IEEM 215: Manufacturing Processes
IEEM 215: Manufacturing Processes
IEEM 215: Manufacturing Processes
Casting
!RS"#$%!& comple' geometry, internal cavities, hollow sections !RS"#$%!& small ()*+ grams, very large parts ()*+++ -g, !C./.0$C"%& little wastage (e'tra metal is re-used, $S.#R.P$C& cast parts have same properties along all directions
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and Casting
cope: top half drag: 3ottom half core: for internal cavities pattern& positive funnel sprue runners gate cavit! "risers# vents$
and Casting Considerations (a, 8ow do we ma4e the pattern9 :cut, carve, machine; (3, 5hy is the pattern not e'actly identical to the part shape9 - pattern outer surfaces< (inner surfaces& core, - shrin4age, post-processing (c, parting line - how to determine9
and Casting Considerations%% (d, taper - do we need it 9 (e, core prints# c&aplets - hold the core in position - chaplet is metal (why9,
- metal, =-piece pattern, *>?C-@>+C - coated with a lu3ricant (silicone, - mi'ture of sand, thermoset resinAepo'y - cure (3a4ing, - remove patterns, 6oin half-shells mold - pour metal - solidify (cooling, - 3rea4 shell part
Ceramic-mold&
(d, dry ceramic melt out the wa' fire ceramic (3urn wa',
(c, Shell 3uilt immerse into ceramic slurry immerse into fine sand (few layers,
(e, Pour molten metal (gravity, cool, solidify :8ollow casting& pouring e'cess metal 3efore solidification
,acuum casting
Similar to investment casting, e'cept& fill mold 3y reverse gravity
0.%7& made of metal (cast iron, steel, refractory alloys, C.R!& (hollow parts, - metal& core can 3e e'tracted from the part - sand-3onded& core must 3e destroyed to remove 0old-surface& coated with refractory material - Spray with lu3ricant (graphite, silica, - improve flow, increase life - good tolerance, good surface finish - low mp metals (Cu, Dron1e, "l, 0g,
Die casting
- a type of permanent mold casting - common uses& components for rice coo4ers, stoves, fans, washing-, drying machines, fridges, motors, toys, hand-tools, car wheels, E
8.# C8"0D!R& (low mp eHgH Cn, P3< non-alloying, (i, die is closed, goosenec4 cylinder is filled with molten metal (ii, plunger pushes molten metal through goosenec4 into cavity (iii, metal is held under pressure until it solidifies (iv, die opens, cores retracted< plunger returns (v, e6ector pins push casting out of e6ector die
C.%7 C8"0D!R& (high mp eHgH Cu, "l, (i, die closed, molten metal is ladled into cylinder (ii, plunger pushes molten metal into die cavity (iii, metal is held under high pressure until it solidifies (iv, die opens, plunger pushes solidified slug from the cylinder (v, cores retracted (iv, e6ector pins push casting off e6ector die
Centrifugal casting
- permanent mold - rotated a3out its a'is at @++ ) @+++ rpm - molten metal is poured
- Surface finish& 3etter along outer diameter than inner, - $mpurities, inclusions, closer to the inner diameter (why 9,
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"ny process that changes the shape of a raw stoc4 without changing its phase
!'ample products& "lASteel frame of doors and windows, coins, springs, !levator doors, ca3les and wires, sheet-metal, sheet-metal partsE
.olling
$mportant "pplications& Steel Plants, Raw stoc4 production (sheets, tu3es, Rods, etcH, Screw manufacture
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:8eated; metal is 3eaten with a heavy hammer to give it the required shape
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Surface finishA7imensional control& Detter than casting (typically, StrongerAtougher than castAmachined parts of same material
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Extrusion
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#ypical use& ductile metals (Cu, Steel, "l, 0g,, Plastics, Ru33ers
Dra*ing
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Raw material& sheets of metal, rectangular, large Raw material Processing& Rolling (anisotropic properties,
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" large scissors action, cutting the sheet along a straight line
0ain use& to cut large sheet into smaller si1es for ma4ing partsH
Punc&ing
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0ain uses& cutting holes in sheets< cutting sheet to required shape
nesting of parts
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#hese notes covered Casting, Forming and Sheet metal processing Case study on planning of operations (3ending,