Prof. Nirmal Singh
Skill Professor (Mechanical Engineering)
DepartmentSKILL FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
Qualification
Ph.D
Areas of Interest
Manufacturing and Material Processing
Publications and Other Achievements
- International Journals
- Ajay Kumar, Sanjay Marwaha, Anupama Marwaha, Nirmal S Kalsi, “Magnetic field analysis of induction motor for optimal cooling duct design”, Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory 18 (2010) 157–164.
- Nirmal S Kalsi, Rakesh Sehgal and Vishal S Sharma, “Cryogenic Treatment of Tool Materials: A review”, IJ Materials and Manufacturing Processes, 25 (2010) 1077–1100.
- Nirmal S Kalsi and Vishal S Sharma “A statistical analysis of rotary friction welding of steel with varying carbon in workpieces” The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 57, 2011, pp. 957– 967.
- Nirmal S Kalsi; Rakesh Sehgal; Vishal S Sharma. Effect of tempering after cryogenic treatment of tungsten carbide–cobalt bounded inserts, Bulletin of Material Science, 2014, 37(2), 327-335.
- Sanjeev Kumar, Dilbag Singh, Nirmal S. Kalsi, “Surface quality evaluation of AISI 4340 steel having varying hardness during machining with TiN-coated CBN inserts” Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology, 231(7), 2017, pp. 925-933.
- Paramjit Singh, Harish Pungotra, Nirmal S. Kalsi. “Optimization of deep cryogenic treatment conditions for the wear rate of UNS R56400 (Ti6Al4V) medical titanium alloy using Taguchi’s method” Materials Technology, 34(2), 2019, pp. 84-91.
- Paramjit Singh, Harish Pungotra, Nirmal S. Kalsi. “Parametric optimization of deep cryogenic treatment for the wear response of implant material UNS R56700: Taguchi’s approach” Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 234(1), 2020, pp. 61-73.
- Jatinder Kumar, Dilbag Singh, Nirmal S. Kalsi, Shubham Sharma Catalin I. Pruncu, Danil Yu. Pimenov Kalagadda Venkateswara Rao Wojciech Kapłonek. “Comparative study on the mechanical, tribological, morphological and structural properties of vortex casting processed, Al–SiC–Cr hybrid metal matrix composites for high strength wearresistant applications: Fabrication and characterizations” Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 9(6), 2020, pp. 13607-13615.
- Ashwani Tayal, Nirmal Singh Kalsi, Munish Kumar Gupta, A Garcia-Collado, Murat Sarikaya, “Reliability and economic analysis in sustainable machining of Monel 400 alloy”,Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1177/0954406220986818
- Jatinder Kumar, Dilbag Singh, Nirmal S. Kalsi, Shubham Sharma, Mozammel Mia, J. Singh, M. Azizur Rahman, Aqib Mashood Khan, Kalagadda Venkateswara Rao, "Investigation on the mechanical, tribological, morphological and machinability behavior of stir-casted Al/SiC/Mo reinforced MMCs,”, Journal of Materials Research and Technology", 12, 2021, pp. 930-946.
- Nirmal S Kalsi, Rakesh Sehgal and Vishal S Sharma, “Comparative study to analyze the effect of tempering during cryogenic treatment of tungsten carbide tools in turning”, Advanced Materials Research, 410, 2012, 267-270.
- Sanjeev Kumar, Dilbag Singh, Nirmal S. Kalsi. “Analysis of Surface Roughness during Machining of Hardened AISI 4340 Steel using Minimum Quantity lubrication” Materials Today: Proceedings, 4(2), 2017, pp. 3627-3635.
- Sunil Kumar, Dilbag Singh, Nirmal S. Kalsi, "Experimental Investigations of Surface Roughness of Inconel 718 under different Machining Conditions, Materials Today: Proceedings 4 (2), 2017, pp. 1179-1185
- . Paramjit Singh, Harish Pungotra, Nirmal S. Kalsi “On the characteristics of titanium alloys for the aircraft applications” Materials Today: Proceedings 4(8), 2017, pp. 8971-8982.
- Sunil Kumar, Dilbag Singh, Nirmal S Kalsi, “Improvement in machining performance of inconel 718 with solid lubricants” Jurnal Teknologi. 80(6), 2018, pp. 27-34.
- Sunil Kumar, Dilbag Singh, Nirmal S Kalsi, “Investigating the Effect of Approach Angle and Nose Radius on Surface Quality of Inconel 718” Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series C, 100(1), 2019, pp. 121-128.
- Jatinder Kumar, Dilbag Singh, Nirmal S Kalsi, “Tribological, Physical and Microstructural Characterization of Silicon Carbide Reinforced Aluminium Matrix Composites: A Review”, Materials Today: Proceedings, 18, 2019, pp. 3218-3232.
- Sanjeev Kumar, Dilbag Singh, Nirmal S. Kalsi. “Study the performance of solid lubricants during hard turning of AISI 4340 steel” Materials Today: Proceedings, 24(2), 2020, pp. 225-234.
- Ashwani Tayal, Nirmal Singh Kalsi, Munish Kumar Gupta, "Machining of superalloys: A review on machining parameters, cutting tools, and cooling methods", Materials Today: Proceedings, 43(2), 2021, pp. 1839-1849.
- Ashwani Tayal, Nirmal S. Kalsi, "Review on effectiveness improvement by application of the lean tool in an industry", Materials Today: Proceedings, 43(2), 2021, pp. 1983-1991.
- Ashwani Kumar, Dilbag Singh, Nirmal S Kalsi, “Effect of Gases on the Performance of Cryogenically Treated Tungsten Carbide Inserts in Turning”, International Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, 2(2), 2011.
- Shivdev Singh, Dilbag Singh, Nirmal S Kalsi, “Experimental Analysis of Cryogenic treatment on coated tungsten carbide inserts in turning”, International Journal of Advanced Engineering Technology, 3(1), 2012, 290-294.
- Nirmal S Kalsi, Rakesh Sehgal and Vishal S Sharma, “Grey-Based Taguchi Analysis for Optimization of Multi-Objective Machining Process in Turning”, International Journal of Strategic Decision Sciences, 4(2), 79-95, 2013.
- Nischal Chhabra, Nirmal S. Kalsi and Dilbag Singh, “Effect of Shielding Gases on Micro Hardness of FE 404 (AISI 1024) Steel Welded Joint in GMAW Process”, International Journal on Emerging Technologies Vol. 5(1): 2014.
- Nirmal S Kalsi; Rakesh Sehgal; Vishal S Sharma. Influence of Multi-Tempering After Cryogenic Treatment of Tungsten Carbide-Cobalt Insertsin Turning, Advanced Science, Engineering and Medicine, 2014, Vol. 6, 1-10.
- . Sanjeev Kumar, Dilbag Singh, Nirmal S. Kalsi. “Optimization of the Machining Performance During Hard Turning of AISI 4340 Steel Under Different Cutting Environments Using Taguchi-Grey Approach” Asian Journal of Applied Science and Technology, 1(7), 2017, pp. 01-05.
- Sanjeev Kumar, Dilbag Singh, Nirmal S. Kalsi. “Applications of Solid Lubricants during Hard Turning- A Review” International Journal of Advanced Research Trends in Engineering and Technology, 4(10), 2017, pp. 11-14.
- Sanjeev Kumar, Dilbag Singh, Nirmal S. Kalsi. “Study the Performance of Solid Lubricants during Machining of Variable Hardened AISI 4340 Steel Using Grey-Fuzzy Approach” International Journal of Current Trends in Science and Technology, 7(10), 2017, pp. 20367-20380.
- Sanjeev Kumar, Dilbag Singh, Nirmal S. Kalsi. “Optimization and Modeling of Cuttingforce and Chip-Tool interface temperature during Hard Turning of AISI 4340 steel under wet Condition” i-manager’s Journal on Mechanical Engineering, 71(4), 2017, pp. 16-26.
- Sanjeev Kumar, Dilbag Singh, Nirmal S. Kalsi. “Performance evaluation of TiN coated CBN inserts during hard turning of AISI 4340 steel with using Taguchi-Grey-Fuzzy Approach” International Journal of Emerging Trends in Science and Technology, 04(08), 2017, pp. 5487- 5494.
- Sanjeev Kumar, Dilbag Singh, Nirmal S. Kalsi. “Study the effect of workpiece hardness and tool-nose on cutting force and Chip-tool interface temperature during dry hard turning of AISI 4340 steel” i-manager’s Journal on Mechanical Engineering, 8(1), 2018, pp. 8-19.
- Ashwani Tayal, Nirmal S. Kalsi, “Influence of Machining Attributes in Refining Overall Equipment Effectiveness” International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering’ 9(2), 2019, pp. 2148-2154.
- Sanjeev Kumar, Dilbag Singh, Nirmal S. Kalsi. “Performance Evaluation of TiN-Coated CBN Tools During Turning of Variable Hardened AISI 4340 Steel” Advanced Engineering Optimization Through Intelligent Techniques, 949, 2020, pp. 847-857.
- Sanjeev Kumar, Dilbag Singh, Nirmal Singh Kalsi, “Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Environmental Conditions During Hard Turning of AISI 4340 Steel with CBN Inserts” International Journal of Advanced Mechatronics and Robotics, 9(1), 2017, pp. 111-115.
- Sunil Kumar, Dilbag Singh, Nirmal Singh Kalsi, “Influence of Cutting Parameters on Surface Roughness in Turning of Inconel 718 With Coated Carbide Tools” International Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, 8(1), 2017, pp. 71-75.
- Tayal, Ashwani and Kalsi, Nirmal Singh and Gupta, Munish Kumar and Pimenov, Danil Yurievich and Sarikaya, Murat and Pruncu, Catalin I.”Effectiveness improvement in manufacturing industry : trilogy study and open innovation dynamics”, Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market and Complexity, 7 (1). 2020, pp. 1-21.
- International Conferences
- S. S. Gill, J. K. Sharma, Nirmal S. Kalsi, Neetu Singh, “Immediate gains resulting from Condition Monitoring and Failure analysisin Sugar Mill” atInternational Conference on Condition Monitoring 2001, 25-27th June 2001, St. Catherine College Oxford, UK.
- Surinder S. Gill, Nirmal S. Kalsi, Balraj Singh, Nirmal Singh, Neetu Singh, “Improved Differential Function for avoiding slippage of Motor Vehicles in Muddy Trench” at SAE World Congress 2002, March 4-7, 2002, Cobo Center, Detroit, USA
- Anil Mahajan and Nirmal S Kalsi, “Comparison of Electrodes for Electro-Discharge Machining on EN- 24 Steel” at International Conference on CAD, CAM, Robotics and Autonomous Factories, 11-13 August, 2003, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India.
- S S Gill, Nirmal S Kalsi, Neetu Singh, “Immediate gains resulting from Condition Monitoring and Failure analysis in Paper Mill” at 10th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms, December 21- 22, 2001, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur – 721 302, India.
- Nirmal S Kalsi, Rakesh Sehgal, SS Gill, Sharanjit Singh, Vivak Aggarwal, “Performance of Friction Welding Process with varying carbon in specimens” Global Conference on Production and Industrial Engg., 03-05 December, 2010, National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, PB, India.
- Kalsi N.S.; Sehgal R.; Sharma V.S. “Application of statistical method to evaluate and optimization of the performance of cryogenically treated tungsten carbide cutting tool inserts in turning”, 3rd International Conference on Production and Industrial Engineering (CPIE-2013), NIT Jalandhar, PB, India, 29-31 March, 2013.
- Nirmal S Kalsi, Rakesh Sehgal and Vishal S Sharma, “Effect of cooling media on cryogenically treated tungsten carbide cutting tool inserts of different coatings in turning", 2nd International Conference on Business, Engineering and Applied Sciences (ICBEAS-2013), Toronto, Canada, November, 23 -242013.
- Nirmal S Kalsi, Nirmal Singh, SS Gill, Ranjit Singh, Raman Bedi, “Rotary Friction Welding Process: A Review” at Global Conference on Production and Industrial Engg., 22-24 March, 2007, National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, PB, India.
- Nirmal S Kalsi, Rakesh Sehgal and Vishal S Sharma, “Optimization and Modelling of a Process using Cryogenically Treated Tungsten Carbide Cutting Tool inserts in Turning”, Proceedings of 5th Asian Tribology Conference (ASIATRIB 2014), Agra. 17-20 February 2014.
- Sanjeev Kumar, Dilbag Singh, Nirmal Singh Kalsi, “Surface Quality Assessment During Hard Turning AISI 4340 Steel with The Use of Minimum Quantity of Lubrication”, Proceedings of the 4th International National conference on “Production and Industrial Engineering (CPIE), NIT, Jalandhar, during 19-21 December, 2016.
- Sanjeev Kumar,Dilbag Singh, Nirmal Singh Kalsi, “Analysis of Surface Roughness During Machining of AISI 4340 Steel Using Taguchi Approach”, Proceedings of the 4th International conference on Production and Industrial Engineering (CPIE), NIT, Jalandhar, during 19-21December, 2016.
- Sunil Kumar, Dilbag Singh, Nirmal Singh Kalsi, “Performance Evaluation of Coated Carbide Tool in Machining of Superalloy (Inconel718) Under Minimum Quantity Lubrication (MQL)”, Proceedings of the 4th International conference on “Production and Industrial Engineering (CPIE), NIT, Jalandhar, during 19-21 December, 2016.
- Awalpreet Kaur, Nirmal S. Kalsi “Comparative Study using Machine Learning Algorithms to predict results in Machining” at 6th International Conference on Production & Industrial Engineering (CPIE 2019) held during June 8-10, 2019 at National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, India.
- National Conferences
- Shveena Sharma, S S Gill, Nirmal S Kalsi, Bharti Chopra, “Condition Monitoring and why it sometimes it fails” at Fifth Punjab Science Congress, Feb. 7-9, 2002, Thaper Institute of Engg. And Tech. (Deemed University), Patiala – 147 004, India.
- Vibur Grover, Nirmal S Kalsi, Munish Gupta, “Resent Technological Advancement in Avoiding wheel skidding” at Fifth Punjab Science Congress, February 7-9, 2002, Thaper Institute of Engg. And Tech. (Deemed University), Patiala – 147 004, India.
- S.S.Gill, Nirmal S Kalsi, et.al. “Mechatronics based control of Differential to avoid slippage of motor vehicles” at 6th Punjab Science Congress, February 7-9, 2003, Sant Longowal Institute of Engg. & Tech., Longowal – 148 106, Sangrur, PB, India.
- Anil Kumar, Nirmal S Kalsi, Naveen Beri, “Comparison of Electrodes for Electric Discharge Machining on HCHCr Steel” at National Conference on Advances in Manufacturing Technology, 09-11 November, 2005, National Institute of Technical Teachers Training & Research, Chandigarh.
- Nirmal S Kalsi, Ranjit Singh, “Bio Diesel: A Future Fuel for IC Engines”, National Conference at Indo- Global College of Engg., 19 Jan, 2007
- Nirmal S Kalsi, Rakesh Sehgal and Vishal S Sharma, “Cryogenic Working in Machining Processes‐A review” at National Conference on Mechanism Science and Technologies: From Theory to Application (NCMSTA-08), 13-14 November 2008, National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, HP, India
- Jasnoor S Sandhu, Dilbag Singh and Nirmal S Kalsi, “Effects of Change in Moulding Sand Contents on Surface finish in Casting”, Proceedings of 1st National Conference on Recent Trends in Mechanical Engineering, BCET Gurdaspur, Feb 21-22, 2014, 133-135.
- Harwant Singh, Dilbag Singh and Nirmal S Kalsi, “To Study the Effect of Different Tool chip breakers on the Machining performance”, Proceedings of 1st National Conference on Recent Trends in Mechanical Engineering, BCET Gurdaspur, Feb 21-22, 2014, 188-193.
- Amritpal Singh, Nirmal S Kalsi and Dilbag Singh, “Experimental Investigation to Study the Effect of Single Layer Coating On Cutting Tools”, Proceedings of 1st National Conference on Recent Trends in Mechanical Engineering, BCET Gurdaspur, Feb 21-22, 2014, 202-207.
- Sanjeev Kumar, Nirmal S. Kalsi, Dilbag Singh, “Experimental Study of Tool Tip Temperature and Cutting Force Using Tin and Alcrn Single Layer Coated Cutting Tool Inserts in Turning”, 10251 18, 2nd National Conference on Recent Trends in Mechanical Engineering (RTME-2015), 20-21 March, 2015 at BCET, Gurdaspur.
- Jasnoor S. Sandhu, Dilbag Singh and Nirmal S. Kalsi, “Effects of Variation in Moulding Sand Contents On Surface Finish in Casting”, 10252 22, 2nd National Conference on Recent Trends in Mechanical Engineering (RTME-2015), 20-21 March, 2015 at BCET, Gurdaspur.
- Ravinder Singh, Nirmal S. Kalsi, Dilbag Singh, “Study of Change ïn Cutting Force Due to Monolayer and Multilayer Coating On Cutting Tool Inserts in Turing, 10276 133, 2nd National Conference on Recent Trends in Mechanical Engineering (RTME-2015), 20-21 March, 2015 at BCET, Gurdaspur.
- Kamal Jit Ghai, Dilbag Singh, Nirmal S. Kalsi, “Experimental Investigation On Effect of Glass Fibers On Mechanical Behaviour of Polymer Composites”, 10279 146, 2nd National Conference on Recent Trends in Mechanical Engineering (RTME-2015), 20-21 March, 2015 at BCET, Gurdaspur.
- Amritpal Singh, Nirmal S. Kalsi, Dilbag Singh, “To Study the Effect of Cutting Force Due to Variation in Thickness of Coating On Cutting Tool Inserts in Turing of En-31 Steel”, 10284 161, 2nd National Conference on Recent Trends in Mechanical Engineering (RTME-2015), 20-21 March, 2015 at BCET, Gurdaspur.
- Sanjeev Kumar, Dilbag Singh, Nirmal S. Kalsi, “Effect of Tool Nose Radius on Surface Quality During Machining of Hardened AISI 4340 Steel”, 10294 213, 2nd National Conference on Recent Trends in Mechanical Engineering (RTME-2015), 20-21 March, 2015 at BCET, Gurdaspur.
- Sunil Kumar, Dilbag Singh, Nirmal S. Kalsi, “Surface Quality Analysis of Nickel Based Alloy Using Coated Carbide Tools”, 10296 222, 2nd National Conference on Recent Trends in Mechanical Engineering (RTME-2015), 20-21 March, 2015 at BCET,Gurdaspur.
- Sanjeev Kumar, Dilbag Singh, Nirmal S. Kalsi, “Minimum Quantity Lubrication during Hard Turning -AReview”, Proceedings of 2nd Conference on Advancesin Manufacturing Systems (Technology, Materials and Management), CAMS-2015, Shaheed Bhagat Singh State Technical Campus (SBSSTC) Ferozepur 23- 24, December, 2015.
- Sunil Kumar, Dilbag Singh, Nirmal S. Kalsi, “Effect of cutting parameters on Surface Quality during Machining of Inconel 718”, Proceedings of 2nd Conference on Advances in Manufacturing Systems (Technology, Materials and Management), CAMS-2015, Shaheed Bhagat Singh State Technical Campus (SBSSTC) Ferozepur 23-24, December, 2015.
- Kamal Jit Ghai, Dilbag Singh, Nirmal S. Kalsi, “Experiment Investigation of Flexural Strength of Hybridized Banana/Pineapple Leaf Fibre Reinforced High Density Polyethylene Composites”, Proceedings of 2nd Conference on Advances in Manufacturing Systems (Technology, Materials and Management), CAMS-2015, Shaheed Bhagat Singh State Technical Campus (SBSSTC) Ferozepur 23-24, December, 2015.
- Sunil Kumar, Dilbag Singh, Nirmal S. Kalsi, “Some Investigations on Machining of Nickel based Super Alloy using Coated Carbide Inserts”, Proceedings of the 17th ISME conference on “Advances in Mechanical Engineering, IIT Delhi, 3-4 Oct., 2015, ISME Journal of Manufacturing Sciences, 06(1), 2015, pp. 18-25.
- Sanjeev Kumar, Dilbag Singh, Nirmal S. Kalsi, “Experimental Investigation of Hard Turning of AISI 4340 Steel using CBN Tools” Proceedings of the 17th ISME conference on “Advancesin Mechanical Engineering, IIT Delhi, 3-4 October, 2015.
- Gagandeep Singh, Nirmal S. Kalsi, Dilbag Singh, Harish Pungotra, Sandeep Gandotra, “Effect of Applied Electromagnetic Field on The Weldments in Gas Tungsten Arc Welding – A Review”, Proceedings of the 3rd National conference on “Recent Trendsin Mechanical Engineering, BCET, Gurdaspur, during 24-25 June, 2016.
- Varinder Singh, Nirmal Singh Kalsi, Dilbag Singh, Naveen Beri, Anil Kumar, “Friction Stir Welding of Aluminium Alloys – Process and its Variables: A Review”, Proceedings of the 3rd National conference on “Recent Trends in Mechanical Engineering, BCET, Gurdaspur, during 24-25 June, 2016.
- Lakhwinder Singh, Nirmal Singh Kalsi, Dilbag Singh, Sanjeev Kumar, “A Review on Effect of Post Weld Heat Treatment on Properties of MIG Welded Joints”, Proceedings of the 3rd National conference on “Recent Trends in Mechanical Engineering, BCET, Gurdaspur, during 24-25 June, 2016.
- Jyoti Chanana, Harish Pungotra, Sandeep Gandotra, Nirmal S. Kalsi, Anil Kumar, “Quality Improvement of Flute Rollers in Paper Corrugation Machine”, Proceedings of the 3rd National conference on “Recent Trends in Mechanical Engineering, BCET, Gurdaspur, during 24-25 June, 2016.
- Chanpreet Singh, Dilbag Singh, Nirmal Singh Kalsi, Sandeep Gandotra, Naveen Beri “A Review on Effect of Post Weld Heat Treatment on Properties of MIG Welded Joints”, Proceedings of the 3rd National conference on “Recent Trends in Mechanical Engineering, BCET, Gurdaspur, during 24-25 June, 2016.
- Raj Kumar Verma, Naveen Beri, Anil Kumar, Nirmal S. Kalsi, Sandeep Gandotra “Effects of Process Parameters of Friction Stir Processing on Tensile Strength of a A5083 Aluminum Alloy”, Proceedings of the 3rd National conference on Recent Trends in Mechanical Engineering, BCET, Gurdaspur, during 24- 25 June, 2016.
- Nirmal S Kalsi, Rakesh Sehgal and Vishal S Sharma, “Grey-Based Taguchi Analysis Approach for Optimization of Multi-Objective Problem”, Book Chapter, Analytical Approaches to Strategic Decision- Making: Interdisciplinary Considerations by Madjid Tavana, IGI Global Publication, USA, 2014. ISBN: 978-14-666-59-5 82.
- Paramjit Singh, Harish Pungotra and Nirmal S. Kalsi, “On the Complexities in Machining Titanium Alloys, Proceedings of 28th International Conference on CAD/CAM, Robotics and Factories of the Future 2016”, 6th to 8th January 2016, Kolaghat, West Bengal, India, Book Chapter, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer, 2016. ISBN: 978-81-322-2 740-3.
- Sanjeev Kumar, Dilbag Singh, Nirmal S. Kalsi, “Performance Evaluation of TiNCoated CBN Tools During Turning of Variable Hardened AISI 4340 Steel”, Advanced Engineering Optimization Through Intelligent Techniques, Springer, 2020. Pp. 847- 857, ISBN: 978-981-13-8195-9.