrojowe. Dlatego zaproponowano stosowanie metanolu jako rozpuszczalnika do ekstrakcji ziół w celu uzyskania koncentratów odpowiednich do działania przeciwdrobnoustrojowego w tkaninach bawełnianych

Design and optimization of variable rectangular cross section chassis for on-road heavy vehicles

All the loads generated by other components of heavy vehicle are transferred to its chassis. Chassis related failures are few but the damages to the safety of occupant are huge; sometimes it leads to fatal accidents. In order to overcome this, the chassis has to be optimized based on static and dynamic loads by ensuring a uniform distribution of stress and strain. The shape and cross section of the chassis gives a resistance to the above mentioned loads. The cross section of the chassis structure of all on-road vehicles is uniform despite the variable loads. In this work, variable cross section chassis of an on-road heavy vehicle is designed by keeping optimum sections. Bending moment of the chassis has been mathematically related with section modulus of the chassis. Genetic algorithm based procedures have been used to optimize the height, width and thickness of the chassis cross section. Coding in C language is used to automate the genetic algorithm procedures. For benchmark study, 3D models of optimized and existing chassis of an on-road heavy vehicle were developed. Finite element analysis reveals that the optimized chassis has less failure possibilities due to lower stress values and uniform distribution when compared to those from the model of existing chassis

An efficient solventless synthesis of ⍺-aryl-N-[1-methyl-2- (2/4-chlorophenyl)] ethyl nitrones and their antimicrobial activity

276-282An efficient solventless synthesis of ⍺-aryl-N-[1-methyl-2-(2/4-chlorophenyl)]ethyl nitrones has been achieved in excellent yield. The compounds are characterized by NMR and X-ray studies. The antimicrobial activities of the synthesized compounds have also been investigated

Minimally invasive maxillary sinus elevation using balloon system: A case series

The posterior maxillary segment frequently exhibits insufficient bone mass to support dental implants. Sinus floor augmentation enables implant placement in the posterior maxilla. This case series included ten sites, in which sinus floor elevation was done using sinus lift balloon system followed by augmentation utilizing irradiated cancellous bone allograft. Postoperative radiographic assessment of vertical bone gain was done at 3 and 6 months follow-up period. The mean initial and final bone height were 6.16 and 10.50 mm, respectively, with a mean increase of 4.34 mm at 6 months being observed with nil complication. The presented technique might represent a viable alternative for sinus elevation in posterior atrophied maxilla. Irradiated cancellous bone allograft can be advocated as an ideal bone graft material for sinus augmentation procedures

Delineating the glycoproteome of elongating cotton fiber cells

The data presented here delineates the glycoproteome component in the elongating cotton fiber cells attained using complementary proteomic approaches followed by protein and N-linked glycosylation site identification (Kumar et al., 2013) [1]. Utilizing species specific protein sequence databases in proteomic approaches often leads to additional information that may not be obtained using cross-species databases. In this context we have reanalyzed our glycoproteome dataset with the Gossypium arboreum, Gossypium raimondii (version 2.0) and Gossypium hirsutum protein databases that has led to the identification of 21 N-linked glycosylation sites and 18 unique glycoproteins that were not reported in our previous study. The 1D PAGE and solution based glycoprotein identification data is publicly available at the ProteomeXchange Consortium via the PRIDE partner repository (Vizcaíno et al., 2013) [2] using the dataset identifier PXD000178 and the 2D PAGE based protein identification and glycopeptide approach based N-linked glycosylation site identification data is available at the ProteomeXchange Consortium via the PRIDE partner repository (Vizcaíno et al., 2013) [2] using the dataset identifier PXD002849