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Official Course
Description: MCCCD Approval: 10-26-2004 |
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MWR201
2005 Spring – 2011 Spring |
LEC
5.0 Credit(s) 5.0 Period(s) 5.0 Load Occ |
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Optics
and Optical Tooling |
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Principles
and physics regarding light, mediums, and lenses. Includes the practical
aspects of optics: setup and operation of levels, transits, telescopes and
alignment of machinery and machine components. Prerequisites: Registered apprentice
status or permission of the Apprenticeship Coordinator. |
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MCCCD
Official Course Competencies: |
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MWR201 2005
Spring – 2011 Spring |
Optics and Optical Tooling |
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Identify and explain the laws of nature pertaining to
light. (I A, B) |
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2.
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Identify types of lenses and describe their construction
and how they are employed in the objective and ocular systems of telescopes.
(I C) |
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Describe light wave action as it passes through specific
types of lenses. (I C) |
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List conditions adverse to optical tooling. (I F) |
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Demonstrate the principles of collimation,
auto-collimation, auto-reflection and collineation.
(II A) |
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Demonstrate the procedures of leveling and focusing
specific instruments. (II B) |
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Demonstrate the set-up and operation of tilting tools. (II
C) |
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Demonstrate the set-up and operation of jig transits. (II
D) |
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Demonstrate the use of instrument attachments. (II B,C,D) |
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10.
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Demonstrate methods of bucking in specific instrument jig
transit on different director points. (II D) |
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Demonstrate how to check the geometry of jig transit
instruments. (II D) |
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Describe the methods of using horizontal and vertical
tooling bars. (III A) |
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Demonstrate the set-up and use of a theodolite
in measuring angles. (III B) |
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Describe the uses for collimators and auto-collimators.
(III C) |
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Demonstrate the set-up and operation of builders levels
and transit. (IV A,B) |
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Demonstrate methods of signaling. (IV B) |
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MCCCD
Official Course Outline: |
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MWR201 2005
Spring – 2011 Spring |
Optics and Optical Tooling |
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I. Optical Principles A. Laws of Reflection B. Laws of Refraction C. Lenses 1. Types and Construction 2. Aberration D. Focal Points, Length and
Plane E. Light Wave Action F. Optical Tooling
Limitations II. Optical Alignment A. Working Principles 1. Collimation 2. Auto-Collimation 3. Auto-Reflection 4. Collineation
B. Telescopes 1. Objective, Ocular and
Mechanical Systems 2. Focusing - Parallax 3. Alignment Telescopes 4. Attachments C. Tilting Levels -
Operation 1. Nomenclature 2. Set-up / Leveling 3. Scale Reading 4. Producers 5. Attachments D. Jig Transits - Operation
1. Nomenclature 2. Set-up/Leveling 3. Bucking-In 4. Procedures 5. Attachments 6. Geometry III. Methods of Alignment A. Horizontal and Vertical
Tooling Bars 1. Set-up 2. Procedures B. Theodolite
1. Nomenclature 2. Theory 3. Set-up/Leveling 4. Procedures C. Collimators IV. Builders Levels and
Transit/Levels A. Levels 1. Establishing Points from
Common Reference 2. Determining Differences
in Elevation B. Procedures 1. Determine Distances -
Vertical Triangle Method 2. Establishing Line of
Sight Over Rises 3. Reading Elevations 4. Signaling |