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BLOCK 3: Reeling technology for non-mulberry silk cocoons
Unit 1:
Reeling technology for non-mulberry silk cocoons
Cocoonstifling and cooking methods, brusing, processing, wet and dry
reeling of tasar and muga cocoons. Various equipments for reeling-
Tevedi, N.R. Das, CTRS imporved reeling machine for tasar cocoon
reeling and Choudhari reeling machine for muga silk cocoons, drying
and skein making.Semi-automatic reeling machine and Automatic
Reeling Meachine. Testing and grading ofnon-mulberry silks.

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Sericulture
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BLOCK 4: Spinning of Eri silk cocoons and By-product utilization
Unit 1:
Spinning of Eri silk cocoons
Definition of spun silk, Various steps involved in spun silk industry
(processing, degumming, washing and drying), Eri cocoons as raw
material for spun silk industry- spinning of eri cocoons, hand spinning
using Natwa, Takli, machine spinning using Amber charaka, madleri
charaka and finished products, characteristic features, production of
spun silk from pierced tasar and muga cocoons on takli, bhir and N.R.
Das spinning wheel.
Unit 2:
By-products of non-mulberry silk industry and their utilization
Use of different types of tasar wastes, by-products of tasar reeling -
gicha, katia and matka silks. Use of pierced cocoons of tasar and
muga, cooking waste, reeling waste and pelade layer. Silk wastes,
extraction of pupa oil and its use in various fields. Pupa oil mill.
BLOCK 5: Economics of non-mulberry silk reeling unit establishments
Unit 1:
Organization of non- mulberry silk reeling units
Organizational set up of reeling and spinning establishments for tasar,
muga and Eri. Site for reeling, facilities for reeling and requirement
of human skill and resources for reeling and spinning.Calculation of
quantity of cocoons for different reeling and spinning units based on
the raw material required for the available appliances. Working out of
economics of reeling taking into account the cost of production and
returns from resultant raw silk in respect of tasar and muga. Economics
of eri spinning.