Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme: (TUFS)

                 All the technical textile machinery is covered under the Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS).  In the modified TUFS applicable from 01-04-2007, specified technical textile machinery has been provided with additional benefit in terms of 10 percent capital subsidy in addition to 5 percent interest reimbursement.

List of machinery / equipment eligible for 5% Interest reimbursement

a. Spinning                         1)          Friction spinning

 2)         Accessories for spinning specialty yarns like aramide and high performance yarns

3)         Doubling or twisting machine for industrial yarn

 

b. Weaving Preparatory 1)   High speed computerized warping / sectional warping machine

2)      Filament winding machine for textile position.

3)      Spooling machine

4)      Beaming machines

5)      Canister beam warping machines

6)      Assembling machines

7)      Automatic coiling winder machine

8)      Automatic fastening tape assembling fixtures

9)      Automatic joining and winding machine

 

c.  Weaving                           1) Heavy duty shuttleless weaving machine for production of technical textiles

   2)      Heavy duty tape weaving

   3)      Bi- axial & Multi-axial weaving machinery.

                                              4)      Multi-phase weaving machine.

                                               5)      3-D and Block weaving machine.

                                               6)       Needle looms for narrow woven fabrics.

                                               7)      Circular looms 

                                                                   

 

 

d. Knitting                               1) Weft Inserted Warp Knitting machine    

                                                      (WIWK).

                                                2)    Knitting machine for spacer fabrics

                                                3)    Bi- axial & Multi axial knitting machine

                                                4)    Tricot machinery

                                                5)    Rachel double needle bar Machine

                                                6)    Rachel machine for netting

7)    Net making machine by warp knotting system

                                                8)    Circular warp knitting machine for compression garments

                                                9)    Stitch bonding machine

 

     e. Processing                      1)    Mechanical foamer with Crush calender.

                                         2)    Pultrusion machine and equipment.

                                         3)    Spattering machine and equipment.

                                         4)    FRP processing machine & equipment.

                                         5)    RTM (Reinforced Textile Material) machine and equipment.

                                         6)    Lab scale production /processing equipment for technical textile product development.

                                          7)   Coating and / or laminating machine

                                          8)   Calendering machine

                                          9)   Finishing machinery for impregnating yarn or fabrics

                                          10) Dipping machine for tyre cord / industrial fabrics / belting ducks

                                          11) Dipping machine for single end or cord for reinforcement of v-belt / hoses / hosetires

                                          12) Printing machine for coated / laminated fabric

                                          13) Coagulated PU or PVC dip coating machine / PU or PVC coating line or coating dipping / knife machine with infra red dryer

                                          14) Flaxographic printing machine as a part of the entire plant for production of woven sacks / bags / other technical textile items.  (This machine is not eligible on stand-alone basis).

 

 f. Madeup Technical

          Textile (TT) Store                 1.   Computerised cutting equipment.

2.   Hot air welding equipment.

3.   RF (Radio Frequency) welding equipment

4. Ultrasonic cutting and sealing equipment.

5. Laser  cutting and sealing equipment.

6. Tools & rigs for fabrication of T.T. products.

7. Printing equipment for Signage.

8. Heat setting machine and stretching (for heat setting  

     table).              

9. Back Coating Lines

10. Braiding machinery

11. Machinery for manufacture of clay liner

12.  Machinery for manufacture of prefabricated vertical drains / prefabricated wick drains

 

g.   (i)          Non-woven textile manufacturing machines:      

1.            Bale openers

2.            Fibre openers

3.            Porcupine beater/opener with double beater or other similar opener.

4.            Fibre blending/mixing

5.            Feeder hoppers/chute /card feeding unit

6.            Cards

7.            Cross-lappers,

8.            Saturator

9.            Air laying / web laying/web forming machines

10.        Web drafters

11.        Web expanders

12.        Print bonder

13.        Web conveyors

14.        Web control systems - weight/uniformity/alignment

15.        Batt feeders

16.        Pre-needler/tackers

17.        Web edge trimming and re-cycling system

18.        Edge openers

19.        Accumulator

20.        Stackers

21.        Unwinders/winders/slitters/slitter-cum-winder/stackers

22.        Compression rolls

23.        Heated calender

24.        Chilled calender

25.        Chiller

26.        Stenter

27.        Blow room equipment

28.        Winding and cutting machine

29.        All types of needle looms

30.        Stich bonding machine with necessary attachments

31.        Chemically bonded non-wovens.

32.        Auto foam  generator

33.        Binder mixing tanks

34.        Binder applicators of all types print dip knife etc

35.        Drying and curing machines – steam/electric/oil/gas heated

36.        30" stainless steel drying cylinders range with first 5 to 6 cylinders teflon coated.

37.        Spray booths with spray guns

38.        Powder applicator

39.        Curing oven-steam/electric/oil/gas heated

40.        Thermal bond calender

41.        Thermopack for heating of calender

42.        Hot air oven

43.        Thermopack for heating oil

44.        Dyeing and / or bleaching machine for fibre

 

ii)        Spunlace non-woven plant includes:

1.                   Hydro entanglement unit

2.                  Suction unit

3.                  Engraving  unit

4.                  Dryer, on line printing unit.

5.                  Heating system

6.                  Water filter system

7.                  Boiler for thermic fluid/oil

8.                  High pressure pumps

9.                  Jet stripe cleaning equipment

10.             Jet beams

11.             Finishing seive belt with vacuum – beam

12.             Winder with slitter

          

           (iii)      Spunbond non-woven machines includes:

1.                  Chip feeder

2.                  Dryer

3.                  Extruder

4.                  Spinerettes

5.                  Cooling chamber

6.                  Filament laying

7.                  Compressor rolls

 

           (iv)      Complete melt blown line includes:

1.                  Pellet handling system

2.                  Screenchanger

3.                  Meltblown die

4.                  Lamination stand

 

h.   Finishing machines:

1.                  Hot melt cold glue applicators for coating

2.                  Ultrasonic slitting machines/edge sealer

3.                  Brazing machine with torch(for hot air)

4.                  PLC operated system with servo drives for measurement/control of tension and temperature

5.                  Stitching machines of all types

6.                  Film calendering machine

7.                  Automatic packing and inspection machines

8.                  Heatset oven with stenter facility

9.                  Clicking press

10.              Pilot/lab coating line

11.              High pressure pump for water jet cutting system

12.              Robotic waterjet cutting system

13.              Robot for water jet cutting system

14.              Water softening/purification system for water jet cutting

15.              Machines for powder scattering/paste dot/powder dot

16.              Coating for fusible interlinings

17.              Padding mangle (fulard)]

18.              Extruder lamination machine

19.              Sheet extruders and lamination machine

20.              Singeing machine

21.              Clip/pin stenter for heat setting

22.              Flame lamination machine

23.              Dust collectors

24.              Jacquard machines for joining two edges by inter weaving.

25.              Turret winder and unwinder

26.              High speed precision mixers for plastisols/organosols.

27.              Gunning and cutting machine.

28.              Grommet fixing machine.

29.              PU tumbling machine and drying machine.

30.              DMF recovery plant and distillation plant.

31.              Printing machine for coated textiles.

32.              All types of coaters such as knife over roll, kiss roll coater, screen coater, etc.

33.              Multi cylinder drying range

34.              Rotary and flat bed screen printing machine

35.              Dipping plant

 

i.    Non-woven converting machinery:

1.                  Complete thermomoulding lines

2.                  Complete thermosetting lines

3.                  Machinery of carpet/NVH moulding lines oven/press

4.                  Conveyor/thermopack for heating/chiller for cooling

5.                  Machinery for moulded roofliners

6.                  Die cutting presses

7.                  Machinery for conversion of nonwovens into face masks / dust masks / duck bill masks / earloop mask sealing / tieon mask sealing / blank mask making machine

8.                  Machinery for conversion of nonwovens into bouffont caps /  surgical caps / medicap making machine

9.                   Machinery for conversion of nonwovens into gowns / pillowslip / shoe covers / ice pack body / ice pack band sealing and cutting /  hand bags / filter pocket / head rest cover / CD / DVD cover and other such items

10.              Machinery for conversion of nonwovens into sanitary napkins / baby diapers / adult diapers

11.              Machinery for conversion of nonwovens into dry and wet wipes

12.              Machinery for slitting and rewinding of nonwoven roll

13.             Surgical gauze machine making             

14.             Combined dressing making machine

15.             Bandage Roll making machine

16.             Machine to compress

17.             Abdominal sponge making machine

18.              Automatic packing machines

 

Note : The above machinery is only eligible for non-wovens and convertors of non-wovens into finished products.

 

j.    Testing and Evaluation machinery:

1.                  Speciality testing equipments and rigs for  T.T. (Technical Textiles) and T.T.P. (Technical Textile Products)

2.                  Universal textile testing machine 10 tonnes/20 tonnes

3.                  Index puncture resistance tester

4.                  Co-efficient of friction apparatus

5.                  Particle size determination apparatus

6.                  Gradient ratio test apparatus

7.                  Long time flow apparatus

8.                  Feltperm

9.                  Point paper design system with EWE

10.              Weatherometer

11.              Yarn shrinkage and shrinkage force testing machine

12.              Viscometers

13.              Data loggers for machine monitoring and flex resistance tester

14.              Tear testing machine

15.              Cold crack resistance testing

16.              Thickness gauge

17.              Water repellency testing machine

18.              Waterproofing testing machine

19.              Fire resistance testing equipments

20.              Accelerated ageing testing oven

21.              Rainwater tests equipment continuous water spray test and I.R. spectrometer etc.

22.              All types of weighing balances / scales

23.              Abrasion testers

24.              Colour matching cabinets

25.              Colour fastness testers

26.              Accelerated creep tester

27.              Air permeability tester

28.              Hydro static puncture test for geo membrane

29.              Hydraulic grip

30.              Projection microscope

 

k.   Other ancillary equipments:

1.      Air compressor

2.      Boiler

3.      Stirrer

4.      Humidifier

5.      Air conditioning units for control panels etc

 

l.    Any other machine considered appropriate by the Technical Advisory-cum-Monitoring   Committee (TAMC).

 

(Source : Annex D2 of GR on modified  TUFS)

 

Since some of the machinery of technical textiles are common the technical textile units intending to avail of 10% capital subsidy will have to obtain a registration number from Office of the Textile Commissioner prior to becoming eligible for 10 percent capital subsidy. To obtain registration number technical textile units have to submit the information in prescribed format TR – I which is on the next page.

 

Format TR-I

Format for obtaining the registration number for 10% capital subsidy

under TUFS for technical textile units

1.

Name and full address of unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name of the Managing Director

 

 

Tel. No. :

 

 

Fax :

 

 

E-mail :

 

 

Website address:

 

 

2

Whether SSI / Non-SSI

 

 

3

Details of products produced

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.

End use applications of

Products

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

Details of existing main

Machinery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

Name and address of the

lending agency alongwith Tel.,

Fax and e-mail

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

Details of machinery proposed to be installed under 10% capital subsidy for

technical textiles:

Sr.

No.

Description of machinery

Imported /

indigenous

No. of

machines

Sr. No. of

Annex -K

of GR on

TUFS

Basic

price

excluding

all taxes

(Rs.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Place:

 

Date:

Authorised Signatory

 

List of machinery / equipment eligible for 10% Capital subsidy in addition to 5% Interest reimbursement

 

 

a.   Spinning                      1)           Friction spinning

                                          2)         Doubling or twisting machine for industrial yarn

 

b.  Weaving Preparatory    1)   High speed computerized warping / sectional warping machine

                                             2) Filament winding machine for textile position

 

c.  Weaving                           1)      Heavy duty shuttleless weaving machine for production of technical textiles

   2)      Heavy duty tape weaving

   3)      Bi- axial & Multi-axial weaving machinery.

                                              4)      Multi-phase weaving machine.

                                               5)      3-D and Block weaving machine.

                                               6)       Needle looms for narrow woven fabrics.

                                               7)      Circular looms 

                                                                   

d. Knitting                                1)  Weft Inserted Warp Knitting machine    

                                                      (WIWK).

                                                2)    Knitting machine for spacer fabrics

                                                3)    Bi- axial & Multi axial knitting machine

                                                4)    Tricot machinery

                                                5)    Rachel double needle bar Machine

                                                6)    Rachel machine for netting

7)    Net making machine by warp knotting system

                                                8)     Circular warp knitting machine for compression garments

                                                9)      Stitch bonding machine

 

     e. Processing                      1)    Mechanical foamer with Crush calender.

                                         2)    Pultrusion machine and equipment.

                                         3)    Spattering machine and equipment.

                                         4)    FRP processing machine & equipment.

                                         5)    RTM (Reinforced Textile Material) machine and equipment.

                                         6)    Lab scale production /processing equipment for technical textile product development.

                                          7)   Calendering machine

                                          8)   Finishing machinery for impregnating yarn or fabrics

                                          9)   Dipping machine for tyre cord / industrial fabrics / belting ducks

                                          10) Dipping machine for single end or cord for reinforcement of v-belts / hoses / hosetires

                                          11) Printing machine for coated / laminated fabric

                                          12) Coagulated PU or PVC dip coating machine / PU or PVC coating line or  coating dipping / knife machine with infra red dryer

                                         

 f.  Madeup Technical

          Textile (TT) Store                 1.   RF (Radio Frequency) welding equipment

2. Ultrasonic cutting and sealing equipment.

3. Laser  cutting and sealing equipment.

4. Printing equipment for Signage.

5. Heat setting machine and stretching (for heat setting  

     table).              

6. Back Coating Lines

7. Braiding machinery

8. Machinery for manufacture of clay liner

9. Machinery for manufacture of prefabricated vertical drains / prefabricated wick drains

g.   (i)          Non-woven textile manufacturing machines:      

Complete production lines or the component / parts forming the production line for the manufacture of following non-wovens upto rolled goods preparation and packing, viz.,

(a)    Chemically bonded non-woven

(b)   Stitch bonded non-woven

(c)    Spun bonded non-woven

(d)   Melt blown non-woven

(e)    Spun bond melt blown non-woven (SMS non-wovens)

(f)     Needle punch non-woven

(g)    Thermal bond non-woven

(h)    Spun lace non-woven

h.   Finishing machines:

1.      Hot melt cold glue applicators for coating

2.      Ultrasonic slitting machines/edge sealer

3.      Brazing machine with torch(for hot air)

4.      PLC operated system with servo drives for measurement/control of tension and temperature

5.      Film calendering machine

6.      Automatic packing and inspection machines

7.      Heatset oven with stenter facility

8.      Pilot/lab coating line

9.      High pressure pump for water jet cutting system

10.  Robotic waterjet cutting system

11.  Robot for water jet cutting system

12.  Water softening/purification system for water jet cutting

13.  Machines for powder scattering/paste dot/powder dot

14.  Coating for fusible interlinings

15.  Padding mangle (fulard)

16.  Extruder lamination machine

17.  Sheet extruders and lamination machine

18.  Singeing machine

19.  Clip/pin stenter for heat setting

20.  Flame lamination machine

21.  Dust collectors

22.  Jacquard machines for joining two edges by inter weaving.

23.  Turret winder and unwinder

24.  High speed precision mixers for plastisols/ organosols.

25.  Gunning and cutting machine.

26.  Grommet fixing machine.

27.  PU tumbling machine and drying machine.

28.  DMF recovery plant and distillation plant.

29.  Printing machine for coated textiles.

30.  All types of coaters such as knife over roll, kiss roll coater, screen coater, etc.

31.  Multi cylinder drying range

 

i.    Non-woven converting machinery:

1.      Complete thermomoulding lines

2.                  Complete thermosetting lines

3.                  Machinery of carpet/NVH moulding lines oven/press

4.                  Conveyor/thermopack for heating/chiller for cooling

5.                  Machinery for moulded roofliners

6.                  Machinery for conversion of nonwovens into face masks / dust masks / duck bill masks / earloop mask sealing / tieon mask sealing / blank mask making machine

7.                  Machinery for conversion of nonwovens into bouffont caps /  surgical caps / medicap making machine

8.                   Machinery for conversion of nonwovens into gowns / pillowslip / shoe covers / ice pack body / ice pack band sealing and cutting /  hand bags / filter pocket / head rest cover / CD / DVD cover and other such items

9.                  Machinery for conversion of nonwovens into sanitary napkins / baby diapers / adult diapers

10.              Machinery for conversion of nonwovens into dry and wet wipes

11.              Machinery for slitting and rewinding of nonwoven roll

12.             Surgical gauze machine making             

13.             Combined dressing making machine

14.             Bandage Roll making machine

15.             Machine to compress

16.             Abdominal sponge making machine

17.              Automatic packing machines

Note : The above machinery is only eligible for non-wovens and convertors of non-wovens into finished products.

 

j.    Testing and Evaluation machinery:

1.             Speciality testing equipments and rigs for  T.T. (Technical Textiles) and T.T.P. (Technical Textile Products)

2.                  Universal textile testing machine 10 tonnes/20 tonnes

3.                  Index puncture resistance tester

4.                  Co-efficient of friction apparatus

5.                  Particle size determination apparatus

6.                  Gradient ratio test apparatus

7.                  Long time flow apparatus

8.                  Feltperm

9.                  Point paper design system with EWE

10.              Weatherometer

11.              Yarn shrinkage and shrinkage force testing machine

12.              Viscometers

13.              Data loggers for machine monitoring and flex resistance tester

14.              Tear testing machine

15.              Cold crack resistance testing

16.              Thickness gauge

17.              Water repellency testing machine

18.              Waterproofing testing machine

19.              Fire resistance testing equipments

20.              Accelerated ageing testing oven

21.              Rainwater tests equipment continuous water spray test and I.R. spectrometer etc.

22.              Abrasion testers

23.              Colour matching cabinets

24.              Colour fastness testers

25.              Accelerated creep tester

26.              Air permeability tester

27.              Hydro static puncture test for geo membrane

28.              Hydraulic grip

29.              Projection microscope

 

 

k.   Any other machine considered appropriate by the Technical Advisory-cum-Monitoring   Committee (TAMC).

 

Note : Since some of the machinery eligible for technical textiles can also be used by the other segments of the industry, the technical textile entrepreneurs intending to avail of 10% capital subsidy under TUFS will have to get themselves registered with Office of the Textile Commissioner and obtain a registration number.  In other words, the registration with Office of the Textile Commissioner will be the pre-requisite for availing of 10% capital subsidy by technical textile units.   

(Source : Annex –K  of GR on modified TUFS)

OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES OF CAPITAL SUBSIDY @ 10% UNDER TUFS FOR TECHNICAL TEXTILES

 

1.      An additional incentive of 10 percent capital subsidy in addition to 5 percent interest subsidy has been provided for machineries required for manufacture of garmenting, technical textiles and the same level of assistance will continue for specified processing machinery.

Duration of the scheme

 

2.      The operation of capital subsidy @10% under TUFS will be co-terminus with modified TUFS, i.e., from 1st April, 2007 to 31st March, 2012.   To determine the eligibility for capital subsidy for the eligible specified machinery the cut off date will be date of commencement of commercial production irrespective of the date of the sanction of the loan.  The date of commencement of commercial production shall be certified by Chartered Engineer and Chartered Accountant.    

Eligibility

3.      The 10% capital subsidy will be available only for such projects where term loans have been sanctioned by the nodal agencies / nodal banks / co-opted PLIs.

4.      The capital subsidy on processing machinery would be available to all the textile, garment and jute units eligible for loaning under TUFS.

5.      The capital subsidy on garmenting machinery would be available to garment units eligible for loaning under TUFS. 

6.      The capital subsidy in respect of technical textile machinery will be available to the technical textile units only.  Since some of the machinery of technical textiles are common the technical textile units desirous of availing of 10% capital subsidy will have to obtain a registration number from Office of the Textile Commissioner prior to becoming eligible for 10 percent capital subsidy.

  

Quantum of subsidy

7.      The 10% capital subsidy will be available on the specified machinery and will be worked out on the basic value of the machinery and exclude the tax component for the purpose of valuation.  In other words, for indigenous machinery the basic price and for imported machinery CIF price would be considered for working out subsidy.

8.      The 10% capital subsidy will not be available for a project as a whole but only on the specified machinery.  The project as a whole including the specified machinery will continue to be eligible for 5 percent interest incentive on the TUF compatible investment.

Release of capital subsidy

9.      The capital subsidy would be released by the lending agencies at the time of disbursement of term loan for the specified machinery.

10.  The capital subsidy can also be adjusted against promoter’s contribution.

 

(Source: Annex– R of GR on modified TUFS)