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Title of Subject Workshop Technology

2. Subject Code ME - 2012
3. Credit Hour 2
4. Pre-Requisite ME – 1011 Basic Engineering Drawing
5.Aim of Subject To provide adequate knowledge for the students to the concepts
of workshop technology and welding and manage the tools,
equipments and machines.
6. Learning Outcomes At the completion of the subject, students should be able to:
and Program Outcomes Learning Outcomes:
of Subjects  LO1 – Sketch general workshop layout.
 LO2 – Discuss workshop safety principles and the types
of tools used in the workshop.
 LO3 – Understand the applications of hand tools and
power tools and the operation of machine tools.
 LO4 – Weld in (flat, horizontal, vertical, and overhead
positions) using the basic welding processes SAW,GTAW
and GMAW
 LO5 – Operate machining using planer, shaper, lathe
machine, and milling machine.
7. Assessment Scheme Lecture -
Practical 20%
Midterm Exam 40%
Final Exam 40%
8. Details of Subject Topics Hours
Introduction
Introduction, production and manufacturing processes
Plant and shop layout
Introduction, factors in plant layout, principles of plant
layout, objectives of plant layout, advantages of a good
plant layout, types of plant layout, fixed position layout, 2
process layout or functional layout, product layout or
line layout, comparison of process layout and product
layout, combination layout or group layout, shop layout,
layout of fitting shop, layout of machine shop, layout of
welding shop, layout of sheet metal shop, layout of
carpentry cum pattern making shop, layout of foundry
shop and layout of smithy and forging shop

Industrial safety
Introduction, objectives of industrial safety, accident,
causes of accidents, types of accidents, effects of
accidents, safety measures in construction work, safety 2
measures in material handling, safety measures against
electric shocks, fire prevention and protection, factories
act 1948, regarding safety, methods of safety, and first
aid
Properties of engineering materials
Introduction, classification of material, general terms,
properties of materials,
Bench work and fitting
Introduction, classification of metals, fitting tools, 2
clamping tools, measuring and marking tools, method of
marking, cutting tools, striking tools, miscellaneous
tools, drilling and tapping
Sheet metal work
Introduction, metals used in sheet metal work, sheet
metal tools, sheet metal operations, sheet metal joints : 2
Hems and Seams and sheet metal machines

Welding: A fabrication process

Introduction, classification of welding, commonly
welded base metals, advantages of welding,
disadvantages of welding, welding as compared to
riveting and casting, applications of welding, types of 4
welding joints, edge preparation, welding positions,
basic weld symbols, supplementary weld symbols and
standard location of elements of a welding symbol
Gas welding
Definition, oxy-acetylene welding, oxy-hydrogen
welding, air-acetylene welding, oxy-acetylene cutting 2
and safety precautions in gas welding
Arc welding
Introduction, arc welding principle, arc welding
equipment, polarity, arc crater, arc blow, electrodes, flux,
precautions in arc welding, carbon arc welding, flux
shielded metal arc welding, tungsten inert gas (TIG) or
Gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW), metal inert gas
(MIG) or Gas metal arc welding (GMAW), comparison 4
between TIG (GTAW) and MIG (GTAW), submerged
arc welding (SAW), electroslag welding, electrogas
welding, difference between electroslag and electrogas
welding, plasma arc welding and comparison between
plasma arc welding (PAW) and TIG (GTAW) welding
 Machine tools (introduction)
Introduction, lathe, types of lathe, principal parts of a
lathe, size and specifications of a lathe, lathe
accessories, lathe tools, lathe operations, terms used in
lathe machining, shaper, principal parts of a shaper,
working principle and operation of a shaper,
classifications of shapers, specifications of a shaper,
planer, types of planers, principal parts of a planer, size
and specifications of a planer, planer tools, operations 8
performed on planer, difference between a planer and a
shaper, drilling machine, principal parts of the drilling
machine, working principle and operation of a drilling
machine, types of drilling machines, size of a drilling
machine, specifications of a drilling machine, drilling
operations, drilling (cutting) speed and feed, milling
machine, principal parts of a milling machine, up
milling and down milling, comparison of up milling and
down milling, milling operations, tool life, tool failure
and tool wear.
9. Teaching and This subject will be delivered using the following means:
Learning Activities Lecture Hours = 26
Supervised Practical Hours = 52
Total Contact Hours = 78
10.Laboratory 1. Metrology
2.Welding
3.Hand and machine tools
4.Safety
11. Reading Material Textbook S.K.Garg, "Workshop Technology
Manufacturing Processes", University
Science Press
Reference Material