Those processes are traditional machining processes such as bar turning, facing, turret lathe, vertical and horizontal milling, tapping, boring, drilling, and grinding. There are also lab exercises for 3- axis CNC milling and injection molding processes. Through those exercises, students learn to process steel, aluminum and polymers. Traditional Machining Processes Basics of part machining are introduced. Operations include bar turning, facing, vertical and horizontal milling, hole drilling, tapping, sawing, and grinding.
Students form teams of four and produce parts based on given technical drawings.
Techical instructors assist student teams on their lab projects. Material processing laboratory creates an excellent environment for hands-on experience for mechanical, industrial and manufacturing engineering students. The laboratory exercises also builts strong understanding of the classroom lectures given in IME 250 Material Processing and Metrology. They generate cutter paths and NC codes for their design in order to machine in a 3-axis CNC milling machine as part of the laboratory assignments. Injection Molding Process Polymer processing is also instructed to the students by given hands-on experience using an injection molding machine.