Lab Facilities & Physical Assets

DESIGN, ANALYSIS & ADVANCED MANUFACTURING(CAD/CAM/CAE/RE/RP)

2.1 Software

• CATIA V 5 R17
• Solid Edge V 17 (Modules: Part Modelling, Assembly Modelling, Sheet Metal and Draughting)
• UG CAM Ver. NX - 1 No. (Modules: CAM)
• ImageWare V11 --- 1 No. (Modules: Point Processing, Surface to Cloud Analysis, Surface Preparation and Surface Generation)
• Geomagic Studio V 13.0 - 1 No. (Modules: Geo Capture)
• Mimics V 13.11 --- 1 Nos (Modules: Full Version)
• Auto Cast V 7.0 - 1 Nos. (Modules: Full Version)
• Ansys Multi Physics V 11
• LS Dyna
• AutoCAD V 2007
• PROE Wildfire 2003

2.2 Computer Aided Engineering

• CNC turning system
• CNC Vertical machining Centres (03)
• CNC wire-cut
• EDM
• Plano - Miller
• Shadowgraph

2.3 3D Digitizing & CMM

• CMM
• FARO Platinum(6 ft Robotic Arm)
• FARO Laser Line Probe ( Scanner)
• FARO Xi Laser Tracker
• Workstation –12nos.

2.4 Rapid Prototyping

• Rapid Prototyping Machine Vantage 1 (FDM)

2.5 Micromanufacturing

• Ink Jet Printing Apparatus
• Nano Particle Size Analyzer

INSTRUMENTATION, ELECTRONICS & CONTROL

• Motor Design Software : SPEED , MOTOR SOLVE
• Analysis ANSYS (ELECTROMAGETIC)
• Advanced Motor Testing facility
• Drives and Drive integration Systems
• Powerpack system upgradation
• Power Electronics Lab
• Sensors and Data Acquisition systems
• Temperature Calibration Lab & Thermal Analysis
• Lab view, SCADA programming

ADVANCED MATERIALS & PROCESSES

1.1 Melting & Solidification Processing

• 1000 kg (Cu/Fe) vacuum induction furnace for scale up
• 5/10 kg air/inert gas melting induction furnace
• 5/10 kg air/inert gas melting resistance furnace
• Laboratory scale inert gas/vacuum (2 kg) melting system
• 500 kg vacuum con cast System
• 600 kg (Al) air/inert gas melting system with electro-magnetic stirring
• Laboratory scale vertical con-cast (25 kg) system
• Near rapid solidification set-up: Planner Flow Caster
• Centrifugal castings Apparatus
• Investment Casting facilities

1.2 Powder & Ceramic Materials Processing

• Press( 50 ton, 250 tons)
• Tablet making press (10 tons to 25 tons)
• Ball mills (200 kg)
• High energy planetary mills
• Blenders & mixers
• Granulator
• Sieve system
• Vacuum drier
• Spray pyrolysis
• Slip casting facilities
• High Vac (1E-06) sintering & Heat treatment furnace systems (1500 C)
• Hydrogen sintering & heat treatment systems(100mm x 250mm x 300mm;1700 C)
• H2 continuous pusher furnace for sintering
• Air sintering systems (1600 C)
• Plasma sintering systems (> 2000C)
• Microwave sintering systems (1600 to 2000 C)

1.3 Chemical Processing

• Chemical leaching / digestion system
• Solvent extraction unit
• Calcination system
• Precipitation reactor
• Vacuum filtration & centrifuge filter
• Reaction synthesis, and plasma synthesis reactor
• Microwave digestor and microwave synthesis
• Multi – process pilot plant for moly silicide
• HF handling units

1.4 Electrochemical Processing

• Coating Units (lab scale and pilot plant)
• Electrolyis & Electrowinning (for Cu & Ag recovery from alloy scrap)
• Electro-refining (Cu, Al)
• Electrochemical leaching (oxy – chloride in situ production and moly leaching)
• Electro-reduction (Ti, Nb, Cr powder)
• Electroforming

1.5 Deformation Processing

• Lab Scale 2High Hot and cold rolling mills, 4Hi cold (foil rolling)
• Wire drawing apparatus (16mm to 4mm, 4mm to 0.25mm)
• Super fine wire drawing (down to 50 SWG (25 micron))
• Flow forming

1.6 Advanced Joining Processes

• Vacuum Brazing (Cu, Ag, Au, Ni based filler materials) furnace systems
• EBW (under procurement)
• Microwave joining of ceramics
• Friction Stir welding
• Explosive Joining (under outsourcing contract with local vendor)

1.7 Surface Engineering

• 3M & 9M Air Plasma Systems
• Oxy-Fuel spray guns
• Diffusion Conversion coating systems
• Surface preparation eqpts
• Coating Characterization equipments
• Electrochemical and chemical conversion coatings (under 1.3 & 1.4)

1.8 Nano, Thin Films & sensors

• CVD systems
• Reactive Ion Etching Systems
• Sensor development

1.9 Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering

• CO2 incubator
• Laminar Air Flow Chamber
• Cooling centrifuge and clinical centrifuge
• CCR Thermocycler
• UV trans illuminator
• Gel Electrophorosis equipment
• Olympus Biological Microscope

1.10 Materials Testing & Characterization

• Metallography
  • Sample Preparation Apparatus
  • Polishing and electrochemical polishing; Sample coating for SEM
  • Image Analysis : Optical & SEM
• Mechanical Properties
  • 25 ton UTM, microhardness
  • High Temp Tensile testing
• Physical Properties
  • Conductivity meters
  • Ultrasonic testing apparatus
  • Particle size analysis
  • Magnetic separator
  • Density measurements
• Chemical characterization
  • ICP (dual view and simultaneous ppb level detection)
  • AAS
  • UV
  • XRD & XRF
  • Leco O N H analyzer
  • Hydride generator
  • Microwave digestor
  • Coloumb metric titrator
  • Water distillation units and Millipore water purification systems
  • Wet chemical analysis lab

COMPUTER SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS RESOURCES

Domain controller

• Windows 2012 Server (Datacenter Edition)

Mailing System

• MS Exchange Server 2013

Data Base

• Oracle 8.0 Oracle 9.0, My SQL

Internet

• 4 MBPS MLNN

Operating System (Server)

• Windows 2012 Datacenter Edn.
• Windows 2003 Std.
• Windows NT4.0
• Novel Netware 4.0
• Red Hat Linux

Operating System (Desktop)

• Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP
• Windows 2000 (Prof), Windows 95 /98 / NT4.0 (WS)
• Win XP Tablet PC Edition.

Software Tools

• MS Visual Studio .NET
• Corel Web Graphic Suite
• JAVA
• Crystal reports

Application Software

• MS Office 2007
• MS Office XP
• Corel Office Suite
• Corel Design Suite
• Corel WEB Suite
• Adobe Acrobat 9.0(Professional)