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WEL 342 - Fabrication II

Credits: 6
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 10
Practicum Hours: 0
Work Experience: 0
Course Type: Voc/Tech
Students will learn to safely operate fabrication equipment to produce projects to specified standards.
Prerequisite: Students must be 16 years or older
Prerequisite OR Corequisite: WEL 341  
Competencies
 

  1. Evaluate what shop safety means
    1. Identify common shop hazards
    2. Demonstrate safety as it applies to common shop equipment
  2. Examine the proper care and maintenance of fabrication equipment
    1. Determine maintenance procedures and schedules
    2. Demonstrate common maintenance procedures
  3. Distinguish from blue prints proper equipment needed to perform fabrication procedures to achieve industry standard results
    1. Explain the purpose of common fabricating equipment
    2. Interpret manufacturing prints
    3. Produce a procedure to accomplish desired results
  4. Examine the proper use of fabrication equipment
    1. Determine proper sequence of operation for safe use of equipment
    2. Demonstrate safe use of common fabricating equipment
  5. Outline proper welding procedures and processes needed to meet industry requirements and standards
    1. Determine proper welding sequence
    2. Determine proper weld filler metal
    3. Determine proper welding gasses if needed
    4. Match welding process requirements to blue print requirements
    5. Identify fixture requirements as determined by welding position
    6. Explain stress relieving as it applies to weldments
  6. Demonstrate safe use, proper selection and care of various machining equipment
    1. Discuss safety, proper selection and care of machining equipment with hands on examples
    2. Identify accessories used with typical machining equipment
  7. Examine proper machining procedures and processes needed to meet industry requirements and standards
    1. Determine proper machining sequence
    2. Determine proper machining process needed for metal composition
    3. Match machining process requirements to blue print requirements
    4. Identify fixture requirements as determined by machining requirements
  8. Create various projects using an engine lathe
    1. Machine welded surfaces to specified tolerances
    2. Setup various work holding devices
    3. Restore damaged external threads
    4. Setup steady rest
    5. Setup parts for machining using indicator
  9. Create various projects using a vertical mill
    1. Machine welded surfaces to specified tolerances
    2. Setup various work holding devices
    3. Machine key seats to specified tolerances
    4. Setup parts for machining using indicators
  10. Demonstrate boring operation
    1. Setup and bore using a lathe to specified tolerance
    2. Setup and bore using an offset boing head on a vertical mill to specified tolerance
  11. Execute CNC lathe programs to produce parts to specified tolerance
    1. Describe safety procedures for operation a CNC lathe
    2. Setup CNC lathe for operation
    3. Select appropriate work holding method for given work piece
    4. Set all appropriate offsets
  12. Create CNC mill programs to produce parts to specified tolerance
    1. Describe safety procedures for operation a CNC mill
    2. Setup CNC mill for operation
    3. Select appropriate work holding method for given work piece
    4. Set all appropriate offsets
  13. Design sketches and drawings to specified tolerances
    1. Create rough sketches
    2. Create accurate drawings to specified tolerances

Competencies Revised Date: AY2022



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