Mechanical Engineering 95

MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY-1

Course Code: 15ME1106 L T P C

3 0 0 3
Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course, the student will be able to
CO 1 Explain various foundry operations and identify materials
required for foundry operations
CO 2 Summarize various metal joining processes
CO 3 Organize a rolling mill and a forging unit
CO 4 Design metal forming dies
CO 5 Organize an extrusion mill and plastic processing unit
UNIT-I (10 Lectures)
Casting, steps involved in making a casting, advantages and
applications of metal casting, patterns, pattern making, pattern
materials, types of pattern, pattern allowances, mold materials.
Sand testing procedure - moisture content test, permeability test,
strength test, grain fineness test.
Principles of gating system, functions of gating system , gating ratio,
design of gating systems, risers , types and functions of risers.
Solidification of casting, special casting processes-centrifugal,
investment, die casting, continuous casting, Casting defects.
UNIT-II (10 Lectures)
JOINING PROCESSES:
Classification of welding process, advantages and disadvantages of
welding, applications of welding, welded joints ,gas welding , arc
welding, MIG and TIG welding, gas cutting.

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Resistance welding, spot welding, projection welding, ultrasonic

welding, friction welding, heat affected zone, welding defects,
soldering, brazing.
UNIT-III (10 Lectures)
Hot working, cold working, strain hardening, recrystallisation, grain
growth, grain structure. Rolling- hot and cold rolling, types of rolling
mills and products.
Forging - types of forging, smith forging, drop forging, roll forging,
forging hammers, advantages and disadvantages of forging.
UNIT-IV (10 Lectures)
Metal forming processes, roll forming, flexible die forming, peen
forming, swaging, cold heading, thread rolling, spinning, drawing -
rod drawing, wire drawing, tube drawing. Presses and press tools -
types of presses, blanking, piercing, bending, embossing, coining.
UNIT-V (10 Lectures)
Extrusion - methods of extrusion, hot and cold extrusion, forward
and backward extrusion, impact extrusion, hydrostatic extrusion,
tube extrusion.
Plastics: Introduction to polymers, types and properties, applications
of plastics, plastics moulding processes- injection moulding, blow
moulding.
TEXT BOOK:
Rao P. N., “Manufacturing Technology”, 2nd Edition, Tata McGraw
Hill, 2008.
REFERENCES:
1. Shan, H.S., “Manufacturing Processes”, Vol - I, 1st Edition,
Pearson, 2012.
2. Kalpakjain S, Schimd S, “Manufacturing Technology”,
Pearson Education, 2009.

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