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India is developing at a mind-boggling pace, with its strategic place as one of the world’s largest economies, it is in dire need of reliance on indigenous technologies.
CMTI’s Centre for additive and special manufacturing (C-ASMP) is a cluster of teams with a specific focus on Prototyping, product and testing technologies which cater to the very need as discussed.
Core Competencies of C-ASMP are,
- Additive manufacturing
- Manufacturing processes of special products
- Hydraulic and Pneumatic systems
- Aerospace test rig and calibration
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Mr. Shanmugaraj V | Scientist F | View Profile |
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Mr. Tom Thampy | Scientist D | View Profile |
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Mr. Anil Kumar K | Scientist D | View Profile |
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Mr. Vijet Bhandiwad | Scientist C | View Profile |
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Mr. Deepak Singh D | Scientist C | View Profile |
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Mr. Manjunath B N | Scientist C | View Profile |
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Mr. Dattatreya | Scientist C | View Profile |
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Mrs. Shruthi G | Scientist C | View Profile |
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Mr. Bishnu Prasad Sahu | Senior Technical Assistant I | 080-22188266 |
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Mr. Sandeepa K R | Technical Assistant GR II | 080-22188215 |
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- Qualification Testing of Aerospace Hydraulic Components as per Military Standards.
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1 | LEADING EDGE SLAT ACTUATORS FOR INDIGENOUS LCA PROGRAMME
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2 | FACILITY FOR DIFFUSION ALUMINIZATION PROCESS ON ALLOY STEEL SPECIMEN
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3 | BATTERY OPERATED HYDRAULIC POWER PACK TO CHARGE LCA BRAKE ACCUMULATOR
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4 | DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF SPHERE LAPPING ATTACHMENT
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5 | QUALIFICATION TESTING OF LEADING EDGE SLAT ACTUATOR Completed Airworthiness qualification testing of LES Actuators with the following tests
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6 | Qualification testing of Airbrake actuator servo valve
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7 | Development of Endurance Tester for MEMS Pneumatic pressure transducer
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8 | Pressure Cycling, Thermal Shock, Proof Pressure And Burst Pressure Test of CCLAH and ACLC
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9 | Assembly and Acceptance testing of CTTC filters
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10 | Additional Qualification testing of Low pressure and case drain hydraulic system filters
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11 | Qualification testing of NRV Dia 25mm and QDC Dia 10mm
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12 | Development of Electro-Hydraulic Force Exciter Force Exciter Hydraulic Power supply |
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The Hydraulics and pneumatics lab provides testing services in the field of Hydraulics and pneumatics. We undertake specialized activities such as:
- Design and development of LRUs for aerospace applications with focus on pumps, actuators and filters.
- Design & Development of Test Facilities for Qualification Testing of Aerospace Hydraulic Components as per Military Standards
- Qualification Testing of Aerospace Hydraulic Components as per Military Standards
- Consultancy in the field of Fluid Power
Aerospace test rigs and calibration group is under the purview of C- ASMP with the specific objective of catering to Aerospace design, development and testing requirements. Aerospace Test rigs group targets to augment the Aerospace development arena in India with design and developmental activities of both products and test rigs
Our Core Competencies are
- Design and Development of airworthy products (Actuators, filters and pumps)
- Design & Development of Test Facilities / Test rigs for Qualification Testing of Aerospace Hydraulic Components as per Military Standards.
- Assembly / Qualification Testing of airworthy products as per Military Standards
- Consultancy in the field of Fluid Power
With multi-skilled manpower with experience in multi-domain activities and 30-year experience Aerospace test rig group has catered to a versatile clientele of Aerospace domain.
Facilities include
CAD
- Solidworks 2020 (With simulation premium)
- AutoCAD
20 - Unigraphics UGNX 7.5
FEA
- ANSYS 18.2 (With CFD and HFSS)
DESIGN SOFTWARES
- KISSSOFT and KISSSys2014
MATHEMATICAL MODELLING SOFTWARES
- MATLAB
Rotation speed : 16000 rpm
Operating pressure : 260 bar
Oil temperature layering : up to 125°C
Power : up to 26kW
Test Pump is run under varying operating conditions (Speed, Load, inlet oil temperature) for over 3000 hrs to check its performance.
Mr. Deepak Singh D (Scientist-B)
Email: deepak[at]cmti[dot]res[dot]in
Land Line: +91-80-22188215
Mr. S K Verma(Scientist-F & CH – (C-ASMP) & GH (ES))
Email: vermask[at]cmti[dot]res[dot]in
Land Line: +91-80-22188322

Impulse pressure : 420bar (peak)
Max oil temperature : 135 deg C
Frequency : 1Hz ( for lower pressures and smaller volume requirements, higher frequencies upto 2hz can be tried)
Pressure Increase rate : as per standard (1,00,000psi/sec to 2,00,000psi/sec)
Standard followed : SAE-ARP-1383-2013
Pressure Impulse test setup to determine the ability of the hydraulic component to withstand the repeated pressure pulses within the specified limits. This is an accelerated fatigue test.
Mr. Deepak Singh D (Scientist-B)
Email: deepak[at]cmti[dot]res[dot]in
Land Line: +91-80-22188215
Mr. S K Verma (Scientist-F & CH – (C-ASMP) & GH (ES))
Email: vermask[at]cmti[dot]res[dot]in
Land Line: +91-80-2218832

Rotation speed : 16000 rpm
Operating pressure : 260 bar
Oil temperature layering : up to 125°C
Test chamber temperatures
Pump chamber: : Ambient to -60 ˚C
Oil temperature layering :-60˚C to +115 ˚C
- low-temperature soak testing of pump
- low-temperature performance testing of pump
- Thermal shock testing of pump
Mr. Deepak Singh D (Scientist-B)
Email: deepak[at]cmti[dot]res[dot]in
Land Line: +91-80-22188215
Mr. S K Verma(Scientist-F & CH – (C-ASMP) & GH (ES))
Email: vermask[at]cmti[dot]res[dot]in
Land Line: +91-80-22188325

Rotation speed : 16000 rpm
Operating pressure : 260 bar
Oil temperature layering : up to 125°C
Power : up to 26k
- Break-in run test
- Load cycle test
- Response time test
- Calibration test
- Heat rejection test
- Pressure control and stability test
Mr. Deepak Singh D (Scientist-B)
Email: deepak[at]cmti[dot]res[dot]in
Land Line: +91-80-22188215
Mr. S K Verma (Scientist-F & CH – (C-ASMP) & GH (ES))
Email: vermask[at]cmti[dot]res[dot]in
Land Line: +91-80-22188325

Temperature: Ambient temperature to -50 deg C
Workspace dimension : 1750 x 1000 x 800 mm(max)
- low-temperature soak testing
- low-temperature performance testing
- Low-temperature pressure cycling tests
- Thermal shock testing
Mr. Deepak Singh D (Scientist-B)
Email: deepak[at]cmti[dot]res[dot]in
Land Line: +91-80-22188215
Mr. S K Verma(Scientist-F & CH – (C-ASMP) & GH (ES))
Email: vermask[at]cmti[dot]res[dot]in
Land Line: +91-80-22188325

Temperature : ambient to 200 deg C
Workspace dimension : 1500 x 700 x 800 mm(max)
- High-temperature soak testing
- High-temperature performance testing
- High-temperature pressure cycling tests
- Thermal shock testing
Mr. Deepak Singh D (Scientist-B)
Email: deepak[at]cmti[dot]res[dot]in
Land Line: +91-80-22188215
Mr. S K Verma(Scientist-F & CH – (C-ASMP) & GH (ES))
Email: vermask[at]cmti[dot]res[dot]in
Land Line: +91-80-22188325

PUBLICATIONS
- Tom Thampy, Madhan Kumar. N, D.R Ragavendra, M Maanasan, Karthik Kumar “Design and Development of Electro Hydraulic Force Exciter” FPSI Technical Seminar (FPTS 2016) at Satish Dhawan Auditorium IISC Campus (17th to 18th June. 2016)
- S.Arumugasamy, S.K Verma, & Tom Thampy “Design & Development of Thermal Relief Valve for a Hydraulic Actuator’ FPSI Technical Seminar “Product Design & Manufacturing” at BIEC, Bangalore (10th to 13th Dec. 2008)
- Tom Thampy, Manju M, Prakask VS published a Technical paper on “Pressure Impulse Test at Extreme Temperatures”, FPSI Fluid power magazine
- Tom Thampy, Dattatreya, Sudha L, SachinNaik, Deepak Singh D Investigations on “Pressure Impulse Testing of Hyd. Elements For Air-Worthiness”. FPSI Technical Seminar (FPTS 2018) “Latest trends in Fluid power technology”, 19th & 20th June 2018 at Prof. MRD Auditorium, PES University, Bangalore
- B. Dattatreya, Anil Kumar K, R. Murali Krishna, V. A. P. Sarma, S. K. Verma, S. Arumugasamy, N. Balashanmugam, (2017), Development of Sphere lapping attachment or CNC Lathe, Manufacturing Technology Today (MTT), Vol.16 (Issue 12):page no 3-6.
- Srivastava E, Anil Kumar K, Design and analysis of Vibration test fixture for 6.2 KW Siemens motor, IJIRSET, Volume 9, Issue 5, May 2020
- Dr. Kavithaa S, Salvin George shaji, and Vijet Bhandiward “Electron beam welding of oxide dispersion strengthened 9 Cr martensitic steel-an experimental and theoretical perspective”, 2nd International Conference on Materials Manufacturing and Modelling, ICMMM – 2019, VIT University, Vellore, 29th - 31st March 2019 [Materials Today: Proceedings, DOI:10.1016/j.matpr.2020.03.379].
Achievements /recognition
- SKOCH Order-of-Merit among Top-30 transformational innovative projects in India and also with the SKOCH Gold Award in Dec 2017 for the innovation in the project “Battery Operated Hydraulic Rig for charging the Parking Brake Accumulator.
- Tom Thampy awarded "IEI Young Engineers Award 2019-20" in Aerospace Engineering Division.
- Tom Thampy, Vinod AR, Sunil magdum received “Innovation award” during MEDIC 2018, for successfully developing and presenting a novel medical device proof of concept as part of team project at Medical device innovation camp (MEDIC-2018) held during 28th Sept. to 2nd Oct 2018 at IIT Bombay, Mumbai.
- Best project award for "Process development of Diffusion Aluminization" during CMTI Foundation Day 2018
Technology development
- Development of Electro hydraulic pneumatic separator for Qualification testing of Pneumatic MEMS pressure sensors for its airworthiness
- Development of Battery Operated Hydraulic Rig for charging of Parking Brake Accumulator of LCA Tejas Aircraft
- Development of test setup for Pressure Impulse Testing of Aircraft hydraulic elements with hydraulic fluid at its elevated temperature +135ºC and -40ºC.
- Development of Electro hydraulic force exciter for modal analysis of machine tool structure.
- Development of Endurance test rig for LES actuator with Electro hydraulic Heating and control of hydraulic oil temperature to continuous supply of hydraulic fluid at 135 ± 2 ºC
- The test setup for pressure cycling of QDC with air as a media for pressure up to 0-15 bar at a frequency 0.5 hz
- Design and development of test setup for various testing as part of its qualification. Test setups were made and tested the indigenously developed hydraulic elements of LCA, Tejas aircraft for its 3000 flying hrs. Different hydraulic elements like actuators, servo valve, hydraulic system filters, up locks, Ti tubes, NRV, QDC, hydraulic release valve, FDCV, Heat exchanger etc tested for its qualification as part of indigenization.
- Development of Universal test rig to test industrial pumps, valves, and hydraulic cylinders in a single test bench.
- Facility for Diffusion aluminization process on Alloy steel specimen
- Development of sphere lapping attachment for mill turn center to achieve spherecity of less than 5μm.
Mr. Shanmugaraj V
Centre Head for Aerospace System Group(AS) and Additive Manufacturing Group(AM)
Phone (Office): +91-80-22188349
Mobile: +91-9449842688
Fax: +91-80-23370428
E-mail: shanmugaraj[at]cmti[dot]res[dot]in