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Pilani Campus
AUGS/ AGSR Division
1. Course Description:
Casting; metal forming; Joining Processes; metal cutting machines; e.g., Sand casting, rolling,
extrusion, forging, arc welding, gas welding, lathe, shaper, drilling, milling and grinding;
Engineering metrology and equipment. Overview of plastics processing and additive manufacturing.
Laboratory exercise involving machining, joining and welding etc.
2. Course Objectives:
This course aims at imparting theoretical and practical aspects of the basic techniques and skills
used to manufacture metal and wooden products. This course provides an overview of the basic
manufacturing processes and allied processes used to produce finished products from raw materials.
In addition to theory, demonstration of various basic manufacturing processes like sand casting,
machining, forming, sheet metal working and joining processes using common machine tools and
hand tools will be imparted.
3. Text book
(i) B S Nagendra Parashar and R K Mittal, Elements of Manufacturing Processes, Prentice Hall
of India, 2006, 4th print.
(ii) Sangwan, K. S. et. al, Workshop Practice Manual, BITS Pilani.
4. References book Education, Serope Kalpakjian and Steven R. Schmid, “Manufacturing
Engineering and Technology,” Pearson 4th edition, 2005, New Delhi
allied operations
Lecture Learning Objectives Topics to be covered Text Book-
Chapter No.
7 Production of flat and Shaping machines, operations on shapers,
complex surfaces operating conditions and MRR. Milling machine T-7,8
and operations, operating conditions and MRR.
8 Obtaining surface Abrasive machine, abrasives, grinding, grinding
T-9
finish wheel and grinding machines.
9-11 Production of parts Casting processes, pattern making, moulding
by casting process sand, cores, gating system, solidification, casting T-11
defects, advantages and disadvantages of casting
12 Production of parts Metal forming processes, rolling, extrusion, and
T-12
by forming processes forging processes.
13 Mechanical joining Mechanical joining, arc welding, gas welding,
T-15
processes soldering, brazing and mechanical fastening.
7. Evaluation scheme
Instructor-In-charge
ME F112