BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHONOLOGY AND SCIENCE, PILANI

Pilani Campus

INSTRUCTION DIVISION
FIRST SEMESTER 2017-2018
(Course Handout Part II)

Date: 02/08/2017
In addition to Part-I (General Handout for all courses appended to the timetable) this portion
gives specific details regarding the course.

Course No.: ME F110

Course Title: Workshop Practice
Instructor-in-charge: Gajanand Gupta

Team of Instructors: Gajanand Gupta, K G Daiya, Narpat Ram Sangwa, Neetu Malik,
Chetan Jalendra, Kailash Choudhary, Manikandan H, Nitesh
Gokhale

 Course description:
Laboratory exercises involving machining, fitting and joining processes. Casting; metal
forming; forging, welding and brazing; metal cutting machines e.g., lathe shaper and
planer; drilling milling and grinding;

1. Scope and objective of the Course:

This course aims at imparting practical aspects of the basic techniques and skills used to
make/produce/repair metal and wooden products. This course provides basic
manufacturing techniques and allied/supporting techniques used to produce finished
products from raw materials. Students will be given practical training on various basic
manufacturing techniques like machining, forging, casting, sheet metal working, welding,
soldering, brazing and other joining techniques using common machine tools, hand tools
and other equipments. Various joining and fitting skills will also be imparted in the
practical classes.

2. Books:

Textbook
(i) Sangwan K S , Rao C R and Daiya K G, Practical Manual for Workshop
Practice, EDD, BITS Pilani.
(ii) B S Nagendra Parashar and R K Mittal, Elements of Manufacturing Processes,
Prentice Hall of India, 2006, 4th print.
Reference Book
Campbell J.S., Principles of Manufacturing Materials and Processes, Tata
Mc-Graw-Hill, New Delhi, 23rd reprint 2006.

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3. Course Plan:

S. Type of No. of
Topics to be covered
No. Lab/Shop turns
Fitting tools and equipments, basic fitting
1 Fitting operations, fabrication of a metal job using fitting 3
skills
Welding tools and equipments, common types of
2 Welding welding, welding techniques, fabrication of joints 3
using arc welding and gas welding
Smithy tools and equipments, smithy operations,
3 Smithy preparation of a simple job using hot forging 1
skills
Sheet metal tools, sheet metal operations,
4 Sheet metal development and fabrication of a job using sheet 2
metal operations
Carpentry tools and equipments, preparation of a
5 Carpentry 3
wooden job using various joints
Main parts of a centre lathe, work holding
Machining on devices, cutting tools, operations on a centre
6 3
lathe lathe, machining of a metal job using a centre
lathe, Operating parameters
Main parts of a shaper, work holding devices,
Machining on
7 machining of a metal job using a shaper, 2
shaper
Operating parameters
Main parts of milling, milling cutters, machining
Machining on
8 of a metal job on a milling machine, Operating 1
milling
parameters
Types of grinding machines and their main parts,
demonstration of simple grinding on centreless,
9 Grinding 1
surface, cylindrical, and tool & cutter grinder,
Operating parameters
CNC CNC fundamentals, demonstrations on CNC
10 1
machining turning and milling centres, Operating parameters
Common measuring instruments used in
workshop, experiments to find the angle of a
11 Metrology 1
dovetail, angle of a taper and the radius of a
circular surface
Common foundry tools and equipments,
12 Foundry 1
preparation of a green sand mould
Objective of rolling, rolling process, practical on
13 Rolling 1
two high rolling mill
14 Electroplating Electroplating a given job 1
4. Evaluation Scheme:

S. Weightag
Component Duration Date & time Nature
No. e

70% (210
1 Practical -------- Continuous -
Marks )
Comprehensive 30%
2 <TEST_C> CB
Quiz (90
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 Marks)

5. Make-up Policy:
 At most two genuine make-up will be allowed with prior permission. All make-up
requests are to be made to Mr. K. G. Dhayia with relevant documents.
 No makeup will be given for Comprehensive Quiz Examination.

6. Notices: All notices concerning the course will be displayed on Workshop notice board
only.

Instructor-in-charge
ME F110

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