INAUGURATION OF 4i-LAB

4i-Lab is a recent initiative at the Indian institute of Technology, Kanpur. It is an enabling laboratory with an objective to facilitate design evolution into complete products. The four is stand for Ideation, Innovation, Incubation and Implementation. The laboratory is envisaged as a central facility for concept design and product realization. The laboratory environment is structured to digitally integrate the processes of design, simulation and manufacturing. The facility has been designed to take care of professional course requirements of students and to provide infrastructural facilities for sponsored research and industrial consultancy.

This central facility was formally inaugurated by the Director, Prof.S.G.Dhande on Wednesday, April 21, 2004 at 3:00 PM. This facility is equipped with the CNC Vertical Milling Center, CNC Turing Center, FDM Rapid Prototyping, and Abrasive Water Jet Cutting Machine. Demonstration on all the four machines is done by the 4i-lab team members.