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Automation

1. 
   assembly line – сборочная линия
   
2. 
   chain drives – цепная передача
   
3. 
   feedback – обратная связь
   
4. 
   transfer line – автоматическая (станочная) линия
   
5. 
   routine – режим работы
   
6. 
   to facilitate – способствовать
   
7. 
   computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacture (CAD and CAM) – системы автоматизированного проектирования и производства
   
8. 
   flexible manufacturing systems (FMS) – гибкие производственные системы
   

1. 
   What is automation?
   
2. 
   Where was automation first applied?
   
3. 
   What are the main elements of automated devices?
   
4. 
   What are the manufacturing systems using automation?
   

1. 
   Перепишите следующие предложения; подчеркните Participle I и Participle II и установите функции каждого из них, т.е. укажите, является ли оно а) определением, б) обстоятельством, в) частью глагола-сказуемого. Переведите предложения на русский язык.
   

1. 
   When testing new engines, the engineer sets them for low revolutions.
   
2. 
   Having been cleaned and oiled, the bearings were packed in the boxes.
   
3. 
   Nickel is a hard metal resembling silver in colour.
   
4. 
   The valve closed by the spring opens only downwards.
   

2. 
   Перепишите и письменно переведите на русский язык следующие предложения. Обратите внимание на перевод зависимого и независимого (самостоятельного) причастных оборотов.
   

1. 
   Knowledge being the most valuable wealth of your times, the information theory became of great importance for the national economy.
   
2. 
   Having applied the latest achievements of science and technology, we could improve the production quality.
   
3. 
   Metals are good conductors of electricity, silver being the best of them.
   
4. 
   We heard our colleagues discussing the agenda of the scientific conference.
   

1. 
   A fax machine is used for sending and receiving copies of original documents via a phone line.
   
2. 
   By using supercomputers it is possible to avoid making mistakes in extremely complicated thermodynamic computations.
   
3. 
   Melting is very important in the production of high-quality castings.
   
4. 
   The failure was due to the operator’s having been careless in using the instrument.
   

1. 
   It would be impossible to determine the properties of these materials without intensive studies in our research laboratory.
   
2. 
   Metal parts are tested for defects lest they should fail in operation.
   
3. 
   It is desirable that they should carry out this test.
   
4. 
   They wish this method were used in his work.
   

1. 
   If this new device is applied, the process of production will be simplified.
   
2. 
   If the quality of the equipment were higher, the results of the experiment would be more accurate.
   
3. 
   If these scientists had made the experiment in time, they would have got more information about this process.
   
4. 
   Should the temperature drop, the metal would set.
   

Robot Technology

1. 
   material handling; 2. processing operations; 3. assembly and inspection.
   

1. 
   immeasurably – неизмеримо
   
2. 
   intricate – запутанный
   
3. 
   many-fold – многократный
   

1. 
   When was the term “robot” first used?
   
2. 
   What is a robot?
   
3. 
   What generations are robots divided into?
   
4. 
   Where are industrial robots used?