DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

ME 2252 MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY II

(UNIT 1, 2&5)
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

1. Discuss the various types of chips produces during metal machining

2. With the help of a sketch, show crater wear and frank wear on a cutting tool.
3. Explain the types and application of different types of cutting tools.
4. Enumerate the factors that effect the cutting temperature during machining.
5. State the parameter that influence the life of tool and discuss it
6. What is meant by orthogonal cutting and oblique?
7. What are the standard angels of cutting tool? Illustrate with an example.
8. Define the various tool parts of a single point cutting tool with a neat sketch.
9. Draw the merchants circle and derive the relationship between various cutting
10. Explain merchant force circle along with assumption.
11. The life of a turning tool obtained was 40 minutes and 25 minutes at cutting speed
80m/min and 100m/min respectively. Determine the tool life at 40m/min and 120m/min.
12. State the function of cutting fluid and their types.
13. Draw the merchants circle and derive the relationship between various cutting forces.
14. Discuss the advantage and limitation of the following cutting tool material, centered
carbide, cubic boron nitride. Also state the desirable characteristics of cutting tool
material
15. Describe the special features of a turret lathe with a line sketch, also mention any two
advantage of it.
16. Draw and explain the parts of lathe?
17. Draw a neat sketch of Geneva mechanism used in turret lathe?
18. Draw
19. Describe the operation of swiss type automatic lathe with suitable sketch.
20. Explain the following with suitable sketch
i. Turrent indexing mechanism
ii. Bar feed mechanism
21. Sketch and describe the thread cutting operation in an engine lathe using compound slide.
22. Discuss the main barts of a turrent lathe.
23. Explain the working of swiss type auto lathe with a neat sketch.
24. What is meant by tool layout of a turrent lathe?
25. Name the various lathe accessories. How does a four saw chuck different from a three
saw chuck.
26. Describe some of the methods and equipment for holding work piece on a lathe.
27. Explain any four commonly used attachments of lathe.
28. Briefly explain the principle of working of the slide head type single spindle automatic
machine.
29. Describe with a neat sketch a turret automatic screw machine.
30. Explain the working of single spindle automatic lathe with a neat sketch

31. Under what condition of production the numerically controlled machine tools are
employed?
32. Explain the various elements of NC machine with closed loop control system.
33. Explain the main difference between point to point and continuous path type of
numerically controlled machine tools.
34. List any five motions and control statements of compute assisted NC programming and
explain
35. Discuss the importance of flatbed CNC lathe
36. Write short note on tool magazine, automatic tool change and palette.
37. Explain the APT system configuration with neat block diagram.
38. Explain the following term with reference to CNC machine
a. Tool length compensation
b. Cutter radius compensation.
39. With help of an example and explain the difference between point to point and
continuous path type of numerically controlled machine tools.
40. Explain the working of a NC machine tool with the help of a neat diagram. Also state any
two advantages and limitation of NC machine.
41. Discuss the function of the following with reference to NC machine.
a. Linear bearing.
b. Ball screws.
42. State a few typical applications when the use of numerical control would be justified.
43. Describe in brief the basic components of a table operated NC machine tool.
44. Discuss the advantage of computer numerical control system.
45. What is the difference between position machine and contouring machine?
(Unit 1 university problems and book back problems)
(Unit 5 part programming problems)

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