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Sand Casting (1998 Video)

Producer

Richard McCarter

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 15 min., 1999 sale: £55.00 (+VAT +p&p) VHS, non-higher education 1999 sale: £150.00 (+VAT +p&p) higher education - master tape for re-editing and copying 2000 sale: £35.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) VHS

Follows the process of casting a church bell from the construction of the moulds through the pouring of the molten metal, to the release of the finished cast. Then examines precision sand casting in the...

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Tantalum Pentoxide (2014)

Subject

Chemistry

Podcast in which Lars Öhrström reveals the hidden chemistry inside modern mobile phones and the reason why current models are so much slimmer than the brick-sized models from the 1980s. Tantalum Pentoxide...

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This is Welding: Tig Welding (2 Parts) (1980 Film, Video)

Director

Stephen Haliday

Producer

Hugh Marsh

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Two films about tungsten inert-gas welding. Part 1 explains electrodes and gases, and equipment, and demonstrates a welding run on stainless steel using direct current. Part 2 reviews AC welding theory,...

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Washing Machine: Design and Manufacture (1999 Video)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 28 min., 1999 sale: £49.35 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Shows development and manufacture of washing machines at Simpson (Australia). Covers market research; design brief; design techniques; making the prototype; testing the prototype; engineering processes in...

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Going Through a Phase (1990 Video)

Producer

Philip Ashby; Pam Taylor

Subject

Engineering; Technology

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (VAT +p&p)

Shows how materials engineers use phase diagrams to form a base on which to design the composition of alloys, because the way in which alloys are heat treated during processing influences the way they...

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Methanol: The Development of a Catalyst (1983 Video)

Subject

Chemistry

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

Steps in the development at ICI of a long life carbon-zinc-aluminium hydroxide catalyst for the low-pressure and -temperature synthesis of methanol from hydrogen and carbon monoxide. Investigation of the...

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It’s in the Box: Material Properties and Their Effect on Design (1991 Video)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 16 min.

Aims to develop an understanding of the way in which the properties of the engineering materials - steel, aluminium, timber and plastic - affect the design of large lorry-mounted containers. Different forms...

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Of Metals and Man (1982 Video)

aka: Of Metals and Men

Subject

Chemistry

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

Despite their scarcity, gold and silver were probably the first metals to be encountered by man while aluminium, the commonest metal at the surface of the earth, remained unused until the 19th century. These...

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Structural Materials (1991 Video)

Producer

Philip Ashby

Subject

Engineering; Technology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min., 1999 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at the mechanical testing of materials. Tensile and impact tests are widely used to compare the performance of materials being manufactured. Here tensile tests are performed on low-carbon steel and...

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Thixoforming: Sheffield Shaping the Future (1995)

Subject

Chemistry

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 10 minutes), £35.00

Explains thixoforming, a metal-shaping process researched and developed at Sheffield. It falls within a generic class of processes called semi-solid metal forming or SSM. Looks at traditional approaches of...

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