Chapter 8: The Making of a New Balance ShoeChristine Epplett

Who is Christine Epplett? An biomechanical engineer Works at New Balance Athletic Shoe.

Key Words Manufacturing Processes

Separating Forming Assembling Molding and casting Conditioning Finishing Quality control

Trade-off

Separating Removing unwanted materials

Forming Using pressure or force to shape a material

Assembling Putting parts of a product together

Casting/ Molding Pouring a liquefied material into a mold, allowing it to solidify

in the shape of the mold, then removing the solidified material from the mold.

Conditioning Any process that uses high temperatures, chemicals, or

force to change the properties of a material.

Finishing Any final treatment done to the surface of the product to

make it more attractive to a consumer

Quality Control A test or series of tests on samples from the production line

to ensure that only high-quality products leave the plant.

Christine Epplett is a …A.A manufacturing engineer

B.An biomechanical engineer

C.A CAD technician

D.Industrial Designer

Conditioning is the process to …

A. Remove unwanted materials

B. Putting parts of a product together

C.Any final treatment done to the surface of the product.

D.Change the properties of materials.

Using pressure or force to shape a material is …

A.Forming

B.Assembling

C.Finishing

D.Quality control

What is one trade-off that the New Balance management makes?A trade-off is a decision to give up one quality to gain another quality.

New Balance never lays off employees, but it costs.

Who are the members of the team involved in Research and Development?Designers, marketers, manufacturing designers,

biomechanical engineers, CAS team members, process engineers, manufacturing associates, and quality-control personnel.

How does some engineers at NB test prototypes?By asking people to try them on and by trying them on themselves and wearing them over a period time.