BHARATHIYAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

KARAIKAL
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
COURSE PLAN 2010
SUBJECT: THERMODYNAMICS
YEAR: I YEAR
CLASS: B.TECH

UNIT

LECTURE TOPICS
BASIC CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS
energy conservation and efficies
ECG, AJM and USM
Introduction to Automation in manufacturing

Study of the principles of working of

Single and Multiple Spindles
Swiss Type (Description)
Applications

SEMESTER: I (ODD)

WEEK NO

1 and 2

NO OF
HOURS
REQUIRED
1
1
1
1
2
1
1

HARD AUTO MATION AND NC MACHINES

Automated flow lines - Types

Transfer Machines - Types, Mechanisms
Applications, Design and Fabrication Requirements
Transfer, Handling
Location, Orientation and Parts Feeding
Buffer Storage
3,4 and 5

NC Machines - Introduction

II

Types of NC Machines
Economics of NC Machines
Advantages and Applications of NC Machines
CNC - Computer Numerical Control Machines
DNC (Direct and Distributed) Machines
Adaptive Control Machines

1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

NC PART PROGRAMMING

III

Turning and Machining Centres

Description and Types of ATC
Applications
NC Part Programming
Manual Part Programming
Computerised Part Programming
introduction to Languages
APT Programming
Examples on CNC Turning
Examples on CNC Milling Operations

6 and 7

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

Examples on CNC Drilling Operations

Preliminary Study on Simulation of CAD

1
1

ROBOT TECHNOLOGY

IV

Robot Anatomy
Physical Configurations
Work Volume
End Effectors
Types of Grippers
Tools end Effectors
Robot Sensors
Machine Vision - Applications

8,9and 10

Automated Material Handling and Storage Systems

Types, Design and Interfacing Preliminaries.

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1

MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS

Group Technology: Part Families

Parts Classification and coding, Examples
Production Flow Analysis (PFA)
Cellular Manufacturing
Applications.
Flexible Manufacturing Systems
Types, Components of FMS
Planning nad Implementation Issues.
Introduction to Lean and Agile
Comparison of Lean and Agile Manufacturing
TOTAL

TEXT / REFERENCE BOOKS

AUTHOR
SL NO
Automation,
Mikel P.Groover
1
NC Machine Tools
P.Radhakrisnan
2
Automatic Assembly
Boothroyd Et Al
3
4 Computer Aided Manufacturing P.N.Rao Et Al
CAD/CAM/CIM
P.Radhakrisnan &
5

Assignments

11,12
and 13

13

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
53

PUBLISHER
PHI Ltd., New Delhi,
Dhanpat Rai & Sons,
Marcel Dekker Inc.,
Tata McGraw Hill
Wiley Eastern Ltd.,

1, Hard Automation I & II

2, Soft Automation
3, Robotics
4, Manufacturing Systems

FACULTY

HOD