Tri County Technical College - Tri Co Tec Yearbook (Pendleton, SC)

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ACHI E TOCL TECH OLOGY ,-5 I my 6 U .iN.f' X-Wa. Q 0 'is A xg! C, - Q ni V Today's industry has great need for machinists and tool and die makers. In order to maintain construction, there must be tools with which to work. VVhen tools and machines break, there must be someone with knowledge and skill to repair them. The Machine Tool Technology program offers its students two phases or levels of training. All first-year students take the same courses in the Machine Shop phase. These stu- dents work in the laboratory on ma- chines and machine tools including benchwork, floor work, assembly lay- out, selected milling machines, lathes, shapes, drill presses and inspection. The students may elect to terminate at the end of the machine shop phase, or they may continue into the Tool and Die shop phase. These students become highly skilled on the use of precision machines and instruments for building intricate mechanisms. Machine Tool Technology encompasses the building of tools, jigs and fixtures, dics, gauges and special productive mechanisms. Knowledge of metallurgy and heat treatment of various metals is used ex- tensively by the die maker. Employ- ment opportunities include tool and die technician, tool inspector, methods technician, foreman, manufacturing process technician, quality control tech- nician, and production control technician. 80 Q A Y s, 'QNX .L

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Peace, joey R. Peak, Barbara A. Pearson, john Pearson, Sabrina C. Peek, john Pettus, William C. Phillips, Charles L. Phillips, R. Philyaw, james L. Philyaw, Russell Pickens, james H. Pierce, Robert L. Pilgrim, Benny Pinion, joseph Pitts, Howard R. Pollard, Poole, Robbie L. Poole, Russell A. Popham, Bemard L Popham, Ronald Porter, Donald R. Potter, Ira H. Potter, james A. Powell, Harold Powell, Margaret Prater, Shen'y L. Pressley, L.C. Price, Butch Pridmor, David Prince, judith V. Proflitt, Susan Pruitt, Edison Pruitt, Sharon Purgason, Lewis Putnam, Tim Quarles, Alan N. Quarles, Roxie Mae Quarles, Tommy Rael, Nonna Ragsdale, Donnie Keith Ragsdale, john Rank., Robert F.

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WELDING Q 5-Q- ' X-T'.4r.,.1..: i ' ' I I f-A-...lffhx QW 1 The Welding program is designed to equip the student with the necessary skills, knowledge, and experience for employment in all types of welding occupations. The welding course is taught in a versatile shop, and students spend most of their class time here, learning by doingf' While working in the shop, students learn the fundamental processes and skills in ac- etylene, electric, arc, and inert gas welding. Em- phasis is placed on the technical aspects of weld- ing and instruction is offered in the welding of steels, stainless steel, cast iron, aluminum braz- ing, silver soldering, cutting Cboth mechanical and manualj, joint design preparation and lay- out. Others are covered. 81