. Flashcards
Benefits of sandblasting
smooths surfaces
Benefits of Polishing
Better aesthetics
Easy cleaning
How stencils improve productivity
Reusable
Fast
What are surface finishes
Additional processes added to a surface to enhance properties and appearance
How do jigs improve production
Eliminates marking, positioning and checking
3 benefits of die cutting
Made quickly
Complex shapes
Cost effective
3 benefits of injecting molding
Low labor costs
Efficient production
Low waste
Why do designers consider aesthetics
To compliment designs use usability and to enhance functionality
3 benefits of printing
Full colour
Low cost
Environmentally friendly
4 types of surface finish
Etching
Sand blasting
Polishing
Painting/dyeing
What are aesthetics
How something looks and feels
types of linkages
- Reverse motion linkage
- parallel motion linkage
- crank and slider linkage
- Bell crank linkage
Hardwood
Comes from trees that lose their leaves annually
- oak
- pine
- ash
Softwood
Coniferous or evergreen tree
- redwood
- larch
- fir
Cooperative
Organisation owned / controlled by the people that use the product
Crowd funding
A way to raise money from a large group of people
Fair trade
Ensures equality and fairness for producers
Virtual trading
Simulated trading process where investors can practice investing without committing money
material toughness
A materials ability to absorb energy without fracturing
Types of motion
- Linear motion
- Rotary motion
- Oscillating motion
- Reciprocating motion
Micro controllers
-single board computer (SBC)
Micro controller pros
- reduced size
- reprogrammable
- flexible
micro controller cons
- expensive
- programming software required
- training costs
Planned obsolescence
Making a product purposefully fail so customers buy more
6 Rs
- rethink
- refuse
- reduce
- reuse
- recycle
- repair
Kerfing
Produces thin slots that allow the inside of a bend to compress
-used in guitar making
try-square vs mitre-square
try - 90 degree angles
mitre - 45 degree angles
Softwood vs Hardwood
softwood
-more porous cell structure
-less dense
-rots easily
-not many colours
-easy to add stain
-cheap and readily available
-used in construction
hardwood is the opposite (apart from balsa wood)
common uses of hardwood
