1. Analysing products

2.  Understand the structure of question 13: analysing products  Understand how to analyse the materials & components used in a product  Understand how to analyse the manufacturing processes used in a product  Understand how to analyse the design specification of a product

3. Give two properties of aluminium that make it a suitable material for packaging. For each property, justify your answer. (4 marks)

4. Property 1: Aluminium is lightweight. (1) Justification: This means that transport costs can be reduced due to lighter loads (1) Property 2: Aluminium is soft and malleable (1 mark) Justification: This means it can be easily formed into the shape of the tin (1)

5.  The properties of materials & components – i.e. what are the special features of the material  The advantages and disadvantages of the materials and components – what are the benefits and drawbacks of using specific materials  Justification of the choice of materials & components – why are certain materials used in preference to others

6. You should be able to identify processes involved in the manufacture of the product including:  The stages of manufacturing process  The advantages & disadvantages of the manufacturing process?  Justification of the choice of manufacturing process – why are certain processes used in preference to others?

7. Vacuum forming is a suitable process for thermoforming PVC (1) therefore producing identical products in large numbers (1)

8. Some biscuit and chocolate boxes are made from polymers 1. Answer question part (a) as though the biscuit box is made from polypropylene (pp) a. Give two properties of polypropylene that make it a suitable material for packaging. For each property justify your answer (4 marks)

9. Some biscuit and chocolate boxes are made from polymers 1. Answer question part (b) as though the biscuit box is made using injection moulding process b. Explain two reasons why the injection moulding process is suitable for manufacturing the biscuit box (4 marks)

10. The next part of the question will relate to the specification criteria for the product. These cover:  Form – why is the product shaped/styled as it is?  Function –what is the purpose of the product?  User requirements – what qualities make the product attractive to potential users

11.  Performance requirements – what are the technical considerations that must be achieved in the product?  Material & component requirements –how should materials & components perform within the product?  Scale of production & cost– how does the design allow for scale of production and what are the considerations in determining cost?  Sustainability – how does the design allow for environmental considerations.

12. You will be asked to explain how the product meets these specification criteria. (c)Two specification points for the box are that it must: Protect the biscuits Promote the sales of the biscuits Explain, under the following headings, how the box meets these specification points: i.Protect the biscuits (2 marks) ii.Promote the sales of the biscuits (2 marks)

13. (i) Protect the biscuits:  The biscuits are protected by a rigid aluminium box (1)  Which is tough enough to take bashes and scrapes with out the biscuits inside getting broken (1) (i) Protect the biscuits:  The biscuits are protected by a rigid aluminium box (1)  Which is tough enough to take bashes and scrapes with out the biscuits inside getting broken (1) (ii) Promote the sales of the biscuits:  Graphics are printed all the way round the box (1)  This means that customers can see the brand from all directions and easily identify it (1) (ii) Promote the sales of the biscuits:  Graphics are printed all the way round the box (1)  This means that customers can see the brand from all directions and easily identify it (1)

14. This is an ‘extended-writing’ type of question. You will be given a drawing or picture of a similar product and asked to compare it to the original product in terms of key specification points or other topics such as sustainability.

15. Evaluate packaging A compared to packaging B in terms of minimising waste production (6 marks)

16. This question relates to ‘minimising waste production’ which in sustainability refers to 4 ‘R’s: Reduce; reuse; recover and recycle. So you have to compare the two packages with reference to the 4 Rs. Packaging APackaging B Single use carton board package that will simply be thrown away after use (1) carton board can be recycled only when the plastic window is removed (1) carton board requires less energy to produce aluminium tin can be reused for storage of biscuits or other things aluminium tin and PVC inner tray can be separated and recyled (1) aluminium takes a lot more energy to produce, from extraction of bauxite to production of alumina (1)

17. Use the specification criteria headings to compare and contrast these two similar toy packaging products. Package made from card Clear vacuum- formed PVC blister package Rigid polystyrene injection moulded casing

18.  form  function  user requirements  performance requirements  scale of production/cost  sustainability

19. Business practice of deliberately outdating a product before the end of its useful life and introducing a new model.