Unit 01 Flashcards
What is power bed fusion
A technique that uses a laser to melt and fuse material into a 3D part
What is vat photopolymerisation
Using a light source to make resin form an object layer by layer
What is sheet lamination
Building a 3D object by stacking and laminating thin sheets of material
What is directed energy deposit(DED)
3D objects formed by melting material with focused thermal energy
What is an example of one-off production?
An f1 car
What is an example of batch production
Baked bread
What is an example of mass production
Phone components
Example of continuous production
Plastic bottles
What is dfm
Design for manufacturing which is how parts are made
Advantages of dfm
Efficiency improvement
Easier to make
Lower cost
What is dfa
Design for assembly which is how parts are joined together
Advantages of dfa
Take less time
Save money
What are the 6r’s of design
Reduce
Refuse
Reuse
Repair
Rethink
Recycle
What is preventive maintenance
Repeatedly maintaining machines to avoid issues
What is reactive maintenance
Fixing a machine when it breaks
What is shutdown
A time for production to be shut off
What is scheduled maintenance
Setting a time for machines to be maintained
What is servicing
Checking every so often
What is cbm
Condition based maintenance which is monitoring parameters of the machine
What is 3 examples of cbm
Vibration
Temperature
Motion
What is a machine operators roles
Carry out safety checks and efficiency checks
Fix broken machines
Maintaining equipment
What is a maintenance engineers roles
Design maintenance strategies
Diagnose breakdown problems
Quality inspections
Emergency repairs
Write commissioning guidelines
What is a maintenance managers roles
Monitor expenses and control budget
Oversee teams and maintenance
Monitor inventory
Stay on call for emergencies
What is a punch
A hand tool used to knock pins out or create an indentation
What is a pillar drill
A drill used to drill precise holes
What are mole grips
A hand tool used to remove bolts nuts and screws
What are pliers
Used to hold objects and give a better grip
What are drill bits/taps
Power tools used to cut threads in metal and drill out holes
What are callipers
Measuring device used to take precise measurements
What is a hammer
A hand tool used to deliver an impact to a small area of an object
What is an Alan key
A hand tool used to tighten/ loosen bolts
What is a grinder
A power tool used to sharpen tools
What is a sanding table
A power tool that smoothes out a workpiece
What is a milling machine
A power tool that removes material from a workpiece
What is wasting
Material is removed/ chipped away
What is forming
Reshaping parts through mechanical deformation
What is shaping
Material removed with a cutting tool to sculpt a stationary surface
What is casting
Molten metal poured into a mould.no solidifies into the shape
What is joining
Two or more components permanently joined without external use
What is finishing
Alters surface texture, roughness and appearance
What is additive manufacturing
Step-by-step creation
Process of linear design
Client brief
Product design spec
Ideas
Manufacturing
Testing
Development
Evaluation
What is QC
Quality control is a process to ensure the quality of the product is maintained by testing and correcting defects
What is QA
Quality assurance is A planned method to set in place to ensure that products are up to standard
