S.No

Department / Centre

1.

Civil Engineering

2.

Mechanical Engineering

3.

Production Engineering

4.

Automobile Engineering

5.

Energy Engineering

6.

Metallurgical Engineering

7.

Electrical & Electronics Engineering

8.

Computer Science & Engineering

9.

Information Technology

10.

Electronics & Communication Engineering

11.

Textile Technology

12.

Biotechnology

13.

Chemistry

14.

Management Sciences

15.

Humanities

16.

CAD/CAM Centre & Virtual Reality Centre

17.

PSG TIFAC-CORE

18.

Virtual Instrumentation Centre

19.

PSG L&T Centre for Excellence in LV Switchgear

20.

PSG LAPP Centre for Excellence in Cable Technology

21.

Network Maintenance Cell

22.

Thin Film Centre

23.

PSG - Siemens Centre of Excellence in Automation

I. FACILITIES AVAILABLE

     1. Materials & Structures Laboratory

• UTM 200 kN, 100 t, 25 t, 40 t
• Hardness Tester - Brinell, Vicker, Rockwell
• Spring Tester (Capacity 100 kg)
• Cupping Tester (Capacity 10000 kg)
• Impact Tester - Izod, Charpy
• Amsler Compression Testing Machine (Capacity 200 t)
• Amsler wood Tester (Capacity 4000 kg)
• Tile Testers - Abrasion, Flexure

     2. Concrete Laboratory

• Cement Testing Equipment
• Aggregate testing - Abrasion, Impact, Crushing
• Rebound hammer

     3. Env ironmental Engineering Laboratory

• BOD Incubator
• COD Reflexing Unit
• Spectrophotometer
• Electronic Balance
• Electrical conductivity meter
• Dissolved Oxygen Analyser
• pH meter
• uffle furnace
• Flame Photometer

     4. Soil Mechanics Laboratory

• Liquid limit Apparatus
• Proctor Compaction Apparatus
• Thermostatic Oven
• Triaxial cell
• California Bearing Ratio Tester
• 1.5" Sampling Equipment
• AIN-046 Load frame hand operated
• Triple Beam Balance
• Shrinkage Limit Apparatus
• Plate load test Apparatus
• Standard Penetration Test Apparatus
• Dynamic Cone Penetration test Apparatus

• Electrical Resistivity Meter
• Polarising Microscopes
• Brunton Compass
• Clinometer
• Contact Goniameter

     6. Survey Laboratory

• Dumpy Level
• Surveyor's Compass
• Watts Prismatic Compass
• Standard Vernier Theodolite
• LYNX Prismatic Compass 125 mm
• Advanced Total Station (ATS 102C)
• Global Positioning System (GPS - Garmon)

     7. Computer Applications Laboratory (Softwares)

• AUTOCIVIL, NISACIVIL, SAP 90, SAP 2000, STADPRO, STRAP, ALGOR, ETABS, AUTO PLOTTER

     8. Geographic Information System Laboratory

• A1 Size Plotter
• Map Tracing Table
• Rotameter

Arcview, Arcview spatial analyst, Arcview network analyst, DAK, R2V, Erdas Imagine, Leica GPS, GS5, Intergraph Geomedia Professional, AUTOCAD map, Microstation Geographics.

II. AREAS OF CONSULTANCY, TESTING & RESEARCH AVAILABLE

S.No.

Activity

Finite Element Analysis and Design of Structures and Rehabilitation of Structures

Quality Control tests on Building Materials

Soil Investigation (Field and Laboratory tests) Foundation Design and Consultancy

Survey of Land using ATS, Preparation of Contour Maps and other associated Investigations. Digitization of Maps and GIS Analaysis, GPS Surveying

Rock Identification, Moh Hardness Test, Ground Water Investigations by electrical resistivity. Survey to Digitisation of maps and GIS analysis satellite image processing, GPS surveying

Water analysis, Sewer design, EIA Consultancy

I. FACILITIES AVAILABLE

     1. Heat Power Laboratory

• Compressor Test Rig and Accessories
• IC Engine Test Rig Accessories
• Measuring Devices for Flow, Temperature, Pressure and Vaccum
• Pressure Gauge Calibrator
• Leaf Spring Test Rig
• Drive Shaft Fatigue Test Rig

     2. Fluid Machinery Laboratory

     Jet pump, submersible pump and various other kind of pumps; Turbines, flow meters, rectangular and triangular      notches, cryogenic treatment apparatus, water current meter

     3. Design Laboratory

• ANSYS 7.0
• I-DEAS 11 NX
• MSC. ADAMS 2005
• MATHCAD 11
• NISA 12
• VPG 1.0
• DYNAFORM 2.1
• UG NX 3.0
• SOLIDWORKS 2004

     4. Automation Laboratory

• Basic Pneumatic Training Package TP-101
• Advanced Pneumatic Training Package TP-102
• Basic Electro - Pneumatic Training Package TP-201
• KOYO PLC DL-105 system with DIRECTSOFT Programming software.
• AUTOMATION STUDIO (Pneumatic & Electro Pneumatic Simulation Software)
• Hydraulics and electro-hydralics trainer kit TP501,TP601

     6. Dynamics Laboratory

• DI - 2200 FFT Analyzer for Vibration Testing

     7. Laser Laboratory

• Laser Micro Measurement
• Laser Interferometer (Renishaw)

     8. Industrial Engineering Laboratory

• Simulation package "ARENA" version 9.0
• Simulation package "Pro MODEL"
• SYSTAT - version 10.2
• CRYSTAL Ball 2000 - Process capability study software
• CETOL 6s - Tolerance analysis software

• CNC Simulation Software of - M/s. Keller
• Cutting force measuring dynamometers Milling and Drilling dynamometers (SYSCON make)

     10. Near Net-Shape Manufacturing Laboratory

• Hydraulic Deep Drawing Press (60 T) with Hydro Forming Tool Set and T-Pipe Forming Tool Sets
• OPTRIS software for analyzing Sheet Metal working
• DEFORM software for analyzing Axi-symmetric and 2-D parts.

II. AREAS OF CONSULTANCY, TESTING & RESEARCH AVAILABLE

Sl. No

Activity

1.

Heat Power Laboratory

• Testing of Reciprocating Air Compressors as per IS Standards
• Testing of IC Engines as per IS Standards
• Performance testing of Radiators
• Calibration of Temperature, Pressure and Flow Measuring Devices
• Measurement of Stack Parameter in Process Industries
• Crankshaft Analysis
• Testing Leaf Spring
• Design Evaluation of Radial Pressure on Cylinder Block
• Housing Bore and Connecting rod big end bore
• Fatigue Testing of Shaft

2.

Fluid Machinery Laboratory

• Pressure testing of pipes and valves
• Calibration of Rotometer, Venturimeter and other flow measurement devices
• Calibration of open channel flow measuring devices.
• Cryogenic treatment of metals
• Measurement of flow velocity in rivers, canals etc., Anemometer for Airflow
• Measurement with RS 232 facility;
• Hot wire anemometer
• Data Acquisition Card PCI 6025E
• Pocket Digital Manometer (Multiscale Pressure Meter)
• National Instruments-Sound and Vibration Tool kit with IEPE

3.

• Modelling and assembly using SolidWorks, UG, I-DEAS
• FEA based static analysis of structures using ANSYS
• FEA based thermal analysis of system using ANSYS
• FEA based transient dynamic analysis of structures using ANSYS
• Mechanism analysis of mechanical systems using ADAMS
• FEA of composite structures using NISA
• Mathematical modeling of systems using MATHCAD

4.

• Design validation of pneumatic circuits
• PLC based Design validation of electro- pneumatic circuits
• Design validation of hydraulic circuits.

5.

• Air flow rate measurement using flow transducer
• Sensor interface with LabVIEW software for Mechanical Applications
• Analysis of sound and vibration of mechanical systems using NI sound and vibration tool kit, (i.e., measurement of natural frequency, damping ratio, vibration response)
• Testing of smart actuators, exciters using LabVIEW.
• Measurement of displacement using LVDT (stroke length 0-25mm)
• Non-contact temperature measurement (0-5000C)
• Measurement of surface roughness of machined components
• Force measurement during impact (0-50 kgf)

6.

• Vibration Testing of machinery , pumps etc.,

7.

• Calibration of Plug Gauges
• Laser interferometry for calibration of CNC machines and other precision alignments.

8.

• Study of plant layouts
• Line balancing of systems
• Dynamic scheduling
• Dynamic Value Stream Mapping (Inventory) analysis
• Trend analysis
• Regression analysis
• Design of experiments
       - Analysis of Mean
       - Analysis of Variance
• Computation of Cp & Cpk values; process mean shift
• Analysis by study of distribution changes
• Tolerance cost optimisation
• Tolerance analysis of precision assemblies

9.

• CNC Programme Validation
• Force measurements in cutting operations
  

10.

• Prediction of stresses and deformations in metal forming applications. 

I. FACILITIES AVAILABLE

• Brookfield Viscometer (LVDV-E)
• Ultrasonic Welding Machine

II. AREAS OF CONSULTANCY, TESTING & RESEARCH AVAILABLE

S.No.

Activity

1.

Measurement of fluid viscosity by using Brookfield viscometer (Viscosity Range 15 cp- 1 Million cp)

2.

Ultrasonic welding - Welding on Thermoplastics (1500 Watts,20,000 Hz)

3.

Ultrasonicator (Sonics Vibra cell) for deflocculating the solid particles in a carrier to prepare suspensions/colloids

I. FACILITIES AVAILABLE

• Eddy Current Dynamometer Test Rig (Upto 80 kW)
• ADAMS/Car
• ANSYS

II. AREAS OF CONSULTANCY, TESTING & RESEARCH AVAILABLE

S.No.

Activity

1.

Performance Testing of IC Engines

2.

Endurance Testing of IC Engines

3.

Suspension System Design for Twin Axle Vehicles

4.

Braking System Design for Twin Axle Vehicles

I. FACILITIES AVAILABLE

• Energy audit equipments / Tools
• CFD software

II. AREAS OF CONSULTANCY, TESTING & RESEARCH AVAILABLE

S.No.

Activity

1.

Energy/ Environment / Water audit

2.

Energy Modelling

3.

Renewable Energy Utilization

4.

CFD Simulation

5.

Thermal Equipment Design

I. FACILITIES AVAILABLE

S.No.

Facilities

Applications

1.Metallography

Scanning Electron Microscope with EDAX Attachment JEOL, Japan-JSM 6360

Upto 75000 X Magnification; 70 Angstroms resolution. For study. of fractured samples, powder samples corrosion studies. Useful in failure investigations

Image Analysis System

Super sophisticated computer oriented Metallograph, for quantitative study of grain size, shape, inclusion ratings, porosity and phase analysis

Carl Zeiss Gottingen Microscope

Optical Microscope with digital camera

Neophot-2 Metallograph

Versatile metallograph with photographic facilities and micro-hardness test attachment

2. Hardness Testing

Zwick Microhardness Tester

Load range 10 gm to 30 kg - microprocessor based with printer

Mitutoyo Microhardness Tester

Load ranges 10 gm to 2 kg with a TV projection system. Usefulfor testing microhardness of metals, phases, inclusions,precipitates

Hardness Testers

Brinell Hardness Tester Digital Rockwell Hardness Tester

Impact Hardness Tester

Rebound hardness testing of metallic materials

3. Non-Destructive Testing

X-Ray Radiography Unit

300 kV - 6 mA Radiography unit; suitable for radiographic testing of industrial components of size upto 75 mm steel (or 200 mm Aluminium)

Ultrasonic Tester

Ultrasonic Flaw Detector for studying internal defects of metals non-destructively. No limitation with respect to dimensions.

Eddy Current Tester

Dual phase eddy current tester for studying surface and sub-surface defects in metals

Industrial Endoscopy Unit

Fibre optic technique for visually studying inaccessible regions of components for the presence of defects

Magnetic Crack Detector

To study surface and sub-surface cracks in magnetic materials

4. Tension and Impact Testing

Microtek Tensometer

Used for stress strain curve determination, tension, compression and bend tests, for loads upto 2 tons, for small specimens

Universal Testing Machine

40 kN capacity for evaluation of tensile properties

Charpy impact testing Machine

Impact testing of specimens at room temp and upto -196 degree centigrade

5. Wear Testing

Abrasion Testers

Wet type and dry type for studying abrasive wear

Pin-on-disc Wear Tester

For evaluation of wear characteristics of materials

6. Corrosion Testing

Stress Corrosion Tester

For studying stress corrosion damage

IGC Set up

For corrosion studies as per ASTM & EN standards

Potentiostat Salt-Spray Chamber

For corrosion testing of metallic samples under acidic and alkaline conditions For corrosion testing of painted and coated components

7. Other Facilities

Shimadzu X-Ray Diffractometer Model XRD600

To study crystal structure, phase analysis and transformations in solid metallic samples and powder samples

Foundry Sand Testing

For testing the properties of moulding sands

Heat Treatment Furnances

Various muffle furnaces with programmers and controllers for trial heat treatment work

Plasma Spray Deposition

Used to deposit ceramic and metallic powders using a high temperature plasma arc, for various surface engineering applications

Attritor

For mechanical alloying of powders for producing power metallurgy components

Glove Box

For metal powder conditioning for powder metallurgy studies

Hot Isostatic Press

Compaction of specimens at 1500°C and 2000 Bar pressure

Vacuum Diffusion Bonding Set-up

For bonding similar and dissimilar materials

Hydraulic Press

700 kN capacity for metal forming and powder compaction

Implant Tester

For studying weldability

Sl.No

Activity

1. Failure Analysis

• fatigue failures
• corrosion failures
• wear failures
• weld failures

2. Metallography

• Microstructural examinations (with photomicrographs)
• Inclusion Rating
• Ferrite content measurement
• Grain size measurement as per ASTM standards
• In-situ (on site) metallographic investigations using portable kit

3. Mechanical Testing

• Tensile testing: UTM and micro tensile testing
• Macrohardness Testing: Brinell, Rockwell
• Microhardness Testing: Vickers
• Impact testing: From Room Temperature to subzero temperatures
• Wear Testing:Adhesive Wear (Pin on Disc) testing
                      Abrasive Wear: Dry abrasion testing
                      Wet (slurry) abrasion testing

4. Non-destructive Testing

• Dye-penetrant testing
• Industrial endoscopy
• Magnetic particle testing
• Ultrasonic testing
• Radiographic testing
• Eddy current testing for surface and sub-surface flaw detection.

5. Corrosion Testing

• IGC testing as per ASTM and EN standards
• Evaluation of corrosion behaviour of painted and coated
  surfaces

6. X ray Diffraction Investigations

• Crystal structure analysis and phase transformation studies for metallic, ceramic and polymeric powders, films and solid samples

7. Fractography Studies and Advanced Metallography

• SEM with photomicrographs
• Compositional Analysis using EDAX
• Quantitative Metallographic studies for grain size and shape determination, inclusion rating, porosity and phase analysis

8. Hot Isostatic Pressing

• Consolidation of metallic and ceramic powders and solids
• Densification of casting with internal porosity and cavities
• Healing of worn out and defective parts for reuse

9. Materials Development and Modifications

• Surface modification and alloying by boriding, boro- nitriding, borochromizing and Plasma Spraying
• High Nitrogen Stainless Steel
• Composites :
       Oxide Dispersion Strengthened alloys
       Copper - Iron composites
       Aluminium - Silicon Carbide particulate composites
• Intermetallics: Iron Aluminide and Titanium Aluminide
• Nanocoatings
• Sol-Gel synthesis for nanoceramics

10. Consultancy Services on:

• Heat treatment problems
• Materials selection and alternate materials
• Foundry problems
• Foundry and heat treatment process planning and scheduling
• Welder Qualifying Certification and Weldability Evaluation

I. FACILITIES AVAILABLE

S.No.

Activity

1.

Design and Testing of Electric motors

2.

Multilingual Computing

3.

Embedded System Design

4.

Micro controller based system design

5.

Circuit Simulation

6.

System Design using MAT LAB

7.

FPGA based system Design

8.

Development of VLSI Testing Algorithms

9.

Testing of AC/DC motors

10.

Calibration of Analog Indicating meter - AC/DC

11.

Design and testing of Current Transformers

I. FACILITIES AVAILABLE

S.No.

Activity

1.

Cluster computing

2.

Model Driven software Development

3.

Meta modeling Middleware based software development (CORBA/.Net)

4.

COTS (Commercial off the shelf)

5.

GOTS (Government Off The shelf)

6.

ROTS (Research Off The Shelf)

7.

NDI (Non Developmental Item/Not Developed In-house)

8.

Reuse Code-Source code originally written for some other project.

9.

Real time scheduling

10.

Multimedia data transfer

11.

Open source software development

12.

Software development for Embedded/Distributed systems environment / Services

13.

Information system Development

14.

Software Testing

15.

Point of Sales monitoring System

16.

Agent based intelligent systems

I. FACILITIES AVAILABLE

       Windows 2000 Server,IBM AS400 e-series and one hundred and forty workstations completely networked.

     Operating systems:

       Windows 2000 and Red hat Linux.

     Database tools:

       IBM DB2 and Microsoft SQL server 2000.

     Programming languages:

       Borland C++ Builder Enterprise edition, Visual Studio, and Microsoft 2003 .Net Professional.

     Internet Tools:

       JAVA SDK 1.4, IBM Web Sphere Application Server and Visual Age for JAVA.

     Application packages:

       Microsoft Office XP, Microsoft Visio and Mathcad.

     Multimedia tools:

       Adobe Photoshop, Flash MX, and GIF Animator.

     Hardware Laboratory

       The Hardware laboratory is equipped with Microprocessor, Micro controller, Digital Signal Processor kits and necessary interface cards and supporting measuring instruments.

II. AREAS OF CONSULTANCY, TESTING & RESEARCH AVAILABLE

S.No.

Activity

1.

PACS (Picture Achieve Communications system)

2.

EMR (Electronic Medical Records)

3.

Development of customized Software for Small scale industries

4.

Management Information Systems

I. FACILITIES AVAILABLE

     1. DSP & Embedded Systems Laboratory

       DSP Kits, MATLAB simulation Tools with Toolboxes, RTOS, Embedded System development Kits, Tasking compilers and In- circuit simulators. (ICE)

     2. VLSI Laboratory

• TANNER PRO Xilinx, MODEL SIM
• Orcad, FPGA Advantage
• INTUSOFT ICAP/4, FPGA Demo Boards
• FPGA Devices (XC 4010E, 4005E, XC9572)

II. AREAS OF CONSULTANCY, TESTING & RESEARCH AVAILABLE

S.No.

Activity

1.

Design and Development of Biomedical Instruments

2.

Image processing Applications in Machine Tools

3.

Design and Development of Embedded systems emulators and simulators & compilers

4.

Complex impedance measurements for safety for fast feeder reactor using wavelets

5.

VLSI design and testing

6.

Non destructive Testing of machined products using Texture analysis & wavelets

I. FACILITIES AVAILABLE

     1. Spinning Laboratory

       Fancy Yarn Spinning Machine

     2. Weav ing Laboratory

       Braiding Machine, Dobby and Jacquard Machines

     3. Wet Processing Laboratory

       Jigger Machine, Winch, Laboratory Steamer, Perspiro Meter, Computer Colour Matching System, Computer Colour Matching Cabinet, Padding Mangle,        Crock Meter, Soxhlet Heater, Cheese Dyeing Machine

     4. Knitting Laboratory

• Interlock Knitting Machine
• Socks Knitting Machine

     5. Testing Laboratory

       Kawabata Fabric Evaluation System
       Microscope with Camera for Antimicrobial Efficiency Evaluation
       Projection Microscope

     6. PSG Premier Testing Laboratory

• High Volume Fibre Tester - HFT 9000
• Premier Yarn Evenness Tester - TT 7000
• Premier Yarn Tensile Strength Tester - TENSOMAXX 7000
• Yarn Classification Fault Tester - CLASSIDATA 7000

       Digitizer and Plotter, Softwares - Modaris, Diamino

     8. Textile CAD Laboratory

       Textronics, Techmen, Adobe Photoshop, Corel Draw

S.No.

Activity

1.

• Technical Textiles

2.

• Testing of cotton and yarn sample from various mill
• Development of Air-jet nozzles for compaction of rotor yarn Hollow spun silk fabrics / garments
• Bio processing of Jute fibre
• New product development - Functional wears made of new generation fibres
• Testing of U%, Imperfection, Single Yarn Strength,Classification Fault Test of Yarns
• Fibre - Length, Strength, Elongation, Short Fibre Index
• Micronaire Testing using High Volume Fibre Tester

3.

• Smart Textiles and Medical Textiles

4.

• Measurement and evaluation of handle value of apparel fabrics and home textiles
• Application of Eco-friendly herbal antimicrobial finishes to textiles and evaluation techniques for medical gowns/textiles
• Drapability of fabrics

5.

• Spinning

6.

• Fabric Design - CAD

7.

• Dyeing of Cotton, Man made fibres and blends
• Chemical preparatory process for cotton, man made fibresand blends
• Printing of cotton, man made fibres and blends
• Finishing of cotton, man made fibres and blends
• Application of natural dyes on cotton
• Needle punched nonwovens
• Computer colour matching

8.

• Spinning, Weaving and Energy & Environmental Conservation

9.

• Textile Chemical Processing - Colour Analysis of textiles, Dyeing of Textiles, Effluent Treatment, Finishing and Printing of Textiles

10.

• Automation in Textile Industries, Smart Textiles, Textile Control Engineering

11.

• Fancy yarn spinning, Fancy weaving, Weaving plant lay-out, Spinning mill plant lay-out, Garment costing, Garment finishing, Apparel quality standards and testing

I. FACILITIES AVAILABLE

• UV Spectrophotometer
• Gel Documentation System
• Sonicator
• Flash Evaporator
• PCR Cycler
• Elisa Reader
• Ultra Freezer (-80)
• Cold Room

II. AREAS OF CONSULTANCY, TESTING & RESEARCH AVAILABLE

S.No.

Activity

1.

Spectral Analysis

2.

Filterable Residue Analysis Supplied (Filter from the customer)

3.

Bacteriological Analysis of water (BOD, MPN Method)

4.

Polymerase Chain Reaction

5.

Assay for enzyme activity for food & textile Industry

6.

Immunogen modification

7.

Process development in fermentation

I. FACILITIES AVAILABLE

• UV-VIS Spectrophotometer
• DO analyzer
• Flame photometer
• Differential scanning calorimeter
• Electrometers
• Potentiostat/Galvanostat/Impedance analyzer
• LCZ meter and Photo reactors.

II. AREAS OF CONSULTANCY, TESTING & RESEARCH AVAILABLE

S.No.

Activity

1.

Analysis of water - Water quality parameters for buildings and (as per IS456) drinking purposes.

2.

Analysis of cement and mortor - Cement to sand ratio of mortor and chemical composition of cement.

3.

Analysis of polymers, plastics and rubber -Identification, determination of glass transition, melting and crystallization temperatures.

4.

Chemical analysis of ores, metals and alloys.