AQA GCSE Design and Technology · 8552
Paper 1
Revise: IndustryCAM, or computer-aided manufacture, uses software to control manufacturing equipment. CNC mills, routers and lathes use programmed instructions to guide operations such as cutting and shaping. Compared with manually controlling each movement, this supports accurate, repeatable manufacture.
- Revise: Force magnitude and direction
A rotating shaped disc that moves a follower according to its profile.
- Revise: Specialist tools and equipment
Computer-aided manufacture: using digital data to control machinery that makes a product or component.