Mechatronics Subjects

SUBJECTS

19.QUALITY ASSURANCE AND RELIABILITY

Introduction to probability theory, Acceptance sampling for quality control, Control charts, Quality management, Reliability concept, System reliability, Reliability improvement, Fault tree analysis, Maintainability and availability.

20.PRODUCTION OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES

Evolution of Modern Management, Functional approach, systems approach, Decision making, Models and Model building, Models to solve production problems, Linear programming, Transportation problems, Assignment models, Network analysis like CPM and PERT.

21.MANUFACTURING PROCESSES I

Turning, boring, facing, taper turning, thread cutting operations and their variations, relative motions between the work piece and tool, machine and tooling requirements, machine - work - tool system, capstan and turret lathes, Drilling, boring, reaming, tapping, counter boring, counter sinking and spot facing, drill geometry, operation parameters, machine and tooling requirement, deep hole drilling, production boring and Jig boring operations, Milling operations, Sawing and Broaching operations, Abrasive machining processes, Hydraulic and electrical copying systems, selection of equipment for an application, economics of machine selection, Characteristics of machining processes.

22.MANUFACTURING PROCESSES II

Plasticity of metals, hot and cold working, frictionless work of deformation, metallurgical aspects, sheet metal process work, blanking; bending, ironing, extrusion, Forces and work done, Foundry practice, Welding processes, Measurement and Gauging, Jigs and Fixtures, Non-traditional manufacturing methods.

23.FINITE ELEMENT METHODS IN ENGINEERING DESIGN

Solution techniques, Discretization concepts, Static and Dynamic analysis, Steady state field problems, Pre and post processing of FEM.

24.MACHINE VISION

background, digital image representation, fundamental steps in image processing, elements of digital image processing systems, image acquisition, storage, processing communication and display, Digital image fundamentals, Image transforms, Image enhancement, Image restoration, Image segmentation, Object representation, Description and recognition.