Material Handling Equipment for Textile Industries

Textile sector in India plays an important role in the country's economy. In India, Solapur is one of the renowned centers for textiles with approximately 6000 power loom industries operational in the district. The textiles use a beam for the winding of the threads on it, which is later on mounted on loom. The process of beam lifting without any effects on the health and production seems utopian in these days, thus creating high absenteeism in the workers and hampering the production. Considering this fact, the present work focuses on to design a beam lifting device for the textiles using jacquard looms in Solapur City (one of the key textile cluster) in the state of Maharashtra, India. There are many lifting devices available in the market but are not suitable for the textile units in Solapur. The units using jacquard powerloom are pre-established and have no scope of expansion thus, there is no space available in the textile units for the free motion of these devices and also because of high cost of these devices. The study is aimed at developing a beam lifting mechanism which would be capable of reducing the physical strain on workers and the accidents caused during the beam lifting. The designed device and its parts are being modeled using CATIA V5 R19 and these models are being analysed using FEA software ANSYS.it can be concluded that the designed device is safe and is suitable for the layouts of the textiles in Solapur. This device will surely help to reduce the manpower required for the beam lifting process and will also help to reduce the stress and strain on workers.