DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTOMATIC COTTON WICK CUTTING MACHINE

Abstract: Cotton is the one of the cash crop of India .The total percentage of cotton that is grown in India is 67%. Cotton is grown where climate is uniformly high temperature between the range of 21 to 31 . The fiber is almost pure cellulose, and can contain minor percentages of waxes, fats, pectins, and water. Under natural conditions, the cotton bolls will increase the dispersal of the seeds. Cotton is known for its comfort and Softness. Cotton can catch fire due to small fiber in it. This two property makes cotton use for making Wicks. When wicks are immersed into oil it's absorb the oil. Diya are designed such that the one end of the wick remain up and other at the bottom, The down part of the wick absorb the oil and pass it to upper part. These wicks are required to have in specific cutting length and this is presenty done manually which is time consuming and more manual efforts for this in thispaper a automatic cotton wicks cutting machine designed and developed.

Keywords: Cotton, Cotton wick, Wick Cutting machine, Automatic cotton wick machine.