The following are some of the observations:
1. The average production of grey fabric per loom per day is 30 meters.
2. For grey varieties, the beam length is observed to be of 1000 meters and max of 4750 meters.
3. For Sarees, the beam length is of 400 meters to 1000 meters.
4. 50% of the powerlooms operate in one shift and 50% in two shifts. As the powerlooms are working on jobwork basis, and they switch over to two shifts only if the jobwork is available. Also there is a restriction on the working of powerloom in the nights. The number of working hours for the units with one shift is 10 to 12 per day. Those which are working in two shifts work from 8 to 10 hours per day.
5. In case of sarees the powerlooms work in one shift only due to the design restrictions.
6. 95% of the units work in the range of 20-25 days in a month. In a year, 90% of the units work for 10 months and above.
7. In grey fabric production one weaver attend to normally 6 looms, if there are no dobby or jaquard deign. For all yarn dyed fabric, one weaver attends to about 2 looms. For sarees, it is one loom pere weaver.
There are two types of Production Activities followed:
1. Job work Units producing Greige Fabric
2. Entrepreneurial Units carrying out own production
In 1. The warp beam and the weft yarn is provided by the master weaver. The fabric is converted and supplied back to the master weaver.
In this case there are several disadvantages: As the job work unit supply the grey fabric without inspection, the quality of the fabric may not be best and depends upon the available infrastructure and resources.
As there are no inspection facilities so feedback is not scientific. Absence of stop motions - warp and weft as well as untrained weavers create a lot of defects. The product may have stains due to incorrect handling by weavers. Improper ventilation and housekeeping leads to lot of foreign matter in the end product.
In 2. The yarn is procured, dyed and converted.
The flow chart of the various production models are as given below:
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1. The average production of grey fabric per loom per day is 30 meters.
2. For grey varieties, the beam length is observed to be of 1000 meters and max of 4750 meters.
3. For Sarees, the beam length is of 400 meters to 1000 meters.
4. 50% of the powerlooms operate in one shift and 50% in two shifts. As the powerlooms are working on jobwork basis, and they switch over to two shifts only if the jobwork is available. Also there is a restriction on the working of powerloom in the nights. The number of working hours for the units with one shift is 10 to 12 per day. Those which are working in two shifts work from 8 to 10 hours per day.
5. In case of sarees the powerlooms work in one shift only due to the design restrictions.
6. 95% of the units work in the range of 20-25 days in a month. In a year, 90% of the units work for 10 months and above.
7. In grey fabric production one weaver attend to normally 6 looms, if there are no dobby or jaquard deign. For all yarn dyed fabric, one weaver attends to about 2 looms. For sarees, it is one loom pere weaver.
There are two types of Production Activities followed:
1. Job work Units producing Greige Fabric
2. Entrepreneurial Units carrying out own production
In 1. The warp beam and the weft yarn is provided by the master weaver. The fabric is converted and supplied back to the master weaver.
In this case there are several disadvantages: As the job work unit supply the grey fabric without inspection, the quality of the fabric may not be best and depends upon the available infrastructure and resources.
As there are no inspection facilities so feedback is not scientific. Absence of stop motions - warp and weft as well as untrained weavers create a lot of defects. The product may have stains due to incorrect handling by weavers. Improper ventilation and housekeeping leads to lot of foreign matter in the end product.
In 2. The yarn is procured, dyed and converted.
The flow chart of the various production models are as given below:
source
