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Looks at plastics manufacture including thermoplastic and thermosetting materials, the processes used in converting plastics to products, and career opportunities in plastics technology.
Interviews are interspersed with factory scenes and graphics sequences to investigate the use of materials in a specific commercial product.
A review of the increasing need for electronics in car engine management. Using a range of classic vintage cars from the British Motor Heritage Collection, shows how car ignition systems, although growing in...
An introduction to the use of materials in the manufacture of a complex product. Explores forging, casting, shell moulding, and the Low Pressure System (LPS), an innovative process used in the casting of...
When this programme was filmed Austin Rover had completed the design on their K-series engine and had just commissioned the assembly line. Discusses the design philosophy behind the engine leading to the...
Examines technical choices for the makers of future tv systems working on wide screens (HDTV or high-definition television). The major materials issue is the production of satisfactory silicon layers on the...
All ropes require certain basic properties such as suitable tensile strength and resistance to wear and corrosion, whatever their final application to enable them to perform predictably in a particular...
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...
Looks at the structure, development and applications of metals, ceramics, polymers and composites.
Describes the design, manufacture and marketing of light bulbs. Two components, the tungsten filament in the household bulb and the alumina tube in the high-pressure sodium vapour lamp, are used as examples...
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