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Becoming American Complete career & techincal education library; . Volume 1 Diesel Engine Technology and Service Direct current Electricity and electronics Electronics and electrical engineering;. vol. 1 Fluid power technology Investigations in physics South-Western introduction to business Southwestern introduction to businessSummary: This training video will demonstrate how to properly disassemble any kind of diesel engine, while inspecting each part for signs of wear, cracks, and damage. Viewers will learn the importance of part organization, detailed part inspection, proper part alignment, the use of special engine disassembly tools and the importance of thorough part cleaning.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2015
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Summary: This video will review the most common methods for servicing and rebuilding a diesel engine cylinder head. It will explain how to disassemble, inspect, machine and reassemble different types of diesel cylinder heads, including the complexity of a thorough valve job and the importance of checking the head for cracks, warping, and other forms of damage.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2015
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Summary: This video provides a detailed overview of diesel engine technology and theory, including: a walk through of a standard four-stroke cycle piston engine; an overview of the injection system; a review of the bottom end and cylinder block, with its pistons, crankshafts and bearings; and the cylinder head in the top end, including the head gasket, intake manifold, valve train, and more.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2015
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Summary: This program explores the basic principles behind the operation of AC and DC motors. An explanation is given about how one or more fixed magnets, either permanent or electromagnetic, can cause linear movement or rotation of a current-carrying wire. A hand rule is developed to predict motor force. Motor torque is explained as a prelude to the practical design of a direct current motor. Specific...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Harry J. Pearce, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, General Motors Corp. In a stunningly candid interview, Harry Pearce describes the mistakes that led to General Motors' huge loss of market share-the mismanagement of the board, the arrogance and isolation of top management-and shares GM's strategy for reforming the world's largest automaker and regaining world dominance in the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Showing how interactions between magnetic fields lead to the production of motion, this program introduces viewers to the inner workings of DC motors. Topics include the work of Hans Christian Oersted, the creation of the first electric motor by Michael Faraday, and the rules for predicting field direction and forces on current carriers. The construction of a simple DC electric motor is shown...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Comparisons between General Motors and the Titanic are unfortunate, but inevitable. Confusing luxury with reliability, favoring a bloated status quo over true innovation, and ignoring a host of danger signals, GM finally fell victim to its own errors. This ABC News program studies the economic icebergs that sent the company into bankruptcy-as well as the technological life rafts that could, if...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Very dramatic tracking shot over factory interior where street car motors are made.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1904
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Summary: Transformers, relays, and motors are detailed in this training video. Computer animation, component cutaways, and lab experiments are used to demonstrate how basic components are constructed and operate. This is an essential training program for all students of electricity-electronics, technology courses, auto mechanics, and many other subject areas that involve electricity and electronics.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Explains the construction and operation of the many types of actuators used in industry. Hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders, motors, rotators, grippers, pushers, lifters, rubbers, and bellows are all detailed. Actual cutaways, examples in industry, and computer animation make this an excellent addition to your curriculum.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: In this program, Bill Moyers talks with Shirley Young, an inspiring woman who survived the Japanese occupation of the Philippines to become a pioneer of market research with Grey Advertising. Later, as a vice president of General Motors, she helped launch GM's operation in China, the country of her birth.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This program uses a solar-powered toy car; magnets, coils of enamel wire, a small bulb, and a propeller; copper wire; a galvanometer; a screen coil and a swing coil; aluminum rods and two dry cell batteries; liquid nitrogen, a superconductor, and a neodymium magnet; and a montage of different power plants to demonstrate the following concepts: dynamos; electromagnetic induction; how generators...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Beginning with lodestones and ending with MagLev trains, this program introduces viewers to magnetic theory, magnetic fields and poles, the Earth as a magnet, electromagnets and electric motors, and magnets in everyday life. Experiments, animated graphics, and footage of applied magnetism are used to reinforce these essential scientific concepts.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006