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Final 2011

The document is a final term exam for the Faculty of Engineering at Benha University, focusing on Non-metal Working in Mechanical Engineering. It consists of six questions covering various topics such as material properties, production processes, and joining methods, with a total of 80 marks available. Students are required to illustrate their answers with sketches and provide detailed explanations for each question.

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Final 2011

The document is a final term exam for the Faculty of Engineering at Benha University, focusing on Non-metal Working in Mechanical Engineering. It consists of six questions covering various topics such as material properties, production processes, and joining methods, with a total of 80 marks available. Students are required to illustrate their answers with sketches and provide detailed explanations for each question.

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Benha University Final Term Exam

Faculty of Engineering- Date: / 5 / 2011


Shoubra Non- metal Working.
Mechanical Engineering Design Branch.
Department Duration : 3 hours
Bsc. Production.

• Answer all the following question • No. of questions: 6


• Illustrate your answers with sketches when necessary. • Total Mark: 80 Marks
• The exam. Consists of two pages • The first Page

1)- ( 5 marks )
Select a product that can be made from one , two or more of the basic materials families (
metals, polymers, ceramics and composites ).
a)- Describe briefly the function of the product.
b)-What properties would be required for this product to perform its function ?
c)- What materials groups might provide reasonable candidates for your product?
d)- With the aid of sketches, what processes do you recommended for producing this product?

2)- (15 marks)

a )- Give an explanation of the following terms;


- Glass.
- Calendaring.
- Powder metallurgy.
- Blending.
- Polymerization .
- Preliminary.

b)- What is meant by powder classification, and what is the importance of this operation to
produce successful product .

c)- What are difference in chemical composition and physical properties of thermoplastic and
thermosetting resins ?

3)- (15 marks)


a)-Give reasons;
- High melting temperature of ceramics compared to metal and polymers.
- Most ceramic products are designed to be single piece structures.
- Filler and lubricant added to resins.
-Transfer molding and hot compression molding processes not recommend for
thermoplastics .
- Sintering usually accomplished in controlled atmosphere.

b) – What are the dominant properties of refractories? List some of their types and
applications ?
c)- Name three metal powder products that cannot be made by other processes, why?

4)- (15 marks)


a)- What are the common methods for joining plastics and ceramics?
b) What are the properties of plastics and ceramics that affect machinability?
c)- What is meant by impregnation and what is its purpose?
d)- What is meant by;
- Infiltration.
- Coining and sizing.
- Apparent density.

5)- (15 marks )


a)- Can thermosetting compounds be easily extruded into tubes and rods? Why?
b) - List the advantages of plastic parts over metal parts and vice versa.

c)- State what you consider to be the most important guidelines when designing for plastics
products?
d)- With the aid of sketches differentiate between blow molding and rotational molding ?

6)- (15 marks)

a)- What is the approximate density in Ib/in3 of a part that is molded from a powder having
density of 100 Ib/ft3.

b)- A plastic bush made in different ways is subject to the following costs. For what quantities
should each method be used.

Factors Injection mold Conventional Automatic machining


machining
Die or special tools $ 5400 - $90
Setup - - $22
Material / piece ,cent 0.035 0.2 0.1734
Labor/piece, cent 0.03 1.05 0.036

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