Increasing productivity through automation in the wicks manufacturing process

Abstract

The economic situation of the cotton wick industry and increasing demand of wicks has forced the wick industry to use all possibilities of increasing productivity. To satisfy the increasing demand with lower cost, wick industries need some mechanized system to increase the production rate. At present wicks are produced manually. This is a time consuming process which directly affects the cost of wicks. Lack of productivity costs money, which affects the bottom line. This problem takes into consideration for project work. In this project we are developing a mechanized system to replace manual methods of producing wicks. This project seeks to discover a new tool to shorten the sequence for producing the wicks and reduce the fatigue. This will lead to significant savings of time, energy and cost, and thus improve the quality of the wicks as well as provide more profit to the rural people. With the help of this mechanism we will be able to produce cotton wicks more efficiently & economically.
Keyword: Cotton wicks; Wick Industry; Productivity