Tractor Design Competition 2018

Program Name : Tractor Design competition 2018 Workshop-1

Date : 7th&8th October 2017

Venue : SRM University (kattankulathur)

Number of Participants : 191Students (22Teams)

We are glad to inform you that SAEINDIA Southern Section conducted Tractor Design

Competition 2018 workshop-1 at SRM University (Kattankulathur). Student Members of

SAEINDIA from various engineering Institutions across India participated in the workshop.

In the inauguration, Mr.C.Pradeep, Division Chairman (MWC Division) & Mahindra

&Mahindra and Dr.Leenus Jesumartin, Head of Department (Automobile) (Joint

secretary SAEISS) welcomed the dignitaries and participants for the Tractor Design

Competition 2018 Workshop-1 and also gave a brief outline about theTractor Design

Competition 2018 Workshop.

In the inauguration, Mr.C.Pradeep, Division chairman (MWC Division) & Mahindra

&Mahindra and Dr.Leenus Jesumartin Head of Department (Automobile) (Joint

secretary SAEISS) welcomed the dignitaries and participants for the Tractor Design

Competition 2018 Workshop-1 and also gave a brief outline about theTractor Design

Competition 2018 Workshop.

Mr. S. Shanmugam,Vice Chairman SAEINDIA Southern Section, DirectorDesign Desk (India)

Private Limited, graced the occasion and delivered a talk about the importance of Tractor

Design Competition 2018 and their roles on societal applications. Then he delivered the speech

about the manufacturing of tractor in industrial and he point out the assembly section which is

going on industries and also motivated the students come with the best design in final event of

Tractor design competition 2018

Mr. S. Shanmugam, Vice Chairman SAEINDIA Southern Section and DirectorDesign Desk

(India) Private Limited talked about the evolution of SAE and SAEINDIA and also highlighted

the impact and outcome of SAEINDIA Tractor Design competition 2018. He motivated the

students to take part in the continuous learning process through various SAE student activities.

Then he thanked SRM University for hosting the Tractor Design Competition 2018 workshop-

1 in their college and presented the memento to the host institution.

Day 1

Session 1

Mr.K.N Balaji (Automotive consultant) handled a full day workshop on automotive brakes at

Automobile seminar hall. He started the session with introduction to tractors and other

agricultural machineries and moved on to explain about types of brakes.

session: 2

On 7th October Mr. S. Shanmugam, Vice Chairman SAEINDIA Southern Section and Director

Design Desk (India) Private Limited delivered lecture in one of session in the topic of

manufacturing, assembly and Costing. He delivered briefly about the Manufacturing process

under going in the industries.

Assembly is unique compared to the methods of manufacturing such as machining, grinding,

and welding in that most of these processes involve only a few disciplines and possibly only

one. Most of these no assembly operations cannot be performed without the aid of equipment,

thus the development of automated methods has been necessary rather than optional.

Assembly, on the other hand, may involve…one machine, many of fastening methods such as

riveting, welding, screw driving and adhesive application. Automatic parts selection, probing,

gaging, functional test, labelling and packaging are also involved.

Costing:

Costing may involve only the assignment of variable costs, which are those costs that vary with

some form of activity (such as sales or the number of employees). This type of costing is called

direct costing. For example, the cost of materials varies with the number of units produced, and

so is a variable cost.

Costing can also include the assignment of fixed costs, which are those costs that stay the same,

irrespective of the level of activity. This type of costing is called absorption costing. Examples

of fixed costs are rent, insurance, and property taxes.

Costing is used for two purposes:

Internal reporting. Management uses costing to learn about the cost of operations, so that it can

work on refining operations to improve profitability. This information can also be used as the

basis for developing product prices.

External reporting. The various accounting frameworks require that costs be allocated to the

inventory recorded in a company's balance sheet at the end of a reporting period. This calls for

the use of a cost allocation system, consistently applied.

Day 1, Fourth session

Mr. C. Sivakumar (BSAU) Event champion of Tractor design competition (SAEISS) handled

one session on automotive electrical.

Mr. C. Sivakumar, handled various topics on the basics of electricity with concept of circuit

and circuit protection for automotive systems. The importance of charging system was

discussed in detail. A brief introduction about battery construction and working and selection

of battery for the automotive application was discussed. In the starting system, various drives

and its working was disused in detail and role played by the starting system in choosing the

battery. Also the importance of other auxiliary systems like lighting system and instrument

cluster was dealt, with a special note on tools and techniques used in wiring harness.

Day-2: Session 1-

Mr. Muruganantham ( Siemens Pvt. Ltd. ) handled one day workshop on AMEsim for the

participants of Tractor Design Competition at Mechanical department seminar hall.

AMEsim is a simulation software for the modeling and analysis of multi-domain systems. It is

part of systems engineering domain and falls into the mechatronic engineering field.

The software package is a suite of tools used to model, analyze and predict the performance

of mechatronics systems. Models are described using nonlinear time-dependent analytical

equations that represent the system’s hydraulic, pneumatic, thermal, electric or mechanical

behaviour.

Day 2 - Session 2 (parallel session)

Mr. N. Ravikumar (BSAU) handled a full day workshop on fundamentals of Chassis (frame

type).

Chassis:

A chassis consists of an internal vehicle frame that supports an artificial object in its

construction and use, can also provide protection for some internal parts. An example of a

chassis is the underpart of a motor vehicle, consisting of the frame (on which the body is

mounted). If the running gear such as wheels and transmission, and sometimes even the driver's

seat, are included, then the assembly is described as a rolling chassis.

In the case of vehicles, the term rolling chassis means the frame plus the "running gear"

like engine, transmission, drive shaft, differential, and suspension.

Group Photo with Participants

Program Feedback

Mr. A. Armstrong (TDC MC Member SAEISS) and Mr. C. SivaKumar (TDC Event champion)

other TDC Members clarified the students’ queries after the Valedictory. Finally, Mr. C.

Sivakumar delivered the Vote of thanks. He thanked the Faculty Advisor and the management

of SRM University (kattankulathur), Students volunteers for their continuous supports and

cooperation for conducting the workshop and making it a grand success. Thus, the program

successfully ended by 4.30 PM after taking group photography with participants.

TDC 2018 Champion: Mr.Siva Kumar

Prepared by: Mr.S.Arun kumar

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