Using computer-aided engineering, designs can be optimized and modified.

More Questions from Manufacturing Processes

• Recycling or proper disposal of a product has become increasingly important to the design process.
• Laminated object manufacturing produces solid parts from sheets of material such as paper or vinyl.
• Tests of prototypes should simulate the conditions under which the product is to be used.
• Design for assembly is not an important part of manufacturing because assembly operations contribute little to product cost.
• Direct shell production casting is used in directly creating molds for metal casting.
• Computer-aided manufacturing typically involves all phases of manufacturing.
• Selective laser sintering apparatus uses laser-hardened resins to form models.
• Topographic shell fabrication is typically used to mold rapid prototypes of small-scale parts.
• Manufacturing generally does not add value.
• Nanotechnology and nanofabrication are terms used to describe extremely large-scale operations.

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