11 November, 2022

The Mechanical Engineering Department organized an event titled "Best Practices at IIT-RAM."  The main focus of the visit was the Internal Combustion Engine Laboratory. Students gained hands-on experience by performing an experiment on a 2-cylinder 4-stroke diesel engine test rig and learning about the electricity generation capacity of a single solar panel cell. Students also visited a range of specialized labs, including the workshop, CNC lab, and an automated production lab featuring automated guided vehicles. They also explored the thermal lab and a cold storage facility.

Key Features: 

• Organizing Department: Mechanical Engineering Department
• Duration:11th November 2022 (10:30 AM onwards)
• Venue: Institute of Infrastructure, Technology, Research and Management (IITRAM) Near Khokhara Circle, Maninagar (East) Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India - 380026
• No. of Participants:55
• Faculty Coordinators: Prof. Sapna A. Solanki and Prof. Kintu R. Patel.

Learning Lessons:

• Importance and Application of manufacturing with automated machines.
• Application of Microscope to see material structure, CNC machines.
• Workshop for fitting job, metal cutting job.
• About fuel gas analyzer and diesel engine test rig experiment was done using eddy current dynamometer.

Statements/Quotes by Experts

“Without laboratories men of science are soldiers without arms”- Faculty at IITRAM