MMPS-2013

A Short term course on “Micro-manufacturing and its Materials, Processes and Systems” (MMPS-2013) was held at MNNIT, Allahabad during 8th -12th July, 2013. Faculties from different institutes participated in the program.

The MMPS-2013 was inaugurated by Prof V. K. Jain, well established researcher and highly reputed professor from IIT Kanpur, in the field of Advanced Manufacturing and Micro-manufacturing. He explained that micro-machining has no constraints of size. The application of micro manufacturing is being applied in fields of IT & Telecommunication, Automobile sector, tooth implantation, medical field as micro robots and surgery gripper.

Dr. S. J. Pawar, course coordinator, MMPS-2013, MNNIT Allahabad focused on the materials and measurements in micro-manufacturing. He said materials used currently are not adequate to meet challenges of generations to come. Thus the micro products and their materials have to be evolved for future challenges.

Er. K. B. Judal, faculty from GEC, Patan focused his research area in the field of genetic algorithm used in micro-manufacturing. He emphasized on encoding and coding of GA in micro-manufacturing. He has researched on GA coding with Electro-Discharge Abrasive Grinding.

Dr. Sanjay Mishra and Dr. N. Kumar, Professor from MNNIT, Allahabad focused onthe use of Laser Mechanism used in micro-machining and cutting.

They explained the use of Laser tomachine at micro-level and the scopes of laser beamsat micro and nano level machining.

Prof. S. Bhattacharya, from IIT, Kanpur & Dr. R. P. Tiwari, from MNNIT, Allahabad discussed their research on biomechanical micro-manufacturing. Their research showed the micro-material used in human body’s part plantation and implantations.

Prof. V. Yadav course convener discussed the FEM used in EDMM (Electro-Discharge Micro-Machining). He encoded Mechanistic Model in EDMM process using MATLAB. He compared various types of modeling analysis and concluded that mechanistic model is far better than analytical and mathematical models.

Dr. S. Saraswati, Professor from MNNIT, Allahabad focused on artificial neural network used in manufacturing at micro and nano level works. He focused on multi-layer & weight ratio and the values of single and multi-objective functions.

Dr. S. B. Mishra, Professor from MNNIT, Allahabad defined their research on the coating process at micro and nano level of manufacturing.

Dr. A. Narayan course coordinator presented his research of Electro-Discharge Micro-Machining. He has researched on the electro discharge at anode and cathode cavity of micro-machining. He explained how Electro-Discharge Micro-Machining (EDMM) differs from Electro-Discharge Machining (EDM).

Prof. Anuj Jain, MNNIT, Allahabad, discussed about computerized fluid effect on micro-level manufacturing. He used ANSYS (Fluent) to solve analysis on fluid dynamic problems.

Prof. Santosh Kumar and Dr. Zaheer Khan, Professors from IIT-BHU also contributed their research work during the workshop. Prof. S. Kumar discussed the forming process at micro-level. Dr. Z Khan reflected his views about micro welding and how itdiffers from conventional and advance welding. He also compared the heat affected zone (HAZ) of micro, advance and conventional welding processes.

Prof. K. N. Pandey MNNIT, Allahabad spoke about the fracture defect in micro-manufacturing. He said that these fractures follow Griffith Laws of fracture mechanism. He described the ductile cracking region in brittle region.

Prof. M. D. Singh highly, reputed Professor from MNNIT, Allahabad spoke about research in the field of Knowledge Management. He described about the knowledge management technique used in manufacturing and micro-manufacturing level.

The workshop was a highly informative platform which discussed very effectively the field of Nano, Micro and Advanced Manufacturing System.

The workshop concluded on 12th July, 2013 after the Valedictory Session.