About the Course
Mechatronics is the synergic combination of mechanical, electrical, electronics, computer science and information technology, which includes control systems used to design products with built-in intelligence. Mechatronics engineering course blends the pertinent aspects of mechatronics system modeling, sensors, actuators, controllers and real-time computer interfacing. The course focuses on all the topics needed to develop a good understanding of the basic principles used in mechatronics engineering.
Course Features
Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering
Basics of Electronics Engineering
Basics of Computer Science and Engineering
Systems and Control Engineering
Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
Machine Vision
Medical Mechatronics etc.
Scope
There is a lot of scope for Mechatronics Engineering as it incorporates the ideas of electronics and mechanical engineering into one entity. It is an emerging field and presents flexible opportunities with diverse engineering backgrounds. Some of the fields are given below,
Automation and robotics
Machine vision
Sensing and control systems
Design of Subsystems for Automotive engineering
Computer Numerical Control Machines – Operations and Maintenance
Expert systems and Artificial Intelligence
Industrial Electronics and Consumer Products
Medical Mechatronics and Medical Imaging Systems
Structural Dynamic Systems
Transportation and Vehicular Systems
Diagnostic and reliability techniques
Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems
Vision and Mission
Vision
“We, Mechatronics Engineering Department of The Kavery College of Engineering strive to achieve academic excellence in Robotics and Automation Research, and Innovative Product Development”.
Mission
Our Mission is to provide quality-based and value-added education through state-of- the-art technology with technical standards and to educate the students to take up technical cum practical knowledge and entrepreneurial skill in the field of mechatronics and to seek, to strive, to achieve and never to yield on the quality of education.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITES
To develop new solutions to industrial problems using mechanical and electronic processes with computer technology.
To Design and build completely new products by integrating various technologies, for example, automating process control for areas such as underwater exploration.
To Build and test factory production lines combining manufacturing and design to improve existing processes.
To Maintain and improve previous industrial and manufacturing processes and designs, for example, robotic lawn movers and robot floor cleaners.
This field provides industrial opportunities’ in Automobile, Auto electronics, Bio Medical, and Robotics Industries.
Lab Facilities
The laboratory and workshop of our department have been fully established and equipped with the machineries, tools and kits as per the latest syllabus of Anna University, Chennai. The institution offers individual facilities to the students and preparing them to be concurrent with the industrial working environment.
CNC LAB
CNC machining is one of the widely accepted machining methods, which provides lesser manufacturing lead-time and accuracy to the components. Therefore studying the fundamentals, construction details and other controls are very much essential for the Mechatronics engineering students. This lab comprises of a CNC turning centre and a CNC milling centre with allied softwares in which the students are learning about advanced Computer Aided Manufacturing processes,
MECHATRONICS LAB
The laboratory is enriched with the automation tools used is Hydraulics’ and Pneumatics system. Including PLC. The computer simulation of such system is carried out with Hydrosim, Nimosim and Automation studio software. Also mechatronics lab is equipped with LAB VIEW set up to simulate virtual measurement using soft wares. Students also study the stepper motor control using microprocessor. Also they acquire knowledge in PI, PID controllers in this lab. Data acquisition is another advance computer aided data measurement technique Facilities are provided acquire knowledge in such studies.
MICROCONTROLLER AND PLC LAB
Lab is provided with Microcontroller 8051 and PLCs. In this lab students willbe familiar with programming with microcontroller kits and interfacing with stepper motor, DC motor, Traffic light. Experiments related to linear actuation of hydraulic cylinder with counter and speed control, Hydraulic rotation with timer and speed control, Sequential operation of pneumatic cylinders, Speed control of DC motors using PLC, Testing of Relays using PLC is also included thislab.
A PLC is a standalone controlling device in which one can program using ladder diagrams(relay logic.) It is optimized to handle several digital inputs and outputs, and is more rugged for use in industrial applications. Basically it scans the inputs and determines the outputs based on the logical conditions programmed into it by the user.
It internally uses a microcontroller to handle all input, output and logic scans. Application area is mostly industrial automation. The basic difference between PLC and microcontrollers is only the way of programming. Most common way of PLC programming is with graphical language ladder logic.
Programming which looks a little more similar to electrical schematics than a computer programming language.