Safety in Engineering Industry detailed syllabus for Safety & Fire Engineering (SFE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the SFE 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 Safety & Fire Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit SFE 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-IV scheme and its subjects refer to SFE Professional Elective-IV syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of safety in engineering industry is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
SAFETY IN METAL WORKING MACHINERY AND WOOD WORKING MACHINES
General safety rules, principles, maintenance, Inspections of turning machines, boring machines, milling machine, planning machine and grinding machines, CNC machines, Wood working machinery, types, safety principles, electrical guards, work area, material handling, inspection, standards and codes- saws, types, hazards.
Unit II
PRINCIPLES OF MACHINE GUARDING 9
Guarding during maintenance, Zero Mechanical State (ZMS), Definition, Policy for ZMS – guarding of hazards – point of operation protective devices, machine guarding, types, fixed guard, interlock guard, automatic guard, trip guard, electron eye, positional control guard, fixed guard fencing- guard construction- guard opening. Selection and suitability: lathe-drilling-boring-milling-grinding-shapingsawing-shearing presses-forge hammer-flywheels-shafts couplings- gears-sprockets wheels and chains pulleys and belts-authorized entry to hazardous installations.
Unit III
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Unit IV
SAFETY IN COLD FORMING AND HOT WORKING OF METALS 9
Cold working, power presses, point of operation safe guarding, auxiliary mechanisms, feeding and cutting mechanism, hand or foot- operated presses, power press electric controls, power press set up and die removal, inspection and maintenance-metal sheers-press brakes. Hot working safety in forging, hot rolling mill operation, safe guards in hot rolling mills – hot bending of pipes, hazards and control measures. Safety in gas furnace operation, cupola, crucibles, ovens, foundry health hazards, work environment, material handling in foundries, Foundry production cleaning and finishing foundry processes.
Unit V
SAFETY IN FINISHING, INSPECTION AND TESTING 9
Heat treatment operations, electro plating, paint shops, sand and shot blasting, safety in inspection and testing, dynamic balancing, hydro testing, valves, boiler drums and headers, pressure vessels, air leak test, steam testing, safety in radiography, personal monitoring devices, radiation hazards, engineering and administrative controls, Indian Boilers Regulation.
Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course, the students will be able to
- To outline the safety rules, standards and codes in various mechanical engineering processes.
- To explain various machine guarding systems for lathe, drilling, boring and milling Machines.
- To develop safe procedures for welding, gas cutting, storage and handling of gas cylinders.
- To describe and suggest safety measures for cold forming and hot working of metals.
- To specify the, safety and welfare measures to be taken during finishing, Inspection and Testing of various Mechanical processes.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Philip Hagan “Accident Prevention Manual for Business and Industry”, N.S.C. Chicago, 13th edition, 2009.
- “The Indian boilers act 1923 with amendments”, Law Publishers (India) Pvt. Ltd., Allahabad.
- “Health and Safety in Welding and Allied processes”, Welding Institute, UK, High Tech. Publishing Ltd., London, 1989.
- “Safe use of wood working machinery”, HSE, UK, 2005. “ISO 14020:2000 Environmental Labels and Declarations-General Principles”, ISO, 2000.
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Safety & Fire Engineering 5th Sem, visit SFE 5th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
For all Safety & Fire Engineering results, visit Anna University SFE all semester results direct link.