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65 Cards in this Set
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Alloy
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A mixture of two or more metals
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Anthropometrics
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Body measurement data
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Batch Production
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Production method used to make a specific number of identical products.
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BSI
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British Standards Institution. It sets standards for the quality and safety or products and methods. A product that meets these standards can display the kitemark.
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Carbon Footprint
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The amount of harmful greenhouse gases produced by manufacturing and using the product.
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Continuous production
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Making large amounts of a product non-stop
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Ergonomic
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Easy and comfortable for people to use
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Ferrous
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Ferrous metals are ones that contain iron
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Finishes
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Protect a product from dirt and damage and improve its looks.
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gsm
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GRams per square meter, the way of showing the 'weight' of paper or board.
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Hardwood
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Comes from trees with broad leaves(mainly deciduous trees, eg. oak)
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ISO
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International Standards Organisation. They issue certificates to organisations that meet international standards of quality.
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Laminated
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Covered with a layer of another material.
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Market Pull
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When a product is made due to consumer demand.
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Marketing
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How companies try to sell their products.
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Mass production
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Used to produce a large number of identical products on a production line.
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Non-ferrous
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Matals that do not contain iron.
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One-off production
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Making a single, often unique product
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Orthographic projection
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A 2D scale drawing of an object showing the front, plan and end views.
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Patent
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Legal protection that prevents people copying the design of a new invention.
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Prototype
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A full siez, working, one-off model of a design. A prototype is built to allow evaluation of the product before starting manufacturing in quantity.
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Quality Assurance
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The system that is set up to make sure that high quality products are produced.
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Quality Control
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The checks that are carried out on materials and products throughout production to make sure that standards are being met.
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Renewable
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A renewable resource is one that can be replaced by natural processes as fast as it is consumed by humans.
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Smart Materials
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A material that changes its properties in response to a change in the environment.
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Suatainable
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Process or material that can be used without causing permananent damage to the environment or using up finite resources.
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Synthetic
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Man made material.
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Technology Push
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When advances in technology drive the design of new products and the redesign of old products.
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Thermochromic
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Materials change colour with heat.
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Thermoplastics
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Plastics that can be melted and remoulded over and over again.
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Thermosetting
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Plastics that undergo chemical changed when heated which makes them hard and rigid. They can't be remoulded.
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Tolerance
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The margin of error allowed for a measurement of part of a product. They are usally given as an upper and lower limit.
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Trademark
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Legal protection that prevents people copying the symbols, logos or slogans that represent a company.
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Function
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How a product works
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Art Deco
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Uses geometric shapes, bright and bold colours and expensive decorative techniques. Clarice Cliff was a famouse designer of this design movement.
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Bauhaus
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Form should follow function. Modern materials and mass production methods were used.
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Arts and Crafts
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William Morris founded this movement. Expensive materials and traditional techniques used to produce highly decorative products.
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Brand image
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Identifies the company who made the product and gives a particular impression of its qualities.
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Blobject
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A product designed using CAD and CAM to reduce styling constraints.
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Obsolete
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No longer working or useful
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Planned obsolescence
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Companies deliberately plan to minimise the 'life' of a product in order to maintain sales or future products.
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Continuous improvement
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Making designs better.
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Recycle logo
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A symbol used to specify different types of recycling destinations.
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PICT PD
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Protection, Inform, Contain, Transport, Preserve, Display
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Die cutting
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A techniques used in the printing process, involving cutting through with a blade attached to a base.
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Blister packaging
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Using a pre-formed plastic blister and a printed paperboard card which has a heat seal coating.
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Exclusive design
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Excluding people by failing to meet their needs.
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Lithography
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Most common form of commercial printing, and works on the principle that water and oil do not mix.
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Fairtrade products
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Products that have been produced under acceptable working conditions and a fair price paid.
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Product Lifecycle
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Explains the impact of a product on the environment, from its raw material through to its disposal.
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JIT (Just-in-Time)
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Production organised so that the supply of materials is simultaneous with the need.
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Advantages of JIT
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Less money tied up in the storage of parts or finished products.
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Disadvantages of JIT
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Late deliveries of good which stops the production line.
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Stock control
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Managing the amount stock held, by monitoring ordering and outflow.
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Rapid Prototyping
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Using a computer to transfer drawings into 3d for model-making.
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Casting
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Filling a space with liquid material until it become solid.
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Die casting
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Achieved by forcing molten metal into a mould.
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Injection moulding
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Manufacturing process used for the production of plastic objects in large quantities.
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Blow Moulding
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Manufacturing process for forming hollow plastic products.
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Rotational moulding
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Involves rotating a heated mould so that the molten plastic sticks to the inside of the mould.
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Vacuum forming
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The shaping of a thermoplastic by extracting the air between the former and the plastic.
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Compression moulding
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Using heat and a two-part mould to squash the material into form.
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Extrusion
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A technique involving the melting of raw plastic, which is then formed into a continuous profile.
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Three adhesives commonly used in school.
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PVA, Epoxy resin, Contact adhesive
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Sealing
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Treating a surface with a solvent-based chemical to protect the surface against damage or other contaminants.
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