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Apr 28, 2024
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Catalog 2022-2023 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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BMDT 102 Metrology and Quality Assurance3 credits
This course covers the quality concepts essential for industrial manufacturing. Topics include tools, statistical techniques, metrology and calibration procedures and protocols, inspection and test techniques, and quality auditing. Preventive and corrective action in the context of product/process/service improvement or in correcting problems are also studied. The course will prepare students to take the American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certified Quality Technician (CQT) examination.
Prerequisites: ABED 40 (or placement into MATH 87 ) and ABED 46 (or placement into ENGL 93 )
Corequisites: BMDT 100 , BMDT 101 , and BMDT 103
Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
- Describe the importance of proper calibration and accurately check for calibration
- Use correct terms for weight, mass, volume, and density in technical tasks
- Measure dimensions, volume, mass, temperature, pressure, force, and related quantities using precision metrology devices and inspection tools
- Use imperial and metric scales including appropriate use of order of magnitude
- Convert between proportions, percentages, fractions, and decimal forms
- Perform conversion of units
- Report solutions with appropriate units, using significant figures, accuracy, and precision
- Describe commonly employed quality manufacturing approaches and how to operate within a quality system
- Perform quality audits
Total Hours: 50 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 10 Guided Practice (Lab or Clinical) Hours: 40
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