Design of Tooling for Die Casting 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 tooling for die casting is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION 9
Material Properties: Pouring, Turbulence, Fluidity. Casting material selection, Classification of Casting process, Sand casting, Plaster mould casting, Ceramic mould casting, Shell mould casting, Vacuum mould casing, Expandable polystyrene casting, Investment casting, Slush casting, Metal mould castings, Vacuum permanent mould casting, Centrifugal casting, Continuous casting, Pressure die casting, Die casting, Advantages of Die casting over other process. Die Casting Alloys Low fusion alloys, High fusion alloys, Chemical compositions, Properties, Casting Defects.
Unit II
DIE CASTING MACHINES 9
History of die casting machines, Hot chamber machine, cold chamber machine, Horizontal machine, Vertical machine, Die locking, Toggle locking, Hydraulic locking, Injection systems, knock out pins and plates, ejection unit, loading of metal into hot chamber.
Unit III
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Unit IV
TYPES OF DIES 9
Single cavity dies, Multi cavity dies, combination dies, unit dies, trimming and finishing of components, Inspection of components, safety, SPC & visual control techniques – Construction, Actuation of side cores, defects and remedies.
Unit V
DESIGN OF DIE 9
Design of Cold chamber, Hot chamber, Single cavity, Multi cavity die-casting dies, and Dies with side cores and splits.
Course Outcomes:
Upon the completion of this course the students will be able to
- Explain casting processes for different components and materials
- Analyse the casting process for design of feed system, ejection, cooling and parting surfaces.
- Design of Dies for the casting of components
- Solve industrial problems related to casting of metallic components
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Street. C. Arthur, “The Die Casting Book”, England Portcullis Press Ltd., 2nd Ed. 1986, ISBN-0-408-10717-0
- William Andresen, “Die Cast Engineering: A Hydraulic, Thermal, and Mechanical Process”, CRC Press, 2004, ISBN 9780824759353
- Edward J. Vinarcik, “High Integrity Die Casting Processes”, Wiley publications, 2002, ISBN: 978-0-471-20131-1
- William Andresen, Die Casting Engineering : A Hydraulic, Thermal, and Mechanical Process, Marcel Dekker, 2010
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