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Course Code ME 257

2. Title of the Course Machine Drawing
3. Credit Structure L-T-P-Credits
1-0-3-2.5
4. Name of the Mechanical Engineering
Concerned Department
5. Pre–requisite, if any ME 151: Engineering Graphics
(for the students)
6. Course Syllabus Introduction to design process and drawings.
Review of sectioning, Drawing standards, Dimensioning and
notes.
Fasteners and Joints: Screws, Bolts and nuts, Riveted joints,
Pins, Locking devices, Welded joints, Pipe joints, Unions and
valves. Cotter and Knuckle Joints. Assembly drawings with
sectioning and bill of materials.
Machine Assemblies: involving machine elements like shafts,
couplings, bearing, pulleys, gears, belts, brackets. Detailed part
drawings from assembly drawings. Engine mechanisms
assembly and disassembly.
Tool drawings including jigs and fixtures.
Production drawings: Limits, Fits and Tolerances,
Dimensional and geometric tolerances, Surface finish symbols.
Layout drawings: Schematics, process and instrumentation
diagrams, piping drawings.
Structural drawings: examples for reading and interpretation.
Computer aided drawing and drafting (CADD): use of
software packages for engineering drawings and drafting.
7. Suggested Books 1. N.D. Bhatt, and V.M. Panchal, Machine Drawing, Charotar
Publishing House, 2009.
2. N. Sidheswar, P. Kannaiah, and V.V.S. Sastry, Machine
Drawing, Tata McGraw Hill New Delhi, 1980.
3. Bureau of Indian Standards, SP 46: 1988.