Numerical control, the so-called mechatronics, contains many research contents, such as turning, milling, planing, grinding, machining center, EDM, wire cutting and so on. This direction focuses on experience, and graduates should seize every opportunity to practice, preferably in grass-roots workshops. In the process of practice, we can learn a lot, including design principles and various application software. Numerical control is very popular in recent years, and the employment prospect is quite good. The Pearl River Delta region lacks such senior technicians most. Shenzhen and Kunshan are ideal places, and the monthly salary of graduate students is generally more than 4,000 yuan.
Employment equipment: analyze drawings and processes, determine NC machining paths and cutting tools, prepare fixtures, and prepare NC machining procedures and processes (including clamping parts, aligning, trial machining of first piece, etc.). ). And, of course, automatic programming. Commonly used automatic programming software includes Mastercam, UG, Pro/E, etc. Mastercam is used less and less at present, and UG and Pro/E are the mainstream learning software. UG is difficult to learn well in a short time, and it takes about a year to master it completely. In addition, you must understand finite element analysis. In this respect, the books compiled by Peking University are very good, but only V 18.0, and NX2.0 is popular now, which is more convenient to use than the former.
Second, the mold processing direction
Nowadays, molds are becoming more and more complicated, and mold processing is a promising technical activity, and highly skilled designers are worth millions. At present, the domestic mold processing industry is mainly concentrated in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, and the main destinations are large and medium-sized machinery spare parts manufacturers and the company's mold design factories. About 60% ~ 70% of mold graduates are employed in the following positions: ① mold processing and production organization; (2) NC programming of mould; ③ Three-dimensional design of the mould; ④ Three-dimensional design of product development. If you want to become a high-level mold designer, you can choose to go to the workshop for internships such as technology and mold processing. It is suggested to try to do some reverse engineering in school (that is, to design according to other people's products). Before looking for a job, there are several achievements that may add weight to successful employment.
Employment equipment: Advanced mathematics and Matlab are very helpful for mold design, especially for reverse engineering and complex design. Stamping die, injection molding, extrusion and other professional textbooks can be seen. In addition, we should be proficient in using commonly used 3D processing software AutoCAD, UG, Pro/E, Solidworks, Solidedge, Catia, etc.
Third, other technical directions.
Other technical fields include production management, logistics management, equipment management, quality management, project management, product development, automobile industry, mechanical manufacturing technical experts and numerical control engineers.
Employment equipment: Computers should at least master AutoCAD, 3D software and Office and other commonly used software. We should also learn how to read and draw pictures, because this is the language of engineers. In addition, pay more attention to books on project management and 6δ quality management. If you have the conditions, you can participate in the certification training of ISO system series. Some schools have begun to hold ISO internal auditor certification training courses. This exam requires little investment, and it is only taken once, and then the follow-up training at a certain time every year can be used for life. We should pay more attention to production management, production planning and scheduling, quality management, site management, process planning, equipment management and maintenance, safety management and production management system.
At present, there are many industries that are in line with the employment of mechanical students, which have very good development status and prospects. In the technical field, whether you can find a good job is determined by skills and works, which is more convincing than academic qualifications.
Fourth, the marketing direction.
Now marketing is more and more detailed and professional. No matter what marketing you do, you should understand the performance parameters and working principles of various products in this industry, and sometimes you should even be an after-sales service engineer. To do mechanical marketing, we should not only have marketing talents, but also have more quality than other professionals in the direction of mechanical specialty.
Employment equipment: choose marketing as an elective course, set the main direction after graduation as soon as possible, and understand its market trends.
Graduates majoring in mechanical engineering often use the following software after employment:
AutoCAD- mechanical graduates can't only understand three-dimensional software, drawings are used for processing, and processing workers can only look at two-dimensional drawings. AutoCAD is mainly used for plane drawing, which is powerful, professional and easy to learn. Buy a CD and a textbook of CAD case course, and practice by yourself with examples of mechanical specialty, and you can basically master it within one week.
Pro/E- Many mechanical students often learn a lot of 3D software, but none of them are proficient. Anyone who has participated in the interview will know that the most commonly used company now is not CATIA, UG or 3DMAX, but Pro/E. Before you study, you'd better read the books on the principles of CAD/CAM, so that not only Pro/E can get started quickly, but also other similar software can get started quickly, because you already have certain theoretical knowledge and understand its principle and essence.
LabVIEW-Students who want to learn some measurement and control technology should work hard on LabVIEW. Labview can process the collected data, and the obtained results can control peripheral devices, such as serial port, TCP/IP network port and so on. It is the latest graphical language without memorizing source code, and it is the simplest and most practical language at present.
Career prospects
Mechanical majors mainly include mechanical design, manufacturing and automation, material forming and control engineering, industrial design, process equipment and control engineering. Many colleagues misunderstand the employment prospects of this kind of mechanical specialty, and think that the counterpart work of this kind of mechanical specialty does not look "decent". In fact, they all ignore the extensive adaptability of mechanical specialty, such as its application in equipment maintenance, numerical control maintenance, environmental protection equipment design and other fields. At the same time, mechanical specialty also involves many interdisciplinary subjects. Through the accumulation of these knowledge, it also provides a strong guarantee for cross-mechanical specialty and cross-industry employment. This kind of mechanical specialty requires students to have keen sensibility, unique creativity, imagination and strong practical ability.
In fact, not all mechanical majors only deal with hard machines, such as industrial design machinery, which is an art-related mechanical major. "What is industrial design?" Some people think that industrial design is simply packaging. Industrial design is actually a mechanical specialty that plans and designs modern industrial products, product structures and industrial structures, and constantly innovates. It is the core process of transforming scientific and technological achievements into products, forming commodities, meeting demand and being beneficial to environmental protection, the landing point of technological innovation and knowledge innovation, and the systematic method of mutual transformation of products, commodities, supplies and wastes.
Mechanical specialty is to train applied senior professionals who have the basic theory, knowledge and application ability of industrial design and can engage in industrial product modeling design, visual communication design, environmental design, teaching and scientific research in enterprises, institutions, mechanical design departments and scientific research units. It is not easy to quantify the proportion of industrial design in the value of a product, because it is contained in it and is a soft value. There are some similar examples abroad. For example, there is a saying in the United States: if an enterprise brings benefits by investing in technology and equipment renewal, the benefits brought by industrial design are five times that of it. In this way, the important position of industrial designers is self-evident.
Another example is material forming and control engineering, which is an engineering technology and machinery specialty integrating materials, machinery, control, computer and other disciplines. This paper mainly studies the forming equipment and technology of metallic materials, nonmetallic materials, superconducting materials, microelectronic materials and special functional materials, the automation and intelligent control of the forming process, quality inspection and reliability evaluation. With the wide application of all kinds of new materials in all walks of life, the industrial structure adjustment of China's new material industry is closely related to the development of new technology of material forming equipment, and the demand for senior scientific and technological talents who have both material science knowledge and design and manufacturing technology of material forming equipment will increase.
Process equipment and control engineering is an interdisciplinary subject integrating mechanical engineering, chemical engineering and control engineering. It emphasizes the close combination of technology, equipment and control based on computer application, focusing on the design, development and application of complete sets of process equipment and control technology such as valve sealing, low temperature and refrigeration, pressure vessel, etc. Students majoring in process equipment and control engineering machinery have received formal mechatronics training and have knowledge of mechanical design, electronic control and management, and are sought-after talents in enterprises and scientific research institutions.