Course Overview
Properties and usage of thermoplastics, thermosetting plastics. Process of selection and applications of plastics for engineering and consumer products. Design limitations and specific advantages of plastic molding processes. * Assembly and Decorative techniques for plastic product Manufacturing processes and assembly techniques for Ferrous and non ferrous metals. * Concepts of structure and costing. * Significance of form in structural strength of products. Influence of materials and processes on product aesthetics. * Industrial finishes for plastic, wood and metals. * Properties and use of rubber, ceramics and glass. Properties of natural materials like wood, bamboo, cane, leather, cloth, jute and paper and their use at craft and industrial levels.
| Total Credits | 6.0 |
| Type | Theory |
| Lecture | 1.5 |
| Tutorial | 2.0 |
| Half Semester | N |
| Text Reference | * Beadle, J.D: Plastic forming, Production engineering series, Macmillan, London, 1971* Beadle, J.D: Metal forming, Production engineering series, Macmillan, London, 1971* Beadle, John D : Product treatment and finishes, Macmillan, London 1971* Beck R. D.: Plastic Product Design, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York, 1980 * Cleminshaw D., Design in Plastics, Rockport, MA USA 1989* Garratt J.: Design and Technology, Cambridge University Press, UK, 20004* Thompson R.: Manufacturing processes for design professionals, Thames & Hudson, London 2007* Ashby, Michael; Johnson, Kara; Materials and Design: The Art and Science of Material Selection in Product Design, Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann; 2002 |
About Instructor(s)
Prof. Vijay Parasram Bapat | Prof. Purba Joshi
