Course outline

Heartland Community College · Technology Division
 

MFTG 110-ME
Manufacturing Processes I
 

Description

The course is designed to help students develop an understanding of the basic principles and practices used in traditional manufacturing. Topics covered include producibility, automation, and design principles metal removal methods; and metal forming methods. Emphasis is placed on creating process planning schedules. The role of the manufacturing engineer is discussed with emphasis on selection of the best manufacturing process to most economically perform the required manufacturing operations for quality output.

Format

Instructional methods include lecture, demonstration, lab, or other methods as deemed necessary.

Credit

Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 2

Relationship to Academic Development Programs and Transfer: 
Students Served:  
This course is for students in technology related programs. It is designed to provide the student with a broad introduction to production systems and related topics.

Offered

 Spring 2009

Rich Foley

1500 W. Raab Road, Room 1211 Telephone: (309)268-8853
 Email: rich.foley@heartland.edu

Typical text Processes of Manufacturing - Latest Edition - Wright

Topical outline

Introduction to Material Processing
 
  1. Nature of Manufacturing
  2. Organizational Structure of Manufacturing
  3. Industrial Materials

Casting and Molding
 
  4. Introduction to Casting and Molding Processes
  5. Casting Metals- Expendable Mold Techniques
  6. Casting Metals- Permanent-Mold Techniques
  7. Casting and Molding Plastic Materials
  8. Casting Ceramic Materials

Forming
 
  9. Introduction to Forming
10. Hot Forming Metals
11. Cold Forming Metals
12. Forming Plastics
13. Forming Ceramic Materials
14. Forming Powdered Metals

Seperating
 
15. Introduction to Separating
16. Turning and Related Operations
17. Milling and Related Operations
18. Sawing, Broaching, and Filing
19. Shaping and Planing Metals
20. Drilling, Boring, Reaming, and Tapping
21. Abrasive Machining Operations
22. Thermal and Chemical Machining
23. Shearing

Conditioning
 
24. Introduction to Conditioning
25. Conditioning Materials

Assembling
 
26. Introduction to Assembling
27. Welding Processes
28. Adhesive Bonding
29. Mechanical Fastening

Finishing
 
30. Introduction to Finishing Processes
31. Inorganic Coating Processes
32. Organic Coating Processes

Process Design and Control
 
33. Introduction to Process Planning
34. Selecting and Sequencing Operations
35. Automating Processes
36. Planning for Quality
37. Safety in Manufacturing

 

Objectives

1. Interpret engineering drawing specifications for purposes of selecting processes and equipment to transform raw material into the specified configuration.

2. Determine the sequence of operations needed and attainable tolerances for the for processes selected to manufacture simple parts.

3. Describe the operation of selected equipment used in manufacturing processes.

4. Select the proper manufacturing processes utilizing tolerances, machinability, material requirements, production capacity, economics, and other factors.

5. Create process plans manually.

6. Perform simple machining operations and set-ups using traditional machining techniques.

The student’s grade will be based on multiple measures of performance. The assessment will measure development of independent critical thinking skills and will include evaluation of the students ability to perform the outlined course objectives.

Students are expected to attend all classes and participate meaningfully in the activities each class day.
For each class period missed by a student beyond the third missed class, 5 points will be deducted from the total points earned during the semester. This policy is in force regardless of whether or not the absence is an excused absence.

If a class period is missed, it is the responsibility of the student to obtain any materials or notes they missed.

No assignments will be accepted after the cutoff date

No exams may be taken after the last availability date of that exam.  Exams may be offered on multiple or on single days.  Once the availability date of the exam has passed, the exam may not be taken.

Note: This policy is in addition to any policy stated in the Manufacturing Essentials Policy Handbook.

Academic integrity is a fundamental principle of collegial life at Heartland Community College and is essential to the credibility of the College’s educational programs. Moreover, because grading may be competitive, students who misrepresent their academic work violate the right of their fellow students. The College, therefore, views any act of academic dishonest as a serious offense requiring disciplinary measures, including course failure, suspension, and even expulsion from the College. In addition, an act of academic dishonesty may have unforseen effects far beyond any officially imposed penalties. Violations of academic integrity include, but are not limited to cheating, aiding or suborning cheating or other acts of academic dishonesty, plagiarism, misrepresentation of data, falsification of academic records or documents and unauthorized access to computerized academic or administrative records or systems. Definitions of these violations may be found in the college catalog.
Plagiarism is the presenting of others’ ideas as if they were your own. When you write a paper, create a project, do a presentation or create anything original, it is assumed that all the work, except for that which is attributed to another author or creator, is your own. Plagiarism is considered a serious academic offense and may take the following forms:
  • Copying word-for-word from another source and not giving that source credit.
  • Paraphrasing the work of another and not giving that source credit.
  • Adopting a particularly apt phrase as your own
  • Using an image or a copy of an image without crediting its source
  • Paraphrasing someone else’s line of thinking in the development of a topic as if it were your own.
  • Receiving excessive help from a friend or elsewhere, or using another project as if it were your own.
Note that word-for-word copying is not the only form of plagiarism.
The penalties for plagiarism may be severe, ranging from failure on the particular piece of work, failure in the course or expulsion from school in extreme cases.

[Adapted from the Modern Language Association’s MLA Handbook for Writers of Research   Papers. New York: MLA, 1995: 26]

Students will be expected to submit written work as assigned for exercises, questions, labs, projects and tests.

Reading assignments will consist of textbook, labs, articles or other course related materials.

The Library, located in the Students Commons Buildings at the Raab Road campus, provides Heartland students with a full range of resources including books, online journal databases, videos, newspapers, periodicals, reserves, and interlibrary loan. Librarians are available to assist in locating information. For more information please call the Library (309) 268-8200 or (309) 268-8292
Tutoring Center
Heartland Community College offers tutoring in various forms at not cost to Heartland students at the Academic Support Center (ASC) in Normal and at the Pontiac and Lincoln Centers. Tutors are available at convenient times throughout the week. Study groups, group tutoring facilitated by a specially-trained tutor, are also available by request. For more information about services available at each location, please call the ASC in Normal (309) 268-8231; the Pontiac Center (815) 842-6777; the Lincoln Center (217) 735-1731.

Testing Center
The Testing Center provides a quiet environment for students to complete make-up exams, online exams, and exams for students with special accommodations. Students may be able to complete exams in the Testing Center if arrangements are made with their instructor. For more information, contact the Testing Center at (309) 268-8231.