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ME6352 MANUFACTURING TECHNOLGY Aim: The automobile components such as piston, connecting rod, crankshaft, engine block, front axle, frame, body etc., are manufactured by various types of production processes involving casting, welding, machining, metal forming, power metallurgy etc. Hence B.E. Automobile Engineering students must study this course Manufacturing Technology. Objectives: To study and understand manufacturing of various types of production processes involving casting, welding, machining, metal forming, power metallurgy etc To study and understand manufacturing of automobile components such as piston, connecting rod, crankshaft, engine block, front axle, frame, body etc UNIT I CASTING 8 Casting types, procedure to make sand mould, types of core making, moulding tools, machine moulding, special moulding processes – CO2 moulding; shell moulding, investment moulding, permanent mould casting, pressure die casting, centrifugal casting, continuous casting, casting defects. UNIT II WELDING 8 Classification of welding processes. Principles of Oxy-acetylene gas welding. A.C metal arc welding, resistance welding, submerged arc welding, tungsten inert gas welding, metal inert gas welding, plasma arc welding, thermit welding, electron beam welding, laser beam welding, defects in welding, soldering and brazing. UNIT III MACHINING 13 General principles (with schematic diagrams only) of working and commonly performed operations in the following machines: Lathe, Shaper, Planer, Horizontal milling machine, Universal drilling machine, Cylindrical grinding machine, Capstan and Turret lathe. Basics of CNC machines. General principles and applications of the following processes: Abrasive jet machining, Ultrasonic machining, Electric discharge machining, Electro chemical machining, Plasma arc machining, Electron beam machining and Laser beam machining. UNIT IV FORMING AND SHAPING OF PLASTICS 7 Types of plastics - Characteristics of the forming and shaping processes