Dec 26, 2024  
2024-2025 College Catalog 
    
2024-2025 College Catalog

AVM 106 - Aircraft Sheet Metal Repair II

3 Credits, 6 Contact Hours
1.5 lecture periods 4.5 lab periods
This course covers interpreting and applying manufacturing technical publications, emphasizing blueprints, repair manuals, and engineering documents used to repair and fabricate sheet metal structures. To include,  shop safety, process analysis, aviation terminology, critical thinking, chemical handling, and appropriate personal protective equipment, and sheet metal fabrication and repair.

Recommendation:
  • Completion of the Aircraft Airframe Mechanics Certificate  or
  • Documentation of FAA Airframe Certification or
  • Transcript showing completion of airframe curriculum from a FAA accredited AMTS

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Course Learning Outcomes
  1. Recall proficient knowledge of reading and interpreting manufacturer repair documents.
  2. Recall proficient knowledge of sheet metal machining and layout techniques.
  3. Demonstrate common processes/procedures associated with Blueprint reading while performing sheet metal fabrication.

Outline:
  1. Introduction to Aviation
    1. Critical Thinking Skills
    2. Human Factors In Aviation Management
    3. Organizational Skills
    4. Quality Management Systems
    5. Terminology and Acronyms
  2. Personal and Environmental Safety
    1. Accident-Incident Reporting
    2. Clean As You Go
    3. Foreign Object Debris / Foreign Object Elimination
    4. Lifting Techniques
    5. Lockout-Tagout
    6. Safety Data Sheets
    7. OSHA Regulations
    8. Personal Protective Equipment 
    9. Safe Work Habits
    10. Tool and Hardware Inventory
    11. Work Hazards
  3. Manuals
    1. Manufactures Overhaul Manual
    2. Manufactures Structural Repair Manual
    3. Manufactures Standard Operating Procedures Manual
    4. Airline Transportation Association 100 Codes
    5. Joint Service Uniform Maintenance Specification Codes
  4. Federal Aviation Regulations
    1. Part 21
    2. Part 91
  5. Shop Math
    1. Application of Shop Math
      1. Bend Allowance
      2. Mathematical Determination
      3. Layout
      4. Radius Requirements
      5. Equipment Set-Up
      6. Bending Procedures
  6. Blueprint
    1. Lines- Widths & Weights
    2. Borders - Zones
    3. Sizes - Standards
    4. Fabrication Techniques
    5. Notes - Symbology
    6. Blueprint Reading
    7. Engineering Documentation
    8. Technical Information Research
    9. Fastener Quadrants
  7. Layouts
    1. Circular
    2. Rectangle
    3. Edge Distance
    4. Edge Margin
    5. Pitch
    6. Transverse Pitch
    7. Tear out
    8. Hole Size
  8. Documentation
    1. Component Specific
    2. Routine vs. Non-routine
    3. Task Sign-Off Procedures (Technical Writing) 
    4. Work Progress-Turnover
  9. Aircraft Materials
    1. Material Composition
    2. Non-Metallic Materials
    3. Sealing Materials
    4. Sheet Metals (Alloys and Thickness) 
    5. Heat Treatment
  10. Corrosion Prevention 
    1. Processes and Chemicals
  11. Fasteners
    1. Hole preparation
    2. Reaming - Sizes
    3. Specialized
    4. Countersinking
    5. Deburring
    6. Drilling
    7. Layout
    8. Rivet Removal
    9. Used On Metallic Structures
    10. Used On Non-Metallic Structures
  12. Fabrication
    1. Materials and Processes
    2. Tool and Equipment
  13. Assembly
    1. Fixtures
    2. Procedures
    3. Fitment
    4. Tools and Equipment
  14. Repair
    1. Corrective Action
    2. Inspection-Damage Assessment
    3. Procedures
    4. Tools and Equipment
    5. Visual Inspection
  15. Finishes
    1. Primers
    2. Accelerators
    3. Retardants
    4. Anodizing
    5. Alodizing
    6. Top Coats
    7. Plating
    8. Polishing
  16. Sheet Metal Equipment
    1. Bending Brakes
    2. Cornice
    3. Box and Pan
    4. Power
    5. Hand Tools
    6. Pneumatic Tools
    7. Cutting Equipment
  17. Shop and Forming Equipment and Techniques
    1. Shrinker-Stretcher
    2. Dies
    3. Vices
    4. Long Draw Forms
    5. Short Draw Form
    6. Bumping
    7. Crimping
    8. Fluting


Effective Term:
Fall 2024