SIX WEEKS TRAINING REPORTAT
OSHO FORGE LIMITED
PROJECT REPORT
SUBMITTED BYAJAY KUMAR VERMA
June 2013
PUNJAB TECHNICAL UNIVERSITYJALANDHAR, INDIA
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SIX WEEKS TRAINING REPORTAT
OSHO FORGE LIMITED
PROJECT REPORT
SUBMITTED BY
AJAY KUMAR VERMAUniversity Roll no. 1282757
Under the Supervision ofEr. D.C. BHARDWAJ
CT Institute of Technology, ShahpurJune 2013
PUNJAB TECHNICAL UNIVERSITYJALANDHAR, INDIA
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I Express my sincere gratitude to Er. AMRITPAL SINGH , Head of Department Mechanical
Engineering, CTIT, Shahpur, Jalandhar India, for his continuous encouragement and
supervision throughout the course.
I would like to place on record my deep sense of gratitude to Er. HARKIRAT SINGH, Dept. of
Mechanical Engineering, CTIT, Shahpur, Jalandhar India for their generous guidance, help and
useful suggestions.
I also wish to extend my thanks to Mr. D.C. BHARDWAJ, for their kind help and guidance for
operating the machines and providing useful information.
I am extremly thankful to Dr. MANOJ KUMAR, Director, CTIT, Shahpur, for providing me
infrastructural facilities to work in.
I would also like to extend my thanks to my loving parents for helping me, supporting me and
encouraging me to perform this work.
I would also like to extend my thanks to my friend Mr.NEERAJ MISHRA for his complete
support and help during the entire work.
AJAY KUMAR VERMA
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1) INTRODUCTION 52) INFRASTRUCTURE 113) FORGING 164) HEAT TREATMENT 195) MACHINE SHOP 216) HOBBING SHOP 397) CNC MACHINING 488) PRE-HEAT TREATMENT 539) INSEPECTION AND TESTING 5610) MAINTENANCE 63
INTRODUCTION
Company Profile
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The Company Located in Ludhiana, Osho forging is an industrial hub of Punjab, Emson Group
are the pioneers in manufacturing precision auto components for renowned OEMs of Cars,
MUV, LCV, MCV, HCV and tractors. A modest beginning in 1970 and over 3 decades of
expertise coupled with technical excellence enables the group to support its customer’s
requirements and deliver the product with impeccable quality at a very competitive cost.
With a current turnover of over 100 crores, the group has three state-of-the-art
plants, Emson Gears Ltd, Osho Forge Ltd, Osho Gears and Pinion Ltd. spread over an area of
20 Acres. The facilities house dedicated lines for Producing Crown Wheel and Pinion,
Transmission Gears, Axle Shafts, Synchro Assembly and Vital Engine Components with
Captive Forge Shop.
Fig. Transmission gears & axle shafts
The kind of success and growth Emson Group has experienced over the past three decades can
only be attributed to its Engineering excellence, its dedicated employees, innovative
technology, impeccable quality and its commendable customer services.
The group has a work force of over 1000 nos. consisting of professionals, engineers,
technocrats and highly skilled workmen. To keep them abreast with the changing trends and
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Technologies, the company imparts training at periodical intervals.
The company is expanding its horizons by venturing into Auto Subassemblies including
Complete Axle Shaft Assembly, Transmission Gear Boxes and Syncro Assembly. The group is
poised to achieve a turnover of over 200 Crores by 2008-09.
Mission
To provide superior value for money to customers through quality and cost effective products
by improving level of efficiency and productivity.
To achieve sustainable growth by continuously seaking new business opportunities/challenges
employing contemporary technologies and maintaining a high performances work culture.
Vision
To be a premier conglomerate in the business of Transmission gear boxes, Rear Axle Shaft
Assy. and related products.
Core Values
Honesty & Integrity Customer Delight
Innovation & Creativity Transparency
PRODUCTS
Transmission Gears
Emson manufactures 3 million gears annually for renowned OEM's in India and overseas 6 | P a g e
customers. The company’s capacity in terms of size ranges from 30mm to 400mm diameter to
qualify into DIN-8 class of accuracy for applications in Cars, Trucks and Tractors.
Straight Bevel Gears
Emson has the expertise to produce differential gears for various applications such as car's,
LTV's, SUV's, LCV's, Heavy Trucks and tractors.
The production is carried out on high precision automatic straight bevel gear generators.
Crown Wheel and Pinion Sets
The crown wheel & pinion are the stressprone parts of a vehicle. These parts are made durable
and efficient through the latest technologies at Emson using the Gleason machining line to
produce 1,80,000 sets per annum.
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The company offers Crown wheel & Pinion sets ranging from 125mm to 500mm in diameter
and from 4 to 12 module.
Rear Axle Shafts
Rear Axle Shaft are manufactured using high grade carbon steels as raw material. These
undergo strict physical endurance tests and metallurgical examination before being put to use.
The Rear Axle shafts have the sturdiness and the durability to function efficiently. The
present capacity is 150,000 units annually and is being enhanced by another 200,000 units
annually.
Synchro Assemblies
Emson Gears has the expertise to manufacture high quality Synchro Assemblies with
unmatched features. The synchro assemblies are directly integrated with the integral gears
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through a precision anti-backlash instrument to obtain high accuracy of positioning data.
CLIENTS
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Tata Motors Limited Ashok Leyland Limited
Eicher Motors Limited
Mahindra & Mahindra Limited
Swaraj Mazda Limited
Iran Khodro Ind. Group
Baxy Continental Engines Limited
International Tractors Limited
TVS Motor Co. Limited
Tafe Motors & Tractors Limited
Panjab Tractors Limited
Greaves cotton Ltd.
INFRASTRUCTURE
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Emson Group boasts of a state-of-the-art infrastructure with world-class facilities. All its
manufacturing plants possess sophisticated and hi-tech machines which helps in the production
of fully finished Transmission and Differential components with finest quality.
Forging
Emson has most modern forging plant equippe with Drop Forging Hammers and
Horizontal Forging Machines, Upsetters and Presses etc.
Isothermal Annealing
The Isothermal Annealing Furnaces at Emson has a capacity of 1000 kg per hour.
Blank Turning
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With a plethora of about 100 CNC turning Centers, Lathes, CNC Twin Spindle Chuckers of
world renowned makes such as MORISIEKI, MAZAK, CINCINNATI, HYUNDAI,
COLCHESTER, HMT, FRONTOR WIESSER and SUGA etc with diameter range from 30
mm to 600 mm.
Broaching
Emson has vertical broaching machines with capacity ranging from 6 Tons to 40 Tons from
maker like Frost, American Broach, Varinelli and HMT etc.
Spline Rolling
The company has modern ROTO FLO spline rolling machines to make cold-formed splines on
gear shafts as per the design specifications.
Transmission Gears
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Presently the Transmission Gears facility at Emson comprises of more than 150 conventional
and CNC Hobbing, Shaping and Shaving machines of world renowned makes such as
GLEASON, PFAUTER, HURTH, LIEBHERR, LORENZ, HMT, WMW and RED RING etc
to churn out 3 million units annually.
Emson’s capacity in terms of size ranges from 30mm to 400mm diameter to qualify into DIN-8
class of accuracy for applications in Cars, Trucks and Tractors.
On the anvil are plans for adding capacity for another 200,000 gears a month to keep pace with
rapid growth of automotive industry.
Differential Gears
Emson has capacity to produce Bevel gears of various disciplines and applications on bevel
generators such as Gleason-104 and WMW Machines.
A battery of 10 machines is deployed to produce 300,000 bevel gears per annum for differential
assemblies of cars, trucks, tractors and Earth Moving Machines.
Crown Wheel and Pinion Sets
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With dedicated Gleason Machining Line and state-of-the-art Heat Treatment Facility, the group
is capable of providing 1,80,000 sets per annum for various applications such as Cars, Trucks,
Buses, Tractors, Delivery Vehicles.
The facilities can churn out Crown wheel & Pinion sets ranging from 125 mm to 500mm in
diameter and from 4 to 12 module.
The Crown wheel & Pinion sets are duly lapped and tested for noise levels, performance
parameters, fitment and durability.
Rear Axle
Presently, the group has in house forging equipments and machining facilities to produce
1,50,000 Axle Shafts annually for OEM and export requirements.
A dedicated machining line with battery of induction hardening machines are installed to
produce Axle Shafts for Cars, Trucks and Tractors.
Capacity expansion for another 200,000 Axle shafts is under installation and production is
likely to commence from Oct, 2007.
Synchronizer Hubs and Sleeves
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EMSON has world renowned ZF Make Internal Gear Rolling Machine capable of processing
Synchro Hubs,Synchro Sleeves, Clutch bodies for various Automotive Gear Boxes
Heat Treatment
The Heat Treatment Facility at Emson is well equipped with modern state of the art Sealed
Quenched Furnaces, Carburizing Furnace, Induction Hardening machines, Rotary Hearth
Furnaces and Isothermal annealing plant etc.The heat treatment is further supported by well-
equipped laboratories comprising of Automatic Micro Hardness Tester, Microscopes and
Jominy hardenability testing equipments.
Grinding
At Emson Grinding Operations are carried on various CNC and Conventional grinding
machines of various make to achieve optimum level of accuracy as per the customers’
specifications.
FORGING SHOP
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Forging involves heating of a metal stock to a desired temperature; enable it to acquire
sufficient plasticity followed by the operations like hammering, bending & piecering etc. to
give it the desired shape. The forging process is very important and has indispensable position
among the various manufacturing processes generally adopted in the workshops due to some
reasons i.e. it refines the structures of metal, it renders the metal stronger by setting the
direction of the grains & it effects considerable saving in time the labour and material as
compared to the production of same by cutting from a solid stock and then shaping it.
Fig. Drop forging
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Working Procedure in Forging Shop
Material cutting: - This is the first step which is involved in forging. After the material is
received & inspected it is sent for the material cutting. In material cutting operation the material
is cut in accordance with the required dimensions. The material cutting is done on band saw
machines which are fully automatic in operation. After the material cutting is done the material
is sent into the forging shop.
Heating: - This is the second step which is involved. In this step the material is heated to the
forging temperature in the furnace. The forging temperature is 1250-1300 degrees. The
furnaces which are used are oil-fired furnaces & they can be either pusher type or batch type.
After the material is heated it is sent to the forging machines. The process of heating the stock
can be divided into two stages:-
First stage (Preheating zone): - In this stage the temperature to which the stock is heated is 500-
700 degrees.
Second stage(Full heating zone): -In this stage the temperature is 1260-1300 degrees.
Forging: - In this step the material is forged on either a drop hammer or a forging press or on
the up-setter. The type of the machine which is to be used depends upon the shape & size of the
component to be forged.
Trimming: - In this operation the excess & unwanted material is removed from the forged
component. After forging operation is done then the forged component is passed to the
trimming press for the material removal.
Various hammers present in shop with specifications
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1. Friction Drop Hammers : 4
1 Ton- 2 no
2 Ton- 2 no
2. Horizontal Upsetter: 1
600 Ton
3. Mechanical Presses: 4
400 Ton, 500 Ton
630 Ton, 1300 Ton
Temperature Measurement Instruments Used in Forging Shop
1. Thermocouple
2. Optical Pyrometer
The thermocouples are located at suitable heating zones inside the furnace & they measure the
temperature of the heating zone & this temperature is represented on the digital temperature
indicator to the operator.
Furnace oil used in forging shop
The furnance oil which is used in the furnances is the residual furnace oil. Fuel consumption in
the furnances is 100 liters.
HEAT TREATMENT
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NORMALIZING
Normalizing operation is done so as:-
a) To improve the machinability.
b) To modify the refine the grain structure.
c) To obtain relatively good ductility without reducing the hardness and strength.
Generally , the normalizing temperature is 920-930 `c and is done in batch furnance. Then the
component is placed at that temperatute Upto 1 hour or as per reuirement and then it is air
cooled till the temperature Reaches the room temperature.
ANNEALING
Metallic materials consist of a microstructure of small crystals called “grains” or crysatallites.
The nature of the grains (i.e. grain size and composition) determines the overall mechanical
behaviour of the metal. Heat treatment provides an efficient way to manipulate the properties of
the metal by controlling rate of diffusion and the rate of cooling with in the microstructure.
Annealing is a technique used to recover cold work and relax stresses within the metal.
Annealing typically results in a soft ductile metal. When an annealed part ia allowed to cool in
the furnace, it is called a “full anneal” heat treatment. When an annealed part is allowed to cool
in the furnace and allowed to cool in air. It is called a “normalizing” heat treatment. During
annealing, small grains recrystallize to form larger grains.
Isothermal annealing
In this process the components is heated as per desired temperature 640C hold for 30 minutes
and cooled fast below hypoeutecoid steel temperature for sufficient period for completion of
transformation and then cooled to room temperature at air.
It shows following advantage over conventional annealing
Improved machinability
Improved surface finish
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After the pre-heat treatment processes done on the products, the next opertion is Short
Blasting. Short blasting is the most widely used process of the cleaning, stripping and
improving the metal surface. The grade or size of shot will be determine the ultimate finish
achieved on the surface of metal.
It is the process done after normalizing, in this orignal colour of material is obtained. Shot
blasting is done in the machine which throws the huge amount of shots at very high velocity,
which stricks the component and thus blasting process is complete.
The time required for complete that operation is 30minutes and actual shot grade is S-660.
MACHINE SHOP
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After Forging and Pre Heat Treatment the next process in making a part is machining, where
the exact dimensions of the part is obtained. Machining is any of various processes in which a
piece of raw material is cut into a desired final shape and size by a controlled material-removal
process
Much of modern day machining is carried out Computer numerical control (CNC), in which
computers are used to control the movement and operation of the mills, lathes, and other
cutting machines.
Types of Machining operation
There are many kinds of machining operations, each of which is capable of generating a certain
part geometry and surface texture.
Turning:- In turning a cutting tool with a single cutting edge is used to remove material
from a rotating workpiece to generate a cylindrical shape. The speed motion is provided by
rotating the workpiece, and the feed motion is achieved by moving the cutting tool slowly in a
direction parallel to the axis of rotation of the workpiece.
Drilling:- Drilling is used to create a round hole. It is accomplished by a rotating tool that
typically has two or four helical cutting edges. The tool is fed in a direction parallel to its axis
of rotation into the workpiece to form the round hole.
Boring:- In boring, a tool with a single bent pointed tip is advanced into a roughly made hole
in a spinning workpiece to slightly enlarge the hole and improve its accuracy. It is a fine
finishing operation used in the final stages of product manufacture.
Milling:- In milling a rotating tool with multiple cutting edges is moved slowly relative to the
material to generate a plane or straight surface. The direction of the feed motion is
perpendicular to the tool's axis of rotation. The speed motion is provided by the rotating milling
cutter.
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Broaching :- Broaching is a machinig process that uses a toothed tool, called a broach, to
remove material. There are two main types of broaching: linear and rotary. In both processes
the cut is performed in one pass of the broach, which makes it very efficient.
Lathe Machines Used in Industry
A lathe machine is used for the shaping and machining of various work pieces.
Explanation of the standard components of most lathes:
Bed: Usually made of cast iron. Provides a heavy rigid frame On which all
the main components are mounted.
Ways Inner and outer guide rails that are precision machined parallel to assure accuracy of
movement.
Headstock: mounted in a fixed position on the inner ways, usually at the left end. Using a
chuck, it rotates the work.
Gearbox: inside the headstock, providing multiple speeds with a geometric ratio by moving
levers.
Spindle: Hole through the headstock to which bar stock can be fed, which allows shafts that
are up to 2 times the length between lathe centers to be worked on one end at a time.
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Chuck: 3-jaw (self centering) or 4-jaw (independent) to clamp part being machined.
Chuck: allows the mounting of difficult workpieces that are not round, square or triangular.
Tailstock: Fits on the inner ways of the bed and can slide towards any position the headstock
to fit the length of the work piece. An optional taper turning attachment would be mounted to
it.
Tailstock Quill: Has a Morse taper to hold a lathe center, drill bit or other tool.
Carriage: Moves on the outer ways. Used for mounting and moving most the cutting tools.
Cross Slide: Mounted on the traverse slide of the carriage, and uses a handwheel to feed tools
into the workpiece.
Tool Post: To mount tool holders in which the cutting bits are clamped.
Compound Rest: Mounted to the cross slide, it pivots around the tool post.
Apron: Attached to the front of the carriage, it has the mechanism and controls for moving the
carriage and cross slide.
Feed Rod: Has a keyway, with two reversing pinion gears, either of which can be meshed with
the mating bevel gear to forward or reverse the carriage using a clutch.
LeadScrew: For cutting threads.
Split Nut: When closed around the lead screw, the carriage is driven along by direct drive
without using a clutch.
Quick Change Gearbox: Controls the movement of the carriage using levers.
Steady Rest: Clamped to the lathe ways, it uses adjustable fingers to contact the workpiece and
align it. Can be used in place of tailstock or in the middle to support long or unstable parts
being machined.
Follow Rest: Bolted to the lathe carriage, it uses adjustable fingers to bear against the
workpiece opposite the cutting tool to prevent deflection.
TYPES OF LATHES
There are three general types of lathe machines:-
Engine lathes. These are probably the most popular among the lathe machines. In fact, no
machine shop is seen without this type of lathe. The good thing about engine lathes is that it
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can be used in various materials, aside from metal. Moreover, the set-up of these machines is so
simple that they are easier to use. Its main components include the bed, headstock, and
tailstock. These engine lathes can be adjusted to variable speeds for the accommodation of a
wide scope of work. In addition, these lathes come in various sizes.
Turret Lathes. These types of lathes are used for machining single workpieces sequentially.
This means that several operations are needed to be performed on a single work piece. With the
turret lathes, sequential operations can be done on the work piece, eliminating errors in work
alignment. With this set-up, machining is done more efficiently. Correspondingly, time is saved
because there is no need to remove and transfer the work piece to another machine anymore.
Special Purpose Lathes. As the name implies, these lathes are used for special purposes
such as heavy-duty production of identical parts. In addition, these lathes also perform specific
functions that cannot be performed by the standard lathes. Some examples of special purpose
lathes include the bench-type jewelers’ lathes, automatic lathes, crankshaft lathes, duplicating
lathes, multispindle lathes, brakedrum lathes, and production lathes among others
Various types of operations perfoemed on lathes
Facing
Facing is the process of removing metal from the end of a workpiece to produce a flat surface.
Most often, the workpiece is cylindrical, but using a 3or 4 jaw chuk you can face rectangular
or odd-shaped work to form cubes and other non-cylindrical shapes.When a lathe cutting tool
removes metal it applies considerable tangential (i.e. lateral or sideways) force to the
workpiece.
Turning
Turning is a machining process in which a cutting tool typically a non-rotary tool bit
describes a helical toolpath by moving more or less linearly while the workpiece rotates. The
tool's axes of movement may be literally a straight line, or they may be along some set of
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curves or angles, but they are essentially line. Usually the term "turning" is reserved for the
generation of external surfaces by this cutting action.
Chamfer
Chamfer is a beveled edge connecting two surfaces. If the surfaces are at right angles, the
chamfer will typically be symmetrical at 45 degrees.
"Chamfer" is a term commonly used in mechanical and manufacturing engineering Special
tools such as chamfer mills and chamfer planes are available.
Boring
A boring is the process of enlarging a hole that has already been drilled or cast, by means of a
single point cutting tool . Boring is used to achieve greater accuracy of the diameter of a hole,
and can be used to cut a tapered hole. Boring can be viewed as the internal-diameter
counterpart to turning which cuts external diameters
Reaming
Reamer is a type of rotary cutting tool used in operation . Precision reamers are designed to
enlarge the size of a previously formed hole by a small amount but with a high degree of
accuracy to leave smooth sides. There are also non-precision reamers which are used for more
basic enlargement of holes or for removing burrsThe process of enlarging the hole is called
Reaming.
DRILLING
Drilling is a cutting process that uses a drill bit to cut or enlarge a hole of circular cross-
section in solid materials. The drill bit is a rotary cutting tool, often multipoint. The bit
is pressed against the workpiece and rotated at rates from hundreds to thousands of revolutions
per minute. This forces the cutting edge against the workpiece, cutting off chips from the hole
as it is drilled.
Types of Drilling Machines
There are many different types or configurations of drilling machines, but most drilling
machines will fall .into four broad categories: upright sensitive, upright, radial, and special
purpose.
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Upright Sensitive Drill Press
The upright sensitive drill press is a light-duty type of drilling machine that normally
incorporates a belt drive spindle head. This machine is generally used for moderate-to-light
duty work. The upright sensitive drill press gets its name due to the fact that the machine can
only be hand fed. Hand feeding the tool into the workpiece allows the operator to "feel" the
cutting action of the tool. The sensitive drill press is manufactured in a floor style or a bench
style.
Fig. Upright sensitive drill press
Upright Drill Press
The upright drill press is a heavy duty type of drilling machine normally incorporating a
geared drive spindle head. This type of drilling machine is used on large hole-producing
operations that typically involve larger or heavier parts. The upright drill press allows the
operator to hand feed or power feed the tool into the workpiece. The power feed mechanism
automatically advances the tool into the workpiece. Some types of upright drill presses are also
manufactured with automatic table-raising mechanisms.
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Fig. Upright drill press
Radial Arm Drill Press
The radial arm drill press is the hole producing work horse of the machine shop. The press is
commonly refered to as a radial drill press. The radial arm drill press allows the operator to
position the spindle directly over the workpiece rather than move the workpiece to the tool. The
design of the radial drill press gives it a great deal of versatility, especially on parts too large to
position easily. Radial drills offer power feed on the spindle, as well as an automatic
mechanism to raise or lower the radial arm. The wheel head, which is located on the radial arm,
can also be traversed along the arm, giving the machine added ease of use as well as versatility.
Radial arm drill presses can be equipped with a trunion table or tilting table. This gives the
operator the ability to drill intersecting or angular holes in one setup.
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Fig. Radial arm drill press
Special purpose drill machines
There are a number of types of special purpose drilling machines. The purposes of these types
of drilling machines vary. Special purpose drilling machines include machines capable of
drilling 20 holes at once or drilling holes as small as 0.01 of an inch.
Gang Drill Press
The gang style drilling machine (Figure 4) or gang drill press has several work heads
positioned over a single table. This type of drill press is used when successive operations are to
be done. For instance, the first head may be used to spot drill. The second head may be used to
tap drill. The third head may be used, along with a tapping head, to tap the hole. The fourth
head may be used to chamfer.
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Fig. Gang drill press
Milling
Milling is the machining process of using rotary cutters to remove material from a workpiece
advancing (or feeding) in a direction at an angle with the axis of the tool. It covers a wide
variety of different operations and machines, on scales from small individual parts to large,
heavy-duty gang milling operations. It is one of the most commonly used processes in industry
and machine shops today for machining parts to precise sizes and shapes.
Types of Miliing Machines
Milling machines are a very versatile machine tool. Milling machines are capable of machining
one or two pieces as well as large volume production runs. The milling machine can produce a
variety of surfaces by using a circular cutter with multiple teeth that progressively produce
chips as the cutter rotates as shown in figure.
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Fig. Carbide face mill used on a vertical milling machine.
The advantage of having a circular milling cutter with multiple teeth has led to the design of a
large variety of milling machine types. These different milling machine types can be classified
as Knee and Column, Fixed Bed, Bridge Type, and Special. All of these classifications can
have either a vertical or horizontal spindle configuration. Further classifications of milling
machines are made on the basis of the type of computer numerical control the machine uses.
Knee and column type milling machine
The knee and column type milling machine is a very versatile machine. This type of milling
machine is found primarily in job shops and tool and die shops.
The most distinguishing characteristic of this type of machine is the knee and column
configuration .
This type of milling machine is unique in that the table can be be moved in all three directions.
The table can be moved longitudinally in the X-axis as well as in and out on the Y-axis. Since
the table rides on top of the knee, the table can be moved up and down on the Z-axis. There are
several different types of knee and column type milling machines, but they all have the same
characteristic. The knee slides up and down on the column face.
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Fig. Horizontal knee and column type milling machine.
Fig. Vertical knee and column type milling machine
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Universal knee and column milling machine
The universal knee and column milling is very similar to the plain knee and column milling
machine. The largest difference being the swiveling table housing. The swiveling table housing
allows the table to be swiveled at an angle to the axis of the spindle .
Fig. Universal horizontal knee and olumn milling machine machine with the swivel table.
Vertical knee and column type milling machine
A vertical type knee and column milling machine has the spindle located vertically, parallel to
the face of the column, and perpendicular to the top of the table.
The ram style knee and column type milling machine is a light duty milling machine. This type
of machine is well suited for a variety of tool room work as well as other light duty operations.
The head is mounted on a ram that can be swiveled or brought forward. This allows the head to
be brought into an operating position over most of the table.
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Fig. Ram style knee and column type vertical milling machine.
Fixed bed type milling machines
The most distinguishing aspect of the fixed bed type milling machine is the absence of the
knee. The fixed bed construction of this style of milling machine minimizes deflection and
allows very heavy cuts to be taken. Fixed bed style milling machines can be used for general
purpose work although many people look upon them as high production machines.
The table can move in a longitudinal and a transverse direction. The vertical position of the
spindle, with respect to the work table, is obtained by moving the head up and down along the
column of the machine.
Fig. Fixed Bed Horizontal Milling Machine
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Broaching
Broaching is a machining process that pushes or pulls a broach over or through the surface
being machined. Its high-production, metal-removal process is sometimes required to make
one-of-a-kind parts.. Early broaching applications were cutting keyways in pulleys and gears.
Today, almost every conceivable type of form and material can be broached. It represents a
machining operation that, while known for many years, is still in its infancy. New uses for
broaching are being devised every day.
Broaching is similar to planing, turning, milling, and other metal cutting operations in that each
tooth removes a small amount of material.
Fig. Cutting action of a broaching tool.
The broaching tool has a series of teeth so arranged that they cut metal when the broach is
given a linear movement as indicated in figure 1. The broach cuts away the material since its
teeth are progressively increasing in height.
Fig. Typical push keyway broaching tools and a shim
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Properly used, broaching can greatly increase productivity, hold tight tolerance,and produce
precision finishes. Tooling is the heart of broaching. The broach tool's construction is unique
for it combines rough, semi-finish, and finish teeth in one tool.
Fig. Parts of a broaching tool.
There are two types of broaching procedures: internal broaching and external broaching. For
exterior broaching, the broach tool may be pulled or pushed across a workpiece surface, or the
surface may move across the tool. Internal broaching requires a starting hole or opening in the
workpiece so the tool can be inserted. The tool, or workpiece, is then pushed or pulled to force
the tool through the starter hole.
Almost any irregular cross-section can be broached as long as all surfaces of the section remain
parallel to the direction of broach travel (Figure 4). Helical cuts can also be produced by
twisting the broach tool as it passes the workpiece surface.
Fig. Different types of broaches.
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In conclusion, it may be said that the broach tool and the broaching process are versatile and
important and that anyone who works in the field of metals, woods, or plastics should be
familiar with them.
Grinding
Grinding is an abrasive machining process that uses a grinding as the cutting tool. A wide
variety of machines are used for grinding: Grinding is used to finish workpieces that must show
high surface quality and high accuracy of shape and dimension
A Grinding machine, often shortened to grinder, is a machine tool used for grinding which is a
type of machining using an abrasive wheel as the cutting tool. Each grain of abrasive on the
wheel's surface cuts a small chip from the workpiece via shear deformation.
. As the accuracy in dimensions in grinding is on the order of 0.000025 mm, in most
applications it tends to be a finishing operation and removes comparatively little metal, about
0.25 to 0.50 mm depth. However, there are some roughing applications in which grinding
removes high volumes of metal quite rapidly. Thus, grinding is a diverse field.
Grinding machine main parts
The grinding machine consists of a bed with a fixture to guide and hold the work piece, and a
power-driven grinding wheel spinning at the required speed. The speed is determined by the
wheel’s diameter and manufacturer’s rating. The user can control the grinding head to travel
across a fixed work piece, or the work piece can be moved while the grind head stays in a fixed
position. Fine control of the grinding head or tables position is possible using a
vernier calibrated hand wheel, or using the features of numerical controls.
Grinding machines remove material from the work piece by abrasion, which can generate
substantial amounts of heat. To cool the work piece so that it does not overheat and go outside
its tolerance grinding machines incorporate a coolant. The coolant also benefits the machinist
as the heat generated may cause burns. In high-precision grinding machines (most cylindrical
and surface grinders), the final grinding stages are usually set up so that they remove about
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200 nm (less than 1/10000 in) per pass - this generates so little heat that even with no coolant,
the temperature rise is negligible.
Types of Grinder
Suface Grinder
Fig. Sufrace grinder
Cyliderical grinder
Fig. Cylinderical grinder
These machines include the :
Belt grinder:- which is usually used as a machining method to process metals and other
materials, with the aid of coated abrasives. Sanding is the machining of wood; grinding is
the common name for machining metals. Belt grinding is a versatile process suitable for all
kind of applications like finishing, deburring, and Stock removal.
Bench grinder:- which usually has two wheels of different grain sizes for roughing and
finishing operations and is secured to a workbench or floor stand. Its uses include shaping
tool bits or various tools that need to be made or repaired. Bench grinders are manually
operated.
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Cylindrical grinder:- which includes both the types that use centers and
the centerless types. A cylindrical grinder may have multiple grinding wheels. The
workpiece is rotated and fed past the wheels to form a cylinder.It is used to make precision
rods, tubes, bearing races, bushings, and many other parts.
Surface grinder:- which includes the wash grinder. A surface grinder has a "head" which
is lowered, and the workpiece is moved back and forth past the grinding wheel on a table
that has a permanent magnet for use with magnetic stock.
Tool and cutter grinder:- These usually can perform the minor function of the drill
bit grinder, or other specialist tool room grinding operations.
Gear grinder:- which is usually employed as the final machining process when
manufacturing a high-precision gear. The primary function of these machines is to remove
the remaining few thousandths of an inch of material left by other manufacturing methods .
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HOBBING SHOP
Hobbing is a machining process for making gears, splines and sprockets on a Hobbing
machine. The teeth or splines are progressively cut into the workpiece by a series of cuts made
by a cutting tool called a hob. Compared to other gear forming processes it is relatively
inexpensive but still quite accurate, thus it is used for a broad range of parts and quantities.
It is the most widely used gear cutting process for creating spur gears, helical gears , involute
and more gears are cut by hobbing than any other process since it is relatively quick and
inexpensive.
GEAR CUTTING
Gear is one of the important machine tool elements which is an integral and inevitable part of
power transmission system. A gear is a round blank having teeth along its periphery. Gears are
used to transfer power or torque from prime mover to the place where it is to be used. Along
with the transmission of power gears also transfer the accurate velocity ratio between two
shafts.
Velocity ratio is defined as the ratio of rpm of the driven shaft to the rpm of driver shaft. Power
is normally transferred with the help of pair of gears in mesh together, each of these two are
mount on driven shaft and driver shaft.
RPM of driven shaft or driven gear
Velocity Ratio = RPM of gear driver shaft or driver
The gear mounted on the driver shaft is called driver gear and an other gear mounted on the
driven shaft is called driven gear. Driver gear and driven gear both constitute a pair of mating
gears, these gears are identical with reference to all parameters except their diameters and
number of teeth.
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GEAR TERMINOLOGY
The gear terminology is explained below with reference to a spur gear which is a particular
type of a gear. The detail of gear terminology are shown below:-
Fig. Gear terminology
Addendum Circle
It is an imaginary circle which passes through top of all gear teeth and represents maximum
diameter of a gear. This maximum diameter is equal to gear blank diameter.
Addendum
Addendum of a gear is the radial distance between addendum circle and pitch circle of the gear.
Pitch Circle
This is an imaginary circle along which thickness of a gear tooth becomes equal to spacing
between them.
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It is the radial distance between pitch circle and root circle of a gear.
Root Circle
Root circle is an imaginary circle which is supposes to pass through root of all gear teeth.
Tooth Clearance
This is the distance between the top of a tooth of one gear and the bottom of the corresponding
tooth of other mating gear is known as clearance or tooth clearance.
Pressure Angle
The angle made by the line of action with the common tangent to the pitch circle is called
pressure angle.
Face
It is the portion of the tooth lying between top of the tooth and pitch circle.
Flank
This is portion of the gear tooth between its pitch circle and root circle.
Thickness of a Gear Tooth
It is also called chorodal thickness of gear tooth. It is width of two gear tooth measured along
the pitch circle. At the pitch circle width of gear tooth becomes equal to the width of spacing
between two consecutive gear teeth.
Backlash
It is difference between actual tooth thickness and the width of space at which it meshes with
other gear.
Circular Pitch
It is the distance between corresponding points of adjacent teeth measured along the pitch
circle.
Diametral Pitch
It is number of teeth of a gear per unit of pitch circle diameter.
Module It is reciprocal of diameteral pitch. It is linear distance in mm that each tooth of the
gear would occupy if the gear teeth were spaced along the pitch diameter.
Gears Shaping
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Gear shaping is one of the gear generating methods. In this process gear tooth are accurately
sized and shaped by cutting them by a multipoint cutting tool. Various gear shaping processes
are listed and then described below:-
(a) Gear cutting by gear shaper
(b) Rack planning process
(c) Hobbing process
Gear Cutting by Gear Shaper
This process uses a pinion shaped cutter carrying clearance on the tooth face and sides and a
hole at its centre for mounting it on a stub arbor or spindle of the machine. The cutter is
mounted by keeping its axis in vertical position. It is also made reciprocating along the vertical
axis up and down with adjustable.
predecide amplitude. The cutter and the gear blank both are set to rotate at very low rpm about
their respective axis. The relative rpm of both (cutter and blank) can be fixed to any of the
available value with the help of a gear train. This way all the cutting teeth of cutter come is
action one-by-one giving sufficient time for their cooling and incorporating a longer tool life.
The specific advantages of the process over other processes, its product cycle time is very low
and negligible dimensional variability from one unit to other in case of mass production. The
principle of gear cutting by this process as explained above is depicted in the figure.
Fig. Gear shaper
Main advantages of gear shaping process are discussed below
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(a) Shorter product cycle time and suitable for making medium and large sized gears in mass
production.
(b) Different types of gears can be made except worm and worm wheels.
(c) Close tolerance in gear cutting can be maintained.
(d) Accuracy and repeatability of gear tooth profile can be maintained comfortably.
(e) For same value of gear tooth module a single type of cutter can be used irrespective of
number of teeth in the gear.
Limitations
(a) It cannot be used to make worm and work wheel which is a particular type of gear.
(b) There is no cutting in the return stroke of the gear cutter, so there is a need to make return
stroke faster than the cutting stroke.
(c) In case of cutting of helical gears, a specially designed guide containing a particular helix
and helix angle, corresponding to the teeth to be made, is always needed on urgent basis.
Gear Shaping by Rack Shaped Cutter
In this method, gear cutting is done by a rack shaped cutter called rack type cutter. The working
is similar to shaping process done by gear type cutter.
The process involves rotation of the gear blank as the rack type cutter reciprocates along a
vertical line. Cutting is done only in the downward stroke, the upward stroke is only a return
movement. The main difference of this method with the previous one is that once the full
length of the rack is utilized the gear cutting of operation is stopped to bring the gear blank to
its starting position so that another pass of gear cutting can be started. So this operation is
intermittent for cutting larger gears having large number of teeth over their periphery. Another
popular method of gear chopping is Rack Planning Process which is described below.
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Fig. Rack shaping
A few of the initial teeth of rack type cutter perform the cutting action and remaining teeth to
very small removal of workpiece material, these are used to maintain dimensional accuracy of
the already cut teeth and to provide them a good finishing.
Gear Hobbing Process
In addition to the gear shaping process another process used for gear generation is gear
hobbing. In this process, the gear blank is rolled with a rotating cutter called hob. Gear hobbing
is done by using a multipoint cutting tool called gear hob. It looks like a worm gear having a
number of straight flutes all around its periphery parallel to its axis. These flutes are so shaped
by giving proper angles to them so that these work as cutting edges. In gear hobbing operation,
the hob is rotated at a suitable rpm and simultaneously fed to the gear blank. The gear blank is
alos kept as revolving. Rpm of both, gear blank and gear hob are so synchronized that for each
revolution of gear bob the gear blank rotates by a distance equal to one pitch distance of the
gear to be cut. Motion of both gear blank and hob are maintained continuously and steady. A
gear hob is shown in Figure and the process of gear hobbing is illustrated in Figure .The hob
teeth behave like screw threads, having a definite helix angle. During operation the hob is tilted
to helix angle so that its cutting edges remain square with the gear blank. Gear hobbing is used
for making a wide variety of gears like spur gear, helical, hearing-bone, splines and gear
sprockets, etc
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Three important parameters are to be controlled in the process of gear hobbing indexing
movement, feed rate and angle between the axis of gear blank and gear hobbing tool (gear hob).
A schematic diagram of the setup of a gear hobbing machine is illustrated in Figure The aims
of hob are set at an inclination equal to the helix angle of the hob with the vertical axis of the
blank. If a helical gear is to be cut, the hob axis is set at an inclination equal to the sum of the
helix angle of the hob and the helix angle of the helical gear. Proper gear arrangement is used
to maintain rpm ratio of gear blank and hob.
Fig. Gear hobbing
The operation of gear hobbing involves feeding the revolving hob till it reaches to the required
depth of the gear tooth. Simultaneously it is fed in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation.
The process of gear hobbing is classified into different types according to the directions of
feeding the hob for gear cutting. The classification is described as given below.
Hobbing with Axial Feed
In this process the gear hob is fed against the gear blank along the face of the blank and parallel
to its axis. This is used to make spur and helical gears.
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Hobbing with Radial Feed In this method the hob and gear blanks are set with their axis normal to each other. The rotating
hob is fed against the gear blank in radial direction or perpendicular to the axis of gear blank.
This method is used to make the worm wheels.
Hobbing with Tangential Feed
This is also used for cutting teeth on worm wheel. In this case, the hob is held with its axis
horizontal but at right angle to the axis of the blank. The hob is set at full depth of the tooth and
then fed forward axially. The hob is fed tangential to the face of gear blank.
Hob
The hob is the cutter used to cut the teeth into the workpiece. It is cylindrical in shape
with helical cutting teeth. These teeth have grooves that run the length of the hob, which aid in
cutting and chip removal. There are also special hobs designed for special gears such as the
spline and sprocket gears.
Fig. Hob cutter
Advantages and Limitations of Gear Hobbing Process
(a) Gear hobbing is a fast and continuous process so it is realized as economical process as
compared to other gear generation processes.
(b) Lower production cycle time, i.e. faster production rate.
(c) The process has a larger variability’s in the following of sense as compared to other gear
machining processes.
(i) Capable to make wide variety of gears like spur gear, helical gears, worms, splines,
sprockets, etc
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(ii) Process of required indexing (named so) is quite simplified and capable to make any
number of teeth with consistent accuracy of module.
(iii) A special type of gear named harringbon gear cam be generated by gear hobbing
exclusively.
(iv) Wide variety of batch size (small to large volume) can be accommodated by this process.
(d) Several gear blanks, mounted on the same arbor, can be processed simultaneously.
(e) Hob is multipoint cutting tool having multi cutting teeth or edges at a time few number of
cutting edges work so lots of time is available to dissipate the generated heat. There is no over
heating and cutting tool.
Gear Shaving
Gear shaving is a process of finishing of gear tooth by running it at very high rpm in mesh with
a gear shaving tool. A gear shaving tool is of a type of rack or pinion having hardened teeth
provided with serrations. These serrations serve as cutting edges which do a scrapping
operation on the mating faces of gear to be finished. Both are gears in mesh are pressed to
make proper mating contact. A shaving tool with serrated teeth is explained by illustration.
Fig. Gear shaving
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CNC MACHINING
NC & CNC
Numerical control (NC) is a method of automatically operating a manufacturing machine based
on a code letters, numbers and special characters.
The numerical data required to produce a part is provided to a machine in the form of program,
called part program or CNC (computer numerical control).
The program is translated into the appropriate electrical signals for input to motors that run the
machine.
A CNC machine is an nu.merical control machine with the added feature of an on board
computer. The computer is referred to as the machine control unit (MCU)
CNC LATHES
They cut metal that is often turning at fast speeds.
CNC lathes are able to make fast, precision cuts using indexable tools and drills with
complicated programs.Normally, they cannot be cut on manual lathes.
They often include 12 tool holders and coolant pumps to cut down on tool wear
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Fig. Cnc lathe
CNC Turning Centers
CNC Turning Centers are capable of executing many different types of lathe cutting operations
simultaneously on a rotating part.
Fig. CNC Turning Centers
Advantages of CNC Machines
Ease of Use
a) CNC machines are easier for beginners
b) Operation of several CNC machines at same time.
c) Some CNC machines don’t need any operator
d) Call their operator in case of the emergencies.
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High Efficiency
a) operate almost continuously 24 hours a day, 365 days a Year.
Expanding Options
a) Expand the machine's capabilities with Software changes and updates.
No Prototyping
a) New programmes provide elimination build a prototype, save time and money.
Precision
a) Parts are identical to each other.
Reduce Waste
a) Reduce waste as errors allows minimize wasted material.
Disadvantage of CNC Machines
a) costs quite a lot more than conventional machinery.
b) does not eliminate the need for expensive tools.
c) expensive to repair.
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Vertical Machining Center(VMC)
A Vertical machining center (VMC) is a machining center with its spindle in a vertical
orientation. High-end VMCs are high-precision machines often used for tight-tolerance milling,
such as fine die and mold work. Low-cost vertical machining centers are among the most basic
CNC machine tools. A low-cost VMC is often a new machine shop’s first machine tool
purchase.
Fig. Vertical Machining Center
Most CNC milling machinesare computer controlled vertical mills with the ability to move the
spindle vertically along the Z-axis. This extra degree of freedom permits their use in diesinking,
engraving applications, and 2.5D surfaces such as relief sculptures. When combined with the
use of conical tools or a ball nose cutte, it also significantly improves milling precision without
impacting speed, providing a cost-efficient alternative to most flat-surface hand-
engraving work.
CNC machines can exist in virtually any of the forms of manual machinery, like horizontal
mills. The most advanced CNC milling-machines, the multiaxis machine, add two more axes in
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addition to the three normal axes (XYZ). Horizontal milling machines also have a C or Q axis,
allowing the horizontally mounted workpiece to be rotated, essentially allowing asymmetric
andeccentric turning . The fifth axis (B axis) controls the tilt of the tool itself. When all of these
axes are used in conjunction with each other, extremely complicated geometries, even organic
geometries such as a human head can be made with relative ease with these machines. But the
skill to program such geometries is beyond that of most operators. Therefore, 5-axis milling
machines are practically always programmed with CAM.
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PRE-HEAT TREATMENT
After gear and splines cutting operations in hobbing shop, the manufactured product took in Pre
heat treatment or S.Q.F shop for doing further operations.there are various operations
performed in that are discussed below.
Types of Process
Washing: This operation is done for removing dirt, dust and oilness
From the manufactured product and preparing for the next operation. the manufactured product
took in washing machine and wash the products at temperatue 250C very accurately. Time for
done this operation is 10-15 minutes.
Pre-heating: After the washing , the next operation is pre-heating. In this operation, the
manufactured products took in furnace and heating at temperature 460C. This operation is used
for improving or balancing the mechanical properties of the products. the time required for
complete this operation is 90 minutes.
Carburizing: The main purpose of carburizing is to obtain a hard & wear-resistant surface on
machine parts by the enrichment of the surface layer with carbon. The various machined parts
are directly carburized after getting machined & after carburization they are sent for final
grinding. There are various techniques of carburizing like – pack carburizing, gas carburizing
& liquid carburizing. At gas carburizing in the electrical carburizing furnace is done. This
operation is done at temperature 930-940C and in this mostly temperature depends upon the
kinds of the materials of the products. The time required for complete this operation is 6 to 8
hours.
Quenching: Quenching is the method of rapid cooling of a metal in a bath of liquid during
heat treatment. It consists of quenching the products component from hardening temperature in
the quenching medium. The component is allowed to cool up to temperatue of quenching bath.
In addition to severe internal stresses, components also develop tendency towards distortion
and cracking due to very high cooling rates involved in this process. Cooling rate can be
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controlled by adopting less severe quenching media, say oil in place. This operation is done at
temperature 830C and then quench in oil, keeps it cool in oil for 20 minutes.
Washing: After quenching, again the washing operation is done for removing oilness From the
manufactured product and preparing for the next operation. the manufactured product took in
washing machine and wash the products at temperatue 250C very accurately. Time for done
this operation is 10-15 minutes.
Tempering: during the quenching operation , the hardness value is reaches near about 70-80
and we required the harness value 60, according to the instructions of engineer. So we
acheiving the required hardness value tempering operation is on the manufactured porducts.
This operation is done at temperature 170C and time required for complete this operation is 90
minutes.
Shot Peening
After the pre-heat treatment processes, the next operation is shot peening. It is similar as that of
shot blasting, this operation is used for removing extra materials and provide finishing. Time
required for doing this operation is 15 minutes and shot grade is S-230.
Induction Hardening
The Induction hardening is a surface hardening process in which the surface layers of the metal
are hardened but a relatively soft core is maintained. The induction hardening is achieved by
passing a high frequency alternating current through the work-piece which is placed in an
inductor coil. The alternating current generates a magnetic field of equal intensity but of
reverse polarity. Thus, the current penetrates & the surface of the piece is hardened but a soft
core remains.
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Fig. Induction hardening
Case hardening
Case hardening is the process of hardening the surface of a metal object while allowing the
metal deeper underneath to remain soft, thus forming a thin layer of harder metal at the
surface. For steel or iron with low carbon content, which has poor to no hardenability of its
own, the case hardening process involves infusing additional carbon into the case. Case
hardening is usually done after the part has been formed into its final shape, but can also be
done to increase the hardening element content of bars to be used in a pattern welding or
similar process.
Flame or induction hardening are processes in which the surface of the steel is heated to high
temperatures (by direct application of a flame, or by induction heating) then cooled rapidly,
generally using water; this creates a "case" of martensite on the surface. A carbon content of
0.3–0.6 wt% C is needed for this type of hardening.
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INSEPECTION AND TESTING
Vernier Scale
A vernier scale is a device that lets the user measure more accurately than could be done by
reading a uniformly-divided straight or circular measurement scale. It is scale that indicates
where the measurement lies in between two of the marks on the main scale.
Fig. Vernier scale
Micrometer
A micrometer sometimes known as a micrometer screw gauge, is a device incorporating a
calibratedscrew used widely for precise measurement of small distances in mechanical
engineering and machining as well as most mechanical trades, along with other metrological.
Micrometers are usually, but not always, in the form of calipers, which is why micrometer
caliper is another common name. The spindle is a very accurately machined screw. The object
to be measured is placed between the spindle and the anvil. The spindle is moved inward by
turning the ratchet knob or thimble until the object to be measured is lightly touched by both
the spindle and the anvil.
Fig, Micrometer
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The sleeve through which the spindle moves is graduated with marks 0.025 inch (0.635 mm)
apart, with the number 1 on the sleeve representing 0.1 inch (2.54 mm), 2 representing 0.2 inch
complete turn for each 0.025 inch on the sleeve scale, and the thimble scale is graduated from 0
to 25. Thus use of the two scales permits a reading to the nearest 0.001 inch (0.025 mm).
Plug gauge
These gauges are referred to as plug gauges; they are used in the manner of a plug. They are
generally assembled from standard parts where the gauge portion is interchangeable with other
gauge pieces and a body that uses the collet principle to hold the gauges firmly. To use this
style of gauge, one end is inserted into the part first and depending on the result of that test, the
other end is tried.
Fig. Plug gauge
In figure, the top gauge is a thread gauge that is screwed into the part to be tested, the labeled
GO end will enter into the part fully, the NOT GO end should not. in plug gauge used to check
the size of a hole, the one end is the GO and another endis NOT GO.
Snap gauge
Snap gauges are often used when a large quantity of work pieces must be inspected. The snap
gauge has four anvils or jaws, the first one or pair (outermost) are set using the upper limit
(tolerance) of the part and the inner set adjusted to the lower limit of the part. A correctly
machined part will pass the first set of jaws and stop at the second — end of test. In this manner
a part may be checked in one action, unlike the plug gauge that needs to be used twice and
flipped to access the second gauge.
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Fig. Snap gauge
Dial Test Indicator
A dial test indicator, also known as a lever arm test indicator or finger indicator, has a smaller
measuring range than a standard dial indicator. A test indicator measures the deflection of the
arm, the probe does not retract but swings in an arc around its hinge point. The lever may be
interchanged for length or ball diameter, and permits measurements to be taken in narrow
grooves and small bores where the body of a probe type may not reach. The model shown is
bidirectional, some types may have to be switched via a side lever to be able to measure in the
opposite direction. These indicators actually measure angular displacement and not linear
displacement; linear distance is correlated to the angular displacement based on the correlating
variables
Fig. Dial indicater
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Magnaflux Testing
When metal parts are manufactured, especially those parts that involve the transportation
industry, they must withstand a through testing of integrity. These types of tests must not
destroy the parts that have been manufactured. A systematic examination called nondestructive
testing was developed. Included in these series of checks is the magnaflux or magnetic dye test
Fig. Manaflux testing
Significance
Metal parts when they are machined and/or welded can become stressed during those
processes. Those stresses can reveal themselves in the from of small fissures or cracks in the
metal joints. These stress fractures at times may be difficult to see with the human eye. A
method of employing small magnetic particles and a fluorescent dye was implemented to
highlight any abnormalities of the machining and joining those metal parts.
Features
After the part is sprayed with the magnetic particle dye solution, a handheld electro magnet is
passed over the part. The magnetic field causes the small particles in the solution to align
themselves with that magnetic field. Generally if the part being tested has no small fissures or
cracks, the magnetic particles simply lay on the surface.
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Identification
A testing part that does contain a crack or fracture will hold the solution in that small fissure,
and once the magnetic field is passed over the area, a "line" of particles will form. This
identification line will fill into the fissure and the particles will remain in place due to the
magnetic field that was induced.
Some fissures are so small that it may be difficult to identify the abnormality with the human
eye. The dye that is employed in the testing solution is a fluorescent base. This liquid
fluorescent base is readily seen under a black light illumination source. Typically the
magnaflux light test is performed in a darkened area so the black light illumination can be seen.
Lead and Profile Tester
In this the lead and profile is checked of a gear and spline. Correctness in lead & profile of
gears & splines leads to proper meshing of pitch point & power transmission of one gear to
other gear.
Fig. Lead and profile tester
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Rolling Tester
Gear rolling test is generally included in final acceptance test. A gear tested on Double Flank
Gear Tester is normally the indication of good running properties of the gear and is adequate
assurance about the quality of gear.The readings taken are the validation of center distance
between two gears to be inspected or between one gear and one master gear meshing without
backlash during one complete rotation of gear.
Fig Rolling tester
Rockwell scale
Fig. Rockwell scale
The Rockwell scale is a hardness scale based on indentation hardnessof a material. The
Rockwell test determines the hardness by measuring the depth of penetration of an indenter
under a large load compared to the penetration made by a preload. There are different scales,
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denoted by a single letter, that use different loads or indenters. The result is a dimensionless
number noted as HRA.
When testing metals, indentation hardness correlates linearly with tensile strength. This
important relation permits economically important nondestructive testing of bulk metal
deliveries with lightweight, even portable equipment, such as hand-held Rockwell hardness
testers.
Operation : The determination of the Rockwell hardness of a material involves the
application of a minor load followed by a major load, and then noting the depth of penetration,
vis a vis, hardness value directly from a dial, in which a harder material gives a higher number.
The chief advantage of Rockwell hardness is its ability to display hardness values directly, thus
obviating tedious calculations involved in other hardness measurement techniques.
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MAINTENANCE
Maintenance involves fixing any sort of mechanical plumbing or electrical device should it
become out of order or broken. It also includes performing routine actions which keep the
device in working order or prevent trouble from arising .
Types of Maintenance
Break-down maintenance : The long term continously working on the machines, the machine
parts & its components gets damaged or breakdowndue to wear & tear or due to over running.
The problems may occur due to electrical faults, over-running, noise or vibration etc. We
should check the machines regulerly on time before working on it.
Preventive maintenance : The care and servicing by personnel for the purpose of maintaining
equipment and facilities in satisfactory operating condition by providing for systematic
inspection, detection, and correction of incipient failures either before they occur or before they
develop into major defects.
Corrective maintenance : Corrective maintenance is a task performed to identify, isolate, and
rectify a fault so that the failed equipment, machine, or system can be restored to an operational
condition within the tolerances or limits established for in-service operations.
Condition-based maintenance : Condition-based maintenance shortly described, is
maintenance when need arises. This maintenance is performed after one or more indicators
show that equipment is going to fail or that equipment performance is deteriorating. It was
introduced to try to maintain the correct equipment at the right time.
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