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1. Using Technology to Build Solar-Powered Drag Racers

Author

Fireman, Jerry

Abstract

The Colfax High School (Colfax, California) Design Tech program incorporates both academic instruction and practical use of advanced technology to prepare students for the wide range of occupations that involve working with metal, wood, computers, and electronics. In this article, the author describes how Colfax students applied academic learning, developed flexible thinking, and acquired marketable skills in the school's Design Tech program while using advanced manufacturing technology to build solar-powered drag racers. The students learn to use a computer numerical control (CNC) router that is used to build the wooden body as well as a CNC plasma cutter that is used to build the metal chassis of the drag racer.

Published
2012

2. Training Devices BY CAM.

Author

Fireman, Jerry

Subjects
COMPUTER software, AIR bases, AUTOMATIC control systems, PROPULSION systems
Abstract

Focuses on the use of computer-aided manufacturing software in producing training devices at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Use of advanced computer numerical control equipment by the U.S. Air Force; Production of a mate-demate trainer used to practice assembly and disassembly of the propulsion system rocket engine, re-entry system and other Minuteman III parts in a training environment; Simplification of the programming process using the software.

Published
2004

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