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Mec445:Tool Design: Course Objectives

This document outlines the course objectives and units of study for MEC445: Tool Design. The course aims to impart knowledge of designing and applying different tooling and fixtures used in industries. It will cover topics such as tool materials, gage design, designing single point cutting tools, milling cutters, drills, and press tools. Students will learn about tool geometry and parameters, design procedures, tool sharpening, and various tooling operations and applications. The course consists of 6 units covering these various tool design topics and principles.

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Mec445:Tool Design: Course Objectives

This document outlines the course objectives and units of study for MEC445: Tool Design. The course aims to impart knowledge of designing and applying different tooling and fixtures used in industries. It will cover topics such as tool materials, gage design, designing single point cutting tools, milling cutters, drills, and press tools. Students will learn about tool geometry and parameters, design procedures, tool sharpening, and various tooling operations and applications. The course consists of 6 units covering these various tool design topics and principles.

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MEC445:TOOL DESIGN

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Course Objectives:

To impart the knowledge of designing and applications of different tooling and fixtures
used in industries

Design of various types of dies and cutters

To understand the fundamentals of tool designing

Unit I
Introduction to tool design : Different tool materials, Properties of tool materials,
Selection and treatments of materials, Plastics as tooling materials, New tooling
materials, Selection of tool holders and inserts for turning, Chip breakers, Cemented
carbides, Coated carbides, Cermets, Ceramics and Polycrystalline tool materials and
compositions
Unit II
Gages and gage design : Indicating automatic gages, Fixed gages, Selection of
materials, Gage tolerances
Unit III
Design of single point cutting tool : Cutting parameters of a lathe, Different
turning operations, Classification of single point cutting tools, Geometrical parameters
of a single point cutting tool, Design procedure of single point cutting tool,
Resharpening of single point cutting tools, Types and purpose of form tools, Design
procedure and their sharpening, Cutting tools used for turning operations
Unit IV
Design of Milling cutter : Milling operations, Milling cutting parameters, Different
milling operations, Types of milling cutters, Geometrical parameters of a milling
cutter, Design procedure of a disc type milling cutter, Resharpening of the cutters.,
Cutting tools for milling operations
Unit V
Design of drill : Drilling operations, Cutting parameters of drilling operations,
Different drilling operations, Types of drills, Geometrical parameters of a twist drill,
Design procedure of a twist drill, Re-sharpening of the twist drill, Cutting tools used
for drilling operations
Unit VI
Design of Press tool : Press working terminology, Presses and press accessories,
Computation of capacities and tonnage requirements, Strip layout, Types of dies,
Blank development for cylindrical and non cylindrical shells, Simple problems,
Progressive dies, Combination dies, Compound dies
Text Books:
1. TOOL DESIGN by CYRLL DONALDSON, TATA MCGRAW HILL, 3rd Edition, (2004)
References:
1. FUNDAMENTALS OF TOOL DESIGN by SPLITER DAVID, MICHIGAN, 1st Edition,
(2003)

2. CUTTING TOOLS by PRAKASH JOSHI, WHEELER, NEW DELHI, 1st Edition,

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