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Product Design involves a broad approach to the designing and making of innovative / new products. Pupils/students studying Product Design should work closely with other sections of the site including the Resistant MaterialsDesign Process, Equipment and Processes and Electronics sections. The Graphics section may also be of interest.
   

1. What is Product Design? (1)

2. What is Product Design? (2)

3. What is Product Design? (3)

4. What is Product Design? (4)

 

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INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION

 
1. The Client /Customer
2. What is a Production Line?
3. Introduction to Industrial Production Techniques
4. Scales of Production - an Introduction
5. Single Item / Prototype Production - Example 1
6. Single Item / Prototype Production - Example 2
7. Batch Production - Example 1
8. Batch Production - Example 2
9. Batch Production Exercise
10. Continuous Production - Example 1
11. Continuous Production - Example 2
12. Production Methods - Lesson Starter
13. CIM - Computer Integrated Manufacture - 1
14. CIM - Computer Integrated Manufacture - 2
15. Remote Manufacturing
16. Continuous Improvement (CI) - Page 1
17. Continuous Improvement (CI) - Page 2

18. Flexible Manufacturing Systems - FMS - 1

19. Flexible Manufacturing Systems - FMS - 2

20. Detailed Example of Flexible Manufacturing - CD / DVD Manufacture

 

QUALITY SYSTEMS

 
1. Quality Assurance
2. Quality Control
3. Quality Control Exercise
4. Product Analysis
 
5. Tolerances - 1
6. Tolerance - 2
 

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

 
1. Factors that Affect Product Development
2. How the Design of a Product Changes Over Time - The Bicycle
3. Bicycle Exercise
4. The Life Cycle of a Product
5. Sustainability - What is a Sustainable Forest?
 

6. The History of  Clocks - 1

7. The History of Clocks - 2

8. Making Model Sundials

 

9. History of Torches - 1

10. History of Torches - 2

 

CLIENT REQUIREMENTS

 

1. Product Comparison and Selection - 1

2. Product Comparison and Selection - 2

3. Conducting a Product Review

4. Developing a Customer Profile - Page 1

5. Building a Customer Profile - Page 2

6. The Client / Customer Profile Sheet

7. The Role of a Focus Group

8. Market Research
9. How Market Research can be Carried Out
10. Design Idea to Design Concept (including Market Research)
11. Presentations to Clients / Customers
12. How to Plan a Presentation
13. Evaluation of a Presentation

 

COPYRIGHT - TRADEMARKS AND PATENTS

 

1. What is Copyright?
2. What is a Patent?
3. What is a Registered Trademark?
 
MODEL / PROTOTYPE MANUFACTURE
 
Making a Model - Introduction
Model Making - Tools and Equipment - 1
Model Making - Tools and Equipment - 2
Model Making - Tools and Equipment - 3
Model Making - Tools and Equipment - 4
 
Modelling Materials - 1
Modelling Materials - 2
Sample Models
Card Based Models
Architectural Models
Computer Generated Models
Computer Generated Systems Model (Spreadsheets)
 
 
PRODUCT DESIGN EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
 
These pages are a combination of notes for revision purposes and examination type questions. Links included that will take you to pages on this site that will help you answer the questions and revise.
 
Product Design Revision (Materials) - 1
Product Design Revision (Life Cycle) - 1
Product Design Revision (Environment/Recycling) - 1
Product Design Revision (Environment/Recycling) - 2
Product Design Revision (Instruction Diagrams)
Product Design Revision (Packaging) - 1
Product Design Revision - (Packaging) - 2
Product Design Revision - (Customers and Products)
Product Design Revision - (Ergonomics and Anthropometrics) - 1
Product Design Revision - (Ergonomics and Anthropometrics) - 2
Product Design Revision (Remote Manufacturing)
Product Design Revision (Design and Manufacture) - 1
Product Design Revision (Design and Manufacture) - 2
Product Design Revision (The Style of Products) - 1
Product Design Revision (Production Lines) - 1
Product Design Revision (Production Line Manufacturing) - 1
 
What Materials can be Recycled? Plastics
What Materials can be Recycled? Assorted Materials
Recycling Questions - 1
Recycling Questions - 2
Recycling Questions - 3
Recycling Questions - 4
Recycling Questions - 5
 
Market Research
How Market Research can be Carried Out
Design Idea to Design Concept (including Market Research)
Product Analysis
 
 
 
 
 
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