Pounding machine pound means strike or hit heavily and repeatedly. Jas enterprise offers pounding machine (kandap machine). It is ideal for making powder of spices, herbs and ayurvedic medicines according to traditional methods. It is fitted with cam lever arrangements for extra power to hammer. Automatic stirrer is provided in the chamber to shift the materials while hammering. It is equipped with specially designed liver to lock/unlock the hammering process. Sieving can be done while hammering is locked or stopped. It is provided with fly wheel with pulley for easy smooth operations. Some of its features include less noise, dust free operation, no wastage of product and pollution hazards, low maintenance, etc. Grinding is carried out in a cool atmospheric temperature, which guarantee against any thermal degradation of product quality and flavors. Operating principle of pounding machine a pounding machine consists of a set of heavy steel pounds, loosely held vertically in a frame, in which the pounds can slide up and down. They are lifted by cams on a horizontal rotating shaft. On jas enterprise's pounding machine, the cam is arranged to lift the pounds from the side, so that it causes the pound to rotate. As the cam moves from under the pounds, the pounds falls onto the material below, crushing the rock, spices, roots etc and the lifting process is repeated at the next pass of the cam. Jas enterprises specially designed liver to lock/unlock the pounding process. Sieving can be done while hammering is locked or stopped.