When we set up a unit for manufacturing anything, we have some set of products that we manufacture. We take the orders of products which can be easily manufactured on our machine. In due course, we have enquiries for products for which we need some additional operation. If possible, we do that operation at our end or give it to some vendor. When the quantity increases, jigs and fixtures are used to make the operation easy. But there are a few operations, on which our complete business may depend. For that purpose, we need to look for Special Purpose Machine.
Have you heard or seen about a washing machine being modified to be used as a bulk Lassi maker? We can call this a Jugaad. But when we design a machine specifically for making machine, it is called a Special purpose machine. There are numerous special purpose machines created. If you leave industrial applications aside, there are also home applications, where different equipment are made. Idli maker is easy to understand because we have been seeing it from beginning. But consider the Medu wada maker. It is a different instrument altogether which can be and is used only for making Medu Wadas. Then there is Appe maker. This is also a different instrument made for making Appe. Any body remembers 'Dough' maker or Chapati maker. These are all special purpose machines which makes some task easier.
Making special purpose machine is like automating or making something easier. As easy as a child can do. Like you have to make a counter in something, just make a fixture so that the job fits into it and the drill should move only so much, that it makes the necessary counter. Bhavnagar, Jamnagar & Rajkot is the belt which makes many such special purpose machines. Similarly, it is Ludhiana where many such machines are there. When the number of jobs is high, it is beneficial to make such special purpose machine. You just need to weigh what is your budget and would it be beneficial to have the machine at your end rather than outsourcing the job.
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