Upsetting Operation — Study Resources & PYQs
Practical upsetting operation in smithy work.
- Estimated study time: 30 minutes
Study resources
- Virtual Labs (Govt. of India) - Smithy / Hand Forging (Article) — Government Virtual Labs lesson defining upsetting, drawing down, setting down, cutting, swaging and bending, along with striking tools and all tong types. Best single page for the upsetting operation…
- ICAR e-Courses - Lesson 5: Smithy and Forging Operations (Article) — Indian government e-course notes with the forging temperature vs heat-colour table for steel - a favourite viva question - plus a detailed upsetting procedure.
- Go Practicals - Smithy Shop: Introduction, Tools & Precautions (Article) — Practical-file format page on the smithy shop: hearth, anvil, swage block, tongs, hammers and safety precautions. Copy the tool list straight into your record.
- Our E-Labs - Common Forging and Smithy Operations (Article) — Indian lab-manual blog describing upsetting as a procedure: heat only the portion to be upset, keep hammer blows in line with the bar to avoid bending.
- Black Smithy Workshop: Full Details (YouTube) (Video) — Indian engineering workshop video covering forging, cutting, hammering, smoothing and bending in one go, including the upsetting operation. Good visual revision before the practical exam.
- UPTTI - Black Smithy Shop Lecture Notes (PDF) (PDF) — Concise institute lecture PDF listing all twelve forging operations, including upsetting, with short definitions. Useful as a one-page revision sheet.
- NIT Srinagar — Central Workshop (Article) — NIT Srinagar central workshop resource covering carpentry, fitting, welding, foundry and smithy shop practice.
- MIT OpenCourseWare — Manufacturing Processes (Article) — University manufacturing-course materials supporting foundry, forming, machining, welding and workshop-process concepts.
Taught in these subjects
- WORKSHOP MANUFACTURING PRACTICES — BMEL21 · Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu
- WORKSHOP TECHNOLOGY — BMEL1 · Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu
- Workshop Manufacturing Practices — MEP5212 · Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu
- Workshop Manufacturing Practices — MEP5212 · Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu