Material Handling and Solid Processing Equipment detailed syllabus for Mechanical Engineering (Mech) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Mech students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Mechanical Engineering 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Mech 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-V scheme and its subjects refer to Mech Professional Elective-V syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of material handling and solid processing equipment is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION TO MATERIALS HANDLING 9 Basic principles &objectives in material handling and its benefits – Classification of material handling equipment – selection of material handling equipments – guidelines for effective utilisation of material handling equipments -unit load concept
Unit II
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Unit III
CONVEYORS 9 Classification of conveyors- Definition – Description – General Characteristics – types and uses of belt Conveyors – Roller conveyors – Haulage Conveyors – Screw Conveyors – Bucket Conveyors – Chain Conveyors – Cable Conveyors – Pneumatic and Hydraulic conveyors – Computer controlled conveyor system.
Unit IV
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Unit V
BULK HANDLING EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS 9 Storage of bulk solids – bulk handling equipment – Robotic handling – Materials handling at the workplace – Robots and their classification – Major components of a robot – classification of Robotic manipulators -Robotic handling applications
Course Outcomes:
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Text Books:
- Allegri (Sr.), T.H., Material Handling – Principles and Practices, CBS Publishers and Distributors,Delhi, 1987.
- Siddharta Ray, Introduction to Materials Handling, New Age International Publishers
Reference Books:
- Bolz, H. A and Hagemann, G. E (ed.), Materials Handling Handbook, Ronald Press
- 8005:1976, Classification of Unit Loads, Bureau of Indian Standards.
- Apple, J.A., Material Handling System Design, John Wiley & Sons
- Theodore H., Allegre Sr., Material Handling Principles and Practice, CBS Publishers and Distributors
- Immer J. R., Material Handling, Tata McGraw Hill Publication.
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Mechanical Engineering 6th Sem, visit Mech 6th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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