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Compulsory workshop course for Electrical and Electronic Engineering students and Computer Engineering students
The aims of this course are to:• Understand safety requirements for sheet metal operations, including personal safety and workshop safety• Use sheet metal hand tools including files, drills and cutters• Measure and cut out a drill gauge to tolerances of plus or minus 1 mm• Measure and mark out a set of simple sheet metal components, using datum lines, markers, punches, vernier callipers• Use of drill press machines, setting these up and operating them• Use manual bending and folding presses to fabricate a simple construction
At the conclusion of this course you should be able to:LO1: Use basic workshop tools to accurately fabricate metal components (WA3, WA5)LO2: Perform engineering measurements (WA3, WA5)LO3: Work safely with basic machine shop equipment (WA5, WA6)LO4: Appreciate the time, skill and attention required to fabricate components (WA6, WA5)LO5: Interpret simple engineering drawings (WA5)
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:
Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award
Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.
Employable, innovative and enterprising
Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.
Approval into the BE(Hons)
ENEL200
Students must attend one activity from each section.
Gareth Barwell
Leigh Brook
Contact HoursWorkshops: 15 hours Total 15
For further information see Electrical and Computer Engineering .