BC3 Academic Catalog: 2023-2024 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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MECH 103 - Manufacturing Processes and Materials 3 Credits: (3 lecture, 1 lab)
Course Description
This course provides a basic understanding and application of materials, machines, and processes by which materials are formed into useful products. Manufacturing processes, fundamentals of industrial metallurgy, principles of quality assurance, and workplace safety will be covered.
A Manufacturing Skill Standards Council (MSSC) Certified Production Technician (CPTAE) will receive credit for this course.
Prerequisite Eligibility for enrollment in ENGL 101 based on placement test scores; or a “C” or better in ENGL 029 or ENGL 030 and/or ENGL 034 or ENGL 035 or ENGL 036 or ENGL 037, as required; or transfer credits meeting or surpassing ENGL 101 prerequisites.
Text
Brandt, D. & Warner, J. (2009).Metallurgy fundamentals: ferrous and nonferrous (5th ed.). Tinley Park, IL: Goodheart-Willcox.
THORS eLearning Academy. thors.com/solutions/academy/
Objectives
The student will be able to:
A. Summarize the global impacts and importance of manufacturing.
B. Explain the properties of ferrous and nonferrous materials.
C. Apply key material testing methods such as tensile and hardness testing.
D. Describe the history and current practices of the steelmaking process.
E. Explain the various major heat treatment processes.
F. Apply time-temperature-transformation (T-T-T) diagrams to predict the metallurgy resulting from heat treatment regimens.
G. Explain how product and process quality are controlled.
H. Explain the approaches employed to ensure workplace safety and environmental compliance.
I. Document the sequence of operations necessary to produce a specific product.
Content
A. Global and domestic importance of manufacturing.
B. Classification, structure, and engineering properties of ferrous and non-ferrous materials.
C. Material test methods.
D. Steel making processes.
E. Iron-carbon phase diagrams.
F. Heat treatment methods for steels and aluminum materials.
G. Time-temperature-transformation (T-T-T) diagrams.
H. Major casting, forming, separating, conditioning, finishing, and assembling processes.
I. Quality assurance approaches.
J. Workplace safety and environmental compliance.
Student Evaluation
The objectives will be evaluated as follows: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and I will be evaluated using virtual lab assignments, examinations and a comprehensive final examination (or project). The comprehensive final (or project) is worth 20% of the final grade.
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