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MSE 409
Khashayar “Kash” Behdinan
This course is designed to contribute primarily to:
Knowledge of and ability to prepare processes, design fixtures and tooling, and prepare raw material
Ability to design and write NC programming
Knowledge to design machining processes using manufacturing equipment
Ability to understand and to develop alternative machining processes for different features
Ability
to
conduct
a
project
to
design
object,
and
computer
machining
and
tooling
conditions,
and
produce the part
Course Objectives
Course Plan
Topics in computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) . Fixed, programmable, and flexible automation; introduction
to numerical control technology; manual NC programming; post processing; graphical NC programming; NC
programming with CAD/CAM systems. Selection and design of tooling
.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
1.
S.C. Jonathan Lin, Computer Numerical Control from Programming to Networking,
Delmar, Delmar Publishers
2.
" Computer-Aided Manufacturing", Chang, Wysk and Wang, Pearson, 3rd edition
3.
Mill/Design Applications Guide, Mastercam
4.
Various manuals and handouts
TextBook
ILecture:
Introduction to CAD/CAM
CAD: Graphics, and Transformations.
Geometric Modeling.
Introduction to Geometric Modeling.
Geometric Modeling Approaches.
Wireframe Modeling.
Surface Modeling.
Solid Modeling.
Data Exchange.
Concurrent Engineering.
Computer Aided Process Planning.
Computer Control of Manufacturing Systems.
Lab:
Introduction to CAM (1 week)
Manual Cutting (1 week)
NC programs generation (1 week)
Automatic Cutting with Compensation (2 weeks)
Surface Cutting (1 week)
Tool and Cutting (1 week)
Design Practice (1 week)
Fixture and Cutting (1 week)
Drill Toolpaths (1 week)
3D Contour Toolpaths (2 weeks)
Advanced Pocket Toolpaths, Final Project (2 weeks)
Final Project (1 week)
Fundamentals of Computer-Aided Manufacturing
MSE 409 -L
Student Projects
