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Apprentice Training Programs
Mold Makers
First Year: First Semester
Course 101
Industrial Math I - 42 hrs. - 14 Sessions
Content: An entry level course for the first year apprentice. A study of practical shop mathematics including: rate, ratio, proportion, average, and percentage; algebra; metrics; and geometry. Numerous problem solving sessions are included. This course meets one night per week. Taken first semester by all first year students.
Credit given by Proficiency Exam.
Required Textbooks:
- Mathematics for Machine Technology
- Machinist’s Ready Reference
- TMA 3-Ring Notebook (first year students are required to purchase one notebook for Courses 101-104)
Course 102
Industrial Prints - 42 hrs. - 14 Sessions
Content: An entry level course in blueprint reading for the beginning apprentice. This course meets one night per week. Taken first semester by all first year students.
Credit given by Proficiency Exam.
Required Textbook:
First Year: Second Semester
Course 103
Industrial Math II - 42 hrs. - 14 Sessions
Content: A continuation of shop mathematics with emphasis on right angle trigonometry, solid geometry, oblique triangles, and practical shop problem solving. This course meets one night per week. Taken second semester by all first year students.
Prerequisite - Course 101
Credit given by Proficiency Exam
Required Textbooks:
Course 104
Machine Shop Theory - 42 hrs. - 14 Sessions
Content: An entry level course for the first year apprentice in the study, use, and applications of shop equipment relative to precision machining, including sheetmetal work. Also includes the study of measurement and the use of shop measuring devices with related math. This course meets one night per week. Taken second semester by all first year students.
Credit given by Proficiency Exam.
Required Textbooks:
- Machine Tool Practices, 4th Edition
- Machinist’s Ready Reference
- Machinery’s Handbook - (optional tet)
Second Year
Course 202
Basic Mold Making - 162 hrs.
Content: This two semester course takes the second year mold apprentice to the heart of the mold - the mold cavity and core. Content includes "out of the ordinary" machining operations and set-ups; the use, advantages of, and limitations to, electrical and hydraulic duplicating machines and attachments; explanation of runners, gates, overflows, and vents; the use of side cores, various methods of construction, fitting, clearances required and locking devices; the finishes required in mold cavities for various materials and procedures of benching and polishing. This course meets two nights per week.
Prerequisite Courses 101 thru 104
Required Textbooks:
- Mold Making and Die Case Dies For Metalworking Trainees
- Introduction to Mold Making
- PXXB 20" x 26" Laminated Drawing Board
- Machinery’s Handbook 24th Edition
- TMA 3-Ring Notebook
- Additional Drawing Supplies may be required by the instructor.
Third Year
Course 302
Advanced Mold Making - 162 hrs.
Content: This two semester course takes the third year mold apprentice into the Age of Automation and Electronics in the manufacture of molds and molding machines. The production of mold cavities by electrical impulse methods - thread molding and automatic unscrewing methods - split type cavities - oil hydraulic, waterdraulic and air system - automatic molding and machines - hot runner systems and multiple gating - bottle molding and other special types - current advances in molds, molding machines and mold making methods. This course meets two nights per week.
Prerequisite Course 202
Required Textbooks:
- Mold Making & Die Cast Dies For Metalworking Trainees (also used in Course 202)
- Plastics Mold Engineering Handbook
- PXB 20" x 26" Laminated Drawing Board (also used in Course 202)
- Machinery’s Handbook 24th Edition (also used in Course 202)
- TMA 3-Ring Notebook
- Additional Drawing Supplies may be required by the instructor.
For more information, contact Jan Bending
at (847) 825-1120 or by e-mail at jbending@tmanet.com
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