Students Workshop Practice

At the end of this course, the students should be able to: 1. identify various basic hands and machine tools, analogue and digital measurement devices and instruments, and acquire skills in their effective use and maintenance; 2. practically apply basic engineering technologies, including metrology, casting, metal forming and joining, materials removal, machine tooling (classification, cutting tool action, cutting forces, non-cutting production) and CNC machining technology; 3. master workshop and industrial safety practices, accident prevention and ergonomics; 4. physically recognise different electrical & electronic components like resistances, inductances, capacitances, diodes, transistors and their ratings; 5. connect electric circuits, understand different wiring schemes, and check ratings of common household electrical appliances and their basic maintenance; and 6. determine household and industrial energy consumption, and understand practical energy conservation measures.

The course comprises general, mechanical and electrical components: supervised hands-on experience in safe usage of tools and machines for selected tasks; Use of measuring instruments (calipers, micrometers, gauges, sine bar, wood planners, saws, sanders, and pattern making). Machine shop: lathe work shaping, milling, grinding, reaming, metal spinning. Hand tools, gas and arc welding, cutting, brazing and soldering. Foundry practice. Industrial safety and accident prevention, ergonomics, metrology. Casting processes. Metal forming processes: hot-working and cold-working processes (forging, press-tool work, spinning, etc.). Metal joining processes (welding, brazing and soldering). Heat treatment. Material removal processes. machine tools and classification. Simple theory of metal cutting. Tool action and cutting forces. Introduction to CNC machines. Supervised identification, use and care of various electrical and electronic components such as resistors, inductors, capacitors, diodes and transistors. Exposure to different electric circuits, wiring schemes, analogue and digital electrical and electronic measurements. Household and industrial energy consumption measurements. Practical energy conservation principles.