CENTRE FOR ADVANCED MANUFACTURING (CAM)
The Centre for Advanced Manufacturing is a state of art facility with an excellent opportunity to build a strong platform on the field of advanced manufacturing. CAM consist of three research laboratory as follows,
- Additive Manufacturing Laboratory
- Robotics Research Laboratory
- Materials Research Laboratory
Additive Manufacturing Laboratory
The additive manufacturing lab has a readymade 3D printer and 3 DIY (Do It Yourself) printers for the purpose of research in the development of the printer. Advanced Manufacturing technology is “a family of activities that (a) depend on the use and coordination of information, automation, computation, software, sensing, and networking, and/or (b) make use of cutting edge materials and emerging capabilities enabled by the physical and biological sciences, for example nanotechnology, chemistry, and biology. The aim of this centre of advanced manufacturing centre is to provide training and to perform various technical events for colleges, students and industrial persons. The courses have also been planned to conduct for the students at various levels for beginners to advanced level. This involves both new ways to manufacture existing products and especially the manufacture of new products emerging from new advanced technologies.”
Additive manufacturing is the pole opposite; structures are made by the addition of thousands of minuscule layers which combine to create the product. The process involves the use of a computer and special CAD software which can relay messages to the printer so it “prints” in the desired shape.
ROBOTICS RESEARCH LAB
The Robotics lab was initiated in the college campus in association EPR labs, Chennai.
Equipment in Robotics Lab:
- Cartesian robot / Gantry robot: Used for pick and place work, application of sealant, assembly operations, handling machine tools and arc welding. It's a robot whose arm has three prismatic joints, whose axes are coincident with a Cartesian coordinator.
- Cylindrical robot: Used for assembly operations, handling at machine tools, spot welding, and handling at die casting machines. It's a robot whose axes form a cylindrical coordinate system.
- Spherical robot / Polar robot Used for handling machine tools, spot welding, die casting, fettling machines, gas welding and arc welding. It's a robot whose axes form a polar coordinate system.
- SCARA robot: Used for pick and place work, application of sealant, assembly operations and handling machine tools. This robot features two parallel rotary joints to provide compliance in a plane.
- Articulated robot: Used for assembly operations, die casting, fettling machines, gas welding, and arc welding and spray painting. It's a robot whose arm has at least three rotary joints
