BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, Pilani
Pilani Campus
AUGS/ AGSR Division
SECOND SEMESTER 2024-25
COURSE HANDOUT
January 04, 2025
In addition to Part-I (General Handout for all courses appended to the timetable) this portion gives
further specific details regarding the course.
Course No. : ME F112
Course name : Workshop Practice
Credit : 2
Instructor-in-charge : Dr. Amit Kumar
Lecture Instructors : Dr. Sunil Sinhmar (L)
Practical Instructors : Anusree S Chandran, Abhishek Barwar, Muzammil Ahmed Khan,
Abhishek Tandey, Adnan Tauqueer Farooqi, Amgoth Anitha, Sourabh Jain
1. Course Description
Engineering materials, casting, forming, machining, joining, powder metallurgy, additive
manufacturing, plastic processing, various other manufacturing processes and related laboratory
exercises.
2. Course Objectives
This course is required for all first-degree students at the first-year level. The course will provide an
overview of the techniques and applications of basic manufacturing processes used for producing
finished articles from raw materials. The course is practice-orientated and requires that basic skills
in handling tools, machines and machine tools used in different manufacturing processes are
acquired through hands-on experience. The practical knowledge is supplemented by the lectures to
provide the knowledge and genesis of various manufacturing processes. The primary objective of
this course is to learn how the physical artefacts we use are manufactured and gain technical
knowledge and skills. Additionally, this course provides students with conceptual understanding and
analytical skills for different manufacturing processes.
3. Text book
T1. B S Nagendra Parashar and R K Mittal, Elements of Manufacturing Processes, Prentice Hall
of India, 2006, 4th print.
4. Reference books
R1. Serope Kalpakjian and Steven R. Schmid, “Manufacturing Engineering and Technology,”
Pearson 4th edition, 2005, New Delhi.
R2. Mikell P. Groover, “Fundamentals of Modern Manufacturing”, Second edition, John
Wiley& sons Pvt Ltd.
R3. E. Paul Degarmo, J.T. Black, Ronald A. kosher, Materials and processes in Manufacturing,
PHI 2005.
R4. Choudhary H., "Elements of Workshop Technology", (Vols I & II), Media Promoters and
Publishers, Bombay.
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5. Manual: Sangwan, K.S. et. al, Workshop Practice Manual, BITS Pilani.
6. Course Plan (Practical)
Text Book/
Practical No. Practical Shop Learning Objective
Reference Book
Machining of a cylindrical metal job using
1 Lathe a center lathe.
Machining of a cylindrical and cubical
Mini CNC
2 acrylic job.
machine
Machining of a cylindrical and cubical
CNC machining
3 metallic job.
center
To fabricate a wooden pen stand.
4 Carpentry
Determination of dovetail angle, taper
angle using sine bar, Identify different
5 Metrology
types of fits.
Preparation of green sand mold.
6 Foundry
Workshop
Fabrication of a pen-stand using sheet Manual
7 Sheet metal metal.
Fabrication of various joints using arc
8 Welding welding and gas welding.
Forging and shaping of small components.
9 Smithy
Demonstration on processing of plastics
10 Injection molding using injection molding machine.
Demonstration on fabrication of plastic
11 3D printing component using 3D Printer.
Demonstration on machining of a cubical
Shaper, milling,
12 metal job using shaper, milling, and
and grinding
grinding.
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7. Course Plan (Theory)
Lecture Learning Objectives Topics to be covered Text Book
No.
L1 Introduction to Overview of the course, basics, ethics, and
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Workshop Practice safety in workshop.
L2 Engineering materials Basic overview of engineering materials,
T1, R1
properties, and applications in manufacturing.
L3-4 Casting Introduction of sand casting, molding tools,
molding sand, pattern, pattern allowances, T1, R1
core, gating systems, and molding process.
L5-6 Forming Introduction of forming processes, cold and
hot forming principles, and concepts of wire
T1, R1
drawing, rolling, extrusion, forging, and sheet
metal operations.
L7-8 Basics of metal cutting Mechanism of metal cutting, cutting tools,
T1, R1
tool geometry, type of chips, tool life.
L9-10 Various machining Lathe, milling, drilling, finishing and related
T1, R1
operations operations with examples.
L11 Joining Principles, and methods of various joining
processes including arc welding, gas welding, T1, R1
soldering, brazing etc.
L12 Powder metallurgy Principle, processing steps, sintering, post
T1, R1
processing, advantages, and applications.
L13 Additive manufacturing Additive manufacturing: principle, process
and plastic processing chain, and application.
T1, R1
Plastic processing: types of plastics,
processing methods and applications.
8. Evaluation scheme
Evaluation Duration Weightage Marks Nature of
component (minutes) (%) component
Practical Continuous 50 150 Open book
Mid Semester Exam 90 20 60 Closed book
Comprehensive Exam 180 30 90 Closed book
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9. Chamber consultation hour: will be communicated in the first class.
10. Notices: All the notices will be shared through Email or Nalanda.
11. Make-up policy: No make-up for practical sessions; for other components, it will be provided
for medical reasons with prior permission as per AUGSD guidelines.
Instructor-In-charge
ME F112
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