This text contains all the knowledge and skills that students need to work with resistant materials - wood, metal and plastic. It give students a perspective on manufacturing in the real-world, linking students' work to the manufacturing industry. Concrete examples of real-world applications are given and the text includes examples of Design and Technology projects from schools and colleges.

 

This book is part of a book series called Collins Real-World Technology .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 180 pages in this book. This book was published 1996 by HarperCollins Publishers .

This book has the following chapters: Manufacturing prepsectives; investigating materials; the forming process; fabrication;; materials in action.