Gcse Product Design Revision

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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.