I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Advanced Metal Fabrication/CNC Automation
2. Course Prefix & Number:
WELD 1150
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 4
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 6
4. Course Description:
Students will practice and apply skills attained in math, electronics, welding, fabrication, metallurgy, and blueprint reading classes in order to construct a final project. Through this immersion, work-simulated environment, students will be assigned a project and independently build the project from planning to final assessment.
5. Placement Tests Required:
6. Prerequisite Courses:
WELD 1150 - Advanced Metal Fabrication/CNC Automation
All Credit(s) from the following...
9. Co-requisite Courses:
WELD 1150 - Advanced Metal Fabrication/CNC Automation
There are no corequisites for this course.
III. Course Purpose
Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
Welding & Fabrication AAS
Welding & Fabrication Diploma
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
Analyze and follow a sequence of operations |
Identify key components and order of events to properly prevent part distortion. |
Apply abstract ideas to concrete situations |
Apply practical knowledge to joint design and selection of proper weld process. |
Work as a team member to achieve shared goals |
Work in teams to move and process raw material. |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Develop an understanding of safety around metal fabrication;
- Identify the correct welding process, based on the material type and how the part will be used;
- Generate layouts using manual layout methods;
- Decipher from simple blueprints how features should be laid out to coincide with fabrications;
- Recognize weld positions and weld joint types in a fabrication;
- Calculate the tonnage requirements for bending materials dependent on material size;
- Compute the flat layout of bent parts;
- Demonstrate an understanding of bend allowance;
- Program simple parts at the CNC plasm machine;
- Produce CNC cut files that efficiently use raw materials with nesting software;
- Demonstrate an understanding of quality control and inspection process; and
- Diagnose weld distortion and correct with proper weld sequencing.
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- Press Brake
- Back gauge
- Die clearance
- Die depth
- Tonnage calculations
- Order of bend operations
- Flat layout
- Weld Distortion
- Weld sequencing
- Straightening techniques
- CNC Plasma Cutting
- Machine operations
- Nesting software
- Maintenance
- Plasma consumables
- Rolling
- Quality Control
- Square
- Locations
- Orientation
- De-burred
- Presentably
2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions
- Calculate Bill of Materials
- Locate proper material
- Proper cutting methods
- Select Proper Equipment
- Select weld processes (SMAW, GMAW, GTAW, OAW)
- Manual fabrication
- CNC fabrication
- Design/Construct Fixtures for Fabrication
- Blocks
- Spacers
- Repeatability
- CNC Plasma
- Plate locating
- Skew
- Amperage and consumable selection
- Nesting
- Fabrication
- Cut
- Bend
- Shape
- Pre-weld assembly (fit up)
- Tack
- Inspect
- Weld
- Inspect
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Advanced Metal Fabrication/CNC Automation
2. Course Prefix & Number:
WELD 1150
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 4
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 6
4. Course Description:
Students will practice and apply skills attained in math, electronics, welding, fabrication, metallurgy, and blueprint reading classes in order to construct a final project. Through this immersion, work-simulated environment, students will be assigned a project and independently build the project from planning to final assessment.
5. Placement Tests Required:
6. Prerequisite Courses:
WELD 1150 - Advanced Metal Fabrication/CNC Automation
All Credit(s) from the following...
9. Co-requisite Courses:
WELD 1150 - Advanced Metal Fabrication/CNC Automation
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
III. Course Purpose
1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
Welding & Fabrication AAS
Welding & Fabrication Diploma
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
Analyze and follow a sequence of operations |
Identify key components and order of events to properly prevent part distortion. |
Apply abstract ideas to concrete situations |
Apply practical knowledge to joint design and selection of proper weld process. |
Work as a team member to achieve shared goals |
Work in teams to move and process raw material. |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Develop an understanding of safety around metal fabrication;
- Identify the correct welding process, based on the material type and how the part will be used;
- Generate layouts using manual layout methods;
- Decipher from simple blueprints how features should be laid out to coincide with fabrications;
- Recognize weld positions and weld joint types in a fabrication;
- Calculate the tonnage requirements for bending materials dependent on material size;
- Compute the flat layout of bent parts;
- Demonstrate an understanding of bend allowance;
- Program simple parts at the CNC plasm machine;
- Produce CNC cut files that efficiently use raw materials with nesting software;
- Demonstrate an understanding of quality control and inspection process; and
- Diagnose weld distortion and correct with proper weld sequencing.
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- Press Brake
- Back gauge
- Die clearance
- Die depth
- Tonnage calculations
- Order of bend operations
- Flat layout
- Weld Distortion
- Weld sequencing
- Straightening techniques
- CNC Plasma Cutting
- Machine operations
- Nesting software
- Maintenance
- Plasma consumables
- Rolling
- Quality Control
- Square
- Locations
- Orientation
- De-burred
- Presentably
2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions
- Calculate Bill of Materials
- Locate proper material
- Proper cutting methods
- Select Proper Equipment
- Select weld processes (SMAW, GMAW, GTAW, OAW)
- Manual fabrication
- CNC fabrication
- Design/Construct Fixtures for Fabrication
- Blocks
- Spacers
- Repeatability
- CNC Plasma
- Plate locating
- Skew
- Amperage and consumable selection
- Nesting
- Fabrication
- Cut
- Bend
- Shape
- Pre-weld assembly (fit up)
- Tack
- Inspect
- Weld
- Inspect