Upon successful completion the apprentice is able to: describe heat-treating processes; demonstrate procedures for using hand held equipment for the hardening and tempering of tooling or die components; and, describe properties of non-metallic materials. They will also learn about the fundamentals of measuring, checking, and gauging equipment; describe the components, adjusting mechanisms, and working principles of an optical comparator and coordinate measuring machine (CMM); and, describe the funtions and operating principles of coordinate measuring machine (CMM). Other topics covered are die stamping operations; tooling; die stock materials; punch presses and accessories, as well as their operational principles. This course will also cover design characteristics, features, and elements of metal stamping technology, procedures for setting up equipment and accessories for fitting, positioning, and aligning components; application of keyed assemblies; the application of dowelled assemblies and types of fits; learn processes and techniques for the assembly rack and pinion combinations as well as processes and techniques for the assembly of transfer systems; processes and techniques for the assembly of cam and follower combinations; and processes and techniques for the assembly of in-dies electronics.
Course Code
TDM320A
Course Credit
4