Scientific description
Napkins are manufactured in high cost machines only. The cost of the machine is about 75 lakhs to 2.5 crores. These machines are generally run by multinational companies only. By seeing the napkins whiteness. People who are interested to make these napkins feel that the material used for napkin manufactured is cotton. They used viscose cloth to wra[ the cotton. The cotton has a tendency to absorb the liquid, ut it releases under slightest pressure or squeeze. Due to this simple reason accpetability and saleability become tough which lead to collapse of these industries. But on automated plant big companies are not using cotton instead they are using wood fibre. Wood fibres and non woven fabrics are generally procured in roll forms that can be processed on high cost machines only. The nature of the wood fibre is that it will absorb and retain the liquid even under pressure. This would give a dry feel to the user. Thus users are satisfied. Now by this just Rs.50000/- worth new invention mini sanitary napkin unit that runs on simple technology can process the wood pulp and the non woven fabric and even a rural woman can manufacture superior saleable napkins at a fraction of cost compared to big company manufacturing units.
