MFG 204. INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS AND PROCESSES: Chemical and physical properties of metals, ceramics, and polymers; casting processes; powdered metallurgy; metal forming; plastic processes. Oral and written presentation of a team case study. Co-requisite: MFG 204L. 3 sem. hrs.

MFG 204L. INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS AND PROCESSES LABORATORY: Destructive testing of metal using standard test instruments and procedures for tension, impact, and hardness. Heat-treatment studies including tempering, hardening, annealing, and hardenability curve determination. Hardness testing including Rockwell, Brinell, and Shore Scleroscope. Impact testing. Visits to local industries. Co-requisite: MFG 204. 1 sem. hr.

MFG 206L. DIMENSIONAL METROLOGY: Theory and practice of dimensional metrology including the surface plate, angle and sine plates, basic measuring instruments, optical microscope and profile projector, electronic gauges, co-ordinate measuring machine, fixed gauges, length standards, measurement of geometric sizes of parts, height gauges, dial indicators, study of sources of measurement error, engineering drawing interpretation. Three hours of laboratory a week. Prerequisites: SET 112, 113; MCT 110L. 3 sem. hrs.

MFG 240. MANUFACTURING DESIGN: Manufacturing planning; drawing interpretation; geometric dimensioning and tolerancing; process planning; machine tools; workholders; power presses; blanking, forming, and draw dies; fine blanking; group technology. Prerequisites: MFG 108L, 204, 206L; MCT 110L. 3 sem. hrs.

MFG 400. SELECTED MANUFACTURING TOPICS: Investigation and discussion of current topics in manufacturing engineering technology. May be taken more than once. Prerequisite: Permission of the program director. 1-4 sem. hrs.

MFG 424. ROBOTICS: Study of robotics including history, robot geometry, cost justification, end-effector (types, use, and design), sensors, and programming. Application of robots in industries. Robot programming and operation projects and end-effector design projects. Prerequisites: SET 113, 153; MCT 220 or 217, 313. 3 sem. hrs.

MFG 426. AUTOMATED MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS AND CIM: CIM systems and interrelationships; group technology, computer-aided process planning, expert systems, local area networks, automated flow lines, data collection, material handling. Team project to plan, design, and make and oral presentation of a proposal for a complete manufacturing cell. Prerequisite: MFG 108L, 204; SET 153. 3 sem. hrs.

MFG 431. CONTROLS FOR INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION: Electrical motor and control types and selection, conventional machinery control input-output devices, stepper motors. Interpretation and design of conventional ladder relay logic control systems, programmable logic controller systems using manual data input and off-line computer-programming projects, and moving-part pneumatic logic systems. Prerequisites: EET 201; SET 113, 153. 3 sem. hrs.

MFG 432. MATERIALS AND PROCESSES-PLASTICS AND COMPOSITES: Introduction to the more common plastics and composite engineering materials and their properties. Study of processes including extrusion, injection molding, blow molding, compression and transfer molding, forming. Topics on part and tooling design. Prerequisites: MFG 204, CPT 122. 3 sem. hrs.

MFG 434. COMPUTER NUMERICAL CONTROL: CNC programming for the mill and lathe; application of CAM software to design CNC programs, edit programs, and display tool paths. Parametric part programming concepts to produce complex surfaces. Machine set-up and operation. Design, programming, and production of a product on the CNC mill and lathe. Prerequisites: SET 112, 153; MFG 108L; MCT 110L. 3 sem. hrs.

MFG 435. ADVANCED NUMERICAL CONTROL: Instruction in the programming of complex, multi-axis CNC machines. Extended parametric programming. Programming language techniques. Prerequisite: MFG 434. 3 sem. hrs.

MFG 450. MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROJECT: Study and research in a specific area that integrates major elements from previous design and manufacturing process courses, culminating in individual and / or group projects and technical reports. Prererquisite: MFG senior status. 2 sem. hrs.