Design technology - chapter 1

Mass Production

when hundreds or thousands of the same product are produced, usually on a production line.

Assembly Line

a line of workers and equipment in a factory.

Technology push

a development in materials, components or manufacturing methods leads to the developement of a new product

life cycle

the stages a product goes through from initial idea to disposal

Sustainability

producing goods and services without impacting on the needs of future populations

Fossil fuels

irreplaceable finite materials

CAD

Computer-Aided design

CAM

Computer-Aided manufacture

CNC

Computer Numerically Controlled

Additive manufacture

the process of building up a physical shape layer by layer

Environmental directive

a type of law to provide protection for the environment

Ecological footprint

a measure of the impact that human activity has on the environment

Ecological defict

a measure to indicate that more natural resources are being used than nature can replace

Non renewable

energy sources which are not replenished

Renewable

energy sources which will not run out

Greenhouse gas

atmospheric pollution which traps heat at the earth’s surface