Design for manufacture: A strategy for successful application to buildings

Fox, Stephen B.; Marsh, Laurence; Cockerham, G.

doi:10.1080/01446193.2001.10383093

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“…Design for Assembly (DFA) By adopting DFA guidelines at the design stage, significant reductions in manufacturing cost and improvements in the ease of assembly can be achieved (Fox et al 2001). A few of these guidelines are briefly given here (Boothroyd et al 1994, Poli 2001.…”

Section: Materials and Design Considerations For Rpmentioning

confidence: 98%

Material and design considerations for rapid manufacturing

Hague

Mansour

Saleh

2004

International Journal of Production Research

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An investigation into how the advent of Rapid Manufacturing will influence an individual designer's approach to product design and materials selection is detailed. The assumption is made that Rapid Prototyping machines have evolved into viable manufacturing systems and all associated problems with accuracy, surface finish and repeatability have been resolved. Without the restriction of removing a product from a tool, designers will be free to design any complexity of geometry that they either desire or require. This tool-less approach to manufacturing will have profound implications on the way designers are accustomed to working and will eliminate most Design for Manufacture considerations. Design investigations are presented to highlight the potential importance and scope of Rapid Manufacturing. With advances in a new range of materials, some Rapid Manufacturing is happening today-albeit with existing Rapid Prototyping equipment. However, to enable designers to use existing Rapid Prototyping equipment for manufacturing purposes, there is a need for comprehensive information relating to the mechanical properties of the available materials. This is required to enable 'Design for Rapid Manufacture'. The most comprehensive analysis to date of three new materials aimed for end-use part manufacture at differing ages, humidities and temperatures is presented.

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Section: Materials and Design Considerations For Rpmentioning

confidence: 98%

Material and design considerations for rapid manufacturing

Hague

Mansour

Saleh

2004

International Journal of Production Research

209

113

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“…A DfMA perspective Design for Manufacturing and Assembly is a discipline stemming from the combination of DfA (Design for Assembly) and DfM (Design for Manufacturing), with the goal of simplifying the product structure to reduce the assembly cost and reducing the total parts cost. DfM provides estimation models of production cost and sensitivity analysis related to the variation of design and process parameters (Fox, Marsh, & Cockerham, 2001); DfA is based on structural models for the estimation of the efficiency of assembly processes and possible improvements (Goulding, Pour Rahimian, Arif, & Sharp, 2015). DfMA was first applied to mechanical industry, but it is nowadays spreading to other disciplines as an optimization strategy from early stages of design.…”

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A BIM-based approach to façade cladding optimization: geometrical, economic, and production-control in a DfMA perspective

Giuda¹,

Giana²,

Masera³

et al. 2019

Proceedings of the 2019 European Conference on Computing in Construction

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The goal of this paper is providing a methodology properly supporting façade optimization in a DfMA (Design for Manufacturing and Assembly) perspective. DfMA has proven to facilitate offsite manufacturing, lowering costs and improving speed and quality of construction, especially combined with BIM strategies. A BIM-based methodology can help in setting parameters for the proper optimization of the façade, balancing production related needs and design requirements. The proposed method allows the exploration of alternatives (known as Design Optioneering) to optimize the choice of façade elements. This method is based on a mathematical algorithm and script including parameters related to geometry, production waste management and designer's needs. The proposed methodology has been tested on a newly built school in Northern Italy.

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“…Thus, deviations are problematic and should be eliminated by forcing reality to be like the conceptions. If this does not happen then deviations must be due to inadequate knowledge or incompetent actions by the people involved (as argued by Fox et al (2001) on making construction through manufacturing). This view determines that someone should have known about problems, or taken them into account, or communicated the operation of the ideas better.…”

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A critique of conceptions of design and management in construction projects

Boyd

2012

Construction Management and Economics

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Construction is about changing the world in the future from our intentions. This involves organizing and manipulating the physical and social world through design, management and craft. These require thinking about the desired end product but also the means of achieving it. Thinking is set in social norms, here called pre-conceptualizations, which configure our conceptions and give them social validity, forming expectations of what can happen and how to improve it. The conventional pre-conceptualization of construction design and management is critiqued using a case study. This pre-conceptualization is shown to be backward looking where the future is assumed to be like the past and knowledge is ascribed to individuals. The causes of failure then appear evident and knowable inducing maladaptive management and blame of individuals. However, design/management is in reality forward looking; events cannot be seen with such significance looking into the future. Two alternative pre-conceptualizations are presented and their implications explored. The first acknowledges evolution, which works against intent, thus explaining deviations. The second involves complexity science where intentions are emergent phenomena and socially constituted, thus explaining improvisation and improvement. In conclusion, new pre-conceptualizations are required to avoid blame cultures, facilitate creative solutions and develop enduring improvements.

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Design for manufacture: A strategy for successful application to buildings

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Material and design considerations for rapid manufacturing

Material and design considerations for rapid manufacturing

A BIM-based approach to façade cladding optimization: geometrical, economic, and production-control in a DfMA perspective

A critique of conceptions of design and management in construction projects

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