MANUFACTURING PROCESSES (ME405ES)
VIII COURSE CONTENT:
UNIT – I
Casting: Steps involved in making a casting – Advantage of casting and its applications; Patterns - Pattern
making, Types, Materials used for patterns, pattern allowances and their construction; Properties of moulding
sands. Methods of Melting - Crucible melting and cupola operation; Defects in castings; Casting processes –
Types – Sand moulding, Centrifugal casting, die- casting, Investment casting, shell moulding; Principles of Gating
Requirements – Types of gates, Design of gating systems; Riser Function, types of Riser and Riser design.
Solidification of casting – Solidification of pure metal – Nucleation and grain growth, casting design
considerations.
UNIT II
Welding: Classification – Types of welds and welded joints; Gas welding - Types, oxy-fuel gas cutting; standard time
and cost calculations. Arc welding, forge welding, submerged arc welding, Resistance welding, Thermit welding.
UNIT – III
Inert Gas Welding, TIG Welding, MIG welding, Friction welding, induction welding, explosive welding, Laser
Welding; Soldering and Brazing; Heat affected zone in welding. Welding defects
– causes and remedies; destructive and non- destructive testing of welds
UNIT -IV
Hot working, cold working, strain hardening, recovery, recrystallisation and grain growth.Rolling fundamentals –
theory of rolling, types of Rolling mills and products. Forces in rolling and power requirements Stamping, forming
and other cold working processes. Blanking and piercing – Bending and forming – Drawing and its types – wire
drawing and Tube drawing – coining – Hot and cold spinning. Types of presses and press tools. Forces and power
requirement in the above operations.
UNIT – V
Extrusion of Metals: Basic extrusion process and its characteristics. Hot extrusion and cold extrusion - Forward
extrusion and backward extrusion – Impact extrusion – Extruding equipment
– Tube extrusion and pipe making, Hydrostatic extrusion. Forces in extrusion; Forging Processes: Forging
operations and principles – Tools – Forging methods – Smithforging, Drop Forging – Roll forging – Forging
hammers: Rotary forging – forging defects –cold forging, swaging, Forces in forging operations.
UNIT-I: Short Answer Questions-
Sl. Question Blooms Course
No Taxonomy Outcome
Level
1 List different types of patterns Understand CO1
2 What are the basic requirements of the moulding sand in order Apply CO1
to achieve a fine finished casting?
3 Why is not the cupola furnace used for melting steel? Analyze CO1
4 How the gates are classified? Apply CO1
5 What is the function of core and core prints? Analyze CO1
What are the types of casting defects? Apply CO1
Long Answer Questions-
Sl.N Question Blooms Course
o Taxonomy Outcome
Level
1 What is the purpose of gate in foundry? How the gates are Analyze CO1
classified. Illustrate with the help of diagrams?
2 List important materials considerations when selecting pattern Apply CO1
3 Briefly describe the Cupola furnace. Describe the other operations and zones Understand CO1
related to the melting of metals in Cupola furnace
4 Give a step – by – step procedure for the following processes Understand CO1
(a) Investment casting (b) Die Casting.
5 Explain the use of risers. Why can blind risers be smaller Analyze CO1
than open-top risers?
6 Briefly explain the applications of castings. Analyze CO1
7 Why gating system is required in the casting? Explain the Analyze CO1
purpose of different elements of gating systems
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UNIT-2: Short Answer Questions-
Sl. Question Blooms Course
No Taxonomy Level Outcome
1 List out five arc welding equipments? Understand CO2
2 How resistance welding is performed?. Understand CO2
3 What is Thermit welding? Explain. Understand CO2
4 What are the types of Power used for Arc welding? Apply CO2
5 What is the purpose of flux? Analyze CO2
6 Write the principle of Submerged Arcwelding.. Understand CO2
7 Describe the characteristics of groove and fillet weld. Understand CO2
Long Answer Questions-
Sl. Question Blooms Taxonomy Course
No Level Outcome
1 What are the different types of welded joints? Classify the Analyze CO2
welding process and describe the characteristics of groove and fillet weld.
2 Describe various resistance welding processes in detail. Understand CO2
3 Write the applications, advantages and limitation of gas welding. Understand CO2
4 Explain types of Flames used for Gas welding and gas cutting Apply CO2
5 Explain standard time and how to calculate the cost of welding with a Apply CO2
simple example of But welding of two joints.
6 How many ways weld joints are protected? Explain Analyze CO2
7 Define polarity as applied to DC arc welding. How it is Analyze CO2
advantageously used?
UNIT-3: Short Answer Questions-
Sl. Question Blooms Course
No Taxonomy Outcome
Level
1 What is LASER? Describe the characteristics of Laser welding Understand CO3
2 Write the welding defects. Understand CO3
3 What is Plasma Arc Welding? Explain. Understand CO3
4 What are the characteristics of heat affected zones? Apply CO3
5 What is the purpose of Inert gas used for welding? Analyze CO3
6 Write the principle of flash welding.. Understand CO3
Long Answer Questions-
Sl. Question Blooms Course
No Taxonomy Outcome
Level
1 What are the various welding defects? Explain its causes and Apply CO3
remedies.
2 Why do properties vary widely in most welding heat affected zones? Analyze CO3
3 List out the differences between TIG Welding and MIG Analyze CO3
welding
4 With the help of a neat sketch explain the metal inert gas Understand CO3
welding
5 Describe the advantages and limitations of explosion welding. Understand CO3
6 Explain various testing methods used for welding joints Apply CO3
7 List out the differences between Soldering and Brazing Analyze CO3
8 Explain the induction and Explosive welding. Understand CO3
Unit 4: Short Answer Questions-
Sl. Question Blooms Taxonomy Course
No Level Outcome
1 What is Rolling? Understand CO4
2 Write about power requirements of Rolling. Understand CO4
3 What is re-crystallization temperature? Understand CO4
4 What is the importance of Grain size in Rolling Apply CO4
5 What is the difference between punching and blanking? Analyze CO4
6 Explain wire and tube drawing Understand CO4
Long Answer Questions-
Sl. Question Blooms Course
No Taxonomy Outcome
Level
1 List the differences between hot working and cold working. Analyze CO4
2 Describe the different stages of recovery, recrystallization and Understand CO4
grain growth.
3 What effects does re-crystallization have on properties of Analyze CO4
metals?
4 What is strain hardening and what effects does it have on the Analyze CO4
properties of metals?
5 Describe rolling mills and rolling of bars and shapes. Understand CO4
6 Explain Piercing Process and seamless tube manufacturing Understand CO4
7 How to find force and power requirement for Apply CO4
a)rolling and b)Bending processes?
Unit 5: Short Answer Questions-
Sl. Question Blooms Course
No Taxonomy Outcome
Level
1 What is Forward Extrusion? Understand CO5
2 What is Backward Extrusion?. Understand CO5
3 What is a smith forging operation? Understand CO5
4 What is rotary forging methods? Understand CO5
5 Compare the cold and hot forging methods. Analyze CO5
6 What is the function of Flash in Impression-die Forging Understand CO5
Long Answer Questions-
Sl. Question Blooms Course
No Taxonomy Outcome
Level
1 Differentiate between hot and cold spinning. Analyze CO5
2 Differentiate between forward and backward extrusion Analyze CO5
processes.
3 Explain about coining. Understand CO5
4 How are tubes extruded? How are they drawn? Apply CO5
5 What are the different types of power hammers? Understand CO5
6 How to find the forces in forging operation? Apply CO5
7 What is Barrel Effect in Open-Die Forging and How to Analyze CO5
Control It
Blooms Taxonomy Level: Knowledge(L1) ,Understand(L2), Application(L3), Analyze(L4)
