Year 10 - Design and technology
Standardised components
Communal areas context
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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 identify standardised components and can explain the benefits of using them in a design.
Key Notes
- Standardised components can be mass produced which lowers cost.
- Standardised components allow manufacturers to specialise on the product rather than the individual parts.
- Standardised components are components that are produced in a set size for a range of uses.
- Standardised components are more cost efficient due to the products being able to be mass produced.
Vocabulary To Learn
- standardised components: parts made to a set size and design for easy use and compatibility
- mass production: the process of making large quantities of identical products quickly and efficiently
- knock down fittings: connectors used to easily assemble and disassemble furniture without special tools
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Using standardised components limit creativity and originality in design.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Standardised components can be mass produced which lowers cost. Standardised components allow manufacturers to specialise on the product rather than the individual parts.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'standardised components'
parts made to a set size and design for easy use and compatibility.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Using standardised components limit creativity and originality in design. Correction: Standardised components can actually enhance innovation by allowing designers to focus on customisation, functionality, and efficiency while reducing costs and production time.
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 techniques and processes for manufacture: communal areas Study Guide
- Specialist tools and equipment for manufacture: communal areas Study Guide
- Surface treatments and finishes: communal areas Study Guide
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