Inspection and Quality Control in Manufacturing

By Prof. Kaushik Pal | IIT Roorkee

Learners enrolled: 3855

In manufacturing, quality control is a process that ensures customers receive products free from defects and meet their requirements. Inspection and measurement is needed during production for quality control because of the inherent variability introduced by the machines, tools, raw materials, and human operators which causes variations in the different quality characteristics (length, diameter, thickness, tensile strength, surface finish etc.) of the product. Inspection and testing is very important in maintaining a certain quality level in the product during production. It helps to control the quality of products by fixing the sources of defects immediately after they are detected. Several non-destructive inspection methods also help to perform in-service inspection to avoid any catastrophic failure and predict the remaining life of the product.

INTENDED AUDIENCE : UG & PG students of Mechanical Engg., Automobile Engg., Welding Engg., Metallurgy, Chemical Engg, Aerospace Engg, Material

Science,Manufacturing and Production Engg. etc.R&D personals in industries.

INDUSTRY SUPPORT : Manufacturing based industries: TATA Motors, ISRO, DRDO, Railways, BHEL,IOCL, Bharat Forge, Larsen and Toubro, Mahindra &

Mahindra; etc.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	4 weeks
Category :	Mechanical Engineering Energy Systems
Credit Points :	1
Level :	Undergraduate/Postgraduate
Start Date :	23 Jan 2023
End Date :	17 Feb 2023
Enrollment Ends :	06 Feb 2023
Exam Registration Ends :	20 Feb 2023
Exam Date :	26 Mar 2023 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1 : Introduction, Fundamental Concept of Quality, Role of Inspection and Measurement for Quality Control in Manufacturing, Need of Inspection,

Inspection types and Principles, Design for Inspection, Destructive Inspection, Testing of Composite Materials

Week 2 : Non-destructive Inspection-I: Visual Inspection, Dye Penetrant Inspection, Magnetic Particle Inspection, Eddy Current Inspection, Ultrasonic Testing

Week 3 : Non-destructive Inspection-II: Acoustic Emission Inspection, Radiography, Leak Testing, Thermographic Non-destructive Testing, Advanced

Non-destructive Techniques, NDT Standards, Safety in NDT

Week 4 : Engineering Metrology: Linear Measurement, Angular Measurement, Measurement of Surface Finish, Screw Thread Metrology, Gear Measurement,

Miscellaneous Measurements

Books and references

Gupta, I.C., “Text Book of Engineering Metrology”, Dhanpat Rai Publishing Co.2. “Nondestructive Evaluation and Quality Control”, ASM Handbook, Vol. 17 of 9th Edition Metals Handbook.3. “Welding Inspection”, 3rd Edition, American Welding Society.4. Winchell William, “Inspection and Measurement in Manufacturing”, Society of manufacturing Engineers.

Instructor bio

Prof. Kaushik Pal

IIT Roorkee

Dr. Kaushik Pal is an Associate Professor in Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, IIT Roorkee since 2012. He has obtained his Ph.D Degree (2009) from IIT, Kharagpur and then joined to Gyeongsang National University, South Korea for pursuing Post-Doc research. His fields of interests are surface modification of nano-materials and use of such materials in different electronic, mechanical and bio-medical applications.Currently, he is acting as reviewer of several internationally known journals and an active member of National Academy of Sciences, American Chemical Society (ACS) and Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). Also, he is the recipient of Brain Korea (BK-21) fellowship award and DAAD fellowship award.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 26 March 2023 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
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CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 3 assignments out of the total 4 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

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