Prints are manufacturing instructions and generally contain a drawing, dimensions, and notes. Print Reading is the universal form of communication allowing the engineering department and the manufacturing department to communicate all the information that is needed to manufacture a product. Upon completion of the program, you will have gained a new set of skills for reading engineering prints.
Course Outline:
- The Basics of Manufacturing Prints
- The Reading of Manufacturing Prints
- The Total Manufacturing Print
- Views
- Dimensions
- Tolerances
- Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing
- Surface Finish
- Threads
- Machine Terms and Manufacturing Processes
- Casting, Forging, and Molded Part Prints
- Welding and Sheet Metal Prints
- Gears, Splines, and Cams
- Types of Manufacturing Prints
Students will be able to:
- Interpret and describe the technical information provided on industrial prints through drawings, dimensions, and notes.
- Navigate the total manufacturing print, including lines, scale, language, symbols, title blocks, and other components.
- Visualize parts from drawings consisting of multiple views, including basic, auxiliary, partial and various types of section views.
- Identify part dimensions and tolerances including geometric dimensioning and tolerancing.
- Calculate minimum and maximum allowable values for dimensions considering tolerances
- Interpret standard surface finish symbols and screw thread designations.
- Interpret symbols and notes used to communicate special manufacturing requirements that are not directly illustrated and dimensioned.
- Analyze drawing features, symbols and notes unique to castings, forgings, and molded part prints.
- Analyze weld symbols and interpret the unique symbols found on welded part prints and sheet metal prints.
- Analyze drawing features, symbols and notes unique to gears, splines, and cams.
- Identify relevant information from a variety of other common types of prints.
Who Should Attend:
- Machine operators
- Quality control inspectors
- NC programmers
- Shop supervisors
- Metal-working manufacturing personnel
- Engineers
- Engineering managers
- Other manufacturing professionals interested in learning how to read blueprints or updating their knowledge in this area.
What former students have said
- "It was an interesting, informative class. Someone with no college or secondary school background could easily follow the class, and easily bring it to their workmanship / work floor." - Student, Columbia Tech, 3/23/2018
- "Loved the class. Charles kept us moving and thinking in groups and we received quite a bit of knowledge towards reading blueprints" - Rafalaela Melo, Tegra Medical, 12/3/2018
- "It was an awesome experience and I would love to take more classes in the future" - Dunavan Fahey, Tegra Medical, 12/3/2018