ME1001 UNCONVENTIONAL MACHINING PROCESS

ANNA UNIVERSITY : CHENNAI 600 025
CURRICULUM 2004
LIST OF ELECTIVES FOR B.E. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
ELECTIVES FOR VI SEMESTER

ME1001 UNCONVENTIONAL MACHINING PROCESS 3 0 0 100
(Common to Mechanical and Production)

OBJECTIVE
• This course will give a good perspective with adequate depth to understand the unconventional machining processes; its relative advantages were conventional techniques.

1. INTRODUCTION 5
Unconventional machining Process – Need – clarification – Brief overview of all techniques.

2. MECHANICAL ENERGY BASED PROCESSES 10

Abrasive Jet Machining – Water Jet Machining – Ultrasonic Machining. (AJM, WJM and USM). Working Principles – equipment used – Process parameters – MRR-Variation in techniques used – Applications.

3. ELECTRICAL ENERGY BASED PROCESSES 8
Electric Discharge Machining (EDM)- working Principles-equipments-Process Parameters-MRR- electrode / Tool – Power Circuits-Tool Wear – Dielectric – Flushing – Wire cut EDM – Applications.

4. CHEMICAL AND ELECTRO-CHEMICAL ENERGY BASED PROCESSES 12
Chemical machining and Electro-Chemical machining (CHM and ECM)-Etchants-maskant-techniques of applying maskants-Process Parameters – MRR-Applications.
Principles of ECM-equipments-MRR-Electrical circuit-Process Parameters-ECG and ECH Applications.

5. THERMAL ENERGY BASED PROCESSES 10
Laser Beam machining (LBM), plasma Arc machining (PAM) and Electron Beam Machining (EBM). Principles-Equipment-Types-Beam control techniques – Applications.

TOTAL : 45
TEXT BOOK
1.Vijay.K. Jain “Advanced Machining Processes” Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi (2002) ISBN 81-7764-294-4.

REFERENCES
1.Benedict. G.F. “Nontraditional Manufacturing Processes” Marcel Dekker Inc., New York (1987).
2.Pandey P.C. and Shan H.S. “Modern Machining Processes” Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi (1980).
3.Mc Geough, “Advanced Methods of Machining” Chapman and Hall, London (1998).
4.Paul De Garmo, J.T.Black, and Ronald.A.Kohser, “Material and Processes in Manufacturing” Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi (8th Edition) (2001) ISBN – 81-203-1243-0.

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