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RAMAKRISHNAN COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
OAI553 – PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY
UNIT 1
PART A
1. Classification of Engineering Materials
2. Tensile, Ultimate tensile strength
3. Differentiate elasticity and plasticity
4. Differentiate stiffness and brittleness
5. Differentiate malleability and ductility
6. Differentiate toughness and hardness
7. Differentiate resilience and formability
8. Differentiate machinability and weldability
9. Classify types of steels due to addition of Carbon (with properties and applications)
10. Classify SS and Tool steel types
11. Differentiate cast iron (types) and wrought iron (with properties and applications)
12. Draw stress-strain curve
PART B
1. Explain on effects on alloying elements in steel
2. Explain on SS – properties and applications
3. Explain on tool steels – properties and applications
4. Classify with low, medium, high, HSLA, maraging steels
5. Problems based on stress-strain curve
6. Explain on cast iron with properties, applications and microstructures

UNIT 2

PART – A
1. Write the principle and operations in milling, lathe, drilling, grinding, shaper, and planner
2. Characteristics of milling, lathe, drilling, grinding, shaper, planner (page – 627 - Tabulation)
3. Problems in Page – 636, 657, 672, 676, 740
4. Problems and troubleshooting in milling (680), lathe (648), drilling (659), grinding, shaper, and planner

PART – B
➢ Basic principles, constructions, machine descriptions and operations performed in – Turing, Milling,
Drilling, Grinding, shaping and planning

UNIT 3
PART A
1. How the primary combustion process/reactions occurs in oxy-acetylene gas welding (pg – 878)
2. Filler material in Gas welding (pg – 879)
3. Principle – Thermit welding, oxy-fuel gas welding (page – 881, 877)
4. Mention the types of welding in consumable and non-consumable welding
5. Transfer and non-transferred method in plasma welding (page- 884)
6. Principles of non-consumable welding?
7. Slag inclusions and porosity in welding (Page – 898)
8. How the welding process was selection (page – 906)
9. Types of solders and fluxes (page – 939)
10. Reflow soldering & wave soldering
11. Principle &Types of soldering (940) & brazing (937)
12. Solderability (942) and soldering applications (942)
13. Types of resistance welding (917)
 PART B

1. Explain on Gas welding, types of flames and their applications? (877 – 882)
2. Electric Arc Welding – (Consumable Electrode) – (1) Gas Tungsten Arc (TIG), (2) Plasma (Transferred and non-
transferred) (882 – 885)

3. Electric Arc Welding – (Non-Consumable Electrode) – (1) SMAW, (2), Submerged Arc, (3) GMAW, (4) Flux
Cored, (5) Electro Gas, (6) Electro-slag (885-890)

4. Types of Soldering with neat diagrams (939 – 941)

5. Types of Brazing (935 – 939)

6. Resistance Welding – (i) Spot, (ii) Seam, (iii) High frequency, (iv) Projection, (v) Flash, (vi) Stud welding, (vii)
Percussion. (917 to 924)

UNIT 4

PART A
1. Characteristics, process parameters of all UCM process- (Page – 771 Tabulation)
2. Process parameters of all UCM process
3. Bio-medical implant by ECM (777)
4. Functions of dielectric fluids in EDM (780)
5. Types of laser source for LBM (784)
6. Plasma Arc cutting (788)

PART B

Principle, Construction, Process Capabilities, Design consideration, Process Parameters, advantages,

applications of (i) AJM, (ii) WJM/AWJM, (iii) EDM, (iv) Wire-cut EDM, (v) ECM, (vi) USM, (vii) EBM,
(viii) LBM.

UNIT 5
PART A