SRM UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF MECHATRONICS
COURSE PLAN
Course Code: MH0401
Course Title: Design of mechatronics system
Year/ Sem: IV/VII
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Date

No of
Hours

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6
7

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2
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8
9

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Title/Details of Chapter

SYSTEMS AND DESIGN

Mechatronic systems with Examples
Integrated design issue in mechatronic
Mechatronic key element
Mechatronic approach
Adaptive control and distributed system
Design process , Integrated product design
Mechanism, load condition, design and
flexibility
Structures - man machine interface
Industrial design and ergonomics
Information transfer, safety.
CONTROL AND DRIVES
Control devices - Electro hydraulic control
devices,electro pneumatic proportional
controls
Rotational drives - Pneumatic motors :
continuous and limited rotation
Hydraulic motor : continuous and limited
rotation ,Motion convertors
fixed ratio, Invariant motion profile, variators
REAL TIME INTERFACING
Real time interface Introduction
Elements of a data acquisition and Control
system, overview of I/O process
Installation of I/O card and software
Installation of the application software - over
framing
CASE STUDIES I
Case studies on data acquisition - Testing of
transportation bridge surface materials
Transducer calibration system for
Automotive application
strain gauge weighing system solenoid force
Displacement calibration system

Reference book and

Text books

T1,Ch1,Pp2
T1,Ch1,Pp4
T1,Ch1,Pp5
T1,Ch1,Pp28
T2,Ch13,Pp317
T1,Ch1,Pp25,4
T2,Ch6,Pp157
R1,Ch2,Pp54
R1,Ch2,Pp62
T3,Ch3,Pp289
T3,Ch3,Pp339,341
T3,Ch3,Pp378,355,
341
T3,Ch3,Pp389
T1,Ch7,Pp325
T1,Ch7,Pp326
T1,Ch7,Pp328
T1,Ch7,Pp332
T1,Ch7,Pp335,359
T1,Ch9,Pp392
T1,Ch9,Pp393
T1,Ch9,Pp396,397

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23

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25

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2

26

27
28
29
30
31

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1
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33
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35

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1
45

Total
L.Hr

Rotary optical encoder

controlling temperature of a hot/cold
reservoir
sensors for condition monitoring
Mechatronic control in automated
manufacturing
CASE STUDIES II
Case studies on data acquisition and Control
- thermal cycle fatigue of a ceramic plate
pH control system.
Deicing temperature control system
skip control of a CD player
Auto focus Camera.
Case studies on design of mechatronic
product
pick and place robot
car park barriers
car engine management
Barcode reader

T1,Ch9,Pp399
R1,Ch9,Pp322
T1,Ch8,Pp368
T1,Ch8,Pp368
T1,Ch9,Pp402
T1,Ch9,Pp405
T1,Ch9,Pp406
T1,Ch9,Pp409
T2,Ch22,Pp537
T2,Ch22,Pp534
T2,Ch22,Pp534
T2,Ch22,Pp536
T2,Ch22,Pp542
T2,Ch22,Pp543

TEXT BOOKS
T1: Devdas shetty, Richard A. Kolkm, Mechatronics System Design, PWS Publishing company, 1997
T2: Bolton, Mechatronics - Electronic Control Systems in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, 2nd
Edition, Addison Wesly Longman Ltd., 1999
T3: Bradley, D. Dawson, N.C. Burd and A.J. Loader, Mechatronics : Electronics in products and Processes,
Chapman and Hall, London, 1991

REFERENCE BOOKS
R1: Brian Morriss, Automated Manufacturing Systems - Actuators Controls, Sensors and Robotics,
McGraw Hill International Edition, 1995
R2: Gopel, "Sensors A comprehensive Survey Vol I & Vol VIII", BCH Publisher, New York

Name of the Staff : 1.R.Gangadevi

2. K.Guna

HOD/MECHATRONICS