Mech Dept News 1977-78

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This year the Department of Mechanical Engineering has been granted a sum of Rs. 8 lakhs by the Government of India and a matching sum of Rs. 2.66 lakhs by the Government of Maharashtra for moder-nizing the facilities used for training and research. Some of the salient additions to the equipment are Dynamic balancing machine. Automatic Boiler. Variable compression engine testing rig, Bar automat. Milling and shaping machines, cylindrical grinder, multi-stage Centrifugal pump etc. 
 
The facilities for undergraduate training at the department arc being expanded in view of the additional intake of 120 students at First Semester for this year. Under this scheme the workshop, space as well as machines, are being increased so as to acco-mmodate the additional students. Similarly some increase in the experimental facility in the Heat Engines Laboratory, Metallurgy & Metrology Laboratories is also under way. 
 
The Department has been given Rs. 1.08 lakhs towards betterment of facilities for Post-Graduate Courses. Under this scheme equipment such as stress freezing oven, wave band analyzer, storage oscillos-cope, strip chart recorders etc. are being procured. 
 
Industrial Liaison :
 i) The faculty members of the Depart-ment are continuing to hold upgradation tests for the employees of M/s Kirloskar Brothers Ltd., Kirloskarwadi. The team was headed by Prof. P. A. Kulkarni. 
 
ii) A 'faculty study' to fix up rest time allowances for the foundry workers of Mis. Kirloskar Brothers Ltd., was undertaken & the recommendations have been accepted. The work was done by Mr. P. G. Ramdasi and Mr. V. R. Bahulekar. 
 
iii) AKAY Industries. Hubli, have app-roached the College for investigation of the bearing heating problem for their chemical handling pumps. The work has been assig-'teen° Dr. P.A. Kulkarni and is in progress. 
 
iv) The Foundry Supervisors of M/s Kirloskar Brothers Ltd., are being trained in pattern design by a team of our faculty membere. The course is being held on Satur-days and Sundays and would be lasting for about 15 week ends. 
 
v) The Department has been conducting tests as per relevant I. S. Specifications in respect of centrifugal pumps, pressure and vacuum gauges, physical and metallur-gical properties of materials, air compre-ssors and material handling devices. This year the facility of testing sluice valves upto 300 mm size has been added to the Department. 
 
All the testing facilities are being extensively used by neighbouring industries. 
 
Staff News : 
1] Dr. N. K. Sane, Assistant Professor. has ,left for the Netherlands, on a post-doctoral research assignment in Heat Transfer' at the Delft University. for a period of one year 1977-78. 
2 ] Shri V.H. Kanhcre and Shri S.G. Joshi Assistant Professors, have joined the Department after completion of their research work respectively at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
 
Post-Graduate Department News : 
I] Mr. Sayyad Mohosin completed work on his M. E. thesis, entitled " Design Fabrication and testing of a life testing machine for Radial ball bearings", und-er the guidance of Dr. P. A. Kulkarni 
2] Shri A. G. Potdar also completed work on his M. E. thesis entitled " Develop-ment of heated sphere an aemometer for room air distribution studies."under the guidance of Dr. P. A. Kulkarni. 
3 ] Shri P. R. Gadewar has completed work on his M.E. thesis project entitled " Absorption type silencers for I. C. Engines ", under the guidance of Shri K. K. Nigalye. 
4 ] Shri D. R. Kulkarni from College of Engineering, Karad, has completed work on his M.E. thesis entitled "Man. Machine Utilization" under the guida-nce of Shri N. D. -Banat from our Department. 
 
Technical Papers / Articles / Notes / Reports accepted/published (during 1977-1978) 
 I] "Stability Behaviour of MHD Journal Bearings" by Dr. P.A. Kulkarni. Publi-
shed in Mechanisum & Machine Theory November 1977 
2] Prof. M. G. Bhat and Mr. G. D. Bhide "Two dimensional Photoelastic Stress Analysis of an I. C. Engine Piston", Machine Building Industry Magazine, October 1977, pp. 34-36 
3] Prof. B. D. Kelkar and A.V. Deshing kar-Series of Articles on "Learn while you Play ". Science To-day. From January 1977, to December 1977, Total No. 1 I. Articles are meant for teenagers to illustrate scientific principles through -Do it yourself-Toys.'. 
4) Shri K. K. Nigalye and Shri P. R. Gadewar-"Design and Development of rotary valve multimanometer". Journal of the Instruments Society of India, Vol. 7. No. 1-2, 1977, pp. 13-21 
5] Prof. B. D. Kelkar-"Dynamic Bearing Testing Machine, Design and Analysis of Results (sent for publication) Machi-ne Building Industry. Bombay. 
 
Lectures delivered by -
1] Prof. B. D. Kelkar on • Modern Trends in Experimental stress analysis, at Insti-tution of Engineers, Pune-Centre. on 13-3-78. 
2] Prof. G. K. Pathak on Engineering Education and information regarding admission etc." at Smt. Kastrubai Walchand College for XII Std. and Professional Class students. 
 
Seminars Symposiums participated i represented by -
1] Prof. B. D. Kelkar in " Workshop on Industrial Bearings " held by Bombay 
Productivity Council during 23rd to 26th November 1977, at Bombay. 
2] Prof. M. G. Bhat attended I. S T. E. VIlth Annual Convention held at New Delhi on 25th January 1978 and parti-cipated in the Seminar arranged by National Productivity Council on " In-troduction of the Subject, Productivity in Technical Institutions " held at New Delhi on 24th January 1978. 
 
Short Term Courses attended :- 
1] " Advances in Cryogenics " at 1. I. T.. Bombay, 16-5-77 to 12-6-77. by Shri J. G. Kulkarni. 
2] " Role of Cryogenics and Refrigeration in food preservation". at 1.I.T., Bom-bay, 28-11-77 to 17-12-77. by Shri V. S. Jog. 
3]  Finite Element applications to stress analysis " at I.I.T.. Bombay, 19-12-77 to 31-12-77. by Prof. M. G. Bhat.