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MFG 253 - Engine Lathe Operations Lab II

Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 0
Lab Hours: 6
Practicum Hours: 0
Work Experience: 0
Course Type: Voc/Tech
An advanced course for the metal cutting lathe. During this course, students will become familiar with advanced setups as well as safe operation and care of a lathe.
Prerequisite: MFG 251 .
Corequisite: MFG 252  
Competencies
  1. “Off-Hand” grind cutting tools for lathe
  2. Layout work pieces
  3. Operate a lathe
    1. Perform daily maintenance requirements
    2. Setup the following accessories four-jaw chuck, collet, steady rest, follower rest quick-change tool holder
    3. Perform common operating procedures: facing, drilling, turning, chamfering, knurling, taper turning, form turning, single point threading, internal single point threading, aligning centers, boring, and boring tapers 
  4. Calculate the tailstock offset of a given taper
    1. Explain taper and their uses
    2. Describe the three ways tapers are expressed (measured)
    3. Discuss, briefly, the four methods of turning a taper in a lathe
    4. Name four methods of measuring a taper
  5. Maintain all tooling and equipment (student or school property) in accordance with each individual manufacture



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