AS 3D Design Product Design

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Polymer
The proper term for a plastic metal
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Cellulose
A constituent part of timber. Aprox 55% of a tree is made up of this
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Heat treatment
A term given to a range of processes using heat to cause a change in a metal's properties by making changes to the internal structure of the material
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Biodegradable
A term given to materials that will break down with the aid of natural processes, such as sunlight and rain
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Renewables
Materials that are extracted from managed sources, such as pine from forests where trees are replaced by saplings as they were felled.
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Biopol
A polymer made from natural cellulose, which can be used to make biodegradable packaging
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Degradation
The deterioration of polymers
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Injection moulding
A method of processing thermoplastic materials. Products generally have complex 3D shapes
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Blow moulding
A process of manufacturing thermoplastic materials into re-entrant shapes with a single opening. Such as drinks bottles, or detergent bottles
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Parison
The extruded tube of thermoplastic material used in the process of blow moulding
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Rotational moulding
A method of moulding thermoplastic polymers that involves plastics in powder form taking the shape of a fully enclosed mould as the mould passes through a heating section. The material becomes ridged as the mould is cooled
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Thermoforming
A form of vacuum forming. The main differences are that air pressure and an additional female mould assist the forming process, to enable great detail to be achieved
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Vacuum forming
A process where sheets of thermoplastic polymer are heated and formed to shape by the application of a vacuum to 'pull' the material down onto the simple mould
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Calendaring
A process used to manufacture thermoplastic sheet.
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Line (or *****) bending
A method of processing sheet materials, in particular thermoplastics, limited to process simple shapes
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Catalyst
A substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing the reaction
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Compression moulding
The manufacturing process generally used for processing thermosetting polymers
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Cross-link
The fixing together of the long-chain molecules within a polymer
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van dee Waals bond
A type of atomic bonding found in thermoplastics, it is this electrostatic bond that allows the re shaping of thermoplastics when heated
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Rigid cross-link
Found in thermosetting plastics and elastomers. More rigid bond that van dee Waals bond, and do not react to the application of heat
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Fibre optics
Glass fibres that are used to transmit data using pulses of light
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Sprue
A vertical channel in a mould through which plastic or molten metal is introduced or out of which it flows when the mould is filled
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Fibre-reinforced polymers
Combining woven material, such as carbon fibre, with a polymer resin and a catalyst to make a strong, lightweight material
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Fibre-reinforced composite
Material that is made up of resins and fibres.
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Particle-based composites
Composites that consist solely of particles of two or more different materials
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Warping
Deforming in timber due to uneven drying
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Laying up
The act of laminating
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Matt
Loosely woven fibres that make up the material once resins have been added
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Cermet
A mixture of a metal and a ceramic
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Laminate
Building up layers of mateirals
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Corrosion
The deterioration of metals
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A constituent part of timber. Aprox 55% of a tree is made up of this

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Cellulose

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A term given to a range of processes using heat to cause a change in a metal's properties by making changes to the internal structure of the material

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A term given to materials that will break down with the aid of natural processes, such as sunlight and rain

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Materials that are extracted from managed sources, such as pine from forests where trees are replaced by saplings as they were felled.

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