Machine Tool Technology - Tennessee Technology Center at Shelbyville

Machine Tool Technology from Tennessee Technology Center at Shelbyville is a Campus Certificate Engineering General degree that prepares you for a Engineering career. This course is designed to give practical experience on lathes, grinders, vertical and horizontal mills, as well as hand tools and bench work. Students in the advancement phases of the program will receive instruction and perform practical experiences on computer numerically controlled equipment. A variety of work projects gives the student actual experience in the fabrication of usable tools and parts from metal and machinable plastics. Mission The mission of the program is to provide the technical instruction and skill development for the student to become gainfully employed in the machine tool technology field. Nature of the Work Almost every product made by American industry contains metal parts or is manufactured by machines made of metal parts. Many of these parts are cut to precise dimensions by machining workers who use a wide variety of machine tools. Over one million persons are employed as machinists , tool and die makers, instrument makers, machine tools operators and set-up and layout people. The principle job of most machine workers is to operate machine tools . The most common types of machine tools are lathes, grinding machines, milling machines , broachers, saws, EDM (Electronic Discharge Machining) and either conventional or CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machines. Accuracy is of prime importance for most precision machining work. Machining workers follow directions generally given in the form of a blueprint. Precision measuring instruments are used to check the accuracy of work against the blueprint specifications. There are many advancement opportunities for experienced machinists. Many become foreman; others may, with specialized training, become tool and die makers. Machine Tool Technology is the basic background for quality control, metallurgy, programming CNC equipment and many other machine related fields. View more details on Tennessee Technology Center at Shelbyville . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Engineering General courses.