The emergence of miniature and micro products / components has increased the demand of the production of micro components with feature size from a few millimeters to tens of micrometers. Mechanical micro machining is one of the key technologies to enable the realization of high accuracy complex micro products made from a variety of engineering materials. Mechanical micro machining is capable to machine metals, polymers, and ceramics in very less time as compared to lithographic processes and other micro machining processes such as EDM, ECM, LBM, etc. As a result, it has found strong base in a wide array of practical applications.
Though the machine for micro cuttings are kinematically similar to conventional machines, there are many differences in terms of process mechanics, machine components, etc. Hence, understanding of machining at micro scale is very important to process any material to the desired dimensions.
Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute
(CMERI), Durgapur
Central Manufacturing
Technology Institute (CMTI), Bangalore
1210 students have enrolled already!!
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
Ajay M Sidpara is a faculty in Mechanical Engineering Department at IIT Kharagpur. His research interests are on surface finishing at nano scale and micro machining for different applications such as optics, biomedical, micro fluidics, etc. He has extensively worked on development of different tooling for nanofinishing, micro machining and improvement of process efficiency using different strategies. He has published 26 journal papers, 12 book chapters, and many conference papers related to nanofinishing and micro machining. 3 patents are filed related to his research work. He has received funding from SERB, BRNS and GE Power India. He has received Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award 2013, Young Engineers Award 2015 from IE (India), and CSR innovation award from GE Power India Limited (erstwhile ALSTOM India Limited). He is a reviewer of more than 20 international journals and also delivered around 20 invited talks in the institutes, and research labs.
COURSE LAYOUT :
Week 1: Experimental observations and theoretical prediction of constituents of an atom
Week 12: Sensor integration for process monitoring
REFERENCES:
1. Micro-Cutting: Fundamentals and Applications by Cheng, Huo, Wiley Publication 2. Introduction to Micromachining 2nd Edition, Ed. V. K. Jain, Narosa Publishing House, ISBN: 978-81-7319-915-8. 3. Precision Manufacturing by David Dornfeld and Dae-Eun Lee, Springer US 4. Research papers
CERTIFICATION EXAM :
The exam is optional for a fee.
Date of Exam: April 28th 2019 (Sunday).
Time of Exam: Morning session 9am to 2 noon; Afternoon session: 2pm to 5pm
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The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published.
CERTIFICATION:
Final score will be calculated as : 25% assignment score + 75% final exam score
25% assignment score is calculated as 25% of average of Best 8 out of 12 assignments
E-Certificate will be given to those who register and write the exam and score greater than or equal to 40% final score. Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kharagpur. It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.
