Design and Resistant Materials Technology

KS4 Design and Resistant Materials Technology main features

Our KS4 Design & Resistant Materials Technology software was our original product. It has been superseded by our KS3 D&T software, which has developed into a massive KS3 / KS4 D&T package. However, the KS4 D&T package has D&T notes, animations and hundreds of exercises, including design exercises, design analysis exercises and technology exercises that teachers and students will find useful. The animations are particularly useful for interactive whiteboard teaching.

Contents: Design and Resistant Materials Technology
Design and Technology Description of design and technology Design and technology process Stages in design and technology Reasons for creating new designs Factors to consider when designing products Ergonomics Designing for safety Designing for customisation Designing for a production method Designing for assembly, disassembly and recycling Designing for maintenance Invention Making changes to existing designs: design development Specifications: specifying details of designs and product Recording designs Parts drawings and parts lists Planning Evaluation Product analysis Value analysis Animation: notes and sketches Animation: design development Animation: isometric drawing Animation: oblique drawing Animation:1 point perspective drawing Animation: 2 point perspective drawing Animation: parts drawing & cutting lists Rendering exercises Design exercises Design briefs and specifications Problem solving exercises.	Design exercises Furniture Designs with wheels Kitchen ware (design analysis exercises) Tools (design analysis exercises) Lamps Toys
	Research Product analysis Value analysis Library search Internet search Experiments Observation Case study Interviews Survey Role play
	Quality Quality in design and technology Inspection Quality control Quality Assurance Total Quality Management (TQM) Quality exercises
Safety Designer's safety responsibility Risk assessment Safety rules and defined procedures Hazard warnings and instructions Safe materials Safe storage of materials Tool safety Safety features on tools Safe working practices Safe working area Product safety Workshop safety rules Safety exercises Risk assessment exercises	Resistant Materials Classification of resistant materials Components Making metals/processing metal ores: iron basic oxygen steel making process electric arc furnace secondary steel making formation of slabs, bloom and billets hot rolling plate mills hot rolling strip mills hot rolling long products cold rolling and drawing coating aluminium aluminium alloys copper lead zinc tin manganese molybdenum strontium nickel platinum silver cadmium chromium titanium tungsten vanadium Recycling Timber and manufactured boards (animation) Trees as a renewable resource Processing timber logs Timber conversion Manufactured boards Plastic notes and animations Thermoplastics and thermosets Thermoplastics: thermoforming line bending (+ animation) vacuum forming (+ animation) plug and yoke (+ animation) expanded polystyrene (+ animation) structural foam rotational moulding injection moulding (+ animation) gas assisted injection moulding (+ animation) injection blow moulding (+ animation) extrusion blow moulding (+ animation) inserts in plastic moulding blown film (+ animation) Thermosets resins hand lay-up of GRP (+ animation) spraying resin and reinforcing material resin transfer moulding (+ animation) pultrusion process (+ animation) injection moulding compression moulding (DMC) (+ animation) compression moulding (SMC) (+ animation) Technology exercises
Measuring and Marking out Measuring and marking out notes Marking out tools and processes (animation) Measuring tools and processes (animation) Measuring & marking out test (interactive) Design exercises Technology exercises
Materials Processing Hand tools animation Machine tools animation Plastics notes and animations Heat treatment of metals: normalising steel hardening steel tempering steel annealing hot working metals cold working metals Casting metals sand casting die casting lost wax casting finishing castings Applying finishes introduction plastics metals painting steel lacquering metals galvanising and zinc plating electroplating (+ animation) electroforming anodising patination bluing enamelling plastic coating etching (+animation) abrading, filing and grinding (+ animation) planishing knurling milling Wood finishing processes abrading (+ animation) Technology exercises 1 Technology exercises 2
Assembling Parts Temporary fixing methods Semi permanent fixing methods Permanent fixing methods Silver soldering & brazing (+ animation) cleaning after soldering pickling (+ animation) soft soldering tinning the soldering iron using a soldering iron using a blow torch tinning parts to be soldered joining metals by forge welding joining metals by gas welding joining metals by electric arc welding joining metals by riveting (+ animation) pop riveting joining wood: gluing wood to wood wood joints (animation) gluing laminates to sheet materials joining wood using screws joining materials using adhesives Technology exercises	Industrial Production Introduction Systems Scale of production One-off production Batch production Mass production & continuous production Customisation and mass production Design analysis exercises Exercise: using machines to make products Exercise: batch production of copper jewellery
	Transporting, Storing & Displaying Products packaging resistant materials packages important features of a product package packaging design analysis exercises
Mechanisms Mechanisms animations Technology exercises Design exercises Design analysis exercises	Moral, Cultural, Environmental, Spiritual Moral issues: the design opportunity the design specification the design choice of manufacturing material recycling materials use of energy the manufacturing process quality health and safety transporting the product sales after sales Cultural issues: culture cultural evidence cultural diversity cultural change cultural identity cultural tourism souvenirs Environmental issues: designed environments transport industry Spiritual issues Exercises in moral issues Exercises in environmental issues
Structures Structures notes: frame structures shell structures loads forces struts and ties beams steel structural sections Bridge types animation Design exercises
Energy Energy notes: sources of energy forms of energy consequences of energy use designing for energy conservation Technology exercises Design exercises
Animations
Graphics & Design Development Animations Recording ideas and designs using notes and sketches (animation) Design development animation Isometric drawing animation and exercises Oblique drawing animation 1 point perspective drawing animation and exercises 2 point perspective drawing animation and exercises Parts drawing and cutting list animation Rendering exercises	Wood Joints Animation The reason that wood joints are used Butt joint Lapped joint Tongue and grooved joint Finger joint / comb joint Dovetail joint Lapped dovetail joint Housing joint Corner bridle joint Through mortice and tenon joint Stopped mortice and tenon joint "T" halving joint Bare faced tenon joint Dowelled joint Cross halving joint "T" bridle joint
Measuring Tools Animations steel rule micrometer digital micrometer vernier caliper height gauge depth gauge micrometer depth gauge internal caliper external caliper combination set dial gauge screw pitch gauge feeler gauge limit plug gauges (GO / NOGO gauges) limit ring gauge snap gauge drill gauge radius gauge protractor spirit level electronic devices	Marking Out Tools Animations pens and pencils scriber marking knife engineer's square woodworker's try square dividers trammel odd leg calipers marking gauge cutting gauge mortice gauge centre punch dot punch mitre square centre square sliding bevel bradawl surface gauge straight edge vee block angle plate templates surface plate
Hand Tools Animations The hand tools animation consists of: planes: jointer plane jack plane smoothing plane bench plane sizes plane parts sharpening angles for plane cutting irons grinding and honing frog angles rebate plane marking out a rebate planing a rebate shoulder plane bull nose plane spoke shaves wood chisels: firmer chisel bevel edged chisel mortice chisel using a mortice chisel gouge cold chisel tinsnips and shears using tinsnips saws for wood: tenon saw dovetail saw cross cut saw rip saw coping saw hacksaw junior hacksaw abra file hammers and mallets: engineer's ball pein hammer sledge hammer rubber mallet plastic faced hammers soft faced hammers rawhide mallet bossing mallet raising hammer planishing hammer doming hammer cross pein hammer claw hammer woodworker's mallet files: description roughness of cut hand file flat file half round file round file square file three square file knife file needle files Swiss wax files drills: brace and bit how to use a brace and bit twist drills countersink riveting with countersunk head rivets hand drill / wheel brace Taps and dies: taps and tap wrench tapping a thread die and diestock cutting an external thread drunken threads.	Machine Tools Animations The machine tool animations illustrate: CNC: description of computer numerical control links between CAD, CAM and computer control main difference between manual and CNC machines 5 axis CNC miller CNC lathe buffer: using a buffer pickling etching sanding machines disc sander orbital sander belt sander reciprocating sander spindle sander abrasive papers and cloths abrading emery cloth grinding machines: bench grinder surface grinder angle grinder drilling machines: pillar drill chuck key safety portable power drill twist drill bit SDS drill bit taper shank drill bit grinding angles for drill bits reamers centre drill countersinks masonry drill bit brad point drill bit auger bits flat bit Forstner bit counterbore and plug cutter hole saw vertical milling machine router (power router): router cutters router collet setting the depth of cut using a power router routing jig router safety horizontal milling machine centre lathe: lathe parts holding work in a three jaw chuck holding work in a four jaw chuck turning between centres facing off parallel turning taper turning cutting tools cutting tool grinding angles power hacksaw planer / thicknesser: planing a face planing an edge thicknessing wood saws: bandsaw using a bandsaw circular saw circular saw power tool jig saw fret saw: parallel arm mechanism parallel link arm mechanism C-arm mechanism morticer: using a morticer wood lathe: belt and pulley arrangement turning between centres turning on a face plate scraping action cutting action chisels, scrapers and gouges Shears: bench shears pneumatic guillotine press tool.
Timber Products Hardwoods and softwoods Timber conversion Timber defects Cup shake Heart shake Star shake Splits and shakes Fungal attack Woodworm (beetle attack) Twisting, checks, bowing, resin sacks Seasoning Cutting veneer plywood blockboard faced chipboard Medium density fibreboard (MDF) Solid timber boards Advantages/disadvantages of timber and manufactured boards
Mechanisms Animations types of motion levers: Class 1, Class 2, Class 3, bell crank lever linkages pulleys and belts: used to transmit motion and torque change speed of rotation stepped cone pulleys pulley belts used to transport products pulley belts used as bandsaws pulleys used for lifting and hauling chain and sprocket drive chain parts Gears: spur gears gear train bevel gears worm gear rack and pinion cams, rotary and linear, cam followers ratchet and pawl crank mechanisms crank and slider application of screw mechanisms: for clamping to control movement for lifting ball screws couplings flanged split flexible universal joint friction used to oppose motion: brakes clamps grips / knurling reducing friction by the use of lubricants and bearings lubrication bearings: bush ball bearing roller bearing mechanisms used on a bicycle.	Plastics Notes and Animations description of "plastic" the main ingredients of most plastics thermoplastics thermosets thermoforming: line bending vacuum forming commonly used materials plug & yoke expanded polystyrene (EPS) structural foam commonly used materials rotational moulding commonly used materials injection moulding commonly used materials gas assisted injection moulding injection blow moulding extrusion blow moulding commonly used materials inserts in plastic mouldings blown film thermosets resins hand lay-up of glass reinforced plastic (GRP) sprayed polyester resin and reinforcing material resin transfer moulding pultrusion process injection moulding compression moulding: dough moulding compound (DMC) sheet moulding compound (SMC) commonly used abbreviations of the names of polymers.
	Riveting Rivet types Riveting with countersunk head rivets Riveting with snap head rivets Pop rivets
Bridges beam bridges continuous span bridge simple span bridge cantilever span bridge cantilever with suspended span bridge Warren deck truss bridge Warren (through)Truss Pratt Truss (through truss) Howe Truss (through truss) Lattice Truss (through truss) Plate girder bridge Deck beam bridge Orthotropic beam bridge Rigid frame (inclined legs) Rigid Frame (with V- legs) Stone arch bridge Open spandrel deck arch bridge Spandrel braced arch bridge Cantilever through truss bridge Trussed deck arch bridge Trussed through arch bridge Ribbed arch bridge Suspension bridge Cable stayed bridge	The Interactive Worksheets and Exercises package consists of: isometric drawing exercises 1 point perspective drawing exercises 2 point perspective drawing exercises colouring and shading (rendering) exercises measuring and marking out test marking out and cutting tenons exercise drills and bits exercises file types and uses exercises hand tools exercise saws and their uses exercise screw cutting tools exercise reading a vernier caliper exercise choosing the correct machine tool exercise use of the buffer exercise sanders and grinders exercise machines exercise wood machine exercise turning exercise wood turning exercise making cupboard doors in MDF exercise using machines to make products exercise batch production of copper jewellery exercise how plastic bottles are made exercise manufacturing children's tableware exercise

Key Stage 4 Design and Resistant Materials Technology
Develops students' literacy
Develops students' knowledge of D&T terminology
Develops students' knowledge of a broad range of design and technology theory
Has a broad range of exercises that can be used for classwork and homework
Learning resources are in HTML format for use with computers and whiteboards
Can be used for whole class teaching, can be used on an interactive whiteboard
Can be used for individual learning on computers, enables students to work at their own pace
Information is presented using a range of media including easily understood animations
Motivates students to learn and to achieve high scores
Supplied as msi installer software but can be supplied in a format suitable for Apple Macs. upon request

What does it cost?

KS4 Design and Resistant Materials Technology

Single User Licence £30
School Site Licence £60

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