Kathir College of Engineering

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Course Plan

Class and Branch: B.E and Mechanical - C Semester : III
Faculty Name : Florence.T Department : MECH
Subject Name : Manufacturing Technology - I Sub. Code : ME6302
Lecture Hour : 5 per week Tutorial: Nil Practical: Nil Total Hours: 45

Objectives:
To introduce the concepts of basic manufacturing processes and fabrication techniques
To understand the concepts of sand casting processes, various casting methods, principles
of casting and defects in sand casting.
To understand the concepts of metal joining processes such as welding, brazing,
soldering and methods of welding their merits and demerits.
To understand the concepts of metal forming processes such as hot working, cold
working, forging, rolling, drawing and extrusion and equipments used for the above
processes.
To understand the concepts of sheet metal processes such as bending, drawing and
forming and their characteristics.
To understand the types of plastics how to manufacture the plastic components using
injection molding, compression molding, transfer molding, blow molding, rotational
molding, extrusion molding, thermoforming and bonding of plastics.
Course Outcomes:
Upon completion of the course, the students will be able to understand
Various metal casting processes and their use in industry.
Various metal joining processes and their merits and demerits.
Various forming processes and equipments used for the forming processes.
Various sheet metal processes and their applications.
Types of plastics and manufacturing of plastic components and bonding of plastics.
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Teaching Aids
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No. of
Periods
UNIT I
METAL CASTING PROCESSES


1.1 Sand Casting : Sand Mould Type
of patterns - Pattern Materials
Pattern allowances Moulding sand
Properties and testing



Black Board R1, R6 1
1.2 Cores Types and applications
Moulding machines Types and
applications



Black Board /
LCD
R1, R6 2
1.3 Melting furnaces: Blast and Cupola
Furnaces



Black Board /
LCD
R1, R6 2
1.4 Principle of special casting
processes : Shell - investment
Ceramic mould Pressure die
casting - Centrifugal Casting - CO2
process Stir casting



Black Board /
LCD
R1, R6 3
1.5 Defects in Sand casting
Black Board /
LCD
R1, R6 1
UNIT II
JOINING PROCESSES



2.1 Operating principle, basic
equipment, merits and applications
of : Fusion welding processes: Gas
welding - Types Flame
characteristics

Black Board /
LCD
R1, R6 2
2.2
Manual metal arc welding Gas
Tungsten arc welding

Black Board /
LCD
R1, R6 1
2.3
Gas metal arc welding Submerged
arc welding Electro slag welding

Black Board /
LCD
R1, R6 1
2.4 Operating principle and
applications of : Resistance welding
- Plasma arc welding Thermit
welding Electron beam welding
Friction welding and Friction Stir
Welding

Black Board /
LCD
R1, R6 3
2.5
Brazing and soldering

Black Board /
LCD
R1, R6 1
2.6
Weld defects: types, causes and cure

Black Board /
LCD
R1, R6 1
UNIT III
METAL FORMING PROCESSES


3.1 Hot working and cold working of
metals

Black Board /
LCD
R1, R6 1
3.2 Forging processes Open,
impression and closed die
forging forging operations

Black Board /
LCD
R1, R6 2
3.3 Rolling of metals Types of Rolling
Flat strip rolling shape rolling
operations Defects in rolled parts

Black Board /
LCD
R1, R6 2
3.4 Principle of rod and wire drawing
Tube drawing

Black Board /
LCD
R1, R6 2
3.5 Principles of Extrusion Types
Hot and Cold extrusion

Black Board /
LCD
R1, R6 2
UNIT IV
SHEET METAL PROCESSES


4.1 Sheet metal characteristics
shearing, bending and drawing
operations

Black Board /
LCD
R1, R6 2
4.2 Stretch forming operations
Formability of sheet metal

Black Board /
LCD
R1, R6 1
4.3 Test methods special forming
processes

Black Board /
LCD
R1, R6 1
4.4 Working principle and
applications Hydro forming
Rubber pad forming Metal
spinning

Black Board /
LCD
R1, R6 3
4.5 Introduction of Explosive
forming, magnetic pulse forming,
peen forming, Super plastic forming
Micro forming

Black Board /
LCD
R1, R6 2
UNIT V
MANUFACTURE OF PLASTIC
COMPONENTS


5.1 Types and characteristics of plastics
Moulding of thermoplastics
working principles and typical
applications

Black Board /
LCD
R1, R6 1
5.2 Injection moulding Plunger and
screw machines

Black Board /
LCD
R1, R6 1
5.3 Compression moulding, Transfer
Moulding Typical industrial
applications

Black Board /
LCD
R1, R6 2
5.4 Introduction to blow moulding
Rotational moulding Film
blowing


Black Board /
LCD
R1, R6 2
5.5 Extrusion Thermoforming
Bonding of Thermoplastics


Black Board /
LCD
R1, R6 3


REFERENCES:

R1 - Hajra Chouldhary S.K and Hajra Choudhury. AK., "Elements of workshop
Technology", Volume I and II, Media promoters and Publishers Private Limited,
Mumbai, 1997
R2 - Kalpakjian. S, Manufacturing Engineering and Technology, Pearson Education
India Edition, 2006
R3 - Gowri P. Hariharan, A.Suresh Babu, "Manufacturing Technology I", Pearson
Education, 2008
R4 - Roy. A. Lindberg, "Processes and Materials of Manufacture", PHI / Pearson
education, 2006
R5 - Paul Degarma E, Black J.T and Ronald A. Kosher, "Materials and Processes, in
Manufacturing" Eight Edition, Prentice Hall of India, 1997
R6 - Sharma, P.C., "A Text book of production Technology", S.Chand and Co. Ltd.,
2004
R7 - Rao, P.N. "Manufacturing Technology Foundry, Forming and Welding",
2ndEdition, TMH-2003; 2003

Course Outcome Assessment (Direct)

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Internal
Assessment
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CIA Test Paper /
Assignment

Evaluated by
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handled the Course
Faculty and
HoD
CO3, CO4 CIA2 Per Month
CO5 CIA3 Per Month
All COs Practical (Hands on)
End of the
Course
Faculty
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Semester End
Examination
(University Exam)
7 / 8 / 9
Months
University Results


Course Outcome Assessment (Indirect)

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correlated to
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Assessment Tools Frequency Assessed by Reviewed by
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Student
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the Course
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Form -
Faculty
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Principal
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Committee
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After CIA II and
CIA III
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