Industrial Mechanic Courses

REQUIRED COURSE
Adds to the basic and intermediate pneumatic skills teaching advanced pneumatic applications. Students will learn industry-relevant skills related to these new topics including operation, installation, performance analysis, maintenance, and design. These topics include advanced pneumatic principles, pneumatic cylinder loads, cylinder applications, quick exhaust valves, motor loads, air bearings, component sizing, air compressor types, air compressor operation, flow measurement, compressor performance, air filtration, lubricators, water removal, dryers, and pneumatic component maintenance. Explains repair and maintenance of pneumatic system components. Describes troubleshooting process and methods, including pressure sensors and flow sensors. Explains how to inspect, troubleshoot, disassemble, assemble, and install a pump. Also describes the process of preparing for start-up.

Describes theory and practice of compressing and transporting gases. Explains the types and principles of compressors and compressed air treatment equipment, and compressed air use and safety.

Contamination teaches key aspects of preventing and controlling contamination. Learners acquire skills in identifying and measuring contamination as well as prevention practices such as facility layout, cleanliness, and component handling. Provides a solid knowledge base in fluid handling and storage as well as use of clean rooms.

Covers types of misalignment, aligning couplings using a straight edge and feeler gauge, adjusting parallel and angular alignment, using a dial indicator and eliminating coupling stress.

Describes the types of conveyor systems and their principles of operation.

Describes types of shim stock and materials and explains the procedures for fabricating shims.

Fasteners – provides application knowledge regarding bolt types, size and grades, as well as screws, washers, locking nut devices, pins and keys. Gaskets – teaches about selecting, installing and storing the many types of gaskets available. Provides focus on integration and isolation seals, as well as T-joints. Module 2: Key Fasteners, Module 5: Gaskets and Seals.

Teaches the basic skills needed to create the field sketches used to convey information about how parts should be made or assembled.

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Covers the importance of workplace safety, OSHA regulations, and practicing safety in the workplace. Topics include personal protective equipment, hazardous communication, confined spaces, lockout/tagout, accident response and overhead crane safety.

Explains how to remove, troubleshoot, and install tapered, thrust, spherical roller, pillow block, and angular contact ball bearings.

Covers the sizes, uses, and installation procedures of six types of drive belts and two types of chain drives.

Identifies various types of couplings, and covers installation procedures using the press-fit method and the interference-fit method. Also covers coupling removal procedures.

Identifies and explains how to install axial-flow fans, centrifugal fans, and roots-type and screw-type blowers.

Covers function and advantages of mechanical seals, identifies parts and types of seals, and includes procedures for removing, inspecting, and installing mechanical seals.

Explains the types of packing and packing materials found in a typical stuffing box. Covers how to remove packing and how to install compression packing and lip-type packing.

Covers a brief overview of AutoCAD and SolidWorks programs. Students will learn the Cartesian coordinate system, creating various drawings and views, basic program functions, and general program familiarization.

Describes the properties and functions of lubricants lubricant additives, oils and greases. Explains how to select lubricants. Explains the EPA hazardous waste control program and proper disposal program, lubricant storage, lubricant classification, and lubricant film protection.

Describes the orthographic projection, isometric, and schematic drawings used to show piping, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems. Describes the use of drawings sets to obtain information about a system; explains the process of identifying a part of a machine for repair or replacement from a set of drawings.

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Introduces mechanical systems and develops fundamental knowledge of mechanical practices. Topics may include basic safety, installation, v-belt drives, lubrication, maintenance and troubleshooting of plain ball bearings.

Includes the functions of brakes and clutches, specialized bearings used in linear drives and guide functions, and various types of conveyors. Discusses design, operation, purpose, maintenance and troubleshooting.

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Covers various types of iron and steel pipe and fittings and provides step-by-step instructions for cutting, threading, and joining ferrous piping. Introduces chemical, compressed air, fuel oil, steam, and water systems. Explains how to identify piping systems according to color codes. Explains how to remove and install threaded and flanged valves, how to replace valve stem O-ring and bonnet gaskets, and how to repack a valve stuffing box. Also discusses the purpose of valve packing. Covers the selection, preparation, joining, and support of copper, plastic piping, and fittings.

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Explains how to level equipment using jack bolts, wedges, and shims. Covers precision leveling procedures and performing clearance installation. Also describes basic steps for setting motors and pumps.

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Explains how to select, inspect, use and care for levels, feeler gauges, calipers, micrometers, height gauges and surface plates, dial indicators, protractors, parallels and gauge blocks, trammels, and pyrometers.

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Explains preventive and descriptive maintenance and nondestructive testing, and introduces the basic techniques for testing. Also describes lubricant analysis, and acoustic, infrared, and vibration testing.

Principles of materials – non-ferrous metals introduces the properties, elements, and types of non- ferrous materials commonly employed in metal manufacturing. Covers the basics of the non -ferrous material manufacturing process, the elements used to create non-ferrous materials, the main types of non-ferrous materials and their properties, and the common tests used to measure metal properties. Introduces the properties, processes, skills, and concepts of working with plastics. Introduces the importance, properties, processes, and skills of working with composites. Introduces the importance, properties, processes, and skills of working with ceramics. Principles of materials – ferrous metals introduces the properties, elements, and types of ferrous materials commonly employed in metal manufacturing.

REQUIRED COURSE
Describes the common types of pumps and their principles of operation. Explains centrifugal, rotary, reciprocating and metering pumps. Also explains net positive suction head and cavitation. Explains how to inspect, troubleshoot, disassemble, assemble, and install a pump. Also describes the process of preparing for start-up.

Explains how to identify, select, and inspect rigging hardware. Also covers lifting capacity charts, load balancing, and pick points. Covers the operation, function, and maintenance of wire mesh slings and fiber ropes, load movement, and rigging knots. Proper rigging techniques are vital for efficient movement of loads and worker safety.

Explains how to lay out and install baseplates and soleplates. Describes how to field-verify a plate installation. Covers precision leveling procedures and performing clearance installation. Also describes basic steps for setting motors and pumps.

Explains how to select, inspect, use and maintain torque multipliers, cable cutters, nut splitters, keyseat gauges, and hardness testers.

Explains how to use tables of equivalents and conversion tables, figure ratios and proportions, perform right angle trigonometry, calculate take-outs using trigonometry, and calculate volumes and weights of objects. Explains right triangle trigonometry and its use in the trade. Also covers interpolation, equilateral and isosceles triangles, and the laws of acute triangles.

Describes maintaining and repairing belt, roller, chain, screw, and pneumatic conveyors.

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Describes types and operation of gearboxes, and gearbox diagnostics. Explains how to troubleshoot, remove, and disassemble gearboxes, how to identify gear wear patterns, and how to install and maintain gearboxes.

Explains the causes of vibration and the procedures and types of equipment used in vibration analysis. Describes the kinds of equipment used for vibration testing and monitoring. Describes field machine balancing.