Section: Material Requirements Planning-MRPFrom Lesson 2: Business Insights and CareersUnit 3: Fabrication ProcessesManufacturing Processes Course

Section: Material Requirements Planning-MRPFrom Lesson 2: Business Insights and CareersUnit 3: Fabrication ProcessesManufacturing Processes Course

Section: Material Requirements Planning-MRPFrom Lesson 2: Business Insights and CareersUnit 3: Fabrication ProcessesManufacturing Processes Course

Section: Material Requirements Planning-MRPFrom Lesson 2: Business Insights and CareersUnit 3: Fabrication ProcessesManufacturing Processes Course

Section: Material Requirements Planning-MRPFrom Lesson 2: Business Insights and CareersUnit 3: Fabrication ProcessesManufacturing Processes Course

This section provides information about the physical and chemical properties of nickel and its manufacturability.

This section provides information about the physical and chemical properties of stainless stell and its manufacturability.

This Materials Science and Technology Teachers Handbook was developed by Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Richland, Washington, under support from the U.S. Department of Energy.

Learning Outcomes:
Learn more about history of aluminium and aluminium Alloys
Learn about aluminium material structure and properties of aluminium, an important engineering material that is used in many ferrous and non-ferrous alloys for improved strength, toughness as well as other beneficial properties (fatigue, corrosion resistance, low temperature toughness etc.) that can be manufactured from aluminium
Learn about the commercial important alloys where aluminium is a key element
Learn about why and when aluminium should be considered as an engineering material for manufacturing purposes
Lastly, learn about the safety aspects of aluminium while processing and in usage.

This course is an application of common electrical concepts and relay ladder logic/motor control circuits used in industry to maintain and troubleshoot electrical power and control systems, including variable frequency drive systems. Students will learn how to install, operate, maintain, and troubleshoot single-phase transformers, NEMA and IEC contactors & motor starters, motor branch circuits, and reversing circuits (power & control). A heavy focus of the course will be on variable frequency drives. Students will learn to install, maintain, program and troubleshoot industrial programmable VFDs. The course will focus on 3 types of VFD: Automation Direct’s GS2, Allen Bradley PowerFlex 70 and Allen Bradley PowerFlex 525. After completing this course the student will:
1. Install and troubleshoot single phase transformers.
2. Explain, calculate and measure power distribution voltages
3. Explain and troubleshoot NEMA and IEC contactors and motor starters
4. Install and troubleshoot three phase motor branch circuit.
5. Install and troubleshoot three phase motor reversing circuits.
6. Explain the basic operation of a programmable variable frequency drive
7. Wire and configure a programmable variable frequency drive
8. Program and troubleshoot a variable frequency drive
9. Configure and interface a VFD to an AB CompactLogix PLC
10. Explain the signal/data flow in a PLC based system to control a VFD

New trends in manufacturing include processes such as built-in quality, kaizen and kanban as part of the innovative concept of lean production conceived by Japanese automotive manufacturers. In this video these new manufacturing trends are demonstrated in the Honda Manufacturing Plant of Alabama. We learn how mass production is a “push” system and lean production is a “pull” system. Honda associates discuss processes similar to kanban and kaizen and how they improve efficiency, product quality, and result in a happier workforce.