MFG 212 - Coordinate Measuring Machine

Credits: 2
Lecture Contact Hours: 1
Lab Contact Hours: 1
Description: This course will cover fundamental Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) processes. The students will be exposed to CMM machines for checking parts to prepare them for what they would experience in a real world machining job environment. Particular course emphasis will be on setting up and operating a CMM machine to check parts. We will be using CMM software, including PC-DMIS and Zeiss, on Brown and Sharpe and FaroArm machines.

Prerequisites: MFG 102. CAD 130.
Corequisites: None.
Recommended: None.

Course Category: Occupational
This Course is Typically Offered: As Needed
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Course Competencies

Apply Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing.
Apply the Six Degrees of Freedom with blueprints and parts.
Align parts to a blueprint.
Explain how temperature, tolerances and uncertainty affect a part.
Operate a coordinate measuring machine in manual mode.
Calibrate a coordinate measuring machine.
Select an appropriate probe for a task.
Rotate data to meet alignment requirements.
Program a probe to avoid crashes.
Operate a coordinate measuring machine in advanced programming mode.
Analyze the output of a coordinate measuring machine.