Tool Design detailed Syllabus for Mechanical Engineering (ME), 2018 scheme has been taken from the VTUs official website and presented for the VTU students. For Course Code, Teaching Department, Paper Setting Board, Theory Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Duration in Hours, CIE Marks, Total Marks, Credits and other information, visit full semester subjects post given below. The Syllabus PDF files can also be downloaded from the official website of the university.
For all the other VTU 8th Sem ME Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme, do visit Mechanical Engineering 8th Sem 2018 Scheme. For all the Professional Elective-4 subjects refer to Professional Elective-4 Scheme. The detail syllabus for tool design is as follows.
Course Learning Objectives:
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Module-1
Introduction to tool design: Tooling, requirements of a tool designer, general tool design procedure, tool engineering functions and its importance to enhance productivity and quality. Review of cutting tool materials. Tool angles and signature, Carbide inserts grades – ISO designation and applications, tool holders for turning-ISO designation. Solid type tool, brazed tip tool, throwaway indexable insert types, coated carbides and chip breakers. Design of single point cutting tools: Design of shank dimensions using strength and rigidity considerations for rectangular, square and round cross section and selection of tool geometry.
Module-2
Design of Multi Point Cutting Tools: Types of drills, Drill bit design – elements like back taper, web thickness, land width, margin, flute length and cross section and selection of tool geometry. Re-sharpening of drill bit. Tool holders for milling, different tapers used for mounting tool holders in milling, ISO designation. Tool mounting systems. Design of milling cutters: Design of elements like number of teeth and height, circular pitch, body thickness, chamfer width, fillet radius and selection of tool geometry. Profile sharpened and form relieved milling cutters. Re-sharpening of side and face milling cutter and end mill.
Module-3
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Module-4
Press tools: Classification and working of power presses. Concept and calculations of press tonnage and shut height of a press, components of a simple die, press tool operation, die accessories, shearing action in punch & die, clearance, shear on punch and die, Centre of pressure, and strip layout. Simple, progressive, compound, combination and inverted dies. Design problems on blanking and piercing dies for simple components. Bending dies – Introduction, bend allowance, spring back, edge bending die design.
Module-5
Drawing dies – Single action, double action and triple action dies, factors affecting drawing and drawing die design. Design of drawing dies for simple components. Die casting: Die casting alloys, terminology- core, cavity, sprue, slug, fixed and movable cores, finger cams, draft, ejector pins and plates, gate, goose nozzle, over-flow, platten, plunger, runner, vent, water-line etc. Types of Dies: Single cavity, multi cavity dies, combination dies, unit dies, advantages and disadvantages of types of dies; finishing, trimming and inspection of die casting components, safety, and modern trends in die casting dies.
Assignment:
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Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course, the student will be able to:
- CO1: Select appropriate cutting tools required for producing a component.
- CO2: Understand and interpret cutting tool and tool holder designation systems.
- CO3: Select suitable locating and clamping devices for a given component for various operations.
- CO4: Analyze and design a jig/fixture for a given simple component.
- CO5: Understand various press tools and press tool operations.
- CO6: Classify and explain various die casting and injection moulding dies.
Question Paper Pattern:
- The question paper will have ten full questions carrying equal marks.
- Each full question will be for 20 marks.
- There will be two full questions (with a maximum of four sub- questions) from each module.
- Each full question will have sub- question covering all the topics under a module.
- The students will have to answer five full questions, selecting one full question from each module.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Jigs and Fixtures P.H.Joshi Mc Graw Hill Education 3rd edition, 2010
- Fundamentals of Tool Design John.G. Nee, William Dufraine, John W. Evans, Society of Manufacturing Engineers 2010
- Fundamentals of Tool Design Frank W.Wilson PHI publications
- An introduction to Jig and Tool design Kempester M.H.A VIVA Books Pvt.Ltd. 2004
- Metal cutting and Tool Design RanganathB.J Vikas publishing house
- Metal cutting theory and practice V. Arshinov& G. Alekseev MIR publishers, Moscow
- Design and production of metal cutting tools Rodin Beekman publishers
- Production Technology HMT TataMc Graw Hill 2013.
For detail Syllabus of all other subjects of BE Mechanical Engineering, 2018 scheme, visit Mechanical Engineering 8th Sem Syllabus for 2018 scheme.
For all (CBSE & Non-CBSC) BE results, visit VTU BE all semester results.