Materials And Manufacturing Flashcards
Name 5 manufacturing processes
Bending
Blow moulding
Compression moulding
Die casting
Drop forging
Extrusion
Injection moulding
Piercing and blanking
Press forming
Rotational moulding
Sand casting
Vacuum forming
3D printing
Laser cutting
Name 3 types of production systems
One off production
Batch production
Mass production
Just-in-time production
Name 3 manufacturing features
Bosses
Location pins
Ribs and webs
What’s one-off production?
Produce a single team at a high cost which is very time consuming and expensive
What’s batch production?
When large quantities of identical products are made but can easily produce less if needed
What’s mass production?
When identical products are produced in large quantities
What’s a GANTT chart?
Shows what has to be done and when
Which ensures things are finished in time and not done more than once
What’s a flow chart?
Shows the order in which a project should be completed and which stage follows from the last
How do you identify woods?
Colour of grain
Smell from wood
How do you identify plastic?
Can be in many colours
Identification symbols flame test
How do you identify a metal?
A magnetic test
See if it rusts
Brass yellow colour
Name 5 ways of identifying manufacturing processes
Split lines
Draft angles
Ejector pin marks
Detail
Surface finish
Tapers edges
Wall thickness
Constant cross section
