Engineering Costing and Plant Maintenance
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Follow on Instagram for UpdatesEngineering Costing and Plant Maintenance Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Engineering Costing and Plant Maintenance (subject code DI04019031) as prescribed for Mechatronics · Semester 4 divides the course into 7 units, covering 33 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 (DI04019031)Unit 1 Introduction of Costing
- 1.1 Terminology associated with various cost elements and their classification. 1.2 Terminology associated with overheads
- their classification and allocation. 1.3 Determination of selling price and catalogue price. 1.4 Depreciation and obsolescence: Definition
- Different methods of calculating depreciation. 1.5 Numerical problems
Unit 2 Break even analysis
- 2.1 Classification of costs as fixed and variable costs
- Relationship between the costs and quantity of production. 2.2 Definition of Break Even Point (BEP) and its needs in industry. 2.3 Procedure of construction of Break Even Chart
- Assumptions made in constructing Break even chart
- Calculation of BEP analytically and graphically. 2.4 Numerical problems
Unit 3 Costing in Welding, Fabrication and Machining shop
- 3.1 Cost terminology and procedure associated with welding and machining shop. 3.2 Calculate cost of consumables and production for gas cutting and welding (Gas & Arc) of a given job. 3.3 Calculate fabrication cost of real time object. 3.4 Calculation of Solar Roof Top costing for various capacities
- It includes
- cost of welding
- solar panel
- etc. 3.5 Calculate machining cost in lathe
- drilling and milling machines. 3.6 Numerical problems
Unit 4 Costing in forging and casting shop
- 4.1 Cost terminology and procedure associated with forging and casting shop. 4.2 Calculate volume of various shapes. 4.3 Calculate mass and material cost of given component. 4.4 Calculate various forging losses and forging cost for given data. 4.5 Calculate pattern making cost (for given data). 4.6 For a given component
- calculate casting cost including all losses. 4.7 Numerical problems
Unit 5 Maintenance Concepts and Practices
- 5.1 Introduction to Maintenance – Need
- types of maintenance 05 11 Program Name: Diploma Engineering Level: Diploma Branch: Mechanical Engineering Subject Code: DI04019031 Subject Name : Engineering Costing and Plant Maintenance 5.2 Preventive
- Predictive and Breakdown Maintenance 5.3 Condition-based maintenance – Vibration
- lubrication checks 5.4 Maintenance planning
- scheduling and documentation 5.5 Tools and equipment used in maintenance 5.6 Maintenance records
- history cards and checklists
Unit 6 Machine Diagnostics and Fault Analysis
- 6.1 Basics of machine diagnostics – Purpose and importance 6.2 Common mechanical faults – misalignment
- leakage and noise 6.3 Vibration analysis – causes and interpretation 6.4 Thermal analysis – overheating
- lubrication issues 6.5 Fault tracing methods and troubleshooting procedure 6.6 Root cause analysis (RCA) and corrective actions
Unit 7 Industrial Safety
- 7.1 Industrial hazards – mechanical
- chemical and fire hazards 7.2 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and safe working practices a
- Fire triangle
- fire extinguishers
- PASS method 7.3 Safety signs
- signals and colour codes 7.4 Machine guarding
- lockout–tagout (LOTO) 7.5 Workplace safety guidelines and emergency procedures 7.6 Accident causes
- reporting and prevention techniques a
- Factory Act 1948 – key provisions