ICAR-CIAE Touch free sanitizer dispenser unit
Background:
COVID 19 continues to spread across the globe, the virus had infected over 3.3 million and the
number of deaths had totaled more than 0.24 million people worldwide (WHO) in short time.
The pandemic diseases Corona virus has no treatment at present. The single most important
piece of advice health experts can give to help us stay safe from COVID-19 is frequent wash your
hands. Some researchers have reported the practice of hand wash cut infections by around 15 to
20 percent. The most common hand washing system is push operated dispenser for sanitizer and
liquid soap which is highly unsanitary. Due to this way disease spread quicker from one person
to other. Hence the touch free hand dispenser system have been developed by CIAE Regional
Centre, Coimbatore which can be adopted by public place like hospitals, offices, malls, crowded
market, educational institute, railway station and airports to follow the guidelines of regular hand
washing to prevent spread of COVID-19 viruses.
Technology Details:
The touch-free soap hand sanitizer is a standalone wall mounted or placed on the table to
dispense the sanitizer without touching the unit. ln this unit, a Photo diffuser sensor is located
near the outlet in order to detect the user hands. As soon as the hand is detected, relay (act as
switch) trigger.the AC/DC pump to operate and up to 5 ml of sanitizer will be dispense at delivery
end. The provision is $iven to use DC water pump with DC Battery.