Mathematics for Machine Technology

by Robert Donald Smith

Book Overview

The new edition of this best-selling text stresses an understanding of mathematical concepts relevant to the machine trades/manufacturing and overcomes the often mechanical "plug in" approach found in many trade-related texts. A complete grasp of those concepts is emphasized in the presentation and application of all topics from general math to oblique trigonometry, compound angles, and numerical control. The presentations are accompanied by realistic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0827340427
• ISBN13: 9780827340428
• Release Date: February 1990
• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Length: 398 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Mathematics for machine technology review

Temple College in Temple, Texas was awarded a $600K Grant to update the skills of the workers in industry. The math skills of the existing and new employees are exceptionally low. The difference between normal math as I call it and the aproach of the "Mathematics for Machine Technology" is that the students do not know where to apply the math that they have learned. With Mathematics for Machine Technology the aproach is applied mathmatics. This math is applied every day in the industry and now the math becomes functional. This is a great teaching aid to use by itself or to complement the math that is now being taugh. I bring measuring instruments such as verniers, caliphers, micromenters and others into the teaching enviroment to stress where the math is used.