The primary purpose of a sprue in a casting mould is to
A. Feed the casting at a rate consistent with the rate of solidification
B. Act as a reservoir for molten metal
C. Feed molten metal from the pouring basin to the gate
D. Help feed the casting until all solidification takes place
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A CNC vertical milling machine has to cut a straight slot of 10 mm width and 2 mm depth by a cutter of 10 mm diameter between points (0,0) and (100,100) on the XY plane (dimensions in mm). The feed rate used for milling is 50 mm/min, milling time for the slot (in seconds) is
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The lip angle of a single point tool is usually
A. 20° to 40°
B. 40° to 60°
C. 60° to 80°
D. None of these
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In a plain milling cutter, the chip space between the back of one tooth and the face of the next tooth is called
A. Face
B. Fillet
C. Gash
D. Land
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In drilling operation, the metal is removed by
A. Shearing
B. Extrusion
C. Shearing and extrusion
D. Shearing and compression
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In ultrasonic machining, the metal is removed by
A. Using abrasive slurry between the tool and work
B. Direct contact of tool with the work
C. Maintaining an electrolyte between the work and tool in a very small gap between the two
D. Erosion caused by rapidly recurring spark discharges between the tool and work
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The rear teeth of a broach
A. Perform burnishing operation
B. Remove minimum metal
C. Remove maximum metal
D. Remove no metal
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A drill mainly used in drilling brass, copper or softer materials, is
A. Flat drill
B. Straight fluted drill
C. Parallel shank twist drill
D. Tapered shank twist drill
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Crater wear leads to
A. Increase in cutting temperature
B. Weakening of tool
C. Friction and cutting forces
D. All of these
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Which of the following parameters influence the axial feed rate in centerless grinding?
A. Regulating wheel diameter
B. Speed of the regulating wheel
C. Angle between the axes of grinding and regulating wheels
D. All of the above
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A lead-screw with half nuts in a lathe, free to rotate in both directions has
A. V-threads
B. Whitworth threads
C. Buttress threads
D. Acme threads
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The height of each tooth of a broach is
A. Same throughout
B. In progressively decreasing order
C. In progressively increasing order
D. None of these
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If the cutting speed is increased, then the built-up-edge
A. Becomes longer
B. May or may not form
C. Becomes smaller and finally does not form at all
D. Has nothing to do with speed
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For softer materials, the point angle of the drill is kept
A. Equal to 118°
B. Less than 118°
C. More than 118°
D. Any one of these
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For harder alloy steel, the point angle of the drill is kept
A. Equal to 118°
B. Less than 118°
C. More than 118°
D. Any one of these
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The lathe spindles at the nose end have
A. Internal screw threads
B. External screw threads
C. No threads
D. Tapered threads
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The broaching operation in which either the work or the tool moves across the other, is known as
A. Pull broaching
B. Push broaching
C. Surface broaching
D. Continuous broaching
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In an orthogonal cutting, the depth of cut is halved and the feed rate is double. If the chip thickness ratio is unaffected with the changed cutting conditions, the actual chip thickness will be
A. Doubled
B. Halved
C. Quadrupled
D. Unchanged
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A hole is of dimension φ = 9 ₊0⁺⁰∙⁰¹⁵ mm. The corresponding shaft is of dimension φ = 9 ₊0.001⁺⁰∙⁰¹⁰ mm. The resulting assembly has
A. Loose running fit
B. Close running fit
C. Transition fit
D. Interference fit
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Chemical milling operation is performed
A. On universal milling machine
B. On plain milling machine
C. In a tank containing an etching solution
D. Any one of these
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