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Product Design Material Modules - Coggle Diagram
Product Design Material Modules
Timber
Types of Timber
Softwood
Come from coniferous trees which are evergreen with pine leaves; these are more renewable than hardwood as they grow faster with less resources.
Cedar
Douglas Fir
Redwood
Yew
Larch
Cypress
Pine
Hardwood
Come from broad leaved deciduous trees; considered less renewable as they take much longer to grow with more resources.
Ash
Beech
Birch
Cherry
Mahogany
Oak
Teak
Manufactured Board
Man-Made material that are manufactured from natural timber waste; have some environmental disadvantages due to any non-recyclable material used in their creation process.
Blockboard
Chipboard
Hardboard
MDF (Medium Density Fibre Board)
Fibreboard
Plywood
Forces and Stresses
Torsion
A twisting material
Bending
Forces at an angle to the material
Tension
A pulling force
Compression
A pushing force
Abrasion
Scraping or wearing away
Shear
Forces acting across the material
Stock Forms
Rectangular Section
Square Section
Dowling
Sheet
Moulding
Polymers
Thermosetting
Thermosets are irriversibly rigid and once they have
been formed
Thermoplastics
Become malleable when heated
Can be melted and recast almost forever.
Fractional ditillation
Bioplastics
Some aren't biodegradable in natural conditions
Made from sustainable biomass sources
Stock forms
Tubes
Sheets
Rods
Film/foam
Granules
Scales Of production
continuos
Batch
Mass
One-off
Just-in-time