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Study-Unit Description

Study-Unit Description

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CODE TET2001

 
TITLE Manufacturing Processes for Technology

 
UM LEVEL 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course

 
MQF LEVEL 5

 
ECTS CREDITS 4

 
DEPARTMENT Technology and Entrepreneurship Education

 
DESCRIPTION This unit builds on its pre-requisite unit (Applied resistant materials for Technology 1) and continues to develop knowledge within the domains of shaping and forming of materials, tool-holding and work-holding and the machining and finishing methods for the manufacture of technological products. The unit covers the processes of subtractive manufacturing as referred to conventional machining tools like the lathe and the milling machine. A special focus is however made on the centre lathe as this considered as the backbone of the every machine shop. The machine tool is explored in a measure of detail that the learner is able to identify its salient parts, can plan on how to use it for a specific job, can manufacture a product with such a tool and also comment on quality assurance measures relevant to the machine tool, at every stage of manufacturing.

Study-Unit Aims:

1. To present methods for the manufacture of finished technological products;
2. To continue developing knowledge about the shaping and forming of materials, tool-holding and work-holding and machining and finishing operations;
3. To show how quality can be assured in every stage of the manufacturing process and not just at the end.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Knowledge & Understanding:

By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to:
1. Define subtractive manufacturing;
2. Identify key features of tools or machines;
3. Plan tooling for a specific job;
4. Plan the fabrication and assembly of parts of a specific job;
5. Discuss the principles of tool-holding and work-holding;
6. Discuss and explain the optimal manufacturing process for a specific job;
7. Discuss quality assurance measures to be taken at every stage of manufacturing;
8. Be cognisant of non-traditional machining processes such as ultrasonic machining, electrochemical machining, chemical milling etc.

2. Skills:

By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to:
1. Read detailed workshop drawings that include dimensional tolerances and surface roughness specifications;
2. Set up and use a bench/pedestal grinder to produce proper end and side relief angles on a lathe toolbit;
3. Select the proper cutting fluid to suit various materials and machining operations;
4. Select and set the correct cutting speed and feed for work mounted on a lathe;
5. Mount and remove a chuck and other accessories from a lathe spindle nose;
6. Face and turn work held in a lathe chuck;
7. Set up a lathe for machining between headstock and tailstock centres;
8. Cut a taper (taper turning) on a lathe using the compound rest;
9. Calculate the thread dimensions necessary to cut ISO metric threads;
10. Set up a lathe for threading an ISO metric thread and cut it;
11. Perform drilling and boring operations on a lathe;
12. Execute a sequence of machining operations as outlined in a job plan to produce a simple product to required specifications.

Main Text/s and any supplementary readings:

Main Texts:

- LEFTERI, C. 2012. Making It: Manufacturing Techniques for Product Design, Laurence King Publishing.
- THOMPSON, R. 2007. Manufacturing Processes for Design Professionals, Thames and Hudson.

 
ADDITIONAL NOTES Pre-requisite Study-unit: TET1002

Please note that a pass in the Portfolio component is obligatory for an overall pass mark to be awarded.

 
STUDY-UNIT TYPE Lecture, Independent Study and Practical

 
METHOD OF ASSESSMENT
Assessment Component/s Assessment Due Sept. Asst Session Weighting
Logbook SEM2 No 40%
Portfolio (See Add. Notes) SEM2 No 60%

 
LECTURER/S Andrea Gerada
Carmel Navarro

 

 
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