QIP Short Term Course 2010-Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur is organizing QIP Short-Term Course on Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems for the year 2010
Massive customization poses major challenge to the manufacturing system to cope with the varieties and diversification desired in the present era. Some of the prerequisite for becoming dynamic and global production network demand that the manufacturing processes, resources, plants structure and layout as well as their supply network system be adoptable safely with minimum efforts. Thus, the changeability demands that the present manufacturing system should be able to withstand continuous changes and the turbulence witness in the market. One of the recommendations proposed by the experts to resolve the above problem is to adhere with the concept of the reconfigurable manufacturing system which characterizes quick adoption through changes in the capacity requirement through system reconfiguration.
A design for the right mix of products must be coupled with the technical capabilities that allow for quick changeover of product mix and quantities that might vary dramatically, even on a monthly basis. The Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems, or simply RMS, has these capabilities.
Reconfigurable manufacturing systems, whose components are reconfigurable machines and reconfigurable controllers, as well as methodologies for their systematic design and ramp-up, are the cornerstones of this new manufacturing paradigm.
Exposure to latest advances in these areas will enable the participants from academics to introduce relevant topics in their curriculum and carry on research activities in those fields. The industry participants may directly apply the tools, techniques and technologies of RMS to enhance their productivity with variety of products.
QIP short term course 2010-Carbon Nanotubes/Carbon/Nanotechnology-IITK-Kanpur
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur is holding a Short Term course, the fourth in a series on Carbon Nanotubes and Carbon in Nanotechnology for the year 2010
“From cars to medicine, nano tubes may be miracle material”. “They (Young’s modulus ~1.5 TPa, Tensile strength ~100 GPa) are stronger than steel and as flexible as plastic, conduct energy better than almost any material ever discovered and can be made from unexotic raw materials such as methane gas”
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