Basic Manufacturing Techniques

Paper Code: 
JWT 603
Credits: 
8
Contact Hours: 
120.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable the students to –

  1. Understand the skills that how to work with machines and use different types of hand tools on well-equipped work benches.
  2. Provide the knowledge and skills to make jewellery of excellent quality.

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JWT 603

 
 
 
Basic Manufacturing Techniques

 

 

The students will  –

CO117:  work with a variety of materials including non-precious and precious metal. Effective use of techniques of sawing, piercing, annealing, soldering, texturing, ring sizing, hinge making, complicated scoring, bending and other fabrication methods.

CO118: construct Jewellery using  hollow form, cold connections, wire, chain and other wearable and light metal objects jewellery.

CO119: Solder metal parts together with consistency and intent using a variety of traditional joints.

CO120:  build a portfolio toward career opportunities in the jewelry and light metals marketplace, such as working as a staff jeweler for an existing jewelry business, selling jewelry in trade and craft shows, working toward building a portfolio, and setting up a personal jewelry studio as an entrepreneurs.

Approach in teaching: Interactive Practical Sessions , Theme board  , Demonstrations ,Giving tasks, Field practical , inspiration board,  Workshop ,  Laboratory industry visits,  Group and Team work

Learning activities for the students: Self-learning assignments, Effective, Product and Design development

Class test, Semester end examinations, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

10.00
Unit I: 
Rolling techniques

                                                              

  • Rolling sheet
  • Rolling wire
  • Rolling defects

Unit II: Cutting sheet metals                                                                    10 hrs

  • Dividing metal from mass by shearing

Unit III:Bending sheet metals                                                                  10 hrs                        

  • Manual banding
  • Tools banding
  • Banding with deformation
  • Banding without deformation
  • Doming

Unit IV:  Sawing                                                                                 15 hrs

  • Serving or contour shaping metal by gradual groove removal
  • Sawing Practice
  • Sawing problems & solutions 

 

Unit V:  Filing                                                                                    15 hrs

  • Removing metal by attrition 
  • Use of filing
  • Type of Filing
  • Straight flat filing
  • Curve filing
  • Shape filing
  • Drawing filing

Unit VI:  Milling                                                                                                          10 hrs

  • Peripheral milling
  • Face milling
  • Diamonding milling

Unit VII:  Wire drawing                                                                                             10 hrs

  • Use of draw plate
  • Wire manufacturing by hand
  • Twisted wire

Unit VIII:  Tubing                                                                                                      10 hrs

  • Hollow
  • Uniform
  • Seamless
  • Seamed

Unit IX:   Soldering                                                                                                    10 hrs

  • Joining fabricated parts by intermediary metal alloy fusion

Unit X:  Design transfer to metal                                                                              20 hrs

  • Material & method

 

Essential Readings: 

 

  • Untracht, O. (2011). Jewelry concepts & technology. Doubleday.
  • Olver, E. (2001). Jewelry Making Techniques Book. North Light Books.
  • McGrath, J. (2005). The Jeweler's Directory of Decorative Finishes: From
  • Enameling and Engraving to Inlay and Granulation.  Krause Publications Craft.
  • Le Van, M. (Ed.). (2005). The Penland Book of Jewelry: Master Classes in Jewelry Techniques. Lark Books.
  • Codina, C. (2007). Goldsmithing & silver work: jewelry, vessels & ornaments. Sterling Publishing Company, Inc..
  • Loney, J. (2009). Metal Jewelry Made Easy: A Crafter's Guide to Fabricating Necklaces, Earrings, Bracelets & More. Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

 

Academic Year: 
2021-2022
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