Year 10 - Design and technology
Specialist techniques and processes for manufacture: communal areas
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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
- Thermoforming processes can be used to deform and shape polymers.
- The manufacturing processes where materials are joined are called fabrication.
- The two methods of fabrication are adhesives or mechanical fixings.
- Deciding which fabrication technique to use depends on the materials, shape and function of the product.
Vocabulary To Learn
- adhesive: joining materials together using sticky substances
- mechanical fixing: a component which joins materials together
- thermopolymer: a polymer material which can be heated, formed, reheated and reformed repeatedly
- friction: the force that resists motion when two surfaces come into contact with one another
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.
Thermoforming processes can be used to deform and shape polymers. The manufacturing processes where materials are joined are called fabrication.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'adhesive'
joining materials together using sticky substances.
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
- CAM: communal areas Study Guide
- Commercial viability: communal areas Study Guide
- Define a brief from design opportunities: communal areas Study Guide
- Design development with CAD: communal areas Study Guide
- Design for manufacture: communal areas Study Guide
- Digital Media Presentation: communal areas Study Guide
- Disassemble flat pack furniture Study Guide
- Explore the context and avoid fixation Study Guide
- Iterate with CAD: communal areas Study Guide
- Iterate with modelling: communal areas Study Guide
- Life cycle assessment of flat pack furniture Study Guide
- Market testing: communal areas Study Guide
- Quality assurance when manufacturing: communal areas Study Guide
- Sketch modelling: communal areas Study Guide
- Specialist tools and equipment for manufacture: communal areas Study Guide
- Standardised components Study Guide
- Surface treatments and finishes: communal areas Study Guide
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