Year 10 - Design and technology
Specialist techniques and processes for manufacture: saving space
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Unit Summary
Pupils will use disassembly to investigate an existing piece of flat-pack furniture, including material sources. They will use this information to inform designs. Pupils will focus on user-centred design to create and develop ideas and then plan the manufacturer for a product.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to manufacture safely using equipment and machinery.
Key Notes
- Manufacturing products can be done with the help of hand tools or power tools and machinery.
- Power tools are usually handheld and portable.
- Machinery is often fixed in place, and used for bigger or more complex jobs.
- Power tools and machinery are used for speed and consistency.
- When using power tools and machinery, the appropriate PPE should be worn.
Vocabulary To Learn
- manufacture: the process of making products from raw materials using machines or labour
- power tools: handheld or portable tools that use electricity or batteries to work
- machinery: fixed-in-place equipment or tools, powered by energy, that help make products
- PPE: Personal Protective Equipment is worn for protection from injury when using tools and machinery
- timber: wood cut from trees to use in manufacturing
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Using machinery to manufacture requires little skill when compared to using hand tools.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Manufacturing products can be done with the help of hand tools or power tools and machinery. Power tools are usually handheld and portable.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'manufacture'
the process of making products from raw materials using machines or labour.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Using machinery to manufacture requires little skill when compared to using hand tools. Correction: Using machinery to manufacture products takes skill and effort to achieve a high quaility finish, much like using hand tools.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Commercial viability: saving space Study Guide
- Define a brief from design opportunities: saving space Study Guide
- Design development with CAD: saving space Study Guide
- Design for manufacture: saving space Study Guide
- Digital Media Presentation: saving space Study Guide
- Disassemble flat pack furniture Study Guide
- Evaluation of market and user testing: saving space Study Guide
- Explore the context and avoid fixation Study Guide
- Iterate with CAD: saving space Study Guide
- Iterate with modelling: saving space Study Guide
- Laser cutting Study Guide
- Life cycle assessment of flat pack furniture Study Guide
- Quality assurance when manufacturing: saving space Study Guide
- Sketch modelling: saving space Study Guide
- Specialist tools and equipment for manufacture: saving space Study Guide
- Standardised components Study Guide
- Surface treatments and finishes: saving space Study Guide
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