MEE5004

Assignment-I
1. Classify nontraditional machining processes on the basis of the type of
energy employed. Also, state the mechanism of material removal,
transfer media, and energy sources used in a tabular form.
2. How will you decide to recommend specific nontraditional machining
processes for (A) cutting glass plate into two pieces, (B) making a hole in
a hard steel workpiece?
3. What is the basic function of a catcher? What problem do you expect in
the absence of a catcher during WJC?
4. Some parts of aerospace industry are made of asbestos. Because of high
level of asbestos in the air (harmful to the health of workers) at cutting
station, Osha shuts down Lockheed Georgia Company’s mechanical
cutting operation section. You as incharge of the section, are asked to
suggest the suitable advanced machining techniques so that the work
can be resumed in this section.
5. USM is used for drilling a hole (under the same machining conditions) in
aluminium and cast iron. Which one will have higher depth of the drilled
hole?
6. During calculation of MRR for USM (using Shaw’s throwing model),the
abrasive density by mistake has been used as a2 units in place of 3 units.
Calculate the ratio of MRR with actual density and wrong density.
7. If the metal from which a part is to be made is quite brittle and the part
will be subjected to repeated tensile loads, would you select ECM or
EDM for making it? Why?
8. Illustrate the effect of ( a) magnitude of current (b) frequency on the
shape and size of the craters formed during EDM