MEC 230

MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY I

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SECTION I Metal casting melting furnaces and practices- pattern making-moulding & core sand properties and testing. Mould and core making processes. Casting processes-sand, die, gravity, centrifugal castings. Principles of gating and risering- simple problems. Casting defects. SECTION II Welding- fusion, resistance and solid state processes and their applications. Welding defects: causes and remedies. Parameter optimization in welding-simple problems. Metal forming processes- rolling, forging, extrusion, drawing and sheet metal workingtypes of defects and remedies. SECTION III Powder metallurgy: definition and concept production of metal powders-characteristics of metal powders- compaction -sintering design consideration- process capabilityapplications. Surface modification processes-diffusion coating-electroplating-anodizing-conversion coating-hot dipping- ceramic and diamond coating. TEXT BOOK: 1. Kalpakjian, S. and Schmid, S.R., Manufacturing Engineering and 4e, Pearson Education Asia, 2000.

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REFERENCES: 1. Dieter, G.E.,Mechanical Metallurgy, McGraw-Hill, 2000 2. Lindberg, R.A., Processes and Materials for Manufacture, Prentice Hall of India, 2000. 3. Ghosh, A. and Mallik, A.K., Manufacturing Science, East-West Press, 2001.