Production Metallurgy

At the end of this course, the students should be able to: 1. explain the principle of metal forming processes that will lead to acquisition of practical skills; 2. highlight the concepts of rolling and drawing; 3. discuss forging and extrusion processes and their applications; and 4. develop entrepreneurial spirit.

Mechanical working of metals: principles of hot and cold working of metals. Structural and properties changes during hot and cold working. Nature of stresses, strains and metal flows in various metal working operations; heating of stock: soaking pits and re-heating furnaces, de-scaling steel, precautions to be taken during reheating of ferrous and non-ferrous metals. Rolling: theory of rolling, rolling mills and accessories, elements of roll pass design, rolling defects, lubrication in rolling, manufacture of rolled product. Application of rolling and its limitation. Rod/wire drawing: Theory of rod/wire drawing, rod/wire drawing accessories, rod/wire drawing defects, manufacture of rod/wire drawing products, application of rod/wire drawing and their limitations. Tube drawing: Theory of tube drawing, tube drawing accessories, tube drawing defects, manufacture of tube drawing products, application of tube drawing and limitations of tube drawing, seamless tubes; deep drawing: theory of deep drawing, deep drawing accessories, deep drawing defects, manufacture of deep drawing products, application of deep drawing and its limitations. Forging, types of forging processes, forging equipment and forging defects. Roll forging and rotary swagging; extrusion: theory of extrusion, application and limitations, types of and variables in extrusion, extrusion equipment and lubrication in extrusion.