Course Abbreviation: MFG 101
Credits: 1-13
Course Title: Introduction to Machining and Manufacturing
Catalog Course Description:
This course emphasizes beginning conventional machine tool operation and includes use and care of tools and instruments used in measurement, layout and inspection. Safety to self and others is stressed in the operation of pedestal grinders, drill presses, conventional lathes, and milling machines. Occupational health and safety are taught.
Prerequisites: Instructor's permission
Course Content Learning Outcomes:
· Students will observe all occupational health and safety rules.
· Students will be able to plan a machining job with the correct sequence of operations to produce a work piece to the specifications on the blueprint.
· Students will be able to calculate correct cutting speeds and feeds on both lathes and milling machines.
· Students will be able to select the correct tooling for basic lathe and milling machine operations.
· Students will be able to correctly use micrometers, dial calipers, vernier scales, steel rules, dial indicators, and do precision layout.
Campus-Wide Learning Outcomes:
· Responsibility is taught as students use the time clock to account for their weekly study hours and as they learn and apply occupational health and safety rules. This responsibility is assessed by quizzes, a final examination, and by evaluating students’ time cards and their observable adherence to safety rules.
· Critical thinking is taught as students study their blueprints and determine the best way to machine their work pieces and then plan their machining procedures. This critical thinking is assessed by quizzes and by evaluating students’ written machining plans to determine whether they have understood the correct sequence operations..
· Quantitative and symbolic reasoning is practiced as students use arithmetic with measuring instruments and determine the correct dimensions of their work pieces.
· Written communication is practiced as students develop a written plan for machining their work pieces.
Instructional Procedures:
Group-paced study supplemented with individual, small group lecture, audio-visual materials, hands-on application, and practice of learned skills. Machining competencies will be performed on shop and customer projects and evaluated according to industry skills standards.