Machine drawing

3 SEMESTER MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Short Answer Questions
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What is the difference between engineering drawing and artistic drawing?

Explain with a simple sketch the aligned system of dimensioning.
Explain unidirectional system of dimensioning.
What is meant by progressive dimensioning and continuous dimensioning?
Show by suitable diagrams a system of:
(a) chain dimensioning
(b) Parallel dimensioning
Draw different types of lines used in machine drawing
Draw machining symbol for surface removal.
Show various methods of dimensioning a circle.
Explain with the help of suitable sketches the method of dimensioning (i) Arcs
and (ii) Angles.
What is the importance of sectioning?
Why sectional views are used in drawings?
How do you hatch if there are more than two adjacent parts?
Draw the conventional representation of glass and wood
How the tolerances are specified and indicated on drawing?
Give various types of fits with symbols.
What is the difference between allowance and clearance?
What do u mean by Transition fit?
How will u indicate machining allowance?
What is the difference between allowance and tolerance?
What does u mean by basic size?
What is meant by max material condition?
Sketch with fig. illustrating(i) Upper and lower deviation(ii) Basic size and zero line
Explain (i) Tolerance (ii) Go and No Go limits.
Explain the following terms with neat sketches:
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clearance
b.
interference
Explain unilateral and bilateral tolerance?
What are left handed and right handed screw thread.
Draw any thread with nomenclature
Where square threads are preferred?
Explain with neat sketch dimensioning of screw thread.
Make a free hand sketch of a 25 mm diameter, standard hexagon-headed bolt,
with nut and washer. The length of the bolt is 150mm
Define the terms: depth of thread, pitch, lead, slope, flank, thread angle, crest root
and axis of thread.
What are multi-start threads? Where these are used and why?
How will you represent double start, right hand V thread?
What is the necessity of conventional representation of screw threads?

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Make a sketch of the profile of, (a) Whit-Worth screw thread and (b) B.S. Unified
thread form.
Sketch neatly any two types of triangular threads. State the angle of the threads in
each case and dimension the depth, assuming pitch of 10mm.
What is the conventional method of representing pipe threads (Internal and external).
Name the various types of square threads.
Show by sketch, conventional method of showing square thread nominal diameter
20mm and pitch 3mm.
What are the advantages of welded joints over riveted joints?
What are the advantages of weld joints?
Draw any five symbols of welding joints.
What are the various types of welding?
Show by sketches how the size of a weld is given.
Sketch the symbol to indicate weld all round?
Explain the basic symbol for single and double U Butt welds..
What are the permanent and temporary fastenings? Give examples.
What is the difference between a lap and butt riveted joints?
What is welding and what type of fastening it is?
What are the fundamental types of welded joints?
Why the edges of the welded joints are prepared?
Draw the X-sectional representation and symbol of single V-Butt and single U
Butt joint.
Sketch neatly, taking any suitable proportions, the following welded joints:
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butt joint
b.
lap joint
c.
tee joint
d.
corner joint
e.
edge joint
Sketch two views of a single riveted butt joint, with two cover plates, for 9mm thick
plates
Sketch freehand at least four types of rivet heads and give their proportions. Take
diameter for rivets as 25mm.
Sketch two views of a single riveted lap joint for 16mm thick plates.
What is the purpose of caulking and fullering of rivet joint?.
What are the advantages of providing protective flange?
Under what circumstances cotter joints are commonly used.
What is the function of clearances in cotter joint?
Compare the use of keys with the use of cotters and illustrate your answer by
sketching an example of each, when used to fasten parts together
Name various boiler mountings.
What is the function of an eccentric in an engine?
How is the blow off cock operated?
What is the function of a bush in a bearing?
What are the various type of bearing? Show them by simple diagram?
How the axial movement of brass is prevented in case of a Plummer block.

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What is the function of connecting rod in IC engines? Draw a simple sketch to

show big end and small end of the connecting rod?
Why brasses are used in connecting rod ends and why are these are made of soft
metal?
What is a blow-off cock and where it is used?
What is the advantage of providing bush in bearing? What is the material of the
bush?
Write applications of couplings.
Why are split muff coupling used in preference to solid muff coupling?
What is the specific use of an expansion pipe joint?
What are the functions of steam stop valve?
What is a flexible coupling? What are its advantages?
Explain the benefits of assembly of parts by using CAD?
Why a gib is used in combination with a cotter?
What are the uses of a Plummer block?
What are the advantages of Plummer block over closed and open bearing?
Differentiate between boiler mountings and accessories.
Classify various types of couplings.
Name three kinds of rigid shaft couplings? State why they are called rigid?
What is the advantage of Oldhams Coupling?
What is the function of a valve and valve Seat?
Sketch a half sectional front view and a side view of a protected type flange
coupling.
In a simple bushed bearing how the rotation and axial movement of the bush is
prevented?
How the axial movement of brass is prevented in case of a Plummer block. Explain
with neat sketch?
What is the function of connecting rod in IC engines? Draw simple sketch to show
big end and small end of the connecting rod?
What is the function of a non-return valve?
What is meant by the lift of a valve? What should be the max lift?
What is the function of a tool post of a lathe?
What is the function of a tail stock in a lathe?
Make a well-proportioned freehand sketch of a simple coupling. This is fastened with
standard hexagonal bolts and nuts. Take diameter of shafts to be coupled as 30mm.