MFG 101 - Introduction to Machining and Manufacturing

Credits: 1-13
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.

Enrollment Requirement: Instructor consent.

Course Fee: $100.00

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

Observe all occupational health and safety rules.
Plan a machining job with the correct sequence of operations to produce a work piece to the specifications on the drawing.
Calculate correct cutting speeds and feeds on both lathes and milling machines.
Select the correct tooling for basic lathe and milling machine operations.
Correctly use micrometers, dial calipers, vernier scales, steel rules, dial indicators, and do precision layout.

Program Outcomes

Demonstrate accuracy and safety in the completion of manufacturing tasks.
Produce a manually turned work piece.
Produce a manually milled work piece.
Use hand tools correctly and safely.
Use precision measuring instruments correctly.
Identify and describe basic tool and project materials.

College-wide Outcomes

Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.