TECHNICAL PROCESS: STAGES, TYPES AND EXAMPLES - DUDAS - 2025

A technical process is an ordered set of tasks whose objective is to create products, tools or technologies that are needed to solve problems, situations or needs. Any industry whose purpose is the manufacture of a product, makes use of different technical processes to carry out its mission.

Technical processes tend to use machinery and specialized labor to be carried out. An example is the process to create a house or building, for which several steps will be necessary, such as preparing the land, gathering materials and machinery, etc.

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That is, it is a set of related actions whose purpose is to transform systems or elements. To achieve this, input components are needed, which at the end of the process will come out with added value due to the transformation.

The most common input components are material, labor, and capital, which when applied to the technical process are condensed into a combination of raw materials, effort, and infrastructure.

Through a technical process, most of the goods that companies produce are manufactured to meet people's needs. Therefore, the technical process is not something that can be improvised.

This process arises from the need to solve a problem and involves an analysis, as well as a design, from which the different stages are obtained to reach the final result.

Stages of the technical process

ID

At this stage, it is established which is the requirement that must be satisfied with the product or technology that is to be achieved and what are the conditions that this solution must contemplate.

Exploration

It refers to the process of exploring and compiling data and ideas, using all possible means: books, internet, direct observation, magazines, brainstorming, meetings, analysis of existing products or technologies, etc.

All this information collected is used to clarify doubts and concepts, generate more ideas, study development techniques and materials, etc.

Design

In this stage the fundamental bases for what is considered the final development of the product will be established.

The best ideas are sought to solve the problem in an optimal way, adapting to the identified needs. After some initial sketches, a rigorous design is prepared where all the parameters that intervene appear.

The necessary guidelines for development should also be included, taking into account that the optimal ideas should be chosen not only for the solution, but also with respect to the ease of manufacture, cost and durability of the final product.

Planning

It contains tasks such as selecting the tools and materials necessary to build the solution. In an orderly manner, the steps to be followed, the project development schedule, the tools and materials to be used in each of the steps, the spaces and labor that will be needed, etc. are detailed.

With all this, a process sheet or a budget can be prepared. In conclusion, it seeks to clearly identify the economic, technical and organizational factors.

Manufacturing

It refers to everything contemplated being specified in a technology or product. When manufacturing the product that has been conceived, one goes from the idea to a real product.

It is important that this manufacture complies with everything indicated in the design stage, mainly with regard to materials, costs and times. You also need to consider safety regulations.

Evaluation

It must be verified that the manufactured product solves the previously identified problem and that it meets the conditions to satisfy the need.

In case there is a problem, you should go back to the previous stages, including the design stage, to find what is causing the problem and correct what is required.

Divulgation

At this stage the product can be disclosed and marketed, in case it is one of the objectives.

The creation of this new technology or product can be reflected in a technical report and even published in the press and technical magazines.

Types

Artisan technical process

It is one in which a series of traditional techniques, methods and tools participate to obtain a certain product, known as crafts. Manual labor largely predominates in this kind of process.

It is a particular form of production, where each piece is exclusive and has a specific cultural and historical value, since it is the derivation of an accumulation of ancient knowledge that has been transmitted from generation to generation.

On the other hand, the times that are used for its elaboration are comparatively greater than those that are required for the manufacture of an industrial product.

Industrial technical process

The technical process used for the industrial environment is made up of a group of tasks and procedures, which are organized sequentially and which result in the manufacture of a certain product.

Raw materials or inputs are transformed throughout the technical-industrial process into goods or products that are then prepared for consumption or use.

For this, the industry uses sophisticated machinery with different types of technology, competent labor and certain methods to improve production, such as mass production.

Administrative technical process

The technical processes in administrative operations allow a set of tasks to be carried out in a systematic and organized manner in order to satisfy a process, such as the entry and registration of a document in a library or archive, and to make it available to the public.

Examples of technical processes

Building

The technical processes in the construction of buildings and houses allow the coordination of the different tasks and phases that are required to carry out the work, such as manufacturing the materials, preparing the land and executing the construction as such.

Obtaining milk

This product undergoes various transformations from when the animal is milked until the milk reaches people fit for consumption.

The technical process that takes place in an industrial way includes homogenization, filtering, pasteurization, clarification and sterilization, among other steps.

Nuclear power plant

The material components are enriched uranium as raw material, equipment for the treatment of nuclear reaction, laboratory coats and other work materials, radiation detectors for environments and personnel, water to boil, turbines for generate electricity with water vapor.

The different levels of human specialists are managers, scientists, technicians, administrators, operators, cleaning personnel, etc.

The technical process encompasses a chain of processes that transform enriched uranium into radioactive components, through a controlled atomic reaction that produces a lot of energy.

This energy is transmitted to the boiling water to drive the turbines. The waste must then be collected, mobilized and disposed of appropriately. The end product is energy and toxic waste (radioactive plutonium) in lead barrels.

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