Machine Tool & Fixture Design

Catalog description

The manufacture of products and machinery often requires the use of specialized tooling and fixtures to support the manufacturing and associated processes. Tooling and fixtures supports a variety of processes in manufacturing to align parts for assembly, gauge machines to assure that the part meets its specifications, and hold machines to assure the safety of personnel using these machines. Aircraft manufacturing, for example, requires complex tooling and fixturing to hold all of the components of the airframe to very close tolerances, without deflection, and facilitate bringing large fuselage structures together accurately and efficiently. In this course, modern Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) system will be emphasized in the design of machine tooling and fixtures.