MECH 6123 - Tool,Die & Fixture Design

Institution:

SUNY College of Technology at Alfred

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Description:

Tool, Die & Fixture design is a specialized phase of mechanical or manufacturing engineering that develops the tooling and work holding devices for manufacturing operations. This course will introduce the student to the design of tools, machining tooling, jigs and fixtures and other work holding devices. Students will be required to create working industrial drawings for various work holding devices and fixtures for a myriad of metal removal applications. This will require students to research, analyze, and select the most equitable and safe design solution through calculations, component selection, and mechanical design. Topics covered in this course in-clude theory of cutting and forming of metal, dies and die types, miscellaneous press working operations, presses and press accessories, press classification and selection, blanking and piercing dies, die life, dies block, die sets, die material, utilization, function and nomenclature of die components, tool and die design-techniques, mathematical analysis of die components, etc.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.alfredstate.edu

Phone Number:

(800) 425-3733

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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