MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT BLOG

Micro-EDM drilling Presented by:  Mr. Mathew J Joseph ,  AP, ME Dept . Audience:  Staff members, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Mr. Mathew J Joseph took a session on “ Micro EDM drilling ” based on his paper presented at the  International Conference on  Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering at NIT Calicut .  The  contents of the discussion were the following: • Introduction to the concept of Micro-EDM in comparison with the conventional EDM processes and their  advantages . • Tubular electrodes used in micro-EDM drilling • The main work discussed included the optimization of the process parameters in micro-EDM  drilling for improving MRR (material removal rate) and minimizing Over- cut. • The entire experimental procedure and the obtained results were discussed and the analysis  of the effect of the process parameters (voltage, capacitance, electrode feed rate and electrode  rotation speed...

The Mechanical Engineering department in association with the AJCE-ISTE chapter conducted a one-day seminar on “Recent trends in Nano Composites” on 15 th July 2014 for the students of Mechanical, Civil and Metallurgy Departments. The seminar was inaugurated by Dr. K Padmanabhan, Asst. Director and Head, centre for excellence in Nano composites, VIT University. Rev. Fr. Dr. Jose Kannampuzha gave the presidential address. The seminar sessions were handled by Dr. K Padmanabhan and Dr. Soney C George.