Tool Design (MET 3331), Tentative schedule, Fall 2007, Prof Simin Nasseri

Month / Week / First day of the week / HW/ Projects / Tests / Chapter-Subject / Calendar, Holidays/others
August / 1 / 20 / Graphics HW1 / Eng Graphics/ Statics/ /
2 / 27 / GT&D questions / Fundamentals of Design 1
Solving graphics HW/
Fundamentals of Design 2
September / 3 / 3 / GT&D seminars/ Tool Materials /
3 Sep- Labor day
4 / 10 / Tool Calculations /Tool Life & Temp
5 / 17 / T1 / Tooling machinability & Cost / TEST 1
6 / 24 / HW2 / Locating & Workholding1, 2, 3
October / 7 / 1 / Project 1
Workholding / Locating & Workholding 4, 5/ /
8 / 8 / HW3 / Intro to jigs & Fixtures/ Jigs 1, 2
9 / 15 / T2 / Jigs 3 / TEST 2
10 / 22 / Fixture 1 & 2
11 / 29 / Project 2 (Bonus Jig Project) / Fixture 3 (in class-jig project) +Fixture 4 /Tooling cost
November / 12 / 5 / Project 3
Jig / Dies 1 (Types and Components) & Dies 2 (Cutting Operations) /
21- 23 Nov, Thanksgiving
13 / 12 / Dies 3 (Forming Operations) Dies 4 (Bending Operations)
14 / 19 / Dies: Bending and Forming Problems (one session)
15 / 26 / Project 4
Fixture / Dies 5 (Draw dies)
December / 16 / 3 / Project 5
Die / T3 / TEST 3 on Tuesday the 4th
/Die project due on Thursday the 6th /
Last day of class = Dec 6th
Finals = 7 - 12 Dec