ENGINEERING PRACTICES LABORATORY

Code No : GE8162 / L T P C 0032

OBJECTIVES:
To expose the students with practical knowledge by hand practice on various basic engineering
practices in Civil, Mechanical, Electronics, Electrical Engineering.

Group – A (Civil & Electrical)

1. CIVIL ENGINEERING PRACTICE
Plumbing Practice:
1. Study of pipe joints & functions and house hold fitting such as valves, taps, couplings,
unions, reducers, elbows
2. Study of plumbing requirements for pumps
3. Preparation of line sketches for domestic water supply
4. Hands on practical exercise in
a. Basic pipe connections with different pipe fittings
b. Pipe connections with mixed components
Wood Work Practice:
1. Study of joints for door panels, door frames, furniture and trusses
2. Hands on practice in making wooden joints, lap, mortise & Tennon and
Dovetail joint
2. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING PRACTICE 9
1. Study of house wiring using switches, fuse, lamp and energy meter
2. Preparation of wiring diagram and wiring of
a. Stair case wiring
b. Fluorescent lamp wiring
3. Measurement of energy and resistance to earth of an electrical equipment

Group B (Mechanical & Electronics)

3. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PRACTICE
1. Welding:
a. Preparation of butt, lap, tee joints by arc welding
b. Gas welding practice
2. Basic Machining
a. Simple turning and taper turning operations
b. Drilling and tapping practice
3. Sheet Metal work
a. Study of various sheet metal joints and applications
b. Preparation of simple models – Trays, funnels
4. Machine Assembly practice
Study and assembly of Machine Vice
5. Demonstration on
a. Smithy operations
i. upsetting, Swaging, Bending
ii. Production of hexagonal headed bolt
b. Foundry operations
i. Preparation of Sand mould for spur gear / cone pulley
c. Fitting Practice – Square fitting

ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING PRACTICE
a) Study of Electronic components – Resistor, color coding, capacitors etc
b) Soldering practice – components soldering in simple electric circuit & testing
continuity
c) Generation of Clock Signal