Understand the Dynamics of Materials and Machine Behavior
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Basic skills (videocassettes 1 through 3) encompass the use of drill press, band saw, belt sander, and grinder. Machine, sheet metal, wood, and welding shops, as well as research laboratories and manufacturing facilities all use these tools. These videos demonstrate the basic skills and will aid you in the manufacture, modification, assembly, and repair of many kinds of machinery, equipment, and laboratory apparatus.
Advanced skills (videocassettes 4 through 10) include the use of lathe and milling machine. The lathe and milling machine are capable of producing parts with a level of precision seldom required in wood, sheet metal, and welding shops. The level of skill required for the advanced part of this video series is higher and will give you the capability to build prototype machines as well as to make major repairs and new replacement parts for most machines and equipments.
Machining Skills for Prototype Development is designed for technicians, research scientists, and engineers who occasionally work in the machine shop and want to review procedures they have not performed recently to improve their efficiency and safety. Some may never work in a shop at all, but as part of their job, they may be required to design and set dimensions for prototype parts. By viewing these tapes, they will gain a better understanding of the efforts and difficulty involved in producing different shapes and tolerances with a variety of materials.
The course is also a valuable teaching tool for instructors of college and high school machine shop courses. They supplement hands-on learning with video demonstrations of critical operations that can be reviewed by students at any time.
In addition to teaching about the machines and the accessories required for prototype development, the video series features important issues of safety, workpiece stiffness and strength, tool stiffness and wear, process speed, and resulting product tolerances. The dynamic process of machining prototypes is powerfully conveyed in rich detail in these videocassettes.
Dr. Vaaler emphasizes the qualitative nature of machine processes by showing real things happening-- metal being removed with drills, cutting tools, and saw teeth. To demonstrate the relevant parts of machines, tools, and workpieces, he uses the close-up capabilities of the video camera as well as diagrammatic animation sequences. The close-up demonstrations were videotaped in the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
The video format provides a time- and money-saving instructional tool. An individual or a large group can use the video casettes to learn and review-- and review again-- many of the important techniques needed to produce parts to desired tolerances and to do so safely and efficiently.