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CES EduPack is a unique resource for teaching materials and process-related courses.
In this video tutorial, we will look at the software interface and see how it allows you
to search information in databases. When we open CES EduPack, we are presented
with a start screen.
From here, we can select the most appropriate Database for our project.
The introductory databases containing Level 1 and Level 2 are here on the left are they
are available in different languages according to your installation.
The most advanced databases, covered in other video tutorials, are here on the right.
In this video, we are going to look at the introductory databases Level 1 and Level 2.
So let’s open Level 2, which contains more materials, processes and properties; by simply
clicking on the Level 2 tile.
Search is located next to Browse, here, on the main toolbar. Click on it to open the
tool, here in the left panel.
Search is one of the three main tools in CES EduPack that allows finding materials and
processes by name, trade name, application, or other key words.
You can simply enter the name of the material you would like to find. For example, if we
are interested in finding stainless steel, we can enter the term ‘stainless’ and
press enter.
All Datasets are searched, here including the MaterialUniverse, the ProcessUniverse,
Producers and Reference.
If we look at the MaterialUniverse results, you can see that several materials have been
found and that Stainless Steel appears here.
The other materials have been identified because the word ‘stainless’ is mentioned within
their record.
If we double click on Stainless Steel to open the record, we can see that the search term
‘stainless’ is highlighted throughout the record.
We can also search tradenames. For example here, let’s search for Teflon.
Only one record has been found, that of PTFE. On the Record, we can see where the word appears,
and that the material “was first commercialized in the late 1940’s as Teflon”.
Teflon also appears at the bottom of the record, in the Tradenames section.
We can also search by application.
I’m going to search for materials and processes used in golf equipment, searching for the
term ‘golf’.
All the materials and processes you can see here are in some way related to golf.
Ionomer for example, is used to make golf ball casings, as you can see here.
Pad printing is a process used “to print on irregular surfaces (such as golf balls)”.
And Swaging is used to create “golf clubs”.
Note that all of the spellings in CES EduPack are American English. If you try to search
for Aluminium, like this, you can see that no material records are found. You must use
American spellings in Search, and enter Aluminum, to find the relevant results.
In following video tutorials, you can see how to use Select and other tools in CES EduPack.
You can learn how to apply a structured methodology to compare materials and processes and select
them for engineering applications, creating and using materials selection charts.