MANUFACTURING: METAL PROCESSES – No. 8019
.5 Credit Elective – Grades 9-12
Length: Second Semester
Prerequisite: Introduction to Engineering Design. Can be taken concurrently.
This course is designed to give students their first experience in welding, sheet metal, machining processes, heating treating, forging, and metallurgy. Emphasis is placed on “hands on” activities in all areas. It is a great introductory course to let students decide if they wish to continue in courses in the metals area. In welding, students will be given an overview through the experience of oxy-acetylene welding and brazing, arc welding, metallic inert gas welding, and tungsten inert gas welding. Sheet metal will consist of the basic principles, processes, and theories involved in this trade. Machining will introduce students to metal working using layout tools, hand tools, engine lathe, drill press, milling machine, and surface grinding. With forging and heat treating, students will shape metal and harden it. All of these processes will be learned through a series of lab and classroom activities such as skill building, projects, and mass production methods.
Students need to furnish their own safety glasses and pay for materials which are used for their own projects.
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