The development and testing of castor shelling machine was carried out. The development of the machine was embarked upon in order to reduce the drudgery associated with the processing of castor seed. The machine consists of the shelling drum, external cylindrical casing, husk blower and power unit comprising a 5Hp electric motor, pulleys and belts. The blower was incorporated to facilitate easy and proper cleaning and separation of the seeds from the chaffs. Performance tests were carried out using 90kg castor seed which was divided into three 30kg sample each at 6%, 8% and 10% moisture content respectively. The samples were shelled and winnowed in the machine. The results showed that the machine had the highest shelling efficiency, cleaning efficiency and seed recovery percentage of 81.3%, 58% and 85% respectively at 6% moisture content. The lowest shelling efficiency of 45.9%, cleaning efficiency of 24.0% and seed recovery percentage of 30.5%were recorded at 10% moisture content.

In this paper, the basics of plastic material, types and various applications of plastic material was discussed in simple points. Plastic have important position in engineering materials. In addition, various factors influencing the Selection of Plastics material was explained in simple manner. This paper also covers the Moulding of Thermoplastics and Moulding of Thermosetting was explained neatly. Plastic components plays important role for making electrical appliances, pulleys, water tubes, tanks, packing etc. This paper would be helpful for the Mechanical Engineer to understand the basic concepts in Manufacturing of Plastic Components.

this study aims to develop and test a model to measure the outputs and to evaluate the contribution of engineering management to outputs of manufacturing SMEs. The ultimate target is to evaluate the performance of machinery manufacturing SMEs. Based on literature review a mathematical has developed. Short term input-output data have used to test the developed model.  The results revealed that elasticity of output in respect to   labor is 0.6, capital 0.12, raw materials 0.18, and engineering management 0.234. The contribution of engineering management is found about 2.5 with a significant p-value (P-value>0.05).The findings concludes that the developed model is useful to evaluate the outputs of machinery manufacturing SMEs and engineering management contribution to outputs. Thus, the study successfully achieved the objectives of the research. 

In this topic we are discussing the harmonics and power factor issues of BLDC motor.We studies various power factor correction converters that can be adopted for eliminating the harmonics and improve the power quality of power supply. Five  different type of converters used for power factor correction  of a Bldc motor (zeta converter, buck converter, Cuk converter, brushless buck boost converter, Luo converter) are analysed using block diagrams. A study of these methods and comparison of  the advantages, disadvantages ,applications of these techniques for power quality improvement of BLDC motor is done. Most of these converters produce desired power quality when they are operated in low power applications extension of the study can be done to develop converters that can operate efficiently in high power also without much distortion and losses.

Pre-treatment of seawater appears a vital processing unit for maximizing technical efficiency of water desalination plant. Recently developed membrane technology is more popular than former thermal technology due to its lower risk investment options with higher productivity and less harmful effects on environment. This paper is designed to bring insight into the operation process of the Sadong Jaya desalination plant being installed at Sarawak, Malaysia. This paper aimed to reveal the potable water production performance of the plant. Data recorded in the operating log book were verified with plant operations manual and plant design parameters. Verified data were used to estimate the production performances. Findings showed that the production performances were within acceptable economically and environmentally sustainable level. The capacity utilization of the machineries, economic efficiency and benefit cost ratio of the plant operation appeared to be 69%, 1.25 and 1.5 respectively, which are within sustainable level. Information was being generated from operation of this plant would be useful for building and operating other plants to produce potable water from the same nature of saline water. The findings would also be useful in policy making. This paper suggest for further study on the plant operations to reveal the non-value added inputs being used in production process in order to find out the amount of plant inefficiency.

This paper discusses research based findings, theoretical framework and practical recommendation developed for strategic human resource management of public schools in Bhopal district and thereby enabling them to be more attractive, retentive and employee oriented. There is a growing concern of teacher shortages in India and as per some of recent reports it has also severely affected pupil teacher ratio across the country. As per DISE (District Information System for Education) report 2015, only 10% of schools meet the norms of RTE (Right to Education) act and this means delivery of quality of education is very low which has led to higher number of school dropouts as well. As such schools need to manage their workforce strategically in order to attract and retain best of the talents available and this has been supported through our proposed SHRM (Strategic Human Resource Management) Model for schools. This research conducted in 57schools of Bhopal district also revealed that level of implementation of strategic HRM varies from low to high. Delphi study findings also confirmed that shortage of teachers will become an issue within 5years in Bhopal district. Moreover some of the human resource management strategies which can be effective in raising the overall attraction and retention of teachers in public schools are also discussed.

In the current climate of economic pressure and evolving political priorities, organizational change is becoming an increasing priority. However, change is a complex process that can have negative as well as positive outcomes and as such it is worth looking at the available evidence so that the process is conducted as efficiently and effectively as possible.

Change needs to be associated with a sense of urgency and must be propelled by various driving forces that need to be stronger than the restraining forces.

Persons leading a change effort need to understand what to expect at the emotional level of the change experience and the psychological phases people must go through to adapt successfully to changes affecting their work patterns.

An individual’s perception of a change situation determines whether resistance will occur. The same situation can be perceived as a positive change by one person and a negative change by another

The main aim of this paper is to investigate the latest developments in European Union (EU), the new corporate governance schemes, as they are imposed by the capital markets and the corporate restructuring in the shipping sector in the new European financial environment (Basel I, II and III).

European Monetary Union (EMU) is expected to influence the corporate governance and the corporate structure of the financial institutions by imposing new borrowing criteria for major clients among them shipping companies. Immediately after the establishment of EMU some new initiatives have been approved leading to a better system in terms of corporate structure and control. Among these initiatives were, an action plan for financial services, concerning the corporate law and the corporate governance for the enforcement of the obligatory accounting control and some initiatives related to structural organization in all borrowing stages.

These developments forced the financial institutions to impose new borrowing criteria as well as more detailed controls in loans. Shipping industry, a highly capital intensive sector, has to follow closely these developments in order to keep in track with the banking industry. In addition shipping industries have to adjust their organizational schemes to fulfil these requirements in the best possible way.

The present study grasps on a doctoral thesis aiming to analyze the adjustments associated with these developments of the Greek owed shipping companies and how these adjustments have been evaluated by the top management based on a market research we have contacted.

In the recent years, the use of the geosynthetic productions has increased as an effective element in many constructions and environmental projects. In this essay, the impact and the amount of effectiveness of the Geogrid networks buried at different depths in the level of road building technics has been modeled according to the machines loading in the road bed. For this purpose, first the numerical model has been extended by the finite element method and using the PLAXIS 2D v 8.6 software. Therefore, in this study, the road surface level considered as zero and geogrid placed in three levels and three depths of the road surface in the order (55cm and 40cm and 25cm) that has done in the order of:

1. Between the basis layer and under basis, 2. Among the layer and under basis, 3. Between the under basis layer and the bed and analysis. Geogrids and soils grains shows such a kind of being mobilized against the forces exerted on the levee that caused the resistance and bearing of the soil layers becomes more against the exerted forces and the life and durability of the roads levee increase