ME C342

PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES

Dr. N.SURESH KUMAR REDDY

Ph.D (IIT Delhi)
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering Department
BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus
 IT IS A CDC!!!
• Mandatory & Exclusive knowledge for a
Mechanical Engineer
• Over and beyond the scope of Workshop
Practice
• Students must continuously review the
fundamentals already taught in Workshop
Practice
 INSTRUCTORS
• I/C: Dr. N.Suresh kumar Reddy

• Tutorials: Mr. S.M.Hussaini & Dr. N.Suresh

kumar Reddy

• Practicals: Ms. Madhavi, Mr. S.M.Hussaini &

Dr. N.Suresh kumar Reddy
 Textbooks

T1: A. Ghosh & A. K. Mallik,“Manufacturing

Science”, Affiliated East West Press, New
Delhi.

T2: S. Kalpakjian, “Manufacturing

Engineering and Technology”, Pearson,
New Delhi.
 EVALUATION

Test-I (CB): 15%

Test-II (OB): 15%
Tutorials (OB): 10%
Practicals
(Initial Extra Exposure + Fabrication
project: (10%+15%=25%)
Compréhensive Examination (CB): 35%
 PRACTICALS
• All in the Central Workshop
• Means (initial extra exposure +fabrication
project activity)
 Initial Extra Exposure (10%)
• Cut a gear blank from Steel Bar
• Make a central hole and keyway on Radial drilling
machine or shaper
• Support on mandrel and grind on the Cylindrical
grinding machine
• Cut spur gear teeth on Milling machine
• Re-sharpen single point cutting tool on a
Universal Tool and Cutter grinder
• Lathe accuracy: alignment tests
 FABRICATION PROJECT(15%)
• Class divided into batches of 5 each
• Each batch will:
• Design (5%)
• Fabricate (5%)
• Demonstrate (5%), ONE PRODUCT.
• A Committee of chosen faculty members will
review the products and will grade for 15%
between Nov 7th to Nov 15th.
Important dates for fabrication project
• BATCH MAKING: Latest by 9TH AUGUST
• Display of list of projects: 9th AUGUST
• Submission of project selection by batch: 5PM,
10th August
• Submission of Design of the product by batches:
Latest by 5 PM, 20th August
• Design will include material selection also
Approval of Design: 25th August
• Beginning of Fabrication: 2nd September
• Final Demo: Between 7th to 15th November
 Lecture slides and Notices
• All lecture slides will be regularly uploaded in
PDF to EDUCAN as soon as each topic is
finished
• All notices of the course will be displayed on
the NB and/or EDUCAN
 Chamber consultancy
• Every Tuesday
• Room No: E 117
• 4:00 PM to 06:00PM
Different Manufacturing
Processes

Casting

Machining

Forming

Joining
Casting Process
• In casting process,
molten material is
poured into the
cavity (mould) of
desired shape and
size of the product
to be produced.
Product is removed
after solidification.
 Machining process

Rotation
of Chuck Workpiece • Excess
material
N removed
Machined
surface (chip) from
Chuck to hold
the workpiece
workpiece
Chip
to get the
Tool
Motion of tool desired
geometry
 Forming Process

Raw Material

Tensile Force Tensile Force

Die Die

Components are shaped by the application

of external forces
 Joining Process

Joint madewithrivett Joint madebywelding Joint madewithascrew