Workshop / Manufacturing Practices | AICTE Prescribed Textbook - English

Book excerpt: The textbook on “Workshop/ Manufacturing Practices” is designed to cater the needs of young minds of 21 century. The AICTE model curriculum and National Education Policy has driven a new wave in the technical education. The textbook is designed not only to cater the need of the syllabus but also to look things in a different perspective. The Workshop is the place where the core of learning about different materials, equipment, tools and techniques takes place. Basically the workshop used to prepare the small components by hand tools. Sometimes they may be parts of the large machines or may may be parts for replacement/repairs. In this text book an attempt has been made to connect the conventional tools usage to advanced machine tools usage. The relevant practical examples are quoted to make the readers more comfortable with product and processes. The blooms taxonomy is fallowed in construction of each chapters and exercises. The objective and multiple questions with higher order thinking may help the readers to not only to face the semester end exam even they may help in competitive and other examinations. Salient Features: l Manufacturing Methods l CNC Machining, Additive manufacturing l Fitting operations & power tools l Electrical & Electronic l Carpentry l Plastic mounding, glass cutting l Metal casting l Welding (arc welding & gas welding), brazing l Laboratory experiments and models l Appendices l References