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Friction Stir Welding Machine
Make: Interface Design Associates Pvt. Ltd.
Cost of the equipment: 42,48,000 INR
Funded by: TIH, TIDF IIT Guwahati
Installation Year: 2025
Faculty i/c: Dr. Basil Kuriachen
Machine Status: Working
Friction Stir Welding Machine
Make: Interface Design Associates Pvt. Ltd.
Cost of the equipment: 42,48,000 INR
Funded by: TIH, TIDF IIT Guwahati
Installation Year: 2025
Faculty i/c: Dr. Basil Kuriachen
Machine Status: Working
Technical Specifications:
Maximum Axial Load: 40 kN
Maximum Spindle Power: 11 kW
Maximum Spindle Speed: 3000 rpm
Maximum Traverse Speed: 3000 mm/min
Also, equipped with 8 K-type thermocouples for in situ temperature measurements
The equipment is capable of performing Friction Stir Welding, Friction Stir Processing, Friction Stir Surfacing, and Additive-Based Deposition. For Additive-Based Deposition, the required deposition path planning must be done by the user using "AutoCAD" prior to visiting the laboratory for the final fabrication.
Slurry Pot Erosion Wear Tester
Make: Magnum Engineers
Cost of the equipment: 6,25,400 INR
Funded by: TIH, TIDF IIT Guwahati
Installation Year: 2026
Faculty i/c: Dr. Basil Kuriachen
Machine Status: Working
Slurry Pot Erosion Wear Tester
Make: Magnum Engineers
Cost of the equipment: 6,25,400 INR
Funded by: TIH, TIDF IIT Guwahati
Installation Year: 2026
Faculty i/c: Dr. Basil Kuriachen
Machine Status: Working
Technical Specifications:
The equipment is capable of evaluating the erosion behaviour of metals, polymers etc at variable impinging angles, variable slurry environments, slurry speeds and at variable temperature and medium pH.
Programmable DC Power Supply
Make: GW INSTEK
Cost of the equipment:
Funded by: DRDO-NPOL Project (Along with Dr. Arun S)
Installation Year: 2026
Faculty i/c: Dr. Basil Kuriachen & Dr. Arun S
Machine Status: Working
Technical Specifications:
Programmable DC Power Supply
Make: GW INSTEK
Cost of the equipment:
Funded by: DRDO-NPOL Project (Along with Dr. Arun S)
Installation Year: 2026
Faculty i/c: Dr. Basil Kuriachen & Dr. Arun S
Machine Status: Working
Technical Specifications:
High-Performance Fixed Computer Workstation
Make: Tyrone (SSA300TA-54TL)
Cost of the equipment: Rs. 3,29,995
Funded by: NITC Plan fund 2025-26
Installation Year: 2026
Machine Status: Working
Technical Specifications:
Processor Number: AMD Threadripper PRO 5955WX
Chipset Series: AMD W Series
Graphic Card Number: NVIDIA RTX A400 4GB
Primary Storage (Boot Drive) Installed with the System: M.2 SSD (Capacity (in GB): 1024)
Type of Secondary Storage: SATA- SSD (Capacity (in GB): 1024)
High-Performance Fixed Computer Workstation
Make: Tyrone (SSA300TA-54TL)
Cost of the equipment: Rs. 3,29,995
Funded by: NITC Plan fund 2025-26
Installation Year: 2026
Machine Status: Working
Technical Specifications:
Processor Number: AMD Threadripper PRO 5955WX
Chipset Series: AMD W Series
Graphic Card Number: NVIDIA RTX A400 4GB
Primary Storage (Boot Drive) Installed with the System: M.2 SSD (Capacity (in GB): 1024)
Type of Secondary Storage: SATA- SSD (Capacity (in GB): 1024)
In-house Developed equipments
Micro-EDM setup
Cost of the equipment: Rs. 2,45,676.00
Funded by: ARDB, DRDO
Installation Year: 2023
Conceptualised & Developed by: Mr. Manikandan M, Dr. Basil Kuriachen and Dr. Jose Mathew
Machine Status: Working
Technical Specifications:
Micro EDM Power Supply with Lab VIEW interface and X,Y,Z stages
- Output Voltage: 0 – 150 V
- Voltage control: Using Front panel knob
- Maximum Output Current: 2 A
- Output Connector: Banana Connectors
- Software based on-time and off-time control
- Minimum On Time: 1 ms
- Minimum Off Time: 1 ms
- Signal output for voltage measurement using external circuit
- Z stage and controller (Model: LMS-100-100-2)
- Leadscrew pitch : 1mm
- Travel : 50mm
- Maximum speed : 4mm/sec
- Positioning accuracy : 5 micron
- Resolution : 0.3125 micron
- Lab View interface
XY Stage
- Model No: XYTSM-25-Mu-10
- Travel: 25 mm
- Micro-meter drive
- load capacity: 25 kg
- Straight line accuracy : 0.010 mm
- Resolution : 0.01 mm
- M6 mounting holes
- Base mountable
Portable type micro-FSW setup
Cost of the equipment: Rs. 1,50,000
Funded by: KSUM & TIH, TIDF IIT Guwahati
Installation Year: 2026
Conceptualised & Developed by: Mr. Anoop FR and Dr. Basil Kuriachen
Machine Status: Working
Portable type micro-FSW setup
Cost of the equipment: Rs. 1,50,000
Funded by: KSUM & TIH, TIDF IIT Guwahati
Installation Year: 2026
Conceptualised & Developed by: Mr. Anoop FR and Dr. Basil Kuriachen
Machine Status: Working
For utilizing our facility, contact bk@nitc.ac.in (PI) or sharubk@nitc.ac.in (Lab i/c) and click here to know about testing charges...
For Friction Stir Welding / Friction Stir Processing / Friction Stir Additive Manufacturing Machine
For Friction Stir Welding / Friction Stir Processing / Friction Stir Additive Manufacturing Machine
For booking slots, click here (I-STEM): 3257195
Machine utilisation form/CSRF document (I-STEM)
Internal (NITC) users: Click here
External (Academic institutions; National Labs; Industries) users: Click here
Test charges for welding (Excluding 18% GST):
For NITC Students: Rs. 450 / 100mm processing length
For other academic institutions and national labs: Rs. 800 / 100mm processing length
For Industry: Rs. 1250 / 100mm processing length
(For friction stir processing, toxic and nano-sized particles are not entertained as reinforcements)
(Requirements for modelling and programming are subject to additional charges)
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For Slurry Pot Erosion Wear Tester
For booking slots, click here (I-STEM):
Machine utilisation form/CSRF document (I-STEM)
Internal (NITC) users: Click here
External (Academic institutions; National Labs; Industries) users: Click here
Test charges for 2 hours (Excluding 18% GST):
For NITC Students: Rs. 500 / 2 hours
For other academic institutions and national labs: Rs. 1000 / 2 hours
For Industry: Rs. 2000 / 2 hours
Note: The equipment has 4 slurry pots; hence, four samples can be tested simultaneously at a same slurry velocity.
For utilizing our facility and for allied enquiries, please contact us at lamps@nitc.ac.in or bk@nitc.ac.in
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