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Areas of Concern
Renewable
Energy
With the continued increase in the prices of fossil-derived
fuel MJ Approtech has developed different technologies that
harness renewable energy sources. Biomass, which is
abundantly available for fuel is converted into various
forms of fuel such as combustible gases for thermal and
small-scale power applications. Wind pumps for domestic and
village water supply as well as for crop irrigation are also
developed by the Company to make pumping of water possible
and easier , especially in off-grid areas. Solar thermal
devices for crop drying using parabolic collector is one of
the various technologies still on the nutshell
Agriculture
Appropriate agricultural implements and equipment, which are
not readily accessible locally are now available at MJ
Approtech. These agricultural equipment include small
tillage equipment for rice production operations as well as
simple post-harvest processing equipment for drying,
milling, and storage. These equipment are custom designed
based on the specific requirement of the farmers and are
made on job order basis. These include power tiller,
hydro-tiller, seeder, axial flow thresher , rotary reaper,
flat bed dryer, single-pass mobile rice mill, multi-pass
stationary rice mill, and storage bins.
Food
MJ Approtech embarked its technology development on low-cost
and simple food processing equipment for effective and
efficient operation. This includes drying and dehydration
equipment to produce good quality and competitively priced
products such as dried fish and berries, dehydrated fruits
and vegetables, and many others. A low cost vacuum fryer is
also developed that can produce oil-free product. Other
appropriate technology developed are food equipment for
processing cassava into powder, grains into puff products,
and flour into noodle and crackers
Bio-Environment
MJ has developed technologies to convert wastes which are
basically cause environmental pollution into useful products
as follows: as source of energy, as fertilizer in the form
of compost, and other valuable products like boards and
blocks which are good building materials. Biogas digesters
are build to tapped the gas as fuel for thermal and power
application. Technologies like the axial flow biomass
shredder can reduce and loosen the particles of wastes which
is the primary material for compost production. The coconut
decorticator can processed coconut husks into fibers and
peat. The compost pulverizers reduces the newly harvested
compost into sizes prior to bagging. Recently the biomass
pelletizer can form biomass pellets from cocopeat dust.
Metallurgy
The MJ Approtech in collaboration with a Brazillian company
has developed a mini-tech blast furnace for converting iron
ore into ingots that are ready for processing of metals into
various forms and alloys
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