Design of Cutting Tools detailed syllabus for Manufacturing Engineering (Manuf) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Manuf 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 Manufacturing Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Manuf 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-II scheme and its subjects refer to Manuf Professional Elective-II syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of design of cutting tools is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION 9
Mechanism of chip formation, Mechanism ofyielding, concept of shearing strain, Fracture, overview of chip formation, Mechanism of Metal Cutting – Force system during turning- velocity relationships-Force analysis in turning, milling, drilling etc.- force dynamometer
Unit II
CUTTING TOOL INSERTS 9
Design features of inserts – Indexable Inserts, Chip breakers, ISO and ANSI classification of inserts and tool holders.
Unit III
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Unit IV
DRILLING, BORING, REAMER, BROACHING TOOLS 9
Drilling Tool: Drills with Indexable insert, deep hole drill, carbide tipped drill, core drill, counter pores, and counter sinks, drill design aspects.
Boring Tool: Types of boring tool, Boring heads, Cartridges, Boring tool design aspects.
Reamer Tool: Types of reamers, Geometry of flutes, Reamer design aspects.
Broaching Tool: Elements, types of broach, broach design aspects, broach strength.
Unit V
ECONOMICS OF MACHINING 9
Elements of machining cost, Tool cost, Cutting speed for minimum cost, Cutting speed for maximum productivity.
Course Outcomes:
- Upon the completion of this course the students will be able to
- Understand mechanism of chip formation, measurement of cutting forces
- Analyse the different types of machining operations
- Design cutting tools based on analytical and graphical method for industrial requirements
- Apply engineering knowledge for development of cutting tools for various operations
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- John.G. Nee, William Dufraine, John W.Evans, Mark Hill, “Fundamentals of Tool Design”, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 2010.
- Frank W.Wilson, “Fundamentals of Tool Design”,PHI publications.
- Dr. B. J. Ranganath, Metal Cutting and Tool Design, Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, Second Revised Edition,2009. ISBN: 0706975103, 9780706975109
- Herman W. Pollack, Tool Design, Prentice Hall PTR, 2nd Edn. 1988. ISBN: 0139251812
- T A Sadasivan, D Sarathy, Cutting tools for productive machining, WIdia (India) Limited
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