Anna University

AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS

Third Semester

 Important Topics

Mechanical Engineering

ME6302 MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY – I

UNIT I METAL CASTING PROCESSES

Sand Casting Moulding sand Properties and testing

Melting furnaces : Blast and Cupola Furnaces;

Defects in Sand casting

UNIT II JOINING PROCESSES

Operating principle, basic equipment, merits and applications of : Fusion welding processes

Operating principle and applications of : Resistance welding

Types of Weld defects

UNIT III METAL FORMING PROCESSES

Forging processes

Types of Rolling

Principle of rod and wire drawing

Types of Extrusion

UNIT IV SHEET METAL PROCESSES

Stretch forming operations

Working principle and applications of Hydro forming

Forming methods

UNIT V MANUFACTURE OF PLASTIC COMPONENTS

Working principles and typical applications of injection moulding

Industrial applications of Rotational moulding

Bonding of Thermoplastics