Maintenance & Repair
Learning Objects
Dive into Wisc-Online’s rich collection of learning objects — bite-sized, interactive, and designed for real learning. These modular digital tools include animations, drag-and-drop exercises, quizzes, videos, and more. You can explore topics across STEM, arts, humanities, career skills, and beyond. Each learning object is crafted to help learners actively engage with content—reviewing, applying, self-checking—in a way that’s flexible and self-paced.
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Adjustable Parallels
This video will demonstrate using adjustable parallels to measure a part.
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Machine Tool, shop
Calculating Belt Length (Screencast)
In this screencast, learners follow steps to determine the proper starting belt length for a timing, flat, or v-belt drive.
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center, pulley
Calculating Lengths for Tube Bending
The learner reads an explanation of how to determine lengths for tubing and pipe bending and then performs calculations in an interactive exercise. Two methods for determining angle bends are shown. A calculator is required.
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bender, bending, forming, pipe, tube, tubing
Capacitive Reactance Practice Problems
Students solve problems on the determination of total capacitive reactance of series-parallel capacitors.
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aa0006, capacitor, parallel, reactance, series
Changing Gears and Setting the Backlash
In this video, you’ll learn how to make changes to an engine lathe.
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bedways, gear train, gearbox, Gears, headstock, Lathe, Machine Tool
High-Low Speed Drive Adjustments
Learners examine the circuitry in a DC variable speed drive that prevents the motor from running at 0 rpm or at maximum speed under certain conditions.
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0 rpm, DC Drive, DC variable, motor, potentiometer, resistance, rheostats, rotation, speed drive, voltage
Series Motor Runaway (Screencast)
Learners consider the changes inside a series motor that could cause it to break apart if the load was disconnected. A quiz completes the activity.
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away, dc, motor, motors, run, series
The Engine Lathe
This document is a visual and text description of the engine lathe.
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lathes
Unloading Valves (Screencast)
In this screencast, learners examine the internal structure of an unloading valve. This learning object includes a video clip demonstrating the use of an unloading valve in a metal stamping application.
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hydraulic, hydraulics, unloading, valve, valves