PMT 121 - Precision Machining Basics II

Credits: 5
LEC hours per week: 3
LAB hours per week: 4
This course covers theory, operations, and safe application of lathes, milling machines, and precision grinders. It also includes calculations of the dividing head, an assortment of trigonometry problems, and beginning introductions into Computer Numerical Control (CNC).
Prerequisite(s): PMT 109, AMATH 106, and PMT 111
Course Outcomes:

Apply proper safety rules and regulations in the shop.
Make advanced setups on the lathe
- Cut precision threads
- Make internal threads
- Turn and bore a part to limiting tolerances: +.0005”and -.0005”
Operate a dividing head on the mill.
Calculate and cut gear teeth on a blank.
Calculate problems using trigonometry.
Apply safe precision ginding procedures
- Use surface grinder
- Use cylindrical grinder
Operate a Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machine.

Course Topics:

Safety
Threads and Threading
Milling machines
Precision Grinding Machines
Trigonometry
Gear Nomenclature
Dividing Heads
Computer Numerical Control (CNC)