This course provides an introduction to designing, analyzing, and building specialty manufacturing machines. The course covers various machine tools like lathes, drilling machines, milling machines, shapers, grinders, and special machines. It includes 7 modules that describe the components, operations, calculations, and specifications for these machine tools. Student assessment includes assignments, tests, seminars, and a final exam weighing 70% of the overall grade. The course aims to be part of a new manufacturing emphasis area for mechanical engineering students.
This course provides an introduction to designing, analyzing, and building specialty manufacturing machines. The course covers various machine tools like lathes, drilling machines, milling machines, shapers, grinders, and special machines. It includes 7 modules that describe the components, operations, calculations, and specifications for these machine tools. Student assessment includes assignments, tests, seminars, and a final exam weighing 70% of the overall grade. The course aims to be part of a new manufacturing emphasis area for mechanical engineering students.
This course provides an introduction to designing, analyzing, and building specialty manufacturing machines. The course covers various machine tools like lathes, drilling machines, milling machines, shapers, grinders, and special machines. It includes 7 modules that describe the components, operations, calculations, and specifications for these machine tools. Student assessment includes assignments, tests, seminars, and a final exam weighing 70% of the overall grade. The course aims to be part of a new manufacturing emphasis area for mechanical engineering students.
This course provides an introduction to designing, analyzing, and building specialty manufacturing machines. The course covers various machine tools like lathes, drilling machines, milling machines, shapers, grinders, and special machines. It includes 7 modules that describe the components, operations, calculations, and specifications for these machine tools. Student assessment includes assignments, tests, seminars, and a final exam weighing 70% of the overall grade. The course aims to be part of a new manufacturing emphasis area for mechanical engineering students.
Course Objective: This is a new developmental graduate course for students interested in learning how to design, analyze and build specialty manufacturing process machines. It anticipated that this course would become part of the new manufacturing emphasis area in mechanical engineering.
Course Contents:
Module I: Introduction to Machine Tools Classification of machine tools, kinds of motion in machine tool operations, definition of cutting speed, feed and depth of cut.
Module II: Lathe Classification and various parts of Lathe, specification, Description of important mechanism viz. apron, tail stock, head stock, work holding, devices and operations, e.g. taper, turning, eccentric turning and screw-cutting, Geometry of a single point cutting tool. Calculation of machining time, Capstan and turret lathe
Module III: Drilling Machine Geometry and nomenclature of a twist drill, specification and classification of drilling machines, cutting speed, feed, depth of cut and calculation machining time in drilling, tool holding devices, different types of operations performed on a drilling machine.
Module IV: Milling Machine Classification, up milling and down milling, dividing Head, different types of operations simple, compound and differential indexing, slab milling, spiral milling, slot milling, T-slot milling and end milling.
Module V: Shaper, Slotter & Planner Principal part of a shaper, classification, Quick Return mechanism, table feed mechanism of a shaper, Operations, e.g. horizontal, vertical and inclined shaping, difference between a shaper, planer and slotter, cutting speed, feed, and depth of cut and calculation of machining time in shaping.
Module VI: Grinding Machines Construction and specification of a grinding wheel, wheel turning and dressing, Grinding machines surface, cylindrical and center less grinding.
Module VII: Special Machines Horizontal and vertical boring machines, Gear Geometry, Gear generation and hobbing; Lapping, honing and super finishing processes.
Examination Scheme:
Components A CT S/V/Q HA EE Weightage (%) 5 10 8 7 70 CT: Class Test, HA: Home Assignment, S/V/Q: Seminar/Viva/Quiz, EE: End Semester Examination; Att: Attendance
Text & References:
Text: P.N. Rao, Manufacturing Technology: Metal Cutting & Machine Tools, Tata McGraw Hill, Delhi, 2004. B.S. Raghuwanshi, Workshop Technology, Vol.2, Dhanpat Rai & Sons, 2003. Hazra Chandhari S.K., Elements of Workshop Technology, Vol.2, Media Promoters, 2003.
References: P.C. Sharma, A Text Book of Production. Engineering, S. Chand, New Delhi, 2004. Bawa H.S., Workshop Technology, Vol.2, Tata McGraw Hill, 2004. Juneja & Shekhon, Fundamental of Metal Cutting, New Age Publications S.F. Krar Stevan F. and Check A.F., Technology of M/C Tools, McGraw Hill Book Co., 1986. Kibbe Richard et al, M/c Tool practices, Prentice Hall India, 2003. Bangalore HMT, Production Technology, Tata McGraw Hill, 1980. R.K. Jain, Production Technology, Khanna Publishers Gerling Heinrich, All about Machine Tools, New Age Publication, 2003.