Tool Design ME 6th Sem Syllabus for VTU BE 2017 Scheme (Professional Elective-II)

Tool Design detail syllabus for Mechanical Engineering (ME), 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17ME654), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below.

For all other me 6th sem syllabus for be 2017 scheme vtu you can visit ME 6th Sem syllabus for BE 2017 Scheme VTU Subjects. For all other Professional Elective-II subjects do refer to Professional Elective-II. The detail syllabus for tool design is as follows.

Course Objectives:

• To develop capability to design and select single point and multipoint cutting tools for various machining operations.
• Exposure to variety of locating and clamping methods available.
• To enable the students to design jigs and fixtures for simple components.
• To expose the students to the design/selection procedure of press tools and die casting dies.

Module 1
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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

Jigs and Fixtures:Functions and differences between jigs and fixtures, advantages in mass production, design principles, economics of jigs and fixtures. Location: 3-2-1 Principle of location, different types of locating elements. Clamping: Principles of clamping, types of clamping devices, and power clamping. Drill bushes;Drilljigs:different types, exercises of designing jigs for simple components. Fixture Design: Turning fixtures, milling fixtures, grinding fixtures,fixturing for CNC machining centers, and modular fixtures. Design exercises on fixtures for turning and millingfor simple components.

Module 4
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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, goosenozzle, over-flow, platten, plunger, runner, vent, water-line etc.
Types of Dies: Single cavity, multicavity 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.

Text Books:

1. Cyril Donaldson, George H. Lecain,V.C.Goold, Tool Design, Mc Graw Hill Education, 5th edition,2017.
2. P.N.Rao, Manufacturing technology, Mc Graw Hill Education, 4th edition, 2013.

Reference Books:

1. P.H.Joshi, Jigs and Fixtures, Mc Graw Hill Education, 3rd edition, 2010.
2. John.G. Nee, William Dufraine, John W.Evans, Mark Hill, Fundamentals of Tool Design, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 2010.
3. Frank W.Wilson, Fundamentals of Tool Design, PHI publications.
4. Kempester M.H.A., An introduction to Jig and Tool design, VIVABooksPvt.Ltd., 2004.
5. Ranganath B.J., Metal cutting and Tool Design, Vikas publishing house.
6. HMT, Production Technology, TataMcGraw Hill, 2013.
7. V. Arshinov& G. Alekseev, Metal cutting theory and practice, MIR publishers, Moscow.
8. Rodin, Design and production of metal cutting tools, Beekman publishers.

For detail syllabus of all other subjects of BE Me, 2017 regulation do visit Me 6th Sem syllabus for 2017 Regulation.

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