Materials and manufacturing technology (5 cr)

Objective

After completing the course, you will be able to:
identify the general structural materials of metal products
explain the general manufacturing methods of metal products
present the technical properties of structural materials for manufacturing
choose the suitable material to the target
identify the most important machine tools and hand tools of metal products
use machine tools and hand tools safely
use different welding methods safely

Content

What kind of materials are used in the structures of the metal products, machine parts and machines?
How are the metal products made?
What technical properties and processing properties are required from the production materials of the metal product and how can the properties of the metal be influenced with heat treatment?
How do I choose a suitable material for the separate targets?
What kind of tools and machine tools are used for the making of metal products?
How do I operate machine tools and tools safely?
What welding methods exist, what are their special characteristics ,and how to weld safely?

Course material

Material that is distributed in classroom and in moodle.
- Koivisto et al, Konetekniikan materiaalioppi
- Ihalainen et al, Valmistustekniikka

Study forms and methods

Scheduled track:
Theory lectures and excercises. Mandatory laboratory excercises.

Independent track:
If you are working a company that is in the similar industry, you can make a a larger development project within your company, which is graded and replaces the excercises within the course. Additionally you have to take the tests in the course. Please contact the lecturer on the start of the course.

Timing of exams and assignments

Exams to upgrade grading must be taken within one year from the end of the course. These exams are to be taken in predetermined days, which are given in the first lecture.

Student workload

Theory + laboratory excercises (60h) Excercises to be done in home (60 h)

Further information

Participation in first classroom lecture is mandatory. If student can't participate for some good reason He/She must contact the teacher before the first lecture.
More detailed description and schedule of the course will be told in the first lecture.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Approved excercises and exam.