VCE Product Design And Technologies case studies
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VCE Product Design and Technologies is a Victorian senior secondary study for students who want to move from an idea to a made, evaluated product. It suits learners who enjoy sketching, prototyping, working with materials and justifying design decisions in writing as well as in the workshop. The VCE Product Design And Technologies case studies are 5 cases and about 2,273 words.
1The Insulated Bottle That Sweated
A small Melbourne studio is developing a reusable 750 mL drink bottle for school students. The body is injection-moulded from a two-layer polypropylene/polyethylene terephthalate glycol (PETG) construction, with the outer shell in opaque polypropylene and an inner liner in clear PETG.
465 words, about 2 min2The Flat-Pack Desk and the CNC Router Queue
A Year 12 student is producing 120 flat-pack laptop desks for a school fundraiser. The design uses 18 mm birch plywood panels joined with a slot-and-tab system and no fasteners.
458 words, about 2 min3The Compostable Phone Case That Wasn't
A startup markets a phone case as '100 percent compostable and plastic-free'. The case is moulded from a polylactic acid (PLA) and wheat-straw composite.
414 words, about 2 min4The Adjustable Standing Desk for a Shared Office
A furniture manufacturer is designing a height-adjustable standing desk for a shared office of 60 workers aged 19 to 64, including two workers who use wheelchairs and one with a chronic lower-back condition. The desk must adjust from 620 mm to 1,280 mm, support 80 kg, and be operated by a single person.
468 words, about 2 min5The Bio-Plastic Toy and the Mould Shrinkage Problem
A toy manufacturer is switching a small ride-on car body from ABS to a polylactic acid (PLA) and talc composite to reduce fossil-fuel content. The existing steel mould was cut for ABS, which shrinks about 0.5 percent on cooling.
468 words, about 2 min