Feasibility, design, manufacture and use

Question 1

Efficient manufacture- What is modular design?

Answer 1

Developing a product with small parts that can be made independently. This make it easy to track each parts and find fault.

Question 2

Efficient manufacture- What are standardised parts?

Answer 2

Individual parts that are manufactured with the same specification. This reduces the overall number of different parts required. It speeds up the manufacture and makes it more cost effective.

Question 3

Efficient manufacture- Use wave or reflow soldering?

Answer 3

These processes are much quicker, precise and reliable than manual soldering.

Question 4

Efficient manufacture- What is simulation software?

Answer 4

Used to predict the behaviour of a system and diagnose any problem before they happen. It is more cost effective and time efficient.

Question 5

Reduce the number of manufacturing processes- Materials that need finishing?

Answer 5

Use self finishing materials such as polymers to avoiding needing to carry out any other finishing processes like painting, anodising or electroplating.

Question 6

Reduce the number of manufacturing processes-