AM Facilities Benchmarking Visit to UTeM
Universiti Teknikal Melaka Malaysia (UTeM) is one of the public technical universities in Malaysia and well know as the most equipped with additive manufacturing facilities. Therefore, on the 4th of December 2023. I have paid a visit to their facilties, facilitate by Head of 3D Printing and Innovation Laboratory and Manager of one of the CoE at UTeM, Assoc. Prof. Ir. Ts. Dr. Mohd Rizal Alkahari. I am very impressed with the team and progress made in heading the country on addtive manufacturing research. As a new comer in this area, we at MFRL is hoping that one day, we can be like them.
Projek Komuniti: Masalah Padi Rebah - Perjumpaan dengan Pesawah
Alhamdulillah pada 16 Oktober 2023 diberikan kesempatan untuk berjumpa dari hati ke hati dengan pesawah berkenaan dengan alat mekanikal mengatasi masalah padi rebah yang kian meruncing kebelakangan ini. Alat mekanikal telah dihasilkan dan berjaya mendapat hadiah pingat emas dalam pertandingan Airex pada tahun 2022 (link). Selepas beberapa kali penangguhan, 7 orang wakil pesawah hadir untuk memberi maklum-balas terhadap alat ini. Ujian lapangan sebelum ini oleh pelajar dan prototaip yang terhasil secara umumnya dilihat berpotensi untuk digunakan. Hasil kajian ini telah dibentangkan dalam persidangan antarabangsa 12th Kuala Lumpur International Agriculture, Forestry & Plantation 2023 (link). Dalam perjumpaan ini, beberapa cadangan baru telah diberikan oleh pesawah. Oleh kerana musim menuai dianggarkan pada bulan Januari atau Februari 2024, masa yang ada akan digunakan untuk membuat penambah-baikan kepada reka bentuk sedia ada. Peluang mendapatkan geran penyelidikan seperti MySI juga antara perancangan masa depan. Semoga hasil inovasi ini dapat dimanafaatkan oleh pesawah.
WAAM Specimen Preparation - Surface Smoothing Rig
September 22, 2023 - Surface quality is one of the problem for specimen made by WAAM. Inavailability of the facilties does not give much choice to the researcher unless finding alternatives. Conventional milling machine is one of the alternatives, however thin specimen is not allow to be used on the machine to aviod specimen from flying. At the Metal Forming Research Lab, we have developed a custom-made rig for that purposes. The rig is attached to a belt-grinding machine. Specimen before and after the grinding is as shown below. The initila thickness 5-6 mm and the final 2-3 mm only.
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MFRL Visit, 22-24 August 2023
On 22nd till 24th of August 2023, MFRL team involving Zulkhairi, Amer, Kamarul and Zarirah and lead by Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Ahmad Baharuddin have visited friends and colleagues from various universities. Begins with Dr Mokhtar;s team at UTP, Tronoh Perak. Then, the team met Dr Azman Ismail, who lead the team on the FSW at MIMET, UniKL Lumut. The next day, short discussion with Dr Hadi Azman, metal additive manufacturing expert at UKM. Finally, the main aim of the trip, i.e. to participate at WJAM 2023 and met all the sifu in the FSW and metal AM research areas end the visit. Thanks to all who accept our visit and entertained us.
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