Following are the equipment in this laboratory used for various purposes

• Hydraulic Trainer
• Pneumatic Trainer Hydraulic Servo System

Pneumatic Servo System to simulate and study all types of Hydraulic and Pneumatic valves for flow control, direction control and pressure control.

Following are the equipment in this laboratory used for various purposes

• Study of gyroscopic couple and its effect
• Various types of governor and thin control linkage for speed control action
• Various types of gear profiles and generation of gear profile by using gear profile generation setup.
• Study and measurement of logarithmic treatment.

Following are the equipment in this laboratory used for various purposes

• CONDUCTION: Thermal conductivity of insulating powder, Variation of thermal conductivity of metals with respect to temperature, Thermal resistance of composite wall, Temperature distribution in pin fin, etc.
• CONVECTION: Heat transfer in Natural Convection.
• RADIATION: Emissivity of test plate, Verification of Stefan Boltzman law, etc.
• HEAT EXCHANGERS: Effectiveness of parallel and counter flow type heat exchangers.
• BOILING HEAT TRANSFER: Critical heat flux in boiling heat transfer.

Following are the equipment in this laboratory used for various purposes

• Venturimeter, Orifice meter, V-notch are used to measure the flow rate of fluid.
• Reynolds experiment used to measure turbulence in the fluid.
• Bernoulli's experiment used to measure total head of flow
• Friction through pipes used to measure friction in pipes for different material and diameter of pipes.
• Centrifugal pump test rig for measuring the performance of pump at various flow rates.
• Pelton wheel turbine and Francis turbine for measuring discharge, power output and efficiency of turbine. Also the facility to measure the above parameters under constant head and constant speed is available
• Hydraulic ram pump is used to convert potential energy of fluid into Kinetic energy to transfer fluid from lower lead to higher head.
• Also the model of wind tunnel is there to study the resistance of air.

Following are the equipment in this laboratory used for various purposes

• Sand siever-Instrument is used to findout grain fineness number of sand.
• Mold hardness tester-Instrument is used to findout green mold hardness of sand mold.
• Core hardness tester-Instrument is used to findout hardness of cores.
• Permeability meter-Instrument is used to findout to find out permeability number of green sand, core sand and raw sand.
• Rapid moisture tester-Instrument is used to determine the moisture content in molding sand.
• Sand washer-Instrument is used to determine the percentage of dead clay.
• Strength tester-Instrument is used to determine compressive strength, tensile strength, shear strength and transverse strength of prepared specimen.
• Sand Muler-Instrument is used to mix sand water and binders.

CAD/CAM caters to the requirements of development of basic conceptual design for an engineering component then carrying out stress/strain analysis of the conceptual model built by using sophisticated design software like

• ANSYS, CATIA V5R15, SOLID WORKS, COSMOS, NASTRAN-PATRAN, SOLID CAST, OPTICAST, EDGECAM etc. After finalising the conceptual design kinematic analysis can be done by the additional features provided in the design software.
• The CAM facility supports
• Generating CNC programs for various components.
• Checking correctness of program by simulation feature of the software and cross checking the tool path movement, after the process has been rectified in CNC machine.

Following are the equipment in this laboratory used for various purposes

• This lab is equipped with different sensors and actuators.
• Students can do PLC programming for real life situations.
• Interfacing of various types of sensors with PLC is possible and experimentation can be done to check concept of automation using these sensors & actuators.

This workshop caters to the requirement for all the students from textile, electronics and mechanical department. Workshop is equipped with following machinery required to carry out basic mechanical engineering operations like turning, welding, milling, drilling, shaping, etc.

Machines available in this workshop:

• Centre lathes
• Shapers
• Bench Grinders
• Wood turning lathes
• Milling machine
• Radial Drilling Machine
• Bench Drilling Machine
• Fitting Vice
• Carpentry vice
• Bar cutting machine
• Shearing machine
• Welding machine
• Gas welding machine

Following are the equipment in this laboratory used for various purposes

• Study of different types of boilers, their mountings and accessories.
• Air compressors, fuels, etc.
• The models and charts of these are available in the laboratory.
• The laboratory also consists of the test rigs to conduct the trials on the rotary and reciprocating air compressors.
• Condensers and cooling towers, trial on calorimeters, air blower, reciprocating air compressor.
• Test on grease penetrometer and droping point of grease, carbon residue, cloud and pour point, aniline point, and study and test on steam/air nozzle, etc can be conducted in this laboratory.

This lab is equipped with various testing rigs for various types of I.C engines

• Single cylinder 2 stroke petrol engine.
• Single cylinder 4 stroke slow speed diesel engine.
• Multicylinder petrol engine with facility of morse test to find mechanical efficiency.
• Multicylinder diesel engine.
• All these test rigs are to check the performance of engine and to find out following important parameters related to engine performance.
• Specific fuel consumption
• Thermal efficiency, mechanical efficiency and volumetric efficiency.
• To find heat balance sheet i.e. heat equivalent to brake power, heat lost in exhaust and heat lost in cooling

All the engine test rigs are having facility to check the performance under varying load conditions by rope brake dynamotor or hydraulic dynamometer. Duel fuel type generator set developing 2.5 Kilo Watt power with testing panel backs up the lab.

SMART Foundry 2020 project under TSDP of DST

Ten research institute including public and private engineering collages as well as govt. R&D organizations have come together to reinvent metal casting process for education and entrepreneurship by leveraging the latest techniques in 3D Scanning, CAD Simulation, 3D printing and tabletop metal casting technologies.

There is a need to accelerate manufacturing in developing countries like India, to provide employment for millions of young people and contribute to economic development, but this needs to be achieved with minimal adverse impact on the environment. Smart manufacturing allows wider distribution of related activities, creating employment opportunities closer to the end‐users based on their need, and reducing wastage of production resources as well as logistics. The enabling technologies, which are all broadly related to information technology, can be used to reinvent the manufacturing processes, especially metal casting, to make it more sustainable. The SMART Foundry system being developed by a collaborative team of researchers across India, is expected to get young people interested in manufacturing, who can set up small scale businesses, becoming job creators instead of job seekers.

The SMART Foundry 2020 team consists of 12 eminent scientists from 10 high ranking institutes. CSIR‐NIIST, Trivandrum; CSIR‐CMERI, Durgapur; VNIT, Nagpur; Jadavpur University, Kolkata; IIT Bombay, Mumbai; CHARUSAT, Anand; COE, Pune and Dr. Vasudev Shinde, DKTE TEI, Ichalkaranji. The  total investment amount for the project is 83.694 lakhs.

MODERNIZATION OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES LAB is sanctioned under the Modernization and Removal of Obsolescence (MODROB) scheme with Rs.1559608/- (Fifteen Lakh Fifty-nine Thousand Six Hundred Eight Only).

The undergraduate, postgraduate, and Doctoral research work in the field of fuels and engines need to develop the experimental set-ups which require not only time but a huge expenditure in the development of engine set-ups as per their requirement. It consists of a computerized engine set-up for both Diesel and Petrol fuels with variable compression ratios. This setup allows us to test the engine performance, particularly with the use of alternative fuels and blends as the substitute for Diesel and Petrol fuels. The results can be obtained quickly in a form ready to use in the research work. 

AICTE-IDEA (Idea Development, Evaluation & Application) Lab scheme was launched by AICTE on January 1, 2021 to establish infrastructure supporting new-age learning, in its institutions. This is aimed at encouraging students to apply Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fundamentals on ideas- towards enhanced hands-on experience, learning by doing, and even product visualization.

Major Equipment's in AICTE IDEA Lab

• SIL Make All in one CNC Router M/C
• SIL Make Laser Engraving/Cutting M/C
• Einscan Pro 2X 2020 3D Scanner
• Mixed Signal Oscilloscope
• SnapMaker 3 in 1 M/C (Laser, Router, 3D Printer)
• Divide By Zero make 3D Printer (AION500MK2)
• Digital Storage Oscilloscope
• Solder and Desoldering Stations
• Wood Turning Lathe
• Vinyl Cutter
• PCB Milling Machine
• Welding M/C
• Drilling M/C
• BOSCH Power Tools
• Mitutoyo Measuring Instruments

2016-17

Ready Engineer program with Tata Technologies Limited.

A MOU has been signed between DKTE’s Textile and engineering institute,

Ichalkaranji and Tata Technologies limited, Pune. Under this Tata Technologies limited is going to impart quality online training in Design Engineering domain to 3rd and 4th year mechanical engineering students through a program called as “Ready Engineer Program”.This training consists of domain training which consists of Reverse engineering, FEA, Free style, Forming, fixture design etc. and CATIA software training. A batch 125 of students from BE mechanical has undergone this online training from 1st august 2016 to 30^th December 2016 The main intention behind this is to better equip young engineers to increase awareness and industry connect. Prof. Dr.V.R.Naik, Prof. D.A.Chougale, Prof.G.C.Mekalke, Prof. R.R.Kolhapure, Prof. B.B.Kabnure, Prof. V.B.Magdum and Prof.M.R.Rawal are coordinators for this program.

Automotive part design using CATIA

Every semester Department Mechanical department of DKTE's Textile and engineering

Institute conduct a certificate course, “Automotive Part Design Using CATIA” in association with Hoyt Engineering Solutions, Pune. This course is conducted in the month of May and December when the students are on vacation after their semester exams. Uptil now 321 students, faculty members from various institutes and working professionals have been benefited by this course. In this semester it was conducted during from 5th December 2016 to 30th December 2016. This is 20th successful batch of the course. The resource person for the course are, Prof D. A. Chougale from DKTE for part design, assembly design and reverse engineering, Mr. UmeshSawant from HOYT Pune, for surface design and drafting. Dr. S. S. Patil for automotive part terminology and Mr. Girishof HOYT for plastic molding processes, G.D.&T. (Geometric dimensioning and Tolerancing). Faculty coordinators for these activities are Prof.D.A. Chougale& Prof. Dr. V.R. Naik.

Industrial Automation training at BOSCH Rexroth Lab.

Mechanical department conducted certification workshops on Industrial Automation

for TE Mechanical students from 28th November 2016 to 30th November 2016 and 1st

December 2016 to 3rd December 2016. 75 students from TE Mechanical were enrolled for Basic Course on Hydraulics and Pneumatics. Three consecutive batches of Basic course consisted of basic concepts of Hydraulics and Pneumatics, components, circuits, applications and introduction to Automation and PLC. The workshop had lecture sessions and effective hands-on sessions along with a mini project conducted by faculty members of Mechanical department. Such workshops would help students to get well acquainted with new concepts and technologies used in industries and also carry out their project work in a better fashion. Prof. Dr. V. R. Naik, HOD, Mechanical Department, Prof. S. A. Soundattikar, Prof. B. B. Kabnure, Prof. M. A. Bote, Prof. V. R. Balwan and Prof. U. S. Bongarde delivered expert lectures during the workshop. Prof. S. A. Soundattikarco-ordinated the workshop.

Basic Training in Power Plant Engineering

Thermax Ltd. Pune and DKTE have jointly organized four month training course in

Power Plant Engineering. A MOU between Thermax Ltd, and DKTE was done for successful organization of the course. The course consists of lectures by faculty from DKTE and experts from Thermax Ltd. and training at thermal power plants. The course started from 7th Nov. 2016 and continued upto Jan. 2017. Twenty eight students from DKTE and YashwantraoChavan Polytechnic were enrolled to the course. After successful completion of the course, the students have a good opportunity in the power sector. Under the Thermax power plant course, Mr. Shankar Kulkarni, Head-Operation and Maintenance and Mr. RajuJadhav, Site Manager, Warana Plant had conducted lectures for the students. The faculty who delivered lectures for the course was trained at the plants maintained by Thermax. Also the students also undergone training at Thermax Plant for 18 days at various locations like Warana, Shirol, Kurnulin A.P. and Mudhol in Karnataka in the area of power plant engineering.

Industry Sponsored Laboratories provides students as well as faculty members to perform practicals on current technologies running in the market which encourages them to carry out industry-sponsored research-oriented projects.

The department has the following Industry sponsored Laboratories

• Engine and Fuel Research Lab
• AICTE IDEA Lab @ DKTE
• BOSCH Rexroth Industrial Automation Lab
• “SMART FOUNDRY”

The following table gives details of different numbers of Kit/Board received from respective industries with an approximate cost

To build good rapport between the industry and the institute, department have Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the industries. This provides industry support to department in regards to industrial training, curriculum designing, conducting guest lectures, sponsoring projects and other related to academic.