Department Facilities
The workshops have facilities for Heat Treatment, Casting, Forging, Pattern and Die Manufacture.
The Department of Foundry Technology has a Sand Laboratory for testing of sands and binders, and a Foundry Workshop for melting, moulding and casting of ferrous and non-ferrous metals and alloys.
The Department of Forge Technology has a Forge workshop, Forge Laboratories and Heat treating facilities which includes a Fluidized Bed Furnace, a Muffle Furnace and a Glow bar Furnace.
The Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering has laboratories for metallography, chemical analysis, spectro-photometry, mechanical testing, non-destructive testing, pollution control and monitoring, x-ray diffractometry, induction heating, direct reading emission spectroscopy and image analysis.
The Department of Manufacturing Engineering has Pattern and Machine shops, Metrology,Rapid Prototyping Lab,Foundry Shop,Forge Shop,Die Design Center, Flexible Manufacturing System, Electronics, CAD, Welding and Electrical Laboratories.
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