Integrated Design, Manufacturing and Assembly D(FMA)2
Aim:
To investigate how can we improve the resilience of novel construction elements and their associated design and manufacturing processes.
Challenges for design, manufacturing and assembly of modular buildings:
- Requirement for automation for flexible products.
- Requirement for re-configurability to support changing product designs at production / supply chain levels.
- Requirement for understanding impacts of decisions and information flows.
Addressing the challenges:
- Model product design and manufacturing dependencies to avoid disruptions caused by changes in elements and processes.
- Assess automation and re-configurability of production for flexible products and disruption management.
- Design resilient and reconfigurable manufacturing support system and supply chain.
Principal Investigator:
Duncan McFarlane
Researchers:
Academic partner:
Engineering Design Centre at the Engineering Department, University of Cambridge
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