Department of Mechanical Engineering

Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Wachemo University

Course Number MEng3181
Course Title Manufacturing Engineering I
Degree Program BSc in Mechanical Engineering
Lecturer Anjelo L.
ECTS Credits 4
Contact Hours (Per Lecture Tutorial Practice/lab Home study
semester)
32 48 0 28

Course Objectives & Course Objectives:

Competences to be The course enables students to understand:
Acquired  Basic traditional machining processes, their principles, tool geometry, wear of
tools, force and power on traditional machine tools and measures to achieve
optimization;
 Basic nontraditional machining operation and their principles;
 Basic concept of casting process, design of cast, casting defect and their
remedies.
Course Systematic survey on the most important production processes in the metal-working
Description/Course industry; Traditional machining processes: Selected process principles, kinematics,
Contents geometry, forces and power, tool wear and tool life, productivity, optimization; Non-
traditional machining processes: Introduction to electric discharge machining, chemical
machining, electrochemical machining, abrasive flow machining, abrasive jet
machining, and ultrasonic machining; Fundamentals of casting processes: types and
classification, Patterns; Moulding materials; Moulding sand properties; Core sands;
Elements of gating systems; Casting Design (gating systems: risers, runners, etc);
Melting practice; Cupola furnace; Special casting processes; Defects in castings.
Course Contents
1. Traditional machining processes: Selected process principles, kinematics,
geometry, forces and power, tool wear and tool life, productivity,
optimization
2. Non-traditional machining processes: Introduction to electric discharge
machining, chemical machining, electrochemical machining, abrasive
 flow machining, abrasive jet machining, and ultrasonic machining
3. Fundamentals of casting processes: types and classification, Patterns;
Molding materials; Molding sand properties; Core sands; Elements of
gating systems; Casting Design (gating systems: risers, runners, etc);
Melting practice; Cupola furnace, Defects in castings
4. Special casting processes: Expendable mold casting processes like- Sand
mold, Shell, Expendable pattern, Plaster, Ceramic, and Investment
casting processes. Permanent mold casting Processes like- Slush,
Pressure, Die casing, Centrifugal, Squeeze and Semisolid metal forming

Assessment/Evaluation minimum of 50% continuous assessments

& Grading System
Attendance  Minimum of 75% attendance during lecture hours; and
Requirements  100% attendance during tutorial sessions, except for some unprecedented
mishaps.
Literature References:
1. Mikell P. Groover, FUNDAMENTALS of modern MANUFACTURING(4th
Edtion)
2. Serope Kalpakjian & Steven R. Schmid, Manufacturing Engineering and
Technology (4th Edition),Jun 15, 2000.
3. Hwaiyu Geng, Manufacturing Engineering Handbook,Mar 1, 2004.
4. James G. Bralla, Handbook of Manufacturing Processes - How
Products, Components and Materials Are Made, Jan 15, 2007.
5. John A. Schey, Introduction to Manufacturing Processes (McGraw-Hill
Series in Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science),Mar 1, 2000.
6. Winkelmann, Manufacturing Engineering (Teaching materials), Technical
University of Dresden, 1982
7. Beddoes J., Principles of Metal Manufacturing processe s, John Wiles & Sons
Inc. New York , 1999
8. Rao P.N. , Manufacturing Technology , second edition , Tata McGraw Hill
Publishing Company Limited , New Delhi , 1998