Laboratories

CAD/CAM/CAE Laboratory

Software Installed:

• AutoCAD


• CATIA


• Ansys


• TK Solver Rel. 5.0


• CFD


• OptiStruct

Fluid Machinery Laboratory

Major Equipment:

• Pelton Wheel (1947)


• Francis Turbine (1947)


• Kaplan Turbine (1947)


• Gear Pump (1947)


• Centrifugal Pump Test Rig (1947)


• Hydraulic Jack


• Torque Convertor


• Hydraulic Press (1958)


• Pneumatic Trainer


• Hydraulic Trainer

Fuels and Testing Laboratory

Major Equipment:

• Variable Compression Ricardo Engine Test Rig (1960)


• Computerized Single Cylinder Diesel Engine with Eddy Current Dynamometer


• Data Acquisition System for Engine Testing


• 5 Gas Exhaust Analyzer


• Smoke Meter


• Calorimeters


• Carbon Residue Apparatus


• Redwood Viscometer


• Saybolt Viscometer

Heat Engines Laboratory

Major Equipment:

• Ruston Diesel Engine (1960)


• Two-stage Reciprocating Air Compressor


• Rocardo Variable Compression Engine with Sensors

Heat Transfer Laboratory

Major Equipment:

• Pin Fin Apparatus


• Stefan Boltzmann Apparatus


• Forced convection Apparatus


• Emissivity Measurement Apparatus


• Thermal Conductivity of Insulating Powder Apparatus


• Thermal Conductivity of Liquid Apparatus


• Thermal Conductivity of Metal Rod Apparatus


• Heat Exchanger Apparatus


• Dropwise and Filmwise Condensation Apparatus


• Heat Pipe Apparatus

Kirloskar's I.C. Engine Research Laboratory

Software Installed:

• AVL suite (Donated by AVL India)

• Boost

• Fire

• Cruise-M

Major Equipment:

• KOEL Tractor Engine Test Bed (Donated by Kirloskar Oil Engine Ltd)

• HIL simulator (Ni-PXIe)

• HONDA Genset Engine Test Bed

• Hydrogen Supply System

• IndiModul 621 with Indicom Software

Micro Systems Engineering Laboratory

Major Equipment:

• 4-Axis CNC Wire Cut EDM along with Software


• Nd:YAG Pulse Laser System along with 4-Axis CNC Gantry


• 4-Axis CNC Milling Machine


• Fiber Laser System


• Laser Alignment System


• Micro-Hardness Tester


• Laser Micrometer


• Mikrotool Multi-Purpose Machining Centre

Non-Conventional Energy Sources Laboratory

Major Equipment:

• Parabolic Collector Solar Panels


• Flat Plate Collector Solar Panels


• Wind Mill


• Solar Cooker


• Solar Still


• Vacuum Tube Solar Water Heater


• Pyranometer


• SPV Panels (80W)

Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Laboratory

Major Equipment:

• Ice Plant


• Air Conditioning Plant


• Split AC Test Rig


• Cryo-Pump Test Set-Up


• Vapor Compression Test Rig


• Cooling Tower Test Rig


• Air Cooler Test Rig

Steam Technology Centre

Major Equipment:

• Babcock & Wilcox Boiler (1957)


• Impulse Reaction Turbine


• Surface Condenser


• Resistance Load Cell


• Vaporax Boiler


• Spiral Heat Exchanger


• Plate Heat Exchanger


• Shell Heat Exchanger


• Tube Type Heat Exchanger


• Packaged Type Boiler (Forbes Marshall)

Stress Analysis Laboratory

Major Equipment:

• 2T Universal Testing Machine with Computerized Data Acquisition System


• Diffused Light Polariscope


• Strain Indicator

Theory of Machines Laboratory

Major Equipment:

• Gyroscope


• Brake Test Rig


• Balancing of Reciprocating Masses


• Wear Test Rig

Vibration and Acoustics Laboratory

Major Equipment:

• Electro-Dynamic Vibration Shaker with Controller and Power Amplifier


• Modal Shaker


• 4-Channel Vibration Analyzer


• Impulse Hammers


• Miniature Tri-Axial Accelerometers


• Pressure Field Microphones


• Vibration Analysis Software


• Modal Analysis Software


• Non-Contacting Type Tachometer