Annual Report (12th) of the Machinability Data Center.
Abstract
Machinability Data Center (MDC) operations during this contract period resulted in an addition of 2,140 documents to the hard-copy document file with a net increase of 1,677 documents after deleting obsolete references. MDC's document files as of December 1976 included 35,183 holdings. During the period of this report, 4,044 copies of MDC publications were sold. This number includes 2,263 copies of the 2nd Edition of the Machining Data Handbook, 1,203 copies of the newly issued publications and 578 copies of MDC publications developed under prior DoD contracts. Additionally, 9 computer programs and 11 programmable calculator strips pertaining to the economics of machining were sold. A total of 292 inquiries were processed during this report period with emphasis on machining of high temperature alloys and nontraditional machining methods. MDC's seminar program 'Practical Machining Principles for Shop Application' continued to be a highly successful means of disseminating machining information. This program attracted 630 attendees from government and industry, bringing the totals for 39 seminars to 1,188 attendees from 589 companies located in 40 states. The seminars will be continued during the next contract period. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1977
- Accession Number
- ADA039021
Entities
People
- John F. Kahles
- John L. Krebs