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

when a single, custom-made product is manufactured to meet a specific customer's needs

manually operated tools used for shaping, cutting, joining, and finishing materials in practical projects

Specialist tools and equipment for manufacture: saving space

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: saving space

Sketch modelling: saving space

Iterate with modelling: saving space

Design development with CAD: saving space

Iterate with CAD: saving space

Design for manufacture: saving space

Laser cutting

Specialist techniques and processes for manufacture: saving space

Quality assurance when manufacturing: saving space

Surface treatments and finishes: saving space

Commercial viability: saving space

Evaluation of market and user testing: saving space

Digital Media Presentation: saving space

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

When a single, custom-made product is manufactured for a specific customer it is called?

products are made to fit the specific needs of the customer

What are advantages of one-off production?

they are designed to make thousands of identical products quickly

they are faster than all machines in mass manufacture

they allow for greater control and precision when making unique items

Why are hand tools often used for manufacturing one-off products?

A laser cutter works by directing a powerful laser beam using  _________ or fibre optics to a lens, which focuses the light onto a material.

What can be made on an industrial scale using laser cutters?

What file format is used to export a CAD file to a laser cutter?

What two things need to be adjusted on a laser cutter so that they are correct for the material and material thickness?

Starter Quiz