Index Books Technology of watch production (Tarasov) 1964 year
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FOREWORD The watch indus try c reated during the Five - Year Plan periods has arrived at a new stage in its development. New plants are going into production, and existing ones are being reconstructed . The staff of factory worke rs and engineering pers ,onnel is being enlarged, and training programs are b eing introduced on a large s cale . The training of new personnel is hampered, however, by the lack of literature dealing with the technology o f watch manu facture . I t i s the purpos e o f the pres ent book to fill t his gap . The basic manu facturing processes used in making pocket- and wristwatches are desc ribed, as are the special machines , devices , stamping and cutting tools, etc. The book presents information on the metals used in the manufacture of watch parts and dis cusses the fundamentals of manufacturing-process design. The engineering p roces s es are in some cas es illus trated by s ample operations as carried out in the manufacture of alarm - clock parts . The material pres ented corresponds to the watchmaking s ection of the syllabus of the cours e on "Manufacture of Precision Instruments and Tools " ings constitutes a s eparate s ubject, and is the refore not t reated in this book. Sin ce heat treatment is included in the program of the special course for technical schools , the author has confined hims elf to mentioning hardening, Due to limitations of space , the book cannot treat thoroughly all the p roblems encountered in the manufacture of pocket- and wris twatches . The author will b e thankful for any s ugges tions and for criticism o f the book's contents . Thes e should be addressed to the author, c / o Publisher: Mos kva, 1 , Tret'yakovskii proezd, Mashgi z . |