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Compilation Of Seminar Papers

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Potentiality of coir for salient application

Abstract

1.0 Introduction

2.0 Raw Material Availability & traditional application:

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Table 1 List of traditional coir products manufactured in India.

3.0 Swot analysis of Coir products:-

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4.0 Value Addition present status through collaborative project amongst IICT & CCRI:

5.0 Value Addition prospects:-

6.0 Conclusions:-

7.0 Acknowledgement :-

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Design and Development of Children’s Products using Coconut Fibre

Abstract

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Introduction

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COIR AS TECHNICAL TEXTILE

USE OF COIR AS AGROTECH

Source:

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USE OF COIR AS BUILDTECH

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USE OF COIR AS CLOTHTECH

USE OF COIR AS GEOTECH

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USE OF COIR AS HOMETECH

USE OF COIR AS INDUTECH

USE OF COIR AS MEDITECH

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USE OF COIR AS MOBILTECH

USE OF COIR AS OEKOTECH (ECOTECH)

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USE OF COIR AS PACKTECH

USE OF COIR AS PROTECH

USE OF COIR AS SPORTTECH

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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USE OF COIRGEOTEXTILES IN UNPAVED ROADS K. S. Beena, Professor of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering

Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi-682 022

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

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SUBGRADE SEPARATION AND STABILIZATION

Typical Solutions

Geotextile Solution

Fig.1 Geotextile as Separator

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BASE REINFORCEMENT

Typical Solutions

Geotextile Solution

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DRAINAGE / FILTRATION

Fig. 2 Reinforcement Action

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COIR AS A SUITABLE GEOTEXTILE MATERIAL FOR ROADS

As Reinforcement

Fig. 3 Drainage Application

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Shear Stress (kPa)

Normal Stress (kPa)

Red soil w/c 10% dry density=with H2M8

with H2M6

with Non woven

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Normal Stress (kPa)

Red soil w/c 10% dry density=with H2M8

with H2M6

with Non woven

Fig. 4 Variation of Peak Shear stress vs. Normal Stress for red soil -Coir Geotextile Interface

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0

5

10

15

20

25

0 5 10 15 20 25 30Load in kN

Settl

emen

t in

mm

Sand Dry

H2M8

H2M6

Non Woven

z/B = 0.5

Fig.5 Load Settlement behaviour with Coir geotextiles placed at z/B=0.5

As separator

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0.2

0.4

0.6

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1

1.2

0 2 4 6 8 10

Penetration (mm)

Load

(kN

)

Red Soil SoakedNW at H/2H2M8 at H/2H2M6 at H/2

Fig 6. Effect of Type of Reinforcement on load penetration

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FIELD INSTALLATION OF GEOTEXTILE

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Fig. 4 Construction Sequence

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CONCLUSION

Base (or Subbase) Reinforcement

Subgrade Restraint

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REFERENCES

ASTM (1993) “S ” American Society for Testing and Materials,

ASASTM D5321 American society for Testing

and Materials”,

Ayyar, T. S. R., and Dipu, V. S.Proceedings of Coir Board Seminar on Coir geotextiles,

Ayyar, T. S. R., Nair, C. G. R and Nair, N. B.Centre for Development of Coir Technology,

Ayyar, T. S. R; Joseph, J., and Beena, K. S. First Indian Geotextile Conference on Reinforced soils and Geotextiles

Beena K. S.

Beena, K. S. M.Tech Thesis submitted to University of Kerala

Beena, K.S PhD thesis submitted to Indian Institute of Technology

Binquet, J., and Lee, K. L. Journal of Geotechnical Engineering

Binquet, J., and Lee, K. L. Journal of Geotechnical Engineering

Burd, H. J. Canadian Geotechnical Journal,

Coir Board Coir Board

IRC:SP:20 Indian Roads Congress

IRC Indian Roads Congress,

IRC Indian Roads Congress

IRC: Indian Roads Congress,

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IS: SP: 36 – Part 1 Bureau of Indian Standards,

Jewell, R. A. CIRIA

Jones, C. J. F. P Butterworths

Koerner, R. M. Pearson Prentice Hall

Kurian, N. P., Beena, K. S., and Krishnakumar, K., Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Mandal, J. N., and Divshikar, D.G., New Age International Private Limited,

Rao, G.V and Balan, K proceedings of the 2nd International workshop on geotextiles

Rao, G.V and Balan, K The Kerala State Coir Corporation Limited,

Sarma, U. S. Oxford and IBH

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STUDY ON THE LONG TERM PERFORMANCE OF COIR GEOTEXTILE REINFORCED FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS USING DCP TEST

1. INTRODUCTION

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2. LITERATURE REVIEW

3. METHODOLOGY

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Section of Pavement

Table 1-Name and length and date of constructionof test road

Designation Name of Road Length of road reinforced with Coir

Geotextile

Date of construction

Total 5260m

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Fig:2 Construction of Coir geotextile Reinforced Pavement

Table 2. Subgrade Soil Properties

Soil properties Road 1 Road 2 Road 3 Road 4 Road 5 Road 6

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Fig:4 Schematic diagram of DCP

Fig: 5 Photograph of the DCP Test Setup

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4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Fig:6 Penetration/blow for road 1

Fig: 7 Penetration/blow for road 2

Fig: 8 Penetration/blow for road 3

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Fig: 9 Penetration/blow of road 4

Fig: 10 Penetration/blow of road 5

Fig: 11 Penetration/blow of road 5

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Table 3 DCP Indices (Penetrations per blow) of 6 Pavements

Average penetration in mm/blow

GT GT GT GT GT GT

Durability of Coir Geotextiles

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Fig: 12 Extracted Coir Geotextiles

1. CONCLUSION

References

Proceedings of Indian geotechnical conference,

Accelerated full-scale testing

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Highway Research Journal

Proc. Of Geosynthetics,

Potential applications of dynamic and static Cone penetrometers in mdot pavement design and Construction

.ASCE Journal of Geotechnical Engineering

Designing With Geosynthetics ,

Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference

Geosynthetic Reinforcement of Flexible Pavements: Laboratory Based

Pavement Test Sections

Indian

Geotechnical Conference paper

In:Proc..on First Indian Geotextile Conference on Reinforced soil and geotextile

Details of Authors

Rao G.V1, Sheela E Y.2, Sayida M.K3, Mariamma J4.,Anupriya S. G5

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COIR GEOTEXTILE - A SUSTAINABLE REINFORCING MATERIAL FOR PAVEMENT

CONSTRUCTION

1. INTRODUCTION

2. COIR GEOTEXTILES FOR STRENGTHENING SOFT SOIL SUBGRADE

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3. PRESENT STATUS

4. GEOTEXTILE IN UNPAVED ROADS

Separation

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Lateral Restraint

Tensioned Membrane Effect

5. APPLICATION OF GEOTEXTILE

Separation

Fig. 1 Geotextile as a separator

Filtration

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Drainage (Transmissivity)

Reinforcement

Sealing Function

Fig. 2 Filtration and Transmissivity Functions

Fig. 3 Sealing Functions

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6. LAYING OF COIR GEOTEXTILES

PLATE 1, LAYING OF COIR GEOTEXTILE REINFORCED ROADS

FINISHED SUBGRADE

LAYING OF COIR GEOTEXTILE

TYING OF COIR GEOTEXTILE ROLLS COIR GEOTEXTILE READY FOR SUB-BASE

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7. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

REFERENCES

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Application of Coir Geotextile for Construction of Roads in Rural Areas

P.K. Agarwal1 , Sandeep Choudhary2, Ankur Singh3

1Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, India2P.hD. Scholar, Department of Civil Engineering, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, India

3M.Tech. student, Department of Civil Engineering Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, India

Keywords:

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SELECTION OF TYPE OF COIR GEOTEXTILE FOR EROSION CONTROL APPLICATION

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION

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COIR GEOTEXTILES

FUZZY LOGIC RESULTS

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SELECTION OF COIR GEOTEXTILE

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SOIL TYPE/ SLOPE 5% 10% 20% 30% 40%G

GSS

LSFSSL

SCLSCC

SiCLS

SiCLSiLSi

SOIL TYPE / RAINFALL VL ML L VM M MH H VH SH

SCFS

SCLSLLSSCSiCL

SiCLSiLSiG

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SOIL TYPE VL ML L VM M MH H VH SHSCFS

SCLSLLSSCSiCL

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SOIL TYPE VL ML L VM M MH H VH SH

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SiC

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SOIL TYPE VL ML L VM M MH H VH SHSCFS

SCLSLLSSCSiCL

SiCLSiLSiG

CONCLUSION

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CHARACTERISTICS OF COIR FIBRE AND ITS APPLICATION AS EROSION CONTROL MATS- AN

OVERVIEWV. Praveen 1, P. S. Meenu.2, R. S.V Roshan 3 and Korulla Minimol 4

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ABSTRACT

Key Words:

1. INTRODUCTION

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2. Mechanism of erosion control

3. CHARACTERISTICS AND STANDARD SPECIFICATION OF COIR BASED EROSION CONTROL MATS

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Items Percentages

Fibres Density [g/cm3] Tensile strength [N/mm2]

Modulus of elasticity (GPa)

Moist absorption [%]

Fibre Cellulose content (%)

Lignin content (%)

Dia(μm) Elongation Max. (%)

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3. Case studies

3.1 Stabilization of overburden dumps, Singrauli, Madhyapradesh, India

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3.2 Slope protection measures along muck disposal site of hydroelectric power plant, Shimla, Uttar Pradesh

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3.3 Slope protection measures adopted for the construction of new airport at Pakyong, Sikkim

4 CONCLUSIONS

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REFERENCES

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The Coir Geotextiles – Natural Solution to Natures problem

HISTORIC, ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL BACKGROUND

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Coir Geo textiles for Environmental Application

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Types of Coir Bhoovastra

1. Open Weave Coir Bhoovastra

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2. Geo rolls and Vegetation Fascines

3. Non-woven Felts.

Coir needled felt

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4. Cocologs

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5. Coir Fibre Beds (Cocobeds)

6. Coir Loop Fabric

7. Coir Cell Geo Textiles

Application of Coir Geo textiles

a) For Soil Erosion Control

Site Preparation:

Fixation

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Laying

Vegetation & Seeding.

b). Sub -base layer in Village / Rural Roads / Reinforcement of Paved Roads

c) Application in the Waste Dumping Yards of Mines

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Coir pith based cyanobacterial biofertilizers (Cyanopith and cyanospray)

Malliga. P

Abstract

Key words

Cyanobacteria

Coir pith degradation

Cyanopith and Cyanospray

Oscillatoria subuliformis

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Tagetes erecta Lyngbya

Lyngbya sp.

Field Trials

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Potential of biocomposting of coir pith using PITHPLUS substituting organic supplements alternate to Urea for

Agri/Horti end usesRadhakrishnan. S1, Abesh Reghuvaran2, Geena M.G.3 and Anita Das Ravindranath4

Abstract

Azotobacter Azospirillum as

Keywords

1. Introduction

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Warrier and Moudil, 1947).

Table 1 Chemical composition and physical properties of coir pith

Sl No Constituents Unretted coir pith Retted coir pith

Structure of coir pith

et al

Figure 1. SEM image of coir pith

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Figure 3. Structure of Lignin

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Ghosh et al

Composting of coir pith (Conventional method)

Pleurotus sajor cajuet al

Pleurotus sajor caju

Fig 4 . a, Pithplus b. Sandwiching process of coir pith for composting

Bulk composting of coir pith hillock using perforated PVC pipes

et al

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Figure 5: Schematic diagram of aerator tube assembly

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viz

Pleurotus sajor caju.

2. Materials and Methods

Culture Inoculum

Pleurotus sajor caju

Coir pith and biological supplements

viz.,

a. Azolla

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Klebsiella pneumoniae

Rhizobium Azotobacter

Azospirillum

Azospirillum brasilense

A.brasilense

A.brasilense

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D

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et al

Azotobacter vinelandii

Fig.8 Azospirillum brasilense

Culture Conditions

viz

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Table.2 Nutrient status of raw & coir pith organic manure

Parameter Raw coir pith C-POM

3, Results and Discussion

Fig 9.

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Azospirillum

Azotobacter Azospirillum

Pleurotus sajor cajuAzotobacter vinelandii Azospirillum brasilense

P.sajor caju Azotobacter vinelandii shows

of Azospirillum brasilense

Pleurotus sajor caju

et al.

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et al

Table. 3.Decreasing trend in Lignin content during composting of coir pith (Conventional)

Table 4. Decreasing trend in Lignin content during composting of coir pith with azolla as biological supplement

Materials Days5 10 15 20 25 30

Figure 11. Decreasing of trend of lignin in pith composting (conventional)

Materials Days5 10 15 20 25 30

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et al. Pleurotus for P. sajor caju

Pleurotus sajor caju

Azospirillum

Pleurotus sajor caju

et al. Pleurotus et al

Figure 12. Decreasing of trend of lignin in pith composting (azolla)

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P. sajor caju et al.

Azotobacter Azospirillum

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Fig.13. Graphical representation of decreasing of trend of C: N ratio in composting of coir pith (a. conventional b. biological supplements

A B

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4. Conclusion

(a) Growing media

(b) As amendment

(c) As a substitute to peat moss

peat moss. Sphagnum

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(d) As an organic fertilizer

(e) As a base for Home /Vertical/Roof garden

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(f) As a base for the preparation of Cocolawn

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Figure 11.

8. Acknowledgement

9. References

P. sajor caju Mush. J. Trop. 7

Elsevier Applied Science

Energy Fuels. 21

P. sajor cajuM. Sc Thesis

Critical Reviews of Biotechnology. 18

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A. bisporous.

Elsevier B.V

nifHCurrent Science

rhizosphere

Bacteriological Reviews

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BINDERLESS COIR WOOD Sumy Sebastian

Dr. Das Anita Ravindranath

Abstract

Introduction

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Materials and methods

Materials

Methods

Drying of the materials

Sieving

Hot pressing

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Drying in hot air oven

Determination of water absorption

Where W

Results and discussions

Effect of Moisture

Effect of Temperature

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Effect of pressure and cooling under pressure

Machining

Water absorption studies

Table 1. Water absorption study

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Conclusion and future line of work

Acknowledgement

Refferences

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Promotion of Rubberized Coir as Seat Cushions in Railways.

“Make in India”.

Reduction in Import Duty of Latex Rubber:-

under HSN Code 4001 1020] meant for use in manufacture of rubberized coir mattresses and

under HSN code 40012100] used by Tire manufacturing industry

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General Overview

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Overview of Coir products including mattresses industry

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used in manufacture of rubberized coir mattresses and sheets vis-à-vis natural rubber in dry

Type of Rubber HSN Codes Current Basic Customs Duty Rate

Usages

Request–To reduce the BCD rate on natural latex rubber to 25% to make it at par with the duty rate on other natural rubber products

In light of above, it is requested either to reduce the rate of BCD from 70% to 25% in

rate for the mattress industry for use in manufacture of rubberized coir mattresses or sheets.

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Rubberized Coir Under GST:-

Request for classifying the Rubberized Coir products under the merit/essential goods list i.e. lower tax bracket under proposed GST regime

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Overview

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Indirect Tax scenarios

Rubberized Coir

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P.K.RAVI*

Rubberised coir

History of Rubberised Coir Industry

Natural Rubber Latex – Its Source, Composition and Properties

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Composition of NR latex

Sl.No. Content of Ingredients Per cent,%

Main function of the latex

Raw Materials for rubberized coir mattress

Natural Rubber Latex Concentrates

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Centrifuged Latex

Evaporated Latex

Creamed Latex

Preservatives

Commercial types of NR latex concentrate

Centrifuged types

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Curled Coir Rope

Requirements for Centrifuged and Creamed Natural Rubber Latex Concentrates

Sl No

Characteristics

Requirements for centrifuged NR latex

Requirements for creamed NR latex

Type HA

Type MA Type LA Type HA Type LA

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Process of Manufacture of Rubberised Coir

Quality parameters of Curled coir rope (Extracted Coir Fibres- Machine Twisted Curled Coir Fibres.)

Sl.No. Parameter Requirements

mm

mm)

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Curling

Spraying

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Drying

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Fabrication and Vulcanisation

Quality of rubberised coir mattress

Characteristics of Rubberised Coir cushion

Applications of Rubberised Coir

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Quality parameters for Rubberised Coir Mattress

Latex foam backed coir matting

ParameterGrade 1

Soft

Grade 11

Medium

Grade 111

Firm

grade iv

Spreading Process

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Advantages

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Coir baskets

Coco Pots

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Coco poles or Plant climbers

Coir Fiber Liners

Coir Fiber Disks

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Decorative articles from coir

Rubber backed coir mats/ Matting Tiles

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Advantages of Rubber Backed Coir Mats/ Matting Tiles

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Testing of rubberized coir –IS: 5641

Sl.No Description of application on rubberized coir Charred area cm2