The film is finally rolled onto rolls, the entire process is shown below. Thursday, 29 September 2011. Sunday, 11 September 2011. Used for detailed plastic goods.

Friday, 9 September 2011. Injection moulding uses granulated plastic. The mould is the most important part of manufacturing. Granulated plastic is fed from the hopper into the injection moulding machine. Once the melted plastic has reached the end the screw pushes the melted plastic into the mould. Used to make anything with a slight indentation in.

Good strength to weight ratio. Good resistance to chemical and environmental erosion. Available in a variety of colours by using pigments to colour. Plastics are made by a process of polymerisation and plastics are nearly always modified using a heat process. There are two main types of plastics. Thermoplastics are made of monomer chains so can easily be heated and remoulded.

Epoxy Resins -Surface coatings, Encapsulation of electronic components, adhesives. Melamine Formaldehyde -Tableware, Decorative Laminates.

Wednesday, 5 October 2011. Thursday, 29 September 2011. Organic design and Art and Deco project. Thursday, 8 September 2011. Granulated or powdered thermoplastic material is heated, melted and the forced under pressure into a mould. Once in the mould the material cools, forming a component that takes the shape of the mould cavity. Good strength to weight ratio.

Project 2 - High Tech - Matt Black. Saturday, 10 September 2011. The simplest way to form plastic is to bend hot sheet material around a form to bend it into shape. Friday, 9 September 2011. Good Electrical and Thermal insulators. Good Strength to Weight ratio. Generally good resistance to atmospheric and chemical erosion.

Thursday, 29 September 2011. Monday, 12 September 2011. Injection moulding uses small granules that are poured into a hopper. They are then carried by an Archimedes screw, through heating pads into a split mould. Compression moulding also uses heat in its process however in this process two shapes are pushed together with the mould inside of it and forms a specific shape. The tragedy that was the playstation 3.

Tuesday, 27 November 2012. It must also not use any patented invention ideas. The invention must also be new and not have been made public at any time. Patents must also contain a inventive step; a inventive step is where the product must be able to be produced or be able to be used to produce products. What do patents cover? Thursda.

Thursday, 29 September 2011. Flooring, tables, cabinets, chairs,. Hard, Though, medium-heavy weight, high strength and resistance. Bass ball bats, flooring, chairs, tables,. High density, high strength and flexibility. Cream to light brown,. Flooring, doors, tables, beds, cabinets, chairs. Heavy, very strong and tough. Light brown, open grain. Hard, very strong and durable, resistant to acids.

Matt Threader 6th form Product Design class AS.