WITH EFFECT FROM THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2011 - 2012
ME 271
ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY
PART - B
MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY
Instruction 3 Periods per week
Duration of University Examination 1.5 Hours
University Examination 37 Marks
Sessional 13 Marks
UNIT-I
General description, operation, maintenance and selection of the following : Earth moving and Excavating Equipment: Shovels, Dragline, Clamshell, Cable excavator, Bucket wheel excavator, Tractor, Bulldozer, Scraper, Trenchers, Grader, Earth compactors.
UNIT-II
Conveying Equipment: Belt conveyor, Screw Conveyor, Bucket Conveyor, Apron Conveyer, Aerial ropeway.
Hoisting Equipment: Hoist winch, Differential and Worm geared chain hoists, Fork lift trucks, Guyed and stiffly derricks, swing and non-swing mobile crane, Whirler, crane, Construction elevator, Passenger lift. Bucket elevators.
UNIT-III
Aggregate and Concrete Producing Equipment: Crusher’s jaw, Gyratory, Hammer and Roll crusher. Screens-stationary, Shaking and vibrating screens, concrete mixers, concrete pumps.
Pneumatic Equipment: Reciprocating air compressor, Construction pneumatic jack hammer, Paving breaker, Rock drill, concreter vibrator.
Suggested Reading:
- 1.R.L. Peurifoy, Construction Planning Equipment and Methods, McGraw Hill Publishers, 1956.
- 2.Mahesh Varma, Construction Equipment and its Planning and Applications. Metropolitan Books Co, Delhi, 2004.
- 3.Goodes Spence, Building and Civil Engineering Plant, Crossby Lock Wood, 1995.