the process of making products from raw materials using machines or labour

ensuring the production process prevents mistakes and maintains quality

checks made on a product before, during and after its production so it meets quality and safety standards

the acceptable range of variation in a product's dimensions

Quality assurance when manufacturing: communal areas

Design and technology

Explore the context and avoid fixation

Disassemble flat pack furniture

Standardised components

Life cycle assessment of flat pack furniture

Define a brief from design opportunities: communal areas

Sketch modelling: communal areas

Iterate with modelling: communal areas

Design development with CAD: communal areas

Iterate with CAD: communal areas

Design for manufacture: communal areas

CAM: communal areas

Specialist tools and equipment for manufacture: communal areas

Specialist techniques and processes for manufacture: communal areas

Surface treatments and finishes: communal areas

Commercial viability: communal areas

Market testing: communal areas

Digital Media Presentation: communal areas

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.

Iterative design: Student Living

Quality {{}} checks the planning and processes.

creating detailed working drawings with dimensions

Which of these would be quality control checks?

What is the term used for the acceptable range of variation in a product's dimensions?

Thermoforming is a __________ process which uses heat and a force to change the shape of polymers.

Thermopolymers can reach temperatures of over 200°C during thermoforming. Therefore it is important to ...

Strip heaters are used to heat up a strip or line across a piece of polymer.  This is then held in a vice or {{}} to cool in the desired shape.

What is a common thermopolymer use in the thermoforming process?

Starter Quiz

Which examples are thermopolymers?