Processes And Manufacture Flashcards

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What are the three main saws

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Panel saw - wood
Tenon saw - wood
Hacksaw - for metals and plastics
Coping saw - for cutting curves in wood or plastic

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What are the 4 main machine tools/saws

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Circular saw
Saw bench
Jig saw
Band saw

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3
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What are drills

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Tolls which make holes

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4
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What are the 4 main type of drills

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Bradawls - make a pilot hole to help drill in right place

Brace
Hand drill
Pillar drill (power drill)

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5
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What are the 4 main types of drill bits

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Twist bits - small holes. HSS (highspeedsteel) used on M & P

Flat Bits - used on wood for large flat bottomed holes

Countersink bits - widen the opening to an existing hole, allowing screw heads to sit flat on the surface

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6
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What hand tools are used for shaping materials

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Wood chisels - hit them with a mallet
Cold chisels - used on metals - hit with a hammer
Gougers - chisels with a curved cutting edge for sculpting
Bench planes - angled blades to shave off thin layers of material, used to shape wood

Files - hundreds of small teeth to cut away any material. Rough cuts for removing material, fine cuts for final smoothing

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7
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What is press moulding

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Shapes thermosetting plastics

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8
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What is vacuum forming

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Air is sucked out from under the plastic

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What is blow moulding

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Blows air in plastic tubes to expand into the shape of a mould

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Whats die casting

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Uses a mould for metals and thermoplastics. Melted material poured into the mould

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11
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Whats injection moulding

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Uses pressure to mould plastics

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12
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Whats extrusion

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Like injection moulding but Produced long continuous strips

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13
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Whats one off production

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Makes a product one at a time

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14
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Whats batch production

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Makes a certain number of products

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15
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Mass production

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Making loads of the same product

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16
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Continuous production

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Non stop. Because its too expensive to keep stopping and restarting.

17
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Whats just in time production

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Efficient but needs good planning.
Manufaxture gets marerials and components delivered just in time.

Saving space for storage
Less money tied up in unused material
Unsold finished products don’t pile up

18
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What is commercial manufacturing

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A system - products are made as a result of a number of different steps

19
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What are the three main parts of a system

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Input
Process
Output

20
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What do systems improve

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The manufacturing process. More efficient and make sure final product is top class. Feedback loops
Flow charts

21
Q

What can ICT be used for in manufacture

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Data transfer
Software sharing
Stock control
Video conferencing

22
Q

What is CAD

A

Designing using a computer

23
Q

What is CAM

A

Using computer to manufacture

24
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What can be used for consistency of production

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Templates
Jigs
Moulds