CoE at IIT Madras/AMTDC

CoE at IIT Madras/AMTDC

Advanced Manufacturing Technology Development Centre (AMTDC) is a Centre of Excellence (CoE) set up under the Capital Goods Scheme - phase I by IIT Madras, with the support of MHI, then DHI. Based on the technology road map for machine tools in India, critical technologies that are to be indigenously developed within the country were identified as project targets. Machine tool manufacturing companies were sought for active participation in this indigenization drive. AMTDC was set up as a CoE and registered as a technical society under the Tamil Nadu societies registration act by IIT Madras. The identified critical technologies have been categorized in to the following areas: 1. Sophisticated machine tool development; 2. Mother machine tool & mother technologies; 3.Smart & Digital manufacturing; 4. Industrial Automation Most of the technologies developed are very much relevant to the Indian manufacturing industries including automotive, aerospace, strategic areas like defense, healthcare etc. and directly impact the import dependence.

Financial Progress
MHI Cost (INR)
39.04 Cr.
Industry Cost (INR)
9.96 Cr.
Project Cost (INR)
49 Cr.
Brief

AMTDC developed 11 advanced technologies for machine tools and production technology with 6 companies as industry partners representing the machine tool manufacturing industry. The following are the details of the each of the 11 technology development projects taken up with each industrial partner. Jyoti CNC Automation Ltd. - Sophisticated machine tool development / Mother machine tool & mother technologies development 1. Development of 5 axis CNC Multi tasking Machine 2. Development of 5 axis CNC Universal machining Centre Micromatic Grinding Technologies: Mother technologies development / Smart & digital manufacturing 3. Development of Hydrostatic Systems for Machine Tools 4. Automation of Grinding Process Intelligence ACE Designers Ltd.: Smart manufacturing 5. Thermal Compensation Strategy for CNC lathes MTAB Automation: Sophisticated and mother machine tool development / Industrial automation 6. Ultra Precision Micro Machining Centre 7. Low Cost Machine Tending Robot Chennai Metco Pvt. Ltd.: Machine tool development 8. Multi Station Robotic Grinder and Polisher 9. Orbital Motion Abrasive Cutting Metal 10. Direct Drive Automatic Abrasive Cut off Machine Interface Design Associates Pvt. Ltd.: Allied & auxiliary system development for machine tool 11. Development of 5kW drives and 25kW spindle drives for machine tool application The projects were periodically monitored by a Progress Review and Monitoring Committee (PRMC), constituted by the MHI. This PRMC team were instrumental in keeping the project team aligned with focus towards the objective and deliverables of each project. Each of these technologies developed are thoroughly tested for their functionality by a third party testing agency - Advanced Machine Tool Testing Facility (AMTTF) as per the applicable standards.