Design and fabrication of low cost paper bag manufacturing unit
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2016-05
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AIKTC
Abstract
Plastic, although considered as one of the greatest inventions by virtue of its use in carrying things
but has become a major element in polluting the environment. Plastic bags are known for their
carcinogenic gas release after burning in air, for choking of sewage lines during monsoon season
and the harmful effect on aquatic life. Government is promoting the use of paper bag to reduce
plastic pollution. The project aims at designing a model of paper bag manufacturing unit, which
would manufacture paper bags from A4 size educational sheets also commonly known as
assignment papers (21.7 X 28.8 cm).
The assignments which each student write during his academic year are used as raw material for
our manufacturing unit. The paper bags are designed by taking into consideration it’s cost, load
carrying capacity and aesthetics. These paper bags have been tested at standard conditions and
were found to have enough strength to replace plastic bag of 20 micron (10 X 14 cm).
This project is based on reuse of papers for manufacturing paper bags instead of using recycled
papers. It also aims on switching traditional manual method of paper bag manufacturing to low
cost semi-automated system in order to achieve the goal of mass production of paper bags through
automation. The motive behind doing this project is to manufacture paper bag which are easily
disposable, cause no harm to environment and replace the current trend of using plastic bags in
India.
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Submitted in partial fulfilment for the requirement of the degree of Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical
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