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Table 2 Details of Sources of Raw Materials Supplied to Match Splints Industry
Sl. No
Details of Sources
Name of the Tree Species
Quantity Supplied in Tonnes
Percentage to Total
1
Coimbatore District
Ailanthus excelsa
260
19.12
2
Tiruppur District
Ailanthus excelsa
310
22.79
3
Erode District
Ailanthus excelsa
190
13.97
4
Salem District
Ailanthus excelsa
220
16.18
5
Other Districts
Ailanthus excelsa
380
27.94
Total
1360
100.00
Table 2 revealed that the match wood species supplied
is
Ailanthus excelsa
from different sources. The
sources of supply were from the districts of Tiruppur,
Coimbatore, Erode, Salem and other Disticts. Among
these districts, Tiruppur found to supply the raw
materials to the match splints industry to the tune of
23 per cent followed by Coimbatore district capable of
supplying the raw materials to the tune of 19 per cent
to the total supply. Higher quantity of raw material
supply is possible due to the establishment of
Ailanthus plantations in the farm fields and under
schemes of Social Forestry and Agroforestry which is
practiced by the western zone considerably. Salem
District is able to supply around 220 tonnes of
Ailanthus which is followed by Erode District which
are respectively accounted for 16 and 14 per cent to
the total supply. Other districts were able to provide
around 380 tonnes of raw materials to the match
splints industry. Put together the Match Splints
Industry could receive the raw materials to the tune of
1360 tonnes per annum. In that only 1240 tonnes were
consumed in a working day of 310 days per annum
and the other stocks were kept under inventory to
meet the demand during the peak seasons of match
splints demand. The marketing channels present in the
match wood supply is Producers (Farmers) Industrial
Consumers. The Industry is purchasing the match
wood at farm gate using the agents of the match wood
firm (www. Academia.edu/6472448/).
1.3.
Out Turn of Match Splints in Match Wood
Industry
The quantity and quality of match wood supplied are
the determinants of getting the quality output of
Match Splints. Hence quality of raw material supply
becomes important. The match wood which is
received in the industry is fixed with the minimum
girth of 18 inches and the same should be free from
infection and deterioration. Such portions should be
carefully examined and detected for deleting the same
from the quality wood lot. After sorting the quality
wood, one has to assess the out turn of match splints
per ton of match wood supplied and hence the details
are analyzed and the results are presented in Table 3.
Table 3 revealed the details of out turn of match
splints per ton of match wood. There were four types
of output could be realized from one ton of Match
wood. They were Match Splints, Fuel Wood, Bark and
the Wood Residues. Among these output, the fuel
wood accounted for 41 per cent which is arrived in
actual quantity is found to be 410 Kgs followed by
Match Splints. The quantity of match splints realized
per ton of Match Wood is arrived at 340 Kgs which is
accounted for 34 per cent. Ailanthus bark is accounted
for 18 per cent. The Quantity of bark realized per ton
of match wood is arrived at 180 Kgs. The wood
residue is accounted to be around 70 Kgs which is
accounted for 7 per cent to the one ton of raw
materials utilized in the industry. The extent of quality
output realization is based on the expertise associated
with the skilled man power with the industry.
1.4.
Methodology of Processing the Match Wood
In a mechanized industry, the entire process of match
splints making takes place under one roof from log to
match splints. In the hand made sector, the veneer for
match boxes and splints are produced separately.
Stage by stage processing of logs into the match
splints is assessed and the details are presented in
Table 4.
Table 4 revealed the details of different stages
involved in processing of logs into match splints. In
the first stage, the logs with more than 18 inches were
selected and sent for billeting. In the second stage, the
billets of Ailanthus logs were made with the length of
15 inches uniformly using the machine saw. In the
third stage, debarking is carried out by the labor force
who demands the bark for fuel wood which is
supplied to them at free of cost. They can extract the
bark from the billets and they can make use of the
same for their fuel requirements.
