A collection of video lectures from a course introducing students to the principles of the manufacturing processes. Webpage includes forty lectures from a professor at the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning. Lectures vary...

Packaging a product is an important part of any manufacturing process. This site explains how to design and create packaging for a variety of shapes.

How are designs turned into products?How are designs turned into products? This unit will introduce manufacturing as a system and will describe some of the many different ways of making products.

If you've ever wondered how things are made - products like candy, cars, airplanes, or bottles - or if you've been interested in manufacturing processes, like forging, casting, or injection molding, then you've come to the right place....

Description of the occupation of wood processing worker, including training, duties, working conditions, outlook and wages (in New Zealand). Two profiles of sawmill workers are included.

This site explains the basic concepts of pneumatics, which is often used in manufacturing.

This Library of Congress timeline series discusses Henry Ford, whose automobiles and manufacturing process made the "horseless carriage" affordable to every American.

This site describes how Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machines work and how they are used in computer-aided manufacturing (CAM).

The owner of a factory has two expensive robots to automate a manufacturing process. Use the topological concept of a configuration space to coordinate their actions and maximize their efficiency on the manufacturing floor.

Students are introduced to the world of creative engineering product design. Through six activities, teams work through the steps of the engineering design process (or loop) by completing an actual design challenge presented in six...

The Challenge Question of the Legacy Cycle draws the student into considering the engineering ingenuity of nature. It will force him to analyze, appreciate and understand the wisdom of these designs as the student team focuses on meeting...

This Career Clip features Tonya Dean, Production Manager at the Lehigh Valley Syrup Plant for Coca-Cola. She is responsible for ensuring that the operations run smoothly and that all the customer's orders get completed. Her best advice...

A website developed by the Exploratorium to uncover the science of this dynamic sport. Learn the underlying physics of ollies, nollies and kickflips and the manufacturing process involved in making a modern skateboard.

A lengthy essay on the Second Industrial Revolution in Europe and the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The author looks at seven major aspects of technology that were affected by the revolution and makes...

Young scholars explore the creative process and understand the invention/innovation process through examining how paper bags are constructed. Teams of students work cooperatively to design, innovate, and then build their own paper bag...

Take a special trip to Georgia Tech's Flowers Invention Studio with GPB Education! This interactive virtual exploration offers students an inside look at the world's largest student-run makerspace as they learn about the engineering...

This commercial site of the manufacturer of machinery used in the harvest of seed cones features great pictures of the process along with brief text. A link back to the home site shows a short video of operation.

Take an online tour through the process of designing and manufacturing a flute. Helpful drawings and animations demonstrate the precision engineering that goes into the making of these musical instruments. (To access the Japanese version...

Article discusses promising applications of nanotechnology to computing and processing technologies and to the consumer goods, materials and manufacturing, energy, and transportation industries.

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