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The document outlines the syllabus for the 5th semester of the B. Tech (Production Engineering) program, focusing on Plastic Mould and Die Design. It includes modules on ejection and cooling systems, die design, heat treatment and finishing operations, and fabrication and manufacturing processes. Additionally, it lists recommended textbooks for further study on the subject matter.

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RPR5D006

The document outlines the syllabus for the 5th semester of the B. Tech (Production Engineering) program, focusing on Plastic Mould and Die Design. It includes modules on ejection and cooling systems, die design, heat treatment and finishing operations, and fabrication and manufacturing processes. Additionally, it lists recommended textbooks for further study on the subject matter.

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B.

Tech (Production Engineering) Syllabus from Admission Batch 2018-19 5th Semester

5th RPR5D006 Plastic Mould and Die L-T-P 3


Semester Design 3-0-0 Credits

Module I: (12 Hours)


Ejection and Cooling System:
Ejection system: Constructional features of ejector grid, ejector grid layout, types of ejector
elements – pin ejectors, sleeve ejectors, valve ejectors, D-pin ejectors; stripper plate ejection
technique; types of sprue pullers, calculation for ejector force. Cooling system: Bolster
cooling systems, insert cooling systems, baffle, bubbler cooling systems, heat rod and heat
pipe systems, cooling time calculation, cooling channel layout. Two Plate and Underfed
Mould. Design and constructional features of two plate molds, design and constructional
underfed molds.

Module II: (08 Hours)


Die Design:
Extrusion Die Design: Basic considerations in die design, constructional features of rod die,
constructional features of in-line pipe die, cross-head pipe die, offset pipe die, constructional
features of centre-fed blown film die, side-fed blown film die, spiral mandrel blown film die.

Module III: (10 Hours)


Heat Treatment and Finishing Operations:
Basic tools and die materials, BIS and other major coding systems, materials and heat
treatments, effect of alloying elements on steel, various heat treatments like annealing,
normalizing, hardening, tempering, surface hardening like carburizing, nitriding, cyaniding,
carbo-nitriding etc., cutting tool geometry, mold fabrication techniques like spark erosion,
milling, finishing operations like grinding, polishing, honing, buffing, lapping, super
finishing, depth of cut and power required for machining, costing of molds and mold
maintenance.

Module IV: (10 Hours)

Fabrication and Manufacturing: Constructional features of basic mold components – types of


locating rings, types of guide pillars, guide bush- standard guide pillars and guide bush,
spigotted guide pillars and guide bush; Design features of standard mold components,
materials used for mold bolsters, inserts, standard mold parts, manifold, gears, splits, wear
plate, heel block, lead screw, chemical compositions of materials, understanding injection
molding machine specifications, clamping tonnage and shot weight estimation, calculations
for number of cavities based on clamping tonnage, shot weight, machine platen size,
Calculations for cavity pressure. Feed system: Constructional features and types of sprue
bush, types of runners, runner layout, calculation of runner efficiency, runner design; types of
gates, gate design calculations, runner and gate fabrication techniques, runner balancing
calculations.

Books:
[1] Injection Mold Design - R.C.W. Pye , fourth edition, East-west press pvt.ltd
publication,
[2] Extrusion Dies for Plastics and Rubber: Design and Engineering Computations by
B. Tech (Production Engineering) Syllabus from Admission Batch 2018-19 5th Semester
Walter Michaeli
[3] Injection-mould Design Fundamentals, Volume 1 by Alan Birkett Glanvill, Ernest
Norman Denton, Industrial Press, 1965
[4] Dies for plastics extrusion: principles of design and construction by M V Joshi,
Macmillan India, 1984.

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