PRODUCTION ENGINEERING (2017-18 Proposed)

Sub Code:
ME335/AU335
Exam Marks: 100

L:T:P
Hrs/week : 3:0:0

Total Lecture Hrs :52

Exam Hours : 03

Paper Description: This course provides the basic knowledge about primary,
secondary and tertiary manufacturing methods. A thorough discussion on
selection of suitable equipment, tool, force and power requirements for a specific
product and their applications.
Paper Objectives:

To provide a basic knowledge about the casting process casting defects,

melting furnaces.
To gain sound knowledge about welding process and its application in
fabrication areas.
To provide basic knowledge about various machining processes and their
applications e.g. Lathe, Drilling, Milling, Grinding etc
To study the concepts of metal forming techniques and their applications
in metal forming industry.

Level of Learning: Basic

Learning Outcome:
The students will be able
To classify the manufacturing process and identify the basic requirements
of the casting process.
To classify different welding techniques, welding defects and know the
type of welding techniques used in the relevant areas.
To familiarize various metal forming techniques and suggest the suitable
method to form the metals for various industrial applications.
UNIT I
08
Hours
INTRODUCTION TO CASTING PROCESS: Concept of manufacturing process,
its importance & classification. Introduction to casting process, steps involved in
casting, varieties of components produced by casting process, advantages &
limitations of casting process. Casting defects; causes and remedies.
Melting Furnaces: Classification of furnaces, Blast furnace, open hearth furnace
and cupola furnace.
UNIT II
12
Hours
WELDING PROCESS: Definition, Principles, Classification, Application,
Advantages & limitations of welding. Concept of electrodes, filler rod and fluxes.
Arc Welding: Principle, Metal Arc welding (MAW), Flux Shielded Metal Arc Welding
(FSMAW), Inert Gas Welding (TIG & MIG) Submerged Arc Welding) (SAW) and
Atomic Hydrogen Welding processes. (AHW)

Special types of welding: Working principle, advantages, limitations and

applications of Resistance welding, Friction welding, Explosive welding, Thermit
welding, Laser welding and Electron beam welding.
UNIT III
12
Hours
Lathe Machine; Types, Parts, specifications and different operations liketurning, facing, knurling, tapering and thread cutting. Cutting conditions;
cutting speed, depth of cut, feed. Tool life, tool wear, cutting fluids.
Drilling Machine- Types, Parts, specifications and different operations like
drilling, Boring, Counter Boring, counter sinking, tapping, trepanning and
Reaming operation. Radial and Sensitive drilling machines (simple sketches)
Milling Machine principle of milling; up milling, down milling. Types and
important parts of milling machine - column and knee type and vertical
milling machine, Milling machine operations.
UNIT IV
08
Hours
GRINDING MACHINE: Types of abrasives, Grain size, bonding process, grade
and structure of grinding wheels, grinding wheel types, selection of grinding
wheel, grinding process parameters, Dressing and truing of grinding wheels.
Types of grinding machines- surface, cylindrical and centerless grinding.
FINISHING PROCESSES; principle, advantages, limitations and applications of
Lapping, Honing, polishing, buffing and super finishing process.
UNIT V
12
Hours
INTRODUCTION TO METAL WORKING PROCESSES: Classification of metal
working processes.
FORGING PROCESS; Introduction to Forging machines & equipment,
Advantages, Limitations and applications, defects in forged components and
remedies.
ROLLING PROCESS: Types of rolling mills, Rolling variables, Advantages,
Limitations and applications, defects in rolled products and remedies.
SHEET METAL FORMING: Sheet Metal forming methods, dies & punches,
progressive die, compound die, combination die. Open back inclinable press (OBI
press), sheet metal forming operations.

TEXT BOOKS:
1. Metal Cutting Principles, by Milton C. Shaw. Oxford University Press; 2
edition (July 8, 2004) ISBN-13: 978-0195142068
2. Elements of Workshop Technology Vol 2 Machine Tools, by Choudhury S K,
Indian Book Distributing Company Calcutta, 2010; 13 edition, ISBN-8185099154,
9788185099156
3. Manufacturing Processes by J. P. Kaushish, Prentice-Hall of India Pvt.Ltd; 2nd
edition (August 2010), ISBN-13: 978-8100340824
4. Fundamentals of Metal cutting Processes by B.L Juneja, New age
international publishers, second edition ISBN:9788102430899

5. Metal Forming Technology and process modeling by Uday S.Dixit, R.Ganesh

Narayanan, Tata McGraw Hill Education Private Limited (April 26, 2013) ISBN-13:
978-1059058899
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Mechanical metallurgy (SI units), G.E. Dieter, Mc Graw Hill pub.2001.
2. Fundamentals of Metal Machining and Machine Tools, Third Edition by
Geoffrey Boothroyd; CRC Press, 1988, ISBN 0824778529, 9780824778521
3. Production Technology: Manufacturing Processes, Technology and
Automation 17th Edition by R K Jain, Khanna Publishers, 2001, ISBN13:9788174090997