MODY UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, LAKSHMANGARH

Faculty of Engineering & Technology

Mechanical Engineering Department
Autumn 2014-15

Mody University QLM

ME 409 Non-Traditional Manufacturing Processes
Group Assignments

The category of non-traditional machining covers a broad range of technologies, including

some that are used on a large scale, and others that are only used in unique or proprietary
applications. These machining methods generally have higher energy requirements and
slower throughputs than traditional machining, but have been developed for applications
where traditional machining methods were impractical, incapable, or uneconomical.
Nontraditional machining can be thought of as operations that do not use shear as their
primary source of energy. For example, abrasive water jet operations use mechanical energy,
but material is removed by erosion.
Your answer will be judged for its clarity, relevance, coherence, logic, depth, and fairness.
Students have to follow below problem-solving methodology which helps you to develop
your problem-solving skill.

Road map: provides some of the general objectives of the problem and develops a strategy for
how the solution will be developed.
Modeling: a real-life problem is idealized by a model i.e. the selection of the laws/ principles
needed to solve the problem.
Equations: writing all the equations needed to solve the problem.
Computation: solve the equations.
Discussion: the solution is interrogated to ensure that it is meaningful and accurate.

Problems on:
1. What are the latest trends in Non-Traditional manufacturing processes?
2. Which Non-Traditional manufacturing processes are being used by Indian industries now
days?
3. Explain the following Non-traditional processes with their advantages:
a. Magneto-rheological finishing (MRF)
b. Electro-discharge machining (EDM)