'Recognizing the need is the primary condition for design.'
Milton Glaser
Unit 44 - Fabrication and manufacturing processes
It is important that engineers have an appreciation of the materials and processes involved in manufacturing sheet metal products, and are capable of creating solutions to engineering-based problems.
During this unit will cover the main stages of manufacturing a sheet metal product: preparation, cutting out blank components, forming up the components and joining them into an assembled product.
You will learn the safe use of a range of industrial hand tools, machinery and other equipment associated with fabrication processes. You will apply this knowledge in the manufacture of a sheet product of a portable wood-burning stove.
UNIT 44 Learning Aim A Assignment Brief [...]
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UNIT 44 Learning Aim B_C Assignment Brie[...]
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Production drawing for wood burner manufacture:
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UNIT 44 Learning Aim D Assignment Brief [...]
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