The course will also introduce the various aspects of pipe technology, including types of pumps, flanges, gaskets, jointing methods, pipe support and standards. The basic design and analysis of pipe systems will also be presented. An introduction of underlying practical principals of thermodynamics will also be included.

At the end of this seminar participants will:

• Understand the principles of mechanical drawings and design
• Learn to select the correct engineering materials
• Apply specific techniques of mechanical automation in industry
• Understand principles of fluid engineering (pumps, pipes, valves, compressors)
• Learn to apply important fundamentals of machinery maintenance
• Understand mechanical design drawings
• Do basic static safety factor mechanical designs
• Identify failure modes of mechanical components
• Understand the behavior of engineering materials and do basic selections
• Select manufacturing processes for simple designs
• Design and implement simple mechanical automation systems
• Understand the principles of fluid engineering
• Identify and select basic fluid engineering components
• Perform simple fluid engineering designs
• Select a maintenance strategy for mechanical machinery
• Recognize general mechanical problems and suggest corrective actions

Anyone with little or no prior formal background, who function as Managers, Supervisors, Engineers, Planners, Inspectors, Designers, Researchers, Investors or Procurers, and who seek a basic understanding of the aspects of Mechanical Engineering

• Basics of Mechanical Engineering

• Basic concepts
• Units for engineering quantities
• Friction and its importance

• Mechanical Drawings

• Purpose of drawings
• Lines, letters
• Projections, views
• Sections
• Conventions
• Dimensions
• Symbols
• Assemblies
• Welds, bolts, keyways, rivets, etc.
• Shafts and bearings
• Fitting and tolerances
• Couplings
• Transmission components (belts, gears etc.)
• Flow control equipment
• CAD
• Design and drawing office practices

• Engineering Materials

• The processing of metals and alloys
• Stress and strain in metals
• Normal stress and shear stress
• Tensile and hardness testing
• Stress and strain diagram
• Alloy production and properties (stainless, copper, aluminum, cast iron etc.)
• Fracture of metals
• Fatigue of metals
• Creep and stress rupture of metals
• Types of corrosion
• Corrosion control

•  Mechanical Design

• Design philosophies/methods/phases
• Factor of safety
• Codes and standards
• Loads (forces, moments)
• Static analysis of systems
• Design for static strength
• Design of fasteners and connections
• Design of load-carrying members
• Fundamentals practices of design-for-fatigue
• Design for manufacturing
• Tolerance, limits and fits

• Mechanical Engineering Codes and Standards

• Need for standardization
• Overview of standards
• Benefits of standardization
• Mechanical engineering standardization
• ISO 9000/1
• Six sigma

• Manufacturing

• Metal production - foundry
• Casting
• Heat treatment
• Hot working of metal
• Cold working of metal
• Press work and tooling
• Numerical control
• Machining, metal cutting (turning, drilling, boring, milling)
• Shaping, sawing, broaching
• Welding, brazing
• CAM
• Rapid prototyping

• Mechanical Automation

• Sensors and transducers
• Pneumatics
• Hydraulics
• Mechanical and electrical actuation
• Principles of control systems
• PLCs

• Fluid Engineering

• Pumps
• Compressors
• Other fluid engineering components
• Design/analysis of piping systems
• Principles of thermodynamics (introduction to first and second law)
• Power and refrigeration systems

• Maintenance of Machinery

• Maintenance philosophies
• On-line tests/inspections
• Time-based maintenance
• Condition-based maintenance

• Theory of Heat Transfer

• Heat basics
• Heat transfer: conduction, convection and radiation

CDGA attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration.