• Dassault Centre for Excellence,
• SAE Centre for Excellence in Surface Engineering,
• Robo 4.0 Lab.
• Friction Materials lab and library

These resources are specifically designed to facilitate both research activities and to teach UG and PG of students in the latest technological advancements. The Department’s infrastructure includes

• UG & PG Class Rooms  : 09 Nos
• Drawing Halls: 4 each seating capacity of 70.
• Air-conditioned Conference Hall: 100 sq.m
• Seminar hall with 120 seating capacity
• Department Library
• 12 printers and a photocopying machine with scanning facility
• 15 well equipped Laboratories of Total area of 3500 sq.m
• HOD office, faculty rooms and cubicles
• Around 200 Computers and 12 of Laptops
• 14 High-resolution LCD Projectors for lectures and seminars
• Internet facility with Wi-Fi connectivity
• The Faculty Rooms and All Laboratories are interconnected through 1Gbps LAN

LABORATORIES

The department has well equipped laboratories and workshops. The following are some of the important laboratories and workshops:

• Thermal lab
• Fluid mechanics and machinery lab
• Dynamics lab
• Material Testing and Metallurgy lab
• CAD lab
• CIM lab
• Metrology and Measurements lab
• Mechatronics lab
• Machine shop
• Engineering Practices lab
• Design Appreciation lab
• Surface Engineering lab
• Professional Welding lab
• Friction materials lab
• Robo lab 4.0
• Project lab

THERMAL LABORATORY

The lab has two divisions namely thermal engineering and heat & mass transfer for undergraduate students.

• This lab is equipped with Engine Testing Facility and different types of IC engines to measure various performance parameters of engines.
• Cut section models of four-stroke and two-stroke engines are available to facilitate understanding of valve and port openings.
• Different fuel testing equipment is available to measure calorific value, viscosity, flash point, fire point, pour point of any fuel.
• This lab is also intended for the students to understand the various modes of heat transfer principles.

List of Major Equipment

Computerized Kirloskar Engine with Lab View based Engine Analyzer Multi-fuel Engine Sensors for Measurement of Speed, Load, Pressure, Crank Angle etc. Kane Automotive Exhaust Gas Analyser Single Cylinder Water Cooled Four Stroke Petrol Engine Eddy Current Dynamometer. Single Cylinder Air Cooled and Water Cooled Diesel Engines. Single Cylinder Air Cooled Four Stroke Petrol Start Kerosene Engine. Single Cylinder Four Stroke Water Cooled Diesel Engine. Single Cylinder Air Cooled Two Stroke Petrol Engine Multi – Cylinder Four Stroke Air Cooled Petrol Engine Twin Cylinder Water Cooled Diesel Engine.

Vapour Compression Refrigeration Unit (R12) + (R134 a) Natural and Forced Convection Apparatus Double Pipe Heat Exchanger Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger Emissivity measurement Apparatus Stefan – Boltzmann Constant Apparatus Vapour Compression Air-Conditioning Test Rig (R12) Thermal Conductivity Measurement Apparatus (Liquid and Solid) Thermal conductivity Measurement Apparatus (Composite Plane Wall and Cylinder) Transient Heat Conduction Apparatus Boiling Heat Transfer Study Apparatus

FLUID MECHANICS AND MACHINERY LABORATORY

This lab is offered to the undergraduate students of different streams of engineering.

• The main purpose is to understand and demonstrate their knowledge gained from the fluid machineries.
• The laboratory consists of experiments related to flow measurements using different devices and related to losses in pipes.
• The performances and efficiency of various (Centrifugal, Gear, Jet, and Reciprocating) pump and various types of turbines (Peloton wheel turbine, Francis turbine, and Kaplan turbine) are also measured and demonstrated.

List of Major Equipment
Friction Factor in Pipes Minor Losses in Pipe Venturi and Orifice Meter Jet Pump Vane Pump Gear Pump Centrifugal Pump (Single Speed) Francis Turbine Kaplan Turbine Submersible Pump Pelton Turbine	“V” Notch Open Mouth piece Orifice Centrifugal Pump (Variable speed) Reciprocating Pump Impact of Jet on vanes Reynolds Apparatus Bernoulli’s Apparatus Rota Meter Metacentric Height

DYNAMICS LABORATORY

The objective of the lab is to understand the static force and dynamic force analysis and to study the undesirable effects of imbalances in rotors and engines. The lab is also used to understand the concept of vibratory systems, their analysis, and the principles of control devices such as Governors and Gyroscopes.

List of Major Equipment
Universal Governor Apparatus. Cam Analysis Machine. Motorised Gyroscope. Whirling Speed of Shaft Setup Dynamic Balancing Machine. Balancing of Rotating Masses Setup. Balancing of Reciprocating Masses Setup	Longitudinal Vibration Setup Vibration Measuring Equipment’s – Uni-axial Shaker, Uni-axial & Tri-axial accelerometer, Impact Hammer and Data Acquisition System. Condenser Microphone

MATERIALS TESTING AND METALLURGY LABORATORY

The Material testing Laboratory offered for undergraduate students to understand the metallurgical analysis techniques.

• The lab is equipped with metallurgical microscopes, hardness tests for different ferrous and non-ferrous metals.
• This lab also used to measure the mechanical properties of ferrous and non-ferrous Metals by performing tensile and impact tests.

List of Major Equipment
Metallurgical Microscope with Image Analyzer Salt Spray Chamber Electroless coating setup Non-ferrous melting furnace Double Disc Polishing Machine	Heating furnace Belt Grinder Metallurgical Microscopes Specimen cut-off machine Specimen Molding Machine

CAD LABORATORY

CAD lab is offered to undergraduate and postgraduate students to get professional training on 2D & 3D engineering drawings using the latest version of software packages. Students also learn the structural analysis of various components. This lab consists of Major Software

• Pro/e Creo 7.0 : University Plus (500 Seats)
• Ansys 2023 R2 (Academic) : 100 Seats
• (Research) : 10 Seats
• Matlab R 2013a : 100 Users
• AutoCAD Education Version : 30 User

CIM LABORATORY

The purpose of this lab is to familiarize the programming techniques in CNC part programming through Siemens NX Software Package. This lab is offered to both undergraduate as well as postgraduate-level students. The major Equipment are

• CNC Turning Center
• CNC Vertical Machining Center and
• 3D Printer

List of Major Equipment
CNC Turning Centre Sprint 16 TC – 1 No CNC Vertical Machining Center- BMV 35 TC20- 1 No Seimens NX 12 CAD/CAM Software – 30 Seats	Master CAM simulation Software – 1 Seat Desktop Computer – Dell & Acer – 35 Nos. 3D Printer- Olivetti S2 – 1 No

METROLOGY AND MEASUREMENTS LABORATORY

The Metrology lab houses instruments and tools to understand both experimental and theoretical measurements and determinations of uncertainty level in manufacturing products.

• The calibration exercises for the students make them find the standard error involved in the measuring instrument using a set of slip gauges.
• This lab extended its usage in the research for analyzing the surface roughness using a stylus and through image processing.

List of Major Equipment
Coordinate Measuring Machine – TESA Surface Roughness Tester – TalySurf Precision XYZ Translation Stage – HOLMARC Vision System – National Instruments CCD Camera with Accessories – Basler CMOS Camera with Accessories – Basler	Tool Maker’s Microscope – Mitutoy Autocollimator – Prisms India Surtronic – 10 Portable Surface Roughness Tester – TalySurf Profile Projector Other Conventional Instruments (Micrometer, Vernier, Gauges etc…)

The metrology lab is well equipped with surface roughness measuring devices through many research articles and funded projects are received. Ongoing Project

S.No	Title of the Project	Funding Agency	Amount In INR (lakhs)	Principle Investigator
1.	Non-contact Surface roughness measurement of Machined Surfaces using the Wavelet Metrics of laser Speckle images	AICTE Research Promotion Scheme (RPS) (2020-2021)	8.676	Dr. H. Siddhi Jailani, Professor/Mech Dr. J. Mashar Ali, Associate Professor/Mech

Patents Published

S.No	Title of the Patent	Status	Inventors
1.	System and method for analysis of roughness quality of flat specimens using image processing	Published	Dr J. Mahashar Ali, Dr H. Siddhi Jailani and Dr M. Murugan

Total no Ph.Ds completed – 02

S.No	Scholar Name	Thesis Title	Month and Year of Award
1.	Mr. T. Jeyapoovan	characterization of machined surfaces using machine vision	NOV 2013
2.	Mr. J. Mahashar Ali	Surface Roughness evaluation of machined surface using image processing	JAN 2021

Papers Published Few recently published papers.

S.No	Title of the Paper	Authors	Journal Name	Month and Year	DOI
1	In-Situ Surface Roughness Evaluation of Surfaces Machined with EDM by Image Processing	Dr J. Mahashar Ali, Dr H. Siddhi Jailani and Dr M. Murugan	Journal of Non destructive Evaluation	Aug 2022	https://doi.org/10.1007/s1 0921-022-00864-3
2	Surface roughness evaluation of electrical discharge machined surfaces using wavelet transform of speckle line images	Dr J. Mahashar Ali, Dr H. Siddhi Jailani and Dr M. Murugan	Measurement	JAN 2020	https://doi.org/10.1016/j. Measurement.2019.10702 9,2020

MECHATRONICS LABORATORY

This lab imparts skill and knowledge on modular automation systems by implementing the automation skills achieved from the basics of PLC.

• This lab also consists of fluid power systems which contain basic pneumatic trainer kit, electro-pneumatic trainer kit, and hydraulic trainer kit.

List of Major Equipment
GE Fanuc Programmable Logic Controller NI LabVIEW 8.2.1 and NI LabVIEW 2013 NI 6009 – General Purpose DAQs 4 No NI 9213 – 16 channel Thermocouple DAQs 1 No NI 9237 – 4 channel strain DAQs 1 No NI Elvis II+ – Circuit Design Bundle – 1 No.	cDAQ – Compact DAQ chassis – 5 Nos Festo pneumatic Trainer Kit Festo Pneumatics & Hydraulics simulation software. Agilent Digital Storage Oscilloscope with GPIB interface Pneumatic trainer kit. Kristler Accelerometer (Broad Band).

MACHINE SHOP

The Machine Shop provides knowledge on the various lathes , special machine tools and their attachments and various operations performed on them. The major machines tools and equipment available are:

List of Major Equipment
Lathe Shop Shimoga O’ bench lathe machine Ge Dee Weiler lathe machine Mahavir lathe machine Uday lathe machine Enterprise lathe machine Capstan lathe Automatic lathe machine Special Machine Shop Electric Discharge Machining (EDM) Machine Horizontal Milling Machine	Vertical Milling Machine Radial Drilling Machine Slotting Machine Gear Hobbing Machine Cylindrical Grinding Machine Surface Grinding Machine Shaping Machine Pillar Drilling Machine Power Hacksaw Machine Bench Grinding Machine

MANUFACTURING PRACTICE LABORATORY

This lab is offered as a central facility for all first-year undergraduate engineering students and is administered by the Department of Mechanical Engineering. This manufacturing practice laboratory is equipped with bending machines, anvils, and welding machines to understand the principles and to fabricate various engineering components.

List of Major Equipment
Smithy Furnace – 1 Nos Folding Machine – 1 Nos Shearing machine – 1 Nos Grinding Machine – 1 Nos	Arc Welding Machine – 5 Nos Welding Booths – 3 Nos Gas Welding Set-up – 1 Nos Drilling Machine – 1 Nos

DESIGN APPRECIATION LABORATORY

The Design Appreciation Lab has products and subassemblies like Worm gearbox, pneumatic double acting cylinder, external gear pump, internal gear pump, centrifugal pump, rotary pump, and two-stage pump. These products are dismantled and re-assembled by the students. In this process, they learn the functioning of the product, materials used and tools with their specifications used for dismantling and assembly. This lab is offered for undergraduate mechanical engineers in the second semester itself.

List of Major Equipment
Basic hand tools Basic power tools Standard machine components Work & tool holding devices Internal combustion (IC) engine IC engine components Fixed reduction gear box	Blower Oil pumps Water pumps Reciprocating compressor Electric motor Electro-mechanical components Basic components for Toy design

SURFACE ENGINEERING LABORATORY

The surface Engineering lab of the department is identified as the SAE Centre for excellence. The lab is equipped with Ducom Pin on disk tribo tester, ball mill and computerised microscopy and a high precision weighing scale. A number of project consultancy works are carried out. The lab witnesses one of the major research facility in which many research scholars, UG,PG scholars carry out their research work. Recently completed projects

S.No	Title of the Project	Funding Agency	Amount In INR (lakhs)	Principle Investigator
1.	Synthesis and characterization of ZrO2 Dispersed Ti, Ti-6Al-4V, Ti-6Al-5V, Ti-6Al-7Nb composite	SERB-TARE (2018-2021)	18.30	Dr. R. Karunanithi, Associate. Prof/Mech

Total no Ph.Ds completed- 07

S.No	Scholar Name	Thesis Title	Month and Year of Award
1.	Mr. T.R. Tamilarasan	Effect of Surfactants on The Characteristics of Electroless Composite Coatings	MAY 2016
2.	Mr. M. Pervez Ahmed	Influence of cryogenic treatment on Cu-2 wt% Be Alloy	AUG 2019
3.	Mr. K. Sathickbasha	Effect of Metal Fibers and Metal Sulfides Towrds Tribological Performance in NA Brake Pads	JUL 2021
4.	Mr. M. Abdur Rahman	Effect of Aging and Ceramic Reinforcement on the Hardness and Wear Behavior of A1 7150 Alloy Composite by Powder Metallurgy	AUG 2021
5.	Mr. A. Prashanth	Development of hybrid nano – AL2O3/Y2O3 dispersed AA 7017 by mechanical alloying followed by hot pressing process	NOV 2021
6.	Mr. A. Karthik	Experimental investigation of AA2219-CeO2 composite Developed by Squeeze casting technique.	JUL 2022
7.	Mr. N. Ravikumar	Investigation of Tribological Properties of Graphene Reinforced Friction Composite Tested on Modified Grey Cast Iron Disc	SEP 2023

PROFESSIONAL WELDING LABORATORY (PWL) The professional welding lab (PWL) equipped with modern welding equipment is established in March 2020 in association with FRONIUS India. PWL is a facility or an entity that provides best practices, Hands-on training, technical support, Know-how about the latest trends and superior technology in the area of welding. List of Major Equipment 1. Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW), 2. Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW), 3. Manual Metal Arc Welding (MMAW)

FRICTION MATERIALS LABORATORY

The friction materials Lab is established in November 2019.The lab is used to determine the wear rate of each brake pad at different brake disc speed and the applied force on the brake pad. It is used to evaluate the braking effectiveness of each brake pad in terms of stopping time. Ongoing Projects

S.No	Title of the Project	Funding Agency	Amount In INR (lakhs)	Principle Investigator
1.	rGo Coated steel fiber development for brake friction materials	SERB-TARE (2022-2025)	18.30	Dr. B Surya Rajan AP/Mech
2.	Fricteck Fibers (A faculty Startup mentored by CIIC and registered with startup India)	Innovation Voucher Programme (IVP) –A Government of Tamil Nadu	2.5	Dr. B Surya Rajan AP/Mech Dr. K. Sathickbasha AP/Mech Mr. P. Balaji Research Scholar/Mech

Patents Published

S.No	Title of the Patent	Status	Inventors
1.	A friction material for brake and clutch lining and a method of preparation and thereof	Published	Dr. B Surya Rajan AP/Mech Dr. K. Sathickbasha AP/Mech Mr. P. Balaji Research Scholar/Mech

Total no Ph.Ds completed- 03

S.No	Scholar Name	Thesis Title	Month and Year of Award
1.	Mr. B Surya Rajan	Effects on Tribological performance of surface treated natural fiber and natural fillers in friction composites	NOV 2020
2.	Mr. Md Javeed Ahmed	Characterization of Natural Fibers and their Influence on Physical Mechanical and Tribological Properties in Non Asbestos Organic Phenolic Friction Composites	AUG 2021
3.	Mr. K. Asrar Ahmed	Evaluation of Tribological Performance of different types of Brass and its varying composition in disc brake pads	AUG 2022

Papers Published

S.No	Title of the Paper	Authors	Journal Name	Month and Year	DOI
1.	The significance of low and high temperature solid lubricants for brake friction applications and their tribological investigation	Mr P Balaji, Dr. B Surya Rajan, Dr K. Sathickbasha et al.,	Tribology International	Mar 2024	https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.triboint.2023.109109
2.	Effective utilization of high temperature sulfides in coated form on steel fibers for brake pad application and evaluating its tribological performance	Dr. B Surya Rajan Mr. P. Balaji	Tribology International	Aug 2023	https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.triboint.2023.1088 69
3.	Influence of metal sulfide coated steel fibers on the friction and wear performance of brake friction composite s	Dr. B Surya Rajan, Dr K. Sathickbasha et al.,	Tribology International	Sep 2022	https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.triboint.2022.1079 24
4.	Synergistic effect of Bismuth III sulfide and Iron sulfide in the Tribological performance of brake friction composite	Dr. B Surya Rajan, Dr K. Sathickbasha et al.,	Surface Topography: Metrology and properties	May 2022	https://iopscience.iop.org/ article/10.1088/2 051-672X/ac6c41/meta (https://iopscience.iop.org/ article/10.1088/ 2051-672X/ac6c41/meta)

ROBOTICS LABORATORY

The Robotics lab is established in association with Pragrobotics Pvt. Ltd. Chennai. This lab also offers value added programmes in Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning and Robotics. List of Major Equipment 1. Lean Arc Welder Robot make : ABB Engineering Ltd Robot type : IRB 1520ID Handling capacity : 4 Kg Reach : 1.5 m Welding machine : KempArc SYN 500 Welding type : MIG 2. Computers HP All-in-one PC : 40 Nos 3. Software Robot Studio : 40 Licence

PROJECT LABORATORY

• The listed fabrication equipment’s provided with Drilling Machine, Angle Cutter, Hand Tools, and Power Tools (Drilling, Cutting, and Grinding).
• Final year and mini projects are carried out in the lab.
• Every year, the students participate in professional society events such as SAE INDIA where the vehicles are fabricated and tested in the project laboratory.
• Courses like MEC 2101 Manufacturing Processes, MEC 2211 Kinematics of Machinery are identified as project-based learning courses, where the students submit their fabricated projects utilizing the lab.
• The project laboratory is also open for the PG and Research scholars where the fabrication/experimental part of their research is carried out.
• Few project samples fabricated by the students for the courses and various SAE events.

Some of the major equipment available are given below:

• CNC Turning Center
• CNC Vertical Machining Center
• Surface Roughness Tester
• Coordinate Measuring Machine
• Vision System
• AE with Digital Scope & GPIB interface
• Ultrasonic flaw detector
• Pin on Disc Wear Tester
• Salt Spray Corrosion Apparatus
• Vibration Sensors, shakers and DAQ
• Cryogenic Treatment Chamber
• Engine Testing Facility
• Engine Exhaust Emission Tester
• Electrical Discharge Machine
• Chase Testing Machine
• Olivetti S2 – 3D Printer
• MMAW Machine
• GTAW Machine
• GMAW Machine
• ABB Industrial (Welding) Robo.