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Purpose:
- To increase
an awareness of how machine tools relate to practical apparatus
design and to translate these concepts onto paper in a practical
and readable drawing.
- To provide
an introduction to optical design based on content introduced
in geometrical and physical optics.
- Preparation
for Advanced lab and introduction to optics
Goals: Machine Shop - Instrument design
- Understand how design, drawing, and dimensioning relate to
machine procedures.
- Be aware of safety factors related to machining tools.
- Use proper measuring tools adn become aware of their practical
and theoretical tolerances.
- Know the general set-up procedures for the lathe, milling machine,
and drill press.
- Use proper speed, feed, and depth of cut.
- Grind a lathe tool bit which has proper clearance and rake
angles.
- Identify screw sizes and use drill chart for tap drill and
decimal sizes.
- Record all procedures in a notebook emphasizing proper terms,
brevity, and sketches to identify critical set-up and alignment
problems (an introduction to the lab notebook).
- Be aware of machining terms and how first impressions can be
beneficial in future job situations.
Goals:
Optical Design
- To understand
the design implications of the differences between geometrical
and physical optics.
- To be able
to design a simple optical instrument using fundamental concepts
of geometrical optics.
- To be able
to design a simple optical instrument using fundamental concepts
of wave propagation.
- To be able
to implement an optical design using commercially available hardware.
- To be able
to express design ideas in a rudimentary form of a US patent.
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Day 1 |
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Day 3 |
| Shop |
Meyer
Hall 174 |
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Hall 174 |
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Hall 174 |
| Optics |
Meyer Hall 263
AM-introduction to geometrical and physical optics with problems.
PM-design of a microscope, telescope, spectrograph, and laser
beam expander.
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Meyer Hall 263
AM-review and Michelson and Mach-Zehnder interferometer setups.
PM-begin the patent search and design project.
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Meyer Hall 263
finish the design project and report. Give oral presentation.
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Evaluations: Machine Shop
- Attendance, observed shop practice, labmanual, cad drawings,
and product quality
Evaluations:
Optics
- lab notebook
50% (collected at the end of each day
- patent
document 30%
- presentation
20%
Major Safety Regulations:
- Supervisoring staff present at all times
- Know the hazards posed by each machine
- No loose clothing and hair
- Know where the emergency shut off is located
- No "horseplay"
- Do not look directly at a laser source.
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