Group Head for Additive Manufacturing at Centre for Additive and Special Manufacturing Processes (C-ASMP)
Planning and Execution of activities related to Metal Additive Manufacturing.
Technology development in the area of laser material processing, bimetallic parts, metal matrix composites, hardfacing, remanufacturing.
Principal Investigator for DST project on “Multi Material Deposition Technology Development for complex geometries of Aircraft Engine Components by Additive Manufacturing”
Principal Investigator for MHI project on “Development of Laser-based Directed Energy Deposition Additive Manufacturing Machine”
Co-investigator for Indo-UK (DST / EPSRC) project on “High Deposition Rate Additive Manufacture of Complex Metal Parts (HiDepAM)”
Co-Principal Investigator for SERB project on “Multifunctional Additive and Ablative Materials Processing via Quasi-Continuous Wave Fiber Laser for Novel Industrial Applications”
Course co-ordinator and Faculty for Training on Additive Manufacturing
Guide for Students of M.Tech, Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Technology (PGDAMT) and Post Graduate Diploma in Additive Manufacturing (PGDAM) programs.
Adjunct Faculty for Post Graduate Diploma in Additive Manufacturing (PGD-AM), College of Engineering, Pune (COEP).
Ph.D (Pursuing), IIT Tirupati
B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering, University of Kerala (2007)
Additive Manufacturing
Multi-material / Bimetallic part development
Development of metal matrix composites (MMCs)
Hardfacing / Coatings
Remanufacturing
Applied R&D projects using Direct Metal Deposition (DMD) and Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) for industries
Development of Steel on Aluminium Bronze Bimetallic Parts by Direct Metal Deposition (DMD) process
Development of Bronze on Steel Bimetallic Parts by DMD process
Development of Steel-Carbon Nano Tube Metal Matrix Composites through Additive Manufacturing
Laser Sintering of Rare-Earth Metals by Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) process
Fabrication of Honey Comb Heat Exchanger by DMLS
Synthesis and Characterization of Chromium on Stainless Steel by DMD process
Research & Development for Remanufacturing of Turbocharger Shaft & Wheel seal groove using Laser Cladding
Fabrication of Inconel & Inconel-SiC Metal Matrix Composites by AM Process
Development and Supply of Honey Comb type Orifice by DMLS Technology
Direct Metal Laser Sintering of Mounting Bracket for Aerospace applications
Fabrication of Ball Bearing Retainer Ring Mould by DMLS
Laser Sintering of H20 Steel-SiC Metal Matrix Composites by DMLS
Direct Metal Laser Sintering of EDM Electrodes
Development of Technology for Remanufacturing of Oil Pump Drive Shaft by DMD Process
Fabrication of Bronze nickel and Bronze nickel – Graphene test specimens by DMLS process
Development of Inconel-625 on Stainless Steel bimetallic parts by DMD Process
Fabrication of Diesel Particulate Filters (DPF) by DMLS process for Automotive applications
Direct Metal Deposition of Steel-Inconel Functionally Graded Material
Coating of Colmonoy 5 on Stainless Steel by DMD process
Coating of CoNiCrAlY alloy on Stellite by DMD process
3D Printing of Ni-Ti Shape Memory Alloys through DMD process
Development of Hybrid Material Air Sensors through DMD process
DST Funded Project titled “Multi Material Deposition Technology Development for complex geometries of Aircraft Engine Components by Additive Manufacturing”
SERB Funded Project titled “High strain rate characterization of additive manufactured materials for ballistic loading applications”
MHI project on “Development of Laser-based Directed Energy Deposition Additive Manufacturing Machine”
SERB project on “Multifunctional Additive and Ablative Materials Processing via Quasi-Continuous Wave Fiber Laser for Novel Industrial Applications”
Journal Papers
Vinod, A.R., Sameer Warghane, Murugan, A., Balashanmugam, N., Venkaiah, N., “Microstructure and interfacial characteristics of Inconel 625-Ti6Al4V bimetallic structures produced by directed energy deposition”, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance (Published online on 22 May 2023: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-023-08250-4).
Mohsin Khan K, Thella Babu Rao, Manjunath B.N., K. Abhinav, A.R. Vinod, Raffi Mohammed, “Studies on the effect of substrate preheating, interlayer dwell, and heat treatment on microstructure, residual stress, and mechanical properties of IN625 superalloy built by direct metal deposition”, Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, 2023, Vol. 145, No.4, 041004-1-12.
Susheel Pandey, Rajeev Srivastava, Rakesh Narain, Vinod, A.R., “Optimization of process parameters for direct energy deposition of 15Cr5Ni precipitation hardened stainless steel for aircraft parts repair and maintenance”, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 2022, Vol.236, No.24., pp. 11505-11520.
Vinod, A.R., Srinivasa, C.K., Shashikumar, P.V., Keshavamurthy, R., “A Novel technique for reducing lead-time and energy consumption in fabrication of Inconel-625 parts by Laser-based metal deposition Process”, Rapid Prototyping Journal, 2016, Vol.22, No.2, pp.269 – 280.
Srinivasa, C.K., Vinod, A.R., Shashikumar, P.V., “Machinability studies on laser-sintered iron-silicon carbide metal matrix composites using wire electrical discharge machining”, International Journal of Materials and Product Technology, 2012, Vol.43, No.1/2/3/4, pp.68-83.
Manjunath, B.N., Vinod, A.R., Verma, S.K., Balashanmugam, N., “Challenges and research opportunities in metal additive manufacturing”, Manufacturing Technology Today, 2019, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 54-57.
Mahanthesha, P., Mohankumar, G.C., Vinod, A,R., “Microstructure evaluation of direct metal laser sintered SS316L – MWCNT composite”, Manufacturing Technology Today, 2017, Vol. 16, No. 8, pp.3-9.
Sateesh, N.H., Mohankumar, G.C., Krishna, P., Srinivasa, C.K., Vinod, A.R., “Microstructure and mechanical characterization of laser sintered inconel-625 superalloy”, Procedia Materials Science, 2014, Vol.5, pp. 772 – 779.
AkashAggarwal, Sushil Patel, A.R. Vinod, Arvind Kumar, “An integrated Eulerian-Lagrangian-Eulerian investigation of coaxial gas-powder flow and intensified particle-melt interaction in directed energy deposition process”, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 166 (2021) 106963.
AkashAggarwal, ArvindChouhan, Sushil Patel, D.K.Yadav, Arvind Kumar, A.R.Vinod, K.G. Prashanth, N.P.Gurao, “Role of impinging powder particles on melt pool hydrodynamics, thermal behaviour and microstructure in laser-assisted DED process: A particle-scale DEM – CFD – CA approach”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2020, Vol.158, No. 119989, pp.1-19.
Manjunath, B.N., Vinod, A.R., Abhinav, K., Verma, S.K., Ravi Sankar M., “Optimisation of process parameters for deposition of colmonoy using directed energy deposition process”, Materials Today: Proceedings, Vol. 26, Part 2, 2020, pp. 1108-1112.
Keshavamurthy, R., PadmanavRashmirathi, Vinod, A.R., Srinivasa, C.K., Shashikumar, P.V., “Optimization of process parameters for direct metal deposition of H13 tool steel”, International Journal of Advanced Materials Manufacturing & Characterization, 2013, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp.515-519.
Conference Papers
Vinod, A.R., Srinivasa, C.K., Shashikumar, P.V., “Effect of fillet radius on the warpage of parts produced by DMLS”, In: Satyanarayana, B., and Ramji, K., (Eds), Proceedings of 3rd International and 24th National AIMTDR Conference, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, 2010, pp. 119-122.
Vinod, A.R., Srinivasa, C.K., Shashikumar, P.V., “Geometrical and dimensional accuracy of parts built by DMLS process”, International Conference on Advanced Materials, Manufacturing, Management and Thermal Sciences, Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur, 2010, MF-32.
Vinod, A.R., Srinivasa, C.K., Keshavamurthy, R., Shashikumar, P.V., “Deposition of bronze-nickel on steel by laser-based metal deposition process”, 1st National Conference on Micro and Nano Fabrication, Central Manufacturing Technology Institute, Bangalore, 2013 (Manufacturing Technology Today Journal, 2014, Vol.13, No.1, pp. 27-30).
Vinod, A.R. and Srinivasa, C.K., “Studies on laser-sintering of copper by direct metal laser sintering process”, 5th International & 26th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference (AIMTDR 2014), IIT Guwahati, Assam, 2014, pp.377-1 to 377-4.
Raju, V.R., Srinivasa, C.K., Vinod, A.R., Chellamalai, M., Shashikumar, P.V., “Studies on micro-electrical discharge machining of steel using copper electrodes”, 1st National Conference on Micro and Nano Fabrication, Central Manufacturing Technology Institute, Bangalore, 2013 (Manufacturing Technology Today Journal, 2015, Vol.14, No.1, pp. 9-13).
Technologies Developed
Remanufacturing of Turbocharger Shafts for Automotive applications
Remanufacturing of Oil Pump Drive Shaft for Aerospace applications
Development of Steel on Aluminium Bronze Bimetallic Parts
Development of Bronze on Steel Bimetallic Parts
Development of Inconel on Stainless Steel Bimetallic Parts
Development of Steel-Carbon Nano Tube Metal Matrix Composites
Development of Colmonoy 5 alloy Surface Coatings on Stainless Steel
Development of CoNiCrAlY alloy Surface Coatings on Stellite for Space applications
Award
“Innovation Award” 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 28 September to 2 October 2018 at IIT Bombay, Mumbai.
