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• non-ferrous metal

  does not contain iron

  like copper, tin, silver
• A biopolymer is a polymer created from a natural resource
• ferrous metal

  contain irons

  like steel

  corrode quicker

  magnetic
• stake holders


  a person / group / organisation with a interest in the product

  • manufacturer
  • shops
  • transport
• useability


  how easy to use something
• anthropometric 


  measurement of the human body
• ergonomic


  how comfortably to use
• aesthetic


  how it look
• inclusive design


  range of age/people can use it
• hard wood


  -oak, birch, teak

  -grow slowly

  -dense, hard, heavy

  -high quality items
• soft wood

  -pine, cedar, spruce

  -grow fast

  -cheaper

  -lighter
• type of production


  one off - one made like gcse prototype

  batch - 50+ made, handmade

  mass - +1000 made, machine and identical

  contiuos - 24hour making, exactly same
• style of manufacture 


  Bauhaus - geometric

  modernism - creative architecture

  minimalist - simple
• market pull / tech push

  pull - consumer wanting something

  push - companies telling use we want it
• planned obsolescence 


  product made to fail
• perceived obsolescence 


  look old over time passing so you buy it again new
• finite


  will run out
• infinite


  will not run out
• internet of things


  the interconnection via the internet of computing devices
• what is a machine

  is a device that does the process
• linear motion 


  movement in one direction in a straight line
• Reciprocating motion


  forward and back or up and down
• rotation motion 


  the motion of an object around a circular path, in a fixed orbit
• oscillation motion 


  the process of moving back and forth regularly,
• fist class level


  effort, pivot, load

  like a crow bar
• second class lever


  effort, lever, pivot

  wheelbarrow

  amplifies the input
• third class lever


  load, effort, pivot

  tweezes

  reduces the input
• internet


  +improved world wide communication

  -fraud increase
• AI


  +improved safety

  -threat to employment
• biometrics

  +improved security

  -accuracy
• VR


  +improved training

  -eye strain
• drones


  +increased in skilled jobs

  -privacy
• manufacture boards


  use less wood

  MDF

  chipboard

  plywood

  has uniform strength
• smart material - react to an input
• modern materials


  conductive polymer -plastic which conductive electricity
• thermochromic pigment


  change due to heat
• sketching - 2D or 3D representation of a design, usually done on paper that are quick
• isometric-3D drawing
• working drawing- has a plan, side and front veiw
• exploded drawing-order of assembly of various parts into a product/machine