Applied Industrial Processes 1

Course Code

MECH 156

Academic Year

2016-2017

Manufacturing is important - technologically, economically and historically. This course provides an introduction and overview of manufacturing which involves the transformation of materials into items of greater value by means of one or more processing and/or assembly operations. Core elements in manufacturing consist of materials, processes and systems. Emphasis in this course is placed on manufacturing processes. Topics in manufacturing processes include solidification processes, metal forming, metal removal processes, property enhancing operations and joining processes. The student is expected to follow safe work procedures developed for the lab and all machines used in the lab portion of the course.