JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD 
II Year B.Tech. AE - II Sem      L  T/P/D  C 
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(A42104) AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY 

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Aim:

To make the student aware of various production technologies generally involved in air craft manufacturing.

UNIT - I

Casting & Welding: General principles of various Casting Processes - Sand casting, die-casting, centriugal casting, investment casting and shell molding types.

Principles and equipment used in arc welding, gas welding, resistance welding, Laser welding, Electron Beam welding, Soldering and brazing techniques.

UNIT - II

Machining and Forming: General Principles (with schematic diagram only) of working and types-lathe, shaper, milling machines, grinding, drilling m/c, CNC machining.

Sheet metal operations-shearing, punching, super plastic forming and diffusion bonding. Bending, Automation in bend forming and different operations in bending like stretch forming, spinning, drawing etc.

UNIT - III

Unconventional Machining: Principles of working and applications of abrasive jet machining, ultrasonic machining, electron beam and plasma arc machining.

UNIT - IV

Heat Treatment and Surface Finishing: Heat treatment of Aluminum alloys, titanium alloys, steels, case hardening, intial stresses and the stress allevation procedures. Corrosion prevention, protective treatment for aluminum alloys, steels, anodizing of titanium alloys, organic coating, and thermal spray coatings.

UNIT - V

Jigs & Fixtures: Jigs, fixtures, stages of assembly, types and equipment for riveted joints, botted joints(only). Aircraft Tooling Concepts.

NDT and Other Inspection Techniques: Dye Penetrant Test, X-ray, magnetic particle and ultrasonic testing. Accoustic holography.

TEXT BOOKS

1. "Manufacturing Engineering and Technology" by Kalpajikau - Addison Wesley.

REFERENCES

1. "Aircraft production techniques' Keshu S.C, Ganapathy K.K, Interline Publishing House, Bangalore-1993.
2. "Production technology" - R.K. Jain - Khanna Publishers - 2002.
3. "Production technology" - O.P.Khanna and lal. M.Dhanpat rai publications - New delhi - 1997.

Outcome:

The student shall be abrest with traditional and manufacturing methods.