Standards

Posted: 10/09/07

R State Standard

 £ Institutionally Developed

College: n/a

MCH 116 - Mill Operations II

Course Description

Provides further instruction for students to develop skills in the use of milling machines. Topics include: safety, advanced milling calculations, advanced milling machine setup and operations.

 

Competency Areas

Hours

Safety

Class

2

Advanced Milling Calculations

D. Lab

8

Advanced Milling Machine Setup

P. Lab/O.B.I.

0

Advanced Milling Machine Operations

Credit

6

 

Prerequisite:

Provisional admission

Corequisite:

 

 

Course Guide

 

Competency

After completing this section, the student will:

Hours

Class

D.Lab

P.Lab/

O.B.I.

SAFETY

 

1

 

 

Demonstrate safe milling machine operation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADVANCED MILLING MACHINE CALCULATIONS

15

0

0

Speeds and feeds

Use Machinery Handbook to determine feeds and speeds.

 

 

 

Positional Calculations

Calculate X and Y coordinates for holes on a bolt circle.

 

 

 

Other calculations (angles and radii)

Solve indexing calculation problems.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADVANCED MILLING MACHINE SETUP

5

19

0

Planning

Plan sequence of vertical and horizontal milling operations.

 

 

 

Alignment

Align workpiece, work holding devices, and fixtures on vertical mill and/or horizontal mill.

 

 

 

 

Setup indexing head for manual operations.

 

 

 

 

Setup rotary table for manual operations.

 

 

 

Tooling requirements

Select the type of holding device or hold down system according to the workpiece shape and size.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADVANCED MILLING MACHINE OPERATIONS

0

60

0

Applications

Machine parts using carbide cutters on vertical mill.

 

 

 

 

Machine radii using corner rounding cutter on vertical mill.

 

 

 

 

Machine slot using slitting saw or wheel cutter on vertical and/or horizontal mill.

 

 

 

 

Bore, face, and recess diameters using boring head.

 

 

 

 

Mill multiple surfaces using indexing fixture on vertical mill and/or horizontal mill.

 

 

 

 

Mill multiple surfaces using dividing head on vertical mill and/or horizontal mill.

 

 

 

 

Machine tool steels and/or stainless steel on milling machine.

 

 

 

 

Drill hole patterns using rotary table.

 

 

 

 

Drill bolt circle hole patterns using X and Y moves.

 

 

 

 

Identify milling problems, determine causes, and correct problems.

 

 

 

 

Suggested Resources

 

Books

 

Walker, J, Machining Fundamentals. Goodheart-Willcox.

Kibbe, R., Machine Tool Practices. Prentice Hall.

Krar, S., Technology of Machine Tools. McGraw Hill.

 

Journals/Magazines*

 

Modern Machine Shop

American Machinist

Tooling & Production

 

Posted: 10/09/07