The emergence of miniature and micro products / components has increased the demand of the production of micro components with feature size from a few millimeters to tens of micrometers. Mechanical micro machining is one of the key technologies to enable the realization of high accuracy complex micro products made from a variety of engineering materials. Mechanical micro machining is capable to machine metals, polymers, and ceramics in very less time as compared to lithographic processes and other micro machining processes such as EDM, ECM, LBM, etc. As a result, it has found strong base in a wide array of practical applications. Though the machine for micro cuttings are kinematically similar to conventional machines, there are many differences in terms of process mechanics, machine components, etc. Hence, understanding of machining at micro scale is very important to process any material to the desired dimensions This course will provide an opportunity to understand underlying theory, learn machining at micro scale and know the latest development and applications. Working principle and operation of many components / processeswill be explained by short videos and animations.A few laboratory classes are also arranged for demonstration of fabrication of micro cutting tools and micro milling operation.
jay M Sidpara is a faculty in Mechanical Engineering Department at IIT Kharagpur. His research interests are on surface finishing at nano scale and micro machining for different applications such as optics, biomedical, micro fluidics, etc. He has extensively worked on development of different tooling for nanofinishing and micro machining and improvement of process efficiency using different strategies. He has published 20 journal papers, 10 book chapters, and 21 conference papers related to nanofinishing and micro machining. 2 patents are filed related to development of tool and process for nanofinishing of complex surfaces. He has received funding of more than 55 lakhs from SERB, BRNS and GE Power India. He has received Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award 2013, Young Engineers Award 2015 from IE (India), and CSR innovation award from GE Power India Limited (erstwhile ALSTOM India Limited). He is a reviewer of more than 20 international journals and also delivered around 20 invited talks in the institutes, and research labs.
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