- •Module I
- •METALS and METALWORKING
- •Unit 1. HISTORY OF METALWORKING
- •Iron Age. As smelting pits began to advance, mankind began to be able to produce temperatures hot enough to extract iron from ore. This iron was not very durable and bronze was still the most popular material for making weapons and tools.
- •Unit 2. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF METALS
- •Different types of metal casting
- •The metal casting process
- •Module II
- •Unit 3. CASTING (Литье)
- •Starting up
- •Text: Metal Сasting
- •Unit 4. FORGING (Ковка)
- •Forging Processes: Hot Forging vs. Cold Forging
- •With cold heading, the metal is not heated. It is formed near room temperature, which makes it better suited for working with softer metals. The main benefits of cold forging include faster production rates and increased interchangeability.
- •Common Forging Methods
- •What is the best metal for forging?
- •Unit 5. TECHNIQUES OF ART METALWORKING
- •Module III
- •Unit 6. CNC Machining of Artistic Products
- •After-reading tasks:
- •Exercise 6.1. Are the statements True or False? Specify your answers using the text.
- •1. Nowadays, modern technologies provide opportunities for mass production of art objects.
- •3. Copper and bronze are the examples of the most common materials for CNC machined sculptural objects because of their high corrosion resistance.
- •4. Brittle metals are hard to process with CNC machines because they can chatter.
- •6. Having been machined, the stepped structure of an art piece will be finished with manual tools.
- •7. CNC machines can be programmed to make 2D or 3D designs.
- •8. Only simple design patters are applicable for engravings with CNC machines.
- •Exercise 6.2. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences:
- •1. their artists said to leave of something are themselves The in art
- •2. are materials CNC for machining The not to cut because their of hardness brittleness easy and
- •3. Precious to jewelry can be CNC metals machined also produce
- •4. head machine the transmits computer CNC data to cutting
- •Professional Language Development
- •Exercise 6.3. Complete the table with the missing relative words.
- •Exercise 6.4. Translate into Russian:
- •Exercise 6.5. Translate the sentences from Russian into English:
- •2. Обработка металлов на станках с ЧПУ позволяет создавать сложные изделия произвольной формы.
- •3. Скульптуры и другие предметы искусства зачастую выставляются на открытом воздухе. Поэтому, основным требованием к материалам является их устойчивость к коррозии.
- •4. Хрупкость материалов, обрабатываемых на станках с ЧПУ, может приводить к их крошению. Поэтому, при обработке используются специальные инструменты и охлаждающая жидкость.
- •5. Для обработки поверхности свободной формы используются разные фрезы.
- •6. Фреза для гравировки помогает обработать ступенчатые формы предметов.
- •7. С помощью станков с ЧПУ можно наносить рисунки на листы металла.
- •8. Если вы дизайнер или художник, станки с ЧПУ могут помочь в вашем творчестве.
- •Exercise 6.6. Read the text and fill in gaps with the words from the list below.
- •How to turn your idea into an art piece without machining skills.
- •Speaking
- •1. Pair Work: work with a partner. Discuss what new or interesting facts you have found out about CNC machining of metals in the text. Compare your ideas with other pairs or groups.
- •Grammar Focus
- •Unit 7. The Latest Technologies in Metalworking
- •Starting Up
- •Study the Vocabulary:
- •Exercise 7.1. While reading, fill in the table, where applicable:
- •How Technology is Changing Metalworking Businesses
- •3-D Printing
- •High-Speed Machining (HSM)
- •Artificial Intelligence
- •1. Work in pairs. Make a dialog about the future of artistic metalwork. You may discuss the following issues:
- •2. Summarize the text How Technology is Changing Metalworking Businesses. Use the tips on writing a summary at the end of the book.
- •Appendix
- •Tips on Summary Writing
- •References
Exercise 6.4. Translate into Russian:
1. to chisel from a block of a stone or metal 2. custom manufacturing of art pieces 3. CNC machining technique 4. to cut with ultra-high precision 5. well-established machining technique 6. complex freeform surface 7. esthetic quality 8. to offer a wide variety of materials 9. most widespread materials 10. to prevent the material from chattering 11. 5-axis milling machine tool 12. to change to a ball-nose mill 13. a lot of passes 14. a flat drawing 15. sequence of location information 16. cutting head
Exercise 6.5. Translate the sentences from Russian into English:
1.Техника обработки на станках с ЧПУ для изготовления произведений искусства стала популярной как в индивидуальном, так
имассовом производстве.
2.Обработка металлов на станках с ЧПУ позволяет создавать сложные изделия произвольной формы.
3.Скульптуры и другие предметы искусства зачастую выставляются на открытом воздухе. Поэтому, основным требованием к материалам является их устойчивость к коррозии.
4.Хрупкость материалов, обрабатываемых на станках с ЧПУ, может приводить к их крошению. Поэтому, при обработке используются специальные инструменты и охлаждающая жидкость.
5.Для обработки поверхности свободной формы используются разные фрезы.
6.Фреза для гравировки помогает обработать ступенчатые формы предметов.
7.С помощью станков с ЧПУ можно наносить рисунки на листы металла.
8.Если вы дизайнер или художник, станки с ЧПУ могут помочь в вашем творчестве.
Exercise 6.6. Read the text and fill in gaps with the words from the list below.
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How to turn your idea into an art piece without machining skills.
We are living in a great time when ideas are more (1) _______ than skills. You don’t have to be a machinist or a master sculptor to (2) _______
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art. You simply need an idea and some investments. Let’s say you already have an idea for a CNC (3) ______ sculpture. What should you do to turn it into a physical object? First, you’ll need a (4) _______. The more detailed the better it is, because the end (5)______ greatly depends on the model. After the model is done, you should manufacture art (6) ______ based on that. CNC machine tools use 3D models for their programs. If you want to make it your profession, you may take a course in some 3D software. Is it hard? Not harder than chiseling stone.
Speaking
1.Pair Work: work with a partner. Discuss what new or interesting facts you have found out about CNC machining of metals in the text. Compare your ideas with other pairs or groups.
2.Make group presentations about possibilities of creating art objects with the help of CNC machines.
Grammar Focus
Gerundial Complex (Герундиальные обороты)
Noun/Pronoun + Gerund (существительное/местоимение + Герундий)
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Exercise 6.7. Read and translate the sentences. Find gerundial complexes in the sentences.
1. Mme Curie’s having discovered radium enabled her to isolate other radioactive elements. 2. We object to the meeting being postponed. 3. In spite of not having any university education, Faraday made his greatest inventions. 4. We are interested in the program being tested repeatedly. 5. The mistake resulted from the application not having properly tested in advance.
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