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Children's Tableware

In this exercise, you will be looking at the design of children's tableware.

You will have to consider the needs of young children, their likes and dislikes and their ability to handle cutlery and dishes.

You will have to consider the design of individual items of children's tableware and the properties of the materials that will be used to make them.

  
   
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Give three reasons why plastic is a suitable material for children's tableware
Name a suitable polymer for children's tableware
State whether your chosen polymer is a thermoplastic or a thermoset
Name a polymer that leeches harmful chemicals and so should not be used for children's tableware
Name a machine that melts polymer pellets and is used to inject molten polymer into a mould
Name a mechanism that is often used to force molten polymer into a mould
State how a moulded product is removed from a mould
Explain why bright colours are used for children's products
State why plastic products rarely have to be painted
Explain why children's cutlery is sometimes made "chunky"
Give three safety specifications for children's tableware
What is the difference between one-off production, batch production and mass production?
Explain why plastic products are often inexpensive to buy, yet the machinery used to make the products is very expensive
Briefly explain why the material in plastic products should be recycled after the product is no longer required
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