Facilities
Comprehensive teaching and research laboratories in the School comprise of the following:
Computer Aided Engineering
Laboratories
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Integrated Systems:
- Unigraphics
- Pro Engineer
- Solidworks -
CAD:
- Mechanical Desktop
- QikDraw -
FEA:
- Ansys
- Algor
- Strand7 -
Simulation:
- Moldflow
- Automod
- Matlab
- Invention Machines Lab
- Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA)
- Simprocess
- Robot Studio -
Business Process Management:
- Process Wizard
Thermofluid Laboratories
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Steam plant
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Cooling towers
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Wind tunnels and air flow measurement rigs
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Environmental test chamber
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Heat transfer and heat exchanger test rigs
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Balanced calorimeter room for testing thermal systems
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Refrigeration and air conditioning test rigs
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Solar absorption air conditioning test rig
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Engine test cells
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Outdoor-solar collector and cell module testing equipment
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Pipe/pump test rigs
Mechanic And Dynamic Laboratories
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Free and Forced Vibration Apparatus
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Mechanical Demonstration System
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Undamped Vibration Absorber
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Specimen Tester
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Cantilever Beam Apparatus
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Structures Apparatus
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Specimen Beam Apparatus
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Dynamics Friction Force
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Governor Apparatus
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Various rigs for applied mechanic and dynamic practicals, eg Gear Efficiency Rig, Thick / Thin Cylinder Rig, Suspended Motor Balancing Rig etc
Manufacturing Engineering
Laboratories
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ABB1400 robot (two)
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Brown & Sharp Coordinate Measuring Machine
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Laser displacement system
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NC milling machine
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NC lathe
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Instrumented machine tools for teaching and research in various manufacturing processes, eg metal cutting, sheet metal forming, rolling, extrusion.
Polymer Composite Facility
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Injection moulding machines
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Extruder
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Ancillary Polymer equipment
Robotic And Automation Laboratories
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ABB IRB-140 Robot with Webware
Agricultural Machinery
Laboratories
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Tillage Test Track
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Seed Placement Test Rig and Growth Chambers
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Tillage and Seeding Field Test Equipment (truck with crane, tractors and seeders)
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Food and Fibre Processing Facility
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ELE Soil Triaxial Test Equipment
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Mechanical Workshop
Car
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Electric Car
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Solar Car
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Commuter Car
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SAE Car