Maricopa Community Colleges  MWR201   19952-20046 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 11/22/94
MWR201 19952-20046 LEC 5 Credit(s) 5 Period(s)
Optics and Optical Tooling
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: Indentured apprentice status or permission of the Apprenticeship Coordinator.
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MWR201   19952-20046 Optics and Optical Tooling
1. Identify and explain the laws of nature pertaining to light. (I A, B)
2. Identify types of lenses and describe their construction and how they are employed in the objective and ocular systems of telescopes. (I C)
3. Describe light wave action as it passes through specific types of lenses. (I C)
4. List conditions adverse to optical tooling. (I F)
5. Demonstrate the principles of collimation, auto-collimation, auto-reflection and collineation. (II A)
6. Demonstrate the procedures of leveling and focusing specific instruments. (II B)
7. Demonstrate the set-up and operation of tilting tools. (II C)
8. Demonstrate the set-up and operation of jig transits. (II D)
9. Demonstrate the use of instrument attachments. (II B,C,D)
10. Demonstrate methods of bucking in specific instrument jig transit on different director points. (II D)
11. Demonstrate how to check the geometry of jig transit instruments. (II D)
12. Describe the methods of using horizontal and vertical tooling bars. (III A)
13. Demonstrate the set-up and use of a theodolite in measuring angles. (III B)
14. Describe the uses for collimators and auto-collimators. (III C)
15. Demonstrate the set-up and operation of builders levels and transit. (IV A,B)
16. Demonstrate methods of signaling. (IV B)
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MWR201   19952-20046 Optics and Optical Tooling
    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
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