Manufacturing Engineering

ME6302  Manufacturing Technology - I   SYLLABUS  ( REGULATION 2013) UNIT I METAL CASTING PROCESSES Sand Casting : Sand Mould – Type of patterns - Pattern Materials – Pattern allowances –Moulding sand Properties and testing – Cores –Types and applications – Moulding machines– Types and applications; Melting furnaces : Blast and Cupola Furnaces; Principle of special casting processes : Shell - investment – Ceramic mould – Pressure die casting - Centrifugal Casting - CO2 process – Stir casting; Defects in Sand casting   UNIT II JOINING PROCESSES Operating principle, basic equipment, merits and applications of : Fusion welding processes : Gas welding - Types – Flame characteristics; Manual metal arc welding – Gas Tungsten arc welding - Gas metal arc welding – Submerged arc welding – Electro slag welding; Operating principle and applications of : Resistance welding - Plasma arc welding – Thermit welding – Electron beam welding – Friction welding and Fric...