Computer Integrated Manufacturing

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Course Description

Manufactured items are part of everyday life, yet most students have not been introduced to the high-tech, innovative nature of modern manufacturing. This course give students hands-on experience make parts from CAD drawings. At the same time, it teaches students about manufacturing processes, product design, robotics, and automation.

Outcomes:

• Students will explore careers in many engineering fields.

• Students will work independently and collaborate to create design proposals.

• Students will use the engineering design process to develop an original solution to a problem.

• Student will use computational thinking to create mathmatical and graphic models of their ideas.

• Students will learn, practice, and follow all safety rules for using fabrication tools.

• Students will maintain an engineering journal where they will record their design process.

• Students will create, save and organize their work digitally on computers.

Proficiencies Standards

STEM - Proficiencies

1 Global Collaborator

2 Creative Communicator

3 Career Explorer

4 Computational Thinker

5 Innovative Designer

VEX testbed has a Cortex controller wired to a variety of motors and sensor, all mounted to a metal plate.

Unit 1 Automation

Close-up image of a CNC mill making lots of sawdust by routing out material from the middle of a block.

Unit 2 Manufacturing Processes

Computer screen with Autodesk Fusion open with a drawing of a piece arranged to be cut out.

Unit 3 Design for Manufacturing

A student is making a model factory on table full of robot arms and conveyer belts.

Unit 4 Automated Factory Design

Autodesk Fusion - Level 2 CAM Certification

Students will expand their CAD skill learned in PLTW Introduction to Engineering Design and apply it to controlling fabrication machines. Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) dominates modern manufacturing and is a critical element of Compute Integrated Manufacturing. By the end of the class they will take the test to earn their professional certification in Autodesk Fusion CAM.

Advanced Manufacturing Technician Apprenticeship Program

Lockheed Martin is a major aerospace engineering company with facilities located here in Littleton Colorado. They have developed and run an apprenticeship program for factory technicans called AMTAP. They are coolaboration with DRHS so that we can begin offering a pre-apprenticeship program in this class that will povide an expodited acceptance for our students into their paid 9 week apprenticeship program.

Daily Routine

Warm-up Question - Google Classroom Answered in several sentences.

Think like an Engineer

Team Meeting - Journal Project Status - Goals - Schedule

Plan like an Engineer

Engineering Project - group work

Design, Build, Test, Repeat

Design like an Engineer

Image of the two foot by four foot CNC Router Table in the DRHS Fabrication Lab. It is cutting the center out of a large round piece of wood.

This image shows a manufacturing work cell with a CNC Milling Machine and robotic arm mounted to blue metal tables.

Computer Numeric Control abbreviated CNC, is the use of a computer to control manufacturing equipment.

The CNC Router Table is cutting out a wavy shape pocket out of the middle of a rectangular block of wood.

Project Lead The Way (PLTW)- Engineering

Each PLTW Engineering course engages students in interdisciplinary activities like working with a client to design a home, programming electronic devices or robotic arms. These activities not only build knowledge and skills in engineering, but also empower students to develop essential skills such as problem solving, critical and creative thinking, communication, collaboration, and perseverance.

Introduction to Engineering Design (9th grade)

Students dig deep into the engineering design process, applying math, science, and engineering standards to hands-on projects like designing a new toy or improving an existing product.

Principles of Engineering (10th, 11th grade)

Students explore a broad range of engineering topics including mechanisms, strength of structure and materials, and automation, and then they apply what they know to take on challenges like designing a self-powered car.

Computer Integrated Manufacturing (10th, 11th or 12th grade)

Students discover and explore manufacturing processes, product design, robotics, and automation, and then they apply what they have learned to design solutions for real-world manufacturing problems.

Aerospace Engineering (11th or 12th grade)

Students explore and experience the wonders of flight, aerodynamics, and space exploration. Student will learn about the field of aerospace and then they apply what they have learned to design and test model planes, rockets, and drones.

Digital Electronics (11th or 12th grade)

Students explore the foundations of computing by engaging in circuit design processes to create combinational logic and sequential logic (memory) as electrical engineers do in industry.

Engineering Design and Development (12th grade - Capstone Project)

Students identify a real-world challenge and then research, design, and test a solution, ultimately presenting their unique solutions to a panel of engineers.

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