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MEng3181-Manufacturing Engineering I-Course Outline - 103309

This document provides information about the Manufacturing Engineering I course offered at Wachemo University. The course is worth 4 ECTS credits and covers traditional and non-traditional machining processes as well as casting processes. Specific topics that will be covered include principles of machining, tool geometry, forces and power, tool wear, optimization, electric discharge machining, casting defects, and special casting processes. Students will be assessed through a minimum of 50% continuous assessments and are required to attend at least 75% of lectures and 100% of tutorials. References for the course include several textbooks on manufacturing processes and materials.

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MEng3181-Manufacturing Engineering I-Course Outline - 103309

This document provides information about the Manufacturing Engineering I course offered at Wachemo University. The course is worth 4 ECTS credits and covers traditional and non-traditional machining processes as well as casting processes. Specific topics that will be covered include principles of machining, tool geometry, forces and power, tool wear, optimization, electric discharge machining, casting defects, and special casting processes. Students will be assessed through a minimum of 50% continuous assessments and are required to attend at least 75% of lectures and 100% of tutorials. References for the course include several textbooks on manufacturing processes and materials.

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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

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