Machining Technology

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The Machining Technology Program is designed to meet industry’s continued and growing need for trained machine operators and programmers.

This program prepares students for employment in machine shops, manufacturing facilities and in the maintenance of industrial plants. The AAS degree in Machining Technology is designed to develop competent support technicians for employment in the field of machine shop and related occupations. The curricula are designed to provide a broad-based education with opportunities for specific employment and personal interest goals. The shop has more than sixty pieces of manual equipment (such as lathes and milling machines), seven pieces of computerized numerical control (CNC), turning and milling machines, six robotic arms, a computer integrated manufacturing (CIM) cell, hydraulic and pneumatic trainers, and sixty personal computers with up-to-date training materials. The program is also an Authorized Training Center (ATC) for Engineering Geometry Systems: FeatureCAM (CAD/CAM) software.

All of the courses in the 15 Semester Credit Hour (SCH) Basic Machining Technology Certificate apply toward the 31 SCH Machining Technology Certificate and the Machining Technology AAS degree.

The capstone for Machining Technology are as follows:
Machining Technology AAS: INMT 1380, Cooperative Education-
Industrial/Manufacturing Technology/Technician.
Basic Machining Technology Certificate: MCHN 1391, Special Topics in Machinist/Machine Technologist.
Machining Technology Certificate: MCHN 1291, Special Topics in Machinist/Machine Technologist.

For more information, call 713-718-6805 or e-mail jimmy.vu@hccs.edu.

Choose a Course

MCHN 1201 Beginning Machine Shop

MCHN 1211 Basic Lathe I

MCHN 1214 Milling Machine I

MCHN 1217 Machining I

MCHN 1220 Basic Lathe II

MCHN 1221 Milling Machine II

MCHN 1230 Statistical Process Control (SPC) for Machinist

MCHN 1291 Special Topics in Machinist/Machine Technologist

MCHN 1391 Special Topics in Machinist/Machine Technologist

MCHN 1453 Sheet Metal II

MCHN 2230 Milling Machine II

MCHN 2231 Advanced Engine Lathe I

MCHN 2234 Tools and Fixtures I

MCHN 2235 Advanced Engine Lathe II

MCHN 2238 Milling Machine IV

MCHN 2239 Tools and Fixtures II

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