KFRI Bamboo Processing Unit

The Bamboo Primary Processing Centre (BPPC) was set up under the Bamboo Technical Support Group (BTSG-KFRI) activity withsupport of the National Bamboo Mission (NBM). BPPC is intended to serve as a Common Facility Centre for the bamboo artisans. It serves to introduce mechanization and value addition in the bamboo based industry which is predominantly based on traditional skill and use of simple hand tools.

The main machines in this units are Hydraulic splitting machine, Cross cutting machine, Internal and External knot removal machines, Thick and Thin slivering machines, bamboo blind weaving machine, Vacuum/ Pressure impregnation treatment plant, Laser Engraving Machine, Bamboo Seasoning Plant drying system, Bamboo Round Stick Making, Stick Sizing and Stick Polishing Machines, Incense Stick Making Machine, Bamboo mat weaving machine etc. Let us have a look on these machines with their functional details by pictorial tour. Click here now.