Utilization of Banana Fibers as Gauze Bandages in Medical Textiles

Project Title

Utilization of Banana Fibers as Gauze Bandages in Medical Textiles

Project Area of Specialization Wearables and ImplantableProject Summary

Banana is the major fruit in the world which can grow plant. As the banana plant is live for five to six years & live enough to give fruited once after that the plant become die and their stem is move to waste. Their waste is burnt or dumped in waste. If not properly managed can caused problem to the environment, because if they are dumped in wet condition or burned can produce greenhouse gas which can cause a problem to the environment.

As the banana plant stem is many made of banana fibers which is cellulase based and its use for different textile useful products because of biodegradability and its better properties. The banana plants is produce on 34800 farming lands with annual production of 154800 tons. Now this huge production if not utilize it become hazardous for environment. The banana fiber has degradable which should utilize and now the world move toward it & it can be replace many synthetic products with eco-friendly products made by banana fibers. It’s worth is more than cotton in rupees. The banana fibers are use in many products due to its high absorbency, high durability, and high strength Such as Napkins, sensatory pads or baby diapers, natural paper, leather, packing materials, (non-woven), natural fiber composites which is used for fir boards and luxuries car floor panels, use in medical textiles like gauzes, masks, sutures, and can be used for apparel purposes.

my concern is to utilize the banana fibers into many useful products especially gauzes which has better result in medical textiles. the banana fibers have cellulose based & it contain photogenic proteins which is good in medical textiles. as the fibers degum & than convert it into gauzes on woven or non-woven process.

Project Objectives

The objectives are:

1. To make the gauzes from banana fibers.

2. Degumming: as the fibers degummed by the process of Caustic soda NaOH. 

3. Converting it into gauzes by the process of woven & non-woven.

but especially we are using non-woven process.

4. Testing: as the samples test to ensure the result is according to desired 

absorbency test, weight loss test, whitening test, anti-microbial test.

Project Implementation Method

Literature review: As literature review first to know about which area should require to develop and how much work done on it.

Implementation: now to select the idea that what work should require to do and implement it.

Degumming: to remove the impurities from the fiber of banana through NaOH at specific temperature and time.

Making products: to make gauze from that fiber the process is used non-woven to suppress the fiber layers on each other and make patches

Testing: To ensure the product is according to our desjer do to check it or test it through different testing procedures. just like absorbency test, whiteness test, weight loss test, anti-microbial test.

Thesis/ paper publishing:to convert all the practicle to documentations.

Benefits of the Project

The gauzes made of Banana fibers have fore most advantages:

1. Its more hygiene so it will better work in medical field.

2. we can produce alternate of synthetic material which is bio-degradable and having better quality than synthetic gauzes.

3. The waste of banana fibers stem become utilize.

4. The cheap price can be achieved with better quality due to high rate of production of banana fibers.

5. Anti-microbial gauzes can be created by it.

6. Due to high absorbency it will healing the wound quickly.

7. We can implement it on bulk.

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

1. With the help of hot plats the fibers become degummed & create whiteness, softness, flexibility & remove the impurities.

2. After the degumming using hot pressers’ plates which convert it into Patches & and make or give the shape of primary gauzes.

3. the main purpose is to check its whiteness, softness & remove the impurities. due to remove its impurities make it soft, white, flexible, anti-microbial. 

Final Deliverable of the Project HW/SW integrated systemCore Industry ManufacturingOther IndustriesCore Technology Wearables and ImplantablesOther TechnologiesSustainable Development Goals Affordable and Clean Energy, Sustainable Cities and CommunitiesRequired Resources

Item Name	Type	No. of Units	Per Unit Cost (in Rs)	Total (in Rs)
			Total in (Rs)	75480
fibers	Equipment	30	300	9000
NaOH	Miscellaneous	2	4800	9600
Weight scale	Equipment	1	10000	10000
Beakers	Equipment	6	980	5880
Flasks	Equipment	6	550	3300
Thermometer	Equipment	2	450	900
distilled plant	Equipment	2	5000	10000
Hot plats	Equipment	4	4500	18000
pipettes	Equipment	2	400	800
close container	Equipment	2	4000	8000