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Facilities |
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Departmental
Infrastructure
The department has required basic facilities such as workshop, machine shop, Energy conversion Lab, Fluid Mechanics lab, Design and Computer based Mechanical oriented software lab, material testing / metrology and foundry labs. The up-gradation of the laboratory for higher studies and research is under progress.
Further, facilities for Metallurgical studies, Wear and Corroison test facilities are being set up to facilitate the departmental research scholars to carry out their research activities as part of Research and Development activities of the department. The possibility of taking up ‘external consultancy’ is also thought off.
The
Department of Mechanical Engineering at SaIT is well
equipped with various laboratories and workshops totaling
13 in number including four laboratories based on computer
systems. All the equipment in the laboratories are
up-to-date and the laboratories are designed not only to
cater to the requirements of curriculum coverage, but also
to assist in the final semester project work by the
students. A brief description of the thirteen laboratories
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Workshop |
The workshop is a compulsory laboratory for all the
departments in the first year. It is fully equipped
with bench and leg vices, anvils, welding machines,
soldering set up and power driven machines like
drilling machine, portable drilling machine, bench
grinder, etc. and adequate number of surface plates,
height gauges, vernier calipers, in addition to files,
hacksaw frames, chisels, punches, scribers, etc
Students work in an airy atmosphere under safe
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Computer-aided
Engineering Drawing Laboratory |
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Equipped with 70 state-of-art computers, This
laboratory caters to the first year students of all
departments. Students learn engineering drawing in the
first angle projection using Solid Edge Software. Each
student has one computer for himself / herself and
after instructions given using an LCD projector,
proceeds to understand the intricacies of drawing and
carries out the exercises, availing of assistance from
faculty / instructor as needed |
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Metallography & Material
Testing laboratory |
This laboratory, specific for the Mechanical and Civil students only, is equipped with :
- Specimen preparation machines including polisher
- Metallographic microscopes
- Non-destructive test set up
- Impact testing machine
- Hardness testers [Rockwell, Brinell and Vickers]
- Universal Testing Machine
- Torsion Testing Machine
- In addition to serving the second year students,
this laboratory also helps in final year projects.
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Mechanical Measurements
& Metrology Laboratory |
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This laboratory is also for the second year mechanical
students. It is used to teach the student about
calibration and how measurements are made accurately
and precisely. The laboratory is equipped with:
- Apparatus for calibration of pressure gauge
- Apparatus for calibration of thermocouples
- Apparatus for calibration of LVDT
- Apparatus for calibration of load cell
- Apparatus for determination of modulus of
elasticity using strain gauges
- Optical Projector
- Toolmaker’s Microscope
- Autocollimator / Roller Set
- Lathe Tool Dynamometer
- Surface Plate
- Gear Tooth Micrometer
- Bevel Protractor
- Sine Center
- Slip Gauges
- Optical Flats
- Vernier Calipers, Micrometers, etc. etc.
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Foundry & Forging
Laboratory |
A second-year Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, this
lab teaches the student how metallic items are formed
by foundry and forging.
- Equipment for preparation of sand molds like:
- Molds, sand pit, implements weighing
machines and patterns
- Universal sand testing machine
- Permeability tester
- Core hardness and mold hardness tester
- Sieve analysis apparatus
- Apparatus for determination of clay content
in sand
- Melting furnace
- Five numbers hearths
- Anvils and swage blocks, hammers and tongs,
etc. for forging
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Machine Shop |
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Another Second year mechanical engineering laboratory
is intended to teach the students as to the working of
various metal processing machines and on-hand usage of
these machines. It is equipped with lathes – both belt
driven and gear driven, shaping machines, milling
machines, radial and simple drilling machines,
grinders, sheet bending machines, etc.
The machine shop is also useful for
fabrication-related final year projects. |
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Computer-aided Machine
Drawing Laboratory |
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Machine drawing is taught to the mechanical
engineering students in the second year. Software like
AUTOCAD, Solid Edge, etc. are used in this laboratory
and individual student is instructed and prepared for
making, reading and correcting machine parts and
assembly drawings. |
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Fluid Mechanics &
Machinery Laboratory |
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How fluids flow, how much power is required for
transfer of fluids from one place to another and what
are the friction and other losses while transfer as
well as the fluid-based machines are important for
everyman.
The Fluid Mechanical and Machinery laboratory (third
year mechanical engineering) has various equipment for
the student to experiment, learn and equip himself /
herself with the basics and some advanced concepts:
- Apparatus for determination of friction in
pipes
- Apparatus for determination of minor losses
through pipes
- Determination of force developed by impact of
jets on vanes
- Calibration of Orifice Meter, Nozzles,
Venturimeter, V-Notch and other notches
- Performance testing of
-Pelton Whee
-Francis Turbine
-Kaplan Turbine
-Sigle stage / multistage centrifugal
pumps
-Reciprocating pump
-Two stage reciprocating compressor
-Air Blower
After this laboratory
course, the student would be able to analyse even
small flows [like blood flow though veins, etc.]
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Energy Conversion
Engineering Laboratory |
A third year mechanical engineering laboratory this
laboratory knowledge transfer regarding fuels and
their properties as well as and working and
efficiency, running as petrol as well as diesel.
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laboratory is equipped with:
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Abel, Pensky and Martin
and Cleavland Apparatuses
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Apparatus for
determination of value of solid liquid and gaseous
fuels
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Redwoods, Saybolts and
Torsion Viscometer
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Value Timings /port
opening diagram of I.C engines
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Planimeter
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Four stroke Diesel
Engine
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Four stroke Petrol
Engine
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Multi Cylinder
Diesel/Petrol Engine
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Two stroke Petrol Engine
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Computer Aided Modeling
& Analysis Laboratory |
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The student in the third year of the BE course,
carries out exercises on analysis of engineering
components (beams, plates, etc.) , structures and
fluid flow (both static and dynamic analysis) as well
as thermal analysis using software like ANSYS.
Each student is provided with an individual computer
loaded with all software.
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Heat & Mass transfer
Laboratory |
This laboratory (third year) assists the student to
conduct experiments to study the thermal behavior of
materials. The laboratory is equipped with:
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Apparatus for
determining the conductivity of metals
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Apparatus for
determining the overall heat transfer coefficient
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Effectiveness of
metallic fins
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Free convection and
forced convection experiments
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Determination of Stefan
Boltzman constant
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Finding parameters for
heat exchangers
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Boiling and condensation
experiments
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Heat transfer in heat
exchangers
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Performance tests of
vapour compression refrigeration and air
conditioning systems
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CIM & Automation
Laboratory |
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The
final year mechanical engineering student gets
acquainted with the generation of programming for
machining of parts on computer numerical control (CNC)
machines. Turning and milling machines are covered.
Software like ESPRIT, FANUQ are used. Again, the
student has a computer all to himself / herself.
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Design Laboratory |
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In this laboratory, the final semester mechanical
engineering student will get first-hand working
knowledge regarding dynamics of machinery, vibration
as well as mechanical engineering design. The
laboratory is equipped with:
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Apparatus for
determining natural frequency etc. of vibrating
system
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Apparatus for balancing
of rotating masses
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Apparatus for
determining the critical speed of a rorating shaft
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Determination of fringe
constant using photoelastiicity apparatus
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Determination of stress
concentration using photoelasticity
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Porter / Prower /
Hartnel Governers
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Journal Bearing testing
equipment
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Use of strain rosettes
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Use of strain gauges to
find stresses
Gyroscope and applications
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