Science and Technology № 22

The newsreel has four plots. 1st plot. "ON NEW TECHNOLOGY" Russia, Sverdlovsk. Stele of the Ural Heavy Engineering Plant. Workshop for the production of diesel engines; workers for the manufacture of the crankshaft. The production process of manufacturing a crankshaft using a new technology by stamping. Animation illustrating the process of stamping a crankshaft. The process of forging a red-hot workpiece. Transportation of the finished crankshaft around the workshop using a crane beam. A column of diesel-powered bulldozers moves along the road. 2nd plot. "ABOUT KOLOVRATKY" Belarus (Belarus). Pine tree on the shore of a reservoir overgrown with grass. Zoologists collect freshwater rotifers in juice in a reservoir. Rotifer structure (macro photography). Employees of the Institute of Zoology of the Academy of Sciences of the BSSR in the laboratory are studying the rotifer under a microscope. Breeding freshwater rotifers in the laboratory. 3rd plot. "WHAT IS ARGOFORMOTRON" Russia, Moscow. The laboratory of the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Technical Aesthetics, which houses the Ergoformotron experimental complex, designed to study the activities of a machine operator. The subject with sensors attached to his body simulates working on an imaginary machine. Ergogram of muscle fatigue of the subject. The researcher changes the position of the levers in the complex, while changing his physical load of the subject. Ergogram of muscle fatigue. The researcher works at the control panel of the complex. The aim of the research is to achieve minimal and proportionate physical activity in the workplace. 4th plot "OUR KIND OLD FRIEND" Ukraine, Kharkov. Bicycles for children and adults. Details of old and new bicycles. The laboratory assistant weighs the parts of the bike. Bench and field tests of a new bike before starting serial production. Bicycle assembly shop at the Kharkov Bicycle Plant; workers for the assembly in different areas. A patent office employee registers a new application for the invention of a bicycle. Samples of bicycles produced by the factory. Among them is the Tachyon bicycle. Cyclists at the start. Cycling in the city.

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R. Anisimov, A. Vinogradov, L. Kaplukov, L. Solntseva