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First shows a blacksmith forging a hammerhead using traditional methods. Increasing in scale of manufacture, a ring is made from a billet of steel, with industrial tools used to punch a hole. Also...
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...
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...
Looks at sheet metal properties and die structure and operations. Explains stamping dies and the processes which form parts from sheet metal. Shows examples of different die operations such as shearing,...
Shows craftsmen in Sheffield taking sheet pewter through the stages required to produce a tankard, from the initial hand rolling and soldering to the lathed lip and base, before polishing and packaging. This...
The CD-ROM version (2001) also includes practical tests at the end of each section and a searchable glossary to find definitions of new terms.
Discusses workholding for machining and turning. Workholding covers any device used to grip and present a workpiece to a cutting tool on a machine tool. Focuses on the principles of workholding and looks at...
Looks at the functions of the screw form in manufacturing and discusses how the two types of threads - internal and external - can be identified and generated in various ways. Demonstrates and explains the...
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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