MEM23131 — Evaluate rapid prototyping applications

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What an assessment for MEM23131 must cover

43 assessable components: 4 elements (18 performance criteria), 9 performance evidence and 16 knowledge evidence requirements. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Establish scope of rapid prototyping application

1.1Identify technology, including software, used in rapid prototyping application
1.2Identify purpose and product of rapid prototyping application
1.3Confirm stakeholders to be consulted as part of evaluation
1.4Confirm that appropriate support, including technical and professional assistance, is available
1.5Determine relevant work health and safety (WHS) and regulatory requirements, standards, codes of practice, risk management and organisational procedures

2 Identify principles and techniques required for evaluation of rapid prototyping application

2.1Determine principles and techniques required to evaluate and optimise the rapid prototyping applications
2.2Select appropriate analysis and development software and software validation techniques

3 Evaluate rapid prototyping application

3.1Assess WHS and regulatory compliance requirements and risk management practices of rapid prototyping processes
3.2Assess effectiveness of software for product design, process analysis and optimisation
3.3Determine suitability of facilities, services, plant and tooling for rapid prototyping processes
3.4Assess materials against specifications in design and suitability for rapid prototyping processes
3.5Review prototypes for compliance with specifications and process efficiency
3.6Review rapid prototyping cost-effectiveness, including break-even and comparative costing relative to alternatives
3.7Review labour and skills requirement of rapid prototyping application
3.8Investigate sustainability implications of rapid prototyping application
3.9Apply systems thinking, continuous improvement, problem-solving and decision- making, and constraint and contingency management

4 Report results

4.1Record results of evaluation
4.2Provide documentation including drawings, calculations, product and process analysis, and computer-aided design (CAD) files

Performance evidence

determining technologies, parameters and context of rapid prototyping applications
evaluating suitability of a rapid prototyping application against alternative processes
reviewing features and functions of rapid prototyping processes
selecting appropriate rapid prototyping principles and techniques, analysis techniques and software on at least two occasions
determining work health and safety (WHS) and regulatory requirements, and risk management and organisational procedures
assessing software, facilities, plant, tooling and materials
analysing labour and skills distribution requirements, degree of automation and competitiveness, costs and break-even
evaluating rapid prototyping against alternative methods and technologies on at least two occasions
reporting and documenting results of evaluation.

Knowledge evidence

rapid prototyping applications
range, features and applications of rapid prototyping processes including: digitisers and reverse engineering processes, selective laser sintering (SLS), fused deposition modelling (FDM), stereolithography (SLA), laminated object manufacturing (LOM), electron beam melting (EBM), 3D printing (3DP), solid freeform fabrication, sprayed metal deposition, direct metal deposition (DMD), casting (patternless and rapid pattern processes), vacuum forming, rapid machining (subtractive) options, rapid cutting options, including computer driven gas and laser cutting, robot and auto welding
common applications for rapid prototyping including: concept modelling, multiple design iterations at low cost, form, fit and function testing prior to committing to tooling, market design verification prior to mass production, masters for vacuum forming and investment casting, one piece thermoplastic jigs and fixtures, one-off full-strength plastic, cast, direct deposited metal or sprayed metal components
sources of technical and professional assistance
sustainability implications of rapid prototyping applications and processes
rapid prototyping principles, techniques and software
WHS, regulatory and risk management requirements relevant to rapid prototyping applications
facilities, services, plant and tooling required for rapid prototyping applications
materials used in additive ‘printing’ processes
materials for sprayed metal deposition
materials for rapid casting
other materials including: thermoplastics for vacuum forming, materials for rapid machining and fabrication
component design processes and computer-aided design (CAD) techniques relevant to rapid prototyping processes and applications including: size limitations, combining components, digitising, reverse engineering
labour and skills requirements relevant to rapid prototyping
systems thinking, continuous improvement, and constraint and contingency management techniques
WHS and regulatory requirements, codes of practice, standards, risk management and registration requirements.

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