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Manufacturing 14 to 16
This book, produced by the Technology Enhancement Programme (TEP) includes six design challenges. These cover:
- Engineering in miniature
- Simple mouldings: design and manufacture of an injection moulded product
- Designing and making a 'hi-tech' pen • Designing and making a desk top chronometer
- Re-inventing the paper clip
- Designing and making a modelling system
Each project is presented as a structured design and make task designed to occupy a nominal 5-10 hours of curriculum time. The projects provide basic information, calls for some investigation and demand that students make some fundamental design decisions. A range of study files include activities that help students to practise and understand manufacturing and processes that include:
- How to identify a need
- Producing a design checklist
- Selecting a material
- Processing and forming materials
- Materials testing index
- The Hotdot production line simulation
- Quality and quality control
- Quality control exercise
- How to evaluate a product
- Electroplating
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