A2 Product Design

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What is destructive testing?

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It refers to a range of tests that ultimately result in the destruction of a material or product

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What is meant by 'hardness'

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Hardness is the ability of a material to resist abrasive wear, indentation or deformation

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Brinnel test

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When a hardened steel ball is forced in to a materials surface to find its hardness.

Calculated using the diameter and depth of the indentation

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Vickers test

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Process that uses a diamond pyramid to indent a material to test for hardness

Calculated using the surface area of the indent and the load

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What is tensile testing

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Tensile testing involves putting material under tension by stretching to provide information regarding tensile strength, elasticity and plastic properties such as malleability and ductility

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Impact tests

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Impact tests indicate the toughness of a material and its response to mechanical shock

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3 main methods of impact testing

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• The Izod test

• The Charpy test

• The Houndsfield test

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Example of a product that would be used for fatigue testing

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Plastic chairs

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What is global manufacturing

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It is when a product is designed in one part of the world and manufactured in another where it's cheaper

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9 P's of marketing mix

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- Product

- Price

- Place

- Promotion

- process

- Physical evidence

- Properties

- Pleasure

- People

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What is technology push

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Technology push is when

research and development in new technology, drives the development of new products.

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What is market pull

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Market pull is when product ideas are produced in response to market forces.

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4 criteria's to patent a product

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• It must be new

• It must involve an inventive step

• It must be capable of industrially made

• It must not be excluded

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What is the design right

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This is when designers can protect their designs they have created

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What are patents

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This is when an inventor or designer can protect their inventions from others who try to copy them

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Ecolabel

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It is a voluntary scheme where manufacturers are encourage to to label products that have a reduced impact on the environment over their life cycle

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What is the WEEE Directive

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• stands for waste electrical and electronic equipment directive

• Encourages manufacturers to develop electrical products that can be dismantled for reuse or recycling

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What is the green design

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An approach in design to reduce the impact on the environment

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What is ecodesign

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• An approach that goes further than the green design

• Try to reduce the impact of a product through its entire life-cycle

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Possible ecodesign idea to make a 'green' tv

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- Combine TV and DVD player to reduce materials used

- Remove standby features so it has to be switched off

- Use low energy circuits

- Use LCD display as it uses less power

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Environmental impact of cars

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- manufacturing processes and painting use lots of energy and produce large amounts of emissions

- Petrol or diesel produces lots of CO2

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What are the main ways manufacturers ensure the safety of their employees

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- Training

- Guarding on machines

- Personal protective equipment

- Extraction

- COSHH

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Products that use nanotechnology

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• Vehicles

• Clothing

• Electrical consumer goods

• Medical

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4 stages of a product life cycle

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1. Introduction

2. Growth

3. Maturity

4. Decline

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What is planned obsolescence

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This is when companies deliberately design products to have short life cycle so that they can then produce better versions and keep sales high

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What is Quick Response Manufacturing (QRM)

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This is when products are made once an order has been placed

Example: Cars

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What is Electronic Point Of Sale (EPOS)

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This is when products are barcodes and scanned at checkout. This allows the system to know when stock is getting low and when re-stocking is needed

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What is Just In Time (JIT) production

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This is when manufacturers organise their suppliers to deliver materials just in time for their use.

This stops the need for lots of storage space

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What is telematics

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A system for tracking a product from customer order through to manufacture and dispatch

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What is Master Production Schedule (MPS)

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This is a scheduling system used to organise the work to be completed with a set time period

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Example of a product via batch production

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Cars

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Example of products that are mass produced

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- Shoes

-Clothes

- Household appliances

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Example of products via continuous production

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- Oil

- Glass

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Benefits of using robots

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- Can do repetitive tasks that humans dislike

- Carry out physically demanding jobs

- Work in hazardous areas

- Very accurate and precise

- Work for long periods of time

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Drawbacks of using robots

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- Poor mobility and flexibility

- High set up costs

- Employment issues