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17th March 2013
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Use the A-Z section and the main topic areas of the site for detailed revision.
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Researching. Initial specification. Anthropometrics,
Ergonomics, Market surveys, Designing solutions, development, Flow charts, Production methods, Quantity Production, Tolerance & Cost implications. Jigs & Formers, Knowing the Market, Develop a Design Brief for a need
Ergonomics, Market surveys, Designing solutions, development, Flow charts, Production methods, Quantity Production, Tolerance & Cost implications. Jigs & Formers, Knowing the Market, Develop a Design Brief for a need
Drawing techniques
Drawings, colouring & enhancing . Using mock-up models (2D & 3-D). Use of A3 boards, Scaling for working drawing
ICT Applications
Use of CAD / CAM. Batch production. DTP,
Data presentation - Bar charts etc. Text, Packaging,
Colour. Using ICT for Control of production lines.
Use of spreadsheets. Stereolithography – modelling
Production Scales & Techniques
Difference between Quality assurance and quality control.
Use of Rapid Prototyping and CAD, CAM, CIM, etc
Use of Rapid Prototyping and CAD, CAM, CIM, etc
Processes, Casting Finishing, Brazing,
Joining, deforming, wasting, fabrication
Joining, deforming, wasting, fabrication
Assess product - fitness for purpose Evaluate of products
for manufacture, Injection & compression, moulding, Vacuum
forming. Metal shaping. Wasting. Fabrication. Saws, Files,
Lathes, Drills, etc. Cutting speeds and their importance
Resins. Paints, Powder coatings, re 'Batch' and other
Production methods. Alloys and material properties, Ferrous
metals and Non-Ferrous metals, Development of materials,
Polymers and their properties, Joining methods - Permanent
and semi-permanent, Pre-manufactured components.
Product evaluation
Assess product - fitness for purpose Sustainable-Design
Issues, Moral & Ethical implications of designs and processes
Model making - Presentations - Development
Using card, paper, rigid foam to make prototypes (models)
Use of Sketch-Up, Blender, ProDesktop etc to create virtual
Modelling, Use of modelling in product development & client
Presentations.
Materials
Classify materials, Metals, plastics, composites, SMART
materials. GRP, Resins, Characteristics, Performance,
Properties e.g. Conductivity, Insulation, Strength under stress,
Compression / Torsion, Shear. Testing – Hardness, Ductility,
Brittleness etc. Heat treatment of metals and plastics.
Annealing, Tempering, Normalising, Work hardening,
age-hardening etc. Simple Ferrous and non-ferrous metals
and their characteristics, uses and limitations. Simple
Stress / Strain graphs. Thermosetting and Thermoplastics
Marking out on materials, Modelling etc. Awareness
of construction methods and fittings.
Fabrication
techniques
techniques
Marking out, cutting, shaping, drilling, joining, etc, etc – with
And without adhesives, waste and economy
Distinguish between QC and QA and Identify need in
production. Recognise when ‘feedback’ is being used,
sensing. ‘Sensing systems’ for Quality Control, Implications
for successful products and satisfied customers. Relationship
of the original specification to the final product.
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