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  IME 480 - Tool Engineering

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering – Tool Engineering (3) (3,0) IME 480

Required Course

Fall Semester 2007- 2008 

2007-2008

Catalog Data:

480-3 TOOL ENGINEERING.

This course covers topics including locating/orientation principles, clamping, positioning and concepts required to design and fabricate tooling for machining, joining and bulk deformation processes. Prerequisites: IME 370, 345 (or concurrent) (Effective Fall 2003)

 

Textbook(s):

Fundamentals of Tool Design, Society of Mfg. Engineers, 1998.

Coordinator:

Kevin M. Hubbard, Assistant Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

Topics and Schedule:

1. Workpart location and orientation principles (8 hours)

2. Jig and fixture design (12 hours)

3. Pressworking tooling (10 hours)

4. Joining and assembly tooling (7 hours)

5. Inspection tooling (8 hours)

Professional Component:

In the semester project for this course, students design and fabricate a working auxiliary tooling prototype.

Course Outcomes

Students successfully completing this course will possess:

 

1.     An understanding of workpart location/orientation principles including:

i)          the 3-2-1 locating principal

ii)         the concentric/radial locating principal

iii)        the proper use and specification of datum surfaces

2.     An understanding of the effect of tooling tolerances on workpart tolerances.

3.     The ability to perform clamping force calculations.

4.     The ability to design auxiliary tooling associated with manufacturing material removal and inspection processes.

 

 

Prepared by:

Kevin M. Hubbard, Assistant Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

Date:

May 24, 2008

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