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Name the five categories of manufacturing technique.
Answer
Additive, subtractive (wasting), forming, joining and finishing.
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How do you place an unfamiliar process in a category?
Answer
Ask what happens to the amount of material: more is additive, less is subtractive, the same in a new shape is forming, pieces becoming one is joining, and only a changed surface is finishing.
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Why can timber not be moulded?
Answer
Moulding needs a material that can be melted or softened and set in a new shape. Timber burns rather than melting, and its fibres along a grain cannot be reformed.
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What makes a "why this process" answer complete?
Answer
A pairing of the technique with a reason — a material property, the volume required, a tolerance, a cost, or the environment the product lives in.
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