Question Bank
Subject Code: ME6302
Subject title: Manufacturing Technology -I
UNIT – I METAL CASTING PROCESSES
PART-A
1. State any four types of pattern. (May 2012)
2. What are the causes for the formation of blow holes in the sand casting? (May 2012)
3. What is meant by core print? (Nov 2012)
4. Name the different melting furnace employed for metal casting. (Nov 2012)
5. Compare the advantages of metal mould over sand (expandable) mould. (May 2013)
6. What are the function of flux in melting metal and alloys? (May 2013)
7. Differentiate Shrinkage and Porosity (Nov 2013)
8. List the various sand casting defects (Nov 2013)
9. Define casting. (May 2014)
10. What is pattern? (May 2014)
11. What is meant by grain fineness number? (Nov 2014)
12. Mention few applications of centrifugal casting. (Nov 2014)
13. List the difference types of pattern. (May 2015)
14. Write the applications of core print. (May 2015)
15. What factors are to be considered in calculating the shrinkage allowance? (Nov 2015)
16. What are the essential requirements of core sand? (Nov 2015)
PART-B
1. Explain the various steps involved in lost wax process with suitable sketches. (May 2012)
2. Write short notes on ceramic mould and centrifugal casting. (May 2012)
3. What are the allowances given while making pattern? Explain. (May 2013)
4. Describe the process of investment casting. What process controls are needed in this case? (May 2013)
5. Explain the principle and operation of CO2 moulding. Also write its merits and demerits. (May 2013)
6. Describe with a neat sketch of cold chamber die casting machine. give its advantages and limitations.
(May 2013)
7. Describe with a neat sketch of hot chamber die casting machine. (May 2014)
8. Enumerate some common defects of casting and explain the reasons which cause these
defects. (May 2014)
9. Describe the stepwise procedure of making a mould with two piece split pattern. (May 2014)
10. Explain the properties required for moulding sand. (May 2015)
11. Explain the preparation of moulding sand process. (May 2015)
12. Explain any one type of centrifugal casting with neat diagram. (May 2015)
UNIT – II JOINING PROCESSES
PART-A
1. What are the types of adhesives used in adhesive bonding? (May 2012)
2. What is meant by carburizing flame in gas welding? (Nov 2012)
3. What is the minimum distance maintained between two successive spot welding made by resistance
welding? Why? (May 2013)
4. Write short notes on transferred and non-transferred arc in plasma arc welding? (May 2013)
5. What is the purpose of flux in welding? (Nov 2013)
6. Write short notes on Thermit welding. (Nov 2013) (Nov 2012)
7. Sketch the different types of oxy-acetylene flame. (May 2014)
8. What is meant by nugget in electric resistance welding? (Nov 2014)
9. What are the functions of flux used in welding electrodes? (Nov 2014) (Nov 2015) (May 2012)
10. Name the various causes for the defect porosity in welding. (May 2015)
11. Write the difference between brazing and soldering. (May 2015) (May 2014)
12. What is spelter and give the composition of some commonly used spelters? (Nov 2015)
13. What is meant my autogeneous welding?
14. How the welding rod is designated?
15. List out types of welding defects.
PART-B
1. Explain the principle of arc welding. What are the different weld positions in arc welding? Enumerate
some defects due to arc welding. (May2014)
2. Explain the principle of resistance welding. What are the different types of resistance welding and
explain any one of them with neat sketch. (May2014)
3. Explain various welding positions with neat sketch. (May2015)
4. Explain the submerged arc welding process with neat diagram. (May2015)
5. Explain the arc welding process with neat sketch. (May2015)
6. Describe the ultrasonic welding process with neat diagram. (May2015)
7. Explain in brief the function of various coating on a welding rod. (Nov 2015)
8. Explain in detail the plasma arc welding process and write its application and demerits. (Nov 2015)
9. Explain with neat sketch the principle of resistance welding. Difference between upset welding and flash
welding. (Nov 2015)
10. Enumerate the various welding defects with causes of occurrence and describe a method of detecting
crack on a weld surface. (Nov 2015)
UNIT – III METAL FORMING PROCESSES
PART-A
1. Define extrusion as manufacturing process. (May 2012)
2. Working on the metal lead at room temperature, is considered to be hot working. Why? (Nov 2012)
3. List the two advantages of cold extrusion over hot extrusion. (Nov 2012)
4. What is ironing? (May 2013)
5. What is meant by fullering? (May 2013)
6. What is the difference between hot and cold forging? (Nov 2013) (May 2012)
7. Differentiate extrusion and forging. (Nov 2013)
8. Define upsetting and drawing down in forging operation. (May 2014)
9. Sketch the different types of rolling mills. (May 2014)
10. Why is drop forging called so? (Nov 2014)
11. What does angle of bite in rolling mill? (Nov 2014)
12. What are the various forming process? (May 2015)
13. Name various defects in parts produced by drawing. (May 2015)
14. What are the effects of cold working? (Nov 2015)
15. Define hot isostatic forging. (Nov 2015)
PART-B
1. Classify extrusion process. Explain the backward extrusion and cold extrusion forging operations.
Compare hot and cold extrusion. (May2014)
2. Explain the mechanism of rolling process with neat sketch. Write about some defects associated with
rolling. (May2014)
3. Explain hot working and cold working with their advantages and limitations. (May2015)
4. Explain various forging operation. (May2015)
5. Describe the ring rolling and thread rolling. (May2015)
6. Explain the forward and backward extrusion. (May2015)
7. How are forging process classified and explain with neat sketches the various forging processes. (Nov
2015)
8. Explain with neat sketches the process of tube drawing of metals. (Nov 2015)
9. Describe the principles of rolling and the various sequences of operation of production of V-shape
angles. (Nov 2015)
10. Classify the extrusion process and explain with neat sketches the various extrusion processes. (Nov
2015)
UNIT – IV SHEET METAL PROCESSES
PART-A
1. What are the advantages of Hydroforming? (May 2012)
2. What is lancing operation that is done on sheet metals? (Nov 2012)
3. What are the limitations of explosive forming? (Nov 2012)
4. Define spring back. (May 2013)
5. Why it is necessary to provide proper clearance between the punch and die in a shearing operation?
(May 2013)
6. Define spring back effect in sheet forming process. (Nov 2013) (Nov 2015) (May 2014)(May 2012)
7. List the advantages of super plastic forming processes. (Nov 2013)
8. What is the difference between a cut off operation and a parting operation? (May 2014)
9. What is shear angle? Why it is given in punch and die? (Nov 2014)
10. How sheet metal operations classified and what are they. (May 2015)
11. What is flanging? (May 2015) (Nov 2014)
12. What are the various types of sheet metal dies? (Nov 2015)
13. Define bending and list its types.
14. Define explosive forming.
15. Define drawing.
PART-B
1. An L-shaped part is to be bent in a V-bending operation on a press brake from flat blank 101.6mm by
38.1mm that is 3.96mm thick. The bend of 90 is to be made in the middle of the 101.6 length
a. Determine the dimension of the two equal sides that will result after bend, if the bend radius =
4.76mm. For convenience, these sides should be measured to the beginning of the bend radius.
b. Also, determine the length of the part’s neutral axis after the bend.
c. Should the machine operator set the stop on the press brake relative to the starting length of
the part? (May2014)
2. Explain the single die and multiple operational die with neat sketch. State their advantages and
limitations. (May2014)
3. Explain the various properties of sheet metal. (May2015)
4. Describe the nibbling and notching operations. (May2015)
5. Explain the different types of bending process. (May2015)
6. In detail, explain the coining and embossing. (May2015)
7. Describe the various method of rubber pad forming and where are these processes used. (Nov 2015)
8. Write short notes on (1) sheet bending (2) perforating. (Nov 2015)
9. Explain the principle, working and applications of magnetic pulse forming process. (Nov 2015)
10. Enumerate the difference between recovery and recrystallization in the mechanical working of metals.
(Nov 2015)
UNIT – V MANUFACTURE OF PLASTIC COMPONENTS
1. What is film blowing? (May 2012) (Nov 2012)
2. Name two important differences between thermoplastics and thermosetting plastics. (Nov 2012)
3. What is polymerization? (May 2013) (Nov 2014)
4. What is calendaring? (May 2013)
5. What are the difference types of compression moulding? (Nov 2013)
6. Define pulforming. (Nov 2013)
7. What is polythene? (May 2014)
8. Name the common thermosetting plastics. (May 2014)
9. List out any four types of adhesives used in adhesive bonding of plastics. (Nov 2014) (May 2012)
10. Define polyaddition. (May 2015)
11. Write short notes on the application of plastics. (May 2015)
12. What are reinforced plastics and where it is applied? (Nov 2015)
13. What are the industrial used of fibres and filaments? (Nov 2015)
14. What is meant by laminates
15. Name some examples of thermoplastics.
PART-B
1. Briefly explain the working principle and applications of injection moulding process with a neat sketch.
(May2014)
2. The nominal length of a part (L) of a part made of polyethylene is to be 80mm. determine the
corresponding dimension of mould cavity ( )that will compensate for shrinkage (consider the shrinkage
of polyethylene S = 0.025) (May2014)
3. Explain the structure of thermoplastics and thermosetting plastic. Compare the thermo and
thermosetting plastics. (May2014)
4. Write the difference between thermoplastic and thermosetting plastics. (May2015)
5. Explain the injection blow moulding process. (May2015)
6. Explain the calendaring process. (May2015)
7. Describe any two types of thermoforming process. (May2015)
8. Describe with a neat sketch the procedure for producing plastic films and sheets by extrusion process.
(Nov 2015)
9. Enumerate the various processes of joining of plastics. (Nov 2015)
10. Describe with suitable illustration the procedure of producing plastic components by injection moulding.
(Nov 2015)
11. Discuss in detail the various thermosetting and thermo plastics compounds and their application. (Nov
2015)
