- •Содержание
- •Technological processes control automated systems
- •Vocabulary:
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. True or false:
- •3. Choose the right preposition:
- •Automation
- •1. Define the main idea of the text:
- •2. Questions to the text:
- •3. Put the following sentences logically in the right order according to the text:
- •4. True or false:
- •5. Choose the right preposition:
- •Automation of processes
- •Vocabulary:
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. True or False:
- •Metalworking - Historical Perspective
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Match the events with the correct dates.
- •3. Find in the text the English equivalents of the following words / expressions.
- •4. Write a summary of the text. Drawing
- •Sheet metal forming
- •Forging
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Find the following word combinations in the text:
- •3. Match the words with the correct definitions.
- •4. Translate into English:
- •Cold and Hot Forging: An Overview
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Match the words with the correct definitions.
- •3. Write a summary of the text. What is welding and what do welders do?
- •1. Before you read say if the following statements are true or false.
- •2. Read the text. What is welding and what do welders do? Check your answers in the previous exercise. Prove or correct the statements.
- •3. Find the English equivalents for the following words and word combinations.
- •4. Complete the following sentences with the information from the text.
- •5. Look at the list of types of welding and say which of them you can use.
- •From the History of Welding
- •1. Read the Text “From the History of Welding” and refer the statements 1-4 to each of the passages of the text a-d
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Say if the following is true or false. Correct the false sentences.
- •3. Answer the following questions.
- •4. Translate from Russian into English.
- •Basic Principles of Welding
- •1. Read the text and answer the questions.
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Find the English equivalents for the following words and word combinations.
- •3. Complete the following sentences.
- •4. Say if the following sentences are true or false.
- •Additional texts for reading and discussion Cold Forging
- •Hot forging
- •One of America’s great machines comes back to life
- •Designing with Protein
- •1. Fill in the gaps.
- •3. Which statement matches the text?
- •4. Which statement matches the text?
- •5. Which part of the text contains the idea?
- •6. Which part of the text answers the question?
- •7. Answer the questions:
- •Engineered proteins
- •1. Fill in the gaps.
- •2. Which statement matches the text?
- •3. Which part of the text contains the idea?
- •4. Which part of the text answers the question?
- •5. Answer the questions:
- •Existing Protein Machines
- •1. Fill in the gaps.
- •Genetic materials
- •1. Fill in the gaps.
- •2. Which part of the text contains the idea?
- •3. Which part of the text answers the question?
- •4. Answer the questions:
- •Molecular Technology Today
- •1. Fill in the gaps.
- •2. Which part of the text contains the idea?
- •3. Which part of the text answers the question?
- •4. Answer the questions:
- •The Baikonur space launching site
- •Tasks to the text.
- •1. Questions.
- •2. Find the English equivalents to the Russian words from the text:
- •3. Translate from English into Russian:
- •4. Render the text. What is the difference between a jet engine and a rocket engine?
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Translate the words combinations:
- •3. Translate from Russian into English:
- •4. Say if the sentences are true or false:
- •5. Translate the text.
- •6. Render the text in Russian according to the plan.
- •Russian: r-36 (ss-9), r-36m (ss-18)
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Translate from English into Russian:
- •3. Find the English equivalents:
- •4. Say if the sentences are true or false:
- •Tesla Motors
- •Corporate strategy
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Translate into Russian:
- •3. Translate from Russian into English:
- •4. Say if the sentences are true or false:
- •5. Render the text using the plan:
- •Metallurgy - the technology and science of metallic mate
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Say if the sentences are true or false:
- •3. Translate the words into Russian:
- •4. Translate from Russian into English:
- •5. Render the text according to the plan:
- •Text 1. Automobile
- •Assignments:
- •True, false or not given.
- •Answer the questions.
- •Complete the sentences.
- •Text 2. Audi: Bodyshells, Space frame and
- •Assignments:
- •Correct the mistakes, if any.
- •Fill in the gaps, be true to the meaning of the original text.
- •Text 3. Honda cr-V
- •Choose from the list the heading which best summarises each part of the article, there are four extra headings which you don’t need to use
- •Choose the answer (a, b, c or d) which you think fits best according to the text
- •Text 4. ‘NoName’
- •Choose the best title of the text.
- •Text 5. Volkswagen Passat
- •Assignments:
- •Answer the questions
- •True, false, or not given
- •S ome extra texts to enjoy and ponder on
- •Text e. Surface treatments of light alloys
- •Digital Signal Processing 1 (dsp)
- •VI. Match the words in the right and left columns to make up a word expression from the text:
- •Vocabulary
- •VI. Match the words in the right and left columns to make up a word expression from the text:
- •Vocabulary
- •I. Answer the question:
- •II. Decide which statement matches the text:
- •III. Decide which statement does not match the text:
- •IV. Decide which definitions match the following terms:
- •V. Fill in the gaps with the words from the list below:
- •VI. Match the words in the right and left columns to make up a word expression from the text:
- •Computed Tomography
- •Vocabulary
- •I. Answer the question:
- •II. Decide which statement matches the text:
- •III. Decide which statement does not match the text:
- •IV. Decide which definitions match the following terms:
- •V. Fill in the gaps with the words from the list below:
- •VI. Match the words in the right and left columns to make up a word expression from the text:
- •Telecommunications
- •Vocabulary
- •I. Answer the question:
- •II. Decide which statement matches the text:
- •III. Decide which statement does not match the text:
- •IV. Decide which definitions match the following terms:
- •V. Fill in the gaps with the words from the list below:
- •VI. Match the words in the right and left columns to make up a word expression from the text:
- •Terminology
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Fill in the gaps:
- •3. Match parts of the notions:
- •4. Say what is true and what is false:
- •Optical instruments
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Fill in the gaps:
- •3. Say what is false and what is true:
- •4. Match the halves of the sentences:
- •Some extra texts to enjoy and ponder on Text 1. In Space and On Earth, Why Build It, When a Robot Can Build It for You?
- •Text 2. Controlling Light at Will: Metamaterials Will Change Optics
- •Text 3. Nasa Sub-Scale Solid-Rocket Motor Tests Material for Space Launch System
- •Text 4. Photography
- •Text 5. Atmospheric optics
- •Text 6. Brown Liquor and Solar Cells to Provide Sustainable Electricity
- •Text 7. Hard Electronics: Hall Effect Magnetic Field Sensors for High Temperatures and Harmful Radiation Environments
- •Text 8. Nanopower: Avoiding Electrolyte Failure in NanoscaleLithum Batteries
- •Text 9. Better Organic Electronics: Researchers Show the Way Forward for Improving Organic and Molecular Electronic Devices
- •Text 10. New High Definition Fiber Tracking Reveals Damage Caused by Traumatic Brain Injury
- •Text 11. Nanoscale Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Quantum Computer Get Nudge from New Research
- •Text 12. Brain-Imaging Technique Predicts Who Will Suffer Cognitive Decline Over Time
Automation of processes
A process control or automation system is used to automatically control a process such as chemical, oil refineries, paper and pulp factories. The PAS often uses a network to interconnect sensors, controllers, operator terminals and actuators. The PAS is often based on open standards in contrast to a DCS (distributed control system), which is traditionally proprietary. However in recent times the PAS is considered to be more associated with SCADA systems. PAS is the lowest level of automation, while MES (manufacturing execution system) is considered to be directly positioned above a PAS. Process automation involves using computer technology and software engineering to help power plants and factories in industries as diverse as paper, mining and cement operate more efficiently and safely. Major blocks of PAS are: microprocessors, micro controllers and microcomputers, multiprocessors, LANs, SCADA, RTU (remote terminal units) and analog and digital I/O modules.
In the absence of process automation, plant operators have to physically monitor performance values and the quality of outputs to determine the best settings on which to run the production equipment. Maintenance is carried out at set intervals. It is generally results in operational inefficiency and unsafe operating conditions. Process automation simplifies it with the help of sensors at thousands of spots around the plant that collect data on temperatures, pressures, flows and so on. The information is stored and analyzed on the computer and the entire plant and each piece of production equipment can be monitored on a large screen in a control room. Plant operating settings are then automatically adjusted to achieve the optimum production. Plant operators can manually override the process automation systems when necessary.
Factory owners want their equipment to deliver the highest output with as little production cost as possible. In many industries including oil, gas and petrochemicals, energy costs can represent 30 to 50 percent of the total production cost. In process automation, the computer program uses measurements to show not only how the plant is working but to simulate different operating modes and find the optimal strategy for the plant. A unique characteristic of this software is its ability to "learn" and predict trends, helping speed up the response time to changing conditions. The software and controls regulate equipment to run at the optimum speed that requires the least energy. They also ensure the consistency of quality, meaning less energy is wasted producing products that turn out to be defective, and they forecast when maintenance is needed so less time and energy is spent stopping and restarting equipment for routine inspections.
Vocabulary:
oil refineries – нефтеперерабатывающие заводы
PAS – автоматизация технологических процессов
DCS – распределенная система управления
SCADA – диспетчерское управление и сбор данных
Maintenance – техническое обслуживание
LAN – локальная вычислительная сеть