Metallurgy of Tool Materials and Special Steels detailed syllabus for Materials Science & Engineering (MSE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the MSE 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 Materials Science & Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit MSE 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-II scheme and its subjects refer to MSE Professional Elective-II syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of metallurgy of tool materials and special steels is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
CLASSIFICATION AND MANUFACTURE OF TOOL STEELS 9
Classification – AISI system, selection of tool steels from the point of view of mechanical properties, Effect of alloying elements such as W, Mo, Ni, V, Ti etc., in Tool steels, Production techniques -problems in melting – powder metallurgy route, Refining methods like VAR, ESR- forming of tool steels.
Unit II
HEAT TREATMENT OF TOOL STEELS AND DEFECTS 9
HEAT TREATMENT AND METALLURGY OF W, S, O, A & D TYPE TOOL STEELS Water hardening tool steels, shock resistance tool steels, cold work tool steels-oil hardening, mediumalloy and high carbon-high Cr(O,A&D types): Constitution, classification of principal types, heat treatment process, hardenability, distortion characteristics, properties and application.
HEAT TREATMENT AND METALLURGY OF H, T, M, SPECIAL PURPOSE TOOL STEELS-Hot work tool steels, high speed tool steels, maraging tool steels, special purpose tool steels: constitution, classification of principal types, heat treatment process, specific requirements and applications.
Unit III
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Unit IV
ADVANCED TOOL MATERIALS 9
Sintered Tungsten Carbide tools – ISO classification, Uses of P, M, K,H,W, S, O, A ,T grades Cermet -ceramics, mixed and reinforced grades -WC, Al2O3, SiC , CBN, PCD, TaC, TiC, Solid Carbide tools -Manufacturing techniques, heat treatment and properties, Stellites, Cemented carbides, ceramic tools, Special purpose tool steels.
Unit V
SURFACE TREATMENTS AND COATINGS 9
Sulphidizing of tool steels – TiN coating by PVD, coating of Carbide tools -Mono and multilayer Coatings of TiC, TiN, Alumina and DLC by PVD and CVD processes.
Course Outcomes:
Upon completion of the course, the Students will be able to
- Classify the various tool materials that are used for engineering applications and understand the influence of various alloying elements on the properties of tool materials
- Select suitable heat treatment for the different tool materials inorder to improve the performance of tools.
- Test the tool materials for various properties and analyse on the various possible failures that occur in tools.
- Explain the need for advanced tool materials and the advantages of various special tool materials over conventional tool materials.
- Infer the effect of coating on the tool materials and are exposed to the various possible coating techniques that are available for tool materials.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Joseph R. Davies – “Tool Materials”, ASM International, 1995
- Robert Wilson, “Metallurgy and Heat treatment of Tool Steels, McGraw Hill New York,1975
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