RAJ CRAFT IMPEX LLP

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MAKING SHELLAC BUTTONS Traditional system:- Hand-made Shellac Buttons Shellac Buttons are made by artisians ( Skilled, Semi-skilled and Unskilled ) involve in manufacturing of shellac. Articles requirements: Earthen made furnace, charcoal/Firewood, cloth for filteration, katni ( One Hand ), charkhi ( wooden ). Raw materials:- Seedlacs ( Lakh Dana ) Process:- Shellac buttons are made traditionally with the help of fire burn in furnace with charcoal and firewood. Seedlacs are filled in clothe made pouch called Thaila and unskilled artisans rotate the end part of this thaila called Charkhi. Skilled persons sitting near furnace, keep this thaila 1-2 feet far from burning fire. In this way seed lacs is melt in fire temperature at 70C – 80C and shellac is squizzed at the surface of clothe and skilled artisan pull melted shellac with the help of steel made spoon( single ) called Katni and put it on the 1.5” x 2.0 feet tin Plate called KHola to dry in open air. In this traditional system within 8-9 hour, 40 to 50 kg shellac buttons are made in a day. INNOVATION First Method:- Hand-made Shellac Buttons First method is handmade making shellac button and the same as traditional and articles requirements and raw material also the same. But innovation in this systmen is that, melted shellac over the clothes is drop down under the stone made 1.5 meter long smooth fitted sloped, and semi-skilled artisan pull this melted fallen down shellac with the help of 3 spoons and 5 spoons ( Interlinked ) called katni. In this way 3 to 5 times button can produce in the same time and same cost. This is cost efficiency and wealth generation. Second Method:- Machine-made ( Technology ) Shellac Buttons Articles requirements: Electric connection, Steel Pot ( Circular ), electric Heating chamber,Electrode, fine filter Net ( Steet Knitted ), Temperature Measure Instrument, Hydraulic Motor pump. Process: Raw materials are pouring with the help of pipe which sit down at the bottom of the pot and heat given with the help of electrode into the steel pot and raw material ( Seedlacs ) melts between 70C to 80C. melted shellac converted into liquid form and go upto surface side and contaminator sit down at the bottom. Melted shellac is pulledout outside the pot with the help of hydraulic pump and can keep it in steel smooth plate for dry in open air. In this Innovated method, no need of furnace, clothes, Charcoal/forewood for temperature ( Repeated need )and shellac buttons can produce in 10 times compare to handmade Traditional system. This method is cost efficiency, Wealth Generation, Scallable and pollution free. Shellac buttons made by this innovated method is Zero effect and Zero defect having huge demand in the Indian market and abroad. Market:- Local area, In india, and Abroad. Competition:- Handmade shella button has there own market but machine made shellac button is a new era due to zero Defect.

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