Purdue University - College of Technology

Computer Integrated Manufacturing Technology

ABET Accredited - Society of Manufacturing Engineers - Manufacturing Engineering Technology Program

CIMT 342

Advanced Manufacturing Processes and Practices

Class 2, lab. 2, cr. 3.  (Prerequisite: MET 242 and CIMT 246 or IET 104.  Required)

This course will address manufacturing processes analysis and design. Topics include: the impact of product manufacturability upon manufacturing operations, concurrent engineering, rapid prototyping, nontraditional manufacturing processes, and design specifications for manufacturing tooling and machinery.

Course Objectives:  Following completion of this course the student will:   (May 2004)

1.      Understand one process, per the SME Gap Analysis.

2.      Be able to find practical data and analyze thermal processes.

3.      Understand the basics of near net shape manufacturing as embodied in plastics processing.

4.      Understand the value and application of hand calculations, simulation, and experimentation in process design.  [P03-3 and P04-3]

5.      Analyze a manufacturing process including machinery, the operations sequence, tooling, and fixturing given a blueprint and a machinery list including the capabilities of each machine.

6.      Specify a cutting tool and tool holder well suited to a given material removal process.     [P01-7]

7.      Identify and describe the basic casting and molding processes for engineering materials including plastics.

8.      Generate a solid model using constraint based solid modeling software.

9.      Generate CNC code from a solid model.