Details: Weavers face problems while working with Jacquard handlooms due to heavy weight of Jacquard box (housing the whole mechanism), which has to be lifted by the weaver manually using his leg and a wooden lever. The weight of the mechanism coupled with the amount of repetitions, subject the weaver to physical strain and fatigue. This leads to decline in quality at the end of the day as well as lower productivity. Ravi’s motorized Jacquard lifting mechanism is an attachment, which can be used in any Jacquard handloom for lifting the Jacquard box. The main function of Jacquard lifting box is to convert electric power into rotating motion by a single phase motor, which is later converted to linear motion.

Innovator: P Ravi, Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu

State: Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu

Funding agency: Department of Science and Technology, Govt of India

Implementing institute: National Innovation Foundation India (NIF), info.nif@nifindia.org