Investment Casting
- Synopsis
- First shows the investment casting process used in the production of ornate gold rings. The wax injection is the only part of the process that is automated, with skilled personnel needed to design and make the moulds. The second part shows the use of investment casting techniques in the manufacture of aerospace components requiring critical exactness.
- Series
- Shotlist, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 15 min.
- Year of production
- 1998
- Availability
- Sale; 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, higher education
- Subjects
- Engineering
- Keywords
- casting processes; engineering design; investment casting; metalworking
Credits
- Producer
- Richard McCarter
Sponsor
- Name
Educational Broadcasting Services Trust
- support@fenc.org.uk
- Web
- http://www.fenc.org.uk/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01553 630828
- Address
- c/o fenc
The White House
8 Gayton Road
Ashwicken, Kings Lynn
Norfolk
PE32 1LS - Notes
- EBST was set up in 1987, to spread specialist learning through broadcast and new media; it’s roots were in BBC and public service broadcasting. Now EBST Online is part of FENC (www.fenc.org.uk).
Distributor
- Name
Educational Broadcasting Services Trust
- Address
- No longer trading
- Notes
- Educational and training materials with an emphasis on maths, science and skills development, produced in collaboration with consortia of university and college academics and media departments under the auspices of the Educational Services Broadcasting Trust. Series include Maths for Engineers, Shotlist, and the Skillbank vocational skills training programmes. For sale on DVD or via download. Now ebst online is part of FENC. (www.fenc.org.uk). Now possibly part of Blended Learning Consortium.
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