Course Content

This course is designed to provide the metalcutting professional with necessary skills to gain optimum performance in metalcutting operations. This course covers five major topics:

a) Mechanics of Metal Cutting will cover tooling from a design perspective. This section starts with a discussion on “How Tools Cut” and progresses through the design elements related to turning, milling, and drilling. All aspects of cutting geometry will be discussed along with its relationship to the cutting edge, workpiece material and power.

b) Materials Technology will start with a discussion of common cutting tool materials and how they relate to each other. A discussion of powder metal technology will start with “How Carbide Is Made” and progress through modern carbide and ceramic grade technology. Coating technology will include common application methods as well as the latest advances in coating materials.

c) Selection and Application will introduce the tool path method of selecting and applying tooling. This section will be divided into three main operations of turning, milling, and holemaking. Selection and Application will include processing exercises to provide hands-on experience.

d) Machining Economics will cover elements that affect productivity and overall cost, such as establishing operating conditions to gain maximum efficiency; the cause-and-effect relationship between operating conditions and tool failure; machinability, testing methods, and cost justification.

e) Fixture for Machine Tools -  The session gives an overview to choose the most optimal integrated machining solutions for your needs keeping in mind the three major areas involved - machine, tooling and fixtures, and how they interact.

What the participants will gain by attending the course?

The participants will obtain in-depth knowledge on:

a. tool engineering and tooling materials;
b. right selection of cutting tools and machining parameters;
c. understanding tool failures while machining and solutions to avoid the same;
d. optimizing tool performance through productivity.
e. understanding machining cost versus tool life.
f. fixture of machine tools and their significance on varying applications.

Additionally, specific tips for good machining practice will be explained.

Course Fee

Rs.30,000/- (plus 10.30% Service tax). This fee includes hard and soft copy of the course material, breakfast, coffee/tea, lunch and transportation from the city (Hotel Nandhini, St. Marks Road and Hotel Citrine, Seshadripuram) to venue and back, each training day. The program is non-residential.

The course fee should be payable by DD/Cheque in the name of Kennametal India Limited, Bangalore. S.T. Regn. No. AACCK4472B ST001 I.T. PAN. AACCK4472B.

Who Should Attend

This 5-day MCAE course is intended to provide state-of-the art information to mechanical engineers, manufacturing engineers, industrial engineers, tool engineers, process engineers, shop supervisors and technical specialists in machining.

Faculties, Instructions and Facilities

Recognized professionals from Kennametal Knowledge Center-India, who are experts in Design Engineering, Material Science Technology, and Application Engineering, conduct this course.

Instruction will include:
· Lecture style presentation
· Classroom Workshop
· Machine demonstration
· Animated videos on machining
· Assessment Tests
· Plant visits before assessment tests

The demonstration will be utilized to reinforce the theories presented in the class. We also take participants to our manufacturing shop of holemaking tools, inserts, and toolholders/cutters to explain the process for better understanding. Additional handouts / literature related to manufacturing will be given to all the participants to enrich their knowledge in tool application engineering.

Certificate

Course certificate will be awarded to each participant on completion of the course. Kennametal Knowledge Center also encourages each participant to apply the knowledge acquired at their respective working shops. For this additional certificate of a project completion will be awarded if the same is attested by the participant HOD.

Hotel Accommodations

Lodging will be arranged by Kennametal Knowledge Center at the following hotel but all expenses are to be settled by the participant. The name of the hotel and the room rent per night is:

Hotel Citrine
No. 211, S.C. Road, Seshadripuram, Bangalore - 560-020 (tel: 080 4000 3000)
Room Tariff:
Rs.2,150/-(For SIngle Occupancy-AC) + tax. Includes Complimentary dinner
RS.2,570/- (For Double Occupancy-AC) + tax.  Includes Complimentary dinner

Hotel Nandhini
No. 72, St. Marks Road, Bangalore - 560 001 (Tel:080 4126 6666)
Room Tariff:
Rs. 1,500/- (for Single Occupancy-AC), include tax. + Complimentary dinner
Rs.2,000/- (for Double Occupancey-AC), includes tax + Complimentary dinner

For room reservation, please contact the Reservation Manager at the above  telephone numbers. If you wish to stay in a hotel other than the Hotel Citrine and Hotel Nandhihi, you may do so, but, for boarding the bus, you will have to come to either Hotel Citrine or Hotel Nandhihi, as pick-up and drop will be arranged from these hotels only.

Registration & General Information

The number of participants has been increasing from course to course. Hence, the number of registrations that can be accepted for each of these courses is limited to 30 participants, in order to give best attention to each attendee. Please send your nominations on your letterhead along with the DD/Cheque and the registration form filled-in, to Kennametal Knowledge Center, Bangalore.

Classes will be conducted at our “Kennametal Knowledge Center”, Kennametal India Limited, 8/9 Mile, Tumkur Road, Bangalore 560 073, INDIA. This campus is located at North of Bangalore (NH-4 of Bangalore Pune Road). The distance from the airport is around 40 KMs and about 15 KMs from city bus stand / Railway Station.

This course runs from 8.30 AM to 5.30 PM from Monday to Friday.  Courses scheduled for 2009  (Batch No. 34 and 35):

October 12-16, 2009
December 14-18, 2009
January 18-22, 2010
April 12-16, 2010
June 07-11. 2010

Substitution and Cancellation

A registration may be transferred by submitting the name of the substitute, or request seeking an alternate day at least 3 days prior to the start of the course. Otherwise, 20% of the course fees will be deducted, or will have to be paid.

Note:  The Kennametal Knowledge Center also conducts Regional programmes and On-site programmes.

For more information contact: 
Kennametal Knowledge Center
Kennametal India Limited
8/9th Mile, Tumkur Road
Bangalore - 560 073

C.V. Jayaram, assistant manager - Operations (Cell no.  99168 56414)
S. Pradepp Kumar, director (Cell No. 98862 06535)

Email:  in-knowledge.center@kennametal.com