UNIT 1: READING AN ARTICLE

HELLO EVERYONE HOPE YOU ARE WELL... NOW I FOUND AN ARTICLE IN THIS SITE: http://www.iecompany.com/ THIS ARTICLE IS ABOUT MY CAREER. THIS IS A EXAMPLE OF A INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING COMPANY. I CHECKED NEW WORDS AND FOUND DEFINITIONS ABOUT IT. I FOUND THIS IN THE SITE http://www.answers.com/

Industrial Engineering Company

Industrial Engineering Company (IEC) designs and manufactures specialized automation equipment, robots, machines and tools. IEC is a well-diversified company with an ultimate goal to increase its customer's productivity. IEC was founded in 1970 by Alois (Joe) Kosch and Maurice Melcher, and is currently owned by Alois (Joe) Kosch and IEC's employees.
IEC's customers include worldwide companies in various fields. The machines designed and produced encompass manufacturing operations of different types. IEC has designed and produced machines from high speed machining, forming, fabrication, welding testing and packaging of products, utilizing material ranging from hair to structural steel to titanium. IEC is well diversified in its capability all-pointing towards the ultimate goal of increasing the productivity of their customers. IEC also has a machine shop and does custom jobs on a regular basis.
Using the latest technology has given IEC the capacity to design and produce machines required to perform complicated tasks and has contributed to the success of IEC. It has seven numerical controlled (NC) machine tools, Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM), and a Computer Aided Design (CAD) system, in addition to various other tools generally used in the trade. Providing machines that fabricate high quality end products is reflected by its satisfied customers.
IEC has engineering and technical personnel on its staff with extensive experience in hydraulics, pneumatics, mechanics, electronics, and electrical engineering. Supporting them are well-qualified machinist, welders, assemblers, and staff.
Being a well-established company with years of experience, IEC is ready and capable of taking on new challenges in machine design, fabrication and custom machining work.

DEFINITIONS OF THE NEW WORDS:

Encompass:
To form a circle or ring around; surround. See synonyms at surround.
To enclose; envelop.
To constitute or include: a survey that encompassed a wide range of participants.
To accomplish; achieve.

Forming:

The act or process of giving form or shape to anything; as, in shipbuilding, the exact shaping of partially shaped timbers.

A process of shaping metal by mechanical action other than machining, forging, or casting.

Welding:

A process used to join metals.

The bonding of the grains in a sedimentary rock, caused by pressure dissolution along the grain contact. It particularly occurs when the sediment has been buried deeply and when a mineral cement has developed. Welding may also take place in a palaeosol when the overlying sediments are too thin to protect it from the effects of pedogenesis.

Towards:

In the direction of: driving toward home.
In a position facing: had his back toward me.
Somewhat before in time: It began to rain toward morning.
With regard to; in relation to: an optimistic attitude toward the future.
In furtherance or partial fulfillment of: contributed five dollars toward the bill.
By way of achieving; with a view to: efforts toward peace.

Pneumatics:

The study of the mechanical properties of air and other gases.

The branch of mechanics that deals with the mechanical properties of gases.

Welders:

A person who welds, especially as a profession.
A device that is used for welding.

Assemblers:
A person or business that makes or builds something.

Capable:
Having capacity or ability; efficient and able: a capable administrator.
Having the ability required for a specific task or accomplishment; qualified: capable of winning.
Having the inclination or disposition: capable of violence.
Permitting an action to be performed: an error capable of remedy; a camera capable of being used underwater.

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