DEPARTMENT OF Mechanical Engineering Department

             Mechanical Engineering Department was established in the year of 1998.It follows the curriculum prescribed by Anna University for the award of B.E. Degree. The Department is well equipped with well established Laboratories. In the department there are fifteen experienced teaching staff and one supporting staff (Civil Engineering).To render service to the students in the laboratories there are six Technical Assistants and Seven Technicians.

Twenty students are allotted with one Staff Adviser to monitor their attendance, academic performance, discipline and for general guidance.Periodical Tests are conducted regularly to give effective coaching in academic activities.Seminar Classes are made compulsory in the time table for effective interaction about modern developments.Students are given opportunities to periodically visit industries and during vacation in plant trainings are organized.

To encourage the co-curricular activities, the Department has a Mechanical Engineering Technical Association (META), which conducts Lectures workshops, Seminars and Symposium to share the knowledge in the field of Mechanical Engineering.

          META conducts a national level technical Symposium MISSION every year. Students from various colleges in the State participate in this symposium. Importance is given for paper presentation, product design, Technical Quiz Etc. It gives opportunity for our students not only to participate in the deliberations but also to get experience in the organizational skills. We encourge our students to participate inpaper presentation and other competitions in various institutions.

ISTE-Students chapter is established to gear up students technical knowledge.

Renewable energy club functioning effective to  up to date knoeledge on renewable energy power.

FACILITIES AVAILABLE IN OUR LABORATORIES

1.CAD/CAM/CIM LAB:-

          CNC Trainer Lathe, CNC Trainer Milling Machine, CADEM Software, Modeling& Analysis softwares like SOLID EDGE, CATIA, AUTO CAD etc.,

2.THERMAL ENGG LAB:-

          2 Stroke Petrol Engine, Flash & Fire Point Apparatus, Saybolt Viscometer, Orsat Apparatus, Single Stage Air Compressor, Two Stage Compressor, Single Cylinder 4 Stroke 6 HP Retardation Diesel Engine,Multi Cylinder Petrol Engine, Air Conditioning Test Rig., Refrigeration Test Rig., Centrifugal Air blower, Exhaust gas calorimeter, Bomb Calorimeter, Junker’s gas Calorimeter , etc.,

3.HEAT TRANSFER LAB:-

         Stephen Boltzmann Apparatus, Insulating Powder Apparatus, Natural Convection Apparatus, Forced Convection Apparatus, Composite wall Apparatus, Emissivity Measurement Apparatus, heat Exchanger, Guarded Hot Plate, Pin Fin Apparatus, Cooling Tower , etc.,

4.MACHINE SHOP:-

            Belt Drive Lathes, Capston lathe, All geared Lathe, Shaper Machine, Radial Drilling Machine, Surface Grinder, Tool and Cutter Grinder, Planner , Milling Machine, Slotter Machine, etc.,

5.FLUID MECHANICS LAB:-

            Venturi Meter, Orifice Meter, Nozzle Meter, Losses in Pipes, Pitot tube & flow meter, Flow through Notches (Rectangle, V, & Trapezoidal), Constant Head Orifice, Mouth piece,& Nozzle, Bernouli’s Theorem ,Wind Tunnel, Meta centric height.

6.FLUID MACHINERY LAB:

            Reciprocating pump, Gear oil pump, self Priming pump, Series Parallel pump, Submersible pump, Centrifugal pump, Jet pump, Multi Stage pump, Francis Turbine, Pelton Wheel

7.STRENGTH OF MATERIALS LAB:-

            Rockwell Hardness Testing Machine, Brinell Hardness Testing Machine, Vicker Hardness Testing Machine, Impact Testing Machine, Fatigue Testing Machine, Spring Testing Machine, Universal Testing Machine, Wood Testing Machine, etc.,

8.DYNAMICS AND INSTRUMENTATION LAB:

             Governor, Whirling of Shaft, Gyroscope, Dynamic Balancing Machine, Longitudinal Vibration Using spring mass system, Torsional vibration using single rotor system, Slider crank Mechanism, Crank rocker mechanism, Turn Table apparatus, Kinematics of universal joint, Transverse vibration of free- beam, cam study apparatus, gear reducer, Load cell, LVDT, Speed Measuring photo sensor & Magnetic Sensor, Pressure Measurement, Temperature Measuring Thermocouple, RTD, Thermostat & Semi Conductor Sensors, Strain Measurement in Cantilever Beam

9.METROLOGY LAB

           Floating carriage Micrometer, Profile Projector, Pneumatic Comparator, Tool Maker’s Microscope, Gear tooth Vernier, Micrometers, thread plug gauge, vernier height gauge, vernier depth gauge, 4 Ball method, Bevel protractor,

10.MECHATRONICS LAB:

          In the Mechatronics Lab We have PLC, PMC, Pneumatic and Electro Pneumatic Trainer Kids.Using the above system we give the different experiments like PLC programming in various machines, Pneumatic circuit design for bus door automation, furnace gate opening , Electro Pneumatic Valve opening, water valve opening Etc.,

11.METALLURGY LAB:-

          Electric Muffle Furnace, Jomney End quench apparatus, Mounting press, Linisher, Double disc Polishing Machine, Monocular Microscope, trinocular Microscope etc.,

12.AUTOMOBILE LAB:

         Constant mesh Gear box, Synchromesh Gear box, 4 Cylinder Petrol Engine, Differential Transmission system, Steering Assembly, different types of Clutches, Solex Carburetor etc.,

IV. SOME OF THE SPECIAL PROJECTS DONE BY OUR STUDENTS:-

          Already three batches of students have submitted their projects. Some of the outstanding projects are given below:

1. Fabrication and Testing of Heat pipes:

It is a compact heat exchanger with evaporation and condensation of low volatile liquid. Thus large amount of heat is transferred in a small area.

2. Design and Fabrication of Magnetic mould for non ferrous metals:

Instead of sand moulding, steel shots are used with Magnetic power , to produces cavity and mould.

3. Structural Analysis of Connecting Rod:-

Using ANSYS software stress, failure, deformation, elongation, Dimension changes, in a connecting rod are analysed for optimum solution.

4. Advanced Bio-Mass Gasification Technology:-

In the depleting fossil fuel, alternate fuel is essential for power generation Bio-Mass is available in plenty.An advanced gassifier is designed to produce bio gas.

5. Design and Fabrication of Vortex Tube:-

Vortex tube is used to produce refrigeration effect.. Compressed air is expanded in a vortex tube where energy transfer takes place to get cold effect at one end and hot at another end.

V. STATE LEVEL  TECHNICAL SYMPOSIUM :

              State level Technical symposium(Mech.fest 08) was conducted by mech.dept. on 20^th  march 2008,student from various colleges in the state participated in the various programs (paper presentations,technical Quiz ,etc., Special lectures in the Topics of recent trends in mechcanical engg).