ME3162 : Manufacturing Processes

Created: 15-Jan-1999, Updated: 06-Aug-2014

Module Code ME3162
Module Title Manufacturing Processes
Semester Semester 1, 2014/2015
Modular Credits 4
Faculty Engineering (Mechanical Engineering)
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Aims & Objectives (Learning Outcomes) Top
The aim of this module is to give students an overview of the various means of converting engineering materials
into final products. The student will acquire an appreciation of the relative merits and demerits of the various
methods of manufacture and their economics.
Prerequisites (What should I know?) Top
There are no pre-requisites for ME 3162. However, I expect you to already have a basic understanding of material
properties.
PROF KH SEAH
Teaching Modes Top
Lectures, video shows, tutorials, labs, mock exam.
Schedule Top
Lecture on every Wed 1600 - 1745 hrs in LT 7
Synopsis Top
Total of 26 hours of lecture.
4 Modular Credits
Lecture 2 hours per week
Tutorial 1 hour every 2 weeks
Practical 0.5 hour
Examination 2 hours
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Aims & Objectives (Learning Outcomes) | Prerequisites (What should I know?) | Teaching Modes | Schedule |
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Syllabus Top
Manufacturing processes (18 hours) - taught by Prof KH Seah:
Introduction to cold and hot working.
Rolling - 2, 3 and 4-high rolls, cluster and planetary rolls, manufacture of blooms, billets and slabs.
Extrusion - Direct and indirect extrusion, hollow extrusion, hydrostatic extrusion.
Forging - Hammer, press, roll forging, open and closed die forging.
Sheet metal bending and deep-drawing, punch load, drawability, Crane's constants.
Shearing of sheet metal - types of shearing operation, punch and die clearance, punch force.
Cold forming processes - Marforming, Guerin process, hydroforming.
Welding, brazing, soldering - Arc and gas welding, pressure welding, MIG, TIG, submerged-arc, friction,
resistance, laser and electron-beam welding.
Casting - Sand casting, patterns, defects, die-casting, centrifugal casting, investment casting, continuous
casting.
Powder metallurgy - Production of powders, fabrication processes, sintering, comparison with other
processes.
Electro-discharge machining.
Plastics technology - Properties of plastics, thermoplastics and thermosets, manufacturing of plastics


Metal removal (8 hours) - taught by Prof M Rahman:
Introduction to machine tools and machining operations - Generating motions of machine tools,
machines using single point tools, machines using multipoint tools, machines using abrasive wheels.
Mechanics of metal cutting - Chip formation, forces acting on the cutting tool and their measurement, the
apparent mean shear strength of the work material, chip thickness, friction in metal cutting.
Cutting tool materials - Major tool material types.
Tool life and tool wear - Forms of wear in metal cutting.
Economics of metal cutting operations - Choice of feed, speed and depth of cut, tool life for minimum
cost and minimum production time, estimation of factors needed to determine optimum conditions.
Practical Work Top
There will be lab sessions on manual and CNC turning and milling.
Assessment Top
Open-book Mock Quiz tentatively on Wed 8 Oct 2014 at 4-6 pm (tentative) in LT7 (no weightage towards final grade)
Open-book Final Examination on Thu 4 Dec from 1-3 pm
Lab sessions constitute 20% of the total assessment, each session being 10%.
The final examination constitutes 80% of the total assessment.
Miscellaneous Top
The following course videos are available for viewing under the Multimedia section. Others that are also available for
viewing are on optional topics not covered in the syllabus (eg. electrochemical grinding, laser drilling, etc)
1. Die and Investment Casting
2. Electric Discharge Machining
3. Forging
4. Plastic Materials
5. Manufacturing with Plastics
6. Presswork
7. Rolling
8. Welding Techniques 9. Powder Metallurgy


Text & Readings Top
*If LINC does not return any results, please try alternative searches (e.g title). Any errors encountered, please
report to the lecturer and the library.
Total 5 items
Title and
Author
Edition/Year ISBN Publisher Type
The Science of
Manufacturing
Author: Seah
Kar Heng
- / 2014 - Cobee
Publishing
House
Compulsory
ME Soc will be selling the text book 30 minutes before your first
lecture on Wed 13 Aug, ie. starting 3.30 pm, outside the lecture
venue LT7. I am by-passing the bookstores so that you can get
it at cost price of $16. (Try to bring exact change) This is a new
book with updated information. Don't buy the outdated editions
of previous years. The book will be useful for your ME
3101/3102 Design as well as your FYP next academic year. Prof
KH SEAH
Companion Website
Manufacturing
Engineering
and
Technology
Author: S
Kalpakjian
and S R
Schmid
6th edition /
2010
Prentice
Hall
References
Fundamentals
of modern
manufacturing,
MATERIALS,
PROCESSES
AND SYSTEMS
Author:
Mikell
Groover
- / - - References
DeGarmo's
Materials and
processes in
manufacturing
Author: JT
Black and
Ronald
Kohser
10th / - - References
Fundamentals
of Metal
Machining and
Machine Tools
Author:
Geoffrey
Boothroyd
- / - - McGraw-
Hill
Supplementary
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