Project scheme for leaf-cups, Dishes and plates :
The centre for food packing in control food technological research institute mysore has designed and developed a smile machine for producing dishes & plates. The leaf utensils produced by the machine are hygienic and attractive, leak proof, stronger & uniform.
Traditional Method :
The traditional method of manufacturing ‘Donne’ is by moistening dry leaves and stitching with split reeds and nesting before fully dried. The high moister present in the ‘ Donne’ often leads to mould growth. The donnas are rather filmsy, leaky at the place of stitching very widely in dimension and not attractive and low production. Due to these disadvantages they cannot compete with modern materials like paper & plastic.
Modern process technology :
The leaf dish, cup /plate machine producers not only hygienic but also better quality like uniformity in size and shape, leak proof, stronger, germ free and highly economical and elegant in look. They can be rectangular, triangular, circular, hexagonal and square in shape with flat bottom and taper sides to enable them to be nested.
The foot pedal operated basic leaf Dish/cup/plate making machine can be fitted with different shapes and size of dies (one at a time). The die is embedded with an electric filament of 350 to 1000 watts power capacity working on 220 volts AC power supply.
Type of leaves :
Only dry leaves like Dhak, Kachnar, Bauhinia (adda), Banana, butea (palas), Sal Sukhua and Areca Sheath can be used with or with out polyethylene-film in between the two leaves.
The Process :
Adequate size of leaf for dishes and cups, stitched leaves for plates are selected, washed and stacked for 5-15 minutes to absorb enough moisture to become pliable & does not crack: placing the leaf on the cutting pad and the cup/leaf/plate is beautifully formed, hardened and extra leaf trimmed off.
LEAF CUT AND PLATE MAKER(POWER)
Salient Features :
- High Production and increased income
- Application effort remain constant irrespective of load
- Smooth and noiseless operation
| 
