This is an introductory level course in Manufacturing Process Technology Part II is mostly meant for Undergraduate engineers. At the heart of any manufacturing system is a set of processes which change the size, shape and form of raw materials into the desirable thus giving an industrial nation the power of growing. This course is an introductory course for engineering professionals who would like to take up careers in manufacturing particularly at the process level and also for professionals who are already in manufacturing careers and would like to see the technological changes that the manufacturing processes have witnessed in the last about 5 decades.
INTENDED AUDIENCE: Students of BE/ME/MS/BSc/MSc stream
CORE/ELECTIVE: Core
UG/PG: Both UG/PG
PREREQUISITES:None
INDUSTRY SUPPORT: SMIL (Gurgaon), HAL (Kanpur and Lucknow), Cyeint (Hyderabad), Small and medium scale production industries.
6199 students have enrolled already!!
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:
Prof. Shantanu Bhattacharya is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. Prior to joining IIT Kanpur he was associated with Suzuki Motors in the senior management level and has over 6 years of experience in various production capacities and positions. Prof. Bhattacharya currently takes care of the 4-I laboratory at IIT Kanpur as its coordinator and has also been associated with the TA 202 laboratory as coordinator from 2012 to 2015. Both these laboratories are very high end in terms of offering manufacturing training programs.
COURSE LAYOUT:
Week 1 to 2 : Manufacturing properties of materials. Week 3 to 4 : Casting Processes, Gating Design and Casting Defects. Week 5 to 6 : Machining Processes e.g. turning, drilling, grinding etc. Tool life. Week 7 to 8 : Advanced Machining Processes e.g. AJM, ECM, EDM, LBM, USM etc. Week 9 to 10 : Metal Forming Processes such as rolling, forging, extrusion etc. Week 11 to 12 : Micro-fabrication processes, Additive manufacturing.
SUGGESTED READING MATERIALS:
Fundamentals of Modern Manufacturing: Materials, Processes, and Systems by Mikell P. Groover
Manufacturing Engineering and Technology, 4e by Kalpakjian
Manufacturing Science by Amitabha Ghosh and Mallick
CERTIFICATION EXAM :
The exam is optional for a fee.
Date and Time of Exams: April 28 (Saturday) and April 29 (Sunday) : Morning session 9am to 12 noon;
Exam for this course will be available in one session on both 28 and 29 April.
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.
CERTIFICATION:
Final score will be calculated as : 25% assignment score + 75% final exam score
25% assignment score is calculated as 25% of average of Best 8 out of 12 assignments
E-Certificate will be given to those who register and write the exam and score greater than or equal to 40% final score. 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.
