Laboratories

Routine Maintenance

Daily maintenance

●       Lab attendants check the working condition of the equipment’s/systems on a daily basis.

●       Everyday cleaning of equipment and work tables are done by the lab attendant.

●       Floor cleaning of labs are done on daily basis by housekeeping department of the college.

●       The batteries of the UPS are cleaned to remove dust and prevent corrosion by the lab attendant.

Weekly maintenance:

●       Floor mopping of labs is done twice in a week by the housekeeping department of the college.

●       Maintenance of battery & UPS in the Computer Laboratory is carried out.

●       The fault is identified with the help of the lab assistants; a weekly maintenance report is prepared and communicated to the CSE department for action.

Monthly maintenance:

●       The monthly maintenance report is generated in which the current condition of the equipment, consumables and furniture are mentioned and submitted to the principal.

●       After checking by a scrutinizing committee, the issues identified are rectified.

●       Every month UPS in-charge checks the water level, voltage level and backup of the UPS.

●       Calibrations of equipment are done and a separate file is maintained containing the reports.

Yearly maintenance:

• • • Scrap items in the laboratories are identified with the concern of the lab In-charges, HOD and inspection committee.

    • After a decision by the inspection committee members the scrap items are sent to the scrap yard.

Preventive maintenance

●       The working conditions of the equipment are periodically checked by calibration annually.

●       The students are given instructions in handling the equipment before doing experiments.

●       Laboratory manual is given to the students which include Do’s and Don’ts of the laboratory, list of experiments and the procedure of doing the experiments.

●       Stock registers are maintained in laboratories and audits are conducted by the stock verification committee to check the availability and working of the equipment.

●       Suitable thickness of the wire based on current rating is used in the fuses to avoid the malfunctioning.

●       The working condition of the ICs is checked using IC tester.

●       UPS backup is provided for all system based laboratories.

Breakdown maintenance

●       Minor repairs are carried out by the lab technicians.

●       When there is a Major repair, a service report is obtained from an industry person.

●       Approval for Service of equipment is obtained from HOD, Principal, and fault is rectified.

●       Service register is maintained in each laboratory.

●       Breakdown maintenance of the personal computer is done by Computer Maintenance Cell of the College.