Overview

This unit introduces all aspects of product manufacture, examining materials and manufacturing processes and how they are used to create products. Students will develop an understanding of the techniques required to produce 3-dimensional outcomes. This will be facilitated by introducing the latest technologies within the workshop, such as laser cutting and rapid prototyping equipment.

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
03-March-2025
01-June-2025
Last self-enrolment date
16-March-2025
Census date
31-March-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
24-April-2025
Results released date
08-July-2025
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
04-August-2025
02-November-2025
Last self-enrolment date
17-August-2025
Census date
31-August-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
19-September-2025
Results released date
09-December-2025

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Identify suitable materials and manufacturing processes to inform project direction
  • Prepare drawings to AS1100 for manufacture
  • Analyse the suitability of different materials for the project according to specific manufacturing processes and their application within a given conceptual and theoretical framework
  • Develop fully resolved prototypes of design intent
  • Evaluate project outcomes in relation to the specified user group, the environmental impact, and the sustainability of the project

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Studio		3.00 12 weeks 36
Unspecified Learning Activities (Phasing out)
Individual Study		9.50 12 weeks 114
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Major ProjectIndividual 50% 1,2,3,4,5 
ProjectIndividual 25% 2,4,5 
Research PieceGroup 25% 1,3,5 

Content

Students will work towards a design project that focuses on one of the following manufacturing techniques while ensuring areas in a conceptual and theoretical framework are understood:

  • Types of timber, joining and finishing
  • Types of plastics, polymers
  • Composites
  • Injection moulding
  • Blow moulding
  • Rapid prototyping
  • Plastic extrusion
  • RIM – Reaction Injection Moulding
  • Rotational moulding
  • Thermoforming
  • Plastic finishing and joining
  • Types of metals and mechanical properties
  • Sand casting
  • Investment casting
  • Pressure die casting
  • Sheet forming and fabrication
  • Metal finishing and joining
  • CNC Manufacture
  • Laser Cutting

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.