Infrastructure Details:

CENTRE FOR SUSTAINIABILITY AND ENERGY TRANSITION (C-SET)

The Centre will house curated sustainable technologies across various sectors with proven record and potential to be implemented through Small and Medium Business set-up by individuals with little capital requirement.

The Centre will be state of the art for applied learning for students and for research and application development opportunities for faculty.

The Centre was inaugurated by Professor V Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras on 16th June 2022. Senior officials from Indian and international firms in agricultural commerce, logistics and financial services, like Mitsui, Mitsubishi, Apollo Supply Chain, Samunnati and Carbon Impact Capital among others, also attended the inauguration.

Key Objectives of C-SET:

Skill Upgradation: Creation and dissemination of technical skill upgradation curriculum around select technologies geared towards improving industry or self-employability.

Micro-entrepreneurship: Creation of micro-entrepreneurship templates promote setting up of small business units. This would include tie-ups with banks and investors for unlocking capital, building market linkages, and matching relevant business mentors for the students.

Industry knowledge Sharing: Guest lectures and industry visits.

TNSDC-Siemens Skill Development Institute Lab

Teaching Faculty and Non-teaching faculty members from Mechanical Engineering department attended the Training Programme on "Auto 4 Wheeler Lab" from 28-01-2022 to 31-01-2022 at MPC, Chennai.

In Engineering Graphics Lab, we teach the basics of Engineering drawing and providing basic understanding of the fundamentals. To enable the students to acquire and use engineering drawing skills as a means of accurately and clearly communicating ideas, information and instruction. To identify the uses of various tools and commands in AutoCAD software and apply them to draw in AutoCAD.

In Computer Aided Machine Drawing Lab, we describe conventions, symbols and standards used in Engineering drawing as per ISI recommendations and understand the importance of keys, thread, screws and fasteners. Construct / Design the part and assembly drawings of different machines assemblies with the use of CAD packages like Auto CAD. It provides Visualize and sharpening the creativity skills in developing new ideas efficiently.

In Process Automation Lab, We explain about direct operation of single & double acting cylinders with quick exhaust valves design and execute the circuits. We demonstrate speed control methods to design and execute metering-in and metering-out controls of double acting cylinders and LOGIC GATES circuits, ON & OFF delay timer circuits and Up & Down counter circuits using Janatics Electro pneumatic trainer kit with SIEMENS PLC.

In Lathe Shop, We provide the students to identify the various parts of a centre lathe for understanding their functions. We provide demonstration for learning various work holding devices and tools for various operation.

In practical session, we give hands-on practice to the students for performing the various operations in a lathe machine.

In Foundry shop, we demonstrate the various types of mould patterns with tools for preparing simple sand moulds.

In Welding Shop, We demonstrate and train the students in the area of arc and gas welding with the aid of equipments and safety aspects.

In Special Machine Shop, we provide opportunity for the students to identify the various parts and accessories of shaping, grinding, milling, Tool and Cutter grinder and slotting machines. We provide the facility to make the different components in the above machines with the use of various machine tools. We teach the calculation of the indexing movement for making gear cutting operation in a milling machine.

In Thermal Lab, We demonstrate and give practice for finding the flash point, fire point and viscosity of any given oil using suitable tests. We provide hands-on practice for determining the timing of ports and valves for both S.I and C.I engines. We support the students to measure the performance of I.C engines, interpret the results and draw the heat balance sheet and analyze the characteristics of an I.C engine. We give the practice to the students for determining the volumetric efficiency of an air compressor and find the thermal conductivity of the given specimen using relevant tests. We provide the experiment test for the refrigeration system to determine COP.

In Automobile lab, we elaborate the various tools and their applications to the students. We explain the construction & working of petrol & Diesel Engine and Find AC Fuel fuel pump, oil pump and water pump also carburetors and Deconstruct service in it. The students learn the power Transmission and Differential unit of the vehicle and fuel injection pump with fuel injectors. We explain the various Types of steering Gearbox & Testing the charging of batteries.

In Computer Aided Design and manufacturing Lab, We demonstrate the basic concepts of solid modeling tools using CREO CAD software. Making the students to construct / design the part and assembling 3D drawings of different machine components using CREO CAD software. We explain the use of international codes to write the CNC part programming and check for correctness in the EDGE CAM software. We provide required knowledge to write and execute CNC part program in the EDGE CAM simulation software and producing the components in CNC Turning machines and CNC Milling machines.