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Aluminium Casting

Aluminium Casting

26.02.2024 // Design Technology

The Students were observing how aluminium sand casting is carried out as part of the Engineering specification.  Students helped out with the stages of the casting process as Mr Hill our technician demonstrated how to set up the sand moulds using a cope and drag casings.  Portland sand was used to produce a mould around...

Engineering Coat hooks

Engineering Coat hooks

05.02.2024 // Design Technology // Technology Faculty

A productive time for year 9’s producing Coat Hooks for their first Engineering project of the year.  In this first lesson the students were focusing on sanding and sealing the MDF back boards, ready for spray painting.  They then moved on to measuring and marking out their aluminium front plates, using: scribes, centre punches and...

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