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Technical Considerations
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11-12 Industrial technology Mind Map on Technical Considerations, created by Kerry Wallace on 05/06/2014.
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11-12
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Kerry Wallace
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Technical Considerations
Mechanisation
Human operators with machinery
Replaces manual labour or animals
Specialisation
Experts in their field
One production technique is focus
Mass Production
Large scale production in factories
Uses production processes
Standardisation of factory tooling/parts
Division of labour
Advantages of mass production
cheaper
less training
fast production
consistency of product
safety for worker
Disadvantages of mass production
boredom/low job satisfaction
RSI/OOS
Breakdowns mean stopped production
Expensive to set up
Job losses
Difficulty to change product design
Automation
mechanical tasks repeated with minimal human internvention
Uses computer programs - sensors & control systems
Improves quality of production
tasks done quicker & efficiently
New & Emerging Technologies
Better materials/quality
Convergence of technologies
More efficiency than previous technogies
May be more environmentally friendly
Nano technologies
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