Engineering Globalization: Students’ Practices at Noida (India)


The Product Lifecycle Management Competency Centre, based in Noida (PLMCC India), was established in 2003 by the JSS group in a partnership with the French government’s Department of Education and Dassault Systèmes to focus on education, training and research in PLM based technologies. Courses are offered to under-graduate students in Mechanical Engineering and Manufacturing Technology where learners must complete a project as a part of their curriculum.


Students use the most appropriate engineering tool in a near production environment in each of their projects.  Projects are frequently sourced from industry and commonly address solutions to optimize design processes; notably using a parametric design approach. In many cases, projects are executed in a collaborative manner by associating students from mutliple academic institutions across the globe. The projects are performed using Dassault Systèmes PLM Solutions, allowing future engineers to become familiar with and practice using leading edge tools for design and manufacturing.

 
Below are some of the projects addressed by the PLM CC India: lead by French Prof. Stephane Bouye - Managing Co-ordinator, on assignment in Noida.

Design process automation of a racing go-kart

The objective of this project was to automate the design process of an existing go-kart and create a parameterized virtual prototype using CATIA V5.  Data sharing by the students with France was accomplished using the internet.  “Parameterization of the model enables us to make changes to the kart as required by the company/ user in a very short span of time without any hassles or problems,” are some words students used to describe their satisfaction with parameterization and the ease of modifying the design.
The project was completed by Amandeep Singh Dham, Mohit Kapoor and Nishant Namboori in collaboration with students from Lycée Diderot, Paris.

Automotive headlight simulation

The objective of the project was the design of a headlight for a two-wheeled vehicle including parametric rules to quickly respond to vehicle modifications.  Optical analysis was carried out using SPEOS CAA V5 Based, a lighting simulation software made by Optis and integrated within CATIA V5.
CATIA V5 was more than appropriate to design the headlight.  Students (Piyush Kumar, Rohit Rajan and Sushant Sood) stated in their Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering project report that, “The headlight designs made with CATIA were compatible and easy to change.  The virtual environment of CATIA made it simple to study multiple iterations of the design, as commonly required in industry.”

Rules based automotive welding fixture design

The objective of this project was to design a welded assembly (Jig) for an automotive sheetmetal part and to create a virtual prototype replacing the physical mockup.
This project was completed by Amit Kumar Sharma, Ashu Mehrotra and Anurag Sagar with the support of Dassault Systèmes experts from Mothersonsumi INfotech & Design Ltd, .