Part I
SECTION A
1. Have you ever visited a factory? Did you find out anything interesting there?
2. Read the following text. What is the name of the company?
| A FACTORY TOUR 1. “Good morning. I’d like to start by welcoming you and your teacher to FK Industries. 2. The purpose of today’s visit is to show you our new CAM – or CNC – system. As I expect you all know, CAM means ‘Computer Assisted Manufacturing’ and CNC is ‘Computer Numerical Control’. Before I show you that system, I’ll just remind you what the two earlier stages in the process are: one, developing the design and two, the prototype model. When we’ve completed these two stages, the next step is to start making the items so we can start selling them. 3. Our CNC system takes the information from the CAD (Computer Assisted Design) system and gives it to the lathes in the factory. The system can be used for other types of machines but we use lathes so that is what you’ll see today. 4. Before we start our tour of the factory, I’ll tell you what I think the main advantages of CNC are: human error is reduced, the machines always work in the best way because they adjust their settings automatically and, of course, every component produced is identical. Maybe you’ll think of some more advantages as we walk through the factory. 5. As we walk through the factory, please stay with the group and walk behind the yellow lines on the floors. The tour takes about thirty minutes and there will be time for questions at the end of the tour. So, if you’ll follow me, we’ll start.” |
* (the text is from: “Engineering” Workshop by Lindsey White, OUP; Unit 8, pg.9, ex.2)