Manufacturing Processes

Catalog description

This course introduces industrial manufacturing processes for material shaping, joining, machining, and assembly. Topics include casting, shaping and molding of metals, ceramics and polymers, particulate processing of metals and ceramics, metal forming, machining, sheet metal working, joining and assembling, surface treatment, and manufacturing design considerations. Instructors emphasize raw materials, quality, and costs of finished products. The course includes laboratory exercises that demonstrate the applications of the topics covered in the actual manufacturing processes.