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TECHNO WORLD ‘YOUR’ Work in Product Design Product Design

MATERIALS AND COMPONENTS Revision Sheet 1 – Paper and Board

Name and Uses and properties… How paper is made… Description 1. Tiny wood chips are cooked in water to LAYOUT AND • Used for tracing make a mushy wood pulp. TRACING PAPER and copying. 2. Starch, dye and chalk are added to Both translucent • Its used for this produce the required texture and surface (you can see because you can finish. through them) see through it. 3. Poured over fine mesh CARTRIDGE PAPER • Used for general 4. As the water drains away the wood fibres A tough and lightly drawing (less than 1mm in length) link together textured paper. • Used for this when they touch. because it takes 5. This web is passed through rollers to pencils and colours squeeze out the excess water. well. CARDBOARD • Used for general Paper is commonly available in the ‘A’ sizes Can be laminated packaging and e.g. A4, A3 etc. together to make modelling uses. thicker boards. • It’s used for this Board is heavier, thicker and more rigid than Often made of because it is paper and is made from several layers of recycled material. cheap and widely pulp. available e.g. Cardboard SOLID WHITE • Used for book Carton board BOARD covers and more Mounting board Made from bleached expensive Corrugated board wood pulp packaging. • Used for this Laminating – sticking several sheets of card because it is together to make very thick card. strong and good for printing on. Composite materials – laminating (sticking • DUPLEX BOARD Used in food together) a wide range of different materials Made from pure packaging such as aluminium foil, plaster of paris, rigid wood pulp with a • Used for this plastic foams etc. creates boards with very bleached liner on because it can be different properties. You are trying to get the one side. easily printed on best properties from each material. and can be lined to protect it from Eg. drinks and foods. Product A foil lined lid to a FOIL LINED • Lids for food BOARD liners takeaway carton Made by laminating • Used for this to Composition Board laminated to foil aluminium to any of help insulate the laminated to a thin plastic the boards above. container and to layer

help keep Properties Board – adds rigidity moisture in. Foil – preserves food and CORRUGATED • Used for large keeps in heat BOARD cartons which Plastic lining – keeps food This is made up of a transport smaller dry liner board (flat items. sheet) and the • Used for this fluted sheet because it offers sandwiched in the strength without centre. undue weight.

Questions 1. Explain the how the properties of solid white board make it suitable for book covers.

2. Explain why Duplex board is especially used for printed goods.

3. Name a material that is suitable for large boxes – explain why you chose it.

4. In your own words explain what lamination is.

5. Name a paper based product that is laminated (not on the example sheet)

6. Explain why composite materials have been developed and give one example (not on example sheet)