Materials and their Properties
This mechanical property describes a material's ability to absorb energy and deform plastically before fracturing.
What is toughness?
In this process, molten metal is poured into a mold, usually made of sand or metal, to create a specific shape upon cooling.
What is casting?
This 1974 Act serves as the foundation for all workplace health and safety legislation in the United Kingdom.
What is HASAWA (Health and Safety at Work etc. Act)?
Expressed as V = IxR, this law relates voltage, current, and resistance in an electrical circuit.
What is Ohm’s Law?
This Japanese term for "continuous improvement" involves all employees working together to make small, incremental changes to a process.
What is Kaizen?
These types of polymers can be heated and reshaped multiple times because their polymer chains are not cross-linked.
What are thermoplastics
This subtractive process uses a rotating workpiece and a stationary cutting tool to create cylindrical parts.
What is turning (or lathe work)?
At the very top of the "Hierarchy of Control," this is the most effective way to manage a workplace hazard.
What is elimination?
This ratio is calculated by dividing the extension of a material by its original length.
What is strain?
This maintenance strategy uses sensors and data analysis to perform maintenance only when a failure is imminent.
What is predictive maintenance?
This term refers to a metal that contains iron as its main constituent.
What is ferrous?
This forming process involves pushing a material through a shaped die to create long objects with a constant cross-section.
What is extrusion?
These regulations require employers to report specified workplace incidents, such as major fractures or "near misses," to the HSE.
What is RIDDOR?
In thermodynamics, this is the measure of the total heat content of a system.
What is enthalpy?
In Lean manufacturing, these are the visual signals (often cards) used to control the flow of materials in a Just-In-Time system.
What is Kanban?
This specific type of corrosion occurs when two dissimilar metals are in electrical contact in the presence of an electrolyte.
What is galvanic corrosion?
This thermal joining process uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode to produce the weld, often abbreviated as TIG.
What is Gas Tungsten Arc Welding?
This document provides detailed information about a hazardous substance, including its properties, health effects, and emergency procedures.
What is a Safety Data Sheet (SDS)?
This scientific law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
What is Newton’s Third Law?
This "mistake-proofing" technique involves designing a process or part so that errors are impossible to make or are immediately obvious.
What is Poka-yoke?
This is the slow, permanent deformation of a material that occurs when it is subjected to high temperatures and constant mechanical stress over time.
What is creep?
This precision machining process uses high-frequency electrical sparks to remove material from a conductive workpiece.
What is Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM)?
This environmental management system framework, known by its ISO number, helps organizations reduce their environmental impact.
What is ISO 14001?
This value, often denoted by the Greek letter u (mu), represents the ratio of the force of friction between two bodies and the force pressing them together.
What is the coefficient of friction?
This quality management methodology aims for near-perfection by reducing process variation to no more than 3.4 defects per million opportunities.
What is Six Sigma?