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  1. Manufacturing Processes (1996 Video)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 16 min., 1997 sale: £29.50 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the six types of secondary processing of materials to turn them into finished products: making a basic size and shape (casting and moulding, forming, separating), changing properties (conditioning),...

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  2. Making Things Last: Tireless Tyres

    Date released
    1976
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    179
    NoS ID
    325761
    Story no
    4 / 4

    COI synopsis: New ways of preserving life, limb - and materials. A tyre that should last longer than the car. In a novel approach to tyre production, the rubber is put into compression, instead of tension....

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  3. Making Things Last: Gunning For Bumps

    Date released
    1976
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    179
    NoS ID
    325758
    Story no
    2 / 4

    COI synopsis: New ways of preserving life, limb - and materials. A gun that throws a pencil beam of light to illuminate microscopic crevices on the surface of steel pipes. It’s the state of these minute...

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  4. Introducing Plastics Technology (1991 Video)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 19 min., 2001 sale: £32.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at plastics manufacture including thermoplastic and thermosetting materials, the processes used in converting plastics to products, and career opportunities in plastics technology.

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  5. Last of the Liberties (1984 Video)

    Subject
    Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Discusses the Liberty ships built in the USA during World War 2 using the then comparatively new technique of welding. Caught up in the speed of their construction, the ships contained a serious flaw causing...

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  6. Intermediate Technology: Rooftop Squelch

    Date released
    1981
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    268
    NoS ID
    326070
    Story no
    1 / 3

    COI synopsis: Our modern high tech society devours the landscape in an endless, thirsty quest for energy. The Intermediate Technology Group is determined that the developing world should not waste its...

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  7. Metal Foam

    Date released
    1971
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    71
    NoS ID
    351145
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: Take a piece of plastic foam - electroplate it with copper, zinc even gold - burn off the plastic and you’re left with one of industries’ most exciting new materials, metal foam. Its...

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  8. Heat Treating (1999 Video)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £219.00 (inclusive)

    Introduces the metallurgical changes that occur during heating and cooling. Explores the basics of thorough-hardening, surface hardening and softening processes.

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  9. Making Things Last: Soft Environment

    Date released
    1976
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    179
    NoS ID
    325757
    Story no
    1 / 4

    COI synopsis: New ways of preserving life, limb - and materials. An adventure playground that can’t be destroyed, because everything in it - walls, floors, structures - is soft. Even the most timid and...

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  10. Making Things Last: Heartfelt Beating

    Date released
    1976
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    179
    NoS ID
    325759
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: New ways of preserving life, limb - and materials. After a heart attack, the heart may be in a weakened state. If a pacemaker is needed, it normally imposes its own rhythm on the heart, which...

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