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This is why I teach....
on Monday, 18 May 2015. THANKS THIEN… AND ALL OF MY FORMER STUDENTS LIKE YOU! Over the past 10 years or so, it has become a tradition in my classroom that students bring me a mug back from the college that they attended as a freshman, or their place of employment. I have mugs from […]
SUPERBOTS: Lynxmotion Robot Arm Upgrades
This week the CIM students in my class took the time to rebuild our Lynxmotion Arms, some of which have been running since 2009, without an problems. The screws were starting to come loose, and some of the servos were a little twitchy, so we used some grant money to get some new upgrades from […]
RoboCell: Inputs and Outputs
on Tuesday, 31 March 2015. HOME MADE ASRS & A GRAVITY FEEDER Students in my CIM class built an Automated Storage and Retrieval System (ASRS) using a bunch of switches, a gravity feeder, and an ER4-U robot. They programmed it to pick and place parts from the feeder into the ASRS, and be able to […]
Roles in Manufacturing
on Saturday, 28 March 2015. WHAT’S NEXT FOR OUR STUDENTS INTERESTED IN MANUFACTURING? So now our students are ready to graduate with a taste for what manufacturing is all about. How many of your students are interested in manufacturing? How many even know what jobs are out there and what it takes to get them? […]
The Big Move
on Tuesday, 24 March 2015. MARQUARDT CELL MAKES IT TO THE CLASS ROOM… IN PIECES…. Students in the EDD class have spent the last 3 weeks planning, labelling, and dismantling the Cell donated by Marquardt. Today, March 23rd, 2015, all of the parts were brought up to room 231. Tags: 915 total views, 1 views today
High Tech Manufacturing: The Apple Watch
on Sunday, 15 March 2015. THE APPLE WATCH: HOW IT’S MADE This article was written by Greg Koenig, and reposted here with terms highlighted for high school manufacturing students. This is an excellent article that tries to fill in the blanks on how the Apple watch is manufactured. More about the Author can be found […]
Automated Switch Manufacturing Cell:
on Wednesday, 25 February 2015. WHAT DOES IT DO? So you know about the cell that Marquardt Switches donated to Cazenovia High School, right? There’s a little more info here. Scott Hansen, The engineer who designed and built the cell that manufactures power tool switches came to school to briefly explain how the cell operates. […]
Cazenovia's Manufacturing Program Gets an Upgrade
on Tuesday, 03 February 2015. PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL COMPANY GETS AUTOMATION FOR THE CLASSROOM Marquardt Switches, in Cazenovia NY, donated an automated switch manufacturing cell to Caz HS Tech Labs, and it arrived on a truck today. Marquardt makes switches internationally for automakers such as Chrysler, Jeep, and BMW, as well as powertool switches for […]
How Does PLTW Meet The Common Core Standards?
on Wednesday, 07 January 2015. NEW TOOL TO HELP YOU DETERMINE HOW YOU ARE MEETING THESE STANDARDS IN YOUR PLTW CLASSROOM So your administrators and school officials are asking you: “How do you meet the Common Core standards for Math and ELA?” and you spend some time looking through the curriculum material on the LMS […]
Chris & Jim CIM
Welcome to www.chrisandjimcim.com. Our mission is to make Computer Integrated Manufacturing more exciting and easier for students and educators alike. As you utilize the resources here, you will see how Science, Technology, Engineering & Math can be brought to life for your students, and possibly spark the interests of the next generation of manufacturers and makers...
CHRIS HURD
Caz HS Tech Labs
31 Emory Ave
JIM HANSON
Walker Career Center
9651 East 21st Street
