Vehicle Body Reconditioning Lab detailed syllabus for Automobile Engineering (AU) for 2021 revision curriculum has been taken from the SITTTRs official website and presented for the Automobile Engineering (AU) 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 Automobile Engineering 7th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Automobile Engineering (AU) 7th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-IV scheme and its subjects refer to Automobile Engineering (AU) Professional Elective-IV syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of vehicle body reconditioning lab is as follows.
Course Objectives:
- To provide the required level of knowledge and practice in vehicle body repair.
- To outline the procedures related to vehicle body, demonstrate vehicle body refinishing work and know the different tools/ equipment for carrying out the work.
Course Outcomes:
On completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Identify the use of specific tools in vehicle body repair shop and body panels
- Utilize minor body repair
- Organize major body repair
- Utilize finishing process
Module 1:
- Apply the knowledge of safety practices in vehicle body shop
- Identify specific tools
- Make use of vehicle damage measurement tools
- Apply removing and refitting procedure on body panels -doors, floors, fenders, deck lid and hood
- Plan removal and installation of the windshield after servicing rubber gasket
- Make use of window actuating mechanism.
Module 2:
- Demonstrate the basic body repair sequence.
- Apply sheet metal straightening techniques
- Apply the principle of shrinking (relive stress).
- Make use of application fillers on vehicle body
Module 3:
- Make use of g gauge measuring system for alignment checking (tram gauges and centering gauge)
- Make use of universal measuring and computerized measuring system for alignment checking.
- Utilize e body dimensioning to identify damages on front body, side panel and rear body (using tram bar and measuring tape)
- Identify different body damages (twist, diamond, crushing, sag and side way)
- Demonstrate frame straightening equipment
Module 4:
- Plan demonstration of vehicle body painting procedure
- Utilize pre- paint preparation steps -mixing and applying body filler, sanding(block), masking and buffing
- Experiment with spray paint guns(Demonstration -how to disassemble, assemble and clean)
- Make use of spray painting gun.
Suggested Open Ended Projects
(Not for End Semester Examination but compulsory to be included in Continuous Internal Evaluation. Students can do open ended experiments as a group of 2-3. There is no duplication in experiments between groups. Open ended experiments should include the concepts of arrays, functions and structures)
- Identify vehicle damage and repair needs
- Utilize hood latch adjustment.
- Identify common automotive plastics
Text Books:
- James E. Duffy – Auto-body Repair Technology
Reference Books:
- Dennis W. Parks – The complete guide to Auto- body Repair
- W. A. Livesey R Robinson – The repair of vehicle bodies
- Anil Chhikkara – Automobile Engineering Vol. V ( Paint Technology)
- Powloski J – Vehicle Body Engineering
Online Resources
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSKtwgX8wpc
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPeB4LWV0Vs
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmOpr2NmCyk
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOmB0yzJ0m8
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