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Lab Facilities

A well-equipped laboratory facility in the department of Mechanical &Industrial Engineering are available to satisfy the requirements of the practical classes as prescribed in the modules of Computer Aided Mechanical Engineering, Process Operations & Maintenance, Mechatronics programmes. The various laboratory facilities mentioned below facilitate the students to acquire sound knowledge of theoretical and practical skills & engineering concepts.

  1. Mechanics Lab 
  2. Mechatronics Lab-1 (Pneumatic Lab)  
  3. Mechatronics Lab-2 (Control Engg)  
  4. Dynamics & Material Testing Lab  
  5. CAD/CAM Lab  
  6. Workshop  
  7. Artifact Lab  
  8. Chemical Analysis Lab 
  9. Process Engineering Lab  
  10. Chemical Engineering Lab 

1. Mechanics Laboratory

The laboratory is equipped with various equipments relevant to the areas of statics, applied mechanics, fluid mechanics and thermo-dynamics to meet the practical requirements of modules related to mechnaics.

List of experiments that can be performed in the Mechanics laboratory:

• Shear force & Bending Moment Apparatus
• Equilibrium of forces
• Deflection of cantilever and simply supported beam,
• Center of gravity
• Analysis of beam
• Buckling test under possible end conditions

Fluid Mechanics:

• Hydrostatic pressure
• Reynolds s number
• Pipe friction
• Friction apparatus
• Venturimeter, Orifice meter and Pitot tube.

Thermal Engineering:

• Heat transfer experiments for conduction, forced and free convection

2. Mechatronics Lab-1 (Pneumatic Lab)

This laboratory is equipped with necessary pneumatic and electro-pneumatic, PLC kits to demonstrate and study the discrete controlled motion of the mechanical components. This laboratory is equipped as per the practical work prescribed in the module Mechatronics and Engineering Practice.

The facilities in this lab are also extended to cater the practical needs in the area of Programmable Logic Controllers, transducers & instrumentation.

List of facilities available in the Mechatronics laboratory

• Pneumatic kits
• Electro-pneumatic kits
• PLCs with software

Instrumentation Laboratory:

• Transducer kit(LVDT)
• Thermocouple,
• RTD, and other Electro mechanical transducers
• Bending stress & Strain Gauge apparatus

3. Mechatronics Lab-2 (Control Engg. Lab)

This laboratory is equipped with state-of-art facilities to conduct and simulate the practical experimenta in the area of Control Engineering, Mechatronics, Process Instrumentation, etc. List of facilities available in the Mechatronic Lab-2:


• Industrial Control Trainer
• Single Conveyor Part Selection
• Servo Fundamentals Trainer – Analogue, Digital & DC Motor Control
• Pendulum Control System
• Robotic Training Equipment and Expander Work Cell
• Automatic Washing Machine – PLC
• Traffic Signal Control – PLC
• Vibration Analyzer cum Balancer
• Rotor Kit
• Flux meter
• Batch Processing Control system
• Process Control Unit

Software Packages used in control systems

• Fuzzy Control Package
• Matlab

4. Dynamics and Material Testing Laboratory

This laboratory is used for organizing various experiments needed for meeting core modules of Computer Aided Mechanical Engineering. The testing facilities relevant to the field of simple mechanisms and machines , Linear and non linear motion, forced and free vibrations, properties of materials and metrology, photo elasticity are available. The practical under the modules, Engineering Science, Engineering Design and Engineering Practice, are organized in this laboratory.

List of facilities available in the Dynamics & Material testing laboratory:

Material testing:

• Tensile Test
• Torsion testing
• Hardness Testing
• Fatigue testing
• Impact testing
• Metallurgical Microscope
• Polariscope
• Ultrasonic Flaw Deter
• Insulation Tester

Dynamics Laboratory:

• Dynamics and Mechanism apparatus:
• PE & KE kit, Friction Apparatus, Belt & Gears, Pulleys & Lifting Devices, and Mechanism Package.
• Universal Vibration apparatus
• Critical speed apparatus

5. CAD/CAM Laboratory

This laboratory provides the practical training in Computer Aided Mechanical Engineering to the students for the development of skills in drafting, 2D and 3D surface & solid modeling using AutoCAD 2000 & Mechanical Desktop, PRO/E, design and analysis with the help of FEM (Design Space), & ANSYS, HYSYS (Process Design Simulation), Robot simulation packages etc. The CAD Lab also extends the facility for software solutions in the area of Piping Design and Drafting with CADWorx. The modules which need the usage of the lab for training are Computer Aided Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Design Principles, Engineering Design and Project Studies.

List of facilities available in the CAD/CAM Laboratory:

• 2D modeling
• 3D modeling
• Solid modeling
• Surface modeling
• Design and Assembly studies
• Finite Element Analysis
• Piping Design and Drafting
• Robot simulation
• PLC
• Programming languages
• CNC Milling Machine
• CAM Software
• Sheet Metal & Modeling

6. Artifact laboratory

Artifact lab is an engineering application laboratory equipped with infrastructure for imparting necessary practical input in the field of functional & design aspects, manufacturing and assembly techniques, servicing and maintenance of a commercial product.

List of Artifact Equipments:

• Four wheeler
• IC engine cut models
• Transmission system cut model
• Room air conditioner,
• Washing Machine
• Centrifugal Pump
• Pipe fitting etc
• Burglar’s alarm
• Knock down crane
• Two Wheeler

7. Workshop

The workshop is equipped mainly with conventional machines (Lathe, Milling, Shaping, Drilling and Hacksaw cutting) and other facility with fitting and tin smithy section. The exercises and practicals corresponding to the modules namely Engineering Practice, Manufacture and Materials-I&II and Project Studies are being organized in the workshop.

List of equipments available in the workshop

 

Machine tools/Welding equipment: Metrology:
Lathe Vernier Calipers
Milling Machine Micrometers
Drilling Machine Dial Indicators
Shaper Pitch Gauge
Bench Grinder Height Gauge
Sheet Metal Work Combination Set
Plumbing Tool Makers Micrometer
Welding Machine Surface Roughness Meter
MIG & TIG Welding Kit Autocollimator

8. Chemical Analysis Laboratory:

This laboratory is prepared with necessary equipments and devices relevant to the areas of chemical analysis, quality control and chemical properties of material.

List of Equipments

• Digital Conductivity Meter
• Digital pH-Meter
• Digital Turbidity Meter
• Digital Photo Colorimeter
• Digital Spectrophotometer
• Saybolt Viscometer
• Redwood Viscometer
• Volumetric Apparatus
• Gravimetric Apparatus

9. Process Engineering Laboratory:

This laboratory is used for organizing various experiments needed for meeting the practical skills for core modules of Chemical Engineering Principles and provides the practical training in Process Analysis and Process Operation Units.

List of Equipments

• Shell & Tube Heat Exchanger
• Air Diffusivity
• Temperature Calibration & Measurement
• Simple Distillation
• Double Pipe Heat Exchanger
• Steam Distillation
• Transient Heat Conduction [Constant Heat Reflux]
• Free And Forced Convection
• Emmisivity Apparatus
• Pressure Measurement & Calibration
• Surface Evaporation
• Liquid Diffusivity
• Transient Heat Conduction [Const. Temp.]
• Ion Exchange Unit

10. Chemical Engineering Laboratory:

Chemical Engineering Laboratory is an engineering application laboratory equipped with several units relevant to the areas of Process Operation and Maintenance Modules and Unit Operation.

List of Equipments

• Load Cell Calibration Unit.
• Centrifugal Fan.
• Packed Distillation Column.
• Flow measurement & calibration unit
• Air Drier.
• Level Measurement & Calibration Unit
• Flow through Packed Bed.
• Freon Refrigeration Unit.
• Flow Through Fluidized Bed
• Packed Bed Extraction Unit
• Flash Evaporator
• CST Reactor
• Data Acquisition Unit + Lab View Software



 
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