The laboratory is engaged in development of Dynamic Braking Resistors and Main Starting Resistors for AC Locomotives, development and performance evaluation of Heat Sinks, Ventilation and Heat Transfer studies of Electrical Machines, development of Heat Pipe based products and testing and evaluation of different types of Heat Exchangers.

Major Achievements:

	Dynamic Braking Resistors for 25 kV AC Traction
	Design Methodology for Temperature-Rise Calculation for 200 MW and 500 MW Turbogenerators
	Methodology for RLA of Hydro Power Plants
	Heat Sinks for Rectifiers for Aluminum Industry

Major Ongoing Projects:

	Development of Main Starting Resistor
	Roof-Mounted Naturally-Cooled DBRs for Superfast Locomotives
	Development of DBRs for GE-9 type Locomotives
	Development of DBRs for GM-type Indian Locomotive
	Development of Heat Pipe based Generator Cooler
	Hydrogenerator Slot Model Studies for design optimisation of Stator Slot Wedges

Major Facilities:

	High Speed Tunnel for Model Studies and Calibration of Velocity and Flow Measurement Probes
	Test Rig for testing Heat Exchangers
	High Vacuum System for development of Heat Pipes Heat Sink

The Workshop is equipped with facilities required for manufacture of components and sub-assembles of R&D prototypes. Major contributions of Workshop include machining and fabrication of components for projects like 55 kW and 200 kW Wind Electric Generators, 36 kV and 145 kV GIS prototypes, Super-conducting Generator and 3-D Steam Turbine Blades.

Major Facilities:

	CNC Vertical Milling Centre
	Centre Lathe of 200 mm dia 1500 mm length
	Centre Lathe of 260 mm dia, 1500 mm length
	Milling Machines
	Electro Discharge Machining System

This Lab is engaged in development of new products and processes for factory automation towards achieving higher productivity, quality and establishing in-house capabilities. The activities include development of 3 & 5 Axes CNC Part programs, Indigenisation of Turbine Blades, CAD-CAM-CNC-CAI interfacing with PC-based controllers and development of non-traditional machining techniques. The lab is in the process of setting up a Robotics & Automation Centre for development and marketing of Robots for various new applications.

Major Achievements:

	Development of Automated Storage and Retrieval system (ASRS)
	Development of FMS ( Please Expand) Controller as a part of Area Manager
	Development of 5.5 m2 module hollow Banana Blade
	Development of Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) for shop floor material handling

Major Ongoing Projects:

	Development of Banana Blades for 10 m2 Turbine Module
	Development of Stacker AGV for automated material handling in low-roof sheds
	Development of 1st Stage Guide Blade of V94.2 Gas Turbine
	Development of 5-Axis CNC program for machining of Francis Runner Blade
	Development of Shaped Tube Pulse Electro Chemical Machine (STPECM) for drilling deep micro cooling holes in Gas Turbine Buckets

The group is engaged in static and dynamic analysis of power plant equipment, structure and piping, weight optimization studies, and seismic quantification of wide variety of equipment like turbine-generators, circuit breakers and heat exchangers. In addition, analysis of foundation of large-rated sets and RLA studies are also carried out by the group. 

Major Achievements:

	Weight Optimization of 250 MW boiler support structure
	Creep Analysis of piping systems RLA
	Analysis of HRSG duct and support structure
	Parametric Design and Optimization of cyclone separator
	Seismic Analysis of control panel (for BHEL Electronics Division, Bangalore) and 1200 kVA and 1800 kVA Dry Type Transformers (for BHEL, Jhansi)

Major Ongoing Projects:

	Seismic Analysis of piping network for nuclear power plant
	Design Analysis and Optimization of air pre-heater structure

Major activities of the laboratory include Vibro-acoustic measurement and analysis of Rotating Machines using advanced instruments and software packages, Rotor Dynamics studies and Structural Characterization for new designs and Bearing design analysis/performance improvement. The laboratory also undertakes calibration of vibration transducers through NABL accredited facilities. 

Major Achievements:

	Rotor dynamic analysis and design review of NG-BEL-405 Type Compressor
	Vibration analysis and design modification of generator
	Design of Thrust and Journal Bearings for 6 MW Vertical Motor of Nuclear Power Plant
	Development of PTFE-based Composite Thrust Bearing Pads for Hydrogenerators
	Design of Low Noise Steam Throw Device for 500 MW Turbines

Major Ongoing Projects:

Evaluation of Support Structures for Large Steam Turbine-Generator Sets by Dynamic Testing

Major Facilities:

	Multi-channel Signal Analysis Systems
	Acoustic Analyser
	FFT Analysers
	Laser Torsional Vibration Transducer
	Laser Velocity Probe
	Calibration Facility for Accelerometers and Velocity Probes
	Software for Modelling, Structural Analysis, Rotor Dynamics Studies and Unbalance
	Response Analysis (" ANSYS 5.5 ", " Star Software ", " IDEAS 8 ", " PRO-E " and " ARMD ")
	Software for Transient Analysis and Data Transfer (" Polymate " and " DVF-3 ")