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 Lecture Hours: 20 Lab or Clinical Hours: 100