Polymers

project 4; colour

Posted on by Nicholas Jones PD

initially I was thinking about making the whole lamp red using acrylic plastic but after doing some thinking and revaluation of my design proposal I discovered that it would look to boring and creepy if it was all red plastic, so I’ve decided that it would be a better idea to make it all clear translucent plastic and then the red will be the EL wire that will run throughout the inside of the shell, this will make the lamp look less like a Halloween toy and more professional and scientific. also using the red EL wire on the inside will through some interesting shapes out from the inside onto walls and the ceiling.

 

project 3: manufacture processes

Posted on by Nicholas Jones PD

I’ve been doing research into the possible manufacture processes that we could possible use to form the shape of each section of the design and what we would use to make each component.

we’ve all decided to use plastic as the material on out product, we choose this because its easy to clean and its cheap which is perfect for students, seeing as we are using plastic It seems sensible to use extrusion moulding for the little components and then use  blow moulding for the main sections of the design, I think these are the best two process we can use, as they are easy to preform on a mass production line, compatible with plastic pellets and is cost efficient, also all these processes are computer automated which means we can save cost on labouring staff, this also reduces human error.

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extrusion moulding

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blow moulding

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