Jamacadda Ummadda Soomaaliyeed
الجامعة الوطنية الصومالية
Somali National University
Universita Nazionale Somala
Course Outline
Course Name
February -June 2019
Faculty Engineering
Department Electromechanical
Programme Mechanical Engineering
Name of course Machine tool
Course Code
Name(s) of Academic
Ahmed Ali Abdi
Staff / Instructor(s)
Rationale for the
inclusion of the
Lecturing, discussion, group project
course / module in the
programme
Semester and Year
Semester six, third year electromechanical
Offered
Status
Level
September 2019
Proposed Start Date
Batch of Students to
Batch one
be Affected
Face-to-face
Personal Study
Total Guided and
Total Student Independent
Learning Time (SLT) Learning
Credit Value / Hours 6 hours
Pre-requisites (if any) Engineering material, thermodynamics.
Co-requisites (if any) Manufacturing
The main objectives of this course are as follows:
1. The course provides students with fundamental knowledge and
principles in material removal processes.
2. To demonstrate the fundamentals of machining processes and
Course Objectives machine tools.
(CO) 3. To develop knowledge and importance of metal cutting parameters.
4. To develop fundamental knowledge on tool materials, cutting fluids
and tool wear mechanisms.
Learning Outcomes At the end of the course, -
(LO)
1. Students shall know the cutting phenomenon
theoretically.
2. Students shall learn the factors affecting the
cutting process.
3. Students shall know the components of
cutting process and their properties.
Type of Assessment Description
Writing exam, will be marked 30 points
Exam 1
Writing exam, will be marked 30 points
Exam 2
Teaching-Learning A assignment presentation report submission will
Group projects
and assessment be marked 20 points *
strategy
Exam 3 Writing exam will be marked 30 points
This 20 points will be considered as course work
* and will be distributed in marks of the exam
Introduction to metal cutting, machine tools and machining operations –
Course Outline turning, drilling, milling and abrasive machining, cutting mechanics, cutting
Content forces, friction and temperature distribution in metal cutting, cutting tool
materials, tool life and tool wear, machinability, economics of metal cutting
operations, chip control, machine tool vibrations, surface integrity, cutting
fluids.
Mode of Delivery Lecturing and discussion
LO Types %
1.
Exam 1 30
Assessment Methods
and Type / Course 2. Exam 2 30
Assessment
3. Exam 3 30
TOTAL 30
Content outline of the course / module and the SLT per topic
Learning
Weeks Topics Task / Reading
Hours
1 Chapter 1.Machining technology 4 Text book
Aspects of Machining Technology 2 Text book
2 Machining Productivity 4
Chapter 2. Basic Elements and Mechanisms of 2
Machine Tools
3 Machine Tool Drives 4
Step less speed drives 2
4 Lathe machine 4
Turret and Capstan Lathes 2
5 Principal features of automatic lathes 4
Shaping and planning machine 2
6 Drilling and boring machine 4
Milling machine 2
Exam One
7 Grinding machine 4
Gear Cutting Machines and Operations 2
8 Gear Finishing Operations 4
Jigs and fixtures 2
9 Types of clamping and work holding devices 4
Forging machine 2
10 NC and CNC machine tool 4
Numerical Control Machine Tools 2
11 Dynamics of machine tools 4
Dynamics of machine tools 2
Exam Two
13 Sawing machine 4
Broaching machine 2
14 Environment-Friendly Machine Tools and Operations. 4
Traditional machining process 2
15 Nontraditional Machining Processes. 4
Design for Machining 2
17 Design for Machining continues 6
18 Course review and presentation 6
Exam Three
Required references supporting the course
1. Machine tools: design, reliability and safety S.P.Anderson, New York : Nova SciencePublishers,
c2011
2. Machining technology machine tools and operation Helmi A.youssef Hassan El-Hoffy
3. Workshop Technology – B.S.Raghu Vamshi – Vol II
Additional references supporting the course
Checked by:
Approved by:
Prepared by:
______________________
_____________________
_____________________ Dr. Ahmed Omar Alasso
Abdikadir Yusuf Mohamed
Eng. Ahmed Ali Abdi DeanFaculty of Engineering
Secretary Faculty of Engineering
