Advanced Center for Manufacturing Excellence 'Learning Lab' - NCSLI 2012 Conference Abstract

摘要

Understanding the fundamentals of measurement is a critical skill in several areas of manufacturing. Whether you are working in a testing Lab, product development or manufacturing operations, understanding the critical aspects of measurements is very important. Unfortunately most companies do not have a structure that can support sustained education or training in Metrology, either do to a lack of dedicated resources or facilities. To help deliver this critical training, Cummins has partnered with some local community colleges to develop the "Learning Lab". The Learning Lab is a fully equipped and staffed Dimensional Metrology Lab dedicated to providing "hands on" learning in the field of Dimensional Metrology. The lab facility is housed in the Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence (AMCE), located in Columbus Indiana. The AMCE is a facility dedicated to furthering education in subjects related to manufacturing. As Metrology is seen as a critical component of manufacturing the AMCE has added the Learning Lab to its facility to help students understand how measurement is used to support in manufacturing and product quality. In addition to the Learning Lab, local community colleges are modifying/creating a curriculum that will compliment the lab facility and better support how students learn Metrology skills. This paper will describe the Learning Lab and how it fits into the mission of the AMCE. I will also describe changes in local community college's curriculums that have been made to reinforce the learning of Metrology skills.