Coconut Shell Powder

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Coconut Shell Powder

Introduction

Coconut shell powder is manufactured from matured coconut shells. The manufacture of
coconut shell powder is not an organized industry in India. The product finds extensive use in
plywood and laminated board industry as a phenolic extruder and as a filler in synthetic resin
glues, mosquito coils and agarbathis. Coconut shell powder is preferred to other alternate
materials available in the market such as bark powder, furfurol and peanut shell powder
because of its uniformity in quality and chemical composition, better properties in respect of
water absorption and resistance to fungal attack. The product is manufactured in sizes ranging
from 80-200 mesh. Keeping in view of the vast industrial uses, the demand for coconut shell
powder appears to be promising.

Process

Coconut shells free from contamination of coir pith, etc., are broken into small pieces and fed
into a pulverizer. The powder from the pulverizer is fed into a cyclone and the parallel product is
collected in bag filters. The shell powder is then fed into a vibrating sieving machine and packed
according to mesh size requirements for various end uses. The rejects from the sieving machine
can be recycled in the pulverizer for size reduction. The main requirements for consistent good
quality of coconut shell powder, are proper selection of shell of proper stage of maturity and
efficient machinery.

Product Specification

Appearance Clear light brown free flowing powder

Moisture 10 per cent max.

Apparent density 0.6 to 0.7 g/cc

Ash content 1.5 max.

Sieve analysis - BS
Retained on 200 mesh shall not exceed 0.1%
sieve
Project Cost

(One tonne / day capacity)

Land required (cost variable) 40 cents

Building (2000 sq. ft. building area) Rs.10 lakhs

Plant and Machinery Rs.14.5 lakhs

Preliminary & pre-operative expenses Rs.3.0 lakhs

Contingency Rs.1.5 lakh

Working capital (Margin Money) Rs.5.0 lakhs

Machinery

 Hammer mill
 Storage bin
 Impact pulverizer
 Cyclone
 Bag filter
 Air blower
 Sieving machine

Yield

Raw material 12,000 shell

Shell powder 1 tonne


Salient Features

Annual sales Rs.12.0 lakhs

Net profit Rs.2.25 lakhs

Return on investment 20 per cent

Sources of Machinery / Equipment

 Kaps Engineers, 831, G. I. D. C. Makarpur, Vadodara - 390 030


 Pilots India, Kalletumkara - 680 683, Irinjalakuda Dist., Kerala
 Universal Enterprises, 99/77/1B Sri Rampura, H. O. Court Road, Mysore - 570 008

Manufacturing units

M/s.Kongunad Agro Products, Olappalayam PO, Kangeyam Taluk, Erode District, Tamil Nadu Ph: 0491-
2567232, Mob: 9447503399

M/s.S.S. Agro Mills, Sidco IGC, Phase II, Samba, Jammu and Kashmir, Pin: 184121. Phone: 9419394038,
9906094038

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