a processed material requiring no additional finishing

a substance added to something else to improve or alter it

a process that adds surface treatment to improve how a material looks, feels, or performs

Surface treatments and finishes: 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

Quality assurance when manufacturing: 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

Reforming processes are usually {{}}, which means they do not require additional processes after being manufactured.

Match the polymer additive to the reason for its use.

Why is uPVC enhanced with additive when used for window frames?

ensuring production prevents mistakes and maintains quality

checks made on a product before, during and after its production

the acceptable range of variation in a product's dimensions

Quality assurance is about checking the planning and processes. It focuses on {{}} problems before they happen.

What would be the most suitable method of presenting a manufacturing plan?

A product’s tolerance is shown as a number with a __________ in front of it.

A component with a length of 20 mm has a tolerance of ± 0.5 mm. Select the acceptable lengths.

What measurement device is this an image of?

Surface treatments and finishes: communal areas

Lesson outcome