Injection Moulding Kit - Section: Situation / Brief

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1 Injection Moulding Kit - Section: Situation / Brief Situation Brief You are required to design and make an injection moulding die to produce small plastic artefacts or components. The component produced by the moulding die should be determined by the candidate as a result of research, but it should be one that has a three dimensional form, such as a container or connecting piece for a tubular structure. For testing and evaluating an ordinary hot melt glue gun can be used to make prototype components using PVA hot melt glue. Points to consider in relation to Assessment Objective 1 to ensure that candidates are assisted towards a sound start: research should be carried out into the process of injection moulding and its wide commercial application; candidates should carry out experiments and trials around the injection moulding process using hot melt PVA glue; candidates should ensure that their product application for the injection moulding process is suitable and achievable; the product design specification should be appropriate to the application of the product and should take into account a system for quality production of the moulded components and how repeated quality and accuracy can be assured; candidates should identify and collect appropriate data from the investigation, analysis and evaluation of existing similar products.

2 Injection Moulding Kit - Section: Task Analysis

3 Injection Moulding Kit - Section: Research Injection Moulded Products

4 Injection Moulding Kit - Section: Research Injection Moulding Process

5 Injection Moulding Kit - Section: Research Existing IM Equipment

6 Injection Moulding Kit - Section: Research Injection Moulding Experiment

7 Injection Moulding Kit - Section: Research Plastic for Injection Moulding

8 Injection Moulding Kit - Section: Research Mechanisms

9 Injection Moulding Kit - Section: Research Pneumatics

10 Injection Moulding Kit - Section: Research Survey

11 Injection Moulding Kit - Section: Research Summary

12 Injection Moulding Kit - Section: Specification The product must be:

13 Injection Moulding Kit - Section: Initial Design Ideas 1 2 3

14 Injection Moulding Kit - Section: Initial Design Ideas 4 5 6

15 Injection Moulding Kit Section: 4 Selected Design Ideas Selected Idea 1 Details: Materials:

16 Injection Moulding Kit Section: 4 Selected Design Ideas Selected Idea 2 Details: Materials:

17 Injection Moulding Kit Section: 4 Selected Design Ideas Selected Idea 3 Details: Materials:

18 Injection Moulding Kit Section: 4 Selected Design Ideas Selected Idea 4 Details: Materials:

19 Injection Moulding Kit Section: Evaluating Ideas Specification Point Idea 1 Idea 2 Idea 3 Idea 4 The best idea that fulfils most of the criteria is: Some ideas offer some of the spec:

20 Injection Moulding Kit Section: Development of Idea Development 1 Materials: Method of production:

21 Development 2 Model Making How did I construct the model? (Including materials used) Injection Moulding Kit Section: Development of Idea - Modelling Photographs What worked (How): What didn t work (Why): What changes did I make to my final design idea: Summary:

22 Injection Moulding Kit Section: Rough Drawing Final Design This sheet shows rough sketches of the final product. It Includes dimensions, details of individual parts and how they might fit together and materials to be used.

23 Injection Moulding Kit Section: Final Design 3D drawing Exploded diagram Orthographic drawing Finishing

24 Injection Moulding Kit Section: Final Specification

25 Injection Moulding Kit - Section: Cutting List Part Quantity Length Width Thickness Material Cost

26 Injection Moulding Kit Section: Plan for Manufacture

27 Injection Moulding Kit - Section: Third Party Evaluation

28 Injection Moulding Kit - Section: Testing

29 Injection Moulding Kit - Section: Final Evaluation

30 Injection Moulding Kit - Section: Modifications - Improvements

31 Injection Moulding Kit - Section: Photo Gallery