INDS 223 - Advanced CNC Machining

4 Credit: (1 lecture, 3 lab, 0 clinical) 4 Contact Hours: [INDS 131 ]

This course provides students the concepts to plan, program, and run complex three-dimensional CNC programs for milling and turning processes. Machine calibration and fixture set-up will be emphasized and discussed as well as minimal tool breakage, airtime, programming time, wasted moves, wasted tool changes, and surface finish.
OFFERED: fall semesters

Course Goals/ Objectives/ Competencies:
Goal 1: Practice and Describe Safe Practices related to CNC machining.

Identify unsafe work conditions in a machine shop.
Demonstrate safe work habits in a machine shop.

Goal 2: Perform precision machining and make adjustments for part modifications.

Perform basic industry standard CNC mill operations.
Perform basic industry standard CNC lathe operations.

Goal 3: Understand work holding systems and multi process designs.

Apply tool change and multiple part setup operation.