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Product Design focuses on how products are made from designing/ prototyping/ computer modeling/ to finished product.
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Students will experience product design and fabrication in a series of knowledge and skill builders culminating in creating products of their original ideas. Below are the categories students will experience within the course.Students may jump around to different open "KSB's" based on equipment availability.
Product Design Intro assignment 2017
Step 1 Brainstorming Ideas
KSB 1- Designing under constraints
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Introductory assignment- students will follow a set of plans and design modifications to construct a small wooden box.
Material:
Wood
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Skills:
Brainstorming
Design Sketches
Computer Modeling
Woodworking machine safety
Using a planer, table saw, chop saw
Presenting Solutions
KSB 1
KSB 2- Design to fill a need
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Introductory assignment- students design a desktop organizer
Material:
Steel
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Skills:
Brainstorming
Design Sketches
Computer Modeling
Metalworking machine safety
MIG Welding
Presenting Solutions
KSB 2
KSB 3.1- Designing with Precision and Tolerance-
Students use a mill and lathe to create an aluminium pen
Material:
Aluminum​
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New Skills:
Metal Lathe
Mill
Tap & Die Thread Cutting
Reading/ using calipers
Powder Coating
KSB 3
KSB 3.2- Designing to fit with outside technology
-Pop-Socket locker phone holder
Material:
Wood/ Metal/ Plastic
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New Skills:
Reading/ using calipers
Design to fit tolerances
Research based design
Creative problem solving
KSB 4- Forging, Forming, Finish-
Making a ring
Material:
Nickel, Copper​
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New Skills:
Annealing
Oxy/ aceteylene torch safety
Forging/ forming
Metal finish
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KSB 4
KSB 5- Designing for Additive Manufacturing
- Students will model and 3D print a solution to a cable management problem.
Material:
Plastic (PLA)
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New Skills:
Advanced CAD Modeling
Modeling for 3D printing
3D printer setup/ operation
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KSB 5
KSB 6- Combining Materials
- Students will use a multi-material solution to create a small seat or end table
Material:
Concrete/ Wood
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Steel/ Wood
or
Plastic/ Wood
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New Skills:
Scale physical models
Multi-material construction
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KSB 6
KSB 7.1- CNC Fabrication
-Students will operate the CNC router to construct either a custom sign or Passive Wooden speaker
Material:
Wood
Acrylic
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New Skills:
CNC Router operation
CAM file preparation
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KSB 7.2- CNC Fabrication
-Students will operate the CNC vinyl cutter to create a graphic for a T- shirt
Material:
Fabric
Vinyl
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New Skills:
CNC Vinyl Cutter Operation
Adobe Illustrator Software
CAM file preparation
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KSB 7
KSB 8
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