Basic Manufacturing Techniques (Practical)

Paper Code: 
JWT 603
Credits: 
8
Contact Hours: 
120.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  • To understand the skills that  how to work with machines and use different types of hand tools on well equipped work benches.
  • To provide the knowledge and skills to make jewellery of excellent quality
     

 Manufacturing process :

Processes involved in goldsmithing, traditional manufacturing techniques, sheet metal, wire, filigree, chain making, advancement of techniques

 

Basic Jewellery manufacturing Techniques:               

  1. Rolling techniques :                                              10 Hrs.
    • Rolling sheet
    • Rolling wire
    • Rolling defects

 

  1. Cutting sheet metals :                                           10 Hrs.
    • Dividing metal from mass by shearing

 

  1. Bending sheet metals                                            10Hrs
                                               
  • Manual banding
  • Tools banding
  • Banding with deformation
  • Banding without deformation

 

  1. Sawing :                                                                  15 Hrs
    • Serving or contour shaping metal by gradual groove removal
    • Sawing Practice
    • Sawing problems & solutions 

 

  1. Filing :                                                                      15 Hrs.
    • Removing metal by attrition
    • Use of filing
    • Type of Filing
    • Straight flat filing
    • Curve filing
    • Shape filing
    • Drawing filing

 

  1. Milling                                                                         10 hrs.
    • Peripheral milling
    • Face milling
    • Diamonding milling

 

  1. Wire drawing                                                                10 hrs.
  • Use of draw plate
  • Wire manufacturing  by hand
  • Twisted wire
  1. Tubing                                                                            10 Hrs
    • Hollow
    • Uniform
    • Seamless
    • Seamed
  2. Soldering                                                                          10 Hrs

Joining fabricated  parts by intermediary metal alloy fusion

 

  1. Design transfer to metal                                                      20Hrs.
    • Material & method
References: 
  1. Jewellery Manufacture and Repair By Charles Jarvis
  2. Jewellery Making Manual By Sylvia Wicks
  3. Jewellery Making Techniques Book: by Elizabeth Oliver
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