The first three industry-focused courses are available today and are targeted at the machine design, plastic design, and lathe industries. The first in the series is a course focused on the design of plastic injection molded parts. Students discover the importance of uniform walls, draft angles, and shaping for good material flow.
Students learn to use the necessary design principles for the plastic part process.
Numerous in-class projects give students experience in creating real plastic parts using functions common to plastic mold design. Students follow an in-process model through its manufacturing process, learning to leverage the concept of tracking material remaining to be machined. Students cover all aspects of turning, from creating a basic roughing operation to defining auxiliary operations like parting. Lathe, which provides a hands-on approach to learning. The third in the series addresses the complex machine design industry.