Unconventional Manufacturing Technology
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The official GTU curriculum for Unconventional Manufacturing Technology (subject code ME01000551) as prescribed for M(E · Semester 1 divides the course into 7 units, covering 89 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (ME01000551)Unit 1 Introduction to Unconventional Manufacturing
- Need for Unconventional Manufacturing processes
- Comparison between Conventional and Unconventional Manufacturing
- general classification Unconventional Manufacturing processes
- classification based on nature of energy employed in machining
- selection of non- traditional machining processes
- Specific advantages
- limitations, and applications of Unconventional Manufacturing
Unit 2 Ultrasonic Machining (USM)
- Equipment and material process
- Effect of process parameters: Effect of amplitude and frequency
- Effect of abrasive grain diameter
- effect of slurry
- tool & work material
- Process characteristics: Material removal rate
- tool wear
- surface finish
- Economics of Machining
- advantages & limitations of USM
Unit 3 Abrasive Jet Machining (AJM)
- Equipment and process of material removal
- process variables: carrier gas, type of abrasive
- work material
- stand-off distance (SOD)
- Process characteristics-Material removal rate
- Nozzle wear
- accuracy & surface finish
- Economics of Machining
- advantages & limitations of AJM
Unit 4 Electrochemical Machining (ECM)
- Principle of electro chemical machining
- ECM equipment
- elements of ECM operation
- Chemistry of ECM
- ECM Process characteristics: Material removal rate
- surface finish
- Process parameters: Current density
- Tool feed rate
- Gap between tool & work piece
- velocity of electrolyte flow
- type of electrolyte
- its concentration temperature, and choice of electrolytes
- ECM Tooling: ECM tooling technique & example
- Tool & insulation materials
- Applications ECM: Electrochemical grinding and electrochemical honing process
- disadvantages, and application of ECG, ECH
- Chemical Machining (CHM): Elements of the process
- Resists (maskants)
- Types of Program Name: Master of Engineering Level: PG Branch: Mechanical Engineering (Production) Course / Subject Code : ME01000551 Course / Subject Name: Unconventional Manufacturing Technology chemical machining process-chemical blanking process
- chemical milling process
- Process characteristics of CHM: material removal rate
- limitations and applications of chemical machining process
- Economics of ECM and CHM
Unit 5 Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM)
- mechanism of metal removal
- EDM equipment: spark erosion generator (relaxation type)
- dielectric medium-its functions & desirable properties
- electrode feed control system
- Flushing types
- pressure flushing
- suction flushing
- side flushing
- pulsed flushing
- EDM process parameters: Spark frequency
- current & spark gap, surface finish
- Heat Affected Zone
- limitations & applications of EDM, Electrical discharge grinding
- Traveling wire EDM
- Plasma Arc Machining (PAM): Introduction
- non-thermal generation of plasma
- equipment mechanism of metal removal
- Plasma torch
- process parameters
- process characteristics
- Safety precautions
- advantages and limitations
- Economics of EDM and PAM. 09 20 05 Laser Beam Machining (LBM): Introduction
- generation of LASER
- Equipment and mechanism of metal removal
- LBM parameters and characteristics
- Advantages & limitations
- Electron Beam Machining (EBM): Introduction
- Economics of LBM and EBM
Unit 6 Unconventional Welding Processes
- Laser Beam Welding
- Electron Beam Welding
- Ultra-Sonic Welding
- Plasma Arc Welding
- Explosive Welding
- Under Water Welding
- Micro Welding Processes
Unit 7 Recent developments in Unconventional Manufacturing Processes,
- their working principles
- effect of process parameters
- advantages and limitations
- Comparison of Unconventional Manufacturing processes
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