At present, in India, surgical
bandages are manufactured using a wooden machine measuring 2500
mm x 1700 mm x 1500 mm, weighting 200 to 250 Kg, and costing
approximately Rs. 20,000/- to 30,000/- depending on type of
drive used. Due to unscientific design, poor construction,
obsolete process technology, the output from the machine not
only costs more, but also lacks a number of quality attributes,
resulting in its failure to capture any share in the global
market. The product is also losing the domestic market due to
server competition from import. Although the industry has a
great potential to grow, and create ample employment
opportunities, especially in rural India, yet it is inching
towards sickness for want of S&T intervention in the industry
and its related economics. To address the impediments faced by
the industry, a new machine was invented, and a cutting edge
process technology developed by R.A. Yadav.
