Transcript Design and Technology at Warren

Design and Technology at
Warren
The D&T Department
• There are eight full time teachers and two
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technicians.
We have four workshops with another about to
be built.
There are three graphics rooms, a sixth form
study room as well as a separate CAD/CAM
room.
There are eighty PCs and every room has an
LCD projector.
Courses Offered at GCSE
• Resistant Materials
• Product Design (Graphics)
• Industrial Technology
• Systems and Control
• At school level this has meant the
introduction of a double GCSE for 22
pupils in three schools. In addition to
OCR Industrial Technology (Engineering)
they also take OCR Systems and Control.
This has been agreed with the exam
board.
• At Warren we have created a separate
area for CADCAM with improved ICT
facilities including flat screen displays.
• Major equipment purchased for this area
includes a Unimatics 3D router with a 4D
machining head and a 25 watt laser cutter
from Technology supplies. This has
enabled our students to make products
and components using a range of software
such as 2D Design, Minicam, 3D Geocam
and Galaad, as well as Prodesktop.
The Future
• Pupils opting for Systems and Control are
usually of average and above average
ability.
• This year another group has started the
double award GCSE course. This will
continue to generate a large number of
candidates for the AVCE Engineering
course which is now in its second year.
Prodesktop
• Last year all of our Resistant Materials
Engineering and Systems and Control
students used Prodesktop to produce
orthographic as well as presentation
drawings of their products.
CD Drawer Unit
Triangular Cupboard
Shape sorter
CD Storage Unit
Toy Storage Unit
Industrial Technology
Engineering :Pupils develop workshop skills using metals
and plastics.
They also develop designing skills and make
effective use of CAD CAM.
We have CNC Mills, CNC lathes and a Laser
cutter.
Pupils learn to use traditional metal working
tools such as the centre lathe.
They also have to use hand files accurately.
Working precisely to get a good fit and
ensure a mechanism works is vital.
• Plastic parts can be manufactured using the
Laser cutter directly from a parts drawing – the
cam and handle shown below are a good
example of this work in progress..
Engineering - using CAD CAM to
Design
• The pupils have used Prodesktop to model
their designs.
• Once they have been checked to ensure
they work orthographic drawings are
printed off and manufacturing started.
Embossing tools
• First a design can
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be modelled
using a “linkages
kit”.
Then animated to
see the action.
The design as a real model
Detailed drawings
Embossing Tools – Pupils Work
• An embossing tool by Glenn Barrett -
a highly polished aluminium handle
with steel side plates and an
aluminium base, The plunger is made
using a CNC Boxford lathe. There is
also a spring return.
A toggle clamp by Jane Wyard made from aluminium,
polypropylene and acrylic. The
base is laser cut.
An embossing tool by Lee
Konig. Highly polished
aluminium parts with a
laser cut acrylic front piece.
A simple design making
effective use of a range of
engineering plastics
A toggle clamp by Rikki Baker Red acrylic base, aluminium
spacer block, polypropylene
handle.
An embossing tool by James
Staerck - made from acrylic,
aluminium and brass. A spring
return is used on the linkage.
A clamp by Terry Marsh - this toggle clamp has an acrylic base, an
adjustable brass plunger, an aluminium handle and mild steel
linkages. Mig welding was used to join the sub bases together.
An embossing tool
by Jack Garforth laser cut side
plates, an
aluminium base
and an acrylic
handle. A spring
returns the
horizontal lever.
Systems and Control
• Students design their
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own buggies using
some pre drawn
components.
Assemble and convert
to orthographic and
presentation
drawings.
Assembled buggy
More Advanced Buggy
Robot Ideas
http://www.The-Warren.org
• The department and its students are
supported by a Website which is under
continuous development.
• The website includes galleries of students’
work, revision notes, quizzes, and links to
other useful sites.