MFGT Manufacturing Technology


MFGT-110 Materials and Manufacturing Processes (3 cr.)
Fall and Spring
Manufacturing processes, material properties and their selection for product functions. Structure and characteristics of metal, polymer/wood, ceramic and composite materials will be examined.

MFGT-150 Introduction to Engineering Materials (3 cr.)
Fall and Spring
Exposure to engineering materials, their properties, and behavior. Topics will include: material types, testing, mechanical properties, heat treatment, and material selection. Students are expected to have had high school chemistry. Math Proficiency greater than or equivalent to Math-120.

MFGT-202 Welding and Casting Processes (3 cr.)
Fall and Spring
Lab intensive class utilizing various processes and parameters in the welding and foundry areas. Prerequisites: take MFGT-110.

MFGT-203 Machining Metal Forming Processes (3 cr.)
Fall and Spring
Machine tool concepts providing an operational knowledge of traditional and non-traditional machining processes. Fundamental forming machine and hand tool operations. Sheet metal pattern development. Prerequisites: take MFGT-110.

MFGT-204 Polymer Processes (3 cr.)
Fall and Spring
Introduction to properties of plastic, elastomeric and fiber-reinforced composite materials and the processes used to manufacture products from them. Primary and secondary manufacturing processes used to convert wood-fiber materials into components and/or finished products. Prerequisites: take MFGT-110

MFGT-251 Polymer and Composite Processes (3 cr.)
Fall and Spring
Polymer materials and properties, material testing, product design and evaluation, processing methods, machine set-up and operation. Prerequisites: take MFGT-150 or PKG-220.

MFGT-252 Material Removal and Forming Processes (3 cr.)
Fall and Spring
Machine tool concepts providing an operational knowledge of machining and metal forming processes. Analysis and application of primary and secondary processing methods for the manufacture of products. Measurement principles and practice applied to inspection and process control. Development of process designs appropriate for product specifications. Prerequisites: take MFGT-150.

MFGT-253 Joining and Casting Processes (3 cr.)
Fall and Spring
Process concepts providing an operational knowledge of the practice and theory of welding, thermal cutting, adhesive bonding, and metal casting processes. Analysis and application of primary and secondary processing methods for the manufacture of products. Development of process designs and practices appropriate for product specifications, inspection and process control. Prerequisites: take MFGT-150.

MFGT-303 Computer Aided Manufacturing (3 cr.)
Fall and Spring
Justification for and application of computer assistance in manufacturing process; machine process control, inventory and materials handling, robotics and automated assembly, product design and part grouping in relation to total manufacturing operation. Prerequisites: take MFGT-203 or MFGT-252, and take CADD-112 or AEC-131.

MFGT-315 Metallurgy (3 cr.)
Fall and Spring
Properties of crystalline solids, production of iron and steel, the carbon-iron equilibrium diagram, principles of heat treatment, properties of ferrous alloys. Production, properties, and theory of the most important non-ferrous metals and alloys.

MFGT-330 Plastics for Teachers (2 cr.)
Summer
Overview of plastics as a manufacturing material. Focus on plastics processes: injection molding, blow molding, extrusion, thermoforming, and reinforced resin composites. Includes lab projects for the technology education classroom and tours to plastic processing industries.

MFGT-337 Numerical Control in Manufacturing (1-3 cr.)
Fall and Spring
Investigation and justification of numerical control of machine tools; types of control units and systems, feedback systems, manuscript writing and manual programming, tape punching and machine set up, fixture design and tool setting; working knowledge of basic machining processes recommended. Prerequisites: take MFGT-303.

MFGT-340 Plastics Processing (3 cr.)
Fall, Spring and Summer
Injection molding process control, material properties, statistical process control, and basic product and mold design. Basic thermoforming processes and product design; profile, sheet, and film extrusion; blow molding processes; and resin composite materials and molding processes

MFGT-345 Design and Simulation of Manufacturing Systems (3 cr.)
Fall and Spring
Design of manufacturing systems using contemporary methods and philosophies. Modeling and comparison of system designs using simulation software. Interpretation of experimental simulation results to evaluate system design alternatives. Preparation of technical reports summarizing projects. Statistical knowledge recommended.

Prerequisites: take STAT-130 or STAT-320 or STAT-330.

MFGT-355 Plastics Tooling I: Injection Molding (3 cr.)
Spring
Injection molding principles, product design, material selection, mold design and fabrication, computer aided engineering, and simulation of injection molding processes, mold and product evaluation. Prerequisites: take MFGT-340 and CADD-436.

MFGT-400 Workshop (1-3 cr.)
Fall, Spring and Summer
Special topics manufacturing, providing hands-on or experiential learning activities. Specific content and title to reflect the topic of the workshop. R

MFGT-405 Industrial Robotics (3 cr.)
Fall and Spring
Specifications, planning, purchasing decisions, and programming of industrial robots. Prerequisites: take MECH-290 or PHYS-321.

MFGT-470 Plastics Tooling II: Extrusion and Blow Molding (3 cr.)
Fall
Principles of extrusion and blow molding, testing of materials and applications, mold and die design and fabrication product evaluation, downstream operations. Includes design project and verification testing. Prerequisites: take MFGT-355.

MFGT-489 Business and Industry Internship (1-8 cr.)
Fall and Spring
Off-campus work and study in student's area of concentration; approved salaried position with cooperating company for a semester or summer session. Junior level or higher. R