MTech Tool Engineering syllabus for 2 Sem 2020 scheme 20MPE23

Module-1 Cutting Tool Materials 10 hours

Cutting Tool Materials:

Introduction and desirable properties ,Carbon and Medium-Alloy Steels ,High-Speed Steels ,Cast-Cobalt Alloys ,Carbides ,Coated Tools, Alumina-Based Ceramics ,Cubic Boron Nitride, Silicon-Nitride Based Ceramics ,Diamond ,Reinforced Tool Materials ,Cutting-Tool Reconditioning.

 

Design of Cutting Tools:

Basic Requirements ,Mechanics and Geometry of Chip Formation , General Considerations for Metal Cutting ,Design of single point Cutting Tools , Design of Milling Cutters ,Design of Drills and Drilling , Design of Reamers, Design of Taps, Design of Inserts , Determining Shank Size for Single-point Carbide Tools.

Module-2 Gauges and Gauge Design 10 hours

Gauges and Gauge Design -

Limits fits and tolerances, Geometrical tolerances-specification and measurement., Types of gauges ,Gauge design, gauge tolerances.

 

Work Holding Devices -

Basic requirements of work holding devices, Location: Principles, methods and devices, Clamping : Principles, methods and devices.

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Module-3 Drill Jigs 10 hours

Drill Jigs -

Definition and types of Drill Jigs ,Chip Formation in Drilling ,General Considerations in the Design of Drill Jigs, Drill Bushings ,Drill Jigs. Design of Fixtures-Fixtures and Economics , Types of Fixtures , Milling Fixtures , Boring Fixtures , Broaching Fixtures , Lathe Fixtures.

Module-4 Design of Press Tools 10 hours

Design of Press Tools -

Introduction to press tools and related terminology, effect of clearances, theory of deformation, stages of cutting operation, center of pressure, strap strip layout , die and punch design, design of simple, compound and progressive dies, methods of mounting punches and dies, design of drawing dies, bend allowances, bending and forming dies.

Module-5 Dies and moulds 10 hours

Dies and moulds -

Bending: Types, Parts and functions of bending die, Definition, calculations and factors affecting bend radii, bend allowance and spring back, Method to compute bending pressure, Types, sketch, working and applications of bending dies, Drawing diestypes and method to determine blank size for drawing operation, Types, sketch, working and applications of drawing dies (embossing, curling, bulging, coining, swaging and hole flanging).

 

Course outcomes:

At the end of the course the student will be able to:

1. Understand the tool design concept and design the single point cutting tool.

2. Design the mill cutters, broach and clamping devices.

3. Understand the application of jigs and fixtures, gauges and design them.

4. Understand the concept of press tools and its dies.

5. Design forming dies and understand the classification and application of automats.

 

Question paper pattern:

The SEE question paper will be set for 100 marks and the marks scored will be proportionately reduced to 60.

  • The question paper will have ten full questions carrying equal marks.
  • Each full question is for 20 marks.
  • There will be two full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions) from each module.
  • Each full question will have sub question covering all the topics under a module.
  • The students will have to answer five full questions, selecting one full question from each module.

 

Textbooks

(1) 1.JOSHI P .H, “Jigs & Fixtures”, New Delhi -Tata McGraw Hill Pub. Co. Ltd., 11th print 1999.

(2) 2.D. Eugene Ostergaard,”Basic die design”, McGraw-Hill, 1963

 

Reference Books

(1)1. ASTME, “Fundamentals of Tool Design”, Prentice Hall of India, 1983.

(2) 2. Donaldson, “Tool Design”, Tata-McGraw Hill, 3rd Edition, 2000.

(3) An Introduction to Jig & Tool Design -KEMPSTER M.H.A.- Bristol- ELBS 3rdEd.1974.

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