Maufacturing Process Flashcards
(13 cards)
1
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One off production
A
- Unique to user
- Expensive
- Designed specifically to fit the user
2
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Batch production
A
- Must be flexible
- Roughly 2-100
- Automated where possible
3
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Mass production
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- CAD/CAM/CNC
- 24hr a day
- Has a large market appeal
- Unskilled woreforce
- Social aspects neglected
4
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Continuous Production
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- Cost is low
- Tens of thousants of identical products
- Uninterupted non-stop 24hr
5
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Just-in-time(JIT) production
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- Requires high level of forward planning->Materials are only brought as and when needed
- Reliant on suppliers
- Reduction in storage
6
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In line assembly
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- Trackable(Batch number)
- Used for mass production
- Long down time if only one production line is avaiable.
7
Q
Flexible Manufactuing Systems(FMS)
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- Expensive
- Adaptable to change
- Skilled worker
8
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Quality Assurance(QA)
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- Companies guarantee that the product meets the standard.
- About setting standards and meeting them
9
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Quality Control
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- How you check those standards
- Constant inspection
10
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Sub contracting
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Parts of a job is contracted out to another source to complete.
- Tracking can be an issue
- Improve efficiency by ensuring manufature of the product is optimised
11
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Standard Components
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- Nuts,bolts,screws and rivets
- High standard
- Different sizes and shapes available
- Washing machines,moblie phones,microwaves
12
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Destructive Testing
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- Destructed during the testing process
- Gives the idea of tolerance
13
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Non-Destructive testing
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- Dont physically effect the product
- Carried at the end
