Production Technology: Theory and Practice

By Prof. Sounak Kumar Choudhury | IIT Kanpur

Learners enrolled: 872

This is a fundamental course on Production Technology clarifying some of the basic manufacturing processes including 10 hours of the hands-on laboratory sessions. This course has five modules, namely Materials and their properties, Conventional Machining Processes, Non-Traditional Machining Processes, computer Numerical Controls and Metrology. This is will be helpful for a wide variety of audience including UG students of all Engineering Disciplines and practicing engineers in the manufacturing industries.

INTENDED AUDIENCE :UG and PG students; practicing engineers

PRE-REQUISITES : NIL

INDUSTRY SUPPORT : Machine Tool industries; Automobile manufacturing industries.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Core
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Mechanical Engineering Manufacturing Processes and Technology Product Design
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	26 Jul 2021
End Date :	15 Oct 2021
Enrollment Ends :	09 Aug 2021
Exam Date :	24 Oct 2021 IST

Note: This exam date is subjected to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1:Introduction to the course on Production Technology

Week 2:Metal machining

Week 3:Machining (continued)

Week 4:Friction in metal cutting

Week 5:Cantilever beam, ring structure, octagon, extended octagon

Week 6:Milling operations, broaching operation

Week 7:Grinding wheel wear (continued)

Week 8:Abrasive Jet Machining

Week 9:Major components related to CNC machine tools

Week 10:Laboratory Hands-on Training: Introduction to the Power transmission (PPTs)

Week 11:CNC part programming exercises in PPT – turning, grooving, threading (Continued

Week 12: Various milling cutters, end milling cutter

Books and references

1.G Boothroyd-Fundamentals of Metal Machining and Machine tools

2.A.Ghosh and Asok Mallik- Machining Science

3.G.K.Lal and S.K.Choudhury-Fundamental of Manufacturing Processes

4.M.C.Shaw-Metal Cuttting Principles

Instructor bio

Prof. Sounak Kumar Choudhury

IIT Kanpur

I have completed my Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Moscow, Russia in 1985 followed by post-doctoral at the same university till 1986. From 1986 I am involved in teaching and research in the Mechanical Engineering Department of Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. My areas of specialization are conventional and non-conventional machining, automatic control, hydraulic control, machine tools and manufacturing automation.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 24 October 2021 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kanpur .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

- NPTEL team

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