AMET - 2018
AMET 2018 @ MIT College of Engineering, Pune
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MIT College of Engineering, Pune.

The Compressors and Heat Exchangers required for applications in petroleum industry, fertilizer industry, for boilers, etc weigh upto 50 tonnes. The heavy machinery needs to be lifted so that the workers/technicians can work on the lower parts for maintenance. This lifting of heavy machinery and compressors in factories, necessary.

A car's engine cannot power all of the wheels alone. That’s why the drive shaft is necessary to propel the vehicle. To propel the drive wheels it is necessary to take power from engine and send it to drive wheels by means of a drive shaft (half shaft). As it is transmitting the torque from the engine to the wheels, the drive shafts are subjected.

Conveyor equipment selection is a complex, and sometimes, difficult task since there are literally hundreds of equipment types and manufacturers to choose from. The expert system approach to conveyor selection provides advantages of unbiased decision making, greater availability, increase automation, faster response, and reduced cost as compared to human experts.

The automotive industry is growing globally day by day. Now days the electric cars market are growing in our country. The industry is going through a transformational phase with increased pressure to reduced weight, increase volume and remain sustainable. Presently, a conventional vehicle body is made of metal or alloy steels.

The procedures of finite element analysis are finding an extensive usage in the field of engineering analysis and is widely preferred nowadays for analysis of solids and structures and of heat transfer and fluids, and indeed, finite element methods are useful in virtually every filed of engineering analysis. The finite element method is used to solve problems .

Modal analysis is a method to describe a structure in terms of its natural characteristics which are the frequency, damping and mode shapes its dynamic properties. It is a process of determining unwanted vibratory behavior pattern in an engineering component which is subjected to loading conditions.

A tapered bar subjected to an axial load will be analyzed in order to predict the distributions of stress and displacement in the bar by dividing it in equal length 1D structural link elements. a state of plane stress can be assumed. Even though the load is exclusively axial, the taper in the bar cause the state of stress.

This paper concentrates on explaining the design and engineering aspects of making a Go Kart chassis and Hydraulic braking system for student karting championship. This report explains objectives, assumptions and calculations made in designing a Go Kart. The primary objective is to design a safe and functional vehicle based on rigid.

Modern cars have brakes on all four wheels, operated by a hydraulic system. The brakes may be disc type or drum type. The front brakes play a greater part in stopping the car than the rear ones, because braking throws the car weight forward on to the front wheels. Braking system is an integral part of the four wheeler vehicles.

An electromagnet can be set into oscillatory motion by using electromagnets powered by Alternating Current of low frequency, which then slides on a frame and can be used to rotate a crank. The Alternating current makes the electro-magnets switch poles — both the oscillating poles being out of phase - causing the oscillations. An oscillator is used to generate the Alternating current.

The manufacturing industry is a sector of our society which constantly faces challenges with the variation in demand and supply. Optimization in such a dynamic environment becomes difficult for any industry. Advanced approaches constantly attempt to balance the profit of the supplier as well as contentment level of the customer.

The primary aim of the project is to design, develop and implement Semi-Automatic Wall Painting Machine which helps to achieve low cost painting equipment. Despite the advances in robotics and its wide spreading applications, interior wall painting has shared little in research activities. The painting chemicals can cause hazards to the human painters such as eye and respiratory system problems.

Braking system plays a vital role in mechanical industry. Nowadays, research is in progress for development of more efficient braking systems. One of them is Eddy Current Braking System (ECBS). Principle of operation of ECBS is based on Lorentz's Force which is produced due to secondary magnetic field of induced eddy currents.

Current available micro-manufacturing technology and micro-forming draws the attention due to its high precision, low energy consumption and low cost products with better mechanical properties by manufacturers and researchers. However, due to the size effect, the traditional macro-forming cannot be applied to micro-forming directly.

The purpose of this paper is to design a special fixture for measuring the forge pressure on the conventional lathe machine during rotary friction welding of mild steel specimens. The fixture consisting of hydraulic jack with pressure gauge mounting was attached on the tail stock of machine. The pressure gauge shows the forge pressure and friction pressure applied.

Current available micro-manufacturing technology and micro-forming draws the attention due to its high precision, low energy consumption and low cost products with better mechanical properties by manufacturers and researchers. However, due to the size effect, the traditional macro-forming cannot be applied to micro-forming directly.

This paper presents on Casting as a manufacturing process which is used for making components of complex shapes of molten metal in mass production. Casting may experience many different defects such as porosity, incomplete filling, etc. Improving and maintaining the casting quality becomes an important task.

Industry 4.0 is the 4th stage of industrial revolution wherein technologies such as Internet of Things(IoT) and Cyber-Physical systems are adopted for better flexibility in production and overall profit maximization. In today's ever increasing demand for the consumer products, industries having manual interference are lagging behind in service.

Biomechanics has gained a lot of attraction in the recent years due to able correlation of forces acting on a body and some existing mechanical properties of human body system. Recent studies have shown promising results in the amalgamation of Doppler mechanism and blood flow. Ultrasonic Doppler system is devised for non invasive measurement of body tissues.

Brake tubes are used to transmit hydraulic pressure generated by the master cylinder to the brake units in the wheels. We are designing the automatic press for fitting rubber sleeves into the bore of machine parts i.e. brake tubes for an Industry application as organization is facing problem during assembly. As company was ordering these sleeves fitted parts.

Here we are introducing the motorized screw jack. Weight after certain limits cannot be lifted by a person, in such cases we are in need of jack. When it is motorized it becomes more convenient. In order to implement this idea, we have designed and developed a system called motorized jack operating through switch by having full control of the jack.

L.G. Electronics revolutionized the field of household refrigeration by introducing an energy efficient option in the form of linear compressor. It consists of an oscillating motor coupled rigidly to a piston. This paper exhibits the developed mathematical model which includes the dynamic equation of a linear compressor consisting of inertia, motor force and damping.

With the modern era of miniaturization of equipments, heat pipes have attracted major attention in the field of heat transfer. Nanofluids as the working fluid in heat pipes also have attracted a notable attention in recent days due to its superior heat transfer properties. The use of nanofluids in a heat pipe is a very efficient way of enhancing the thermal performance.

For using the energy coming from the sun effectively we have to use some concentrating mediums to concentrate the solar energy at a certain place. Fresnel collectors are very commonly used type of solar concentrators out of various types of solar concentrators. Many researchers are trying to optimize the performance of Fresnel collectors so that maximum amount of solar power.

This paper reveals about the investigation on vapor absorption refrigeration with additives. There are various techniques to enhance the vapor absorption refrigeration cycle performance particularly by changing the property of absorbent.This is achieved by addition of organic salt into absorbent mixture. It was shown that the addition of organic salt(potassium formate,sodium.formate.

This research work is comprised of development of an experimental test setup of vacuum spray dryer. The built setup was aimed to acquire the benefits of drying process in vacuum which leads to low temperature drying and also spray drying which leads to increase in heat transfer by providing more surface area of fluid. The compound which is first dried by conventional spray dryer.

The temperature of the earth at a depth of about 3 to 4m (Brum, et al, 2013) remains almost constant throughout the year due to high thermal capacity of soil. This constant temperature of earth, called undisturbed temperature shows negligible temperature fluctuation at this depth which is close to annual average air temperature. Thus, the temperature here is higher.

Braking system in the vehicle enables driver to accelerate. As we are proceeding in 21century advancement in automobile sector are increasing gradually. The braking system of vehicle is also changed from drum brake to disc brake. The main objective of braking system in vehicle is reduce the speed of vehicle or control the motion vehicle.

This paper presents a case study for the selection of an optimum CFD technique from various techniques which are used to study and understand the flow in a Gas-Solid fluidized bed. Fluidization is an operation through which fine solid particles are transformed into a fluid like state through contact with either a gas, liquid or both and behave like a fluid through suspension.

This paper presents an experimental study and determination of performance of a split-type inverter air conditioner based on refrigeration cycle using ejector. Instead of conventional expansion device ejector recovers the expansion process loss by generating isentropic expansion process and also by increasing the cooling capacity and decreasing the power consumption.

This paper mainly discusses an analysis at its very initial condition by taking into account the heat that has been transferred from micro pin-fins. Under natural convection condition, a performance analysis of thermal properties of arrays of plate as well as pin type of micro-fins is experimentally carried out. The heating surface is kept same for the comparative study.

Turbochargers are used throughout the automotive industry to improve the overall efficiency of an internally fired combustion engine. This helps the manufacturers to improve the power output of the vehicle without actually increasing the size and cylinder capacity of the engine. This is termed as "downsizing". Turbochargers have proved very crucial in the field of motorsports.

The changing nature of threats necessitates the Armed Forces to constantly plan and upgrade their military arsenals. Currently our defence acquisitions have more than 2/3rd of import content, which, to be realistic, is alarming. As India’s geo-political and economic ambitions grow, it needs to develop robust indigenous manufacturing capabilities and ecosystem to secure.

This paper describes the simulations for two test conditions. Empty room simulation and other one for to decide the quantity of ventilation requirements needed to moderate the risk of flammability when leakage is present of refrigerants from large chillers inside rooms. Room size is 376 m³ is simulated using computational fluid dynamics. The chiller capacity is 2640 kW.

During the finishing operation in paper industry, waste paper is engendered as the result of the trimming operation. This trimmed paper is called broke or trim and needs to be recycled. For the recycling of trim, there is a need of trim handling system and cyclone separator is of paramount importance in trim handling process. In this paper cyclone separators are reviewed.

The rapid transportation of heavy-duty vehicles on our highways all day is a clear proof of the hellish desire to consume society. This rapid transport of such heavy vehicles drags and creates the subsequent rapid wind on the surface of the highway. These fast winds generated on the highway may be trapped and then used in another possible form of energy, just as the kinetic energy.

This paper gossips on a development of power supply system using thermoelectric generator (TEG) used for medical implants. There are currently more implantable medical devices being used than ever before, with the best example being the implantable cardiac pacemaker. Thermal energy harvesting from the body may extend the use of biomedical devices beyond the lifetime of batteries.

Compressed air as a source of energy in different uses in general and as a non- polluting fuel in compressed air vehicles has attracted scientists and engineers for centuries. Compressed air filled by electricity using a compressor. The electricity requirement for compressing air has to be considered while computing overall efficiency.

Now a days, there is a need to find alternative methods for refrigeration systems because of various reasons. So, this review paper contains the study of such an alternative method for conventional refrigeration system, i.e. Magnetic Refrigeration System and contribution of different scientists in the study of this system.

Bio-fuel production by pyrolysis process is now an established process. Many of the projects are being run all over the world. Normally, for regular pyrolysis external biomass heater which uses coal is used as heating source to enable the gasification of the biomass in the reactor. The By- products of the pyrolysis process viz. ‘Bio char, Bio-oil and Syngas.