Product Innovation Laboratory

This laboratory is sponsored by Dassault Systems and is currently used for the Honor course “3D Printing Technology.” Students use a 3D printer to prepare 3D-printed models of different mechanical components. The lab also has computer terminals installed with Dassault Platforms such as 3D Experience, CATIA, SOLIDWORKS, etc.

Product Development Through Research

Hand gesture controlled Robotic Arm

This 3D printed robotic arm position is controlled through a  hand glove that is attached with an MPU6050 Gyroscope and a flex sensor. The ARM uses 4 servo motor for robotic ARM movement. The Flex sensor is used to control the gripper servo of Robotic Arm and the MPU6050 is used for the movement of robotic in X and Y-axis. The robot moves in up, down, left or right directions and picks up objects from one place and keeps at another desired place as directed by the movements of fingers and hand.

Design of Mini URI0 Arm

Design of Mini URI0 Arm for pick and place operation- Building a small prototype which is open source robotic arm used in industries for various purposes.

5 Degrees of Freedom Robotic Arm

ABS was used to 3D print a robotic arm. Pick and place operations will be performed by this arm. Its weight is 200g. 6 servo motors and Arduino will be used to control the arm. The robot will be mathematically modeled to achieve different joint angles and hence different orientations

Faculty Publications

Journal Publications

Student research

Cold Plate

The cold plate has been designed to extract heat from the chip and reject it to the surrounding environment. Water is used as the working fluid for the removal of heat. Various experiments have developed heat transfer and fluid flow characteristics. The cold plate can be used to remove heat from the chip at different heat inputs by varying the water flow rate.

Supercapacitor

Asymmetric supercapacitor developed using nanocomposites (Positive Ni.Co LDH/rGO and negative Fe2O3 electrodes)
Specifications:

• Charging Time: 60 seconds
• Discharge time: more than 30 Minutes
• Voltage: 4.5 V
• Current: 250 mA
• Energy density: 150 Wh Kg-1

Precise, accurate and cost-effective device for engine speed control during its testing

Fine engine speed adjustment during laboratory testing is essential to determine its performance. The laboratory experiment of a variable speed engine consists of the multi-cylinder petrol engine test rig on which various parameters can be determined. The system’s main application is to maintain a constant speed during its experimentation. Since the prior arrangements on the engine test rig, maintaining the constant speed is difficult, and the fluctuations were observed. Hence, this assembly makes it possible to fine-adjust the speeds of the engines and determine their performances at various speeds.

Pavan Mitra

‘Pavan Mitra’ will deliver a concise yet effective way to harness wind energy to power household appliances and other power-run devices. It involves the design and development of a mini wind turbine that can be stacked together in a tower. The tower can eventually be placed according to a planned modular architecture in household spaces, terraces, balconies, and many other such environments.

Products developed through Major Projects