CAD or CAM or CAE Laboratory detailed syllabus for Plastics Technology (Plastics) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University official website and presented for the Plastics 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 Plastics Technology 7th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Plastics 7th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of cad or cam or cae laboratory is as follows.
Course Objectives:
To practice the students in Computer Aided Design, Manufacturing and Engineering software for mould design
List of Experiments:
- Mold Design using CAD Software:
- Design calculations for No. of cavities, Selection of injection moulding machine, shot capacity, plasticizing rate, Clamping force for Injection mould
- 2D modeling for Two plate Injection Mould using CAD Software
- 2D modeling of Three Plate Injection Mould using CAD Software
- Design calculations for No. of cavities, Flash thickness allowances, Loading chamber, Bulk factor, Pressure pad, Heaters for Compressive Mould
- 2D modeling for Compression Mould using CAD Software
- Design calculations for Clamping force, pinch-off, Head die design, Parison dimensions for Blow Mould
- 2 D Modeling for Blow Mould using CAD Software
- Mould machining using CAM software:
- CAM Programming for CNC Machining of Core and Cavity
- CAM Programming for CNC Tunning of Gide Pillar and Guide Bush.
- Mould Flow Analysis using CAE Software:
- Modelling and Mesh Creation using CAE Software
- Creation of Feed system and cooling system using CAE Software
- Gate Location Analysis using CAE software
- Fill Analysis using CAE software
- Flow Analysis using CAE software
- Cooling Analysis using CAE Software
Course Outcomes:
At the end of this course, the students will be able to
- Design the moulds using CAD software
- Develop mould using CAM programming
- Analyze the flow and fill characteristics using CAE software
Reference Books:
- 1. R.G.W.Pye, Injection Mould Design, SPE Publication.
- P.S.Cracknell and R.W.Dyson, Hand Book of thermoplastics injection mould design, Chapman & Hall, 1993.
- Herbert Rees, Mould Engineering, Hanser publishers, Munich, Vienna N.Y. 1994.
- Technical Directory on Design and Tooling for plastics, CIPET, Guindy, Chennai.
- Design calculations for Compression moulds, Machinery publications, Yellow series, U.K.
- Mould Flow Manual & Part – Adviser Manual – MOULD FLOW.
- Laszco Sors and Imre Blazs, Design of Plastic Moulds and Dies, Elsevier, Amsterdam – Oxford -Tokyo – NY, 1989.
- Jay Shoemaker “Moldflow Design Guide: A Resource for Plastics Engineers”, Volume 10, Hanser, 2006
For detailed syllabus of all other subjects of Plastics Technology, 2021 regulation curriculum do visit Plastics 7th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
For all Plastics Technology results, visit Anna University Plastics all semester results direct link.