- •Введение
- •1 Use these words to strengthen vocabulary
- •2 Read the text. Point out new information
- •3 Find the definition of automation. Explain the origin of the word “automation”
- •4 Make up dialogues with your group mates using information from the text
- •5 Translate into English. Write down and memorize the unknown words and word-combinations
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- •2 Read the text. Point out new information
- •3 Prepare the brief annotation of the text
- •4 Translate into English. Write down and memorize the unknown words and word-combinations
- •Text 3 early developments of automation
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- •2 Read the text. Point out new information
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- •3 Answer the following questions. If you need scan the text again
- •Автоматизация и электроника
- •1 Use these words to strengthen vocabulary
- •2 Read the text. Be ready to comment on:
- •Sources of power available to accomplish some automated action
- •Two types of the actions performed by automated systems
- •Use these words to strengthen vocabulary
- •2 Read the text. Point out new information
- •Give extended answers to the following questions:
- •4 Choose the necessary information about five basic components of feedback control system from the text and use it in your summary
- •5 Translate into English. Write down and memorize the unknown words and word-combinations
- •Text 7 machine programming
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- •3 Comment on:
- •4 Try to arrange the text in the form of abstract
- •5 Translate into English. Write down and memorize the unknown words and word-combinations
- •1 Use these words to strengthen vocabulary
- •Read the text. Point out new information
- •Answer the following questions. When you answer these questions don’t repeat exactly what the text says
- •4 Speak on: The development of robotics.
- •1 Use these words to strengthen vocabulary
- •2 Read the text. Point out new information
- •3 Explain the definition of an industrial robot. Do it in dialogues of your own
- •4 Speak on the applications of the industrial mechanical manipulator
- •5 Translate into English. Write down and memorize the unknown words and word-combinations
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- •Text 11 manufacturing applications of automation and robotics
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- •Use these words to strengthen vocabulary
- •2 Read the text. Point out new information
- •3 Give extending answers to the following questions:
- •4 Speak on: Specific processing operations along an automated production line
- •5 Translate into English. Write down and memorize the unknown words and word -combinations
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- •2 Read the text. Point out new information
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- •Автоматическая сборка
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- •2 Read the text. Try to grasp both the central idea and the details. Be ready to speak on:
- •3 Translate into English. Write down and memorize the unknown words and word-combinations
- •1 Use these words to strengthen vocabulary
- •2 Skim through the text to determine the general idea
- •3 State briefly in some sentences what the flexible manufacturing system is
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- •2 Read the text. Be ready to speak on:
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- •2 Read the text. Point out new information
- •3 Find the additional information about the applications of automation in the transportation industries and use it in your summary
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- •State briefly what the text is about
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- •Text 22 advantages and disadvantages of automation
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- •3 Summarize the information given in the text about:
- •Advantages of automation
- •Disdvantages of automation
- •Part II
- •Texts for supplementary reading
- •Text1 industrial robotics
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- •2 Read the text
- •3 Write one expository essay with the introduction, conclusion, and at least three body paragraphs
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- •2 Read the text. Point out new information
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- •3 Give a brief summary of the text
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- •2 Read the text. Point out new information
- •3 Speak on:
- •Computer-aided manufacturing
- •Computer-aided design
3 Answer the following questions. If you need scan the text again
What development has contributed to progress in automation technology?
What has permitted the control function in automation to become much more sophisticated?
What has permitted the associated calculations to be executed much faster than previously?
What has development of the electronic digital computer led to?
What are the advances in computer technology?
What are the advances in sensor technology?
What can you say about highly advanced mathematical theory of control systems?
What is artificial intelligence?
4 Find the detailed information of:
1 advances in computer technology
2 advances in sensor technology
5 Tell about the developments in artificial intelligence.
6 Give the contents of the text in a nutshell
7 Translate into English. Write down and memorize the unknown words and word-combinations
Автоматизация и электроника
Электроника привнесла в автоматизацию две главные вещи: она расширила область автоматического регулирования и сделала процесс получения информации незамедлительным и автоматическим. Электронные устройства очень быстро отвечают на сигналы, оценивают, обнаруживают неисправности с высокой точностью: таким образом, они могут эффективно управлять многими процессами и машинами, работающими на высокой скорости. Когда компьютеры становятся частью автоматической системы управления, они способны выполнять сложные операции, такие как сборка компонентов сложной формы.
Также, электронное управляющее устройство можно без труда поместить на расстоянии от операторов. Большие площади производства могут иметь центральное управление, например, электростанции и химические заводы – человек может работать в безопасности и в подходящих условиях.
Электронные цифровые компьютеры, изначально предназначенные для выполнения математических задач в науке, используются последние несколько лет для решения промышленных проблем и уже показали, что могут выполнять как однообразную канцелярскую работу, так и составлять платежные ведомости, резервировать билеты на авиарейсы.
TEXT 5 POWER SOURCE
1 Use these words to strengthen vocabulary
performance – эксплуатационные качества, производительность
versatile – многосторонний, универсальный
to store – снабжать, наполнять, сдавать на хранение
entity – существо, организм
to entail – влечь за собой
positioning – установка в определенном положении, регулировка положения
2 Read the text. Be ready to comment on:
Sources of power available to accomplish some automated action
Two types of the actions performed by automated systems
An automated system is designed to accomplish some useful action, and that action requires power. There are many sources of power available, but the most commonly used power in today's automated systems is electricity. Electrical power is the most versatile, because it can be readily generated from other sources (e.g., fossil fuel, hydroelectric, solar, and nuclear) and it can be readily converted into other types of power (e.g., mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic) to perform useful work. In addition, electrical energy can be stored in high-performance, long-life batteries.
The actions performed by automated systems are generally of two types: (1) processing and (2) transfer and positioning. In the first case, energy is applied to accomplish some processing operation on some entity. The process may involve the shaping of metal, the molding of plastic, the switching of electrical signals in a communication system, or the processing of data in a computerized information system. All these actions entail the use of energy to transform the entity (e.g., the metal, plastic, electrical signals, or data) from one state or condition into another more valuable state or condition. The second type of action—transfer and positioning—is most readily seen in automated manufacturing systems designed to perform work on a product. In these cases, the product must generally be moved (transferred) from one location to another during the series of processing steps. At each processing location, accurate positioning of the product is generally required. In automated communications and information systems, the terms transfer and positioning refer to the movement of data (or electrical signals) among various processing units and the delivery of information to output terminals (printers, video display units, etc.) for interpretation and use by humans.
TEXT 6 FEEDBACK CONTROLS