IC010 606L01-MECHATRONICS

Teaching Scheme 3 Hours lecture and 1 Hour tutorial per week Aim: To gain comprehensive knowledge on Mechatronics. Objectives: To study the relevant historical back ground of Mechatronics and its scope. To study the fundamentals of CNC machines and its parts. To study the various programming concepts in CNC. To study the various parts of robots and fields of robotics To study the various sensors in the field of Robotics. Module-I: Introduction Introduction to mechatronics- Mechatronics in manufacturing- mechatronics in productionscope of mechatronics- fundamental of numerical control- advantages of NC systems- point to point and contouring systems- NC and CNC Incremental and absolute systems- open loop and closed loop systems- features of NC machine tools- methods of improving machine accuracy and productivity- special tool holders Module-II: System devices System devices- system drives hydraulic systems- DC motors- Stepping motors- AC motorsfeedback devices encoders- pulse digitizers- resolvers inductosyn- tachometer- counting devices- flip flops- counters- decoders- digital to analog converters interpolation linear interpolator- circular interpolator- CNC software- interpolator flow of data in NC machines Module-III:NC Machines NC part programming manual programming concepts tape formats tab sequential- fixed block word address and variable block formats part programming examples- point to point programming and simple contour programming computer aided programming concepts- post processor programming languages APT programming part programming examples Module-IV: Introduction to MEMS Introduction: Historical background of Micro-Electro Mechanical system (MEMS), Mechatronic system, And Functional components of Mechatronics, Scope of Mechatronics, Material processing and device fabrication: Lithography, Ion implantation, Etching, Wafer bonding. Module-V:Introduction to nanotechnology History of nanoscale science,Principles of nanotechnology, chemistry fundamentals,fabrication of nanomaterial-nanolithoghraphy,thin film processors,tools-electron microscope,scanning electron microscope,Xray diffraction,practical applications,carrier opportunities Credits:4

Reference Books: 1 Yoram Koren Computer Control of Manufacturing Systems Mc Graw Hill 2 Groover M.P Industrial Robots- Technology Programming and application 3. Banks H T, Smith R C and Wang Y: Smart material structures-Modelling, Estimation and control, John Wiley & sons. 4. Mechatronics ,Edited by HMT,TMH. 5.Written notes on nanotechnology.