M.E. Production & Industrial Engineering:Metal Forming

First Semester


Manufacturing Engineering
Advance Metrology
Operation Research and Simulation
Quality Engineering
Research Methodology


Second Semester

Advanced Manufacturing Processes
Production and Inventory Control
Industrial Automation
Facilities Planning and Design
Emerging Trends in Management of Manufacturing Systems


Third Semester


Seminar
Thesis (starts)


Fourth Semester

Thesis


Metal Forming

Elementary theory of plasticity: Stress / strain / strain-rate characteristics, slip-line field theory, upper bound solution, stab method.

Rolling and drawing mechanics: rolling pressure, driving torque and power requirements. Metal drawing, die design, analysis of tube drawing process, defects in drawn components.

Forging processes & mechanics: Determination of forces in strip forging and disc forging, defects. forging die design

Bending and Extrusion: Process, parameters, determination of work load from stress analysis and energy considerations, power loss variables, extrusion and bending defects. two-dimensional deformation model and fracture analysis for punching and blanking, theory of high energy rate forming.