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Catalog 2019-2020 
    
Catalog 2019-2020 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MACH 145 Materials for Machining

2 credits
This course covers materials study, including the identification and use of different varieties of materials and of the effects of the different alloying elements within the materials. Also included is instruction on the heat treatment of steel.

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

Corequisites: MACH 143 MACH 162 , and MACH 175  

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

  • Identify metals and other machinable materials
  • Demonstrate the harding of high carbon steels
  • Paraphrase some of the theoretical processes of heat treatment
  • Name some of the SAE identify number for steel and aluminum

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

Global Outcomes
This course teaches to the global outcome of information literacy.

Total Hours: 30 Lecture Hours: 10 Lab or Clinical Hours: 20