MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT BLOG

In connection with ‘Make in India Campaign’, faculty members of Mechanical Engineering Department had attended Manufacturing Conclave at Kochi on 08 December 2015, organized by Confederation of Indian Industry. The objective of this conclave is to promote smart manufacturing practices in Kerala and also to attract the State as a favorable destination for manufacturing sector. With a growing focus on new technologies and investments within the state and with a revived outlook on entrepreneurship there is a new focus towards this sector. The State is also promoting new industries to set up their base in Kerala in the State owned industrial parks. The State also offers a large pool of trained and talented labour and with the location benefits that the State has, it has all the potential to become a smart destination for manufacturing .

 But just because we think, it doesn't mean that we are coming up with anything very extra ordinary  “Thinking out of the box” - Abi Varghese. Get Inspired By others and thinking out of the box has been the only way to solve issues we face on a day to day basis. With the theory learnt in the class rooms putting stuff into practice takes a lot of pain and perseverance, the result of which are beautiful outcomes are the inventions that define what an how they have learnt their lessons. Tech Top 2015 First Prize winners Abi Varghese, Ajin Omanakuttan, Alen Anil, Minnu Elizabeth Shaji and Parameswaran S with Honorable Governor of Kerala Justice (Retd.) Shri. P Sathasivam.

Visit of  S5 ME-B Students  to the Manufacturing plant of  O/E/N  located in the suburbs of Cochin took place on the 19th of September. T he company was  Established in 1968,  and is a  market leader for Electromechanical Components.  The  Factory infrastructure include fabrication plant for pressed parts, plastic moulded parts,  electroplating facilities, Research & Development Laboratory, sophisticated Tool Room and Quality  Assurance & Test Labs. Apart from regular production, O/E/N  offers facilities for contract  manufacturing and already exports considerable volumes. During the visit the students were familiarized with  state of the art Tool Room with CAD facility, machine shops having  special machines in addition to conventional machine tools,  well equipped Press and Moulding shop attached to the Tool Room, and many other robotic punching and moulding machines. The students was thrilled to see the manufacturing faciltiy having men and machines at work. The compan

Kissan Jyothi - 2015,  Exhibition of ago-related equipment for farmers, developed by the aspiring  Mechanical Engineers of the Mechanical Engineering Department, A J C E, Kanjirappally. The venue is at Kokkayar, Mundakayam on August 17th, 2015.

Technical talk on the topic ' Quality Engineering in Aerospace Fabrication ' by K.R Mohan Ananthanarayanan & V Ramachandran, VSSC- NIQR Trivandrum Branch  was held on 17th August 2015 at St. Alphonsa Hall with a packed audience lending their ears to "Let's think about making our product which has 'zero defect'….. and 'zero effect' so that the manufacturing does not have an adverse effect on our environment"                                                                                       - Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi   ZED: Acronym stands for zero defects, zero effect(on the environment)- high quality manufacturing that's also green Ensuring competitiveness of India's MSME is critical as it will contribute to the overall growth of the manufacturing sector and the country's economy. International companies competing in global markets focus on their competitive st