The Department of Mechanical Engineering have a wide variety of facilities where students can develop their practical experience in the field of Mechanical Engineering. The dedicated and professional staff, have developed an excellent laboratory infrastructure to provide practical exposure and experimentation covering the latest technologies. Modern multi-media instruction technologies are used to enhance presentation quality and ICT applications have been integrated into all programmes.

The programmes offered by the department include a considerable practical component. The facilities are available on a daily basis and laboratory assistants are present to assist students with their practical work. 

Below you will find a synopsis of the available laboratories:

1. AMTC Laboratory (Venue E22)


The Advanced Manufacturing Technology Centre is set up to accommodate +/- 20 students for theoretical and practical training in the following fields:

  •  Basic pneumatics  
  • Advanced pneumatics  
  • Electro pneumatics  
  • Basic hydraulics  
  • Advanced hydraulics  
  • Electro hydraulics 

Process control and automation using Siemens and Festo Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC).

2. Fluids Lab (Venue E2)

Fuids get used mostly for Practical.

  • Venturi
  • Series and parrallel pumps
  • Channel flow
  • Friction in the pipe lines
  • Shock Losses in Fitting
  • Flow under varying head
  • Office Plate
  • Wind Turbine test Rig

 

 

5. Siemens (Venue E17) 

  • 10 X S7-300 PLC stations with full simulation interface  
  • 10 X S7-200 PLC stations with simulation interface  
  • 10 X Simatic Panels 

The Siemens laboratory is used for accredited Siemens Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) training for industry as well as control system lecturing for Electrical Engineering students.

The Siemens courses are SERV 1, SERV 2, PRO1, PRO2.

6. Thermolab (Venue E1)

The thermolab gets used for student practical.

  • Engine dyno testing  
  • Cooling towers  
  • Heat exchangers  
  • Calorific value of fuels  
  • Pressure measurement  
  • Dryness fraction of steam
  • Calibration of a pressure gauge
  • Ranking Cycle  

The department also has fully-equipped computer laboratories with Internet and e-mail access available on a daily basis. These facilities form an integral part of project research and assignments.