Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute

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Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute
Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur Logo.png
The logo of the Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute
Mottoयन्त्र मेवास्माकम मंत्र:
(yantra mewasmaakam mantra)
(Sanskrit)
Motto in English
Machine is our Incantation.
Type Public
Established26 February 1958;65 years ago (26 February 1958)
Endowment Public
Chairman Prime Minister of India
Director Dr. Naresh Chandra Murmu [1] [2]
Director General Dr. N. Kalaiselvi
Administrative staff
418: 125 scientists, 293 technical/supporting personnel. [3]
Address
MG Avenue
,
Durgapur
,
West Bengal
,
India

23°32′37″N87°17′39″E / 23.54361°N 87.29417°E / 23.54361; 87.29417
CampusUrban
Affiliations AcSIR
Website www.cmeri.res.in

The Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (also known as CSIR-CMERI Durgapur or CMERI Durgapur) is a public engineering research and development institution in Durgapur, West Bengal, India. It is a constituent laboratory of the Indian Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). [4] This institute is the only national level research institute in the field of mechanical engineering in India. [5]

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The CMERI was founded in February 1958 under the endorsement of the CSIR. It was founded to develop national mechanical engineering technology, particularly in order to help Indian industries. During its first decade, the CMERI mainly focused its efforts towards national technology and import substitution. Currently, the institute is making R&D efforts in the front-line areas of research such as Robotics, Mechatronics, Microsystem, Cybernetics, Manufacturing, Precision agriculture, Embedded system, Near net shape manufacturing and Biomimetics. Besides conducting research, the institute works towards different R&D based mission mode programs of country to provide suitable technological solutions for poverty alleviation, societal improvement, energy security, food security, aerospace, mining, automobile and defense. [6]

Campus

Institute Main Building, CMERI Durgapur CMERI Main Building.jpg
Institute Main Building, CMERI Durgapur

CMERI has one office campus and three residential campuses in Durgapur. Office campus spans in an area of 81 acres with more than 16 buildings. The campus is located 7.80 kilometers from Durgapur railway station and 1.6 kilometers from Durgapur City Center. The campus is adjacent to National Institute of Technology, Durgapur and National Power Training Institute, Durgapur. An extension center of CMERI, Durgapur is situated in Bardhaman District, an industrial town of West Bengal.

Three residential campuses extended over 72 acres of land and has civic amenities like Staff Quarters, Scientist Apartments, Children Park, Health Center, Staff Club, Guest Houses, Executive Hostels, Academic Hall of Residence, Dispensary, Market, Gymkhana and Schools. Kendriya Vidyalaya [7] is situated inside the campus for providing the education from primary to higher secondary students and meant mainly for ward of the employees. A state-funded free primary school named Shishu Bani is also available in the campus to serve the educational need of nearby poor people. The institute also runs a free children computer training center named CSIR Kids' i-zone, which is situated in the colony campus.

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Organizational Structure

This institute has an extension centre named as CMERI-Centre of Excellence for Farm Machinery situated at Ludhiana in Punjab.

Achievements

The CMERI has developed many products and processes, out of which 26 have been awarded prestigious national awards. The CMERI has filed more than 100 patents. Over 120 licensees have learned from the institute's products and processes for commercial exploitation. [6]

During 1956–1962, Man Mohan Suri, the then director of CMERI, has developed a novel concept of an integrated power pack involving reverse-governing techniques for the diesel engine superimposed on a hydro-mechanical transmission called Suri-Transmission. [8] This has resulted in substantially increasing the efficiency of diesel locomotives. Suri-Transmission and its improvements are covered by 36 patents in 11 major countries.

Swaraj Tractor is the first indigenous tractor designed and manufactured in India. Swaraj Tractor.jpg
Swaraj Tractor is the first indigenous tractor designed and manufactured in India.
Sonalika Tractor Sonalika Tractor.jpg
Sonalika Tractor
CMERI developed Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV-150) CMERI Developed AUV.jpg
CMERI developed Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV-150)
CMERI developed All Terrain Robot (ATR-II) CMERI Developed ATR.jpg
CMERI developed All Terrain Robot (ATR-II)
CMERI designed Solar Power Tree Solartree.jpg
CMERI designed Solar Power Tree

In the mid-sixties, the Green Revolution triggered large-scale tractor usage in India. To meet this growing demand in 1965, CMERI initiated a project for design and development of 35 HP tractor [9] based on indigenous know how. The developed tractor technology has been named as Swaraj [10] by Indira Gandhi (the then Prime Minister of India). Recently, the institute developed the Soleckshaw electric rickshaw under the CSIR-800 community project program, [11] with the aim of reducing the carbon footprint of the city [12] and simultaneously mitigating the drudgery of the manual rickshaw puller. [13] The institute in collaboration of West Bengal Renewable Energy Development Agency (WBREDA), [14] also developed a smart card based prepaid energy meter for use with renewal energy sources. [15] [16] Scientists of the institute have developed India's first cricket-ball stitching machine to bring uniformity in cricket balls and repeatability in performance. [17]

The institute is one of the nodal points of National Knowledge Network connectivity program under multi-gigabit pan-India network to share intellectual property and knowledge-base among premier R&D labs/institutes/universities of the country. [18]

Notable Technologies Developed

Awards and Accolades

Extension Centre

CMERI-CoEFM, Ludhiana is the extension center of CMERI, Durgapur. CMERI Extension Center Ludhiana.jpg
CMERI-CoEFM, Ludhiana is the extension center of CMERI, Durgapur.

The CMERI Centre of Excellence for Farm Machinery (CMERI-CoEFM) (Erstwhile MERADO), Gill Road, Ludhiana, Punjab. [44] The CMERI-CoEFM was established as Mechanical Engineering Research & Development Organization (MERADO) at Ludhiana as an extension center of CMERI to concentrate on the technology development and expertise needs of around 65,000 small & medium scale industries, concentrated in and around Ludhiana, Punjab. In the past, a major component of R&D carried out at this center has gone in towards the development of appropriate machinery for productivity enhancement in the agricultural and the post-harvest processing sectors. A series of oil expellers of different capacity (from 1TPD to 50TPD) are developed with a patented technology to produce pungent oil from mustard seed, which was released to a number of industries. In the industrial front, the center developed many products ranging from single needle flat bed & post bed leather sewing machine and high speed safety stitching industrial sewing machine for the textile industry, brick moulding machine for the construction industry, radial drilling machine, friction welding machine, and rough terrain forklift truck for the manufacturing industry.

This extension center of CMERI, Durgapur is now concentrating on precision farming, multi-cropping and productivity improvement of available land, that would lead to conservation of seed, water and fertilizer through the development of advanced farm machinery equipped with advanced sensors.

At present, the major R&D thrust of this center is directed towards the exploration of various sources of bio-fuels and perfecting its extraction technology. CMERI-CoEFM has taken initiative for development of small biodiesel plant suitable for farmers in rural sector. The center also has started experiments for utilization of de-oiled cakes for generation of bio-gas, which can be used by farmers for self-reliance in energy.

Academics

The institute offers integrated M.Tech.-PhD. [45] programmes from the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research in New Delhi [46] in Mechatronics, and applied and Computational Mechanics. [47] New Postgraduate diploma Program [48] in Robotics, Maintenance Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing Technology are being offered with a target to provide in-depth exposure to the engineering concepts, scientific principles, implementation methodology and hands-on experience to freshers and Industry professionals. Other on-demand short-term courses are also arranged in the area of mechanical engineering and allied discipline. The CMERI offers opportunities to do projects [49] twice a year for B.E./ B.Tech./ M.C.A./ M.Tech. to students from reputed engineering colleges like IITs, NITs etc. in Robotics, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Electronics, Computer Science, Mechatronics and Material Science. [50]

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