Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation (KSIC)

The Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation (KSIC) has been awarded the
Certificate of Geographical Indication for Mysore Silk, elevating it to a brand
name for its exclusive use.

The Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation (KSIC) has been awarded the
Certificate of Geographical Indication for Mysore Silk, elevating it to a brand
name for its exclusive use. Henceforth, all Mysore Silk sarees sold by the KSIC
will come with the logo IPI, meaning Intellectual Property India

KSIC is also the first state government enterprise to get a logo from the
Geographical Indication Registry (GIR), a Central government body based in
Chennai. GIR was formed to protect the Intellectual Property Rights for Indian
goods under the Geographical Indication of Goods (Registration and Protection)
Act, 1999.The GIR certificate is a sign used on goods that have a special
geographical origin and possess qualities or reputation of their place of Origen.
The KSIC also will have the patent rights of Mysore Silk brand and no other
organization can use the same name for other silk products.

KSIC produces 72,000 sarees every year and, armed with the GIR
certificate, KSIC now plans to have a distributor in every state

BRIEF HISTORY

Karnataka Silk Industries Limited (KSIC) was established in the year

1980.The main business of KSIC is production and sale of world renowned
“Mysore Silks “as its trade name. The Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation
(KSIC) is a government-run organization that is responsible for the production
and distribution of silk fabrics in the state of Karnataka. One of the key
manufacturing centres of KSIC is located in Channapattna, Karnataka. This is
known for its high-quality Mysore silk sarees.

The major raw material for manufacturing the fabric is produced at

the Channapattna itself. Part of the requirement is met from outside sources.
The products are marketed through a network of company owned retail
outlets/showrooms, exhibition-cum-sales ant institutional sales. By ensuring
conformance to applicable standards and specifications and strict adherence to
established procedures and practices, KSIC manufactures high quality fabrics.

VISION AND MISSION OF THE ORGANISATION

Vision:
“To provide employment directly and indirectly by producing goods,
Products and marketing effectively in the market”.
Hence the following steps have been taken to meet the vision.
• To be the global player in the field of silk manufacturing.
• Undergone the ISO 9000 for quality control.
• Undergone ISO 1400 (2001) for the eco-friendly relationship dye
chemicals and recycling of the dying solutions.
• Identify the best practices to move towards the manufacturing excellence
of the company.

Mission:-
• To maximize their profit.
• To increase their sales
 • To increase their new innovation of designs for designing their sources.
• To increase their product development.

OBJECTIVES:-
• Implementation of World Bank sponsored Karnataka sericulture
development projects.
• Translating the sericulture development projects to policies of
government of India and government of Karnataka.
• Promotes growth and development of sericulture activities.
• Supports the small and tiny silk reeling units in the village.
• Offers reasonable price to sericulture to uplift their economic condition.

BRIEF WORKING OF THE FACTORY

The manufacturing process at KSIC Channapattna involves several

stages, including silk reeling, yarn twisting, dyeing, weaving, and finishing. The
raw silk is sourced from different parts of the country and is processed using
modern machinery to ensure high quality and consistency.

The dyed silk yarn is then sent to the weaving section, where it is woven
into different types of fabrics, including sarees, shawls, and scarves. The
weaving process involves different techniques, such as plain weave, twill
weave, and satin weave, to create different patterns and designs.

After the weaving process is complete, the fabrics are sent for finishing,
which involves processes such as washing, ironing, and starching. The finished
fabrics are then inspected for quality and packaged for distribution.
 MACHINERIES

DOUBLE FLANGED BOBBIN WINDING MACHINE:

The machine has stand on which the Swift is mounted the hank is
Capable of rotating freely speed is maintained at a Constant limit by their
weight Suspended at the Centre of the Shaft below the there is a traversing
guide for tensioning the yarn.

The double flanged bobbin along with the spindle is maintained on the driving
wheel is attached to the main shaft. The main shaft is driven by the motor. Thus,
yarn from the shaft after passing through the traverse guide gets Winded onto
double flanged bobbin the traverse guide, guides the reciprocating motion to the
path of the Yarn winded on the bobbin that is the yarn travels the yarn from One
flange of the bobbin to sheet other & back again to the first flange the Cam
pulley which is driven by of gear from the main shaft gives the reciprocating
motion.

The guide rail which move along with the cam pulley transfer the guide through
traverse from beam & thus the yarn through traverse Guide moves from one
flange to the another as it gets wound by friction constant between the spindle
and the driving wheel the winding and Surface Speed of the bobbin are
constant.

This type of winding is mainly used to wind dyed, bleached, grey yarn in the
yarn of hank on to a double flanged bobbin.

TWO FOR ONE TWISTER:

An assembly wound package (i.e. two yarns assembled onto one package
without any twist) is usually used as the stationary supply package. The supply
yarn is threaded through a guide mounted on a freely rotating flyer and then
passes through the hollow rotating spindle. At the base of the spindle, the yarn
comes out forming a balloon, and then goes onto the winding head via the yarn
guide. Each rotation of the spindle will insert one turn of twist in the length of
yarn within the spindle, plus another turn of twist in the yarn balloon. As a
result, two turns of twist are inserted into the yarn for each rotation of the
spindle, hence the name two-for-one twisting.
BEAM WARPING:

The parallel winding of warp ends from many winding packages (cone or
cheese) on to a common package (warp beam) of desired width and req. no of
ends

Objects of Warping

• Convert single end packages into a sheet of yarn of specified length & width

• Uniform spaced warp ends across full width

• Uniform density of warp beam

In KSIC beam warping machine was used for warping and V-creel is used for
the supply packages.

WEAVING

The process of producing a fabric by interlacing warp and weft thread is

known as weaving. The warp unwound from the weaver’s beam passes round
the back rest (back bearer) and comes to the heald frames (harnesses), which are
responsible for separating the warp sheet for the purpose of shed formation.

It then passes through the reed (swinging frame in front of the heddles),
which holds the threads at uniform spacing and is also responsible for beating-
up the last inserted pick. All the threads unite again in the fabric at the point of
cloth fell.

The cloth then passes over the front rest (breast beam), round the take-up
roller, and is wound onto the cloth roller (cloth beam or merchandise beam).A
drop wire signals the loom to stop immediately after a warp end break off.

TYPES OF DOBBY AND JACQUARD USED IN KSIC

• CLIMAX DOBBY
• ELECTRONIC JACQUARD LOOM
 VISIT SUMMARY

The 6th SEM textile students of Govt SKSJTI visited the popular
Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation Ltd (KSIC), the Silk Weaving Factory
situated in Channapattna, Bangalore – Mysore Road, Ramnagara Dist. We were
happy to visit the silk factory that is manufacturing and supplying silk. We
learnt from the factory people that looms and preparatory machines of the
factory were imported from Switzerland and was the First of its kind in India.
24 students and one faculty member visited the factory and watched the
weaving process and its preparatory process.

There were about 18 power looms are used for weaving the silk fabrics.
Two of them were electronic jacquard. Majority of all the jacquards were used
only for the border design and body design by the dobby. From our point of
view company is well maintained and all the machines are in good condition,
quality of the fabric is also maintained very well.

Staff of the KSIC was very friendly they are very knowledgeable staff.
They educated us about all the machines and how they work and how process
flow is maintained and they were eager to respond to our queries .They
explained about every machine in a simple and understandable way we easily
learnt about the process of the machine and manufacturing line in the factory.

THE PRODUCTS PROFILE OF KSIC

They had a wide variety of silk products on display, including silk sarees, dress
materials, and other silk fabrics. The products were available in various colours,
designs, and patterns and we were able to observe the intricate workmanship
that went into making each product. The silk sarees were exquisite and came in
a range of designs and colours. The sarees were made from pure silk and were
adorned with intricate embroidery and embellishments. Sarees were made from
pure silk and were suitable for both formal and casual occasions. The vendors
were able to provide us with information about the different types of silk used to
make the dress materials and sarees we saw the KSIC sarees ranging from
Rs.13000 to Rs. 3, 40, 000.
Saree produced in KSIC Channapattna

KSIC showroom Channapattna