ANNEX-A

LIST OF THE GINNING & PRESSING MACHINERY
ELIGIBLE UNDER TUF SCHEME


a. ESSENTIAL MACHINES

1.   Weigh Bridge (at the factory gate)
2.   Pucca Platform with cover for seed cotton storage.
3.   Auto Conveying System (Feeding of Kapas to Gin and from Gin
  to Pala house (for lint))
4.   Double roller / Saw Gin incorporating or without Pre-cleaner.
5.   Pre-cleaner, if the gin does not incorporate the same
  ( 1 Pre-cleaner for 24 double roller machine).
6.   Auto-feeder machine
7.   Lint cleaner, i.e., post ginning machine ( preferably with wooden
  spikes for processing long and extra long staple cotton only.
8.   Humidification equipment / Bahnson fan in the gin house and pala
  house.
9.   (i)   Bailing press box suitable to prepare banded bales (full pressed)
  of following nominal dimension (in conformity with the recently
  amended BIS specification IS:12171:99)

 
Length
(in mm)
Width
(in mm)
Height
(in mm)
1060 530
or
780
1400 530
or
700
1240 480 480
 
(ii)

A unit replacing bale pressing machine or installing bale pressing machine for the first time will be required to instal only single- stage double box automatic revolving bale pressing machine. However, a unit with existing 2 stage manual bale pressing machine will not be compelled to replace it while going for other modernisation as per the TUFS.

Depth of the Press box:
(i)

Minimum 18 feet and maximum 28 feet for 2 stage manual bale pressing machine.

(ii)

Minimum 8 feet and maximum 12 feet for single stage double box automatic revolving bale pressing machine.

Sr.
No.
Type of unit

Criteria to be followed while undertaking modernisation / setting up new unit in respect of depth of press box

(A)

In existing ginning & pressing units or pressing units;
(a)

Existing press box of less than 18 feet and unit wanting to go for composite status with modernisation.

(b)

Unit wants to change press box irrespective of its height.


Interalia, new press box of minimum 18 feet is a must for 2 stage manual bale pressing machine.

(B)


(C)
Existing ginning units going for composite status with modernisation

New composite units.

Single stage double box automatic revolving bale press machine with press box height ranging from 8 feet to 12 feet.


10.   Fire fighting equipments.

b.OPTIONAL / DESIRABLE MACHINES:

 

1.

Auto trumpet system at pressing stage.

2.

Automatic conveyer system at all stages of material transfer except as provided in a(3) hereinbefore.

c. Any other machinery considered appropriate by the Technical
    Advisory-cum-Monitoring Committee (TAMC).