Intermediate Machining II Syllabus for 2014-2015
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Office Location

Manufacturing Education Center 107K

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Course

MCHN-1354-002 Intermediate Machining II

Prerequisites

Prerequisite: INMT 1338 and MCHN 1341

Course Description

Development of job process plan to include operation of lathes, milling machines, drill presses and power saws. Set-up, layout and tool maintenance is included. Emphasis on shop safety and preventative maintenance.

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Department Expectations

Occupational License Disclaimer

Hours

(3 sem hrs; 2 lec, 2 lab)

Class Type

On Campus Course

Syllabus Information

Textbooks

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HANDYMAN~IN~YOUR~POCKET

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Young/Glover

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Published by Sequoia

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ISBN: 1-885071-29-9

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PRECISION MACHINING TECHNOLOGY, 2nd Ed.

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Hoffman/Hopewell/Janes

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Published by Delmar/Cengage

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ISBN: 13:978-1-2854-4454-3 or 10:12854-4454-X

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PRECISION MACHINING TECHNOLOGY WORKBOOK and PROJECT MANUAL, 2nd Ed.

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David Lenzi/James Hellwig

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Published by Delmar/Cengage

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ISBN: 13:978-1-2854-4455-0 or 10:1-2854-4455-8

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Machinery's Handbook 29th Editon

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Industrial Press

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ISBN# 978-083112800-5

Supplies

MCHN-1338 Toolkit #61 may be purchased through Amarillo College Bookstore. This kit will contain both tools and materials required for class. Or you may choose to purchase all of the tools yourself. These tools are listed below.

Student Performance

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End-of-Course Outcomes: Set up and operate shop machinery and tools in a safe manner. Select and use precision measuring instruments to specified tolerances.

Students Rights and Responsibilities

Student Rights and Responsibilities

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Expected Student Behavior

Textbook,Workbook,Notebook & Class Equipment

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Students are required to have the specified tool-kit or tools for this class, no later than the second class session. Students are required to take notes during class, these notes may be used during test

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Safety Policy, PPE and attendance.

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Safety is everyone's job,and it starts before you enter the shop area. A machine shop has rotating machinery,high voltage electrical equipment,hot metal,sharp metal and chemicals,all of which can harm or even kill you.Professionlism is another habit that all of us must excell at. That is why the rules described below are needed.

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Rule#1. All students are required to have signed the attendance sheet and be setting at table at the start of class.

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Rule#2. No headgear of any type are allowed in classroom, hats or caps may be worn in lab.

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Rule#3. Break time will be set by instructor

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Rule#4. Instructor will set break time for class. When break is over all students must be back at work assignments.

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Rule#5. All students will participate in clean up.

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Rule#6. All students will respect other student and instructors.

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Rule#7. No food or drink in shop.

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Rule#8. If you make a mess you clean it up.

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Rule#9. Only College approved short sleeved or long sleeved shirts rolled up past the elbow are allowed in both the classroom and lab. These shirts must be buttoned and tucked into pants.

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Rule#10. Students will have all required tools and classroom materials each day class meets.

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Rule#11. No tobacco products of any type will be used in classroom or lab.

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Rule#12. Only Safety glasses' with side shields, that meet or exceed ANSI Z87.1 spec will be allowed.

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Rule#13. Only long pants are allowed. No baggy pants,pants that allow body parts to be exposed, or torn pants.

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Rule#14. Only College approved short sleeved or long sleeved shirts rolled up past the elbow are allowed in both the classroom and lab. These shirts must be buttoned and tucked into pants.

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Rule#15. No open toed shoes of any type are allowed either in classroom or on shop floor,students should wear work boots or work shoes.

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Rule#16. Hair over shoulder length needs to be secured safely with a hat, cap or hairnet.

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Rule#17. No necklaces, bracelets, dangling earrings, rings or watches are to be worn in shop.

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Rule#18. No horseplay of any type will be tolerated.

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Rule#19. Any vandalism or theft will not be tolerated.

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Rule#20. Any student under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

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Failure to comply with rules #1-#10 will be entered as zero on the grading rubric for each offence this may result in the student failing the class.

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Failure to comply with rules#11-#17

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First offense. The student will receive a written reprimand from instructor and be removed from that class, recieving no points for that day. Any quizzes or test that occur during that class cannot be made up and will counted as zero points.

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Second offense. The student will be suspended from the class for the remainder of the semester and receive a FAILING grade for that class.

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Failure to comply with rules #18 thru #20 will result in campus police being called to deal with student the student offender will be immediately suspended from the class for the remainder of the semester and receiving a FAILING grade for that class. Depending on severity of offence the student my be suspended from the college.

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Tools, Equipment,

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Tools and equipment specified for this class and any recommended preliminary class in the Machining Technology Curriculum should be purchased through the bookstore or you may purchase them by yourself, these tools and tooling have been choosen by the instructor for their quality and usefulness in helping the student to complete their required projects, within a set time limit and specified degree of accuracy. Any subsitutions by the students for a tool of lesser quality, is at the students own risk. Failure of a project because of sub-standard tools, or tooling that does not perform is no excuse a will be graded accordingly

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For all other question the below link will take you to Amarillo College Student Rights and Responsibilities

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http://catalog.actx.edu/content.php?catoid=10&navoid=407

Grading Criteria

Course Evaluations:

Students

Final (Overall) Grade Policy:

The final overall grade will be computed by adding the percentages earned as follows: Note Projects includes the following criteria. Safety, clean-up, math, print comprehension, process planning, time management, shop practices.


Projects	NIMS BASED	4 Projects Min	70% of Grade
Written Test		2 Test	15% of Grade
Final Exam		1 Exam	15% of grade
		100% of Grade

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100.00% - 92.00% =A

91.99% - 82.00% = B

81.99% - 70.00% = C

69.99% - 62.00% = D

61.99% - 00.00%= F

Makeup Policy

Students are responsible for getting notes from other students when absent. Lab activities will continue on schedule. Individuals will not receive credit for making up activities and there will be NO special lab sessions. Some work can be caught up during regular lab times. Missing lab activities may prevent individuals from completing lab projects.

Homework : Textbook, Workbook, Lab Reports and Final

Textbook: Required reading is to be completed prior to class, this will better prepare the student for the in class discussion on the subect matter covered in the reading.

Workbook: At the end of each chapter workbook problems will be assigned these work books will be graded with a project rubric.

Lab Reports: Before a project can be started a detailed lab report (process plan) will be written by the student, describing in technical terms how the project will be manufactured.

Final Exam and Project: A comprehensive final exam will be administered. Failure to take the final exam, will result in the student recieving a failing grade for the class.

Attendance

\ Attendance in class and lab participation is regarded as a requirement and an obligation for learning. Students will be expected to be in the class and seated by the start of each class period.Attendance roll will be called out at the beginning of the class and students not replying will be recorded as tardy losing ten attendance points.Roll will again called one-half hour after class has started, any student not replying will be recorded as absent and lose all points for that day.There are times that special circumstances arise but instructor needs to be made aware of these circumstances, the instructor will then decide if excuse warrants merit or not. Attendance will also means that until the end of class or instructor releases the class you are required to be there failure to be present during end of class roll will result in all points for that day being forfeited, again there will be times that special circumstances will be allowed but instructor needs to be informed and the the instructor will decide whether reason for leaving early is valid or not. Attendance also means that student has all the required material for said class, failure to comply with this is described in the below section describing student behavior.

Calendar

Class 1 Tentative: Review Syllabus:

Day 1 lecture. Shop safety Text book section 2 units 1 through 4. LOTO, MSDS,First Aid, EVAC and Storm shelters and Blood Born Pathogens.

Lab. Review and test on safety.

Objective. Student proficiency in machine shop safety.

Homework.Read pages 535-542 in text. Your next job is to choose four projects from the work book, Use page 173 to end of book, or start on NIMS Certification

Class 2 Tentative:

Day 2 Lecture. Text disscussion pages 535-542.