CLCT 1600 - Duct Layout & Fabrication

Credit Hours: 3.00

Prerequisites: None

Sheet metal layout fundamentals and fabrication techniques as applied to cooling, heating and ventilation duct work.

Billable Contact Hours: 4

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OUTCOMES AND OBJECTIVES
Outcome 1: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to safely use sheet metal tools for various fabrications.

Objectives:

Use tin snips correctly to perform cuts to sheet metal without making fishhooks.
Use drafting tools on various drawings according to manufacturers’ literature.
Use an 8 foot brake, 6 foot brake, and pan brake on various projects according to manufacturers’ literature.
Use a 4 foot shear to measure and cut whole sheets of sheet metal according to manufacturers’ literature.
Use an electric Pittsburg machine to form a lock on various fabrications according to manufacturers’ literature.

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to draw and fabricate various fittings according to a blueprint.

Objectives:

Draw and fabricate a rectangular pipe according to a blueprint.
Draw and fabricate a change joint according to a blueprint.
Draw and fabricate an elbow according to a blueprint.
Draw and fabricate a round taper according to a blueprint.
Draw and fabricate a transition according to a blueprint.
Draw and fabricate a Hess fitting according to a blueprint.
Draw and fabricate Y fittings according to a blueprint.

COMMON DEGREE OUTCOMES (CDO)
• Communication: The graduate can communicate effectively for the intended purpose and audience.
• Critical Thinking: The graduate can make informed decisions after analyzing information or evidence related to the issue.
• Global Literacy: The graduate can analyze human behavior or experiences through cultural, social, political, or economic perspectives.
• Information Literacy: The graduate can responsibly use information gathered from a variety of formats in order to complete a task.
• Quantitative Reasoning: The graduate can apply quantitative methods or evidence to solve problems or make judgments.
• Scientific Literacy: The graduate can produce or interpret scientific information presented in a variety of formats.

CDO marked YES apply to this course:
Critical Thinking: YES
COURSE CONTENT OUTLINE
Week Lecture

Introduction; General Trade Information; Pattern Development
Methods, Edges, Seams; Rectangular Pipe
Change Joint; Change Joint Ctr. F1
90 Square Elbow; 90 Offset
90 Curved Elbow; 45 Curved Elbow
90 Y-Branch; Angle 2 way Y
90 1 Way Y; 90 Clinch tee
Straight offset; Transition change joint
Transition change joint; Double offset
90 Lefthand Hess; 90 Center Hess
90 Straight Trans E11; Curved offset
Transition offset; 90 Curved Trans E11
90 One Way Trans Y; 90 Round tee
45 Round tee; Round 4 piece elbow
Square to Round; Round to Round taper
FINAL EXAM

Primary Faculty
Marlow, Douglas
Secondary Faculty

Associate Dean
Pawlowski, Timothy
Dean
Hutchison, Donald

Official Course Syllabus - Macomb Community College, 14500 E 12 Mile Road, Warren, MI 48088