Casting of Engine block - conventional and expendable pattern, Casting of cylinder heads, Cylinder liners, Crankshaft, Connecting rod and Gudgeon pins-forging and casting, machining and heat treatment. Casting of Piston - gravity casting, squeeze casting, machining and finishing and piston ring manufacturing. Upset forging of valves - heat treatment and surface improvement. Engine bearing manufacturing
Manufacturing of friction plates using conventional blanking and fine blanking. Manufacture of composite friction lining, composite moulding of phenol formaldehyde lining. Casting of gear box casing, Precision forging of gears, gear hobbing, shaping, powder metallurgy, orbital forming of spur, helical, and bevel gears, hypoid gears, heat treatment and finishing
Propeller shaft – Continuous Casting, extrusion, heat treatment and surface hardening, Composite propeller shaft manufacturing. Forging of rear axles, casting of rear axle casing, Manufacturing of wheels and brake drums.
Introduction- Thermoforming and Hydro forming, Press forming of body panels. Welding of body panels - resistance welding, Spot welding, Seam welding. Injection moulding – Introduction, instrument panel, bumpers, Reinforced Reaction injection moulding. Manufacture of metal and polymer panels. Adhesives and sealants Manufacturing of Springs ,Wrap forming of coil springs, leaf springs, Composite leaf springs
Chemical Vapour deposition, Physical Vapour deposition, sol-gel processing Spraying, Plating, Painting in paint booth.
Reference Book:
1 B.P. Bhardwaj, The Complete Book on Production of Automobile Components and Allied Products, NIIR Project Consultancy Services, 2014. 2 Degarmo E P, Materials and process in Manufacturing, Macmillan Publishing Co, 1997. 3 John A S, Introduction to Manufacturing Processes, Tata McGraw -Hill, 2012. 4 Kalpakjian, Manufacturing Processes For Engineering Materials, Pearson Education, 2009. 5 Philip F O and JairoMunuz, Manufacturing Processes and Systems, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1998.
Text Book:
1. Heldt P M, High Speed Combustion Engines, Oxford IBH publishing Co., Calcutta, 1996 2. Kalpakjian, Manufacturing Engineering and Technology, Pearson Education, 2005.
