Unit 3: Design for the Future: industrial and commercial practice. What is rapid prototyping?

How does rapid prototyping work within the product design cycle?

Explain the advantages of these rapid prototyping applications. Application advantages prototyping

Rapid tooling

Rapid manufacture

What is meant by the term biotechnology?

What are the main advantages of biotechnology?

What are biodegradable polymers?

Complete the table to show advantages and disadvantages of genetically modified trees used in the production of paper and board and complete the table to show advantages and disadvantages and applications of biodegradable polymers. Table is overleaf. Advantages of GM trees Disadvantages of GM trees

Advantages of biodegradable polymers

Disadvantages of biodegradable polymers

applications

Unit 3: Design for the Future: systems and control. What is advanced manufacturing technology?

What is quick response manufacturing?

What is concurrent manufacturing? Refer to the stages in manufacture in your explanation, continues over the page.

Complete this table showing the house of quality matrix. Component Content 1 Customer requirements

Planning matrix

Technical correlation

What are flexible manufacturing systems?

Explain the main differences between machine flexibility and routing flexibility within a flexible manufacturing system.

What is CIM? What does it stand for?

What are product data management systems used within CIM?

Use the space below to show product data management systems in planning production

How is enterprise resource planning systems used with CIM?

What is lean manufacturing and JIT systems?

Explain the terms Kanban and Kaizen.

What are the main types of manufacturing cells?

Explain the advantages and disadvantages of computer aided manufacture

Advantages

Disadvantages

Explain the main differences between automated materials handling systems and automated storage and retrieval systems.

List with examples different automated guided vehicles. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Manufacturing industries are increasingly located in countries such as China rather than the UK. Explain why this is. What could be done in the UK to promote careers in the manufacturing industries?

Robotics are used more and more within manufacturing systems, explain the levels of complexity of manufacturing tasks for robots.

Explain the advantages and disadvantages of robots for manufacturing. Advantages Disadvantages

Explain how artificial intelligence is used within the manufacturing industry. Refer to expert systems and autonomous robots.

Exam questions 1. Discuss the benefits of using genetic engineering in production of paper and board. (3) 2. Assess the effects of using biodegradable polymers on the packaging industry. (6) 3. Evaluate the use of fully automated production and assembly lines incorporating robots when manufacturing products compared with labour intensive methods. (10).