Core Skills Materials Notes

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Common Materials:

Coir / Plaster / Marble / Concrete / Aluminium / Leather / Cork / Birch Plywood / Industrial Felt / MDF / Carbon Fibre /Oriented Strand Board [OSB] / Copper / Stainless Steel / Oak / Polypropylene [PP] / Brass / Jesmonite / Borosilicate Glass / Ash / Mild Steel / Natural Rubber / Bamboo / Porcelain / Polyvinyl Chloride [PVC] / Terracotta / Acrylic / Titanium / Walnut / Cast Iron / Nylon / Beech / Bone China / Low Density Polyethylene [LDPE] / Earthenware

Common Processes:

3D Knitting / Adhesive Bonding / Arc Welding / Blow Moulding /Brazing /Soldering / CNC Cutting or Milling /
Compression Moulding / Die Cutting / Extrusion / Gas Assisted Injection Moulding / Hand Blowing / High Pressure Die Casting / Hydroforming / Injection Moulding / Investment Casting / Joinery / Laminating / Laser Cutting / Powder Coating / Pulp Moulding / Roll Forming / Rotational Moulding / Sledging / Slumping / Spinning /
Spot Welding / Steam Bending / Throwing / Turning/ Slip Casting

Additive Process: Material is joined together e.g. mechanical fastening (nails, screws, bolts, rivets, staples etc.), stitching, adhesives, welding, brazing, soldering, sintering, mechanical joints (e.g. wooden joinery), laminating, 3D printing

Formative Process: Material changes form and/or state e.g. bending, forging, casting, moulding,
slumping, extruding, thermoforming, rolling, pressing, drawing, stamping, swaging, spinning, hydroforming

Subtractive Process: Material is removed e.g. Cutting, shearing, piercing, milling, turning, reaming, countersinking, tapping, sawing, filing, sanding, polishing, planing, laser cutting, water jet cutting, grinding,
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