Subject Code: ME3L003 Name: Casting, Welding and Forming (CWF) L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credit:  3
Pre-Requisite: None
Casting: Types of foundries, steps in making a casting; cast metals; types, materials and allowances of patterns; moulding processes and their characteristics; moulding materials; gating and risering; melting furnaces; casting defects. Welding: Welding processes; welding energy sources and their characteristics; fluxes and coatings; weldability and welding of various metals and alloys; metallurgical characteristics of welded joints; weld testing and inspection. Forming: Classification of metal forming processes; basic metal working concepts and plasticity; yield criterion; slip line fields; estimation of force and energy requirements; technology of bulk and sheet metal forming processes; precision forming processes; various features of different types of metal forming dies; principles of powder forming.
Text/Reference Books:
  1. Kalpakjin S, Manufacturing Engineering and Technology, Pearson Education.
  2. Rao P.N., Manufacturing Technology, Tata McGraw – Hill.
  3. Jain R.K., Production Technology, Khanna Publishers.
  4. Lindberg, Process and materials of manufacturing, Pearson Education.
  5. Heine R. W., Loper C. R. and Rosenthal P. C., Principles of Metal Castings, Tata McGraw – Hill.
  6. Parmar R. S., Welding Process and Technology, Khanna Publishers.
  7. Sharma P. C., A Textbook of Production Technology, S Chand.
  8. Dalela S., and Shankar R., Production Engineering,  Galgotia Publications Pvt. Ltd.