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| A philosophy of product design that revolves around Design Engineers working together with Process and Manufacturing Engineers to make a complete product, rather than the Design Engineers doing the designing on their own. |
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| Measure of how a material interacts with the environment. |
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| The conditions in which the product is expected to perform in service. Examples are extreme heat, high humidity, and in contact with an oil spray. |
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| The book defines eoliths as early stone tools formed by pre-historic humans. |
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| Standards set by the government either procurement or regulatory standards. |
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| Tensile strength, hardness, compression strength, wear, stiffness, shear, impact, resistance, and others. |
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| Materials which do not easily decompose and usually take hundreds of years to break down. |
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| Resources which cannot be quickly replaced by natural, ecological cycles. |
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| The conditions in which the product is expected to perform. |
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| Relate to the characteristics of the material when it interacts with different forms of energy, such as light, heat, electricity, and magnetism. |
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| Establish requirements that government suppliers must meet. |
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| Uses stereolithography (a kind of 3D printing) to produce a prototype in a very short amount of time. This is much quicker and more efficient than traditional methods of prototype modeling. |
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| Usually establish standards for health, safety, the environment, etc. |
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| The degree of probability that a product will function as specified in service for the intended life of the product without failure. |
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| Resources which can be quickly replaced by natural ecological cycles or sound management practices. |
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| The amount of time in which particular materials must be used or they will not perform as specified. |
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| Clear and accurate descriptions of technical requirements of materials, products, or services. They may state requirements for quality and the use of materials and methods to produce a desired product, system, application, or finish. |
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| Specifications that have been adopted for use by a broad group of manufacturers, trade associations, users, or specifiers. |
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| A type of 3D printing used for rapid prototyping. |
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| The amount of time it takes to get from a concept to production. |
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| organizations of individual manufacturers or businesses engaged in the production or supply of materials and/or services of a similar nature. |
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| Consensus standards developed through the participation of all interested stakeholders. |
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