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Catalog 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MACH 175 CNC Processes

7 credits
This course covers the series of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a successful CNC machining process. Students will analyze and develop effective processes for producing given parts.

Prerequisites: MACH 125 MACH 126 MACH 127 , and MACH 135  

Corequisites: MACH 143 , MACH 145 , and MACH 162  

Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

  • Read shop drawings and sketches
  • Demonstrate precision measuring and layout
  • Apply general shop safety procedures
  • Identify metals and other machinable materials
  • Demonstrate use of shop math
  • Operate controls of CNC machines
  • Operate machines effectively and safely
  • Demonstrate safe setup and operation of CNC machines
  • Operate computing equipment to access job information
  • Determine if own work is complete and correct per print
  • Calculate Speeds and Feeds
  • Set up different types of jobs on various machines
  • Plan, develop, document, and prove out machining processes.
  • Create 2-D drawings using MasterCam
  • Use Cartesian coordinate system to complete CNC project
  • Create and run basic programs
  • Work with other students to produce a common project

Program Outcomes
This course teaches to the following program outcomes:

  • be prepared with skills to perform entry-level CNC machining and manual machining
  • gain a thorough grounding in shop theory and applied math
  • perform CAD/CAM programming and manual programming
  • set up and operate machine tools with a minimum of supervision

Global Outcomes
This course teaches to the global outcomes of critical thinking and teamwork.

Total Hours: 120 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 20 Guided Practice (Lab or Clinical) Hours: 100