ANNA UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI
AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS
REGULATIONS – 2017
CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM
ME8351 Manufacturing Technology – I

UNIT I METAL CASTING PROCESSES

Sand Casting

Melting furnaces

Centrifugal Casting

Stir casting

UNIT II JOINING PROCESSES 

Fusion welding processes

Submerged arc welding

Thermit welding

Weld defects: types, causes and cure.

UNIT III METAL FORMING PROCESSES 

 
Forging processes

Types of Rolling

Tube drawing

UNIT IV SHEET METAL PROCESSES 

Sheet metal characteristics

Test methods

Metal spinning

Micro forming

UNIT V MANUFACTURE OF PLASTIC COMPONENTS 

Types and characteristics of plastics

Plunger and screw machines

Rotational molding

Film blowing and Extrusion