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Leaf Cup Plates Making Machine

I have seen this technology in the CSIR Technofest 2010, showcased by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, at India International Trade Fair during November 14-27, 2010 New Delhi, India. I came to know that “Leaf Cup Plates Making Machine” was developed by Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore,  under the aegis of CSIR, New Delhi

This machine helps to prepare stronger, elegant and uniform cups and plates of different sizes from leaves and paper at a rate much faster than the conventional method of leaf-cup making. In case of flimsy leaves, another layer of leaf, paper or polythene may be used for reinforcement the method is simple. No adhesives are needed. 

Materials are usedPaper, Dried Banana leaves, Dried Bauhinia Vahili leaves (Hindi: Kachnar), Areca leaf sheath, Dried Butea Frondoza leaves (Hindi: Palash). 

The machine consists of the following main parts: The body frame, upper die assembly, lower die assembly and base plate activator. 

The dry leaves are washed and softened by soaking in water for 10 to 30 minutes. The time will be taken based on the type of leaves and their dryness and again dried until they become pliable. The correct point of dryness is reached when the leaf does not crack when folded to 180 degrees, across the grain. All parts of the leaf, more than 3 mm thick are cut off. The energy regulator is set to maintain the male die temperature at about 150 oC. 

This is very simple operation and upper die will go into lower die assembly by press the pedal by foot.  After few seconds, pedal withdrawn to go real position of both dies and just cut the edges by trimming and take the pressed leaf cup plates.  It is germ free because of heat and it is uniform size due to die assembly.

An operator using this machine can produce 250 to 300 cups/dishes per hour from thin leaves or their combinations and about 100 cups/dishes from thicker material.  This can be used in rural sector for the rural peoples’ livelihood earnings.

Salient Features of this machine

Ladies can also operate this machine Machine is foot operated One person operates one machine Die can be heated by domestic current (220 volts) or By Kerosene oil blow lamp

Reasons for growing popularity of leaf cup plates are that these are Hygenic, Germs free, Leak proof, Elegant and low cost, Convenient & clean way of serving in parties and weddings and best for fast food restaurants and hawkers.

This machine kept for demonstration purpose in the exhibition how it is working and awareness to public.  This technology has already been transferred to AMI Engineering, Patna.

The below links may be useful to know more details and information

http://www.cftri.com

http://www.csir.res.in

Celebrities Upgrade Latest Consumer Technology and Trends at CES

Television personalities, sports icons, award winning-actors and government officials will attend the 2011 International CES to showcase and discuss the innovative products and technologies shaping consumer technology. The 2011 International CES, the world’s largest consumer technology tradeshow, occurs January 6-9 in Las Vegas.

Members of Full Force, R&B/Pop music performers, writers and producers who have produced and written for the likes of Rihanna, Lisa Lisa, James Brown, Black Eyed Peas and Britney Spears, will be in the Gulpfish booth (#26420, South Hall) every day of the show at 2 p.m. Bow-Legged Lou, Paul Anthony and B-Fine will engage CES attendees with a vocal talent search, performance and autograph session. You can also own the high tech gadget eventhough you don’t have enough cash. You can apply cash loans no credit check

Acclaimed rapper 50 Cent will be hosting a press conference with Sleek Audio at 1 p.m. on Thursday, January 6 in S221, South Hall Connector of the LVCC. He will also be signing autographs from 1:30-2 p.m. on Thursday, January 6 and from 1-2 p.m. on Friday, January 7, in the Sleek Audio booth (#20352, South Hall), a personal audio company dedicated to advancing mobile audio through combining hearing aid science with loudspeaker technology.

Award-winning actor and celebrity Aiden Turner will be at CES representing Ty, a sleek, smart, cloud- and Bluetooth-enabled disc that attaches to personal possessions and prevents the loss of the items the Ty user values most. Aiden competed on Dancing With the Stars and was part of All My Children for seven years. Aiden will be in the Ty booth (#35750, South Hall) for a special event and autograph signing from 2-3 p.m. on Thursday, January 6.

Two-time snowboardcross gold medalist and World Champion Seth Wescott will provide insight about his road to becoming an Olympic champion and the role of technology in his career during a Sports and Fitness Tech Summit keynote address at 12:10 p.m. on Friday, January 7. Seth solidified his spot in snowboardcross history in 2006 becoming the first man to win Olympic gold in his sport, battery and then again in 2010 when he repeated his performance to become a back-to-back Olympic champion. Seth also will host an autograph session earlier in the day at the DeLorne Booth (#3327, North Hall) from 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

Earth, Wind & Fire will headline the annual Monster Retailer Awards and Concert. Celebrating their 40th Anniversary in 2011, Earth, Wind & Fire will perform a concert of its greatest hits with an orchestra. Thousands of CE professionals are expected to to enjoy the concert by the legendary eight-time Grammy Award winning group on Friday, January 7, 2011, at the Paris Hotel.

Interviews with celebrity pros who are living their life’s work will take place at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Thursday, January 6 and Friday, January 7 at the BlackBerry booth (#30320, South Hall). Lara Spencer of “The Insider” will be hosting appearances by actor, musician and filmmaker Adrian Grenier, actress and activist Olivia Wilde, journalist and host Piers Morgan and hip hop artist and actor Common. All will be talking about how doing what they love has transcended their careers to become their lifestyle.

Haier America will host NBA legends Bill Walton and Rick Fox. Two-time NBA Champion and NBA All-Star, Bill Walton will be signing autographs in Haier’s booth (#13632, Central Hall) from 2-5p.m. on Thursday, January 6. Walton is in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and was named one of the NBA’s 50 Greatest Players of All-Time. Rick Fox, three-time NBA Champion and 1992 NBA All-Rookie Second Team will make an appearance from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on Friday, January 7 in the booth.

One of New York’s leading mixtape purveyors, DJ Envy, will be doing a musical performance and Q&A session with NOX Audio. DJ Envy has peddled the latest exclusive freestyles by big-name rappers like Jay-Z, 50 Cent and the L.O.X. DJ Envy will be at the NOX Audio booth (#5438, North Hall) from 2-4 p.m. on Friday, January 7.

United by music to create a better world and spread Bob Marley’s vision of One Love, One World, the family of Bob Marley will unveil its first collection of audio electronics products from The House of Marley at Booth #7917, Central Hall.  All Marley family members in attendance will be available for autographs and listen to jam sessions for the next generation of the Marleys, featuring Joseph, Frederick and Daniel Marley daily at 5 p.m.

Renowned artist David Garibaldi will perform with LuxMobile Group and display his famous art skills. David is known for his Rhythm and Hue performance art show, in which he created six-foot paintings of pop icons matched to the rhythm of upbeat music in just minutes. He has toured with the Blue Man Group and was featured in a documentary by director Chad Ross. David will be at the LuxMobile Group Booth (#3632, North Hall) from 2 p.m. on both Thursday, January 6 and Friday, January 7.

Celebrity chef Melissa d’Arabian will be a panelist at the CES Entertainment Matters, the Scripps Recipe for Success. Melissa was the season five winner of The Next Food Network Star, where she beat thousands of contestants for the chance to host her own Food Network show. Her daytime cooking show, Ten Dollar Dinners with Melissa d’Arabian, has become a Food Network favorite with her great recipes and ability to stretch $10 for four people. This session will take place at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday, January 6 in N250.

The CES Entertainment Matters Hollywood Creative Masters: A Media Money Makers SuperSession, produced by Variety, will feature several Hollywood masterminds; Tim Kring, creator of Heroes; Gale Anne Hurd, producer behind the Terminator franchise and Jeff Ross, executive producer of Conan on TBS. The SuperSession will take place from 10-11 a.m. on Thursday, January 6 in N255-57. Tom McGrath, director of Megamind, laptop battery and Conrad Green, executive producer of Dancing with the Stars, also will be on hand. Media Money Makers session, Artists as Entrepreneurs, will feature Kevin Pollack and the producers of Lost at 3 p.m. January 7 in N250.

With health and fitness a top priority, it’s no surprise that the latest technology has been developed to match and meet the needs of consumers worldwide.  Shellie Pfohl, Executive Director of the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition (PCFSN), will give insight into the latest news and initiatives of the President’s Council, and the impact of technology on the $93 billion sports and fitness industry. Shelli will be a keynote speaker for the Sports and Fitness Tech Summit, at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, January 7 in N260, North Hall.

Larry King, Emmy Award-winning host of CNN’s highest rated program, dubbed “the most remarkable talk-show host on TV ever,” by TV Guide will attend the 2011 International CES. Emmy Award-winning host of the hit reality TV show, Survivor, Jeff Probst will also be walking the show floor. Jeff also won the inaugural Emmy for “Best Reality Show Host” in 2008 and again 2009.

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NaviNet is thrilled to announce that we’ve acquired Prematics, a leading provider of mobile care management solutions. This acquisition represents a significant step in NaviNet’s strategy to become the premier platform for unified patient information management (UPIM). Prematics’ innovative mobile clinical messaging and eprescribing technologies further enhance NaviNet’s clinical solution suite and extend NaviNet’s value beyond the desktop into the exam room.  Plus, we are particularly jazzed about the capabilities and benefits that will result from Prematics’ solutions being integrated with NaviNet Insurer Connect, our industry-leading multi-payer portal, and NaviNet EMR and NaviNet PM.

The integration of Prematics’ mobile healthcare messaging with NaviNet’s health plan and provider solutions and business processes will be an industry first that gives physicians unparalleled single-source access to real-time patient data at the point of care, by delivering clinical, administrative and financial information to handheld devices. The Prematics solution is the only one of its type to embed mobile healthcare messaging and best-of-breed clinical decision support into the e-prescribing workflow. As a result, when physicians are in the exam room prescribing medications via handheld device, they can also use the device to receive information about generic or alternative drugs; submit real-time authorizations; and adjudicate claims in real time to determine patient financial responsibility. same day payday loans can be the best solution if you still want to extend this strategy cause this strategy need large budget

Our goal is to equip physicians and healthcare professionals with access to key patient information – wherever they are located – to create efficiencies, improve quality and increase patient satisfaction. On the desktop, NaviNet has made great strides in integrating administrative and clinical solutions to enable health plans to leverage eligibility and benefits workflows to get timely clinical alerts to the physician office. With this acquisition, we will be bringing this same concept to the exam room — integrating and leveraging workflows to deliver timely information, driving even more efficiencies and better outcomes.

We will continue to serve the Prematics customer base of over 3600 prescribing physicians. Prematics mobile clinical messaging and e-prescribing solutions will be available to physicians and healthcare professionals in the NaviNet Network, for direct purchase from NaviNet and from health plans that choose to sponsor the technology. In 2011, the Prematics solutions will be integrated with NaviNet solutions.

We are excited to offer Prematics capabilities to NaviNet’s ever-expanding customer base, which includes hundreds of thousands of physicians, clinicians and healthcare professionals in the NaviNet Network and leading national, regional and Blue health plans. We believe the marriage of our two solutions will bring benefits to all healthcare stakeholders:

•    Physicians will have the key patient information they need, where and when they need it, in a way that aligns with their clinical and business priorities.

•    Health plans will be able to leverage these mobile communications to further improve quality of care, lower costs, and enhance provider and member relations.

•    Patients whose doctor’s offices use NaviNet solutions can expect more informed and transparent care from their physicians, and an improved and more efficient experience while in the doctor’s office and exam room.

•    NaviNet partners will benefit from the increased provider adoption and utilization that result when new services such as clinical messaging and e-prescribing are layered onto the NaviNet platform. Our partners will also have the opportunity to extend the reach of their solutions and their information beyond the desktop to the exam room.

NaviNet’s acquisition of Prematics aligns with our mission to become the industry’s most robust system for UPIM, which manages the full lifecycle of patient information including collecting, integrating, analyzing, sharing and reporting on data. We welcome healthcare technology vendors, health plans and physicians to join us in building an industry architecture that is patient-centric and unified.