PE309: MACHINE TOOL DESIGN

CREDITS = 4 (L=3, T=1, P=0)

Teaching and Assessment Scheme:

Teaching Scheme Credits Marks Distribution
Total
Theory Marks Practical Marks
L T P C Marks
ESE CE ESE CE
3 1 0 4 70 30 30 20 150

Course Contents:

Unit Teaching
No. Topics
Hours
1 Introduction to Machine Tools: 03
Types and capabilities of various machine tools, constructional, design and
operational features. General purpose, single and special purpose machine tool.
General requirements of machine tool design, Engineering design process
applied to machine tools.

2 Design of Machine Tool Drives: 15

Introduction, Machine tool drives, requirements of machine tool drive, need
for speed regulation, stepped regulation of speed, design of speed box and
feed box, classification of speed and feed box, step less regulation of speed
and feed rates.
Auto Drive, Pneumatic Drive, Variable Frequency Drive.

3 Design of Machine Tool Structures: 06

Functions of Machine Tool Structures and their Requirements, Design Criteria
for Machine Tool Structures, Materials & Profiles of Machine Tool Structures,
Basic Design Procedure of Machine Tool Structures, Design of beds, columns,
housings, bases, tables, cross rails, arms, saddles, carriages & ram.

4 Design of Guide ways: 07

Function and types of guide ways, design of slide ways, methods of adjusting
clearances in slide ways, design of slide ways for stiffness, Guide ways
operating under liquid friction conditions, design of Anti-Friction Guide ways,
protecting devices for slide ways. Linear Motion Guide ways

5 Design of Power Screw: 03

Power Screw profiles and selection, design of machine tool power screws
based on strength, buckling and stiffness, power requirements and efficiency,
mounting of power screws elementary treatment of ball recirculating power
screws.
 6 Design of Machine Tool Spindles and Bearings: 10

Functions and requirements of spindle unit, materials of spindles, Design

calculations of spindles, Integral spindles.

Design of Machine Tool Bearings: Types of bearings − selection and

applications, Criteria for design, bearing designations (ISI, SAE and SKF
designations). Design of ball and roller bearings − static and dynamic load
bearing capacities, cubic mean load, selection of bearing from hand book.
Design of journal bearings. Assembly, mounting and maintenance of bearing.

TOTAL 44

Reference Books:
1. N K Mehta, “Machine Tool Design & Numerical Control”, Tata McGraw-Hill (2012).
2. S.K. Basu & D. K. Pal, “Design of Machine tool”, Oxford & IBH Publishing (2008).
3. G. C. Sen, A. Bhattacharya, “Principles of Machine Tools”, New Central Book Agency
(2009).
4. N. Archekan, N. Weinstein “Machine tool design”, Vol. 4, University Press of the
Pacific (2000).
5. H.C. Town, “Design and Construction of Machine Tools”, Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd
(1971).
6. F. Koenigsberger, J. Tlusty, “Machine Tool Structure”, Elsevier (1970).
7. Machine Tool Design Handbook: Central Machine Tool Research Institute, Bangalore,
Mc Graw Hill (2001).
8. PSG Design Databook: PSG College of engineering and technology, Coimbatore.