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What does math have to do with the shape of dog food? (Carnivore Meat Company)

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This video takes students through a real world problem solving process from start to finish. Students investigate the process of changing the shape of freeze-dried dog food patty from a cylinder to a square prism without changing the volume, density or weight of the patty’s materials. Will this change increase efficiency? Will this change decrease production cost?

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Author: NEWMA

What does math have to do with paint?

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Companies that manufacture large products like those provided by Robinson often require painting. Robinson also provides this service to complete a product. The painting department uses both liquid paint and powder paint. Each product has characteristics such as thickness, durability, application waste, fire resistance, etc. This video shows how someone from the sales team might consult with a department in order to advise her customer.

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Author: NEWMA

What does math have to do with automation?

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Companies that manufacture large products, like those provided by Robinson, must find a balance for each job based on human and machine work hours, materials, and available space. A job will often require the knowledge of a process improvement engineer to assist in determining the most reasonable approach to a job. This video shows how someone on the sales team might work with an engineer so that the company can provide its goods to a customer.

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Author: NEWMA

How does raising a ruckus involve math?

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Customer safety is a high priority for manufacturers. When designing a product, many prototypes are created and research is conducted to determine if the product is safe for customers. In the case of furniture, stability is a critical area to test. This video shows how mathematics and physics help to create a stable chair, and ultimately, keep customers safe.

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Author: NEWMA

What do cookies have to do with math?

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How do companies use conveyor belts to help transfer products around their buildings? How could they use these conveyors to allow products to cool or dry? In this video, you will see how conveyors can be used in small spaces and be able to use knowledge of circumference of circles to find the length of chain needed to create a Spirex conveyor.

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Author: NEWMA

What do fire truck axle weights have to do with math?

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When a customer orders a fire truck from Pierce, they ask for specific equipment they want the truck to be able to carry. When engineers design the truck to the customer’s specifications, they need to be careful that the weight for all that equipment is not too heavy for the axles of the truck. Axle weights are important for the following reasons. First of all, the suppliers of axles rate the carrying capacity of their axles so they don’t fail and that the brakes attached to the axle are sufficient. The second reason is that the Federal Government requires an OEM – Original Equipment Manufacturer like Pierce to specify the rated axle capacities and they cannot be exceeded.

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Author: NEWMA

What do medical towels have to do with math?

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Manufacturers often need to calculate a measure of center to find a value that best represents the amount of production of their manufactured products. This value assists manufacturers in creating a production standard for the materials they are producing. A production standard is a benchmark used for measuring the production of the company. The unit of measurement used in a production standard indicates the normal level of performance for an industrial operation and is expressed as units per hour or units per day. Companies use the Mean Absolute Deviation to assist in calculating an accurate measure of center with upper and lower thresholds. These thresholds allow manufacturers to consider modern production variations. By using MAD to calculate the thresholds, manufacturers offer a method to take the causes of different fluctuations in their hourly or daily production standards into account. This video and lesson show how companies calculate production standards and how they use measures of center and variation to create those standards.

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Author: NEWMA

What does a SINKING ship have to do with math?

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Ship stability is an important area of naval architecture and design. How a ship behaves at sea, in a variety of conditions, is critical to the safety of the crew and cargo. How can we ensure our ship will float? In this video, you will use a mathematical model for a ship’s center of gravity to determine the stability of the vessel.

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Author: NEWMA

What does blowing snow have to do with math?

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As all Wisconsinites know, snow blowers are an important tool to help us dig out from one of our many winter snow storms. It is also important that the snow blower throw the snow far enough away so that we are not wasting time by moving it more than once. Less time out in the cold, means more time inside drinking hot cocoa and watching Packer football. Thanks to Ariens Co. for understanding our Wisconsin winter needs!

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Author: NEWMA

What does toilet paper have to do with math?

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How are rolls of toilet paper produced? How many rolls of toilet paper can be made each day? In this video, you will calculate the area of a parent roll of tissue and the area of a roll of toilet paper. Using that information, you can calculate how many rolls of toilet paper can be made each day.

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Author: NEWMA

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