Students develop basic skills for precision grinding techniques. Students learn about abrasives and grinding operations, with special focus on surface and center type cylindrical grinding. Laboratory exercises simulate moderately difficult precision work produced and inspected in an industrial environment. Students' work is held to ANSI and ISO referenced standards for dimensional and geometric accuracy. Safe work habits are cultivated and industrial safety rules are continually stressed during this course.

This course is for students who want to learn more in-depth techniques related to CNC programming, process development and control, and product fixturing techniques using turning and milling centers. Students will develop more advanced knowledge of coding and editing parts using CAM/CAD software. A blend of practical theory and hands-on experience is required to perform complex setups in CNC machining centers. This includes CAD/CAM operations, program analysis, troubleshooting the solid model preparation, and the communication between CNC controls and CAD/CAM programs.